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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
From Missouri.
Editor Missuulian:

Editor Missoulian:
l noticed in your issue of January I
an article giving an outline of the in
come tax which is to be levied. penal
ties imposed. etc. But just what does
county and state officials--which I
understand also includes members of
congress-are exempt? 1t is all right
to exempt them. l suppose. but why ?
Do they do a more patriotic service
than, for instance, the railway engine
men. the munitions makers, the farm
ers: Why not include the ex-fire-
men and executors? I'm sore-good
and sore. too. But perhaps would
not be SO had my vocation been in
GUIDED in the exempt class. But do
not get the idea. Please put me wise
to this game where l "carry your
load" so that l may learn to like it,
for evidently they will make my little
s1,o25 per annum pungle.
OLE SO. SHOOTER.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
Near East
Making 1t Over One of
Problems Confronting.

The righteous reconstruction of the
Crusaders empire presents a knotty
problem, on account of its badly shuf-
fled creeds, languages and nationalities
Let them be unshuffled, then. A solu-
ton that ignores these vital realities.
or the fearful economic, political and
want, after three and half to six
centuries of Turkish misrule, can only
prove harmful and sterile.
Here the big lesson OF history seems
to be the lesson Of the Crusader king
doms: not a formulist liberty that Is
a sister german to anarchy, but reign
of Justice: not senseless equality, but
a liberal coordination of live factors
not a vaporous. unreal fraternity of the
human species, male and female. but
a marshalling Of clans and creeds; and
above all vitalization of resources
under Occidental tutelage. Nor is 1t in
vain that all the governments the
orient has given birth to have worn a
feudal or a dynastic color. commonly
both. Egypt, under British control, is
reorganized Pharaonic kingdom. and
rightly so. You cannot make republi-
cans OF bees. Napoleon, who knew his
orient, would have dismissed the in
standardization Of Palestine Ga plan
which the allies are said to have been
discussing in deadly earnestly as rank
imbecility.
Otherwise, the fair sorting out on the
map OF The five occupant nationalities
is no desperate enterprise; for any race
will cluster where land. labor. fair
deal and flag of its own beckon. The
Hebrews deserve more than a refuge
in Palestine. Princess Iolanda OF Sa-
voy would make them pretty queen.
mean this suggestion seriously. And
albeit no larger than Vermont and
New Hampshire, the stored lands from
Sinai to Hermon are an enviable king
dom, with room for a score OF earldoms.
King Solomon himself in all his glory
did not rule Tyre and Sidon.
From this north. a revived kingdom
Of Syria should, perhaps. include both
Tripoli and inland Antioch. once the
chief city Of the eastern world. Let
Mohammedan em.rs at Odessa, Aleppo
and HONS be persuaded to bow to the
suzerainty of a French house reigning
at Antioch. with duke Of Tripoli
Palmyra the unforgotten. and white
Damascus of the million date palms
bears a kindred relation to the proposed
| kingdom Of Palestine. where sites like
Tyre and Sidon also fairly prompt not
only their costly material Improvement
but their political erection into fret
ports and city republics, those hes,
nurses Of civic liberty.-Afred Elmer.
son in 1.-The North American Review
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

The Bolsheyiki are declaring
Russian debts off, so far as in
dlvldualS are concerned. The
holders of government bonds over
small sums must pocket their
losses while Trotzky and Lenine
are running things. When Rus
STA assumes the role of a come
back there will be grand series
of bill collecting excursions to
that benighted land.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

The contractor who got the job
Of mending 700 pairs Of shoes for
soldiers had to pass twenty-five
cents a pair in graft money for
the privilege. That is pairing
things fine for a country that is
doing business in the billions.
Even in graft there may be eff
cheney.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

cigarettes. exchanges souvenirs and
shares with him his last luxury. II any
one interferes with his Fritzie he's will
ing to fight. when they come to the
cage where the prisoner has to be
handed over, I he farewalls of these
companions wi sose acquaintance has
been made at the bayonet point are
often as absur as they are affecting.
l suppose one only learns the value of
kindness when he feels the need Of it
himself. The n,en out there have said
goodbye" to everything they loved.
but they've got to love some one-stray
dogs. fellows xsk owe collected a piece OF
shell-in fact. ID anyone who's a little
worse off than themselves.
ConinEsRy D8 wson. Lieutenant Ca
Indian Field ARTILLERY. in Good House,
keeping. Fl.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

Former President William II.
Taft. All right, Bill. Borrow T.
RS big stick and start in and we
will send q reporter with an add
ing machine to register the cas-
ualties.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
FROM The
MISSOULIAN FAMILY

Tho Muscular invites letters
from its readers on all topics Of
interest. Tho signatures and adj
dresses Of correspondents should
be sent as evidence of good faith,
though anonymous signatures may
be sent for the letters as printed,
It desired. All communications
should be limited to 200 words and
addressed to the editor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
CONCERNING CRITICISM.

With all our admiration for the
convincing ring of Miss Bess
Rowe's talk to the Missoula Wom-
ems Council Of National Defense,
we submit that she goes too far
in saying that all who are crili-
cizing the government belong to
the side Of Germany.
If that is the case, Colonel
Roosevelt is German, for he is
the busiest critic of the govern
ment that we know, and a great
deal Of his criticism is very we'll
founded and should be useful.
The partisan followers of the
administration and those on the
enormous payroll should not per
NIT their zeal to run to the point
where they hold the administra-
ion above criticism or classify
critics as disloyalists. Construc-
tive criticism and mere causelcss
fault finding are quite different.
1t is a duty to criticisc the con-
duct Of the war when criticism
is needed and it is crime to ig-
more it. To criticisc the prosecu-
ton of the war is plain disloyalty.
TO criticisc from the standpoint
OF sympathy with our enemies is
reasonable. Colonel Roosevelt
is a patriot through and through,
and when he tells us that things
are going wrong it is our duty to
listen. lie was president Of the
United States for seven years, and
it is quite fair to assume that he
speaks from authority and with
certain reliable sources OF infor-
nation. Colonel Roosevelt is not
precisely a tcnderfoot in govern
mental affairs and he is too big to
snarl merely for snarling, or to
put the administration in hole
so that he may work his way back
to the White House. He is not the
man to make political capital out
of this war.
1t is only necessary to read the
newspaper reports of the inves-
legations of the several congress
sional committees to know that
after nearly nine months of war,
the country has not reached the
speed that it was possible to
have reached.
The coal situation is a scandal,
although we have had coal adj
ministrator with unlimited power.
Sworn testimony by army officers
proves that four valuable months
were lost in preparing equip
ment of guns, large and small.
There has been IA shortage of
clothing, munitions and guns in
all of our camps. Everybody
knows that the vital problem of
sufficient shipping was tangled
most Crlminally by a shameful
quarrel between members of the
board and the war department.
On the whole, we think that the
administration has been treated
most generously by the ncwspa-
pcrS IN respect of criticism. There
was very pronounced feeling
that the government had a ire
mcndous TASK to be accomplished
within brief period and that the
impossible could not be expected,
and that a great deal Of charity
would prevail in a situation
where each was striving his or
her best.
The revelations of the past four
weeks place quite a different
light on matters. There has been
an uncovering and there is to be
more. The administration cannot
escape responsibility for its work.
Neither is criticism to be pro-
hibited by an edict from the
White House nor by the protests
iof Democratic congressman and
senators who are candidates for
II
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

The next move in the peace
game is up to the kaiser and if he
doesn't move soon, the German
people are likely to take the
board from his hands.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

The kaiser is so well guarded
that guns are removed from his
soldiers when he walks through
the lines to the railway station.
The world must be made safe for
Wilhelm, no matter what may
happen to the rest Of us.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
THE KINGS ENGLISH.

We are told at school th4t every pro.
noun must have its proper antecedent.
vet read this evidence given by a wit
ness at a murder trial and criticize its
clarity II you can.
-He hit him with q pick" declared
our witness. and he hit him with a
pick. And II he'd hit him as hard as
he hit him he'd ave been killed instead
OF hint"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

La Toilette is not worried be-
cause his fellow senators will not
converse with him. He can al
ways find a responsive audience
by talking to himself.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
THE WORTHLESS LIFE.

what has become OF that Don't
Worry Club you used to belong to-"
1T disbanded after breaking up sew
eral homes"
How"
Wives refused to worry about the
dinner. servants quit and the husbands
couldn't learn to cool"
Evening star,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
THE SORT.

The liquor question is going to be
subjected to a series Of battery of
questions"
Yes. and 1t Is apt to have a shock
ing time. as they will be mostly dry
batteries" American.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
WHAT He GAVE Up.

Il thought you had given up smok-
ing cigarettes ?.
Not exactly. merely gave up
buying any Of my own..Detroit Free
Press,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

We are skeptical as to the wis
dom Of I. r. taking the war port
folio. Suppose that he and the
president disagreed on some
thing. Then we would have a war
that would make the big one look
like scene in a child's picture
book.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

In all fairness, it may be said
that the kaiser should not be
blamed, if he was born without a
conscience.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

Our Boy Scouts should cheer
up. The war may be over before
they get chance to fight, but
there will be another chance &c
make q scout garden this spring
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

1t is bit early to call Mr..
McAdoo the Napoleon OF traffic.
Let us wait until he has crossed
the Alps.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

If the schools are to be closed
two weeks to conserve coal, and
to be kept open two weeks later
in the summer. it will not be hard
to guess how the kids will stand
in the spring on the peace issue.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
Talk d ne To,C,l
Record for First
Week Of New Year.

Yes. have plowed every day this
year until Wednesday afternoon" re-
marked Samuel Maclay yesterday az
he stood BY the steam pipes. trying to
warm up. II have finished the pillow.
ing for spring sowing on nearly 80
acres of my ranch near Lolo. but to-
day consider it my duty to let my
plow have q share in the warm shed"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

We attach much Importance to
the remark of Col. House that
victory is certain" This should
be regarded as inside information.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

Ii is certainty that good deal
Of high-class traffic passes over
President Wilson's single-track
mind.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

Have you noticed how our old
friend, the vegetarian, struts
about these days and I Hs, 81 told
you it could be done?"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

No, Mr.. Gloom, there will be no
ice famine in Missoula this year:
and the coal that we have saved
will start the bins next season.
Yes, and we are going to win the
war.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

Another production of the war
is an amazing variety of hand
writing on the wall.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

The woman who's as old az she
locks makes . mistake IL she thinks
me looks as young A. she dresses.-
6tnkhamtQn TesA
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

To paraphrase it, let lis dig the
graves of the Germans with our
teeth.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

God bless our women who are
knitting the way to victory and
peace.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
Flag at Half Mast
Proves False Alarm.

Many times during the day central
Is asked to ring 1889 black, but yester-
day the phone in the journalism
building on the university campus did
more than its customary amount OF
work. All day the bell announced
calls. And those calls when an
swered, invariably brought the ques-
ton. What has happened to the boys
at the 'front.'" or "Has one OF your
Sammees been killed.
Several weeks ago the girls in the
journalism school made a service flag
carrying 81 stars (the number Of boys
from the school who have enlisted in
the army. This flag since its COM
pletion. has been flying at the top Of
the pole above the journalism build
ing. Tho wind OF Wednesday night,
somehow loosened 1t so that It slid to
half-mast and stuck there. The hall
yards became SO entangled that IL was
impossible to raise or lower Old Glory.
So there 1t it remained. Not a uni
versity Sammee has been SO much as
scratched thus far; but the flag told a
different story yesterday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11
Change From Summer
Came Too Suddenly.

Her cheeks were red, but her nose
was very white, as the result Of a walk
Of two blocks in the early morning
temperature. She il student at the
university and when she reached the
class room at $3.50 o'clock yesterday,
her nose was thoroughly frozen.
Friends gathered handsful Of snow and
helped to rub the frozen feature back
to its natural color and warmth.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

ooly way that we can win
Hing the German people
head with Q Club says
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

Don't offer sympathy to a widow
unless you- mean it.-BtnEhamton
pre2h
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-11

We would like a Chinook wind,
Just to see if we would recognize
it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28
FOR ALL NE HATH GIVEN.

For ceilNerance from the rear '''"'
lived with us by night and day, that
trembled on our lips when we SPOKE o'
our sons and the sons OF all America
let us ne tnanNini In'~ ua!'
For that our sons VINO STOOD uhue'
the shadow OF death ana WOUNDS sun
turn shining faces OF expectation
homeward where We await thefn-
US ne thankful this day
For the infinite happiness OF re!'e'
that the war is over and that men no
longer die in the ohscenitE OF mortal
battle-let Us be especially ana CRATE
fully thankful thiS day.
For treachcry and lust ana 'ru''N
and greed crushed under the teef o.
righteousness and bound by tn" power
os human purpose-l"t us be thankful
thi. DAY.
.ho ,,onin- freedom OF .he
., e,r Tho snIeraor o. arhieyem MT
.,,,so,,- and righteousness OF
..ooI ,,rnos. in this war for
o...s r-, which 1t was
.,a ,ieh humanitarian out
Via 60 .ba rut-,re-let u be
49,.
,;ro !, an age when the
,,.;-a ~. overload Of
.,e.hess ,La+ ont Of the
,o h.+u.e, right and wrorr We
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28

pulled of his rubber boots and put
them away too. and after that he was
ready to hop along with the Kind Po-
liceman Dog, who had always been his
friend. you know. ever since he was
a little bunny and was afraid to cross
Lettuce avenue all alone Wen, pretty
soon, not so very far. they came to
Uncle Lucky's house. But, oh dear
me The old gentleman rabbit wasn't
at home. He won't be gone long, '
said the old Red Rooster. who was
raking up the leaves on the front lawn.
Hes just gone down TO the village to
get the evening paper to see X Kaiser
Bill wants to sell his iron cross"
"Ha, ha," laughed the Policeman
Dog. He can only sell it for scrap
iron" and he tickled the Red Rosters
tail with his hickory club and winked
at Billy Bunny, and then he blew his
whistle. and the old owl who lived in
Uncle LMcky'a barn winked his eyes
and shivered, for he thought he was
going to be arrested for stealing a
little mouse the night before.
And just then, all Of n sudden, Uncle
Lucky came tearing back in his Lucky
mobile shouting at the top OF his
voice:
The kaiser has hooked his iron cross
And his son has hooked his crown,
And the throne of the Hohenzollerns
Is tumbling, tumbiing down"
And in the next story YOU shall hear
what happened after that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28
NOT AFRAID OF THE sUGAB00.

= w. Steele OF Cedar Rapids, has
put into print very simple and prac-
ticable plan for collecting automobile
license money which should command
the attention Of the next legislature
He would have each county collect
its own auto licenses at the court
house where other taxes are collected
He would issue a state number plate
for each car good until returned after
the car is worn out but each year
tag must be attached to the numb-f
plate for that year showing That the
license has been paid. Then he would
have the auto money spent on the main
roads of the county road system pre-
ferably for surfacing.
Auto owners OF iowa are going to
pay twenty five millions in licenses
during the next ten years or sixty
millions in the next twenty years and
II ia time some comprehensive plan
were adopted for the concentration Ok
This money on roads THAT are wotth
whll. The state Of Illinois has just
| voted TO pave its main roads in every
county TO the extent or sixty, miiiions
and nav the entire bill! out Of its auto
license money. Tie first paved r"i'I
bond Issue which gave California its
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28
regulation vas for only aftssa IN
lions.

regulation vas for only nftssa nsi-
lions.
Many a county IN Iowa which hss
sent Ave millions OF It's own money ONT
Of the state for liberty bonds could
now bring back half a million OF BOND
holders money and gravel its en-
Tire county road system and pay OF
its bonds with nothing but auto IL
censc money II IL cared to DO no.
County boards OF supervisors can issue
the bonds now legally but they can not
conserve the auto money as they
should
There vas a time when timid people
could be frightened In Iowa at tho
mere mention, Of fictitious hundred
million dollar bond issues for roads
but since the people OF this state have
taken on five hundred millions OF war
securities in eighteen months they
would not DC so much afraid OF a
hundred millions to be paid back IN
twenty years II such a project were
possible under the law which it is not
al this time.
our state cannot Issue road bonds
now for any sum without more Ia"
and il county boards in the ninety
nine counties should all issue road
bonds TO the legal limit for every coun-
~ the grand total which they couiu
sell above present issues could not eS-
coed forty millions in Iowa without
more law. Forty millions OF debt for
ninety-nine counties to pay in twenty
years at about 100000 per year for
each county will not scare a people
that have been able to invest FIVE mill
lions or more TO the county Of their
own money in government securities
in a year or more Of this war,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-28
fBy David Cory

10y l0Nlu 'Oiy'l
Now. let me see. I promised to tell
what happened In the last story, when
Billy Bunny got 30 tired holding up the
umbrella with the wicked wildcat OIL
top. that he stubbed his toe and al
most fell.
Well. this Is what happened. All OF
n sudden. quicker than the wind that
blows OF your hat, the Policeman
Dog blew his whistle and came running
toward them and when that wicked
wildcat saw Mr.. Policeman Dog, she
gave q loud meow" and jumped OIL
the top OF the umbrella up into tree
and climbed way up to the top.
We'll I'm glad came along
With my whistle blowing strong.
And my good old hickory club,
When you gave your toe a stub
sang the kind Policeman Dog. and
then he knocked the tree with his CLUB
till the hickory nuts fell down in
shower and Mrs. Wildcat slipped and
almost lost her balance.
II guess she won't bother little rab-
bits for long time" said the Police
man Dog. IF she does I'll lock her up
for fourteen days and fifteen nights
and maybe a week longer"
Don't YOU want to come with me to
Uncle Luckys?" said Billy Bunny. So
they both started off again, and by this
time it had stopped raining, so the
little rabbit folded up his umbrella and
put il in his knapsack, and then he