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The Washington times., 1918-10-12
Your Duty Is to Buy Many
u. S. Thrift Stamps
By B. J.. J. Mundy

to invest your money and small
savings at q good rate Of interest
and in this absolutely safe invest
ment.
Every bond, every War Savings
Certificate, every Thrift Stamp
has the backing Of the United
States Government, and the
United States Government has
never failed to honor its stamps
or its bonds.
Help Children.
There are certain features which
make each in itself,a good invest
ment.
While the War Savings Certih-
Gates are for the benefit Of the one
with more limited income, 1t does
not bar the man with more money
from helping to take up the share
of the unfortunate one who cannot
make ends meet at the best
through illness or straitened cir
cuInstances.
II you are not helping your chill
dren to earn their quota OF 70
worth per child you are not taking
advantage Of the most remarkable
opportunity to teach thrift which
has ever come to the child Of any
country.
What does your individual COM
fort and enjoyment amount e
when you consider giving 20
Government q fair deal?
Get into the greatest game
American or q other nation eTkH'
plsyed to WI he war and learn
TO saveland d at good interest
al At the ims. ?
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

"a range, q steaming kettle, q
flatiron.
1t isn't so uncomfortable to be
two and a half feet tall if one
( isn't continually giving mysteri-
Gus offense to the surrounding
group of giants and, if there are
chairs and tables Of ones own
size. Indeed it's good fun to be
small. One has such a light free
feeling. And before ones legs
get too long, one can see ever so
much better what is going on in
the grass and on the ground than
the giants can.
That's the real beauty Of baby
garden-that it's designed for the
babies themselves, and IL anybody
feels any discomfort there, it's
the grown-ups who stray in.
What the Babies Learn.
Now you cannot prevent a baby
from learning things all the time,
whatever you do with him. It's
the learning age. But in a baby
garden a baby is helped to learn
certain necessary and valuable
things. Thus, they are taught to
help themselves, as far as posi-
BILE; to feed themselves; as soon
as they are old enough, to dress
themselves; and even at a very
early stage to pick up their toys
when they have finished play.
They are taught to be considerable
and unselfish with each other and
not eternally to be insisting on
the Importance of "mine."
They are taught to love animals
and to be kind to them. And they
learn familiarity with plants and
flowers and something of how
these grow. And whatever nat
ural impulse they may have to
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

IF your city is falling behind
other cities in purchasing
War Savings Stamps and
Certificates, is not some Of the
blame due to your failure to meet
your share of what is required Of
you?
In settling the quota for each
county $50 per capita was decided
upon as the necessary proportion.
Have you purchased or are you
planning to purchase $50 worth
for yourself?
Are you simply negligent or do
YOU think the requests Of the Gov
eminent mean the other fellow
and exempt you?
Or why do you prefer other in
vestments?
And why are you unwilling to
make sacrifices in the curtailmenI
Of pleasures and comforts?
A Plain Duty.
No loyal American would admit
even to himself that any Of the
above excuses are true.
On the other hand, the Govern
ment must have money to conduct
the war.
It can be raised only by sale Of
stamps, bonds, or direct taxation.
If by taxation, it means that
you will have to pay your proper
tomato share of expense and will
get no financial return for the
money.
The Government wishes not to
tax any more than is necessary,
and so gives you an opportunity
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
per bio, IItalf sag5aI Did King

Continual fro rst &oiorhF ~
and men to be moved from tn to estern bat
tlefront it is probable that Prrss Ould have
been victorious In the end ofope PRUSSIA never could
win for injustice never won on thds earth. y
But Prussia did beet and rob FSance ,inF1s79
And had it not been for Italy through
Belgium by treacherous surprise striking naWares might
again have scored a victory. 8 l8 II ~
The Italians came IN They Ignardsd} alarge part of
the French frontier They gusrde ths own they sacr
feed their men, their money they snbed to starvation
to hunger and to cold. ~ Lf,\t II
The war is nearly And Italy houla be thanked for
great share in it. thanked byevey aon by every ind
viduGl and by America especially - ~
Part of her reward viii be- the StOratiOn Of territory
stolen from her. part will be control Of the Adriac east
coast to Itays peace and part Will be the
worlds gratitude
The Washington times., 1918-10-12

How far back can eclipses be
traced? How far back Of 5000
years can we go?-E. D. Gibbons.
Boston"
THERE is no limit to the
period of time, either past
or future, over which the
calculation of eclipses may be ex-
tended, but the greater the dis
lance Of time the less, in general,
the minute accuracy Of the predie-
tons, owing to slight irregularities
in the motions of the moon. But
for any time embraced within the
probable limits of human history
a calculated eclipse, especially one
Of the sun, forms a virtually un-
erring finger-point for determin-
ing the true date Of any past event,
provided that an unmistakable
contemporary record can be found
proving that the event in question
occurred simultaneously with, or q
certain number of days before or
after, a particular kind Of solar
eclipse.
Thus astronomy is able to cor
rect history by measuring its own
footsteps for II. History says, for
instance: "a great battle occurred
between the armies Of two mighty.
kings at such a place and at such
a time Of year, and in the midst
Of Il the face Of the sun was sud-
denly entirely hidden at high noon
and the stars appeared until the
darkness passed Of, whereupon the
kings made peace; but our chro-
nology is confused and we cannot
give the date Of this occurrence"
Then astronomy replies: "An
eclipse such as your records de-
scribe occurred at the particular
place mentioned so many years be-
fore the Christian era; that, then,
must have been the date Of your
battle"
Chief Difficulty.
It will be perceived that the
chief difficulty is to identity the
celestial phenomena mentioned by
the ancient annalists with eclipses.
1t is rare that. the records are at
all definite in the description Of
such occurrences, which were re-
garded not from q scientific view
point, but as marvellous signs Of
the interference Of supermundane
powers with the affairs Of man
kind. But sometimes the identifi-
cation can be made with sufficient
certainty even though the descrip-
ton Of the phenomenon would in
itself not clearly fit an eclipse.
Not only can the narrow path Of
the shadow Of a total solar eclipse
be accurately traced over the earth
even though the eclipse occurred
thousands Of years ago, but the
hour and minute Of its occurrence,
as measured by the local time Of
The Washington times., 1918-10-12
Once-Overs
THE CAT IN THE GARRETT.

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the folk all and knew father
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point of view.
Some relief, isn't it?
UNDERSTANDING is what afer-the
child who understands and things do.
"Brds of feather flock together but what Of the
strange garrett"
Could anything lonely than find ones
aliens?
be Joint with the times, the
neghborhood is enviabe position
Cooperation and coordination the factors of
If find following the crowd change
standards where belong for hnderd helped
according associations ard waste Of time to be always
explaining
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
TO LAUNCH VESSEL
EVERY THREE Weeks
NEW SLOAN YARD MANAGEMENT
HOPES TO SPEED UP SHIP
CONSTRUCTION.

A completed hull will be launched
every three weeks if the new man
agement of the Sloan Shipyards sue
ceeds in working out its plans, Man
ager L. o. Waldo said the other day
in discussing plans for speeding up
construction of wooden vessels at
the big yard.
To this end the crew is being con-
stantly enlarged until there are now
some 900 men on the payroll; the
means of obtaining material sup
plies is being steadily improved; !;
night crews are being put to work
where they can be handled to ad-
vantage, and additional machinery to
facilitate the work is being installed.
AS the result of the speeding up
process, by which great improvement
already has ben noted in the yard.
The payroll at the big plant is now
running close to $4,000 a week or
some $4,000 a month, and stead
lily increasing as more men are en-
ployed. The crew will be increased
as rapidly as material supplies war
rant, Manager Waldo said.
New keels are laid in the berths
vacated by the two vessels launched
in the past month, and the frame
work of the first of these is now vir-
tually installed, while more rapid
progress Is being made on the other
six vessels on the ways.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
WORK ON CAPITOL
NOT CALLED OFF
ONLY PROHIBITIVELY HIGH
PRICES WILL PREVENT NEW
BUILDING, GOVERNOR SAYS

Bids submitted to the board of
control for the construction of new
building at Medical Lake hospital,
the lowest of which was $4,000,
when the appropriation for two build
ings there was only $4,000, led to
rumors locally that all plans for fur
ther capitol construction had been
called or. ..sr ..
These stories were emphatically
denied by Governor Lister Wednes-
day, who said that only day or two
before he had gone over the esti-
mates and specifications for the pro-
posed new Office building with Archi-
tect Julius Zittel of Spokane, that the
plans would be completed In short
time and bids called for.
"The only possible thing that will
hold up the construction of that
building at this time is that the cost
will be absolutely prohibitive," the
governor said. I'VE hope 1t will not
be-we are trying to arrange it so
that 1t will not be-and we will 90
ahead with the Office building unless
the prices are prohibitive."
In the meantime work is going for
ward on the completion of the exte-
rior Of the Temple Of Justice. con-
tract for which was let last Decem-
Der, the governor saying that the
cutting Of the stone Is all being done
In the qunrries and stone yards and
that the work here will be started as
soon as the stone is prepared.
Referring to the work to be done
on the. interior of the building. the
governor said that the capitol COM
mission has not yet received from
Architects Wilder & White of New
York the plans for that work. con-
corning which they sent a representa-
tive here last December. and which
the commission expected to receive
by the first Of the year.
When these plans ere submitted
and approved. bids will be called for
on this work and the Governor ex-
pressed the opinion that there should
be no interference with 1t on account
of high prices.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
OSBORNE, HURT IN AUTO
ACCIDENT, RECOVERING
Pleasant Glade Rancher, Injured Last
Saturday, Still Confined
to Bed.

Lou w. Osborne of Pleasant Glade.
who was painfully injured in an au-
tomobile accident on East Fourth
street last Saturday morning, when
the wagon he was driving was struck
by a machine driven by c. N. Allen,
is reported to be recovering from his
injuries, but not yet able to sit up.
The horse attached to Osborne's
wagon became frightened at the col
lision. which took place at the top of
the hill as Osborne was coming to
town, and bolted and ran. throwing
Osborne and little girl who was
with him, Crystal Robbins, to the
street. Osborne was badly shaken
up and bruised, and his lip was cut
and four upper teeth knocked out.
The girl, who is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. j. r. Robbins of Pleasant
Glade, was only slightly injured.
Osborne was attended by DR.. H.
w. Partlow, being taken first to st.
Peters hospital for treatment, as he
was unconscious for time, and later
removed to his home.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
OLYMPIA BOY IN
FRANCE WOUNDED
Y. w. ROGERS Is REPORTED
SLIGHTLY HURT-LETTERS
FROM OTHER LOCAL MEN.

Official notice has been received
from the war department by Mrs. Ed
Rogers that her son, w. w. Rogers,
former employe of the local fire de-
partment, now a sergeant in the
161st infantry in France, has been
slightly wounded. This is the first
casualty reported among the numer-
Gus local boys in Uncle Sans service.
His name appeared in the casualty
list issued last Sunday.
!. Mr.. and Mrs. Matt TwOhy of Mud
Bay received letter Wednesday
from their son Lester, who was res
cued from the Tuscania, saying that
he Is in hospital in England, suf-
fering from the mumps. Lou Duval
has also received word from his son
Richard, who belongs to another
company of the same regiment of for
estry engineers as young Twohy but
who left for lover there" about two
weeks ahead of him, saying that he
Is we'll but that it is quite cold in the
section of France where he is sta
toned.
4 Mrs. Peter Mckenzie also received
a letter Wednesday from her son
Cylde, member of the same COM
pany of the 161st infantry as Rog-
ers, saying that the weather is beau
tiful where his regiment is billeted
and remarking that he would like to
tell what they are doing, but dared
Aot. The letter was dated February
9th.
Henry McCool, another wcll-known
local boy with the 161st, who was
employed as a printer by The Wash
ington Standard prior to his enlist
ment, has been transferred to the
government printing Office in France,
according to word received by friends
this week. Henry-"Mutt." as he
WAS known in his devil" days
served his apprenticeship in this Of
fee.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
DISPUTE OVER RANCH
RESULTS IN ARREST
RUSSIAN, WHO CHASED DEPUTY
WITH PITCHFORK, IS ARREST.
ED BY SHERIFF.

Charged with fourishing an axe at
c. A. Whalen Of Tenino and threat
ening to kill him John Morasch, a
Russian, renter Of the old Ticknor
place in the Skookumchuck valley
about six miles from Tenino, was
taken into custody Thursday after
noon by Sheriff Jack Clifford and
lodged in the county jail. after Dep
uty Vert Yantis of Tenino had at
tempted to arrest him that. morning.
and failed, being chased OF the farm
with pitchfork.
The difficulty arose through q dis
pute over possession of the Ticknor
ranch, which Morasch has rented for
the past couple Of years. 1t has re-
Gently been sold, but Morasch re-
fused to give up possession on the
basis of settlement proposed, and
when Whalen, the husband of one of
the Ticknvr girls, went out to see
him Wednesday, chased him of the
farm. fourishing an axe.
Whalen returned to Tenino and
swore out a warrant against Morasch
and Deputy Sheriff Yantis went out
Thursday morning to serve 1t on him.
Morasch resisted and. grabbing q
pitchfork, started after the deputy.
The latter shot at him. but the bullet
just grazed his right leg. Yantis
then returned to Tenino and called
out Sheriff Clifford.
The latter reports he had no
trouble with Morasch. though he re-
fused to come voluntarily and had to
be handcuffed. The Russian is quite
well known in that section of the
county. having worked at Tono for
years before he rented the Ticknor
ranch.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
ASKS BOARD TO PROBE LOCAL
HOUSING SITUATION.
Chamber of Commerce Keeps After
Appropriation for Shipyard Work.
ers' Homes.

Formal request that Meyer Bloom
field. special representative of the
United States shipping board sent to
the Northwest to investigate housing
conditions for shipyard workers. be
instructed to come to Olympia and
inquire into the local situation, has
been forwarded to William Pigott of
Seattle. chief of wooden ship con-
'struction in this district.
The chamber recently sent a for
NAL request and brief to the ship
ping board. asking for the allotment
of $250.000 to Olympia for the con-
struction of new houses here, to ac-
comodate shipyard workers. 1t has
supplemented this by submitting to
Pigott q further argument in ssup-
port Of the request, setting forth
actual housing conditions and. empha-
sizing the need for new homes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
FIRST QUOTA ON SECOND
DRAFT IS OFF TO CAMP
Ten Boys Gather at Courthouse Fri.
day-TwO Alternates Go

Thurston county's first contingent
on the second draft call, 10 young
men, gathered at the courthouse at
9 O'Clock Friday morning and, after
being checked in" were taken to
Camp Lewis in automobiles.
Two of the ten first called, Ivan
Dale Goldsby of Tumwater and Rich
ard B. T. Norris of Yelm, were not
with the contingent and their places
were taken by Theron Nell and John
Blake of this city, the first two of the
alternates called. Goldsby, since the
call was issued, has been transferred
from class to class 4, because of de-
pendency, and Morris is sick at home
with the mumps.
Theodore Nelson, another class
boy, who would probably have been
in the next contingent, has recently
been inducted into the service, join
ing the 31st Engineers at Fort Leav-
enworth.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
PERKINS PAPERS PLAN+TO PUNISH
TEN|N0 IS R0UNO[Y SCORED
"CHILDS PLAY" Is MOST FREQUENT COMMENT
NENT OLYMPIANS WHO CRITICISED SEVERELY
DAu.IES TRACK
HOFFMAN VIEWS.

Strong exceptions are being taken
by leading Olympia business and pro-
fessional men to the proposal of the
Perkins press to punish Tenino for
its failure to vote for the 100000
road bond issue. by having the route
of the Pacific highway changed so
that 1t would follow the middle
highway" direct to Grand Mound in
stead of going through Tenino, and
as the result of this severe criticism
the local dailies, the only sponsors OF
the proposal. have had to back
track" and eat humble pie"
tits the most ridiculous thing !
ever heard Of" was the comment of
Senator P. H. Carlyon, chief promoter
of the bond issue and organizer of
the Good Roads Association upon
which the Perkins dailies attempted
to hang the proposal. "The route
was fixed through Tenino and 1t will
stay through Tenino. II I've got any
thing to say about 1t, and I'll be in
the next legislature"
TeninO Residents Irate.
The same sentiment was expressed
by all the local men who attended the
special meeting of the association
Wednesday evening. when plans were
laid for the big massmeeting here
next month to perfect permanent
organization. The most frequent
comment was that the proposal was
the merest "child's play" And res
idents of Tenino, who visited Olym-
pia Thursday. among them Joe Tay-
lor, expressed their opinion of 1t very
vigorously and pointedly, until con-
vinced that the published articles
were not indicative of the sentiment
of Olympians.
An emphatic statement regarding
1t was given to the press Thursday
by Geo. A. Mottman, who called 1t
"un-democratic and un-American,"
and also expressed the opinion that a
mistake had been made by the state
highway board when 1t fixed the
route from Tenino to Centralia
through Grand Mound instead of via
BucOda. His letter says:
Il. for one, regret exceedingly this
talk in the newspapers and on the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29

streets of wanting to punish Tenino,
Bucoda. ETC., for not voting for the
bonds by diverting the highway some
other way and leave Tenino on the
side track.
Time To Stand Together.
1.-TWO wrongs never make one
right and all the people who voted
against the bonds had legal. consti-
tutional right to do 50 and 1t is un-
democratic and un-American to want
to take revenge on those who may
differ with us. II ever there was a
time for the people Of Thurston
county and Olympia to stand to-
gether and stick together, that time
is now
do not forget that all the taxpay-
ers will have to pay for the proposed
paved highways and that these high
ways should be located and built
to serve the greatest number of res
ident taxpayers along the highways
do not forget that highways are
not solely for the 'transients.' the
tourist or the joyriders. The resident
taxpayers who have to build and to
maintain the roads should at least
have a lOok-in.
do not forget that it is more i'm
portant to the material interest Of
Thurston county that our highways
should be constructed with a view of
diverting the trade of the farms and
mills to our trade centers, big and
little. than to have 1t said that they
were built like a railroad, to serve
outsiders and that the only interest
Thurston county people have in them
is to pay for them.
FavOrs BucOda Route.
DO not forget that serious mis-
take was made when the highway
was diverted from Tenino to Grand
Mound instead of leaving 1t by way
of Bucoda to Centralia. The Bucoda
route is five miles shorter to the
county line and would save the
Thurston county taxpayers $4,000
in construction and would serve 100
times more people.
''DO not forget that Olympia can
obtain no route from Rocky Prairie
or Grand Mound. but that the people
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
of TeninO. Bucoda, Tono and the
Skookumchuck valley will come to
O1vnnSo IN tro do wSth inot <roo ov<

of TeninO. Bucoda, Tono and the
Skookumchuck valley will come to
Olympia to trade with just treatment
and good roads to encourage them.
do not forget that paved high
ways will do more to develop the
county and encourage trade with the
trade centers than any other agency
and we should have a paved high
way from Olympia to Yelm and Raj
nier and one to Little Rock and be-
yond. 4
pulling together will mean pros
perity for all the people, whereas
selfishness will get us no place.
Every respectfully,
GEO. HOFFMAN"
The humble pie" eaten by the
dailies appeared in first page edi-
torial Thursday evening, in which,
after a few vague pleasantries, ap-
peared the following paragraph:
1T is not probable that the idea
of diverting the Pacific highway from
Tenino was ever given much serious
thought and at present the advocates
of such move are few. II any"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-03-29
TO LICENSE RESTAURANTS
Congress Expected to Pass Bill t.
Control Public Eating Places.

SPOKANE. March 29.-Every pub
lie eating place in Washington, in
common with those of every state of
the Union. will be placed under the
licensing system soon. according to
Charles Hebberd. food admins
traitor. A bill providing for this step
is before congress and is expected to
become law in few weeks.
Preparing for this step and for a
general tightening of the wheat saw
ing regulations. Mr.. Hebberd has an
nounced the appointment of Hazen j.
Titus of Seattle as state restaurant
committee chairman. Mr.. Titus was
for years in charge of the Northern
Pacific dining car system.