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CHAPTER xvI-continued.

Quite a contrast to Wilson was an
other character in our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account of his age. He was ~ffty-seven,
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
a been born in the Northwest and
had served in the Northwest Mounted
police. He was a typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was a dead shot
with the rifle, and took no pains to
disguise this fact from us. He used to
take care Of his rifle as If it were a
baby. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning it or polish
ing the stock. Woe betide the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
of this rifle; he o found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as a mule,
and 1T was amusing at parade to watch
him in the manual of arms, slyly
glancing out Of the corner Of his eye
at the man next to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was a mystery to us; he must
have bluffed his way through, because
he certainly was independent. Beside
him the Fourth of July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time a
large sombrero, had a Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, a lariat OF
his arm, and a "forty-ive" hanging
from his hip. Dumping this parapher-
MALTA on the floor he went up to the
recruiting officer and shouted: 'I'm
from America, west Of the Rockies,
and want to join your id army.
I've got no use for a German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said I was deaf and
so I am. I don't banker to ship in with
a ID underwriting outfit, but the
cavalry's full, so I guess this regi-
ment's better than none, so trot out
your papers and I'll sign EN-" He told
them he was forty and slipped by. I
was on recruiting service at the time
he applied for enlistment.
It was Old Scotty's great ambition
to be a sniper or "body s%natcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls it. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele-
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to Tags.
Being a Yank, Old Scotty took a lik-
ing to me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these in and ask
for more. Ananias was a rookie COM
pared with him.
The ex-plainsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even if he was hard to man.
age, SO when he was detailed as q
sniper a sigh Of relief went up from
the officers mess.
Old Scotty had the freedom Of the
brigade. He used to draw two or
three days rations and disappear with
his glass, range finder and rifle, and we
would see or hear no more of him
until suddenly he would reappear
with a couple Of notches added to
those already on the butt of his rifle.
Every time he got a German it meant
another notch. He was proud Of these
notches.
But after a few months Father
Rheumatism got him and he was sent
to Blighty; the air in the wake of his
stretcher was blue with curses. Old
Scotty surely could swear; some of his
outbursts actually burned you.
No doubt, at this writing, he is
Somewhere in Blighty" pussy footing
1t on a bridge or along the wall of
some munition plant with the &c. r."
or Home Derense corps.
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way, they are lovely to look at and
many Of us will have to be broadmind-
ed enough to be content with looking.
It is very seldom that one sees one
Of these ribbon sweaters that is made
entirely Of the plain knitting stitch;
while part Of the sweater may be
plain, the design is varied by a Dor.
der done in plain and purl at the
shoulders and the lower part or at the
waistline. There is one of these
which has been very popular with the
entire sweater made by knitting four
and purling four. This rule Of vary
ing the design of the sweater also
holds good for those made of wool.
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Empey stages his play under
difficulties but with great sue
GEES. The next fnstailment tells
about It.
(To BE coNr1NUED.l
Used Vast Amount Of Wire,

1t has been estimated that the wire
in the cores and sheatb:ng Of the
worlds submarine cables that have
been made since they were first used
In 1857, would reach from the earth
to the moon.
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DAN v. BRENNAN

Thou hast all seasons for thine. town4 oh Death. "a :
When life has extended over many years; wheTa. !
has reached its ripened fitness; when the physical pow
es fail and the mind loses it's alertness: there seems to
be an appropriateness in death, though even then there
is the sadness of parting. But when, as in the case of
Daniel v. Brennan,4d death comes in the midst of health
and strength, with youth. but agzraatter Of yesterday, and
the ripeness of maturity just entered upon; with so much
Of happiness to be enjoyed, so much work lett to be done,
so much Of service to be performed. there is added to
the pans Of separation the disappointment over the cut
ting short Of splendid promise just on the eve of its full
dlnent-
Mr.. Brennan was a product Of the state, born within
its borders, reared among its surroundings, educated in
its institutions. and serving in the development Of its
public life. His friends mourn his sudden calling of,
and ali who knew him will unite in sympathy with his
bereaved family.
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boredom and said he felt its inces-
SAINT drudgery in his very bones. So
the men of the New Armies will
march songless for hours and miles
Just as they walked aforetime to the
dour days work through the dim,
echoing streets Of still-slnmbering in
dustrial cities. Considered Alright,
their grim silence is that of some ire
mendous machine which is running
smoothly and achieving its purpose
without any fuss at ALL
The defect might be remedied, Mr..
Osborn points OUT, and since Singing
breeds ch~eerfulness." it is suggested
that the men of the new armies be
provided with suitable song-books:
"The- book which would be most
useful to them would contain, in the
first place. the words Of the old ia
miliar tunes that have survived so
many Of the wildly popular music-hall
ditties. The British workingman
turned soldier is curiously consci-
entious in this matter, and quite I'M
like the concert-singers, who think
human Significance of a song; he will
not open his mouth il he has not the
words by heart. If he comes from
Scotland o" Wales. he almost always
knows the words time has welded to
his inherited melodies. That is why
Scottish and Welsh regiments are so
much better able to sing their songs
to a finish than English soldiers. With
the latter. the first verse of Annie
Laurie (the greatest favorite of ali),
or 'Suwanee River or ,'Clementine'
r(revived in compliment to American
comrades)A is apt to go we'll enough:
but is almost sure to be followed by a
gradual dwirdlins of sound. until at
the end, perhaps. no more than half
a-dozen are really singing, the others
being reduced to absolute silence or a
'hesitating bumbling as of a bluebot.
,tlegin a window-pane. The song-book
required should therefore contain, to
begin with. the words of twenty or
thirty faNorite old songs-it would he
easy enough to make a, suitable list
Then you'd follow a few of the good
music>hall songs (words only) which
have survived their vogue on the bar
r%el-organs. '%Tipperary' would have tt
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:. uofo1 II the American
N gg.mnnoc .kl Tells Story
Of Life on French front l111 0a

any pants on, If We happened
10 pe ,ttie later / thought I heard
=. foitMa rat providing around IN the
~ ~, n,adiafe vicinity Of my n
nns,siiv mentioned the matter 70 my
host. 80 o,,tAtn ~
LmaG; ""Don,t mind them at all.
1 Mu a,,'.. On tame we've made pets out
80 u than,, The devil Of it t:is. though.
ono IF them understands a z OF
Tyelish. Their language is
FL = saen, Cd as if l hadn't been asleep
,,ore than All hour when somebody
atv NC his head inside the dugout and
yelled:
looked at my watch and 1t was 4
, O'Clock. aflAo
lieutenant; Germans
ono. but they may any time now"
,e answered. you see, in the first line
every man and officer must be up and
.standing by in the trenches an hour
hafore davbreak, so as to be prepared
tn repel any attack ii it is made.
Diva ctically all attacks are made just
at daybreak. Our army doesn't pro-
nose to be caught in bed"
We went out and stood around and
shiyered in the trenches until nearly
G o'clock. when the sun began to
show itself over the horizon.
Somebody gave the word and We
went hack to our dugout.
Nothing doing this morning from
the Germans" the lieutenant aid
Lets ret ready for breakfast"
Thus we killed time until nearly 8
O'Clock, when the company COOK and
\ his gang of hashiteers came through
tho trenches with big milk cans filled
with breakfast.
It consisted of something that was
a. cross between a soup and q stew,
but It contained about everything un-
der the sun, including meat. potatoes,
tomatoes; then there was plenty of
white bread on the side, and oceans
of coffee that went right to the spot.
After breakfast everybody went
back to bed again. except those who
. were to stand guard during the day.
MOI many men are needed for day
) duty. because the infantry works
mostly at night, leaving the days for
the artillery to bang away at n an
| other. ,
We we're routed out again about
1880 that afternoon for supper. which
consisted of that same kind of soup
stew, except that we had a side help
ing Of beans.
l At 6 o'clock the night men took
their stations in the trenches and h
day men knocked off to smoke and
chat until they felt sleepy enough to
turn into their hunks. d
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UNFAIR TO WILLIAMS MOTHER

aSSSesThs sevssnnaent .oncialiy makes known the fact
Mt ths army has more than 100000 Smiths, Of whom
a ssss ~ Nllli.m Smiths, 1909 are aJoh,n. smiths. and
kSess ~ Joha a Smiths. There are 1.sssaJohn browns.
Agstets 1shnsy ohnsons. S1.s4e aeorss Aillerz. and -. John
3sSQsB sSsass .of whom@se have wives named Mary"
Sassxn III soysrnmsnt cites this - : reason Why apple
1xeeg#for#goysrnmsn soidisrs insurance should sim
k1@Anis6asns But the New Ysrk Times thinks that
lsytAsrfIsaln s~ysrybedy y, mt it Il al.e : rea-
Sllg ~ ~ department should not perst.t il III
k@aan1gS snintsntioaaily cruel policy of annssuscins
01SGEs1El 1SsIles "a y skillsd 81 wounded soldier. without
16& 5MSse ~ A. snnstusnt. or tn $50 WI
&ae Ea11egisst y rsaasnspiy sure thar etSSffssH ono viii
lssNssss.A q ~ diess y dissass bsfors 4hs sSrsr
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o NJ AND LIBERTY BONDS

Just before the beginning of the Third Liberty Loan
campaign comes the report Of the woman's Liberty LoaI
committee, with a statement of the women's work in the
two hrst drives and a sketch Of their plans in the third.
Financially speaking, what the women accomplished
in the first loan is practically impossible to estimate, and
what they accomplished in the second is hard to est,
mate exactly. The women's record in the second loan,
however. even making large. allowance for overestima-
ton. is remarkable. The actual account" in thirty-six
states Of bonds subscribed for by and. through women
was over $4,000. 900. This means subscriptions taken
only through the woHens committees, making no allow
ance either for, other subscriptions on women's blanks or
for subscriptions influenced by the women's speaking and
general publicity campaign. In states where bankers es.
third OF tho entire subscriptions seemed to now from IT,
The publicity methods included over II, ooo, 900
pieces Of printed copy sent out by the national woman's
committees, but these were incidental to a very elaborate
organization for individual-appeal Perhaps the most
striking thing about this organization, aside from It's Of
fectivsness. was.it Responsiveness. The expense direct
~ to the Treasury Department was ~$s;7121s and the en-
tire expense for state campaigns all over the country less
than $4,000. If the actual recount only be conad-
cred. that u IN expense Of 81 spent for each sci, 900
subscribed; IL the bankers. estimate be regarded, it i.
1 cent for each 1900 subscribed.
The plans for the third campaign are Of course COM
plsts, They are far too elaborate to make any detailed
nention possible. But their denniteness and promiss
are very great. An accurate account 81 the bonds sold
through the women's efforts Ii 10 be kept and - one
woman interested In the ca1npaign remarks, eve hope
20 dsmcnstrats that ~ could saoat 4 ss;o0o.e oo.o 900 losn
without assistance u ~ we're Hessli1
sz-------%~-----~- rsrr
\ new system ~ nennasnship Ii: bsins Ausht III
London. Gosh! Another?
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AN INTERESTING ECLIPSE

On June 8 will occur a total eclipse Of the SUN
lSaach Will exceed in general interest any eclipse which
- eecurrsd in recent years for the reasons that its
Eeeeaiey viii be Ndble in 4 path extending clear across
IfAs United States reaching first the east coast Of Florida.
Intending nerthwesterly, and emerging near the north
xwst corner of the state Of Washington. ~
Al he early chronicles contain notes Of tn. eelinsas
- attempts to connect them with important event.
lse the time. We may mention here two OF the most in
ttsrssdng stories found in the annalA Tho Chinese have
ItAs srsat credit of possessing the very first record Of a
IeslAr ECLIPSE. which occurred back in 213s B. G. It
(apDsass In the writings that tho two Astronomers ROYAL
Bfaiied to prophecy this eclipse and to 70 throuxh tho
proper ceremonies for vardins or the evil which might
)snsus therefrom. To appease the wrath Of tho powers
shave the emperor at once took tho necessary and
lprs1sr measure: He executed the Astronomers Another
iee.ipse. that Of SIS B. c, was foretold by the great Greek
4asfrousmsE, Thales Of Milstus. and thus probably wa.
the fif.t one propheGed by q European This eclipse
I'D the good eject Of making peace between the Medes
land the Lydians. who had been engaged in a war for
'ssysral years The eclipse took place in the midst Of
H. holly contested battle and scared both sides into \
iceNation Of hostlites. These records Of eclipss. are
gof great Importance to the modern historian, for with the
ihslp Of the astronomer he is able TO settle more or les,
(dsfnitsiy Z great many dates In ancient history which
|Monid otherwise remain unknown.
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tBy c. G. Lyon.)

s. (By y. " ASO"'' a..
Ereninr-Night men take sta''0'
trenches at 6 p. M. down
uotel-7x7 dugout; you cra"t
IL backward. .,, stove.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, sheet iro'
burlap door. ,+s;da. no
Rath-shell crater just oucs'ue'
hot water. clothes.
Bed-Bunk; you sleep IN you,
except hat. boots ana coa a.s
ConnpaniOns-Rats; they're Pes1. Of
Call Bcll-Night watch routes Ss Sp
4 a. M. to be reaus
po,a'tos,Na n. m, Cooks gang ar
: r;vas with milk cans full OF Stew
hread and oceans Of coffee.
nr,,o nav-Rack to dugout n DUNK
or trench duties.
Suppcr-More stew n oeahs'
American Front in france, Apr, =.
-(Controle Americain. )-WhatS ..ae
in the front line trenches IKE! VIVA.
do the men do. when do they a anu
sleep. when do they bathe, no" w
they ~recreate?
Well, here's a chronicle OF arouno
the clock-in other words, "a nours'
One DAVIS about the same as announcer
in the first line, when there's nothing
Extra on in the way OF fighting. r.
"You'rc to bunk with me. Lyon, as
long as you're in u trenches: @l"
a friend of mine who's a first l'euIeh.
ant, NV hotel is at the other cnd ol
this trench"
He led me to it. 1t was right OH the
front trench and we got into II by
crawling backwards down about
feet of stairs and then pushing our
way through a door Of old burlap.
T, A tiny candle fickered on top OF a
table made Of old boxes. A little sneet-
iron stove displayed evil d1sposltion
by emitting large puffs of smelly
smoke. The dug-out was seven feet by
seven. six feet high. 1t was papered
with black, waterproof paper. Two
hunks were constructed on opposite
sides.
There are no ON with bath out
here, but there's a place just over the
top. outside, where one can take a
plunge if he wants to-" said my host
Its a shell crater made by a German
mortar the other day."
We blew out the light and got into
our hunks, with all our clothing on
except our boots, coats and hats
about midnight.
1--WE never undress out here" the
lieutenant explained. You see, the
Huns might come i've after us any
night and we'd look nice. wouldn't we
parading down the streets of Berlin
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THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 4, 1918.
PUBLIC SERVICE AND TAXATION

. Iii 4 Az = oNAOomcuI JUot MADE secretary McAdOo, in his
paasscity a director general of. railroads, said:
3 'Hsfetofore. railroad taxes have been paid
q edn1resy ~ the private owners Of the railroads
b4t nov these taxes will be paid by the govern
nent - : Nanifestly in such circum-
sanees, the imposition Of unnecessary state
n and local taxation on the railroads will be a dis
uAet impeachment to the carrying ON Of the war
and an added burden upon the government"
TIL. heaass up in q rather Interesting way the ques-
- OF the Atazaton Of public service organizations in
Wnie no one would express it in exactly that
~. there has been. nevertheless, an attitude which an
-DsaFed to be based on the assumption that the public
iEvdcs corporation, railroad. steamboat line, or what
uassk. was an tnsxhau.tible mine from which wealth could
50 drawn at VIII. and that such corporations were to be
iile1ad Il WILL and could b taxed in Unlimited amounts,
sums to DO aseDed depending merely on the good
naesure' OF its. opposite. which happened to prevail on the
rnARe Of tAsss sahustsd With the llevyins Of taxes.
= NJ. neAdoe presents in . form, which should be
Fn~y to understand. the fact that the mine theory is a
n.1taken one. .nd that when taxes are levied thew must
ssaeuan0 Be. pasA b. people. and that the money where
9Th to pay them must come from some specific source.
n this casa because it 10 the government which is re-
,s0oneabas for the financing Of the railroads, it is the
nsOvernznent that. must pay the taxes. And because the
III svernnent Is the people, the more taxes there are to
~ on account Of the railroads, the more money the
themselves will have to pay.
Z, Take the case Of the railroad under private owner
idnip. It has one source OF income, its receipt. from
freight, passenger and similar service. Those receipta
must be enough to meet all its Obligations. otherwise
.he ROAD goes bump. If the expenditures increase,
pwhether the increase is due to additional cost Of labor or
material, to additional taxes, or to any other cause. the
income must be increased in order to meet the increases.
fheresis no other way. ~ - .
y Under our modern practice the government, state
sr national or both combined, makes certain require:
tnents of railroads. 1t requires service Of = specified
1t supervises. in . general way. the entire
manner in which the railroad transacts it's business. 1t
Also determines what payment the railroad shall receive
Tor it, service. and what returns the roads may be per-
sanitted to make on their investment. Naturally, IL under
the authority Of government, railroads are taxed, as they
nust be, SUFFICIENT income must be permitted to pay those
Saxes. And the people who travel on the trains and ship
GgoodssaRs the roads must pay those taxes in the rates
almpsssdsaThe heavier the taxes the greater must be the
.1sfsaEht and passenger tariffs. And there you are.
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when y comes Why should the families Of the other
l,4sa William Smiths also suffer the tortufes OF anxiety.
and doubt because the war department refuses to give
Inent? % p
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be included. though it was so
much sung in the Army as most peo-
plc-among them u French and
American friends, and enemy musical
critics in Germany-have'been taught
to believe. Daisy and The Honey
suckle and the Bee tthe latter a pref
ty tune with a touch of the folk-song
spirit). and others that are still we'll
remembered. ought not to be left out.
Next would come a small selection of
the beautiful ~folk-songs collected by
Mr.. Cecil Sharp and others. Last
would be included a liberal selection
of the %parodies, marching songs, and
Tagging ditties which have been col
lected in Lieut.. II. T. Nettleingham's
'Tonmy's Tunes'-the most precious
of all war-anthologies. If the War
Office had a little imaginative
insight the soldiers song-book / have
in mind would already be a part of
every soldiers equipment."-(The
Literary D:gest.)
HUMOR.
The following is clipped from Tit
sceny An American s%torehouse.
Enter a Yankee customer. -:
Iu"Ioiitei Say. DoSS. nave you
got any rcd flannel shirts?"
Boss: WAL, stranger. I guess I
can just fit you out beautiful-now,
here's a fine red flannel shirt, price
two dollars-may I let you have half
a-dozen Of these red flannel shirts for
eleven dollars?"
Customer: You may not; I'll take
wan red flannel shirt. and if / like it
III come back again for the other
five at your reduced price" (.
Same scene three weeks later: En-
ter same customer.
Boss: WAL. strafger. I guess
you've come back for those other five
red flannel shirts"
Customer: II guess I have not, but
I've come back for my two dollars.
That red flannel shirt you sold me
came back from the wash this morn
ing-,i put it on, and while I was
brushing my hair. my wife said to
me: Sam. whore did YOU get that
: little coral necklace?'"
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f. V. Boughton, formerly indicted
by the federal grand jury on a charge
Of using the mails to defraud and who
was arrested at Tacoma and brought
to Fargo on March %. was arraigned
at Fargo Tuesday and released IN
der. $1,000 bonds,
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At rhe~annual ball OF the Benidji.
MINI. home guard Tuesday evening.
the Fourteenth battalion band turned
u in new uniforms. The hand pre-
scHted a splendid appearance. \
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The receipts OF the Thrift stamp
drive in Ben,idji Saturday amount to
S2.o09.44. according to a statement
issued Tuesday by Postmaster A. F..
Ritchic.
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Two buildings. costing more thar
$4,000. will he erected at Marmarth
this spring, contracts having been let
by the First National bank and F. O..
Barber. -
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: A. B.. steniker of Lisbon. sold 40
sacks Of sweet clover . to w. G..
Chisman for $1,000. More thar $500
acres are now in clover seed in the
Lisbon district
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V. G. Dickey has been appointed
Williston city auditor to succeed Geo.
Harvey, who il now serving in the
national army at Fort Sheridan.
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New officers of the Dickinson Town
& Country club are DR.. V. H. Stick
ney; president: NJ. L. Mcbride, vice
president; J.. w. Sturgeon. secretary.
and William Kostelecky. treasurer.
John Reuter- is chairman Of the
green's committee. and F. L. Roquette,
chairman OF the house committee.
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Plans for the new Williston hospi-'
tai are being considered. The pro-
posed building will cost about $780,
900.
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Six marriage licenses were issued in
Cass county during March and SIX di-
vorce cases were started IN the same
month. one divorce being granted.
Fargo police. oficers must wear full
uniform. ~white-co1lars and have shoes
shtned while on duty. according to orr
ders Issued by the chief.
Bordulac. a little village Of rs peo-
pie. may appear in caps on the Red
Cross map as the result OF raising
500 at a Red Cross sale held Fri
dey.' A star feature of the sale was a
sheep, which brought nearly $500.