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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-01

rights as an American citizen and
a soldier are being infringed, so
, he straightens, glares, and, with
a sweeping gesture Of his arm
which says plainly Bring 1t here,
forcefully reiterates:
"Fromage!" Then he adds, for
1t has been drilled into him:
"S'il vous plait."
"Oui, monsieur" agrees the
troubled waiter, and hurries away.
Time passes; minutes, seeming
hours, days, weeks. Across and
across. and up and down the cafe,
go swiftly carried platters of
cheese, and boards laden will
many kinds Of cheese. Diners
finish their wine and their coffee
and pay their checks, and leave
in chatting ease, until, just az
despair settles on the academi-
clan and the hand-to-mouther
the waiter brings 1t; six kinds on
a board!
Getting Along.
1t is late that night when Jim
figures 1t out. It's Jim, because
Roland Is fiercely going over the
top on list OF adverbs and pre-
positions.
II have it," says Jim. "That
guy was trying to find out VIVA,
kind OF cheese we wanted. If we
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-01

| make no difference betweel
them.
Forgets "some."
Roland, however, feels that hi
reputation is at take. He's pu'
too much time on the vori
"avoir" to permit himself sucl
carelessness; SO he eolors, though
he tries to smile, and clutches Lii
forelock.
How in thunder does one say
1--WE shall have!
Nous" something or other
Nous" Is "we," all right. Ali
II comes to him in a flash.
Nous auvrons, sill YOUR plat,
he again begins, glibly, ther
brings up with a sudden stop.
lie has forgotten the word for
some"
Two Methods.
So he sticks, and turns red be-
hind the ears, and the hand-to-
mouther-we'll call him jim
grins in fiendish glee. and the
walters completes the Job by say
Ing. encouragingly: "Oui, mon
sieur?"
"Fromage."
Now is the time for Jim to come
to the rescue. With a confident
smile he leans back, and looks
the waiter calmly in tho brown
eye. and says. just like that:
"Fromage."
"Oui. monsieur" The waiter
turns to Jim in delighted relief.
All. He got II! Jim swells with
pride and Roland greens with
envy.
Just then the waiter pours
forth an unexpected stream of
French, which sounds like one
word two yards long, and waits
expectantly; even eagerly.
The academician and the hand
to,mouther gaze at each other in
blank perplexity.
Jim feebly repeats 'fromage"
and it meets with the same sue
cess as before 30 far as under
standing goes, but it brings no
cheese.
What's he saying. anyhow; that
they have no cheese, that it's for
hidden to sell cheese at this hour,
or what?
At Last, 1t Comes.
A little pink comes up in the
cheeks of Jim.
Somehow he feels that his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-01
Cured his RUPTURE

I I was badly ruptured while lift
lng . trunk several years ago.
doctors said my only hope Of cure
twas an operation. Trusses did
,ms NO good. Finally l got Mold
of something that quickly and
,completely cured me. Years have
lpasssd and the rupture has never
returned. although l am doins
hard work as carpenter. There
MES no operation, no lost time. no
krouble. l have nothing to sell.
but will give full information
about how you may find a COM
plete cure without operation. II
you write to me. Eugene NJ.
fuilen. Carpenter. 42sD Marcellus
Avenue. ManasQuan, ", J. Bet
eer cut out this notice and show
u to any others who are ruptured
you may save o life or at least
stop the misery Of rupture and the
;WUrry and danger Of IN operation.
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TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT

The Come back" man was really
never down-and- His weakened
condition because of overwork, lack
of exercise, improper eating and
living demands stimulation to salts
~ the cry for a health-giving APP
petite and the refreshing sleep es-
sential to strength. GOLD MEDAL
Harlem Oil Capsules. the National
Remedy OF Holland, will do the
work. They are wonderful. Three
of these capsules each day will put
a man on his feet before he knows
1t; whether his trouble comes from
uric acid poisoning, the kidneys,
gravel or stone in the bladder.
stomach arrangement or other all,
ments that befall the over-zealous
American. Don't wait until you are
entirely down and-out, but take
them today. Your druggist will
gladly refund your money If they do
not help you. Accept no substitutes.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL
on every box, three sizes. They
are the pure. original. imported
HARLEM Oil Capsules.
ADVERTISEMENT"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-01

I had told him, he'd have brough
1t right away, in place of wait
ing for one Of those busy board
with the assortment on it."
So endeth the first lesson.
| This thing of being in a strang,
land, amid strange people ant
strange customs and strange Ian
guage, is a "circus" for the av
erage American, and accordingl,
you need have no worry abou
your boy.
He's getting along; and any
how, he's among friends.
He likes the French people
and they like him.
They like the way he car
ries himself, his erect shout
ders and his well-poised head
and his free and easy stride;
l they like the intelligence
and the courage in his eye;
they like his face, good
face, with no habitual evil
thought in it, and they have
an earnest conviction that
when enough of our boys,
with that sort of stern eye
and nose and chin and Jaw,
get over here, well win the
war; and they like his good
| nature and they like his
manners.
He's polite, this boy Of
ours! He compares most adj
vantageOusly with the men
| of any nation, I'm that fundn-
! meatal politeness which is
! based on consideration for
others.
/ Add to these things the
] ract that he is jolly and gem
trOus, and there is email
wonder that the boulevard
IRIS, when they are looking
| Scr someone to entertain,
! should prefer these hand.
/ some, distinguished looking
boys OF ours.
YOU NEEDN'T WOR Ry
ABOUT THAT. EITHER, in spit
Of certain stories emanating from
sensation mongers who Should b.
in better business.
Don't Be Worried.
+, They'd have you believe tina
the entire American army
plunging headlong to the Oh
Nick, that they're stepped in vice
sodden with drunkenness, an
RAPIDLY undermining their healtl
and morals.
| It's an Infamous untruth!
| The fact Is, the boys WHO hav
taken roistering advantage O
their opportunities, are only
ldrop in the bucket, as compare,
with the great body Of the Amer
lean army in France, which a
a whole, is self-respecting an,
well-behaved.
And these boulevard girls, thes,
women of the streets of Paris, ar,
only . drop in the bucket as com
pared with the true women O
France, the fine, courageous wo
men who have proved their wortl
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II am not a spy. u

Il am not a spy"
DR.. John Reitz, with offices In
the Fidelity building, held by gov
eminent officials as an alien en-
envy, Friday protested his inno-
cence Of any act ornword of dis
loyalty.
He admitted having been a lieu
tenant in the German reserve
army, but declared he is now past
the age limit.
II am thru with this killing bus
iness," he said. AT present my
status is only that of non-com-
Blatant in hostile country. My
duty is to keep quiet and avoid
publicity. / have been in Taco
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-01
ACCUSED DOCTOR INSISTS
he is LOYAL TOTHE US.
BY Altman

ma seven years, and my only bus
iness here Is to make my living"
He said the trouble with gov
eminent authorities undoubtedly
was brought about because "peo-
pie have been Fostering him. IN
the elevator, on the streets and
everywhere would go, they
would stop me, asking me what I
thought about the war. Some OF
them delighted to tease me about
the kaiser"
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TODAY's CLEARINGS
Clearings .........$ S24 ,694.17
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Transactions 500. 1,460,674.70
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-01
Constipation Makes,
Baby Uncomfortable


When its tender little organs are
bound up with q congestion Of
stomach waste In the bowels, Baby
is a mighty uncomfortable morsel
of humanity, and reflects Its dis
comfort in its disposition. IL
Mother. will Just give It a tiny
d63e Of q mild laxative, such aa
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. the
congestion will quickly loosen and
be expelled, and her child be nor-
mai and happy once more. !
DIR. CaldwellA Syrup Pepsin n
especially desirable for children,
because It contains no opiate or
narcotic drug, being combination
of simple laxative herbs with pep
sin, mild and gentle in action.
positive IN effect, and very palata:
wells syrup fepsin FOR ATTY cents
bottle; 4. trial bottle, free OF
charge, can be obtained by writing
to DIR. w. B. Caldwell, 456 WASH
ington St.. Monticello, Illinois.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06

Dr.. Barker is no theorist. He has
q plan which has been thoroughly
demonstrated ia practice and he is
himself living example OF the sound
ness Of his method. 4.
!, He IS the man President Taft sent
Tor when he took up his residence at
the White House, and every day from
a 4. %. to g 9. m. he spent with DR..
Barker. going through his health
stunts. He reduced ei ghty-tive pounds
and gained wonderfully IN efficiency.
By Dr. Barker not only de iuers higlls
Interesting and valuable lecture on
health, but demonstrate on the plat
form many of the physical exercises
IOf bis system. He tenches you how
you may live one hundred years ana
make the most out Of your life us Won
so along Don't miss this lecture. It
is great.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06
HEARST AND BRISBANE,

The controversy which has arisen
between Postmaster General Burle.
son and former President Theo-
dore Roosevelt with reference to
alleged determinations on the part
of the postoffice department in the
matter o4n certain well known
newspapers and magazines, has
brought to light the part which
Mr.. Hearst's string OF newspapers
are playing in the peace propagan-
da N America.
Mr.. Hearst is now the most pow
erful single-handed member OF the
democratic party, aside from Wood
roe Wilson. He even outranks Mr..
Bryan in moulding democratic
thought since Mr.. Bryan's evidence
OF weakness in the Office of secre-
tary Of state. Mr.. Brisbane is Mr..
Rearst's most brilliant and power
full editor,-the dictator, in fact, OF
Mr.. Hearst's striking editorials.
What Mr.. Hearst thinks Mr.. Bris
bane writes and what Mr.. Brisbane
writes Mr.. Hearst thinks.
In addition to holding the po-
sition OF principal editor for Mr..
Hearst's newspapers, Mr. Brisbane
is the chief proprietor of the Wash
ington Cd. O. Times, which is dis
tinctively q sort of Hearst satellite
Last August, as we find it quoted
in the Minneapolis Journal, the
Times said:
'The most powerful and eff
fective peace worker in this
country is w. r. Hearst The
world wants peace. It is more
important than victory
This is assuredly in direct CON
flict with the repeated declaration
of President Wilson. II the Times
editorial paragraph hasn't a ten.
5dency til obstiuct enlfstme11ts and
the operation OF the selectiye draft,
perhaps the following quotation
taken from the same paper on Aug
ust 81. may reinforce 1t:
1NNe lend to our allies to help
the game of murder enough
money to built the Panama ca
nal ten times
3 Is =
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06
COST PLUS SYSTEM.

'From what / saw of shipbuilding
on basis OF ten per cent profit ,
to the shipyards, | think the gov
eminent has made a mistake" w.
4. Doolittle is quoted by the Sioux
Falls Journal as saying, after his
return from California where he
came in contact with the work of
building ships.
This reminds us OF a report which
a former employee of The Saturday
News brought back not long ago
from certain training camp where
he had been employed as a earpen.
ter on government work of this
character.
Citing an illustration of the un.
pardonable waste, he said that on
one cottage, which any WatertoWn
contractor would be glad to con,
struct for twelve to fifteen hund.
red dollars, there were at least one
hundred carpenters at work on q
particular day when work else
where happened to be slack on ac1
count of lack OF material. These
workmen were in one another's
way, he said, and the waste OF
time, in proportion to the number
engaged, was appalling.
And yet the contractor got his
ten per cent on the cost OF con-
struction, paying for labor alone
to build this small cottage, four.
teen hundred dollars,
This is the sort OF contractor who.
needs watching That there are
others OF the same class is evident
from Mr.. Doolittle's remarks on ar
irving home from region wherein
much government work is being
done on the cost plus system.
But we should bear in mind that
the government was up against
it, when it became involved in the.
war. It needed ships and it need.
ed training camps. 1t still needs
the ships. Shipyards, then as
now, were inadequately equipped
to meet the demand for vessels for
transportation, and the govern.
ment did what private interests
occasionally do in an emergency:
offered what amounts to a prem
Jun in the hope that this extra in.
ducement would result in produc.
ing the ships.
We are not sure, even in our own
mind, what ought to be done
about it. Work on government
contracts cannot be suspended be.
cause some of the many who are
doing it are reaping unpreced lent
ed profits.
But there is one thing that can
be done, at all events, without Diet
riment to the country's present or
future. President Wilson, in his
recent special and personal mes
sage to congress, has pointed the
way. This is the remedy, he sug-
gests:
"Profiteering that cannot be got
at BY restraints OF conscience and
love Of country can be got at by
taxation
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06
SIOUX FALLS PEOPLE.

The Saturday News doesn't pre-
tend to know anything ataall about
the situation with regard to the
street car company's re quest for an
increase in rates, but it believes
that Sioux Falls occupies a peculiar;
position we may say an enviahle
position lin that, SO far as we have.
knowledge, they are the first ia.
America formally to approve an In
crease Of rates for any public util-
5itty "a
The franchise authorizing the
use of the streets for the purpose
limited the fare to five cents I'M
Sioux Falls. The street Ear com
pany asked for an increase to sfS
cents On the ground tlTat the five
cent fare is insufficient to pay the
cost Of operation "a u a afford the
owners amy measure of prof t. 'he1
com aily was i BILE 10 convince the
people that its claim II lust and
4 I'd trgi ruin
rae trouble with many OF public
utilities iii America is that they
have been manage u pom q tfleory
NH iRIl made Cur rHil roa ds very nm
Spopn1ar some years az II'ieres
has been too 1Iliich af the Sic;
be damn view On part of
lfti II ii Il constant
elaisss Ibat SSsen te a5I mi ,Iic
AN6Sf S mi Il Tyfsf nj Ssv6k
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06

recorded in the Office of the Register
Of Deeds of Codington County, South
Dakota, November i, 1916, at 2::30S
o'clock P. M, in Book 116 Of Mort
cages, page 253, mortgage to Horace
Fishback Of Bookings, Sosth Dakota.
the following described real estate,
to-Wit; .,p..-s III, ~ .sI IN ssaia
The Northwest Quarter Of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 80,
Township 119, North, Of Range IS,
West, of the Fifth Principal Meridian,
situated in the County of Codington
and State OF South Dakota, to secure
the payment of ten promissory notes
each for $3.50, all dated October oath,
1916, due October 24th one each year
1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923,
1924, 1925, 1926, with interest at 10
per cent per anmum after due;
Whereas, said Horace F'ishback Is
the owner and holder Of said notes
and mortgage and default haa been
made in the failure to pay the note
due October oath, 1917, and the amount
claimed due on said notes and mort
gage at this date is $3.50, and no
action or proceeding has been had at
Jaw or otherwise for the recovery Of
the debt secured by said mortgage
and said mortgage has elected and
does hereby elect to declare the whole
sum due and payable;
Notice is hereby given that by vir-
tue of the power of sale contained in
said mortgage and the statute in such
case made and provided, said mort
gage will be foreclosed by sale Of said
mortgaged premises or 30 much there
of as may be necessary to Satisfy the
amount owing thereon together with
the costs and expenses Of foreclosure,
by the Sheriff Of CodingtoH County,
South Dakota, or his deputy, at public
auction to the highest bidder for cash
on the 28th day Of June, 1918, at two
o'clock p. NJ. at the front door Of
the Court House in the City of Wa
tertown, Codington County, South.
Dakota
Dated May 18th, 1918.
Horace Fishback,
g. 49, Mortgage. !
e. T. Elkfns, ~
Sheriff Of Godfngton County.
Cheever & Gheever and
C. o. Trygstad,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
First pub. May is last pub. June 27)
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06
SUFFRAGE GAINS IN 1918.

4 Since January j, 1918, 6,O0O,-
4 600 British women have been
4 given the parliamentary fran
4 chise. s,
A municipal suffrage Bit has
4 been introduced into the French
4 Chamber Of Deputies.
Canadfan women have had as
suranee that they Will be given
( complete Acknowledgement.
The Federal, Woman Suffrage
4 Amendnleiltt To- ii tiiie Con Ion
1 Of the United States has passed !,
1 the House Of Represe atires.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06

| Dry county held at Burke one OF the
cases disposed OF was that involving
The ownership OF tract OF land val
aed at $4,000. The title Of the case
was Olson vs.. Renard the land In
! gQlysd containing ! gu s&tIQR. In
1904 Olson gave decd TO the land p
Renard. who was President 81 4 ba1k
1t Wausa, Neb., to secure note OF
| $50, 1000. bearing 6 per cent interest,
with the understanding that the land
was to be sold to clear up the indebt-
edness against 1t. Renard has had pos
session Of the land and collected the
rents. but had never made an account
ing to Olson. On the other hand, no
Interest had been paid on the note.
Renard claimed clear title to the land
Judge Williamson, after hearing the
evidence In the case. held that the
deed was but az trust deed and or
dered Renard to make an accounting
of the rents. etc, collected from the
place. and gave Renard an equity in
the tract of land to the amount Of
the note with accrued interest.
! That the fighting front in France
10 not the only place where American
holders are in danger OF being shot,
Is shown BY the experience Of Clifford
Hammond. a Yankton county young
man. In letter to the home fofks
from his station in nary yard Ii
the United States. he states that he
is in the hospital recovering from tho
bullet wounds. one In the arm and the
pther in the hip. His xrm ID 1T least
temporarily paralyzsd from the bullet
which struck It. Ensfts are betae
made to remove the bullsts. While
young Hammond was on duty at tie
navy yard prisoner turned Coli
gun loose and young Hammond r.
cetved two of the shots before he could
get out Of range.
The Liberty loan auction sale held
1t Yankt0n OF stock belonging to the
Mennonites brought Ia something over
III. 900, which. after the legitimate ex-
penses have been paid, VIII BE In
vested In United States Liberty bonds
OF the third issue. These will DO
held IA escrow for the benefit Of who \
ever the Mennonites may direct pay.
nent to be made to- Legitimate ex-
penses do not include anything to auo-
tioneers or to the committee who were
responsible for bringing the cattle To-
town. II only includes the cost OF
feed and care OF the animals
Mitchell's street car line went ont
Of business last year, when the city
council annulled the franchise held BY
sC. 3. Cassera, who had not compiled
with the terms agreed upon Nor
force Of men Is taking up Che two
miles OF track and the rails and other
effects are offered to the highest bid.
der
Plans for obtaining adyiitional Ia
formation as ito the practica ility and
advisability pf state owned tel nninal
elevators, fonr mills ana packing
plants were outlined by The South
Dakota inyestiga ion comnIt tee. ap-
lrcinted by Coy yorbeck, at its first
regnlaT meet
Harold Sanford, teIegr pft editor of
ths berdeen Dali America. has re.S
signed III enter the recrnitin service
sots the United states Under
Lent liam Anshei n; i'll Ell az
t6s recruit ofi de- III 9TH
head s5ttess a kberil sen, l
lors d Ios,nsI b Isl heel liza fo I'D
hs S5olRl,d aaise liads
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06
E D / 7 O R | A L
POLITICAL BUNcoMBE.

POLITICAL BUNCOMBE.
The word "bunoombe" in it's POI
litical aspect originated, it is said,
with congressman who hailed
from place called Buncombe.
Delivering a speech that contain
ed interest neither for his asso-
ciates nor for the country, the cong.
ressman excused himself on the
ground that he was talking only
for Buncombe. Hence, when cong
ressmen wish to address their con-
stituents, largely for the purpose
OF strengthening themselves at
home, they are admittedly talking
only buncombe. &
The meaning has been so expand.
ed by continuous use as to include
not only those little white lies"
that a man tells his wife after he
has been out with the boys but
also anything that's not true that
man may say in political con-
test about the opposition.
Unless one is caught at it red
handed, with the goods on his
perch, it is no particular crime to
lie about the other feAoW or the
other party; and If, perchance, the
successful candidate wins on the
strength OF lies about an opponent,
it is sufficient evidence to establish
his smartness.
{ X - e r..
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-06-06
MOTTO e OF HE.ARlMe PETfygsM
Fob LETTERS OF ADMINS.
sgs sTRATloN,

State of South Dakota. County 81
Codington, So M
In County Court, 81 s
In the Matter Of the Estate of Hattie
Spencer Bowman, Deceased.
The State Of South Dakota sends
Greeting to James H. Bowman, wid-
over, Elizabeth Spencer, Reuben &.
Spencer, Ruth Donnelly, Alice M u
Spencer, lean M. Spencer, heirs at
law and next of kin OF Ffattie Spence r
Bowman, deceased I, and to all to whom
these presents may come. isssS
Notice lis hereby given Il att James
H Bowman has fled with the Judge
of this Court, q petition pra ying for
letters of administrati on of the estate
1,f Hattie Spencer Bowman. deceased,
and that on the STU day OF Iune, A III
~ at ten oscl ock Az Nj, of said da
being d day of d regular term of this
Court, ct the office of the Count Judge
tn the said County OF G odington has
been set for hearing said pet tiorf; 4
when and where an u person inte est
ad fi,tsy II and show cause M
fflats said itlon shot mot be srai
~ Il
Hated aik H south Dak
this dry sf ~ s
offs sttIIle COUNTY