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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
M. CRAWFORD. EDITOR
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1918,


getting to be familiar
In all his he
Samuel All departments the
committees in each 1t is interesting to the
approach instance with the naughty
experienced in the treasury division
anayze the style of 81 200 clerk CLEAN
by complying possible with
the educational which
in handy accomplishments the ultimate
The above paragraph printed i'll The Pattevie
Journal last week. We loath to believe that it
original with the editor Of The Journal but inclined to
the charitable view that caught up somewhere
and dropped into the paper without careful reading due
consideration 1t certainly shows Ugly Face. The
paper who not willing and jealous in this trying time
do his utmost to give publicity to the financial and other
needs Of the government has but poor appreciation of the
inestmab blessings of American citizenship. Those bless
ngs Deep rich and Astounding; and they enjoyed by
ALL including the country newspaper Nowhere else in
the world have newspapers been encouraged by governmental
policy they have been encouraged in these United Stes
and every newspaper ought to cheeruly do not only
his Bit but his utmost, help his country time of need
To hagge demand pay for his services is outrageous
The printer other citizen, who puts his patriotism
cash basis will be ashamed of it hereafter; others will be
ashamed for him. This is time to cavl The duty at
hand to render government the greatest and best
service possible
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
SCHOOL PATRIOTISM
state Education Heads Active In Ma
tionaI Security League
Campaign.

An important feature OF the Ma
tional Security Leagues Patriotism
Through Education campaign is the
work in connection with the public
school systems of the various States.
The movement has been endorsed by
practically all the leading educators OF
the country, and the heads OF many
State departments Of education are &C
lively cooperating in the campaign.
A recent meeting called in New
York City by DR.. Robert M. McElroy,
educational director of the Security
League, was attended by Philander P.
Claxton, United States Commissioner
of Education; DR.. John H. Finley,
Commissioner of Education of New
York State; DR.. Henry N. MacCrack-
en-. President Of Vassar College and
chief of the Educational Division OF
the New York State Council Of De-
Tense; Edward Harding, vice chairman
of the National Committee Of Patriot
ic and Defense Societies; M. P. Shaw
KEY. State Superintendent of Educa-
ton Of West Virginia; A. r. Spaid,
Commissioner of Education Of Della
ware; V. o. Gilbert, State Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction Of Kentucky,
and Calvin N. Kendall, Commissioner
of Education of New Jersey.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
SAMMY 'PARLEYV0OS'
National Security League Issues
French Phrase Books to Aid
Boys Abroad.

The National Security League has
already circulated at the National
Guard and National Army camps
throughout the country 100000 copies
of the English-French handbook which
it announced soma time ago it would
supply to the American boys who go
to France. The boob has been highly
commended by army officers. includ-
ing Gems Wood, Glenn and Kuhn, and
another edition of $4,000 copies will
be off the press in a few days.
The book, which is of small pocket
size with a waterproof cover, was
devised by the Security League to
assist our soldiers in the rudiments
of French conversation. The text was
prepared by Professor G. A. Downer.
professor of Romance Languages Ia
the College of the City of New York,
assisted by Professor Adolphe COIN,
of Columbia University, and Auguste
George, President of the National AS
sociation Of French Teachers. 1t
covers Ga pages, commencing with a
simplifed explanation OF pronuncia-
ton; continuing through such terms
as numerals, days of the week, articles
of clothing, the weather, simple ques-
tons, such as asking for drink OF
water and directions; and concluding
with ordinary military terms and a
pronunciation key to the Mar
seillaise."
The book is sponsored by a COM
mittee headed by Cecil c. Blumenthal,
through whose generosity 1t is being
issued. The other members OF the
committee are,-Mrs. Robert Bacon
Nicholas F. Brady, Miss MaDel
Choate, Frederic R. Condert, Cass
Gilbert, Myron T. Herrick, Philip M
Lydig, Clarence H. Mackay, Alexander
r. Mason, Mrs. Douglas Robinson, ..
B. P. Trowbridge, Lloyd Warren, ana
T. T1leston Wells.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
OUR MOST IMPORTANT BUSINESS

Waterloo Democrat: The important political bust
before the people Of the state of Wisconsin the pres
is the choosing of for the United States
Senate who will far possible undo the great wrong that
has been done by LaFolete Wisconsin is loyal and thanks
the great work of the ameted Senator Husng there
many people who know this Wherever Wisconsin go,
however, they obliged to apologize for LaFollee It is
time for this to stop.
We not greatly concerned the politics of the
who goes down to Washington but want Woodrow
Wilson 1t goes without saying that there is
Wisconsin who up to all the specifications
for the place closely than Joseph E. Davies the Fed
era Trade Commissioner. Mr. Davies has been the fore
front of every battle since he old enough He
of the who made Woodrow Wilson president il,
1912 and he has performed valiant service for the country
since Let Wisconsin elect Joseph E. Davies and it
will be message to patriots everywhere that Wisconsin
sound at the heart
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
SECURITY LEAGUE
WACING. GREAT
WAR CAMP Align.
Movement to Awaken Patriot
ism Through Education
Spreading to All States.

The greatest patriotic educational
campaign this country has ever seen
is being conducted by the National
Security League, which has member
ship Of 1885, loyal Americans divid-
ed In $50 branches in all parts of the
Union. The object Of the campaign
is to arouse the people of the nation
to realization of what the war means
to them and what their patriotic
duty Is.
The movement has already been
extended by the League into "a states
and will, within a short time, be &C.
lively under way in all of the As
states. The principal part of the
Leagues plan is the organization OF
system of addresses on patriotic
and war topics by means Of which
trained speakers will carry into every
city, town, and hamlet in the country
the following message: The causes
of the war, the reason for the entrance
of this country into the conflict, what
the United States must do to carry
out its part, and the knowledge that
in the abstract, but also the very life
of this nation itself, depends upon vic
tory over Germany.
The campaign is being conducted
under the direction of DR.. Robert M.
McElroy, who succeeded President
Wilson as head of the Department OF
History and Politics in Princeton
TY,1fx Stxy IN q
granted a years leave of absence so
that he could devote his entire time
to this work. He Is being assisted by
committee consisting of,-Prof AL
bert Bushnell Hart, of Harvard; Ar
thur E. Bestor, President of Chautau-
qua Institution; Thomas F. Moran, Pro-
fessor of History and Economics in
Purdue University; Calvin w. Rice,
Secretary of the American Society Of
Mechanical Engineers; Henry J. AL
len, editor of the Wichita (Kan.)
Beacon; S. Stanwood Menken, Presi-
dent of the National Security League;
DR.. Smaller Mathews, Dean Of the
Divinity School of Chicago University,
and Mrs. Philip North Moore, of st.
Louis, President of the National Coun-
Gil of Women
Loyalty Weeks"
A favorite method of launching the
campaign in the several states Is
through what the Security League
calls Loyalty Weeks" In New York
State, nine teams Of four speakers
each, all men and women Of national
reputation, toured all the principal
cities and towns Of the State, speak
ing in a different place every after
noon and evening for an entire week.
This plan Is also being followed in
New Jersey, Vermont, and Kentucky.
Other states where the movement is
being pushed by the League, through
cooperation with the State Councils
of Defense and State Departments OF
Education, are: Pennsylvania Ohio.
Iowa, Wisconsin, Kansas, Washington,
Louisiana, Virginia, Indiana, Illinois,
Delaware, Tennessee, Michigan, West
Virginia, Maryland, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Da-
kota and Idaho.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03

would eat some more. He had been
visiting an old log and they knew he
had had all he wanted. But his appe-
tite was likely to come up again any
moment.
II have no teeth" he said, and the
little ants looked very much pleased.
"But that makes no difference" he
went on, and the ants looked sad.
cit simply means that instead of
eating things that have to be chewed
and digested eat soft, crawling things,
just like you, dear little ants.''
The poor ants grew very nervous
again. When Mr.. Great Ant Eeater be-
gan to talk about eating, and called
them "dear little ants" it made them
worry.
That sounded too much like another
meal and they did not want to see him
that they would be taken into his
funny little mouth.
1t looked like the smallest of
mouths, but it could hold plenty of
them, they knew. And his claws
would soon start digging them out of
the hill where they lived.
"My dear little ants, what would I
do without you?" asked the ant eater.
eve could do without you," said one
brave little ant.
"What's that? What's that?" asked
the ant eater. "Dear me, I will have
to reward bright little ant like you"
ThereupOn he opened his mouth and
took the little ant upon his tongue.
That was the end of the ant, so the
others kept very quiet.
"Wel1," said the great ant eater,
"that was a delicious little appetizer
I enjoyed that wee taste very much.
But I will have to lave more. /
haven't tried this hotel lately"
This he said as he went to a corner
of the ant hill and looked at a number
of the ants going this way and that.
And he said it just as though he would
be welcome guest who would pay
large prices for his food.
"Ah," said the ant eater, as he swal-
lowed ant after ant, what does it mat
ter if am toothless? They often say
1t is sad to be without teeth, but what
care I? I can always have soft food
the kind I like. And I am not help
less. No. my claws do my carving and
digging and marketing and my tooth
less jaws do the rest"
And as the ant eater boosted of his
splendid powers of eating he lived up
to his remarks by eating all of the
guests Of the hotel!
He found another corner and began
again, but after a time he had had
enough of ants, and went to a log
where he found some delicious worms,
also Of the insect family.
"Good claws are useful, but teeth
are foolish" said the ant eater after
be had finished his gigantic meal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03

held in every county in the State
through the cooperation of the New
York State Council of Defense in a
weeks whirlwind campaign of patri-
otto oratory. In this way the rural
population was reached, and we are
planning a similar campaign in other
states.
The position Of Educational Direc-
tor is filed by Prof. Robert McNutt
McElroy, of Princeton University, who
has been granted a years leave of abb
sence in order to devote his entire
time to the work.
A Conference and Speakers Train
ing Camp, which the League held at
Chautauqua, N. Y, few weeks ago,
has resulted in an organization being
started in twenty-four states of the
Union, and the result will be that we
will carry into every nook and corner
of the land the message that this war
must be vigorously prosecuted, that it
must be supported by solidified
American sentiment and that we must,
Wiling and Loyalty. be ready for sery.
ice and sacrifice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
CONSCRIPT FARM LABOR
Urged by National Security League
Member to Relieve Situation.

Lloyd Taylor, mem.er of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the National Sc
curity League, who has large farming
interests in Orange county, New
York, has presented to Food Admin
istrator Hoover a plan for relieving
the agricultural labor situation by the
application of the principle of the Sc
lective draft Mr.. Taylor's idea Is to
utilize the existing Farm Bureaus in
the various states for the intensive
training of men drafted for labor in
the production of foodstuffs.
"The labor situation on the farms
will be more acute next spring than
at present" says he.
Mr. Taylor was the originator o. the
great Preparedness Parade in New
York City last year and was one of the
principal movers in obtaining the l.
100000 signatures to the petition for
Universal Military Training presented
by the National Security League to
Congress last April.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
DAD(YS[y[NIN(|
A|QY TAl[
THE ANT EATER.
81 hAQN GRAHAI1pQyfR

II am the great ant eater, also
sometimes known as the ant bear,
and I wish to tell you a story"
The great ant eater had been
walking along on his queer feet, wav-
ing his long and bushy tail. He had
been eating all the morning and had
captured many Of the bad kinds of
ants which live down in South Amer
lea. They are different from the ants
we see.
He had had an excellent meal. He
was Smacking his lips, and anyone
could have seen that his mouth was
so small it could not have taken in
much at time. But the ants knew it
was quite big enough for them.
And they knew how his front claws
could tear open old logs where insects
liked to live, and how his claws could
dig up the ant hills.
"When any of my family have been
captured" he said, 1--WE are fed on
milk, ground meat and eggs. But we
prefer ants and insects and delicious
little crawling things"
Now the great ant eater was talk
ing to an ant hill. He was standing
at one side, addressing the little ants,
who looked very nervous.
81 know you like to hear me talk"
he went on, and the ants admitted they
did. They much preferred that to his
eating. And they were so afraid he
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
WHAT VICTORY MEANS

Contributed by Booth Harrington
TO the National Security Leagues cam
paign of Patriotism Through Educa-
tion)
A victory for Germany-that is, a
conclusive victory and a German
peace"--would mean that Germany
had defeated the world, including what
the world believes to be the better
part of Germany itself. Prussia would
be cock O. the walk, and the world
would be the walk. The United States
would be merely part of the walk, and
Prussia would walk upon it.
The United States would be first a
defeated nation and then a conquered
nation. 1t would take orders from
Potsdam - promptly. Eventually it
would parade at the goose-step. At its
head, on horseback, would be not an
American President, but German
Kaiser.
The ages of steam and electricity
have made the world a smaller place
It has grown so small, in fact, that
now it must begin to live under one
government. What that government
is to be is the issue of this war. If
Germany wins, the government of the
world will be a German Kaiser; il
America and the Allies win the gov
eminent will be all the rest of US
those Americans who wish to govern
themselves are "for" the war. Those
who wish to be governed by Kaiser
are against it. The lukewarm and the
Indifferent are asleep; they do not
know what threatens them in this SLEEP
of theirs. They may wake to night
mares of reality worse than those OF
sleep.
The struggle cannot end, and can
but temporarily abate, until either a
Kaiser rules the world or the people
of the world rule themselves. There
is no middle ground; defeated Ger.
many would eventually get rid Of its
Kaiser: a victorious Germany would
keep its Kaiser-and keep him over
U.s. Every American who likes to walk
Potsdam has chance of enjoying him
self in that manner some day-so LONG
as there is chance of Germany's win
ming the war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
Receiver for Morse DISCHARGED.

Newark, N. j., Jan. edward M.
Colin was discharged as New Jersey
receiver for the Metropolitan Steam
ship company, Charles w. Morse,s
former property. 1t is expected here
that receivers in Connecticut and Cal
ifornia will be similarly discharged.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03

T b e u nj t e d
States entered up
ON the war against
Germany u n d e r
p e uliar condi-
tons. We were
a happy, prosper
Gus, contented ma
ton. The country
had just been
through a politi-
cal campaign in
which the phrase
"he kept us out Of
war" was an ap-
pealing and COM
polling factor. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03

London, Jan. 1.-The admiralty an
nounces that the mine-sweeping sloop
FArbutis and the armed boarding
steamer Grive have sunk, owing to bad
weather, after having been torpedoed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
Wanted-An Uncle

Mother, every little boy at the
school has an uncle but me, and they
all buy them nice balls and give them
nickels."
81 am sorry, DEAR" said mother, "but
neither father nor I ever had any
brothers."
cit makes us seem so queer to be
different from other people. Couldn't
you adopt a brother?"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
CALLING CARDS AND INVITATIONS

in correct sizes and styles, neatly print
ed at the Crawford Printery, Mineral
Point. Engraving work also furnished.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
Wonan's Birthday.

4 woman likes to forget her birth
day, but she makes an awful fuss If
her husband fails to remember it.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03
AWAKENING A NATION
Aims and Methods of National
Security Leagues Patriotic
Education Campaign.

BY HENRY LITcHFlELD WEST,
Executive Secretary Of the National
Security League.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1918-01-03

Counting Our Blessings.
It is not until we begin to count our
blessings that we realize how many we
have
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11

along that the house could be relied on to vindicate itself as the forward looking exponent of democratic prog ress which America has the right to expect its great law pody to be. Not for minute did we concede that the American congress would lag behind the parliaments of Europe in the mak- ing of democratic history We turn now to the senate with complete con- fidence that our measure will be passed by that body. From the senate we shall start upon our campaign of
 notifications, hoping that every state
 in the union will ratify and knowing that 36 will, New York among them.
 We expect that most of the 1918 leg islatures- there are only a few in ses- sion this year-will dispose of the measure favorably at an early date
 The legislatures of Al states convene next year.
 Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president of the association. said When the name of Lincoln is men, |tioned today the first thought that enters the mind of the world is that he was the emancipator of the slaves. In I the future generations when the name sof Wilson is mentioned the thought Aof the world will be that the women zof the United States were enfranchised zduring his administration and largely Through his assistance. People forget wars and the incidents of war, but
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
NEW GOVERNOR
 PUT IN OFFICE

Inability to get a number with the telephone in the reception room of the governors offices at the state house Tuesday caused Leroy A Ladd. private secretary to Governor Hunt, to send for a telephone repair man to remedy the difficulty.
 After couple of efforts an da slight adjustment of a pair of screws on the instrument. the repair man started to leave the room. AIr. Ladd, after an other fruitless effort to use the telc- phone, called to hin ss .sna
 "Here.' he said, this phone doesn't work yet
 This time the rapir man removed the dial at the base of the instrument. made some further adjustments and then, replacing the dial, called a num- Der.
 Do you hear me plainly?' he spoke into the transmitter, evidently to some person at central"
 I've got it fixed now,' he added into the phone. Yes; it needed new governor"
 Whats that?' inquired Mir. Ladd. interestedly, as the repair man pre- pared to depart.
 Tt needed a new governor. that all answered the man. And remov- ing the dial again he pointed to apart of tn einstrument there reeconcealed.
 That's the governor" the repair man explained. T put a new one in, and now it's all right again..
Arizona republican., 1918-01-11
THR|F I DEPOTS
 GROW IN NUMBER

Another busy day was spent by the committee in charge in securing agencies for the sale of war say ing's stamps and baby bonds and quite a number of stores and busi- ness houses were added to the long list of those that have already been secured
 Additional agencies were placed with the following stores and bus mess houses: M. J. Pettid, R. J. Jones. Arizona Grocery company, Brown Dryer Motor company. City lee company. Arizona Laundry com lany Farmers Cooperative Cream cry company, Edward Rudolph, Phoenix Tent and Awning company Phoenix Flour Mills, J. Zollinger and C. L. Mcdaniel.
 Appointments for the city com mittee for the establishing cf agencies have been completed and the committee now stands as fol- lows: W. r. Ferguson. Aaron Gold berg. Charles F. O'Malley. A. E. Egly, Malcolm A. Fraser, J. T. Dob bins. Edwin NJ. Hull, Eugene Gold man. W. F. Schnebly, Cecil Boyce, J. E. Blea ". II. Harris and A. q. Dulmage.