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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19

do not know Of their existence because
they hoard their wealth and power.
America u no miser, but her
strength for war In Of little use IN the
present crisis becaupe her people have
been lulled into false feeling Of -
cur1ty, not only before th11 0pfGod
the war but within the past few
months. few weeks, 1ew days-
Our own war apartment. In IT.
weekly reviews Of the conditions on
the battle fronts, has maintained q
tone OF utmost optimism which has re-
NAMED unshalLsn even as 0eEmany's
resistless armies were hurting pelI
nell across Picardy. When Field Mar
shall Haig issued his desperate appeal
to his shattered. war.weary forces to
hold their ground until death. Eek
perts" and observer In Washington
rushed into the Nmelght With inter-
views in which they op1ned that ths
situation was far less serious than
General Haig woald have his men b.
lieve.
These facts are not ret forth here to
satisfy q desire to DO critical, but to
impress on the condolences Of think
ing men and women the pecessity
which Americans must set before
themsslves-the necessity for unoeas.
ing, untiring. united patriotic service
to the cause TO which our country and
its future are committed and dedF
Gated.
We must abandon the thought that
American cannot be ds2satsd II We are
ever to summon the strength to avert
defeat. =
England has learned thk lsssoa.
tardily. to be sure, but clearly nevsss
theless. Today's London nswspapsss
are demanding that the pubic throw
of its dangerous apathy and feeling Of
security, and realize that the moment
for the last atom Of sacrifice and ser.
vice is at hand. Lloyd George ID plead.
ing for tho adoption and enforcement
Of his conscription measure because II
is vitality necessary to save the British
empire from destruction. Fractional
lists in Ireland are burying their ago
old fight to unite with the mother
country in the ANAL effort to ward of
the peril Of Prussianism.
Must America be brought to such an
extremity before her people can real.
ize the menace which only the utmost
sacrifice and service can defeat?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
Children's Evening Story
striking It With his bfll and screaming

angrily.
Don't be afraid" Rusty said 80 his
wife. He can't do any harm. Aud
after while he'll grow tired Of stay
ing heVe and hsN go away"
Well, Rusty was half right, at least.
For Jasper Jay went away ct last:
but he didn't wait until he had grown
weary Of his rowdyish sport.
Now, Johnny Green happened to
hear Jssper's harsh cries. And, loo1-
Ing out of the window, he9aw Jaspes's
strange performance.
THAT blua fay is teasing my lit91e
wren8!" Johnnie Green cried indly.
nant1y. And, catching up a potato
from the kitchen table, he hurried to
the door ana hurled it a. hard % he
could at the bluecoated trouble.
maker.
The potato missed Jasper Jay by
less than an inch, bringing up kerr
plunki against the trunk Of the old
cherry tree. and breaking into several
pieces.
And then 1t was Jasper Jays tun
to be alarmed. He jumped on the root
of Rusty Wren's house AZ II he had
been shot and dashed OF as fast %
his handsome wings could carry him.
He know Of no way to tease Johnnie
Green; so there was really no sense IN
his staying in Farmer Green's yard
any longer"
Although tho cherries hung red snd
Juicy upon the old tree for ct least .
week more, Just begging to be picked
|-as one might say-Jasper Jay did
not come back to enjoy them. He told
Jolly Robin he was entirely too busy
to waste his time in an old cherry
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
coNsERvArloN

SO much advice ana a0mOnltlon 10
handed out in these parlous times by
oflicial. unohicial and semi-o6cial COM
missions, administrations, boards. die
tators and the like that even II ono
had time to read the whole of them he
would emerge from a mountain OF ut
erature with a tumble Of ideas which
crossed and re-crossed each others
trails like network of tracks In q
metropolitan railroad terminal.
Conservation has become word to
conjure with, and as r. so often the
case, the very meaning Of the term Is
in danger Of being lost In the maze OF
uses to which it is put by the regi.
ments of advisers.
There is the Injunction against
building public or private improve
ments while the war is on. While this
may be right in principle 1t cannot be
followed to the limit without economic
loss and depre ISOLATION Of property
The exercise Of common sense IL
advisable In this as in 30 many other
circumstances. Local conditions must
govern local application Of this phase
Of the movement for conservation.
This is not time when straining
of credit is advisa BILE, unless such an
act makes for added thrift. The first
duty Of every citizen. from now until
the war ends, is to 50 conserve his re-
sources, financial and Of other sorts,
as to be able to place them at the
command Of the government when
need appears.
But property, particularly improved
property which is unencumbered. Is
the equivalent of capital. 1t is a
guarantee for loans It is credit. And
while 1t Is kept In good repair its
worth in this regard does not deterior-
ate.
This is the exception, then, to the
Injunction against the use OF capital
for building and improving property.
II il an exception that can and should
be made in individual instances, and
it is calculated to further conserva-
ton.
The dependable community and the
one from which the government can
with reason expect the maximum OF
support OF every sort is the compun-
ity of home owners. These have
learned thrift. Conservation is no
hardship for them. Their number
must not be lessened by reason of the
war.
SO long as thrift and improvement
60 hand in hand they are to be com.
mended now as at any other time, II
care is taken to preserve the proper
balance as between labor and the de-
mand for 1t.
No community can call itself truly
patriotic which permits lack OF I'M
provement to give 1t a rundown ap.
pearance. That Is the opposite OF
conservation; It IL waste. America
and her cities must maintain their at
mosphere Of solidity against the re-
turn of the warriors who are fighting
to perpetuate the institutions on which
that solidity is founded. When they
come back 1t must be to well kept
homes and well preserved communt
ties. That is what they are fighting
for.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
swHeN THIEVES FALL OUT"

SWAeN 3HISvES FALL OOI-
That there still remains some truth
D the old maxim may be ON the way
g proof in the strained relations be-
Meen Austria Hungary and Germany.
,rhe resignation Of Count Czernin, for
fIign minister, premier and chief
spokesman for the dual monarchy, has
I Ill the earmarks of sacriflcial offer
Ing BY Emperor Charles to his Pots
liam ally who. IN reality, is his fear
Inspiring monarch.
The unfortunate and ill-advised let
Ar which King Charles wrote to his
relative, Prince Sixtus, is too strong
4. bit Of evidence for even king to
gleny successfully The admission
which It carried. that France is en-
titled to Alsace-Lorraine. might well
Ouse the anger Of Kaiser Wilhelm. as
Il did, and the frantic explanations and
ltoclaimNuo issued from Vienna cannot
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
DANGEROUS APATHY
From Tuesdays Daily

TFrOm TueSuay Daily
The first week IN April saw the pro-
duction Of bituminous coal reduced
by 1900. 900 tons, according to the re-
port which the officials OF the United
States geological survey made public
yesterday.
II the conditions in Iowa are typical
of those In other fields. this alarming
shortage in coal production must be
charged to the railroads and to the
apathy of the general public, an
apathy which In this instance amounts
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK

Miss Kitty made the class rite a
compensation on treas for homework
yestidday, this being mine:
Trees.
Trees grow frum the roots up, be-
ing ahve jest like humsn beings, the
ony dihrents being that the trees don't
know It.
Some trees stay ripe ali yeer. sutch
as the Pine, wioh We use for Krissmas
trees proving It is not the pine trees
fault that Krissmas ouy comes wunts
a yeer.
Bushes are sumthing like trees, but
not mulch. II enybody don't know the
diffronts between . tree and bush.
the beat way to md out II to try to
cline a bush. Roses always grow on
bushes, and apples always grow On
trees, proving there IN . place FOX
everything.
The name uses Of trees 10 to bare
froot. give shade, and decorate the
scenery. They give shade all the time
weather there 10 enybody there to
sit in It or not, being more because
they are made that way than because
they are kind harted.
Berds bid, their nests In trees. be.
ing the safest place for them ~ long
as the eggs don't roll out. II they bin
them on the ground to teetch the
baby birds to ny, on account Of II you
are mp in the air to start with, Il ID
mulch easier to keep on going.
Wen a tree is cut OF near tho be
ginning. 1t is ony . stump, but Il Is
still useful and can eb sat on fol
yeers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
HIGHER EDUCATION

sor William l. Thomas of Chicago uni
versity is playing an unenviably prom
tinent part might well be passed With
out comment IL 1t did not point q
moral which is far too important to be
ignored through an exaggerated res
pect for the proprieties
For years Professor Thomas has
been lecturer in the class room and
on the platform. on sociological topics.
He is the author Of sociological topics
and is what may be called IAN
authority on the social science. In
that capacity he has exercised an In
fluence on the minds of hundreds or
thousands of people, many OF them
university students.
Whether that influence has been
for good or bad depends on the view
point, perhaps. 1t is difficult to under
stand how 1t could have been good,
however, II one is to Judge from the
quotations from his writings that have
been made public since his arrest II
there Is anything of worth In his
teachings 1t must attain high moral
tone indeed II it can counterfeit the
Impressions one receives from perusal
OF those doctrines.
Perhaps the case of Professor
Thomas is an exceptional one. 1t is
unbelievable, indeed, that contempt
for the marriage vow, and for the
moral standards which are taught in
the home and in the church are part
of the sociological course in the aver
age American college. The wonder Is
that even one teacher should be per-
mitted to preach immortality under
the disguise of advanced education,
year after year, and to claim high
standing as scholar for advocating
the sortlid sort Of lAwlessness for
which morals courts impose punitive
sentences.
A somewhat extensive observation
of graduates whose college courses
have included the study Of sociology
under other authorities than Profess
sor Thomas is responsible for dis
trust Of the science as whole and
belief that the world would be no
worse-perhaps far better-if socfolo-
Ky should be dropped from all the
curricula in favor of some subject
less fantastic, perhaps. but decidedly
more conducive to right living.
To the chairs of sociology in several
American colleges may be traced. by
q trail the blind might follow, much Of
the high.brow socialistic cant and pal
aver with which America is cursed to-
day. 1t is not difficult, either. to trace
the relationship between the semi
political mental disease and that
which Professor Thomas seams to
have made his specially, when It 10
remembered that the cornerstone OF
socialism Is atheism.
1t is greatly to be regretted that in
an age marked by its progress in
many lines, it is considered necessary.
in order to embrace all the tenets OF
q highly modern science, to set at
naught the faith which has come down
from Bethlehem and Gethsemane and
stood the test Of 1900 years. II this
must be the price OF mental advance
ment there are many who are old-fash-
toned enough to prefer the benighted
ignorance Of happy, humble homes,
Straightforward glances. prayers and
consciences.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
STRIKE STOPS WORK
ON OSKALOOSA HIGH

Oslkaloosa. April 1.-THE plumbing
and heating work on the new high
school building was in trouble Monday
morning. The men received orders to
stop work in sympathy with tho plumb
ers and steamfitters OF Des Moines, The
Van Dyke Heating and Plumbing Co.
which\has the contract for the work on
the new building 10 \ Dies Aoines con-
Germ and as trouble Is being experience
ed there. work has been ststosd.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
THE REAL DIFFICULTY

(From Wednesdays Daily
In Des Moines today Governor Hard
ing is scheduled to preside at meet
Ing to which he has invited several
men whose interests are close to the
coal industry. According to an an
noun cement Of the meeting In yester-
days dispatches. the purpose is to
frame protest against the zoning sys-
tenn announced recently b. the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-19
failure to perform a patriotic

yesterday me COURIER Oot0ll0U tus
methods by which railroad officials
claiming authority for their course
from no less source than Director
General McAdoo himself, are said tt
be delaying their usual annual Goa
contracts in an effort to compel Goa
operators to grant them prices mater
tally lower than those fixed for al
coal users by Fuel Administrator Gar
field.
In addition to this circumstance
however, Is the public's failure to buy
and store coal now for next winter, az
. means Of furnishing market fol
the summer product Of the country &
mines and relieving the fuel admins
tration. next winter. of the necessity
Of withholding coal from industries In
order to supply householder.
Since April ! the great majority Of
Iowa coal mines have been idle. Sew
oral other fields are affected in sim
liar manner. Two weeks have wit
messed a heavy loss in coal production
as compared with the inevitable de-
mand which will be evident next win
ter. No remedy FOR the situation has
been offered.
II the contention of coal producers
is true and Secretary McAdoo is res
ponsible for the attitude OF tina rail
roads, one of the most important du
ties before the presidents war cab
met at its weekly meeting tomorrow
should be a settlement of the ques
ton that apparently has risen be
tween Mr.. McAdoo and Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield.
1t is difficult to belive that DR.. Gar
field realizes the serious situation
which menaces the nation. A few
weeks ago he issued dignified but
unimpressive plea for the storing OF
coal for next winter and since then
ha has given assurances to some sec
lions of the country that they win be
given an ample supply Of fuel for next
winter all in good time.
Meanwhile, the coal which Is per
mitted to remain in the ground by
reason of weeks OF idleness on the
part Of coal miners represents dead
loss to the country next winter wnen
there will be q demand for Tar more
coal than can be produced and dis
tr1buted at that time
In a statement issued La. nlght DR.
Garfield gives warning that "unl+se
there is immediate and material i'm
provement in car supply efficiency
the country faces a disastrous short
age of bituminous coal next winter
DR.. Garfield lays blame for the falling
off in production upon Director Gen
eral McAdoo and his railroads declar
ing that In large part It lis due to
continued lack Of transportation ser
vice as evidenced by the shortage OF
cars placed at the mines to be load
ed"
Coal Is q major factor in waging the
war. The time for the government to
prevent a disastrous fuel famine Is
slipping away day by day. The cond:
ton calls for decisive and determin
ed action, starting in Washington.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
SOME UNDEVELOPED
RESOURCES FOUND
IN ELMORE COUNTY

The resources Of Gilmore county
have never been developed and there
is still almost unlimited wealth
awaiting the pioneer. Millions of
acres of grazing land is still much
of 1t with no stock in sight, timber
In large quantities, only waiting for
transportation to bring it to market,
mines that need but the same trans
portation, Water power that would
easily supply heat and light for all
of Southern Idaho, and at price
that would make other heat and
light too expensive for the common
people. These are few of the i'm
pressions gained by recent trip to
the northern part of the county.
There are but few people, but the
natural resources stuck out at every
turn
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
eight MORE MEN
TO TRAINING CAMP
Party Of Young Men Starts
For Camp Lewis on Thurs
day Evening Train. Two
From Other Points.

Six young men left Mountain Home
Thursday evening for Camp Lewis
where they will begin training for
their task of stopping the Hun. There
was large crowd gathered at the
depot to bid them good by and wish
them God speed, but there was no
speech making nor organized DEM
onstration In their behalf.
The boys were all of the 1918 regis
tration and were cheerfully willing
to forego their plans until the war is
over, and the victory won.
Those leaving were Earl v. Ander-
son, Daniel f. Hoffman, Charlie l..
Stevenson, David L. Bonecher. Har-
old L. Cheline, and Robert B. Mos
grove, who acted as squad captain.
Two men were sent from other
points, Ben Shw from Portland and
Harold B. Kaho from Pocatello.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
FLORENCE OMAHA
Democratic Candidate for
County Treasurer.

Miss OMAHA is an Gilmore county
girl, having resided In the county for
seventeen years. She Is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John OMAHA, he
being a pioneer of Glenns Ferry and
taxpayer of the county for thirty
five years.
Miss OMAHA has had no little ex-
perience in book work, having had
seven years of practical experience in
this calling. This should be suffi-
Gent guarantee of her ability, charac-
ter and integrity Her loyal citizen
ship stands unquestioned.
Miss OMAHA respectfully solicits
the support of the democratic voters
OF the county on next Tuesday, prom
Using that If successful In the pri-
mary race and the general election
to put forth her best efforts to please
the people OF Gilmore county.-AdV.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
Letter From Earl Burt.
Aug. 25, 1918.
U. S. Naval Training Station,
Seattle, Wash,

U. s. Naval Training Station,
Seattle, Wash,
Co. Company q.
Dear George:
Well. at last we have stopped long
enough to write q few letters, so /
thought would drop you line to
let you know where the Mountain
Home ''gobs' are.
have been moving nearly all the
time since | left Mountain Home.
First | spent twenty-one days in de-
tention camp at Bremerton, then |
was transferred down to the barracks
there, then transferred two or three
timesto different parts of hte barracks
and last Friday was shipped over
here to Seattle We have fine camp
here, it is out at the university
grounds. Nearly all the Mountain
Home fellows are here We all like
the navy fine. We get good stuff to
eat and plenty of 1t. Everything is
kept just as clean as can be. We
drill about eight hours day.
We drill in our white suits and
have to have on clean suit every
morning, so you see we have plenty
of washing to do.
We get As hour leave every week
from noon on Saturday until eight
o'clock Monday morning, and that is
sure a treat after coming out Of de-
tention where we were not allowed
to get outside of the gates.
This club (Soldiers and Sailors) is
Just regular home for the sailors
and soldiers. II you hang around
here some will come along with their
car and take you out for a spin and
sometimes take you out to dinner.
think nearly all of Camp Lewis
Was over here last night so the sol
diers and sailors together just about
took in the town.
We had big parade out at the
camp yesterday afternoon and it sure
was pretty sight. Our company
didn't get to take part because we
hadn't been here long enough.
From Sailor"
EARL ]. BURT.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
SHARE OUR SUGAR
With THE ALLIES
British Get Two Pounds a
Month, French Pound and
a half, Italians one Pound.

Americas new sugar ration of two
pounds Il month per person is equita.
Bile when compared with the sugar IA
ton enforced by rigid governmental
order in England, France and Italy, ma
lions with which we are sharing sugar.
Each Allied nation-in the matter OF
sugar consumption-is sharing on near
est possible equal terms the hardshlps
imposed by greatly altered conditions
In the world sugar situation.
Formerly classed as luxury, sugar
Is now Il war time essential. The fair
and just division Of this essential is
In the hands Of the various Allied
food controllers.
The United States Food Administra-
ton has asked this nation to observe
voluntary sugar ration OF two
pounds per person month.
In the other countries at war with
Germany sugar is one Of the scarce
articles on every whether In
the households of both rich and poor,
or In the hotels.
England today has sugar ration
of two pounds per month per person.
In France the ration is a pound and a
half and in italy it is one pound a
month And the prices IN allied cOull-
tries are from tV'o 70 thfee tlmes AZ
high as in Amerlcn
II you go 10 H'i'ei III rAtgaho OF
France these tal'S an 'r''ef yea OF
coffee they Sefs' l'"'F ho'Sus''r
WITH It, u yes W Wy yen mast
bfihg !
In 4liANaNie 10 use
one-seYehlit ;.A % Sp' aF II
The lfsHi o. :" '..'t :. u = en- ID
Frnnce VI curry y sue
el'"' ~ =. ~ - ,'',h "a "a
oNp ~ ~. 49,, -
i"oi 80 ,aa
Nv
"n,ie p. ia
n pno /" ~ - - ,,",'
$1,000 = ~ - 80 amo
~ 700 600 -,
ase NV 49, - ,',i,,, :,
iouaS ny ~ : '''''' = - III :.
9u7"i e"'' n's ~, II ..'t,,.,,1,,
ma ne " '' NJ ~ !. - 49,.
nuS susa'' - - - oDN ''''' = =
liiu IT,
italy Has otdte sugar
Especially driS'.c rtsuia'iols govern
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
Men Who Registered Saturday

Eight young men who had reached
the age of twenty-one since June fifth
registered in Gilmore county Satur-
day. They were Thomas Rogers,
Ray Englehart, Frank A. Ray, Mack
Arden, David P. Keefer, White Low
rey, all of Mountain Home, Leland
N. Cluer of Pine. and Ralph d. Bald
win of Glenns Ferry.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
Iowa illinois Picnic.

The Iowa-Illinois picnic will be
held on Mrs. Longfellow's lawn
Wednesday afternoon, September 4th.
All who ever lived In either Iowa or
Illinois together with their families
are cordially invited to attend. Come
with we'll filed baskets and have o.
good time.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
Stomach and Liver Troubles,

No end of misery and actual suff-
ering is caused by disorders of the
stomach and liver, and may be
avoided by the use of Chamberlain s
Tablets. Give them a trial. They
only cost a quarter.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-08-31
Gospel Mission.
NEWTON, KENDALL. Pastor.

Sunday school 1920 a. m.
Preaching 1880 o'clock.
Afternoon 800 o'clock.
No services In the evening. H.
orion Wiley, president of the North
west Nazarene college of Nampa will
fill the pulpit both morning and after
noon.
Everybody welcome, especially
those who are interested in school
work