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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

4 new and difficult problem
has arisen in the rapidly increas-
ing manufacture OF moonshinc
whiskey in bone dry states. For
scores Of years, the mountaineers
|of the south have had their family
stills where they made cheap
!wfiSkey for their own consump-
ton. The only apparent result to
the outside world was flood Of
|mcIodrama and dime fiction.
Now the government will be
forced to prosecute little war
within its own borders. Noon
shine whiskey is SO easily made
| that Illicit stills are often found in
the tenement houses OF the east
side of New York. The passage of
a bone dry law does not, as we
know, eliminate a desire for
whiskcy for which men some
times go to extremes. The clos
ling of distillerics by the govern
ment has brought this problem to
an acute form and it is not likely
that il will be solved except
Through strong cooperation Of
state and local authorities in all
of the wide territory where bone
dry legislation prevails.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
! Sell White Elephants
! Ahead o. Supply.

White Elephants are easier to dis
pose OF than to obtain, according to
w. F. Cobban. sales manager Of the
Red Cross White Elephant sale. For
the past few days the sale OF wares
has been faster than the arrival Of new
goods. So far. more than 1890 has
been Melted from the sale, and Mr..
Cobban believes that it might sue
ccssfully be continued for two weeks
longer II new stock could be obtained.
People do not realize" said Mr..
Cobban. that things which have be-
come useless to themselves may still
be Of benefit to others. The White
Elephant sale has done great deal for
the poor of Missoula. Since last
Thursday we have sold over 100 pairs
of shoes at prices ranging from %
cents 10 $3.50. Many had never been
worn and all were in good condition.
| Many coats and suits have also been
sold"
The dray men Of MIssoula have ar
| ranged to do much Of the collecting
I for the Red Cross free and II those
| having goods to offer will telephone in
their addresses. the things will be
called for
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
Prize-Winning Editorial
Selected as Best Appearing in Minneapolis Journal
During 1917.

seoldable neighborhood. No one was
ever scolded into the kingdom of Grace
and Good Cheer: and no neighborhood
was ever SO impeccable that it might
not deserve reproof. A man cannot re-
make all his misshapen neighbors:
therefore his responsibility extends no
farther than his powers. Having done
ones best to make a gentleman out Ut
the boor next door, one has still tive
privilege of being cheerful THAI ;.e IS
no worse.
Financial adversely is no sufficient
cause for the habit of gloom. The
game of life can be played as pleas
antly With stakes in small copper as
in large gold. II this were not so,
there would be little good cheer on
earth, for ninety per cent of the earth's
stipulation is In the small copper class.
No man ever yet found perfect delight
in an abundance of things. but children
without care and men without property
Eavc found it in mere thinking.
Good cheer is catching. n smile will
ran all the way up street, while
stumbling Is getting on its boots. Wet
blankets light no widespread fires. I'm
welcome weather and uncongeniai
rcighbors call for uncommon virtues
As counter agents. Where the climate
is never adverse, the population grows
slack in habit. The liscst zone on
earth is frozen stiff for a season.
Good cheer is something more .Han
set and steady smile. 1t Is a success
sion OF smiles in the face of adversely.
/ Il Is born of opposition and it is new
bt rn every hour. Bad weather. bad
reichbors and bad luck. are big bless
; ings, if the habit of good cheer can
rot be bred without them
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

Thinking this world all right will, not
limitations, thinking cheer will make
the world cheerful. by recognizing in
sault them one can save valuable vigor
and for polishing up the duh spots of
life. A prisoner will walk farther by
uamping round his cell than by butt
ing his head against It's walls.
Scoding the weather has worn out
more lives than scrubbinG the kitchen
floor ever did Weather is one of the
inevitable human limitations There Is
no human witchory that can sweep the
cobwebs out of the sky; nor will taking
thought ever aud one degree to the
column. Rain win continue to fail
just as long as water runs down hill.
and mud and dust viii endure so long
as the earth's surface is composed of
one .fourth land and three fourths
water
But there Is no such thing as in
clement weather or nasty weather, In
element weather is merely weather
against which We neglect to fortify our
bodies; and nasty weather is that
against which We neglect to fortify our
minds. Nasty" is n term derived from
the old English word mast" meaning
mist and misty weather. once your
mind is adjusted to II and your body
proof against 1t, is one uf the good
outdoor weathers. Where chilly wealth
rr is unknown, the cheerful hearth fire
Is unknown Dreary weather is moth
ing more nor less than dreary state
of mind
Seeding the ncishbors makes Il
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

Among the eccentric charac-
tiers of Japan is the Viscount
Tagiri, president of the imperial
board Of audit, whose only daily
food consists of a box of rice and
some picked plums. During the
last forty years he has clung to
this diet. The woods are filled
with food cranks. but this simple
Japanese gentleman proves that
distinction and plain diet may
easily travel together.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
THE CASE IN FIGURES.

coast there have been carried. during
the last three years. 1000 people from
neutral ships which have been de-
stroyed by German mines or torpedoes.
These people-men. women and chill.
dren-are survivors. Others. hum
dreds of others. were not SO fortunate.
On the other hand. SO far as We know.
not one single neutral life. or rather
death. can be laid to the charge of the
British navy.-world's Work
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
LETTERS FROM The
MlSSOuLlAN FAMILY

The Muscular invites letters
from its essdsrs on all topics Of
interest. The signatures and ad.
dresses Of eorrssp6ndents should
b sent 40 evidence Of good faith,
sthoUuh synonymous signatures may
Be sent Tor the letters ~ printed,
IL desired. Al communications
should be limited to oo0 words and
addressed to the editor.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

There is To be great drive OIL
the old New England sugar bush
this year following the acute
shortage of white sugar. Even
the foliage Of the parks and the
residence districts in some New
England towns are to be tapped.
The unusual fall Of snow and the
probability of a late thaw offer
good prospects for a large yield.
Thus an i'll wind blows good. All
benightcd citizens who have
never tasted real maple syrup
will be convinced that the war is
not without pleasing results.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
WHAT RUTH SAID.

Ruth, a carefully broughtup little
gtri OF five years. returned from her
first dinner away from home and was
being questioned by her mother.
And you were a good girl all the
time" asked mother.
yes. mother" was the joyful reply.
thing nice to Mrs. Brown just before
leaving"
Yes. indeed" Ruth answered, tri-
umphantly. Y smiled and said. l en-
joyed myself. Mrs. Brown; you had q
lots better dinner than thought you'd
have. The Peoples Home Journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
MILLION FARMS WITHOUT HENS.

are a million and a half farms in this
country where not a hen Is kept and
every egg and chicken used on the
table must be purchased. II these
eggless farms would this year raise
100 pullets. their eggs produced next
year, would furnish so dozen eggs for
each family in the United States: and
an equal number of cockercls would
furnish Sunday dinners to every
American family twice month
throughout the year. Help rout the
kaiser with hens!-Farm and Fireside
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
GROWTH FEDERAL RESERVE.

Scventy-fise state banks or trust
companies were admitted to the Fed
eral reserve system in September with
aggregate capital of ses,siS.o0o, sur
Plus of ssa.0so,o0O. and resources of
s44s,7eS.o0e. This brings the number OF
state institutions. that Is. banking In
situations other than national banks.
now members OF the Federal reserve
system up to $50 with total resources
OF s5.aee. n0O. Ooo.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
SINUS Famine Again
AHiicts City.

Once more the city is in the clutches
Of the terrible ''snus" famine.
4 few weeks ago when most of the
Scandinavian population was thrown
into despair by the exhaustion OF all
the available Copenhagen. a carload
of the favorite stifnuRnt arrived in
time to prevent wholesale trekking
Of the Eorsemen to regions where the
supply Of snuff was greater than the
demand.
Now the awful thing has happened
again and the tobacco dealers are
uttering the words in their sleep. NO,
we're all out OF snuff" II good for
tune prevails there will, probably be
another supply in before many more
''snus- less" weeks, but the dealers will
not yet venture an, 0pipiQn, As to hwhen
the calamity will be over. Not even
substitutes for "snus'' are available.
/ The war has been blamed for many
things. but never before has 1t been
accused Of such an atrocity as this
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
longer have been an impeachment
after January 81. 1917. when Ger

longer have been an impeachment
after January 81, 1917, when Ger
many gave us the final slap in
the face. The president after
that, could not have kept us out
of war if he had tried.
II must not be forgotten that Mr..
Bai.rr's department is but one Of
a series directly related to the
prosecution or the war. We do
not know what our navy will do
until ii gets into action. but there
are reasons for Snppo>ing it to be
in good form.
There is still Io he kept in mind
the unfortunqlc quarrel Of the
shipping board. which held up a
|start on that program for more
than two months. and there is the
Iconpletr fall-down Of the coal ad-
ministratinu wlilcn has very vital
Irelatiou~ 10 the war. ina~much a
through this administration lead
led ships were held up in New
York h;,rbur for weeks and
months.
| We think the evidence of ilcS-
pacity sufficient io warrant con.
greSs to pass the bill for Il high
Iwar council. also we think thai
the country will hold the presi-
dent strictly accountable for thu
|conduct Of the war if he refuses
to accept such aid as is ccrtainl,
BADLY needed at this time.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
WILLIE KNEW.

Teacher-''If your father put dollar
in the bank every Saturday. willie.
how long would Il take him to save a
thoannd dopass- eY1~
w.aiis--He wouidn't. lkfter ne got
enough saved up he'd buy an autome-
bile. ris~ PSorie.s Home Journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
Thers Ars Limits
70 Optimism.

He's a cheerful liar. even when the
thermometer goes to 'sfeen below zero.
Recently. the coolest morning of the
year. he came into the office. hopping
the Precipitation off his brow.
Whats the matter JIM" asked his
office mates. been working with your
furnace?" j.
Mix" said Jim. I've been chasing
robins from cherry trees and driving
the sparrows from my strawberry
patch"
Then somebody called attention to
white spots on his nose. checks and
ears. and when the frost had been
rubbed out of them, the telephone bell
rang. A wifely voice rang for Jim.
aging:
Can you come home for few
hours The water pipes have frozen
and burst. and I'm afraid the house will
be flooded, and II is so cold the children
are crying"
Jim stopped his "camouflaginS" and
didn't pretend to wipe any more sweat
Off his face.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

The continued whitening glance
of the weather man on the Chi
cago coal pile causes us to think
that he may well have been a
holdup victim in that crime rid
den community.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

Tina, he produces one horse power
for each pound his engine weighs Is
claimed by the French inventor Of a
motor utilizing the explosive power OF
gurrcw'der
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
John Has TO Have
His slippers.

ITO get 100 per cent fighting eff
Cheney out of John Parsons, you've got
to give him his old carpet slippers
after n hard days work in the
trenches 4 good cigar and piece Of
apple pie to round 1t out and you've
got satisfied man that will do any
thing you tell him. I've lived with
him for ten years and l know"
T This note. addressed to Marine Corps
Headquarters. by Mrs. John Parsons.
also contained an inquiry as to whether
there was any embargo on carpet slip
pers. Betscy Lees. and apple pie going
to fighting marines in France.
It's a big question and while the
marine corps maintains no time study
or welfare departments, it is felt that
II his old carpet slippers will enhance
John Parsons fighting qualities he'll
just have TO hame them, that's all,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

The kaiser is convinced that he
is not fighting the war alone, be-
cause Gott furnishes moonlight
nights for acroplancs to drop
bombs on the cradles of Great
BrltNlns
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

Even the kaiser in his thanks
says that he is beginning a Sc
riOus. decisive year. We think So
1t is to be moving year for the
.Hohenzollerns.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

We would be both amazed and
gratified if we really knew the
Au>trians had the nerve to tell the
kaiser they had had "suffi-
cheney" as Sam Bernard used te
say.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

The Chicago Democrats are
talking of running Carter Har-
rlson Tor mayor next year. Awful
ly hard for Chicago TO get out Of
Il rut.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

Since the administration plans
ia be immune from criticism. il
should play safety first and III
ternr Colonel Roosevelt during
the period of the war.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

II Czernin's note failed Ia ar
rive in Washington, the trouble
may have been with Burlcson's
fp0stoffice department.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

When one woman out Of a hundred
has nothing to say the other ninHey.
nine are asking what Is the matter
WIN her
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

Perhaps The most important
thing to speed up is an admins
,trativr house cleaning at Wash
,ington. If we wait until spring,
The Germans may do it for us.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

For use on shallow water motor.
driven boat has been designed that
literally rides on q cushion OF air and
Is propelled by air Jets beneath its hull
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30

It's small con6o:dAl.- to a man 10
know that his neighnors wife is less
cxtravNgaut than his own.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-30
Home!
Stories Of Canadians Who
Returned From War. .e2t

0y Captain Joseph prin0le, N. G.,
OF the Cameron Highlanders, Who Won
the Military Cross at Ypres, as Record
cd by Chas. d. Cameron
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-06-06
OPPORTUNITY

This beheld or dreamed it in dream:
There spread cloud of dust along plain;
And underneath the cloud, in it, ragged
furious BATTLE And men yelled, and sword
Clashed on sword and shield. princes banner
Wavered, then staggered back, hemmed by foes
craven hung along the battles edge
And thought-''Had sword of keener steel,
Like that true blade the Kings son bears, but this
Blunt thing''-he snapped and flung it from his hand
And lowering crept away and left the field.
Then the princes son. wounded and bestead;
And weaponless; and saw the broken sword
Hit buried in the dry and trodden sand
And ran and snatched it and hewed his enemy down
And saved righteous cause that heroic day.
-Selected
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-06-06
The Great Wall of China

TO the Great Wall all other
monuments of China, and for that
matter of the world, are as pygmies
to giant. It is by far the most
extensive and formidable single
structure ever devised by man, is
the opinion of Frederick McCor-
mick in The National Geographic
Magazine.
For the most part of its extent
this awe-inspiring legacy of China s
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-06-06
M P. FIRST TEAM BEATS SECOND
Outside Team Scheduled to Play Fails to Appear and
Game Was Played Between Prison Teams
j. S.

Lee draws pass. Russ struck
out. Gar out, Wells to Lohr. No
runs, no hits, no errors.
First-Hein gets on by an er-
ror. Add struck out. Burn out,
Bran to Long. Gil gets safe
hit, scoring Helm. Wells out,
Smith to Long. One run, one hit,
one error.
Second-Mc gets on by East's er-
ror but is out trying to steal Sec
ond, Helm to Brad. Smith struck
out. Bush gets safe hit. New
out. East to Lohr. No runs, one
hit, one error.
First-East gets on by Bush's
error and steals second. Brad gets
on when Lee takes a fielder's
choice by playing the ball to third
on account of error both runners
we're safe. Jam gets base by
News error. East scores. Lohr
gets on by Longs error, Brad
scoring. Helm gets a safe hit,
scoring Jam. Add struck out.
Lohr out trying to steal home,
Lee to Smith. Burn gets three
base hit, scoring Helm, but trying
to steal home is thrown out, Lee
to Smith. Four runs, two hits,
four errors.
Second-Bran gets safe hit.
Long struck out. Lee gets a safe
hit. Har drives out long fly to
center that looked good for two
bases or more. Bran promptly
left his station at third and started
for home. Gil, pulling it safely
down, promptly threw. Bran out
at second, retiring the side. No
runs, two hits, no errors.
First-Gil struck out. Wells
gets base hit. East out, fly to
Har. Brad gets two-base hit,
scoring Wells. Jam gets on by an
infield error and Brad scores on
same. Lohr gets a three bagger,
scoring Jam. Helm out. Bush to
Long. Three runs, two hits, one
error.
SEVENTH
Second-Gar struck out. Nc
out, Brad to Lohr. Smith out,
Wells to Lohr. No runs, no hits,
no errors.
First-Add and Burn struck out.
Gil out, fly to Long. No runs, no
hits, no errors.
EIGHTH
Second Bush out, East to Lohr.
Russ struck out. Bran gets safe
hit. Long struck out. No runs,
one hit, no errors.
First-Wells struck out. East
out, fly to Long. Brad struck out.
No runs, no hits, no errors.
NINTH
Second-Lee gets a base and
steals second. Sull grounded out,
Wells to Lohr, Lee advancing to
third on the play. Gar hit with
pitched ball goes to first. Lee out
trying to steal home, Wells to
Helm. Ad struck out. No runs,
one hit, no errors.
| THE SCORE
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-06-06

its debut in rather peculiar man.
ner. John Underwood was a
manufacturer of typewriter ribbons
and carbon papers in New York
City and supplied all typewriter
manufacturers with his products.
Some disagreement arose over ex-
isting contracts and the typewriter
manufacturers cancelled these and
began making their own type
writer supplies. This they found
afterward was costly mistake,
for they aroused in Mr.. Under
wood worthy antagonist who
would quickly retaliate. When
they invited his competition they
also found he possessed ideas as
we'll as large resources, for he soon
placed upon the market the re-
doubtable Underwood typewriter,
a machine which practically sold
itself, as it combined about all the
best new features in modern type
writer manufacture. No machine
enjoys greater popularity. Its
sales are tremendous and ever-in.
creasing and it holds the world s
high speed records.
There are many typewriters in
existence today enjoying a moder.
ate success which possess some
special feature recommending their
sale to the individual. Perhaps
they are small, light in weight ol
easily carried along when traveller
must needs write letters; but they
are for a special purpose and will
never be factors in the commercial
world.
Perhaps dozen of the most i'm.
portant letters we're written daily
under former conditions; now it is
quite common for efficient stenog.
raphers to type over one hundred
letters a day. A few years have
brought about this revolution in
Office methods, and in some Offices
dictaphones are used for dictatior
to speed up the output of cores.
pondence.
What, with dictaphones, and
machines that will add, subtract
multiply and divide without the
possibility of mistake, and run by
electricity, it is not too much te
expect that some day in the neal
future we may see the business
man turn from his desk to the
transmitter and after moment
dictation receive from a small
aperature in the machine his letter
all typed, finished and ready fol-
signature.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-06-06

past greatness is an artificial bar
riei' fifteen to thirty or even fifty
feea in height, twenty-five feet
thick at it's base and fifteen at the
top. 1t consists of an earthen
core faced with immense bricks
weighing from forty to sixty
pounds each, built upon a stone
foundation. In some places these
facings are of granite. The earth
filled core is protected on the top
by a pavement of bricks laid in
lime and carefully drained. Its
Notifications consist of crenelated
parapets and fortress towers at fre-
quent intervals. There are 25, 900
of these towers, of which 10000
are.in fair repair.
This "Wall of Ten Thousand
Miles" was originally much longer;
at its height of usefulness it
stretched over $1,000 miles of the
mountains and valleys of China,
not counting occasional loops that
amount to another thousand miles.
1t extends from the tempestuous
Yellow Sea to the westernmost
corner of the province of Kan-suh
on the Desert of Cobb north of
Tibet. Starting from sea-level, it
takes no account of natural diff
culties but climbs the highest and
steepest barriers, reaching an alti-
tude of 10000 feet between LANG
chow and Lanchow. One section
ascends peak of 1925 feet eleva-
tion. Irregular in direction and
altitude, it has been regular only
in purpose" says one writer.
The Great Wall of China is
twenty-one centuries old, having
been built in the third century B.
G. by Yin Cheng, Prince of Tsin,
better known as Che-Hwang-tze,
first Emperor of China. The actual
construction, however, was direct
ed by Ming T'ien, military off,
Ger. But in consequence of ca
price of Fame, this precursor of
our modern construction engineer
is remembered principally as the
inventor of the hair-pencil.
A certain beholder describes this
greatest of China's legacies as that
wonderful coiling, climbing, leap
ing thing!" and Mr.. S. W. Williams
says:
The impression left upon the
mind of a foreigner, on seeing this
monument of human toll and un-
remunerative outlay, is respect for
a people that could in any manner
build it. The crumbling dixie
at their feet may be followed,
winding, leaping across gorges,
defiles, and sleeps, now buried in
some chasm, now scaling the cliffs
and slopes, in very exuberance of
power and wantonness, as it van
ishes in a thin, shadowy line at the
horizon"
And another traveller adds:
Its endurance tells much of the
thought that was put into it;
thought symbolical of protection,
unity, strength. . Selected.