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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-05

SdIy QSdu DcuOu4kSlh6 pAohSSOAss
triflers and politicians. Wood said
"Our allies want men. not words"
More Ships Promised.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. April s.
X. Dol, manager Of the Toyo Kisen
kaisha, is enroute to Washington to-
day to confer with members OF the Y.
s. shipping board about the release
for American service Of several Jap
anese steamers.
Two Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamers
will be turned over to the American
government on their next arrival III
San Francisco. Two other Japanese
steamers were said to be included in
the deal. us we'll as eight vessels OF
tn Nippon Yusen Kaisha, now running
between the orient and Puget sound
ports.
Release Of the vessels to the United
States for war servicN will add nearly
100 900 tons to the allies shipping.
and will enable Japan to secure a
large quantity Of steel.
Second Draft Of 10000.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-Presdellt
Wilson is preparing to launch the
second great draft OF American fight
ers.
He is expected to issue procla.
nation this week notifying 100000
registered men that they must hold
themselves In readiness for service.
The first great call to camps under
the second draft will approximate
15O. 900 men-to start moving the lat
ter part OF this month. There will
be continuous stream OF men to
camp thereafter under present plans
and probably 100000 or 100000 VIII
be called before July !.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-05
'[By Fred S. Ferguson. United Press
Staff CORRESPONDENCE

[By Fred S. Ferguson. United Press
Staff Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. April 4.-American troops
are now holding a sector on the
right bank of the Meuse within sound
of the guns at Verdun.
The enemy last night raided a
listening post in this new sector after
a heavy bombardment A quick
American barrage inflicted losses on
the enemy.
These trenches, which range across
the hillsides, are muddy but In COM
paratively good condition. The dug
outs are lighted with electricity. The
sector until recently was unusually
quiet and soldiers plucked dandelions
in No Mans Land. The first casu-
atty inflicted by the Germans was a
shell through bass drum.
The following message from Presi-
dent Wilson is published in the Stars
and Stripes, the expeditionary forces
newspaper:
please convey to the officers and
men of our expeditionary force the
warmest greetings on the anniver-
sary OF the United States entrance
into the great war for liberty, and
say to them that we not only have
been proud of the way they have so
far accounted for themselves, but we
have the utmost confidence that they
will prove themselves In every sense
to be made of the finest metal of
free men"
400 Photographers Wanted.
WASHINGTON. April 5.--A special
draft call for 100 skilled photograph
ers to serve with the signal service in
France was sent out by the provost
marshal generals office today.
The men will be modified at Madi-
son Barracks. Sackctts Harbor. New
York
For this work. men found fit for
limited military service will be ac-
cepted.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-05
American Troops are Holding Sector on Right
Bank of Meuse, Awaiting Word to
Go Over Top.
HEAR MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT WILSON
Second Great Draft of American Fighters Will
Call for 100000 Men to Enter
Service.

sary dead. Denouncing profiteers,
triflers and politicians. Wood said;
"Our allies want men. not words"
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THE WEATHER

Probably rain. Warmer. Local
temps p. m. 4s; s a. m. 81.
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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
BY OUR PRESIDENTS
Thanksgiving ProcIamations That
Have Come From Occupants
of the White House.

DRESIDENT LINCOLN'S last
Thanksgiving proclamation, set
for the last Thursday in Novem-
Der, 1864, expresses his thankfulness
for the vision Of victory which is in
view, but still contains an humble sup
plication for peace. What glorious
Thanksgiving he would have sent over
the land had he been spared to issue
that which begged nations thank Of
ferings for peace!
This privilege denied the great Lin
coin was granted to the aggressive An
drew johnson and the somewhat cold
and hackneyed message he issued up
on an occasion SO full of cause for
gratitude is characteristic Of the man.
In that message he said:
"Whereas, 1t has pleased Almighty
God during the year which is now COM
ing to an end to relieve our beloved
country from the fearful scourge Of
civil war, and, to permit us to secure
the blessings Of peace, unity and har-
mony, with a great enlargement Of
civil liberty. i. E. Now, therefore, be 1t
known that I, Andrew johnson, presi-
dent of the United States, do hereby
recommend to the people thereof that
they do set apart and observe the first
Thursday in December next as a day
of national thanksgiving to the Crea-
tor Of the universe for these great de-
liverances and blessings"
"The Spanish-American war was OF
such short duration that it resulted In
few proclamatons," said librarian al
Washington, as he turned the pages OF
one Of his big red volumes to the yeal
1918. "Here is President McKinley's
proclamation dated April 26, bearing
the simple statement that war exists.
The Thanksgiving proclamation fol
the same year recommended the giving
Of thanks in the following words:
1.-THE skies have been for TIM
darkened by the cloud Of way, but al
we were compelled to take up tn
sword In the cause OF humanity, w
are permitted to rejoice that the con
flict has been of short duration.
We may laud and magnify his hol,
name that the cessation of hostilitie
came so soon, so as to spare both side
the countless sorrows and disaster
that attend protracted war.
II do, therefore, invite all my fellow
citizens, also those who may be 6
sea or sojourning in foreign lands q
those at home, to set apart and observ
Thursday, the oath day Of November
as day of national Thanksgiving"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
OBJECTED TO CUSTOM
Observance Of Thanksgiving Was
for a Period Not Popular
in Southern States.

I'm the South Thanksgiving day was
practically unknown until 1855. In
u that year Governor Jones Of Vir-
ginia sent letter to the state legis-
lature urging recognition Of the day
that he might issue proclamation for
its observance; but he was advised
that as most of the citizens of the
state regarded this day as "a relic or
Puritanic bigotry," he ought not to
urge it's observance.
Two years later Governor Wise, the
successor of Jones, without asking ad-
vice of the legislature, issued proc
lamation, and the people, generally
throwing aside their prejudice, OBJ
served the day.
In the next year, 1858, eight COVER
nors of southern states issued procla-
nations after the model Of New Eng
land, calling upon their people to OBJ
serve the last Thursday in November
as a day for thanksgiving. But the
Civil war was at hand, and the bit
terness engendered in the long contro-
versy over slavery caused many vio-
lent opponents of the North to oppose
the proclamation, because Of the in
PRODUCTION of q "Yankee custom"
Undoubtedly our present Thanksgiv-
ing day has its prototype in the Ply
mouth thanksgiving festival Of 1921.
It has been asserted repeatedly that
the Plymouth festival was suggested to
the Pilgrims by the Jewish "Feast Of
Ingathering."
If the Plymouth festival has imme-
date kinship with similar events in
the past, it has analogies with the har-
vest home of England. The Pilgrims
were familiar with the English cele-
bration, and many of them, no doubt,
had participated in 1t. The dominant
mark of each was the joy over the in
gathering harvest.
The chief difference between the two
was the want of ceremony at Plymouth
that characterized the English festi-
val. In some parts Of England the
merrymaking was around the mod.
dingsheaf," or 'kern baby" and In
many places the last load Of the har-
vest was drawn to the barn in a wagon
called the "hoch cart" In front went
pipe and tabor, and around it gathered
the reapers, men and women, singing
joyously as they proceeded. At Ply
mouth there was no ceremony. There
was no harvest song so familiar In
the fatherland:
Here's health to the barley mowi
Here's health to the man
4 Who very well can
Both harrow and plough and SOW.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

I'm thankful for lot of things,
I'm thankful I'm alive,
I'm thankful that I'm six years old,
Instead of only FIVE.
I'm thankful for my tops and toys
And for my Kitty Gray.
I'm thankful for the big outdoors
Where I can run and play.
I'm thankful for the things that grow,
The apples-aren't they good7
Tho corn where we played hide-and-
seek
As in little wood.
I'm thankful for the pumpkins round,
Just like golden ball,
And k-o'-lanterns, big and queer
They don't scare me at all.
I'm thankful for Thanksgiving day,
For pies all in a row;
I'm thankful Grandma made them
sweet,
She knows I like them so.
I'm thankful for the turkey, too
How brown it is, and nicei
And I'd be very thankful, please.
For only one more slice.
Elizabeth H. Thomas, in Youths
Companion.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
DAYS new MEANING
This Year National Rejoicing Is
AIIoyed With Thought of
Glad Sacrifice. GO
ITO a very great number Of us.
fothayS ond

"O very great number of us.
especially the fathers and
i mothers and wives of the Unit
ed States, Thursday will be one of the
most realistic Thanksgiving we have
ever spent. At last, after many years
in which this national holiday was
nothing more than that-merely, in
fact, an occasion for feasting and gath
ering and pleasure-seeking-this dis
tinctly American day is to mean some
thing very real and intimate to us all.
Just what message and benefit 1t
brings to us will depend largely, If not
wholly, upon ourselves. And the char
acter Of our appreciation Of the bless
ings that have come to us will measure
the depth of our patriotism and love
Of country.
We are not Of those who believe the
whole sacrifice belongs to the man who
has gone away to fight. AS much-in
some cases even more-bravery and
courage and devotion to duty and to
country have been necessary on the
part of those who remained behind.
And we are certain that those who
stop at home will, on this coming
Thanksgiving, realize more completely
than they have heretofore that the call
Fate has made upon American man
hood and womanhood is indeed an op-
portunity for service, not merely a
disagreeable duty to be shirked If pos
sible. For only If the men in the
ranks, and equally the men and wom-
en- at home who support and encour-
age them, enter this war in such q
spirit Of glad, eager sacrifice will 1t
ever bring us more than disappoint-
ment and regret and terrible loss.
So let Thursday be day of glad
ness, not Of sorrow. Let your tears
If tears there be as you sit beside the
empty chairs, be evidences that your
heart rejoices in the realization that
your son or husband or brother OF
friend was brave enough and willing
enough, yes, eager enough, to risk al
that selfish men hold dear and desir
able that his country might win honol
and security through his blood.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Turkey In American History.

The turkey was domesticated by the
aborigines of the Southwest and by
the Aztecs of Mexico, centuries before
the white man ever set foot in Amer
lea. The Yucatan variety was the one
tanned by the Indians, and from 1t most
Of the varieties now under domestica-
ton are supposed to have been de-
rived, although it is possible that there
has been a large admixture of the
blood of the Northern wild turkeys.
The famous feather cloth" woven by
the Aztecs in days before the conquest,
specimens of which are still pre-
served in the royal palace at Madrid,
was woven Of ocellated turkey feath-
ers. This feather cloth was also
known to the prehistoric cliff dwell
ers Of the Mesa Verde, Canon de Chel-
ly and other regions Of Arizona and
New Mexico, and is occasionally found
when excavations are made.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Time for seIf.Examlnatlon.

The Thanksgiving season is good
time to examine self and see If there
Is anything in our life that hinders
the progress Of the neighborhood. It
may be that we are standing in the
way Of community progress unawares.
It may be that while we feel that we
are leaders we should be followers in
stead, or at least one who works with
others instead Of in advance Of them.
Society does not care whether we lead
or whether our neighbor leads. What
society wants is progress and we will
be held responsible If we do not sac
riflce our own peculiar views If neces-
sary for the welfare of the neighbor.
hood.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
CUSTOM AN OLD One
Pages of History Filled With Rec
ord of Days Set Aside for
Giving Thanks.

TNHE idea is prevalent throughout
the United States that our
l. Thanksgiving day is peculiarly
an American custom of New England
origin. This Is true In part only. The
general observance through many
years of set day ON which to give
thanks to Almighty God for his bless
ings has made the custom distinctively
American; but its origin long ante
dates the settlement Of this western
continent and we must look elsewhere
for 1t.
In old Egypt, when the harvest had
been gathered, 1t was the custom to
observe day of feasting and to lay
offerings upon the affairs Of ISIS. the
goddess of agriculture. The Jewish
festival was the "Ingathering," or the
"Feast of the Tabernacle" mentioned
in Exodus and other parts of the Old
Testament. This was more particular
ly thanksgiving for the fruit harvest,
but as it came at the close Of the en-
tire harvest it probably was intended
also as a general thanksgiving "for the
bounty of nature"
The goddess Of the Roman harvest
was Ceres. Her festival was celebrated
annually and was called Ceralia. 1t
was a day of worship and rustic sports.
Men and women formed professions
and went to the fields with music.
In one way or another, Thanksgiv.
! ;pp dav had been observed In Chris
tian Europe for centuries before Its
celebration in New England. The early
Christians kept such days as the bish-
ops named them within their jurisdic'
ton. On the continent, and for time
in England, it occurred at Marunmas,
which was day Of feasting and drink
ing. Occasionally, too, civic authorities
. recommended the observance Of some
fixed day.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Common Cause

Howdy Thanksgivin'i Here you 10
againl
You comes a-interruptin' when 1's
ready to complain.
rs thankful fob a pork chop an rs
thankful fob bean;
I's thankful fob each lump O coal dis
neighborhood has seen.
Now folks is helpin' other folks to see
de winter through,
Cause all de folks Is kickin' jes de
same as me an you.
Howdy, ThanksgivinI As looks
along de line
70 thankful fob de compny, cause do
comp'ny's mighty fnel
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Over Seas for Freedom.
EFT US be glad together that tho
passionate love Of freedom that
~ 1920 4&2

r EFT US be glad together that tho
passionate love Of freedom that
- made the Pilgrim Fathers set
sail In fragile ships to brave the un-
known terrors OF the inhospitabIe New
England coast Is driving US back over
the seas In dreadnaughts to face tho
known horrors of modern warfare.
When that spirit dies there can be
no more Thanksgiving In America. A.
long as this spirit lives 1t Is always
Thanksgiving day, whatever happens.
or whatever we may have or may not
have for dinner.
Let US give thanks that years Of
prosperity and fairness, years Of peace
and security, have not served to mako
US entirely forgot that unless we love
freedom moro than life, we are al
ready as one dead; unless we know
the difference between real peace and
selfish security, we are already con-
quered people.
Let US give thanks for our strength,
our wealth and our opportunities gar
nered under the protection Of even q
dawning democracy, and for the
chance to pour them out without stint
for the spread Of democracy to every
corner Of our world.
ANNE LEWIS PIERCE.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Real Day Of Thanksgiving.

There is difference between being
thankful and having a good time. One
can enjoy an elaborate dinner and the
meeting of friends without any uplift
Of the heart to the Oliver of all good.
Make Thanksgiving more than jolly
day, a day of festivity and good cheer
and friendly companionship. Put
aside a portion Of 1t for real Thanks
giving to him to whom your thanks
are due. i.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Thanksgiving Thought

If I had known, in Grandma's day,
Of present means of living,
And laid one of those feasts away
She served us on Thanksgiving;
Imagine now how proud I'd feel
And cheerfully elated,
To sit before that old-time meal
Which I had de-hydratedl
Ella Randall Pearce in Browning's
Magazine.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
FIRST THANKSGIVING

after the first harvest Governor Brad
ford declared day of thanksgiving, and
there being but little food in the town
sent four men out fowling, that they
might rejoice the more."-Old American
History.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22
Monster FIocks Of Turkeys.

Writers assure us that wild turkeys
were once so abundant in the wild
country back of Virginia and In the
South generally that flocks Of more
than 5000 were not uncommon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

waxing sore,
On toward their nearing goal they bound
Much faster than before.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

THE eagle 10 the nation . bird. Il sails oeross
The sky
On lofty soinss. serene and proud and free;
But Uhen Nooembes skies are blue. and sohen
Thanksgiving nigh.
Tie turkey 10 the only bird for mel
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

The war-whoop of the savage came
Unto the flying four.
And though already spent and lame
1t made them run the more.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

N VIEW of the grim
p u r 8 u g r 8
spring
A dozen brawny
reds.
Right merrily the
arrows sing
About the hunt
\ ers' heads,
And though their
b a ms re
whirling round.
And limbs are
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

WITT sank e a G h
heart in sudden
fear,
Then paled each
rudy nose, p.
As If in answer from
the rear
The PeQuot yell
arose.
It filled the boasting
hunter band
dread;
arms and DER the
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

Speed. speed, ye hunters. speed your
flight!
The race Is nearly won,
And show that though you cannot fight
You well know how to run.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-22

ring wings.
Down come the victims by the score.
And still they blaze away,
To slay a plenteous dinner for
That first Thanksgiving day.
, 1918-10-31
Buy bullets In Fall.

The best way for the city poultry
keeper to procure hens is to purchase
them in the fall. An effort should be
made to obtain pullets rather than
older hens, and the pullets selected
should be well matured, so that they
will begin to lay before the cold
weather sets In. Evidences of the
maturity Of pullets are the develop
ment and red color of the comb and
a size and growth which are good for
the breed or variety. Hens will lay
little or no eggs during the fall and
early winter. while they are molting.
Well-matured pullets. however, should
lay fairly well during this period, so
that an Immediate return is realized
from the investment. The purchasing
Of pullets In the fall is preferable In
most cases to purchasing day-old
chicks or to Matching chicks In the
spring. Usually there is little space
available for the raising Of chicks,
and. moreover. many city dwellers
have had no experience In raising
, 1918-10-31
Eaas From rable Waste.

In every household. no matter how
economical the housewife, there Is a
certain amount of table scraps and
Kitchen waste which has feeding value
but which, If not fed, finds its way
into the garbage pail.
Poultry is the only class of domestic
animals which is suitable for convert
ing this waste material. right wher 1t
is produced In the city, into whole
some and nutritious food in the form
OF eggs and poultry meat Scraps of
meat or leftover vegetables which can
not be utilized in any other way make
excellent feed. There are also many
other waste products, such as beet
tops, turnip tops, carrot tops, potato
parings. onion tops, watermelon and
cantaioupe rinds, the outside leaves of
cabbages, waste lettuce leaves, bread
and cake crumbs. etc, all of which are
relished by the hens and a be used
to the best advantage.
, 1918-10-31
BUSINESS AND MODERN AUTO
As Essential to Maintenance OF Eff
cheney as Telephones or Lights
in Metropolis

The automobile is an integral neces-
sity Of modern life. We can no more
do business or maintain our efficiency
without cars than we can without tele-
phones or lights or sewerage in cities,
or any other of the thousand and one
things We nave today our grandsires
wot not of.
The modern is just a much IL
necessity as IL steam derrick, a delivery
truck or a locomotive. Its manufac-
ture would not reach the astonishing
proportions of the present industry if
it weren't. The estimated 1917 produc-
ton was almost 100000 passenger
cars-1,S1S,9SS. to he exact-with a
value of 1859. O56,07 wholesale, ex-
elusive of 10000 commercial cars
with a wholesale value of $272.7 69, 800.
We produce trucks 'apd commercial,
vehicles today worth more than half
the value of all cars made three years
ago..
Three years ago 145, 900 people were
engaged in automobile manufacture.
Today there are over half a million di-
rectly engaged, and no one knows ex-
actly how many more produce parts,
accessories, garages. oils, tires, etc.
Some people who ought to know say
that the automobile industry will be
rated as the first in the country in
1918.
, 1918-10-31
House Hens in Comfort.

Poultry a be ran ted successfully
on any well-drained soil. A light loan
which will grow good grass Is well
adapted for this purpose, while a very
light sandy soil through which the
water teaches freely will stand more
intensive poultry conditions, but most
Of the green feed for the fowls kept
on such a soil will have to be pur-
chased. A heavy clay or adobe soil is
not as well adapted to poultry raising,
as such land does not drain readily,
and 1t Is much more difficult to keep
the stock healthy.
Long stationary houses, or the in
tensive system. saves steps, but it is
easier to keep the birds healthy and to
reproduce the stock under the colony
system, where the birds are allowed
free range. Breeding stock, and espe-
cially growing chickens, should have
an abundance of range, while hens
used solely for the production Of mar
ket eggs may be kept on a very small
area. with good results.
The colony house system ces
tates placing the houses, holding about
100 hens, from 200 to $50 feet apart,
so that the stock will not kill the grass.
The colony system may be adapted to
severe winter conditions by drawing
the colony houses together In a con
venient place at the beginning Of win
ter, thus reducing the labor during
these months.