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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-23

Mrs. James Gordon Cooper en-
tertained the members of the
army colony Of the Lakeside
Country club with a tea at the
club house Thursday.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31
SHORT COURSE BEGINS JAN.
Fall Term Dropped Winter Term to
Be Better on This Account.

The date for the opening of the
Short Course in Agriculture has been
postponed until the beginning of the
second term of the University. jan
uary l. This will eliminate altCgeth-
er the first term of the Short Course,
and an attempt is going TO be made to
make the winter term especially good
on that account.
Letters are now being sent out by
F. l.. Duley, acting superintendent of
the Short Course, announcing the new
7ate. He expresses a hope that a
large number of men will find it con-
venient to attend the course. since it
opens late enough to enable men on
the farms to get business in shape to
leave, and since it closes February %,
in time for them TO get back home
carly enough to begin spring work.
THE urgency of war conditions"
he says, demands that all the en-
phasis be placed upon the most prac-
ticable means of Immediately increas-
.ng the crop yields of the country.
Whether the war ends or not the food
situation is going to be acute, and
every effort will be made that the
Short Course in Agriculture may
serve its true purpose in this emer-
gency."
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

fic. doing most of the work at night.
They are quickly repaired when blown
up. and are extended in few hours.
Following the recent advance of
the doughboys across No Mans Land,
the railway engineers soon had their
tracks laid and putting little engines
dragged chains of cars loaded with
necessary supplies over to the in
fantry and artillery.
Once across No Mans Land the en-
gineers were able to hook onto rail-
roads left by the fleeing Germans. and
the Americans had a fairly extensive
temporary system already laid out for
them. They used captured German
engines and cars, too, temporarily.
But the boche rolling stock did not
compare to the cars marked ~. S. A."
A great many of the railway en-
gineers are former railOad men who
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31
AMERICAN RAILWAYS
HELP WIN ST. MIH|EL
Network of Narrow Gagged
Roads Aided in Success
on That Sector.
TRAINS LIKE TOYS
Size, However, Does Not
Hinder EfficienCy-Car-
~ Shells and Food.
By Frank J. Taylor

UNITED Press Stan Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Oct CBy MaiD.-Tht
American railway engineers played al
important role in the battle for st
Mihiel sector. They didn't get out
and take Germans, but they made il
possible for others to do so.
All up and down the American front
there is a network of narrow-gauged
railways, running to every point along
the front, and connecting the fighters
with their bases in the rear.
The Americans have developed rail
way building along the front to a high
degree of efficiency. They can lay a
track through a wood or across a field
in almost no time, and soon little
engines specially built for the front
are chugging along dragging strings
of cars loaded with shells, food. and
other things the dOughboys need.
The little trains look like toys, they
are so small, but they do the work of
full grown railway outfits. They car
ry enormous loads and wind along
through fields, woods, Taods and vii
lagos with great speed. There isn't any
block system to keep trains from
meeting along the way. but sOmeway
genius of these American railway en-
gineers keeps lots of trains going all
the time with seldom any congestion.
Switches and sidings help keep
roads clear. These are frequent as
the healthy tOOt of the little Ameri-
can locomotives. The toot is modelled
after that of a full grown Baldwin,
and is a sound which delights the
dOughbOys Americans never have
liked the frantic squeak they put on
French locomotives instead of a whis-
tie
Railways of this type are necessary
to connect the rail heads OF big wide
gagged railroads with the front. Sup
plies come surprisingly near the front
on the big railways. From their stop
ping places auto trucks and narrow
gauges carrying stuff to fighting
range
Ordinary roads often are crowded,
and in rainy weather are hard to make
speed over. The little narrow gauge
trains run all the time TO relieve traf-
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

German propaganda is trying to de-
stroy the confidence of the people OF
the United States in American dyes,
according to information issued by
the publicity committee of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society. of which
Charles H. Herty is chairman. Amer
lean dyes are as good as German dyes
in every particular. and failure of
the American people to believe this
aids the enemy's cause. Several in
stances have been brought forward to
show how the propaganda is working.
Many patriotic Americans are I'M
consciously helping the German throw
monkey wrenches into the machinery
of American business" says r. Adams
butcher. a member of the Minnesota
section of the American Chemical So
ciety Two very striking instances OF
how the German prOpagandist works
this nefarious game were brought out
at a recent meeting OF the American
Chemical Society at Cleveland, Ohio.
The first case was cited by a prom
inent American dye chemist. He told
how upon opening his package OF
laundry he had found a slip of paper
stating that since German dyes were
of the market laundrymen could not
guarantee the domestic dyes and the
customer was advised to refrain from
buying colored wash goods until after
the war.
knowing this to be untrue. the
chemist asked his laundryman where
he had obtained such misleading in
formation. He found that a laundry
journal had been authority for the
statement. The editor of the laundry
formation by an officer of a laundry
Ger was approached on the matter, he
Ger was approached o nthe matter. he
admitted that he had been responsible
for the information. but went on to
say that he obtained the information
directly from an official of a German
company He concluded with the re-
mark, These people certainly ought
to know" 1t did not take the chem
list long to show the official that he
was not only helping the Germans but
that he was hurting the sale of Ameri-
can dyes.
At another time a dye chemist not
ed the following sign in the bathing
suit department of large New York /.
store:
Owing to present conditions in the /
dye industry. We are unable to guar /.
antee the cOlOrs of these goods"
When questioned closely regarding
before-the-war bathing suits. the man (
agement was forced to admit that it .
had never guaranteed bathing suit /
colors not to fade why then, do .
you infer that present conditions have .
al n in IN do with 10 9n1prc in,
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31
ISSUES NEW BULLETIN
Tells Of Photography. Soils, Forests
and Climate oil State.

\ bulletin called THE Soils of Mis-
souri," which gives a description of the
photography, geology, topography
forests, climate and soils of this state
has Just been issued by the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station of the Col
lege of Agriculture of the University.
The book is considered by depart
ment officials one of the best that has
been issued recently. 1t has cost be-
tween 26 and p cents a copy. 1t con-
tains 12O pages of descriptive matter.
frequently interspersed with illuStra-
tions. which deals separately with
all sections Of the state and gives an
analysis of all the kinds of sill that
are found in each. In the back of the
bulletin is a large autographed map
in fourteen cOlors illustrating COM
pletely the soils found in all parts Of
the state
The publication of this bulletin is
an answer TO the growing demand for
a general soil map and soil report on
Missouri. The demand has come from
those wishing to buy land. from
schools. banks. land appraisers and
commercial organizations. The de-
mand of individual counties is an
swered by the detailed mappings of
those particular counties. but this is
slow process. At the present rate,
twenty years must elapse before the
entire state is covered by these de-
tailed mappings Work on this more
general map, now included in the bull
letin. has been in progress for a num-
Der Of years.
Aside from the big map in cOlOrs,
there are ten pages of small maps
giving statistical data relating to Mis-
souri, agriculture. There are maps
showing, by counties. the average
acreage of all the most important
crops in the state, the average size of
farms, the average number of farms
operated by tenants. the average val
ue Of farm land an acre, the per cent
of improved land and the amount of
fertilizer used.
1t is expected that this bulletin will
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES MARRY
LeOta f. VerSen and Bailey 7. Tur-
ner Wed at Waukegan, iii.

4 letter from ]. A. Versen. Racine
Wis, formerly of Columbia, announces
the marriage of LeOta Elzura Versen
his elder daughter, to Bailey T. Tur-
ner Both were graduated from the
University in 1915. The ceremony
took place at the Episcopal Chapel at
Waukegan, H.
Mr.. Turner was a practicing lawyer
at Monroe City, Mo, prior to enlist
ment in the Navy last July. At the
time of his marriage he was stationed
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station.
The letter states that Mrs. Turner
and her sister, Miss DOrothea Versen,
graduated from the University in 1917,
are both at Shreveport, La. where
they are teaching in the high school.
Mr. Versen has been appointed
government inspector in the vehicle
and harness division of the army.
Cabbage for kraut. $3.50 per 100 lbs.
He;Zlers' Market.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

in the state who are looking for new
be of especial help to those farmers
locations; and that it will help to
eliminate some Of the fraud now prac-
ticed by real estate dealers in GER
tain parts of Missouri. A farmer in
possession of one of these bulletins
can find out the soil conditions in any
part of the state without regard to
what is ted him.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31
PROPAGANDA UNDERMINES
AMERICAN DYE INDUSTRY

ing suits?" The management imme-
diately realized that the store was
really spreading Germn propaganda.
The signs were removed and replaced
by the following:
We do not guarantee colors in
bathing suits not to run and have
never done so. We know of no repu-
table house that will guarantee colOrs
when exposed to the sea water and
sunshine"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

Cabbage for kraut. $3.50 per 100 lbs.
He;Zlers' Market.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

have come into the army. Thai.
knowledge of railroading and tbei.
familiarity with speedy Construct
and operation of railroads learned !.
the States" made them old hand, :.
the transportation end of the A.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

EVERYTHING that a drug store
~ can reasonably be expected to
handle you'll find in our stock. Our
store is comparatively new; we sell
rapidly hence everything is fresh
and up-to-date.
Each day finds further expression
of the public's confidence in US as
its FAMILY DRUG STORE.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31
Killed While Returning Saint.

LONDON, Oct. I (By MaiD-A q,
Lutte cost Commander Charles "
Campbell, r. N, his life. While "a
turning a salute from one of his mar
near Sheerness, he failed to notice
an approaching train. He was struct
and killed.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

Cabbage for kraut, $3.50 per 100 III.
HetzlerS' Market.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

Cabbage for kraut, $3.50 per 100 Ibs
He Zlers' Market
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

Cabbage for kraut. $3.50 per 100 lbs
Hetzlers' Market.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-10-31

HEALTH is the first requirement
IL of efficiency. Don't wait un-
til you are in bed to seek medical
aid. At the first sign of illness 90
to your family physician.
Bring the prescription TO US. 1t must
be filled with the purest and freshest
of drugs to back up the physician's
work. Depend upon us to follow
instructions.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
THE KAISER'S DREAM.

BY f. A. Morris, Emmett.
Kaiser Bill lay down on his mansion
floor,
Having lied so much he could lie no
more,
SO he fell asleep with a troubled brain
And dreamed that he rode on a hell
bound train.
The engine with blood was red and
damp
And brilliantly lighted by birthstone
lamp;
An imp for fuel was shoveling bones,
While the furnace rang with million
groans.
The boiler was filled with lager beer,
And the devil himself was the en-
gineer;
The passengers made such motley
crew
Germans. Austrians and Turks few
Rich men in broadcloth and beggars in
rags,
Handsome young ladies and withered
old hays,
Yellow and black men, red, brown and
And all chained together horrible
sight.
While the train dashed on at an aw-
full pace
And a hot wind scorched him on hand
and face.
Wilder and wilder the country grew
AS faster and faster the engine flew,
Louder and louder the thunder crashed
And brighter and brighter the light
ming flashed;
Hotter and hotter the air became
Till the clothes were burned from his
quivering frame;
Then in the distance he heard a yell;
Ha, Hal crooked the devil, we're near
ing hell.
Then, Oh how the kaiser shrieked
with pain,
And he begged the devil to stop the
train,
But he capered about and sang with
glee
And laughed and joked at his agony.
My faithful friends, you have done
your work,
And the devil can never a pay day
shirk,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10

You have bullied the weak, you have
robbed the poor,
And the starving French turned from
the door;
You have laid up gold where the can
ker rusts
And given free vent to your feshy
lusts;
You have justice scorned and corrup-
ton sown,
You have trampled the laws of Nature
down,
You have drank and rioted, murdered
and lied,
And Knocked at God in your hell
born pride,
You have paid full fare so I'll carry
you through;
For it is only right you should get
your due;
Why, the laborer always expects his
hire,
So I'll land you safe in the lake of
fire,
Where your flesh shall roast in the
flames that roar
And my imps torment you more and
more.
Kaiser Bill will awake with an agon-
lied cry,
His clothes soaked with sweat and his
hair standing high,
And he'll pray as he never has prayed
before
To be saved from the rank of the
DEVILS power;
And his prayers and his cries shall
be in vain
For he'll go on by hell on the hell
bound train,
For Satan won't let him in.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
CURRENT COMMENT.

TT is predicted that the railroads, now
under government control, will new
err go back to the stockholders to be
operated for profit. The reason they
were taken over by the government
was to get service instead of profit, an
end impossible under private direc-
ton where the first aim is dividends.
It is also believed that the govern
ment control Of railroads is only an
entering wedge for the public owner
ship and control Of food, fuel, lumber
and steel, because they are commodi-
ties which find an automatic market.
And these changes, probably, will
come before the end Of the war, and
will be permanent.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
Tunnels of the Ancients.

Although tunneling is among the
most ancient of enterprises, more
progress has been made In it the last
century than In the twenty centuries
which preceded 1t. 1t is now know
that back in the semi-mythical days of
the Theban kings the long tunnel into
the mountain rock. expanding at dis
lance of 400 feet or so, into some lofty
chamber, was a common work The
rock temples of Nubia and India. too,
show that in certain matters at any
rate moderns may still learn from the
ancients.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
"Baby" FIatiron More Than a Toy

A baby" flatiron weighing exactly
one pound not only provides the little
mothers" with an incentive to indulge
in industry at an early age, but it is
useful for light pressing and lingerie,
laces and handkerchiefs. The iron is
very useful for travelling, because of
its light weight and its compactness. 1t
operates on less than 100 volts, and is
equipped with connector plugs and SIX
feet of maroon cord.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
Few Norweo,ans Can Swim.

II is a curious fact. says the Lam
Get, considering the geography Of the
country. that the proportion of Nor
wegians who can swim is small. the
number of deaths in Norway from
drowning being about GOO year. Only
about u per cent of all the school
children between the ages of twelve
and fifteen have learned to swim. Nor
wegian sailors say the extreme cold
ness of the waters that lave their
shores accounts for this.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
DURING the war, at least, govern

Turing the war. at least, govern
ment control means that the pub
lie must give up most, II not all, Of
the Injuries to which it has grown
accustomed Until the war is over
the word Service" will be eliminated
from the lexicon Of travel The trans
portation system of the country will
be dedicated to the task of winning
the war. So, don't grumble because
of the inconvenience to which you
will be subjected. It is all part Of
the plan and the plan is all right.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10

THE awfulness of war is not all on
the battlefelds. 1t is boosted in
Berlin that 10 per cent of the war
time Prussian births are illegitimate,
and a Berlin city councillor solemnly
AYERS that "this great number (200,-
000) of illegitimate children is evil
dence Of the moral healthiness Of the
German race" 1t is German doctrine
that patriotic women must sacrifice
their motherhood to the exigencies of
race poverty and paternslism takes
the accepted form of utilizing females
for mere breeding purposes, as II
Prussia were human stock farm. But
in France. too, the accepted standards
of moralit have suffered grievous
setbacks. 1t is invariably the case.
When war is epidemic immortality is
epidemic. The human temple appar-
emily cannot be desecrated by shot
and shell without hardening of the
conscience and loosening of restraint.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
RAILWAY operatives expect an in

RAILWAY operatives expect an in
crease of wages as result of gov
eminent Intervention. We are not so
sanguine about that. It's long way
to the next. national election. But you
can't blame the railroad men for be-
ing optimistic about it. They have
heard all about the big salaries the
government pays its mail carriers and
postal clerks.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10

COLLIER'S story of the battle of the
Somme and what followed has ear
marks of truth and agrees with the
general course of ally strategy and
war. The opportunities lost, let slip,
unrecognized at the right time, and so
on, will make volume in themselves
in future histories of the great war.
According to the Collier story great
retreat to the Belgian border and be-
yond had actually been ordered by the
German great general staff, when po-
litical interference at Paris smeared
the great ally campaign over with
failure.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10
TALES OF TOWN
Knit

Knit
Knit while you're smiling and chatting
Knit while the days are long
Give up your crochet and tatting,
Knit while you're singing a song.
Remember the days will be dreary.
While marching and Juggling along.
Remember the feet viii be weary.
Though lips my be singing a song.
Knit in the heart aches and weeping.
Don't let the world know they're
there.
God has them in his keeping,
He has them all in his care.
Knit then and keep your lips smiling,
Show brave face to the world.
Even when forth they are firing,
And keep the old flag unfurled.
Our idea of unhappiness is having
money on deposit in a Russian bank.
Now that the British have captured
Jerusalem, will the Zionists re-Jew-
venate Palestine?
The British will soon fix it so that
man can go from Jerusalem to Jer-
icho without falling among thieves.
It always makes man mad to re-
fleet that his great-grandfather could
have bought the whole townsite for a
few dollars and didn't do it.
q q
"That was about the thinnest gaso-
line ever bought" indignantly re-
marked motorist to the proprietor
of the filling station. WELL evas-
lively replied the gas dispenser, "you
know this war is making gas-so-lean.'
q =
The real danger to our sailor boys,
it begins to appear, is not from under
sea boats. If one gets sight of u
boat he has more than an equal chance
to get away. But one glimpse of the
girls in Ireland, and he has no chance,
nor wants one.
A woman went to clothing store
to buy suit of underwear for her
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10

FRANCE and Belgium are coming
into an appreciation of the heart
of the American soldier, and may be
wondering what strange sort of a
man it is who is so open handed with
his money The laying aside half of
their pay for the purchase of Liberty
bonds, and another part for insurance
and then they have seen these SOL
diers go down into their pockets for
the balance of their change which
thew have spent on the children of the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-01-10

WHAT an inconvenient and expen-
" sivc court system we have. Sup
pose that we had in each town one
postoffice for city mail, another for
state mail outside of the town, a
third postoffice for United States mail
outside the state, and fourth for
foreign mail That is about the way
our court system is organized.