The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-09-26
BRAVE MEN and TIMID DOLLARS

BRAVE MEN and TIMID DOLLARS
Never in the history of the world
have men been drawer than they are
today. Never has the Death of Bat
ties stalked in a more hideous or more
terrifying form. Men in thousands
have braved the terrors of the sea-
the dread typhoon-the ~obscuring fog
the iceberg and the hidden reef.
They have fought battles, ship to ship,
when gun belched into gun and sharp
shooters fired from the fighting tops,
but never before have they faced the
unseen terror that sneaks through the
dark blue depths of the ocean and
launches it's deadly bolt with compar-
alive safety to its own hull and crew.
The very thought of falling from a
height is terrifying to the average
man, and yet our boys eagerly go up
aloft until they are mere specks upon
the sky, and there in cockleshells of
cloth and spruce, they fight like
eagles for the mastery of the air.
Men have gone down in mines to
rescue comrades from the poisoned
damp, but never before has the air
we must breathe been poisoned over
areas bounded by miles, when the eyes
smart with acid tears and every
breath is an agony ending in a hid
eous death.
Men in the past have faced spears,
clubs and sings, arrows and swords,
bullets and cannon balls, but the ma
chine gun and the high explosive shell
are beyond all previous experience
fail to break bones.
Death holds high carnival on the
poppy fields of France, yet our boys
go cover there with a smile and a
jest, singing their battle hymns.
There are many brave hearts who
are condemned to stay at home, but
since that must be, do not humiliate
your spirit by nursing timid dollars.
Do not compel your government to
bomb your wealth out of the dugouts
and cellars in which you have hidden
it and take it away at the point of
the bayonet. Marshal your money and
put it on the firing line with your
boys-Invest in victory-liberty is
worth the price.
The news of the last few days from
all the war fronts has been highly en-
couraging. Everywhere the Teutons
and their allies are on the run. The
situation in Russia is not clear, but
may expect it will improve. The
forces of order will soon assert them
selves and they will be on the side of
he worlds democracies. Turkey has
probably received a mortal blow at
he hands of Gen. Allenby. 1t will not
,e of much assistance to the kaiser
hereafter. Bulgaria, whose people are
in their sympathies in this
is menaced with invasion and
We need not be surprised if it is soon
eady for peace, Austria Hungary
ontinues to be unable to exert it's
III oil CISIi ly dllQ 10 OCCOiIlliS lllOIS
nd more disorganized. The Ger
lans are steadily losing on the west
IN front and are unable to help their
veakening allies. The end of the
,orld war may not be far distant.
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Mr.. Brisbane tells US there wasn't
wrong about letting the
finance his newspaper as he
dn't change his veiws on that ac-
'unt. Nobody accuses him of get
ng a new set of views. The reason
e brewers gave him the S375,000
as that the old ones suited them.
During the last two months the
have lost nearly 200, 900
isoners in France, and have had
$1,000 to 4OO, 900 men killed or badly
Employment for Women Students
is demand for part-time EN-
yment by young women who wish to
end the university. All who desire
vice of this kind please notify at once.
rsars University of Idaho, 303tf.
frs. B. D. Mudgett and little
Ighter of Seattle, Washington, are
King a short visit with her hus-
DIS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
1gett. From here they will go
Washington, D. c., to join her hus-
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