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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20
Christmas Market.

A Christmas market will be held
Saturday at the Walter and Hyland
store in Fairmont avenue The ladies'
in charge viii have on sale home made
candies, pies, cakes, bread, salads,
etc. The market will open at nine
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20
Enjoyed plum Pl

Enjoyed Plum Puddins.-A Christ
mas plum pa& ding truly satisfactory to
the taste Of the most fastidfous Ape
tite was rrCr2red and served last even
ing to the nemb ers Of the order Of the
Eastern Ctar by the worthy matron,
Mrs. Ora Fleming. The novel means
Of conye 7jng to the chapter her Christ
mas greetings added to the pleasure OF
the occasion: Appropriate decorations
completed TIE Christmas atmosphere,
vailed.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20
saturdaY SaIe.

The exchange to be held by the la
dies of the Presbyterian church to-
morrow in the social rooms of the
church will open at ten o'clock A
nice line OF home made edibles viii be
on sale
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-12-20

James Frame, who Is student at
PannsyFJania Military academy. at
Chester. Pa. VIII arrive here tomor-
row TO .specd the holidays with his
parents, Attorney and Mrs. E. C.
Frame. Lindsay Frame, who is in the
naval service, Is expected to land in
EheUnitSd States shortly and It is pos
sfble may come here for Christmas.
, Miss Gucile Shain, who Is a student
ct MISS MarshalFs hcool for young
women, at Philadelphia, VIII arrive
here tomorrow to spend the holidays
With her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Shatns on Maple avenue
Misses Eleanor and Mary Watson
sEttVed home this morning nom Wash.
l.1stons d. Col where they ara students
Mss 1iaderfass school Tor girls,
so.sps1d e1a holidays With their par.
ILL., s.1l9 e.lEles q. V7atson.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

of candidates for the county office
the opposition to the farmers have
not been. It seems that the opposi-
ton will take revenge upon any one
the farmers nominated whether the
farmers candidate is member OF
the League or not.
However, the farmers are not mar
minded.
Miss Mabel Thayer is not and new
er has been a member of the League.
She was nominated by the farmers
because of her qualification and exc
cutive ability.
All of US are equally interested in
the schools. All of us want the best
superintendent that can be had. Miss
Mabel v. Thayer is by far the best
qualified and equipped of any of the
candidates, and without regard to
politics or prejudice, she should be
elected county superintendent of
schools.
Her name will be found on the Ma
tional ticket.
Cut politics this time and vote for
the interests Of the boys and girls.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

We want to call your particular at
tention to the candidates for the Of
flee of county superintendent of
schools.
The office of county superintendent
Of schools is from it's very nature a
non-partisan office.
When the farmers nominated a
candidate for this Office the only
idea they had in their mind was the
public good.
This. Office means nothing to the
League from a political standpoint.
The farmers do not care who is elect
ed to the Office as long as the best
qualified candidate is elected.
The farmers, in making their Sc
lection of a candidate, considered
nearly every name that any member
at the convention could think of and
finally picked Miss Mabel V. Thay-
err, of Julian, as by all means the best
qualified and best equipped person in
the county available for the Office to
which they nominated her.
Now, while the farmers have been
perfectly fair minded in the selection
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18
Preparing For The Boys

ARE WE REALLY GOING TO
PREPARE FOR THE RETURN OF
THE SOLDIER BOYS OR ARE WE
MERELY SELLING THE WAR TO
THEM WHEN WE PROMISE THAT
CONDITIONS FOR THEM AFTER
THE WAR WILL BE BETTER
THAN BEFORE?
After a year and a half of war
we have done nothing for "after the
war;" AND THE DISCUSSIONS IN
OUR BIG PAPERS AND MAGA-
ZINES OF WHAT WILL BE DONE
HAVE ALL THE EARMARKS OF
BLUFF AND CLAP-TRAP.
We can not make special conditions
to favor the millions of soldiers an
sailors that will be returning.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

THERE ARE TOO MANY OF
THEM.
The only way to prepare for the
boys is to bring in better general
conditions on the farm and in the fac
tory, where they win spend the re-
manning two-thirds of their lives.
AND ONLY AN AWAKENED
COMMON PEOPLE CAN MAKE
THIS PREPARATION. Js
The special, interests are fighting
every step toward this kind of pre-
paration, even when the major pur-
pose of the step is immediate efficien-
cy in the war, and they are PLANNING
to use the returning soldiers to force
down labor conditions. LET'S DC
SOME REAL THINKING ON THE
MATTER.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18
Dictaphones

A wear or two ago, the exact time
is of no interest, one Ben Johnson
who was clerk and recorder of Sheri-
dan county at that time, having read
in the latest detective stories and the
press reports of our national detec-
five agency about famous little in
strument called the dictaphone got a
uncomfortable fancy for one Of these
little. instruments.
In his mind the business affairs OF
the county clerk and recorders Office
could not longer be properly admin
istered without the use of a dicta-
phone so the proposition was sprung
to the "three blind men," was favor
ably passed upon and the order sent
forward.
In time the little plaything ar
rived.
It cost, it is reported, around five
hundred bucks, maybe more, maybe
less.
The Johnson's played with this in
strument for couple weeks. 1t was
great sport. Finally one member af-
ter another of the family grew weary
of the limerick" and at last it was
pushed away into a corner and for
gotten and is now covered by an inch
OF dust.
Several months later, "Sunny Jim, "
the county auditor, we understand, al
so got bit by the dictaphone bug
which engendered high dictaphone
lever.
The efficiency" of the county audi
tors office could not be kept up to
standard without the aid of dicta-
phone.
There was a perfectly good dicta-
phone in the clerk & recorders office
being used by nobody and doing no
one no good, but this instrument had
been entirely forgotten. "Sunny
Jim," in his fever, went to the "three
blind men," and another dictaphone
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

was ordered. In due course of time
it arrived and it was the source of
amusement for the county auditor
and his family for about three weeks,
when it too found it's place in cor
ner where it has remained, we under
stand, undisturbed to this day.
Now many of our farmer friends
will probably want to know what a
dictaphone is.
Well, a dictaphone is sort of a
"funnygraph" that you talk into and
which reproduces the things that you
say. Of course this only works when
you want it to work because if it
were automatic it might be dam
gerous thing to have around the
courthouse.
The idea of it is that the county
auditor desiring to be by himself can
in the sanctity If his own lonesome
ness light big black cigar, sink into
the depths of revery and lisp off
his thoughts to the sensitive ear Of
the dictaphone. Afterwards this in
strument can be pushed out to the
stenographer, the thing wound up
and turned loose, and she can put his
thoughts on paper without being
bothered by the presence of the cour-
ty auditor.
This machine is supposed to be a
great time and money saver. How
ever, it did not seem to make hit
and now stands unused in the corner.
When our farmers are hauling
heavy loads of wheat over bum roads
or when this fall people with claims
against the county are taking dis
counts on their warrants they ca1
solace themselves that in spite OF
whatever hardships they have to en-
dure Sheridan county has two very
nice dictaphones safely stored away
in the Sheridan county steel works
and can feel that they are cheap at
a thousand dollars.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

st. Paul and Jerry Bacon of Grand
Forks, might be able to see some
sense in the farmers demand for a
greater share of prosperity. Then,
too, think of what calamity it would
be for the country to have the Glow
er classes" prosperous and possibly
wasting money the way the upper
classes" do. SPARE THE POOR, o
LORD, FROM THIS SIN, THAT
THE RICH MAY SIN TO THE
LIMIT.
Some of the anti-farmer gang pa
pers are trying to play up the farm
ers' demand for exemption of farm
improvements from taxation as I'M
fair to the city business man. Are
they too lazy to fight for this adj
vantage over the city land specula-
tors, or are they spouting for the
owners of the Stacker acres?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18
4 Dirty Lie

In looking over the county weekly
newspaper exchanges, the following
dirty lie appeared in The Culbertson
searchlight, during the week of oc-
tober 18th, last. Read it carefully and
then see to what low-down tactics the
opposition to the farmers will stoop:
"The following is a plank of
the Nonpartisan League plat
form as promulgated at st. Louis
last summer: We brand the de-
claration of war by our govern
ment as crime against the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

Another absolute answer to the
special interest lie that the League
is stirring up class against class is
the fact that the Nonpartisan league
farmers are not preaching class
struggle but political alliance of all
farmers, workers and business of q
non-monopolistic nature. The farm
ers, however, must first organize be-
fore they can make any kind of al
Lance. On the other hand, the spe--
cial interests are preaching bogus
class interest to small business men
as means of keeping them from
joining with the farmers. They are
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18
League Urges Alliance

working on the old tactics of "di-
vide and govern"
But if there is anything distinct
ly new and vicious in devising a
more effective means of carrying on
the fight against monopoly which
progressive, patriotic Americans have
waged for two generations; if there
is anything against class in this, if
Rockefeller, Morgan, Armour, etc.,
are the men divinely appointed to
rule America, and If America can be
united only in bondage to special In
terests, then the Nonpartisan league
must plead guilty to arraying class
against class.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

people of the United States and
against the nations Of the world,
and we recommend that the
convention instruct our elected
representatives in congress, in
the state legislatures, and in To-
cal bodies, to vote against all
proposed appropriations or loans
for military, naval and other
war purposes !.
The editor of The Culbertso
searchlight knows that the forego
ng is absolutely false and unbound
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

both men and women to see that
the enfranchised women of America
nave voice in the upper house of
congress.
The exigencies of the war have re-
stored woman to her natural rights
as the equal of man. We have de-
manded of her every sacrifice except
service in the front trenches. She
has responded to this supreme test,
not only in Red Cross work here and
abroad, but she has taken her place
beside the men in the munition fac
tories, the workshops and on the
farm. She is doing her share in this
great world conflict for democracy.
Who can say that the women of
America failed to meet the demands
made on their sex or failed in any
way to justify their new place in the
economic and political world?,
Can any honest man or woman
say that Jeanette Rankin has failed
to discharge her duties as public
servant or has failed in any way to
represent the enfranchised women of
America The voters of Montana
did themselves an honor and the
state signal service by elecSing Miss
Rankin to congress. They will do
themselves a greater honor and the
state still greater service by adj
vancing her to the senate.
Should the tricks of politicians and
the profteer press succeed in pre-
venting the election of Miss Rankin
to the senate, the clock of universal
suffrage will be 3 turned back SO
years.
The women of Montana, no matter
what may be their political faith
cannot afford to see their champions
go down to defeat before the copper
colored organization that is oppos-
ing her. Woman that she is, she will
receive the fire of profiteer press, she
will be lied about and slandered, her
record will be attacked, twisted and
distorted by her enemies. The po-
litical Huns wiki make no distinction
of race, sex or previous condition
This is to be expected. The orga-
n1zed profteers. will show no more
consideration in their fight than &c
the Huns who fire on Red Cross
nurses OF sink hospital ship. But
if we are not much mistaken in the
temper of the loyal men and women
of Montana, especially those in the
workshops, in the mines and on the
farms, they will see to it that the
women of not only the state of Mon
tana, but of the nation, have a rep
:esea'a:;ve in the highest lawmak-
ing body in the world.-Campbell's
Scientific Farmer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

The Agricultural Publishers asso-
citation, to which nearly all farm pa
per publishers belong, has approved
and is sending out the propaganda
of the Mortgage Brokers associa-
ton against the federal farm loan
banks. What shall we make of it :?
Better look over those farm papers
you get for a few cents year to
see which are following this snake
in-the-grass policy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

If we need any more proof of the
strength of the League and the cor
rectness OF its program, we can find
it in the fact that the Democrats of
North Dakota and the Republicans OF
South Dakota, leading the fight
against the League, have swallowed
the League farmers program.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

Isn't it peculiar how the anti
League press use up white space In
their papers knocking the League
and "Townleyism," but have little t
say about the Hun atrocities perpe-
trated on some of the citizens in Min
nesota?
How many of these illustrious
sheets mentioned the case of the tar
ring and feathering Of Meints, a
peaceful farmer of Luverne (Mlnn.)
neighborhood, by gang OF thugs
who profess to be 100 per cent
American citizens? Well, count 'em
1t isn't much of job. No great
amount of mathematical ability is
required to do so.-Carrington IN
d. Record.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

ed. The League has never. held .
meeting or promulgated any such rot
as that which the Searchlight editor
has stated, edNorially.
The League has never held meet
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

If all the present-day lying about
organized farmers alraying class
against class was true, still they
could learn whole lot from the way
the kept press and business in gen
eral has rushed to the aid of the
profteering packers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

ing at st. Louis.
After Te-reading the ditry lie above
reprinted from the Searchlight, one
cannot help but think it is but an
other drunken dream.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

The politicians are puzzled over
the senatorial situation in Montana.
Jeanette Rankin having decided to
become a candidate on the National
ticket, the senatorial problem be-
comes political equation with three
unknown quantities. Those who have
the temerity to express an opinion
declare the contest is between jean
nette and Lanstrum or Jeanette and
Walsh, according to their individual
political bias. No one believes the
result lies between Lanstrum and
Walsh.
An analysis of the vote polled at
the recent statewide primary shows
conciusively that Miss Rankin was
the choice of the Republican voters
if the farmers had been able to get
out to the polls. 1t is quite evident
that less than one-half of her
strength was indicated in the coun-
try precincts because the farmers
were too busy with harvest and
threshing to take the time to vote.
This will not be the case on the fifth
of November. It is then that Miss
Rankin's strength with both the
farmer and labor vote will be shown.
And why should not Miss Rankin
be .he choice of the people of Mon
tana for senator this fall? No argu-
ments can lie advanced for the other
candidates that do not apply equally
IL. her. She IS able and toy;:sA has
been frra and fearless supporter Of
the administration in every measure
concerning the progress of the war.
Moreover, she stands alone as the
champion Of labor, the farmers and
the workingmen against the DOM
ineering influence of organized cap
ital and the spoilation of the pro-
titeer. She alone represents the
PEOPLE of Montana in the United
States congress.
But this is not all. There are
graver reasons for sending her to
the senate of the United States.
We are or are supposed to be q
democratic nation-a nation the leg
islative power of which is made up
of the representatives of the whole
people. The various classes, profess
sions and interests are supposed to
be represented in our congressional
bodies. We admit the principle that
every considerable body of citizens
having distinct interests in our NOR
al or economic problems are en-
titled to be represented in our legis-
lative bodies. Yet so per cent of the
voters Of the United States-the
women-are not represented in the
senate of the United States.
It is up to the voters of Montana
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

Expecting the anti-farmer gang
politicians to make good on pre-elec
ton promises is like giving medicine
to the dead.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

If the farmer didn't belong to one
Of the "lower classes" the upper
classes" led by the Pioneer Press Of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18
TIDE TURNS To
|. Law and ORDER

SPECIAL INTERESTS, DEPEND
INC ON SWIFT VICTORY TO
COVER DENIAL OF FREE
SPEECH AND MOB VIOLENCE.
lost BECAUSE PEOPLE RE-
FUSED TO BE STAMPEDED.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

The realization that the farmers
and workers of the cities must take
hold of politics to insure rule Oh
law and order rather than the arbi-
trary rule Of men, which is the es-
sence of junkerdom, is spreading rap
;dlv in the nation and especially in
the Northwest. The best proof that
the heart of America is sound where
this issue is clear, is found in the
surprising number Of votes for Nom
partisan league and labor candidates
in the states where the farmers have
organized. Aftersthe interests THAT
resort to lawlessness when they see
their opportunity for stealing within
the law slipping away had done
their worst, the votes gave splendio
support to the League and labor can
didateS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

-sToNER FOR SENATOR
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-10-18

Continued on Page Five)
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13

garden making may be secured from the De
iugton. upon request, without charge.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13
MUST HELP.

Wars cannot be fought without money, and upon the Treasury centers
every financial demand upon the Nation.
The rich of this country cannot alone meet the needs of the Nation;
the men of the country cannot do it alone; the women of the country
cannot do it alone; but all of US, the people of the United States, dsre
garding partlzanshp, forgetting selfish interests, thinking only of the
supremacy of right and determining to vindicate the majesty of American
ideals and secure the safety of Americasand civilization, al do the great
and splendid work which God has called upon US to do.
w. c. McADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13

Fat is fuel for fighters. Bacon is
badly needed in the allied armies and
navies. The allied needs in pork prod
ucts are 150,000.0 900 pounds monthly,
three times as much as before the war.
Anotherw waste eliminator OF the North
Dakota is the potato peeler, shown in
the lower photo. Nothing Is lost ex-
cept the actual potato skin.
There Is a sufficient quantity of po-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13
edMnW nx6AzEsAue

in the Ameri-
can navy are classed
as the best fed body
of men In the world.
In the ships galleys
every effort is made to
eliminate waste.
In the upper photo
one of the cooks on the
North Dakota is oper-
ating q meat slicer that
cuts bacon with the
least possible wastage.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-04-13
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- N CIT and country more var gardens are needed this eaI
@ than ever before. Patriotism prompted 100000 Americans
kQ3 IA to plant gardens last year. according to estimates of tn
kA M United States Department of Agriculture Transporaho
ERI ~ facilities of the nation will Ne strained thisy ca hauling mum
Z Al "A tons Of a AID foods for the Allies The surplus God ere
MASNSsA atd by home gardens will help in the railroad problem Ana
WNRMa<L the nation will eat less of the goods we must Xport-wbeai
meat fats n sugar Every boy IN girl thai helps with IN
garden is helping win the war Leaflets OF instruction II
garden making may be secured from the Department of Agriculture al Was
igton upon request, without charge
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-03

(For the United Press by Mason.)
New York, May S,-A separate
ueace with the reluctant consent OF
Germany may be forced on Turkey
by the renewal Of highly important
operations north and northwest OF
Baedad by the British expeditionary
forces in Mesopotamia.
North of Bagdad, the British are
within less than one hundred miles OF
Mosul. and NORTHWEST Of Bagdad, sec
o,d british column is following the
Ennhrates to Aleppo, which is less
than 800 miles from the present rest
mo place Of the invading expedition
Roth of these obiectives are major
Turkish bases. The capture OF Mosul
would give to the British possession
of the most important center OF COM
,orn;cation in northern Mesopotamia
and = further advance of 125 miles
westward would place the British in
.nssass;on of Nisibin, the terminus OF
tbo completed part of the Bagdad
railway running to oOnstantinOple.
II. At the same time, the British
4roons were to occupy Aleppo, the
whole Of that part Of the Bagdad rail-
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-05-03

ly that the British and the French ex-
tracted far heavier toll from the Ger
mans for possession of Messines ridge
and Mont KENNEL than Won linden
burg could afford to pay.
Nevertheless Won Hindenburg must
risk still further CANDLES for he has
not yet taken single position that is
vital. He cannot turn to the German
people and proclaim decisive victory
which even they will be deluded into
accepting. To be along the present
line indefinitely must in the end prove
the undoing Of Won Hindenburg's rep
utation; and the collapse of kaiserism.
The people at last are beginning to
realize that an enormously powerful
American army is piling into France.
The Americans may not be fully pre-
pared to strike before next autumn
or next spring, but if Hindenburg is
blocked this summer he will stay
blocked until Americas major often
sive is ready to start. That means
defeat for Won Hindenburg. That is
why each German halt such as the
present one before Ypres is a teri
flying nightmare for the Hohenzollern
absolutists.