Williston graphic., 1919-02-13
A FUNNY OLEO


paign to wean tha people away from
the cow; much to their detriment.
Then the convention hauled up q
lot of retail grocers before it and de-
manded what they, who depended or
the trade Of the dairy communities
handled oleo.
! And the grocerymen remarked that
the dairymen were their best Gus.
toners for olemargarine. ,
1t was pointed out that one lead
ing dairyman bought oleo in ten
pound lots for his family table, and
that generally the cream producers
sold their cream and did not buy but
ter. .-
It was discovered that the modern
dairyman sells all his butterfat, that
his family does not own churn, and
that he thinks about as favorably of
butter making as the wheat grower
does of grinding his own -four.
| But there is one state where the
dairymen will not purchase oleo; at
least not when the neighbors are
looking. .....
FEBRUARY IL, l6O9
On the frontier men either fail or
win mastery of the life they lead and
know Lincoln was on the frontier
practically all. his days. In the toll
of getting a living out of that rude
Ohio River country he became able
to see and deal with realities; to see
his fellow men, not only as they were
and must be met daily, but also as
what they might be under better in
spiration; to see the conditions of
human existence, not merely as
cramping the present, but also, which
is more important, as promising the
future. Alone in his rief and weari-
ness, Lincoln learned to value just
ly the worth of the individual in re-
lation to that common fate which has
been ordained for US all. Rising in
his own person to heights to strength
and power which have been reached
only by few, he was made aware how
little the attainments of authority
can amount to in comparison with the
freely exerted force of many when
high purpose has made their hearts
one. We hear far too much of Lin
coin the kindly comrade, Lincoln the
martyr, and far too little of Lincoln
the leader Of men. Pitiful and human
and humble he surely was by the
proof of nearly half a century, and
yet he could hold to a great resolve
through months of failure and despair
as sternly as earth's granite endures
the evil passing of storm and fire.
He was murdered by one fanatic, yet
he subdued capable men of anger
and intense prejudices and mastered
them into true service of the cause
whose needs he saw clearly while they
were guessing. Humility an dentire
disregard of self can be the marks
of great leader, and Lincoln's rule
could forego all garniture Of pomp.
His qualities were heightened as his
life drew to its end. It was not given
to him to settle the outcome of our
Civil War; for a while his plans were
set aside by narrower men fiercely
bent on smaller aims. But in the
EDIT TWO
long run his spirit triumphed, how
ever slowly an dat whatever greater
cost, and our country became one
again in fulfillment of the work for
which he lived and died.
Our world to-day is racked by hat
red and torn by selfishness. Men
have conquered almost every circum-
stance Of life save themselves. After
more than four years Of war many
hold that cannon are still the only
argument, that cities must be bonn
barded into belonging to this new
state or that. False leaders profess
the most beautiful ideals and proceed
to attain them by murder, theft, and
terror. In world of need and suffer-
ing workers fin dtime to quarrel over
their own little privileges. It is this
rude frontier of the better time that
now challenges our very souls, and
there is n, escape in the barren hos.
iilities cc yesterday. When the past
has served in purpose we must mass
ter and forget it or repeat the bitter
experience of lessons unlearned. 1t
is beyond our scope to say what pol
icy Lincoln would follow in this pres
ent crisis if he were here to lead in
meeting it-he frankly acknowledged
that events controlled him-but man
kind needs his spirit now as ever be-
fore. Zone likes to think Of that
spirit as manifest in the call Of the
Allies for a conference Of the men
Of imperiled Russia.) The way Of
action will be clear enough If only
hatred and selfishness can be sunk
in the st resolve that those who died
for a better world shall not have
died in vain. If we pass from this
confusion to a nobler order, it will
be because the rule of our statecraft
has become as the rule Of Lincoln:
Slow to smite and swift to spare,
Gentle and mericul and just.
THE JOY OF SAVING
| Don't save for "rainy day."
! That isn't the forward-looking en-