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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

metropolitan Opera House on Sund9
evening, November II. The original
plans have been expanded until the
affair has begun TO assume impressive
proportions.
The first Part of the entertainment
will be a minstrel show. The favored
ones who will take part have not yet
all been decided upon, but some Of the
end-men and interlocutors will be
George N. Conan, Raymond Hitchcock,
Al Jolson, William Collier, De Wolf
Hopper, Irving Berlin, Louis Mann,
Frank Tinney, Sam Bernard, Joseph
Cawthorn, VIII Rogers and Doyle and
Dixon. The half circle will include
$50 members of the organization.
feature of the second part of the
performance will be a dramatic playlet
entitled "They Shall Not Pass" 1t is
the work of Friar 7. L. James, of
Kansas City. 1t will be directed and
produced by Friar Eugene Walter.
Friars Joe Weber and Lew Fields
are also scheduled for the second part
of the performance. A patriotic finale,
arranged by the Friar Abbot, includes
military contingents of the Allied ma
lions at present in New York City.
The auction sale for seats of the
performance will take place at the
Cohan & Harris Theatre. West Forty
second Street, on Novembers at 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
Third u. S. Official
War Film To Be Shown

Under Four Flags" the third U. s.
official feature war picture issued b.
the Division of Films. Committee Oh
Public Information, will have it's first
official showings in New York at the
Rialto and Rivoli theatres. where It
VIII be offered simultaneously during
the, week of November II. Showing
at other important motion picture
theatres will follow, and then the film
will be released to smaller houses
throughout the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10
Friars All Star Frolic
ToBe Imposing Affair

George NJ. Cohan, in charge Of the
general direction Of the "Friars All
Star Frolic' in behalf Of the United
War Work Campaign, has been
swamped by an overwhelming response
to requests for active participation in
the event, which takes place at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-11-10

Will somebody page an apartment
for Belle Story. the Hippodrome prima
donna?
1t isn't that the pretty prima donna
Of Everything" means to be unrea-
sonable. When the real estate agent
finally turned to her in despair and
said that he had nothing left to offer.
Miss Story smiled alphabetically. at
isn't your fault Bit" she said. ppm
afraid I'm looking for an apartment
where they start up a wood fire at s
o'clock in the afternoon to cook sup-
per where you can smell that delicious
odor of bread in the baking; where
the neighbours little girl wears her
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18
Farmers Tell Facts Packers Would Hide
Beet Trust Probe DScoss Pofeerg Meat
Some Big Business Philosophy Put n the Record

didn't seem. to know anything about.
For instance, A. N. Craighead, Minnesota farm
er of 10 years livestock experience, told how the
st. Paul Union Stockyards company buys poor hay
and corn so that the cattle and hogs won't eat
1t and take "fll,' but will weigh less on the
scales. This poor stuff charged for at prices
higher than good quality could be purchased for
outside. Farmers who refused to use it were COM
PEELED to pay for the company fodder anyway.
A PROFITABLE SIDE LINE :,
FOR THE BEEF TRUST
Craighead told how he had been forced to pay
$50 ton for poor hay in the stockyards when
good hay was selling generally at $12 a ton. He
complained to President Magivny of the stock
yards company, and Magivny thought it was good
joke. Craighead's "dander'' was up however
The legislature was in session, and he said he was
going up to the capitol. Magivny couldn't see any
joke in this and he cut the price,
Craighead told of losing 1000 pounds on a car
load of hogs one time because they were given
rotten corn. OF courseyou understand all animals
lose weight when travelling They get one feed
In the stockyards in the morning so as to restore
them to normal condition They are not weighed
until afternoon rule These hogs had lost
1000 pounds and were given corn they couldn't
eat. Craighead took sample of the moldy stuff
to Magivny, but the latter assured him it was the
best money could buy, and moreover he was pay
sell him 10000 bushels of sound, bright corn at
the price named-and Magivny declined to buy.
But he paid for the loss due to poor corn.
Witnesses told how the left over corn is scooped
up by the stockyards company and sold to an out
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18

live stock commission
firms in the yards were
put on the stand but their
minds were a blank on
many important matters.
However, the informa-
tion went into the rec
ord. The trade commits
sion got it from the
farmers. T h ere were
a good many farmers
present Wit h xact.
date cleaned from 10.
to 20 years shipping ex-
perience at South st.
Paul, Chicago and other
markets. T b 9 y were
willing to explain some
things that men with 20.
years experience in the
stockyards company, the
livestock exchange, and
the commission business
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18

oAO WI Ill. IL JuSy are
shipped, argue the COM
mission men, chances are
they won't get as much
in Chicago. And \ the
funny thing about it was
that this usually hap
pened. And although the
stockyards men couldn't
explain this, everalz
farmers did. They said
that as soon as a man
ships a load of hogs, cat
tie or sheep out of the
yards after trying to sell
them and not getting a
good enough offer, a de-
scription Of the load, to-
gether with the farmers
name is wired on" to
Chicago: and when the
farmer gets to Chicago a .
Continued on page Ply
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18
az RALPH L. HARMON


brought out by the federal trade commits
sion probe of the packing trust in St. Paul
was the "ignorance'' of responsible heads
OF the various livestock agencies as to how things
are done. President William Magivny of the st.
Paul Union Stockyards company knew nothing
about wiring on" He couldn't tell, nor even
guess how the daily livestock quotations made,
where they originate, who originates them, or how
they get from one part of the country to another
He had been with Swift & Co. 80 years but it
was all a mystery to him. The most he could
tell was that he Thought the information went out
from Chicago" 3~- ..@ ~.s
Secretary A. A. McKechnie of the Stockyards
Company was even more ''mystihed." When Fran
els j. Heney asked McKechnie where the quota
tions came from he said he thought the telegraph
operator at Chicago" got them out Pressed for
more details, it developed that Mr.. McKechnie
thought that some operator of the Western Union
Telegraph company just walked around the Chi
cago stockyards while in the morning, took a
general view of the situation and then issued the
prices on which cattle, sheep, hogs, and horses
are cheerfuly bought by the big packers in every
packing center of the United States.
McKechnie keeps the books for the stockyards
company but when Heney asked him how much
profit the company made on the feed it compels all
he said he didn't know, couldn't find out, and
that there were no accounts of the stockyards
company from which anything like correct esti-.
mate as to these profits could be obtained That
was the third day of the hearing. Buyers for the
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18

side feeder, who is fattening hogs. The amount
thrown to hogs in the yards has steadily increased
year by year until now it Is 1917 bushels per
carload, but what does the stockyards company
care? The more thrown into the pens; the more
1t gets paid for. Last year all troughs were re-
moved and a bill to compel them to be replaced
was defeated by Magivny's efforts, and the amount
OF corn wasted increased. Mr. Magviny admitted this
and also admitted that his company is getting
$500 year for the left over corn. He said also
he is washing some of it himself to find if he
gave the outside feeder too good bargain, and if
ne did, Mr. Outside Buyer will have to ante little
heayier next year. In Chicago, witnesses said the
stockyards company keeps droves of hogs called
pen cleaners and drives them from pen to pen
fattening them on the leavngs already bought and
paid for by farmers
Other testimony wonderfully stimulated Mr.
Mchechn1es figuring ability, and the day after he
said there were no figures by which the profits on
stockyard feeding could possibly be ascertained he
came to the hearing with neat tabulation, show
ing down to a fraction of cent how much prof
1teering there had been in corn and hay each sep
arately itemized, during the past four years. He
showed that the company earned $226,82O63 on
the feed it sold in 1916, and that its profits ran
from 1854 to $6.94 per ton on hay from 1918 to
1915, inclusive, and profits on corn he showed
ran from % 1-3 cents to 80 cents per bushel
DIFFERENT sTocKYARDs
ALL IN ONE COMBINE E.s
Craighead told how all the commission men at
South st. Paul always urge farmers not to re-ship
stock even though they can't get the price they
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18

NE OF the most astonishing conditions
brought out by the federal trade commits
sion probe of the packing trust in St. Pau
was the Ignorance" of responsible head.
The nonpartisan leader., 1918-02-18
DIFFERENT STOCKYARDS
ALL IN ONE COMBINE .

Craighead told how all the commission men at
South st. Paul always urge farmers not to re-ship
stock even though they can't get the price they
are worth IF thev aro
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-17

ute toward his keep while you en-
Joy your good surroundings?
Good reader, the next time you
60 to the postoffice hand over to
the postmaster the amount of
your monthly loan to pay the man
who is facing death for you. Put
yourself in this fellows shoes and
ask yourself if you would work
and go through the hurricane of
battle fire for the sum you con-
tribute toward his maintainence.
You have never obtained the best
results from a horse by under
feeding, neither can you get the
best results from your man on
the front by under-paying. Meet
your moral obligation by buying
that $4,000 worth of War Saving
Stamps the next time thai your
duty as an American citizen.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-17

Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Markell, OIL
Davis, ILL.,, arrived here one day
last week for a visit with their
son, VIM. Markell, who resides uE
Horse creek. They will remain
several weeks.
Dick Westrum, the barber,
spent Sunday on his clam out in
the Mcclure creek country.
LESS substitutes required with
a purchase of Whole Wheat Flour
try it. Circle Mill Co.
Max Lehman and A. w. Eynon
made a trip to the Fort Peck In
dian Reservation, north of Poplar
this week. MIR. Eynon. together
with some North Dakota parties,
are farming on a large scale over
there, having several thousand
acres. They report that it's some
fine country out there, and the
crop prospects are good so far.
USE LESS substitutes and still
save wheat by buying Whole
Wheat Flour. Circle Mill Co.
M. H. Duffey, Ed Morse and
Forest Gaines, all of Paxton, were
visitors in town Monday. Mr..
Duffey had been suffering from
an attack of tonsolitis and came
up to seek medical treatment.
This office acknowledges a very
pleasant call from Mr.. Gaines,
who is the editor and publisher of
the Paxton Pilot.
Walter Thoreson received a
letter last Saturday from a broth
ar who is now in France and had
been written on the firing line.
Il came through in about 20 days.
FOR SALE-a limited amount
Of Early Ohio seed potatoes at
he Crescent Store. 5-1Otf
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Red Cross Notes

Work turned in the past week
Mrs. W. Engelhart, s shirts.
Mrs. S. L. Hansen, 6 pair socks.
Mrs. D. L. Eastburn, 2 shirts.
Mrs. Fred Johnson, 4 shirts.
Julia Larson, ! sweater.
W. Knox, s pair pajamas.
A. A. Sorg, shirt.
c. Daily, ! shirt.
F.S. Kalberg, l shirt.
Turf, ! sweater.
A. J. Gravdal, 3 shirts.
Joe Mccain, 2 baby layette.
Made at the meeting 26 band
New members
Mn. VIM. Sherwood
Mrk a Aaf1
Lena Nppue
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Thanks and Appreciation
The Circle Banner,
Circle, Montana.

The Circle Banner,
Circle, Montana.
Dear Sir;
The ladies of the RedWater REQ
Cross Auxiliary have authorized
me to extend to you and the COM
muuity our sincere appreciation
of and thanks for your kindness
in helping to make our Red Cross
benefit on the evening of May
4th such a grand success. The
sum of $197.52 being realized.
Trusting the community will
honor us again with their pres
ence in the future and assuring
you all of a hearty welcome, | am,
Very Cordially Yours,
ALICE LAMBIE,
Secretary Treasurer R e d W a t e r
Red Cross Auxiliary.
Red Cross dance at the Wiesner school
81 a L
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Another Standard School


The program at the Lone Tree
rchool given q short time ago was
= success considering the busy
season. A collection was taken
up and the proceeds will be used
in organizing a junior Red Cross
The school will soon have enough
Thrift Stamps for a 100 per cent
banner.
It is indeed a pleasure to an
nounce that this school has been
granted a standard school, plate,
credit for which is largely due the
teacher, Mrs. Ruby Motif, who
has worked hard and faithfully to
bring it up to its present stand
ard. Mrs. Motif reports that she
has found by experience, that a
swing, trapeze, see-saw and
merry-go-round has reduced the
tardies to about one-fourth. Some
of the children out there are
working in corn, pig and garden
clubs. This work teaches thrift,
cooperation, self-r Glance, iniative
and good citizenship. In short
when you visit the neighborhood
of the Lone Tree school you find
very few knockers" and good
will reigns supreme.
The following letters received
from the county superintendent
and state rural school inspector
speak for themselves:
To the Pupils, Teacher, Trustees and
Patrons of District Fifty-sM, Dawson
County:
l am very sorry that l could not be
with you to-day, the day you have
looked forward to with SO much pleas
ure as fitting time to celebrate the
splendid results of your long and I'M
firing efforts and labor, that you might
secure Standardization, emitting you to
the name plate for your door, for which
not only you but l am justly proud.
Proud, not for the plate itself so mneh,
but for the hearty cooperation for
which it stands, the thing which will
make the poorest school among the
best and lack of which will make the
best an entire failure.
II your teacher will send me a brief
"write-up" of the program of the day,
| shall be glad to put the same in the
Dawson County Review, and shall also
mention in my next circular letter to
all teachers throughout the county,
many of the things which the boys and
girls did in order to bring about the
conditions of your school,
hoping that others may take courage
and begin campaign to better their
school conditions.
CongratulaIing you on your splendid
success, and entreating you to keep up {
he good work you have started, | am {
Your Well Wishing County Supt
CAMILLA OSBORNE.
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Mrs. Ruby Motif,
Circle, Montana.

Circle, Montana.
My Dear Mrs. Motif and Pupils:
Your school has been placed in the
approved list of standard schools.
We take pleasure in sending you with
this mail Standard Plate" which we
know you will want to place on the out
side of your building where it will at
tract the most attention. The Joy you
have In being recognized as a standard
school and the pride that you will
doubtless take in the name plate on
your building should be accompanied
with deep feeling of responsibility in
keeping your school up to its present
score of IS points. But you will not
be satisfied with this when you know
that you will be recognized as a
superior school if you raise the score
to go 80 points. Perhaps by another
year can raise the score enough to be-
come superior. 1t will pay to try for
it even if you can not win the superior
plate, for in that way you can feel more
certain of holding your present score
With this feeling of confidence that
you are goingto doyour partin working
for superior school, we congratulated
you, your school brard, and the people
Of your community upon the splendid
showing you have made
With our hearty good wishes for the
continued success of your school, am,
Sincerely your friend,
Chas. M. Reinoehl,
Rural School Inspector.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-05-17

Red Cross dance at the Wiesner school
house Ia miles west of Circle, Sat. 25th.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12
Dance, Saturday Night

Tire Liberty Girls, under the
leadership of Miss Gladys Martin,
will give a dance, Saturday
night in the lobby of Hotel Pun
ia Gorda, to which an are invited.
Besides the dance, there WIFI be
various other attractions, such as
solos and choruses' by the girls,
and instrumental music by the
Punta Gorda orchestra, which has
been re-organized with that noted
violinist, Harry GoldsteHn, as
leader.
Admission SOC. Proceeds go to
pay pledges of contributions to
the United War Work FUND.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12
Farmers Taught Free

Training is as necessary fur the
farmer as for the soldier. The
college of agriculture at Gaines
willie offers an opportunity to the
farmer to get training THAT viii
enable him to do more eff
Gent and better quality work.
From Jan. Z to II the farmer can
have his choice of four ten-day
courses-in Animal Husbandry,
Poultry Husbandry, Citrus Cul-
ture and Tractors. The results of
the latest Investigations in the
subjects will be presented. The
work will be entirely practical.
No tuition will be charged. Board
and room will be furnished for
$100 per day, Those interested
should write to the College of Ag-
riculture at Gainesville at once
for information. Only a limited
number of people can be accom-
modated
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12
Fortnightly Club Meeting

The Fsrtnightly Club met
Thursday, Dec. 4th at the home OF
Mrs. BlaEchet, spending the af-
ternoon very pleasantly and pro-
fitably as usual
The main feature of the pro-
gram was a report of the Fedora
ton, given by several of the lad
les, and taken from the various
editorials printed during the re-
cent convention in DaytoRa. Club
work In general was also an in
terestfng subject of discussion.
Fifteen members were present,
among whom were, Mrs. Sarah
Mathews of Pittsburg, Pa, and
Mrs. Patterson Hewitt, of Youngs-
town, Ohio, two of our winter or
honorary members, who received
a cordial welcome. Mrs. Rose
Slocum, one of our new members,
also received the glad hand. De-
t[icious punch was served by the
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Skies, af-
ter which the club adjourned. The
next meeting will be the Christ
mas meeting, on Dec. 18th at the
home of Mrs. Clara Davis. AS
this will be the last meeting of
1918, let every member make an
effort to come, Bring a package
and have a good time.-FRAN-
CTS B. HEWITT.
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ACHIEVEMENT DEMANDED
BY BRITISH PREMIER
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midst population of which a
considerable portion abused oul
hospitality. This has been dem.
onstrated by evidence impossible
to ignore. They spied and plotted
and assisted Germany in forming
plans for the destruction of a
country which offered them hos.
pitality,. They thus have forfeit
ed any claim to remain.
"Further, it would lead to in
evitable irritation and disturb
ance if Germans, who have been
fighting us for four years, came
here to take the bread out of the
mouths of the men whom they for
four years sought to destroy, and
much as | regret that, it is impos-
sible to have free intercourse be-
tween all nations. | hold we are
up against the events of the last
few years, for which Germany a.
lone is responsible and she must
abide the consequences.
"All the European allies have
accepted the principle that the
central powers must pay the cost
of the war up to the limit of their
capacity. The allies propose to
appoint committee of experts
to examine the best method of ex-
acting the indemnity"
In one passage Of his program,
that dealing with an increase fri
the British output, Mr.. Lloyd
George said : "There was one con-
dition for the success of all efforts
to increase the output of this
country, namely, confidence. Boil
shevism is the poison of pruduc-
ton. Russia proves that Russia
viii not begin the building up of
a productive system until boIshe-
vism has worked itself out. ="
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-12-12
Red Gross Notes

Miss Price wall hereafter have
charge of the yarn and the rooms
will be open Monday, "Wednesday
and Friday afternoons from to
s p. IN. We are very much III
need of sock knitters at present
and would like as many as posi-
BILE to make these. Needles can
be had at very reasonable price
lat the rooms.
Workers having nightgowns
and bags at home will please fin
ish and return them as soon as
possible.
The following are the names as
a committee for the Christmas
Roll-Call: Mesdames n, G. Hew.
lit, w. E. Bell, G. T. Blanchet, j
II. Hancock, Elva Harvey, II. P
Douglas and j. F. Gleason and
Messrs N. T. Ragland, Harry
Dreggors and Max Price.
The committee is requested tC
meet in the Soldiers Club Room
Friday evening, at 1880, to tall
over methods and receive final in
structions. WORKER.
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Private Ivan P. Jordan agree
ably surprised his kinfolks and
friends here, when he put in an
unexpected appearance at noon
Tuesday. He is the proud pos
SCISSOR of an honorable discharge,
issued at Camp Wheeler, where he
has been in training, He is going
to have his discharge paper franz
ed, to be handed down to his
great-grandchildren for their edi-
fication and amazement. As is
known, he is the youngest of the
four sons of The Herald editor.