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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
OREGON SHOW BIG SUCCESS.

Shipbuilding is Dragons first claim
to unprecedented prosperity. Good
roads expenditures have added to the
motor fever Of the great northwest. and
consequently the recent automobile show
in Portland reached the high water
mark in the annals OF the local associa-
ton OF dealers. The present is all SO
lovely we are fiatered over the out
10 lk for the future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
The Spirit Of the TIme..

1 asked II 1 might call some night
Upon a girl whom 1 admired;
She yawned and told me that might
Some evening, II I so desired.
I asked a girl to take a stroll
A sweet girl whom much admired;
She said: "AIl right" in voice so droll
That knew well the girl was tired,
I asked a girl to ride with me
A girl whose charms had won my
heart: 9
"Sure! / love motor cars" said she.
what time do you desire to start?''
Charles H. Meters, in Milestones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
Probably More sane.

"Are you the same young chauffeur
to whom served the soft drinks
shortly before the wreck Of that joy
riding party six weeks ago."
mo, and what's more. the doctor
says I never will be-"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

Rain which leaks between the panes
of a tilted Windshield may be checked
either by having the upper pane cut
long to lap over the first or by fitting
a rubber strip between the two pieces
OF glass.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

Back in Pittsburgh, Pa. electric
footwarmers are being tried out by
the traffic officer on the streets in
winter weather.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

Long wear may result in loosely ht-
ting pistons in old motors. In such
causes, It is wise to use a heavier
grade OF oil.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
MOTOR TRUCKS IN
CONN. HELPSSOLVE
TRAFFIC PROBLEM

The State OF Connecticut is the only
State in the Union which has risen
to the transportation emergency by
making it possible to use motor
trucks during all the past winter for
the haulage of goods Overland. 1t
has pioneered the way for every State
to help relieve the railroads through
a greater development of overland
truck haulage by establishing the
means whereby the shipper OF goods
and the mover OF goods may meet on
a common ground to know OF each
others needs This means is fourteen
return loads bureaus" listing more
than 700 trucks of one-ton capacity
and over that are available for haul
ing loads over forty-nine routes be-
tween all the principal cities OF the
State.
These fourteen return loads bu-
resus. good as has been their potential
ability to relieve the serious railroad
freight congestion. would have been
of no avail during the past winter
months had not the Connecticut State
highway commissioner, Charles ].
Bennett, kept the main routes so clear
of snow thai farmers who previously
used sleighs complained that there
was not sufficient snow on the ground
to run them.
Roads Must BE Cleared.
The system has proved a very great
success and a very great convenience
for the manufacturers OF the State
of Connecticut, who have thus been
able to move many hundreds OF thou
sands of tons OF freight which other
wise could not have been moved from
their shipping room platforms.
The development OF the return
loads bureaus in Connecticut has been
a patriotic work developed under the
leadership of William s. Coming.
chairman of the committee on motor
truck transportation OF the Connec-
ticut State Council OF National. De-
Tense.
It was under the direction of this
committee that a return loads bureau
was formed in each of the following
important cities OF the State: Bridge
port, Bristol, Danbury, Greenwich,
Hartford, Manchester, Meriden, Mid
dletown. New Britain, New Haven.
New London, Norwalk, Norwich, Siam
ford, and Waterbury.
More than 700 trucks of one-ton ca
pacity and over, such as are suitable
for overland haulage work, are listed
in the bureaus given above. They run
over forty-nine routes. All OF the
trucks runnin over any one of these
routes are filed with the number OF
that route, so that the trucks avail
able for haulage service between any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
Mirror For Traffic Con.

with a cloth to remove all marks Of
the tobacco.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

Motorists and you folks who expect
TO be motorists, are you Frightening
discussing with your friends and
neighbors those ideas that will be
conducive OF more careful automobile
driving on our streets and highways?
II you will all get behind this move
ment, there is no question but that
the month OF June, 1918. the first
safe and sane automobile driving
month";" can be made entirely free
from deaths, injured persons, or dis
figured automobiles which have for
many years been the result OF care
less driving.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09
SPECIAL "ROAMER"
NOW ON EXHIBIT

The Roamer Sale Company. 1912
! Connecticut avenue. northwest, is
showing a very attractive line OF
the specially designed "Roamer"
automobiles This is the car that is
equipped with the first vibrationless
Continental motor ever manufsctur-
ed. made exclusively for the Roamer
Company.
The motor Is 64horsepower and
the car Is capable OF making seventy
miles an hour. The standard equip
ment is wire wheels, Goodyear cord
tires. and the purchaser is at liberty
style Of top desired without addition
al cost.
The body is OF the four-door type
with divided front seat, especially
designed for ladies' use, all starting
accessible
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

The traffic cop in Grand Rapids
Mich, has a four sided mirror to help
him IN HIS work on the corners OF the
busy downtown district
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

OF o ger miles
The estimate figures that this mileage
at cents per mile is a return OF
81, 110, 900 900 per year"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-09

He'd suit
or S10,-
nal in
repre-
ombi-
n his
4 avenue
J, 1917.
ne col
ng him
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20

of forested hills, all sunlit. It's even
ing, just when the sun is mellowist
and that peaceful mood covers the
fields and hills and woods. You're
having this kind of an evening, across
there now. I suppose.
! wish Oliver were here-he's back
with the company and the rest Of the
battalion-and we could rend this
quiet beauty with friendly quarrel
over some topic neither Of us knew
anything about, as we did in the old
days.
wish | could drop in on you, dra-
matically, en-. costume. with mud
turtle steel hat, great. glazing, hor-
rible gas mask, my ankle length vol
luminous slip coat, my ponderous hob
nails. with grenade in one hand. a
pistol in my belt, and bayoneted
rifle in the other hand. You'd set me
down as Marian visitor of some
consequence. But as we all look alike
over here, no one notices it much. Don
Quixote would occasion no furore Il
he came thru the street in his armor
and casque. Peculiar how much war
we can wear and how little we can
feel. Pm no more of beliggerent
than I was when Hank and the mob
upended me and filled those pride-o'-
my-heart trousers full Of snow. Pos
sibly there's plenty of that combative-
ness tucked away in me somewhere,
and hope I can reach it on occasion.
was born a lamb, you know, but
Fate has made me the goat. I'm not
getting sorrowful. We're too we'll
fed for that and my old straw ticks
too comfortable. Why, tho ! am at
war, get more sleep now than / did
this time last spring.
In the matter of food we're as we'll
served as we were at Camp Stuart.
Of course we don't buy apple and nut
sundaes and oranges and soul satisfy
ing dinners in this town, but for an
ordinary fortune we can buy delicacies
like almonds, figs and dates. Candy
is rare and fruit, too, but our COM
manding officers here see to it that
occasional supplies of canned pine
apple, chocolate, gum and fruit come
up. Contrary to our expectations,
these figs and dates cost more than
they do at home; but I suppose the
French feel that we rich Americans
with $50 month might combine
little philanthropy with our fig buy
ing. Wine? yes, but don't care much
for the cheaper red and white, can't
afford the champagne, and fear the
cognac-so l haven't been real drunk
yet. Most of the fellows drink the
red or white wine (taken from a cask,
in the kitchen, bottled and corked in
two seconds after your order arrives)
for the social sense one or two quarts
give. It's almost worth drinking the
bitter brew to get that expansive,
fraternal, comprehensive sense Of
well-being, that loosens tongue, heart
strings and brain-you may know. Pm
not tipsy now, tho it sounds that way
OF course, I've had no letters from
home yet, and don't expect any for
some time, but know you're all right.
Give my regards to all the friends.
With love,
JOHN.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20

detachable part of this machine the
more fragmentary feel and the more
incomplete my look on life becomes,
so that to give you an impression
complete of our trip inland on the toy
cars, our villages and billets, our
training and all, is impossible. I'd
like to tell you Of the country, the
folks and the customs, but your Stod-
dard, with it's photographs and de-
scriptions can give you as good an
idea of the country you can guess
we're in, as can, even tho his work
dates from the zoos. Things don't
change much in French villages. I
suppose you have an idea of what
they are, nestled here and there in
valleys or against hills or struggling
on ridge tops, with the rude stone
houses, the curved, muddy, pictur-
esque streets, the ducks and cows in
the alleys, and their silence Of a coun-
tryside, below all the noise Of trucks
and cars and drilling soldiers.
No young men. no young women.
When we have all our middle aged
men in the army and our women in the
factories, we can begin to know what
war is. At that / think it is harder
on US at this stage, for our minds
have not been prepared and seasoned
for it as have the French, thru de-
cades Of preparation and army train
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-20
ing among the men.


That's something I want to tell you
about, too; army training and its
effect on one. If you think we are
over here in misery of mind and full
Of forebodings, and homesick, and dis
couraged at what's ahead of us, you
must consider our training. We've
been eased into it all thru successive
steps, so slowly that we didn't notice
EN-. It's taken the place of brain,
soul and will. When we go to the
trenches what fear there is will be the
mob fear, and our discomforts will be
endurable because our feelings have
been more or less toughened. You find
that the man adapts himself to almost
anything and we'll soon feel at ease
in the trenches. Besides, we have a
whole summer to prepare ourselves
for winter campaign life, 1--WE won't
be so out Of luck as Co. D men were),
and that's the hardest part of it.
Just at present Pm with squad
from our company at sort of school.
We're learning various things we
should have learned in the states to
fit US for special duties. suppose
you know from articles and news more
about the various activities, like
scouting, patroling, observing and
sniping than 1 do, and we are forbid
der, to describe our work, it's case
of use your own knowledge, to find out
what I'll be doing the next few weeks.
At present Pm escaping the heavy
grind of intensive training, going thru
various night maneuvers, walking
trips and exercises in place of it.
We enjoy views, when the sun
shines, that are as beautiful as any
thing I've seen. We're situated in a
valley about as wide as the Mouse,
but the hills and woods and cultivation
remind me more of River Falls coun-
try, even to the little river with it's
tree-bordered banks and its rapids.
This must be a young paradise OF a
country to spend vacation in, afoot.
Pm having a pleasant time, even un-
der present conditions, but when !
come back We'll arrange for return
to France, put the old Dodge to a
donkey, and tour as we please.
Take my present position, if you
like a sample of what's pleasant IN
this hamlet life. Pm sitting on a
stone wall, just where it begins to
crumble and disappear for time be-
meath a tunnel of weeds and vines;
to my left lies half-neglected gar
den, wee one, bounded helplessly by
ruined wall that lets the meadow
grass and flowers crowd in right up
to the lettuce beds. Then there is
some field, woods, low forested
hill, and back of it range Of higher
hills banking their masses of green
woods to the horizon. In front, and
blocking off much Of my vision, stands
red-roofed, heavy made, stone
house; beyond bit of meadow, a
stone mill half concealed in the trees,
an apple tree in bloom, then the rise
of the hill; at my right is a road up
which pass the peasants coming in
from the field; beside it runs a brook
-four ducks are conversing on it
now,-big, comfortable willows form
rampant around green, small mea-
dow where few big cows Craze; then
between the hill and meadow runs a
background Of the clustered houses
Of the village.
Looking down the valley / can see
beyond the woods a spire and the
roofs Of a village; beyond is a bank
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
NAVY RECRUITS ARE NEEDED.

Chief Gunner's Mate Hertach has
established a permanent Navy Re-
cruiting Station in the City Hall, At
lantic City, which is open to receive
enlistments and give any desired in
formation. He states that the Navy is
still in great need of men mechanical
" inclined, and that enrollments for
the Naval Reserve has again been
opened with ratings of Carpenters,
Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, Riveters,
Pushers, Hosting Engineers, Brick
layers and Masons, Riggers and Sec
ond-class Seamen. Openings in the
Regular Navy Service are for Machin-
lists, Electricians, Carpenters for avia-
ton, Firemen, Landsman for Yeoman,
Apprentice Seaman and Hospital Ap-
prentices first and second class. En-
listments in the Navy are for the du-
ration of the war only, and men of
draft age are accepted provided a
written release is presented from
their Local Board.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
BARNUM & BAILEY'S
CIRCUS IS COMING
Greatest Show on Earth Will Exhibit in
This Vicinity May Is.

Once again the glad tidings are being
spread broadcast telling of the coming
of Barnum & Bailey's circus. The
greatest show ON Earth, it is announc-
ed, will positively be exhibited within
easy travelling distance this season
and, as usual, a large percentage of
the population will declare a holiday
to visit the show.
The big circus will exhibit in Allan
tic City on May Is.
1t is promised that nothing to COM
pare with the present Barnum & Bailey
performance has ever before been seen
under canvas. New and novel features
have been imported from abroad and
a program of events, thrilling, educa-
tional and sereamingly funny, will oc-
cupy every instant in three rings, four
stages, the riggings above and the hip
podrome surrounding for more than
three hours.
There is a new and gorgeous pageant
entitled, aladdin and His Wonderful
Lamp" in which nearly 1,400 persons
and n thousand animals appear in
magnificent costumes rivalling the
dress of the people of the famous Ara
bian Nights" story. This will be fol-
lowed by a host of acts in all parts of
the great enclosure. There will be six
ty clowns, a greatly increased menag-
erie of wild and untamed animals, four
great herds of elephants, several cara
vans of camels and many recently born
baby animals.
The free street parade, which will
start from the circus lot at 10 o'clock
on the morning of circus day, is entire
ly different from anything of the kind
ever shown before. 1t will be three
miles in length and there will be bands
on foot, on horseback, and riding on
top of wagons of red and gold. There
will be six bands in all and they will
be assisted by three steam calliopes
and an electric piano.
With the largest tent in the history
of all circuses, the Barnum and Bailey
circus promises this season to make
good again its boast that it is the
Greatest Show On Earth. Five rail-
road trains comprising SO railroad
cars, will be required to transport it's
paraphernalia, and more than $50
horses will be used to transfer its wag-
ons from the railroad yards to the
show lot.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
EVERY LITTLE BOOK HELPS !

From a camp where troops are sent
Streese Richardson writes for the May
Woman's Home Companion of the
boys craving for books:
Some of you think a book or a
magazine is hardly worth giving. Ev-
cry single piece of reading matter re-
ceived in a camp is worthwhile. It
helps some soldier to forget the dis
comforts inevitable to camp life. 1t
urges another man who never cared
about reading to try it. 1t helps a
third to think cleaner thoughts. 1t
helps your Government to build up an
army of high ideals.
IF you have just one magazine that
you have finished reading, put a one-
cent stamp on its cover, and send it
forth unaddressed. 1t will reach a sol
der, as surely as the sun will rise for
you tomorrow morning. If you can
spare a good book-take it to your To-
cal library or Y. NJ. C. A. building,
and, by the way, write your name and
a message on the fyleaf. A soldier
showed me a book yesterday with this
message on the fly leaf:
""This book has made it easier for
me to do my work day by day. May
it do as much for every soldier who
reads it. JOHN NJ. c.
THAT book will make the round of
the barracks to which it was carried,
because of the personal message from
the donor.
IF you have neither library nor
Y. NJ. c. A. building in your town,
send your book to the public library
in the city nearest you, marking it
simply, For a military camp library
The librarian will do the rest"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
THE BIG MAN OF YOUR TOWN.
By J. Norman shinn, Evangelist.

By J. Norman Shinn, Evangelist.
A quiet, smiling little man alighted
from a passenger train in yorktown,
and While waiting for another train,
began talking to a bystander.
who's the big man of your town,
my friend?" the stranger asked.
"Oh, Henry Glitter, of course; he's
mayor, president of the bank, owns
the gas company, has two big automo-
biles and lives in that big white
house with the fountains on the lawn.
They say he owns mortgages on half
the houses in town."
Did he make his none honestly 90
asked the stranger.
well. you see. they say he's kind
of tricky and pretty slick and there
was some talk about that gas deal"
How does he spend his time and
money!" asked the little stranger.
"Oh, he has a good time all the
time and travels a lot"
"Who lives in this little, rustic bun
galow next to the barn."
"Oh, that's old John Colds house.
He reads his Bible a lot, teaches the
Sunday School, goes to see the sick
people and is always trying to help
somebody. He hasn't any money and
if he had it wouldn't do him any good,
because he would only give it to some
body in trouble. He's an awful nice
man, though"
MY friend" said the stranger, "Old
John is the real big man of your town,
because all isn't gold that glitters.
Mr.. Gold is big in Gods sight while
Mr.. Glitter is big in mans sight; or
as the Prophet Samuel said when Da-
yid was chosen king, The Lord seeth
not as man seeth: for mar looketh on
the outward appearance, but God look
eth on the heart Goodbye, here is
my train; come hear me preach when
you are in Brooklyn"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
OUR BOYS "OVER THERE. EN-.
JOY TOASTED CIGARETTES.

Through the patriotism of the citi-
zens of this country thousands of
smoke kits are being distributed to
American soldiersin France. Author
tiles agree that men in the trenches
need cigarettes almost as much as
food and munitions.
Doctors, nurses, and commanding
officers all join in the demand which
has awakened in this country a great
movement to keep our boys supplied
with smokes.
Millions of the famous LUCKY
STRIKE Cigarettes are going over"
all the time. There's something
about the idea of the toasted ciga-
rette that appeals to the men who
spend their time in cold, wet trenches
and billets.
Then, too, the real Kentucky Burley
tobacco of the LUCKY STRIKE ciga-
rette gives them the solid satisfaction
of a pipe, with a lot less trouble.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
1.-THE AMERICANS CREED"

Il believe in the United States
of America as a government of the
people, by the people, for the peo-
pie; whose just powers are deriv-
ed from the consent of the gov
erned; a democracy in a republic:
a sovereign Nation of many SOW
ereign States; a perfect Union,
n and inseparable; established
upon those principles of freedom,
equality, justice, and humanity
for which American patriots sac
rificed their lives and fortunes.
Il, therefore, believe it is my
duty to my country to love it; to
support its Constitution; to obey
its laws; to respect its flag; and
to defend it against all enemies"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
BeSS Burke OrmSby

Minnesota has o. the honor of having a fortypound o The purebred
Bess Burke Ormsby 203801, recently completed her test with the
production of 1921 pounds of butter in seven days.
With this record Bess Burke Omsby becomes the twenty-ghth purebred
Holshin COW that has yielded more than forty pounds of butter in a week.
Bess Burke Ormsby has a record of 2139 pounds of butter n seven days
as a twoyearold with a yearly record of S5646 pounds of butter made from
1887 pounds of milk. Her next record was made a the age of 4 years, 1
month, at which time she yielded 1882 pounds of butter from 1851 pounds of
milk in seven days. This time she freshened at 2 months over 5 years and
her figures for the first sever days were 1921 pounds of butter made from 55S
pounds of milk. She is running very nicely and will be continued or a yearly
mark.
Her sire is Sir Pieertje Ormsby Mercedes 1S67S4. Her dam is Spring
Brook B@sB Burke 1884. She vas bred and is noW owned by E. c. Schroeder,
Moorhead, Minnesota.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04

The man who buys and reads his
home paper demonstrates both his pa
triotism and his intelligence by the
act. P~leasantville is made up of two
classes of people-those who DO and
those who DON'T. Don't be a "don't."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
|NOL REMOVES
THE CAUSE OF
(CHRON|C COUGHS
A Constitutional Remedy
That We Guarantee

Lagrange, N. C.-"For years I
suffered with a chronic cough, so I
q could not sleep nights and continued
to lose flesh. My druggist asked me
to try Vinol. 1t cured my cough, I
can sleep nights and have gained
twelve pounds. Vinol is the best
, tonic and tissue builder I have ever
taken."-W. D. Rem, Lagrange, N. C.
We guarantee Vinol for chronic
coughs, colds and bronchitis. Not a
patent medicine. Formula on every
bottle. Your money back if it fails
H. J. DENNIS & CO.,
Druggists, Pleasantville
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-05-04
When Your Child Cries

at night and losses restlessly. you feel wor-
ried, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Chill
dren Break UP Colds in "a hours, Relieve
Feverishness, Constipation. Teething Disor-
ders, and destroy worms Used bU Mothers for
so years. All Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE.
Mother GRAY Co. lie Roy. y. Y.-adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-23
POSITIONS WANTED

n memory OF Mf. Fsank L. Mayas,
and In recognition Of the spirit 81
heipfuIress yhat waa his, The Jeurnaf
will inert under this classification
res advertisements ter those IN neeo
Of erepicYr1snt.