The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-10-02

/, The garnet IN which the engineering
genius James Watt pursued kiN mechan-
,Scsl studies is to be removed intact II
possible from Its position on the top Of
HeatitiAa Hall, England, where Watt
tspeut his last years, and roerecteG iD the
pentral memorial buildings 10 be oIaned In
Birmingham where the Watt centenary
celebration is being held. When Watt
died the garnet WAS locked up and re-
luained unopened for about 50 years and
'even now 1t is still in exactly the Same
condition as when Watt worked In Il. The
piece OF iron Watt was last engaged In
turning lies on the lathe. The ashes OF
mis- last fire where Wxte used to 10 his
own cooking because at Ats wtfe's obtcc-
t!ons to seeing her husband looking like
y blacksmith are suu IN tho crate; tho
aast lump of coal - In h Ecuttle The
Dutch oven Is In is place over the stove
and the frying pan IN which he cooked his
meals is hanging a Ia accustomed nall.
The farmers task OF making two blades
grow where one had grown before tB be-
Goming increasingly difficult In ,ErglRf6.
srarm laborerB before the war recedvcd ~
u week; now they got 80. Every horse
must rave q weekly han holiday. II .
horses are employed on a farm this repre-
cents an annual loss OF $75o. BEFORE tho
war steam ploughipg COS. n.b per ace
II now costs M-so. Coal before the war
,Sc.N " " w.t. ~ 'NN 1920 v~~"
of soda has advanced from rs y ton to
4l2a: hinder wine from SITS q ton to fs5a.
hnd biacksiniths'. carpenters and sad
oilers work IL from 10 to 100 per cent
higher. On top Of AL this thu faruerS
tax has been doubled.
Russia.
What does the police strixs IN Boston
,ean?' says Elihu Root. TT means that
ne men who have been employed and
taken their oaths to maintain order ana
suppress crime as the servants Of all the
people are refusing to perform that solemn
duty unless they are permitted to ally
themselves with. affiliate themselves
with, become members of. q great organ
~txation which contains perhaps 3 per cent
as the end, except for a revolution. Gov
eminent cannot be maintained unles 4
has the power to use forca"
Los Angeles has new traffic laws,
which provide hat: Extending the arn
straight from the shoulder indicates that
You are going to turn to the left; point
ing upward. that you VIII turn to the
Fight; pointing downward that o win
forpa to a stop. The distance from point
OF intersection being equal, cars from
she right have the right of way; cars must
stay at least Is feet apart on country
roads; when parked. both wheels on onS
side OF the car must be within two feet
OF the curb and on downtown streets, u
is forbidden to turn In the middle of the
,blocK.
investigators of German propaganda
have found that what appeared to be an
old and worn copy OF the works OF Ho-
Iner sent to IN influential Hindu proved
to BIZ 4 volume Of attacks on British rule
In Ineia. Only tho first few pages OF
the book were printed with the words OF
The arscient poet. The remainder, though
An Greek type like tho beginning. vaa
filled with the diatribe.
The forthcoming centennial number Of
the Arkansas Gazette, Of Little Rock. en-
phassises tae comparative youth OF the
newspapers west OF the Mississippi river.
OF al the newspapers now published La
the western part Of the United States
there is only one older han the Arkansas
sGaxetta- The st. Louis Republic traces
ats history back to 1aoS. On the Atlantic
Coast the Annapolis Gaxefte ard May.
siand Gazette date back to fzz.
TIN Letttsh situation n ccupyin the
iAttentson OF the English authorities. II
has been learned that the Let's received
tOffcrs OF German Assistance In January
,aast oa condition that thoso German troops
NeEstrJts Of remaining should be allowed
TO srttle in that country. TIE Let's, how
ever. did not desire thus to become .
9sstats dependent upon Germany or to form
2 cl,annel through which Germany would
iba able to communicate directly with
The well known Swiss novelist, J. C.
Heer, of Zurich, one OF tho most popular
,Swiss writer's OF German language novels,
}adyertlscS In Swisn papers that the war
has Killed the German novel and that he
is virtually ruined. He aska Swiss news
paper Tor employment tn vRtting political
md literary articles or aug editorial
work,
- WrAr Ma Er.knNV rHrvSro ex psvnk V<sAan<yu
'on Of the volunteers as first aid was q
i1a-year-ald hoy t kEickerbockers, who
scsas.3s.:. le!.4 ~is.se-s. ~saA-nf@ the hasiest
s~cornefs and h gan to direct traffic. At
first he vas laughed at. hut when the
militia arrived. they found the boy. Frank
}CasFesl. was slotns snch good work that
they left him on tho Job.
A correspondent calls attention to the
fact that "a certain popular safety razor
which sells for S. can be sold by the army
Squartcrmastcss In q khaki case, with! six
extra blades. FOR S.7k, and concludes:
Why prosecute a Greek corner grocer for
making an extra penny on 4 pound OF
sugar when the prices We Ray Cor many
ARTICLES OF daily Gse ha ~ no elatiou
iwhatsver to their value?
A MAI prosecuted in Los Angeles for
taking a young woman from Boston to
Los Angeles In violation OF the Mann act,
lts attncking his Indictment on the ground
that It did not state tina the Young woman
in question was "a female OF the human
family
To the present 3e profitecrs have been
!conv1cted by the British and have paid
fines amounting to 10000 white four have
served terms In prison. The newspaper
ttnsist that more prison sentences are
needed to bring the high price traders to
their senses.
This Ii clean up week. IN Chicago.
lSnokesi Is the subject up for discussion at
conferences being held al the city hall
"A order to impress upon bustness men,
manufacturers, janitors and tho general
Public OF Chicago the necessity OF ending
1.-THE smck nuisance.
AZ h campfire OF the New York police
I1oEce last week. the nen applauded when
commissioner lsnright said: II believe /
iAm undertaking the number when I sAy
lfhat fully 70 per cent OF you men have
assured me that you are not In sympathy
with the stirling policemen OF Boston.
The American Defense Society has urged
she mayor or 80 cities to list the names
pf citizens >S.e to operate street cars
power plants ard other public utilities
FOR service in case ot Z geY,ara strika
such as Il threatening Boston
Complaint 10 made IN T.onAon that Jap.
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