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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
Financing Peace.

The war is over peace reigns on earth. But in
Europe today there are more than 100000 Ameri-
can soldiers who took a important part in bringing
the war a victorious end, and these men must be
led and clothed long while come It is esti-
mated by the war department that the cost of
equipping and maintaining an American soldier in
Europe is s42327 a year.
The American army was transported to France
II the rate OF 100000 men a,month by giving them
first call on the shipping facilities of the United
states II they could be brought their homes
thus speedily and 1T is doubtful that they could
would require least eight months. It is obvious
therefore that we must continue TO raise money win
which maintain army abroad
we are going to have to finance peace for
while" said Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
'ilst as we have had to finance war"
And that means that the American people having
supported four Liberty loans with a patriotism
which future historians VIII surely extol, are to be
rouchsafed an opportunity to support our victorious
peace There VII certainly be at least one more
government loan There probably Will be two more
and possibly three. AT any rate. the next loan
must be prepared for and its success made certain
Get ready now TO buy more bonds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
Weird Public Health Policies.
NCT ID

Weird Public Health Policies.
The United States public health
service is a great institution, work
ing quietly but effectively with COM
paratively little publicity as COM
pared with the average city or state
health department. Indeed, about
all the actual public health activity
one can discern in some city health
departments is what the health Of
| ticers say about it in the papers.
| John Early, who contracted lep-
rosy in the Philippine islands sew
eraI years ago, will be remembered
/ by newspaper readers as the victim
| of a shameful panic which seized
| several state and federal health au-
| thOriues about ten years ago. He
was the unfortunate who was ship
| ped about from place to place in a
| box car like a wild beast, just be-
! cause the several responsible health
authorities wished TO avoid the re-
sponsibility OF caring for the man.
! Early was finally provided for
and kept under quarantine in the
city of Washington. A few weeks
! ago he escaped and went to the
home Of his parents in North Car
DINA The health officer of the vii
! lage Immediately quarantined the
Early home and telegraphed to The
| North Carolina state board Of
/ health for Instructions The state
/ board instructed him to retain Ear
| ~ in quarantine (meaning isola-
tom pending action by the United
| States public health service. You
! see, the game Of shuttlecOck begins
| promptly.
| The North Carolina state board
/ of health issued a bulletin to the
! press Sept 25, 1918. referring 20
this incident, and stating that lep-
rosy is very feebly contagious. not
nearly so much as tuberculosis"
That IS sound teaching, according
to physicians who have studied lep-
rosy. From an ordinary health de-
partment one would not expect a
great deal. But the North Carolina
state health department is not an
ordinary one; It is one OF tho most
progressive and efficient depart
ments OF health ins the country.
Therefore 1t Is Il shock 10 flnd the
North Carolina health authorities
insisting on quarantine of dis
ease which is not nearly so con-
tagious as tuberculosis. yet not In
sistipg on a quarantine of tubercu-
losiH itself. We can draw but one
conclusion, The panic has not yet
ceased In North Carolina
John Early has been abused
Aun0gt 'bg e1r baaItb autboVttfaa
He IL bak one Of many victims Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
FiIIicnIar COniUncffyitiS.

Please tell me whether follicular
cOnjunctiyitis is serious, and what
treatment you would advise.
p. L. D.
Answer-It is not serious, though
obstinate. 1t is a mild chronic in
f1ammation with small pale round
granules about the size of the head
OF pin on the lining of the lower
lid, most abundant near the juno
ton OF the lid and the eyebaII-
hence often mistaken for 'granu-
lated eyelids.' Stimulating applica-
tons, such as d drop of l per cent
solution of nitrate of silver in the
lid sac every two or three DAYS.
often give improvement. Many per
sons have follicular cOniunctivitis
without symptoms, and require no
treatment
4 Rather Ugly Germ Killer.
An old nurse recommended to me
that a small bottle filled with abb
sorbent cotton and saturated with
40 per cent formaldehyde solution
be smelled several times a dav
when we fear we have been exposed
to influenza or other germ diseases,
also for colds, etc, until the eyes
watered, and she said it would not
injure the person but would kill all
the germs. Do you consider this
plan effective? MRS. F. C. A
Answer-.No, nor any other that
purports to destroy germs in the
nose or throat.
Why BOn the Drinking Water!
Our boy is in the army and nv
husband has taken a passionate in
the country. 1 have always heard
well water is not heaIthful to drink
unless boiled. By boiling the wa
ter will we be safe from typhoid
fever? This will be my first expe-
rience in the country.
MRS. NJ. /. s.
Answer-If there IS any chance
OF seepage OF human sewage into
the we'll, there would be a risk OF
getting typhoid fever from the wa
ter. The local or state health Eu-
thorities should know about the
well in question. Boiling all the
water used from the we'll would
destroy any typhoid baeiiii possibly
present IN the Watsr-but water is
hut one of several avenues Of in
feetioH with typhoid, SO If ysu want
to he on the safe side, just be vac
cinatad against typhoid before you
n9vs 70 the eeHaHy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

like any sargent but this one par
ticular The first day out he kept
sayin Prepare to mount" and then
Mount" Finally l went up to
him and told him that as far as [
was concerned he could cut that
stuff for I was always prepared 10
do what l was told even though it
was the middle of the night. He
said, Fine, then l was probably
prepared to scrub pans all day
Sunday.
1 don't care much for horses. I
think they feels the same way about
me. Most of them are so big that
the only thing there good for is the
view of the camp you get when you
climb up. They are what they call
hors de combat in French. My
horse died the other day l guess
it wasn't much effort for him. If it
had been he wouldn't have done it:
They got a book they call Drill
Regulations Field and Light That's
about as censible as it is all the
way through. For instance they
say that when the command for
action is given one man jumps for
the wheel and another springs for
the trail an another leaps for the
muZZle. l guess the fello that rote
the regulations thought we was a
bunch of grass hoppers.
Well l got to quit now an rite a
bunch of other girls. Thanks again
for the box although it was so
busted that it wasn't much good but
that don't matter.
Yours till you here otherwise
BILL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

/ havnt rote for some time l had
such sore feet lately When they
broke up our regiment and sent me
over to the artillery l thought
was goin to quit usin my feet. That
was just another rOomOr.
! Thanks for the box of stuff you
Sent me. 1 guess the brakeman
must have used it for a chair all
the way. Ii was pretty well baled
but that don't matter And thanks
for the fudge too. That was fudge
wasn't it, Mable? And the sOX.
They don't fit but l can use them
for sOmethin. A good soldier never
throws nothin away. An thank
your mother for the half pair OF
gloves she sent me. l put them
away Maybe sometime shell get
a chance to nit the other half. Or
if l ever get all my fingers shot
off they'll come in very handy,
The artillerys a little different
from the infantry They make US
work harder At least there's more
work on the skedule. l know now
what they mean when they say
that the "artillerys active on the
western front"
They got a drill over here called
the standin gun drill. The names
misleadin- l guess it was invented
by troop of Jap akrobats. They
make you get up and sit on the
gun. Before you can get settled
comfortable they make you get
down again. 1t looks like they
didn't know just what they did
want you to do.
l don't like the sargent. I don t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
Picking the Right Men.

From time to time during the war, and even
since the armstice has been signed some people have
done lot OF wondering-usuaIly for political ERECT
why this or that well known public man was not
selected for some position of great responsibility
In connection with the war OF the settlement Of the
issues Of the conflict
We all remember what protest went UP, primer
DaIv from Republicans in congress, because Major
General Leonard Wood not sent to France at the
aa.5 r the division he had trained at Camp Funston
1t has been even iumated lately that the election OF
Republicans TO congress in place Of Democrats last
month was meant as protest against this failure 70
give a deserving officer chance at the front
last night General Wood gave out an interview
for publication strongly advocating universal mill
rary training. 1t is the first time he has eT-
pressed himself along similar lines. He is con
firmed propagandist No doubt he is an able soldier
as we'll as a thinker and in peace time his tendency
70 break into print might not seriously interfere with
his efficiency In time Of a soldiers sole aim
should be to win and a disposition to 90 outside OF
his immediate field is liability which the war de-
uartment may be pardoned for declining to assume.
a good many people thought that Colonel Roose-
<et should have been commissioned to raise di-
vision and take il Europe, he wanted to DO but
events have pretty thoroughly vindicated the veto
that the president put the plan. Even a novice
can see now that there no place in the general
military scheme for the colonel with his lack of
modern war experience and his oyer-developed ego.
Other cases. less conspicuous perhaps, but equally
significant might be cited show how vgiIant the
president has been in selecting the big jobs
whose recorded views and tendencies held nothing to
r,g- +lo HI
charge Of their duties
Fortunately he was reasonably successful in find
ing few competent ones who never talked too much
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

Flying at height of $4,000 feet with full mill
tary load a two-seated monoplane of a new Ameri-
can design flew 145 miles an hour Dayton, Ohio,
and broke all records speed that altitude,
those of the best single seaters. America may have
been little slow with its aircraft program but now
that well started the world may expect wonders
from it. Our airplanes did not have great deal
to do with winning the war, but if follow up our
experiments we probably will do much TO
bring the flying machine into general did
in the case the automobile and that will be we'll
worth while.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

1t provides protection for the insured in case of dis
ability and assurance of livelihood for his family
in case of his death In case of death $4,000 pol
icy entities his beneficiary $3.50 month for 20
years If he q permanently disabled. he will re-
ceve $3.50 month during his life, and If he dies
before twenty years elapsed the money will be
paid his beneficiary in equal monthly instruments.
The beneficiary may be wife, child grandchild,
parent, grandparent, brother sister.
1t is safe to say that the average soldier who al
lows his policy to lapse will the time when he
viii deeply regret his short-sightedness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

Louis Hammerling, president of the Foreign Lam
guage Newspaper association knows that Leon
Trotzky Russian foreign minister, rubber
collar because he cut his hand on it throwing the Boil
shevik statesman out of his office couple of years
ago This is interesting chiefly because it proves
that the collar in pictures of Mr.. Trotzky are
not merely the complimentary camouflage with
which art has been known to invest eminence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
Keenng Up InsuEance.

~I2aturnlrg soldiers are urged TO keep their insur
aaco for which the government has literally pro-
sidet n force after they back in civil fe. Tho
Information and education service Of the depart
maat Of labor points out in circular that the rates
ere reasonable and CIat $4,000 policy wu be tho
best possible Drotscton for dependents in years
tome. L ~, pazegger- strong INCENTIVE 10 drift,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
RrRLRSnN IL sTEn.

New York. Dec. 5.-The Com
merciai Cable company filed an In
junction suit against Postmaster
General nurleson following an
nouncement ia Washington of auth
orizatinn OF consolidation OF the
WesterR Union and Commercial
Marine Cable systems,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

We are accustomed to think of France worn
down a shadow by the strain and waste of war.
and yet the French people have just subscribed four
billions of dollars for the Liberation loan. They
may not be rich they were but the people over
there are willing stake what they have to see
thing through.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

The government is about to buy the Chesapeake
& Delaware canal from private owners for about
two and one-haif millions of dollars. 1t may not be
much of waterway, but even there will be a
good deal of surprise that anything whatever in
the canal line can be picked up at so low figure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

And now they are using sugar for the manufac-
tire or glyceTln by new synthetic process We
can where this business Of encouraging the sugar
Industry so production viii somewhere near keep
pace with demand viii have TO start all over again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

Dr.. Harry \. Garfield. fuel administrator, and
u Baruch, chairman OF the industries board,
are two patriots who deserve we'll of their country,
even though they did not happen to wear uniforms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

Maybe that earthquake was meant TO wake up
Chile and Peru to the fact that the is and
our best circles no longer consider fighting good
form
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
PAPER CTRR LIFTEn.

Washington, Dec. 5.-The var r.
duatriea board ordered removed all
restrictions on the use OF news
prlat agpeF effective Dec, 10,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05

Now that Germany is down and out Holland is
not afraid TO talk Dutch to Berlin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-05
LIE lEs .AIllITSIgN TALKS
BY WILLIAM! i! BRADY RAD ND

7 weird and unreasonable health pol
icies.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
SHIPPING NEWS
 JAN NOLONCER
 'BE PUBLISHED

Postmaster Schefher has received an official communication in reference to the sailing, departure or location of ships in American waters, and in order to comply with the request the Cordova newspapers will in the future maintain even q stricter censorship on all shipping news than at present, although the local press has refrained from publishing the movements of ships to a greater degree than the newspapers in other towns of the ter ritory.
 The following has been received by the Daily Times for it's guidance in the publication of such matter:
 Your attention is called to the fol lowing statement of the secretary of the navy, published in the Official Bulletin of the committee on public information on July 6, 1918:
 To the Press of America:
 "'The appearance of submarines on the Atlantic coast makes it impera- tive that no mention should be made in any newspaper, either in the ad- vertising or news columns, of the sail ing or departure or location of any ship in American waters.
 "'This information conveyed by ad- vertising is as dangerous as in the news columns. and am making this request to all the newspapers in the country, in the assurance that they will cooperate with the government in its effort to prevent any informa- tion about ships reaching submarines which may be off the coast of America. |
 JOSEPHUS DANIELS,
 "'Secretary of the Navy.
 My attention has been called to the fact that the above request of | the secretary Of the navy Is being ig- Rored by number of publishers, and from information received from sev- eral sources l am convinced that the publication of this class of news and is actually being used to promote the cause of the enemies
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

of the United States in the present war. You are, therefore directed to promptly advise all publishers within the delivery of your office that this department will, after notice of these instructions, regard the publication of such shipping news as giving aid and comfort to the enemy. and that such age act. A. s. BURLESON,
 Postmaster General
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20
For Film Fans

The following facts about The Birth Of a Nation" which will be pro. duced at the Empress theater Satur. day night and Sunday afternoon, give some idea of the magnitude of the production:
 Five thousand scenes, eighteen thou sand characters, three thousand horses; approximate cost of produc- tion. S5O0,000.
 Cities built up and then destroyed by fire.
 The biggest battle of the Civil war re-enacted.
 Ford's theater, Washington, repro duced to the smallest detail for the Lincoln tragedy
 A series of wild Ku-Klux rides that commandeered county for a day and cost $l0,OO0.
 Women's dresses used 25.000 yards and Ku-Klux costumes l2,0O0 yards of cloth.
 Night photography of battle scenes invented and perfected at q cost of 5000.
 Wonderful artillery duels, in which real shells, costing sS0 apiece, were used. Miles of trenches. thousands of fighters. War as it actually is.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Seattle was supposed to be bone dry-now she is extra dry by ruling of the United States attorney Liquor can not be secured even on a doctors prescription. Lots of Seattle doctors will not be available for army ser vice.-Douglas News
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

The job printing department of the Times is equipped with the latest and best type faces for artistic work.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-09-20

Use the classified ad column of the Times if you want results.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-24

meander of such shore line (ti'St course South 25 deg. 52 min. East O.7l chains. second course South 69 deg. 10 min. East 3.OS chains; thIid coupss South 6S deg. A min. East l.59 .hains; fourth course North 39 deg. l9 min. East l5T chains; fifth course North p deg. co min. East 0.SS :hains; sixth course North Cd deg. II min East 3.4l chains; seventh course North 6S deg co min. East 2.4o shains), total of l3.S0 chains, to Goiner No. 1, the place of beginning, .ontaining an area of 4.68 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- gersely any portion of the above deS- cribed tracts of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse clam thereto under oath, during the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 THIS NOTICE is issued at the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, this Is day of July, A. D. 1918, and ordered published for a per iod of sixty days in the Seward Gate way newspaper of established char acter and general circulation publish ed at Seward, Alaska, nearest the IarG herein described, and hereby de- Sigrated for that prip0se.
 C. E. Walker, Register. MAURICE D. LEEHEY and l.. ".
 RAY,
 Attorneys for Applicant,
 620 Alaska Building, Seattle, and Seward, Alaska.
 First Pub. Aug. l2, 1918
 Last Pub. Oct. 23, 1918
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-24
Serial 03571.

Serial 03571.
 IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE AT JUNEAU, ALAShA'
 In the Matter of the Application oi the COLUMBIA SALMON COM PANY for q Patent to U. 5. survey No. 1232 on the shore of Herendeen Bay, Alaska. n NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: TEat inc COLUMBIA SALMON COh- PANY, a Washington corporation whose principal office and Post Office address is Seattle, Washington, has purchased from Edwin J. Wirth, Tn whose name U. S. Survey No. l2'Z vas made, his rights to such survey md also his rights as assignee oi darrison s. Averill, beneficiary un- Tor Section 2306, U. s. Rev. Stats md that such corporation will apply 70 enter the land embraced in snd United States Survey No. 1232, which ;s situated on the Northeast shore o1 derendeen Bay, between Bluff Font md Shingle Point, on the AlasEan Peninsula, in the Territory of Alaska more particularly described as Iol- lows:
 Beginning at Corner No. 1 of said U. S. Survey No. 1882, point on the ;hore line of Herendeen Bay, from vhjch point United States Location Monument S. 1046 bears South 34 deg ,o min. or sec. East (Variation l9 dee. East) 41.72 chains distant, a'd from which Corner No. the Pinnacle Rock at the westerly end of Buff Point bears South Is deg. P min, East, approximately one-half n'le distant. and the summit of Pinnacle Peak bears South II deg. 27 min; West. about three. miles distant, and yrnning thence. from said Corner No. 1 North l.67 chains to Corner No. 2; thence West 11.49 chains to Corner No. 3; thence South 3.75 chains to Corner No. 4, a point on the shore line of Hsreadeen Bay; thence along
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-24

more attempts to be made in the lr- zion near Mendoza and gave it's c0n- sent to Candelaria'S flight only on condition that it be made on the 30th parallel of latitude.
 The flight was made from Zapala, Argentine, to Cunco, in Chile, a straight line distance of approxi- ranges in this region have an alti- tude of 3,200 meters and it is believed that the flight was made at much higher altitude to permit landing fa- cilities in case of accident. The cross ing was made in part of the country which has little telegraphiC cOmmun- ication with the outside world and the details of this record flight were not expected until Lieutenant Candelaria returned to BuenoS Aires to make his report to the war department.
 Candelaria is one of the most promising of the Argentine aviatorS. He completed his flying course in six months.
 Just before his successful flight, Candelalia made several trial trips for altitude to put his machine to severe test before trusting it to the winds of the Andes.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-08-24
READ THE GATEWAY,

Second course South AZ deg. 0S min. East l.64 chains; third course South 52 deg. l2 min. East 36S chains), h total of 7.9l chains, to Corner No l the place of beginning, containing an area of l.54 acres.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- yersely any portion of the above des- ribed tracts of land are required to ile with the Register and Receiver # the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse clam. hereto under oath, during the period If publication OF within thirty days thereafter OF they will DC barred }. he provisions of the Statute.
 THIS NOTICE is issued at the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, this lG day of July, A. D. iaiS, and ordered pGblished or pe'' .od of sixty days in the Seward Gate Nav a newspaper of established char ,rter and general circulation publish .d ar Seward, Alaska, nearest uie Ia,,d herein described, and hereby Se' Sjrnared for that p'.ipoSe.
 C. E. Walker, Register. MAURICE D. LEEHEY anu l.. N'
 RAY,
 Attorneys for Applicant,
 20 Alaska Building, Seattle, nd Seward, Alaska.
 first Pub. Aug. l2, 1918
 Last Pub. Oct. g, 1918