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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01

Boys, you look bully" said Col.
Theodore Roosevelt to t%wenty-four
boys OF the diet squad Of New York
Public School No. AZ, who are indulg-
ing in IN extra meal each day In an
effort to gain weight. The youngsters
like their job, that Of eating the spe-
clally prepared meals Of the food ex.
perts. The Riddles + being weighed
after their first weeks diet: in anoth-
er month they Will change from the
lightweight class to the heavyweight
class. The colonel Is showing the
keenest interest In the weighing OF
each member Of the diet squad.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01
NEW USE FOR PERIscoPE
Pennsylvania Man lnstalls One In HE
Chimney 70 Spot Approaching
Street Car.

Knoxville, Pa.-Albert r. Ballard
has invented and installed a periscope
in the chimney OF his home. When
ready to travel Ballard sits In his din.
ing roo with his eye at the p~erlscope.
When the periscope shows a q
speeding over a nearby hill Ballard
d0ns coat and hat, strolls to the corneR
and meets the . just ~ It arrivea
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01

Young Jack Clayton over.
comes parental opposition, throt-
ties The grabbed Mr.. Moore and
Coee - - the performing ape,
with whom ~ makes frlenda
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01

ttOSU OOuUvUUO0&sOts
been set on the shore Of the west coast
Of Africa ~ mutneerA After their
death their Infant ron WA stolen and
mothefed ~ IN APP, and 40 n turn be-
carno tn king q . tribe q great apes.
h Was known . Tarzan. After many
adventures 10 was rescued and finally
ssttlsd down n London
aJohn," Lady Creystoke said. ssome-
thing must b. done to discourage Jacks
tonloncy toward anything TINT may
excits tho drawing Tor the savage life.
which. ! fear, ~ has inherited from
yoa. Xou 1nOw from your own ezpe-
ytence hOW strong r the cali Of the
villa q times. Xou know that often II
- neeon1tatsd : stern struggle on
yoUe poxt 70 resist thA almost Insane
6on1so wfdcA 0eeAM0oally overwhelms
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01

RECORDS OF SEA
FATHER Is WILLING TO
SACRIFICE HIS FIVE SONS

washington. - When George
waiter Plants of draft age, pre-
sented himself before the exemp-
ton board with his father it was
SHOWN that he had two brothers
already In the service.
No, sir" replied Plants Sc
Nor when asked If he wanted
exemption for the third son. II
nave two boys in the army and
! am willing not only to send
George into the service, but have
two more boys at home you can
nave II you need Them"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01
CHAPTER l-csntlavsA

TAe olncers and scientists aboard Of
IN discussed the beast. but they were
enable % account Satisfactorily for the
oGranes ceremony with which he greet
q oach new face. Had he been discov-
oeo0 upon the mainland or any other
p1oco than the almost unknown island
ut had been hls home they would
I'VE concluded that he had formerly
- 4 Pct of man. but that theory was
~ tenable In the face Of the isolation
q h1S uninhabtte0 island.
H seemed continually to be sealCh-
ing foe some one, and during the nrst
days cf ths return voyage from Do
1land ~ was often discovered nosing
nb0ut IN various parts Of the ship. but
altef he had seen and examined each
A1ce q the ships company and expl0r-
- every corner Of tho vessel, he lapsed
into utter indifference Of AL shout him.
0vsn the Russian elected only casual
interest when he brought him food. At
0eAar times the ape appeared merely
- tolerate him.
He never showed affection for him or
9oe anyone else upon the NarJorie ".
Nor did ~ at any time evince any In
sd1catio0 of the tavage temper that had
marked his resentment o. the attack
81 tAe niloes upon him ct tho time
TIT b had come among them.
Most q hls dine was spent IN the
- q the ahip, seanning the horison
NAAAAA - AAA-AA - - ~-A~-AA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01
lTO az C~ONTINUED.J
Cruel cons<able.

Country Constable Ito motorist)-
Ton have evidently been drinking 9
excess. There u hardly enough len
n this bottle to soften my heart ~
ciently to releass youll-LfA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
THE WISHING WELL.
BY Edna Rutherford.
nd JOhn Gilbert"


Dead for over eight years"
And his family?"
All gone but little Viola. l call
her little because I've known her
since she was a little baby She's
Is now, but as pretty, childish and
innocent as ever. She's happy, for
a regular fairy child is Viola. When
she isn't laughing or singing she's
dreaming"
The weII-dressed, handsome-faced
questioner looked grave and dis
appointed. David Willis stood
studying him critically, a queer
twinkle in his eye.
Il make you out now" he spoke
abruptly
what do you mean?" inquired
the stranger.
why. just this-you are Earl
Rivers"
The other started quickly. He
flushed trifie, then he smiled upon
.his challenger and extended his
hand Il hope you are glad TO see
me-" he said.
Always that, and many a time
since you went away have thought
of you. don't forget my best
friends. You're not the man TO be
forgotten by "a fellow whose life
you saved. Remember that stormy
night when you found me face
down in water puddle. Just about
all gone? Well, that was my les
son. / haven't touched a drop
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

al match, held at Buenos Aires in
1912, in which the United States,
Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil and
Uruguay scored in the order named
Springfield rifles and cartridges
won first place.
In the Palma trophy match. held
at Camp Perry, Ohio, in 1913, the
United States, with the Springfield
Omitted States rifie), model of 1908,
calibre 80; Argentina. with the
Mauser, calibre 1866 NM: Canada,
with the Ross rife, calibre 1903 !;
Sweden, with the Mauser, calibre
.256, and Peru, with the Mauser,
calibre 1853 NM, scored in the or
der named.
Teams armed with the Mauser
were defeated at these matches
whenever used. In winning all
these victories for the Springfield
rife and the American cartridge
great credit is given the man be-
hind the gun-the American marks
man. In all, the present Spring
field rife was used in the defeat of
the military rifles of Is nations.
The modified Enfield rife has
been received with satisfaction in
the national army camps, and some
remarkable scores for men untrain-
ed in military-rifie shooting have
been made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

field rifle, nor was the rife ammu-
milton as accurate.
To form some idea of their stand
ing, the records of the Springfield
rifle and it's cartridge in iHterna-
tional competitive tests with the
military rifles and cartridges of
other countries may be considered:
In the international (Olympic)
shoot of 1908. held at Bisley. Eng
land, the United States, United
Kingdom, Canada, France, Sweden,
Norway, Greece and Denmark par
ticipating and scoring in the order
just named. our rife team won
first place with the Springfield rife.
In the International (Olynpic)
shoot of 1912. held in connection
with the Olympic games at Stock
holm. Sweden, national teams all
using their military service rifles
from the United States, Great Brit
ain, Sweden, South Africa, France.
Norway, Greece, Denmark, Russia
and Hungary scored in the order
just named.
In 1912 at Ottawa, Canada. the
American team firing Springfield
rifles put on the targets the world S
record for any military rife at 500.
500 and 1000 yards. This record
still stands.
In the pan-American information
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

national capital does have easy time of it.
Sleeping quarters are crowded everywhere and so
the restaurants, while prices are high and the
pay of clerk ample ordinarily does not leave much
a surplus after expenses paid.
However, it is argued that the clerks
should feel themselves obligated to hold and en-
discomforts for the time being because of the
urgency of the need for their services AT the worst
they having it great deal easier than the boys
in the trenches, the lads in the training
camps and conditions bound to be better before
long The housing division is working night and
day to provide accommodations for many work
ers. men and women as are needed in Washington.
This is no time to insist upon personal profit.
Good citizens will feel amply rewarded if they know
they have done their share in winning the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

A big army of fine, outstanding patriotic men,
women and children started today on of the
biggest spring drives" of the drive sure
TO win,
They the savings pledge takers
and their objective is a pledge from every man,
woman and child in the state Of Illinois.
+ They want pledge from you, written pledge
and when you know what that pledge is going to
mean you will wait for them find you. You
will go out hunting for them yourself!
The pledge is simply this: to save Systematically
from now until Dec. 81 191S-a weekly or monthly
sum consistent with what you earn-and to buy reg
sularly United States government savings
stamps with what you
We are at war. We must fight with money!
II you help, you're national asset If you don't,
you're a national liability. If you save you
If you spend you shirk-
But saving one week and spending the next won't
class you as an It's the follow who keeps doing
over and over again this same good thing who piles
up power, will help win the and will help to
build that lasting prosperity to which all look
forward.
Pledge today! Start saving and start buying war
saving stamps right now!
Sign the pledge Don't rest until you have found
some one with a card for you write your name
upon, with the blank filed in with amount so big
IS will make the pledge taker wonder where you're
going to get it all!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
Thrive by Thrift. SAGE
for Yourself and Help
SAGE Your Country
BY Buying Thrift
Stamps. Make
Your Pledge
NOW
Death of Lieutenant Edwards.

Rock Island county mourns for Lieutenant ADRIAN
C Edwards, but glories in the manner of his death
he was not the first from here lay down his life
IN g battlefield of France, but he the first who
had general acquaintance throughout the city and
county, and his fate brings the wars tragedies
nome to more people than that of other heroes who
np to this time have made the final sacrifice.
Lieutenant Edwards not native of this
county but he had practiced law here for number
OF years and had made name for himself He en-
tered the officers training camp from here and came
back for visit before going France. The Argus
has been favored with number of letters from him,
the last one printed only few weeks bringing
news that he was in the thick Of the fighting. They
were such letters as soldier should write. They
displayed no trace regret that he had gone
10 fight country but breathed of the courage
and confidence that were characteristic of the man.
+ Those who knew Lieutenant Edwards assist
ant states attorney. lawyer in private practice,
and in capacities outside his profession had the
highest confidence in him. He clean cut, incisve
and able and painsaking and conscientious in his
work That ne was a good soldier there is doubt.
III Lieutenant Edwards death is personal
loss to States Attorney Floyd Thompson. The two
were boyhood friends and later chums and associates
in the practice of law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
77llE{IIE DAILY SHORT STORY

I'm going TO do better than that,
Willis. l am going TO bestow some
signal reward, for l have made a
fortune"
There were half a dozen people
who had been kind TO the orphan
stranger in those old days. or
these some had died, others had
moved away. Rivers grew more
and more sorrowful, as he realized
that the generosity he had come
back to bestow would reach only
an old war veteran in another
country and the daughter of John
Gilbert.
You won't recognize Viola, the
little child you knew years ago"
spoke Willis. She has had to earn
her living working at a farmhouse
for over three years, but she Is pa
tient, willing and contented. You
see, my daughter Nellie is a good
deal like her. They don't care for
company and excitement When
they have leisure they read poetry,
and all that. together. This is Fri
| day, isn't it? | say. Mr. Rivers, II
you want TO see Viola just as she
! is, come down TO my house and III
show You what she is like. She and
Nellie always have Friday even
ings TO themselves.
IL was a lovely night, and with a
certain spice of mysteriousness as
! Rivers appeared al his home. Willis
led him through a garden maze and
across the lot of an abandoned
mansion. gone to wreck and ruin.
| Don't talk" whispered Willis,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
Undesirable Publicity.

One familiar with the true situation might
conclude from the record of prosecution of liquor
from Rock Island in the federal court at Peoria
of the chief industries OF this city consisted
in carrying intoxicants to Rock Island arsenal for
soldiers and workingmen. Most of the fines i'm
posed have been for attempting to smuggle wet
goods upon government property. Of course we
know here that the offenders were nearly all Iowans
and that taking liquor upon government property
simply incidental to the effort to get it home
with them. 1t is merely another sample of the mis-
leading statements that have been seized upon to
give Rock Island a shady reputation abroad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

we are getting near the Wishing
we'll"
The Wishing well?" repeated
Rivers vaguely.
Yes, they call it that, the fancy
OF lot OF sentimental girls and
boys. The moon is coming up
Keep well among the foliage. There
that is Viola, the one aith her chin
/ leaning on her hand"
Rivers peered towards a disman-
tied rustic bench near a moss over
grown well top The face OF the
maiden designated. thoughtful ana
lovely, was lrradiated by the clear
white moonlight. It's rare charm
fascinated the gazer,
We will come here some time,
! Viola, just at midnight. and eAi'
down our dearest wish" Nellie VII.
} lis was saving. "Ohi what won
| ask fora piano. an automooile,
diamond sunburst And what WI"
you ask for. Niola?"
Just ordinary peace and happl-
ness" responded the other IN, y
mellow. longing tone, someone "
| love and cherish A good, hinu
husband, and, oh. Nellie' how my
heart longs for it-a real home.
1t was not TIL ak months iatel
after he had won and wed thI'
peerless creature. that Earl hiNtls
/ told her how he had overheard hei
wish
And. oh, the fairies have more
than answered 81" hreathed Nipls
fervently, and nestled her hApp!
face close 20 his own.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11

since.
Good for you, Willis" cried
Earl Rivers in a friendly, inspiring
way. Il suppose l have changed a
good deal in 10 years, for you are
the only one who has recognized
me. BY the way, having done so,
suppose you keep it to yourself
who l am for a little while"
Surely, If that is your wish,
promptly assented Willis.
Nobody in particular in Leesville
had paid any especial attention 10
the stranger who had come quietly
into town, registering as Walter
Brown at the village hotel.
Willis alone, through eyes OF
keen memory and gratitude, had
recognized him as one who had left
the town nearly decade previous
He recalled the mere lad who had
been brought into the village in a
farmer wagon, picked up on the
town pike where an automobile had
run him down. The motor fiend
had driven on heartlessly, abandon
ing his victim to his fate.
II have never forgotten the kind.
ness, the care, the interest be-
tokened by the true souls who nurs-
/ ed me back to health. homeless
friendless, pehniless, who put me
on my feet again, found me work
and gave me heaven of a life fol-
two years" said Earl
When ! left here l made a sol,
emn VOW that IL ever I got on Ii
the world l would return and make
u my home among these Gods people
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
lEllE'N HdN TAIKS
BY W!h!LlAM. 49, 4 BP1AEsgD1V ND.

mother or babies. A baby should
always sleep in a separate bed. The
pain is not a symptom of heart dis
ease.
Same Old Thing.
Does the removal of tonsils spoil
the voice for singing?
Answer-It generally improves 1t.
NeighbOrs In EayOrite Role.
My baby. IA months old. is bow
legged. The neighbors say l should
rub his legs on the outside every
day and then fssten a bandage
from above the knee to the ankle.
Do yoV advise that?
MRS. r. B.
Answer-No. If the legs are very
bowed. either braces or. later, OPP
Grafton may be necessary. Advise
you TO do nothing except under the
supervision of physician. Mod
crate bowling usually disappears
spontaneously.
Assinine Ears.
1 am 80 years old and have al
ways had outstanding ears. Have
tried wearing an appliance. with
out benefit. Am / too old to have
the trouble remedied? E NJ
Answer-No. Any good surgeon
could probably correct the trouble
by a plastic operation.
The Fear of Growing Thin - I
have ben much interested in vari-
GUS items in your column concern
ing the Karell method for reduc-
in -
want TO take any chance of injuring
my health or Weakening
Answer-The above is sort of
composite version of a good maLy
letters we are receiving from timid
fat folks. Once and for all let us
explain that the motto of this col
umn stills holds:
DO GOOD IF YOU CAN, BUT DO
NO HARM. CHippocrates.
Before we introduced the subject
of Karelling your fat away we con-
sidered the possible benfits and
harm from every conceivable angle
and concluded that, though the
method might not satisfy great
many fat people, it could never hurt
any fat ones who might have the
tSAAlNiA iS w u II.
MRS. F. W. B.
Answer-Well, the cook and the
T. H. M. may be beyond saving, but
! | should be delighted to send you
Lady Nfcotine's Undoing" if you
care to supply the indispensable
stamped, addressed envelope. Try
it over on F. H., and if he survives,
let the cook and the three mascti-
Gators have a fling at it.
Either Afraid or Dissent.
My sister has been told byaa doc
tor that she has weak lungs and
she is liable to develop consump-
ton. He did not examine her chest
in the way you say is necessary
but through her clothing. She is
| threatening to kill herself.
A. r. L.
Answer - Weak lungs" means
| that the doctor doesn't know or
hasn't the courage to tell the truth.
| There is really no such thing as
weak lungs" Take your sister to
a doctor who will really attempt
to make a diagnosis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
Deserving Their Posts.

An average Of 700 women HoFkersdeave Washing
ton every because of inconvenience they have
to put up with there. The government needs their
services and is having difficulty in filling their
places. Work of the most urgent kind Is being de
layed because the clerical forces not kept re-
eruited to the necessary strength So serious has
the situation become that Major T. L. Potter. chief
of the housing division OF the department, is re-
cruiting army Of women missionaries 10 go among
the workers and spread Of the gospel of carry on
1t is admitted that eas So 'orker in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
With OtherEditOrS
Plea for Fair Wage for Postal
EMPLOYEES.

The The house has passed by large majority
the bill to increase the wages of the letter
and posofce clerks. The senate has the bill
before it.
The Herald and Examiner hopes that the senate
will do as the house has done-pass the bill.
OF the privileges other wage earners enjoy there
is one the letter carriers and postal clerks do not
share-they cannot strike.
Now, of course, patriotic body of workmen
wants to strike in these times But it is
denable fact that the wages of most working people
have been bettered by the power to strike and the
willingness to that power in peace times.
Over million railroad employees successfully
used the threat of a strike many months ago to
better their wages.
The increase which the employees of the privately
owned railroads were able to obtain by threat of
general strike the postal clerks and letter carriers
can only obtain by direct appeal to the congress-
based upon the reasonabIeness and justice of in
creases of their wages.
Let give to the employees of the postofice de-
partment, matter of simple justice increase
of wages in proportion to the increase granted to
the railway employees, to the employees of shipyards
and quite generally to the workers of the country
one-half more live than it did when the en-
ployes of the postoice department had their wages
last fixed.
And, of course, that means in the last analysis
that the wages of these faithful and hard-working
employees have ben reduced from 80 to so per cent
not of by any fat of the postofice depart
ment, but by the irresistible fiat of war
We believe there is other body of workers in
the whole United States that renders more useful
faithful service than do the postal clerks
and letter carriers.
A letter carrier is out in every kind of weather
He is punctual the clock
He is almost invariably the most cheerful and.
obIiging chap.
His labor is hard
Frequently he has heavy load.
And every day he walks miles than many
of US do yards, and hobs every house cheerful
and obging, the most useful and welcome parsonage
For all this hard work, for all this faithful work.
for all this cheerful and obliging service letter
carrier the average earns less than 500 month
Being good citizen, he is more than apt to have
a home and a wife and children. And we leave it
to you. senators, individually to say whether an
American citizen in these times of abnormal cost car
maintain his home as it should be maintained car
provide for his wife and his children they ought
TO be provided for. with wage OF less than 500
month.
Gentlemen of the senate the thing can't be done
not now in these times. when the price of
almost everything has doubled and the price many
things increased three and fold in some
cases six and ten fold.
1t isn't fair to keep these employees of the govern
ment upon such starvation wages.
1t a most modest request which these
good men make.
Most certsiply we think that their request should
be granted-Chcago Herald and Examiner.