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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
Farm Prices Have Doubled

The United States department of agriculture has given
out farm food figures which make it clear that not little
Of the increased cost of things eat into the
purse.
years.
In 1910 wheat growers got 95 bushe today they
average 1920 Corn then brought 66 cents bushel now
the average bushe brings SIG went from 40
cents the bushe to S28 Sweet potatoes rs cents
to $59 Apples went for 81 cents in 1910 and years
later sold for 81 97 in the orchard Then butter makers got
% cents pound the average price paid the farm
is AZ Eggs scared from 18 SO cents dozen
and chickens, from IL cents to 25 cents a pound
Nearly all farm products have doubled in value to the
producer within the past nine years That may why there
rural criticism of the high than one meets
within cities, where wages and salaries have doubled
since 1909.
Moybe their country journeys yM remind The
president and senators that the cost Of living problem,
too, hasn't been solved
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

lands admission 10 the league would
be certain. She would have no trou-
BILE 10 secure the necessary two
thirds vote.
Even the assumed united oppod-
ton OF each part OF the British en-
piro now entitled 10 vote in the as
sembly could only muster six votes.
But II IL not 20 be supposed that
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
Three-Square A-Day

EDMUND VANCE COOKE
There books enough written surfeit and last
TIL all Of earths Future part OF its Paft
OH the
OF languorouH leisure
To read. nd o while life away
But-Im slave Of a tyrnnt called Threesquarc A.Day.
There holows and green shaded streams
where the murmurs Of life like eoiors Of drcams
And hciRh-ho' wander
Beyond any yondcr.
To romp and 10 rollck, 10 idle and piayi
but eringe at the lash u old ThreeSquare ADay
who have shattered thackiss Of toll
Whose roof is the sky ana whose couch is the soil.
Their faces frowzy.
Their bodies lousy.
they drearily limp my door their way
And whine for the baeksheesh Of Three Square ADay,
lcopyrlght 1919. y. " A.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
BETTER FOR r. r.. MEN

Editor The Star. Since the gov
eminent control OF railroads they
have done more for the railroad
clerks than all previous years OF
private control
The Railroad clerks' Onion should
send q testimonial 60 Messrs- Nc
Adoo and Hines showing their APP
probation Of what has been done
for them
when young man. was COM
PEELED 10 work 1: 10 Is hours n
day and received no remuneration
for overtime. Now they work only
eight hours and extra time for
overtime. NAPOLEON"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
The JeaHie Star

ny mail out Of city soc per month; mortns
yiao. { months ts.fkl yesr tsee. IN tns
State Of Washington. outside the ststG
Use per month. $3.50 fer months or tF.VV
per year. By carrier. city. soc per month.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
On the ISSUE Of
4meric0nism There Can
BE No Compromise
WE'LL SAY SO


Greetings: And attn no inkllng from
the Judge az 10 the whereabouts Of
the five quarts.
Only week, and then--,he feet
Cedar river my be- good old rtuff
but we'd rather meet a friendly
neighbOr who brews.
SOCIETY note
Rosie o'Malley. debutante daurb.
ter OF Bill o'Maliey. the muiumillson-
aire plumbers helper. " leaving for
Paris 10 resume her study OF Byzan.
tine art
1915. y
Mr.. johnson will dlxplay STYLED
that are not shown in some Of thl0
larger cities OF the West-DouElss
Cwyo) Enterprise.
Money" says a New York d,s.
patch. lis raining In on the sctorv
organization. while from the man
ayers end Il Is running out liks
water" ia! a wet strike
We can't quite get the actorr
strike straight, We don't know
whether the actors struck against
playing or working.
The actors may be angry nov
but In the end they1l make up.
"Aas then here's something eiss
I'd like 10 know writes Mr.. Car
Barnes. AT an afternoon tea the
hostess 'pours.' but who does the
rest Of the hard work. such as pu..
ting in the sugar and lemon drops,
Isn't pouring a great strain on .
woman who IL not accustomed 70
hard work. Why can't the maid
do IT."
Eastern newspapers say many
folk in the big cities are quitting
housekeeping and living IN hotels
That's like climbing a tree TO e.
cape from monkey.
we hnoW u eitoW VINO Has mo
ticed That for 30 Years
A new way Of eating old
dishes was tried out at the re-
cent meeting OF the vincenDes
Und) Rotary Club with their
ladies. Everyone was com
PEELED 10 e,t his OF her dinner
with only knife, and there
was much rivalry 10 see who
could do II In the most artistic
manp~.-GrsBd Rapids tNlich-)
Furniture Record.
1T Is impossible says Senator
Myers OF Montana. "to see whers
this endless chain Is going 10 end
This statement contains a great
deal more. truth than the average
utieranee OF our United States IN
ators.
Uncle Sam has started ruiz
against 20 cement companies. chzrk.
Ing them with violating the anti
trust Law. That's what we CAL
concrets action.
When you look az some Of the
prices you can understand the card
that a lot OF fellows used to KEGS
on the wall. right over their desks
BE a BOOSTER
|
A Canadian aviator has crossed
the Rockies. He took 'em on high
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

Eastern newspapers FAY many
folk in the big cities are quitting
housekeeping and living In hotels
That's like climbing a tree TO e.
cape from monkey.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

Greetings: And attn no inkiing from
the judge az 10 the Whereabouts ~
the five quarts.
only a week. and then-the flesu
Cedar river my be- good old rtyfs.
but we'd rather meet a friendly
nsighbor who brews.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
SOCIETY note

Rosie o'Mailey. debutante daurb-
ter OF BIZ o'Maliey. the multlmillson-
aire plumbers helper. IL leaving for
Paris TO resume her study OF Byzan.
tine art
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

Uncle Sam has started ruiz,
against 20 cement companies. chars.
ing them with violating the anti
trust law. That's what we cal
concrete action.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05
We Know n Fellow Who Has PraD
ticed That for 30 Year,

1T Is impossible says Senator
Myers OF Montana. ito see whers
this endless chain Is going TO end
This statement contains a great
deal more. truth than the average
utteranee Of our United States 4p
atorx.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

When you look az some Of ths
prices you can understand the card
that a lot OF fellows used to KEGS
on the wall, right over their desks
BE a BOOSTER
A Canadian aviator has crossed
the Rockies. He took 'em on high
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-09-05

We can't quite get the actorr
strike straight. We don't know
whether the actors struck against
playing or working.
The actors may be angry nov
but In the end they'll make I'D.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16
Women and HousecIeanlna.

When woman returns from a
months visit she says, "Oh, how I
dread to begin cleaning up this house."
But she doesn't. You can tell by the
glee with which she seizes the broom
and the buster and stirs up great
cloud of dust that she is now realizing
that which she has eagerly anticipated
all the time she was away. There Is
nothing woman enjoys so much as
kicking up q dust. For the dust is
sure to come down again, and the
source of fun is never exhausted
Kansas City Star.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16

to keep from getting thrown clear across
the boat. Some Of the boys prayed for
the boat to stop.
We stayed in rest camp in Shur-
burgg for day and night, but these
camps were more OF stomach rest than
any other kind. Ha! Ha! We rode in
stock cars here, Put about 40 men in
each car. We rode two days and two
nights that way, but the car that was
in only had "a in 1t and we got rations
for 40 men SO we Jared pretty we'll. We
got off at st. Aignon, a classification
camp, one morning where we got all
the beans and bread and coffee we
wanted so it looked little better to us.
We then set out on our hike up here
with rifles and side arms and muskets.
Just twelve miles up to this town
(Montrichard). Our packs were hauled
in trucks. So this place looked mighty
good and they sure put out the eats,
too. The company left in about two
weeks except the non.coms. l have
been here every since. This place is
about 35 miles east of Tours. So you
can tell about what part of France /
am in. The roads here just wind
around with no square corners. But
they sure are good roads. Vineyards
are everywhere and France is great
place for wines. Some Of the people
drink wine at all times instead Of wa
ter. Buildings are all very old and
made OF stone. So many things are
historical. An old castle here was
built about 900 years ago. Took about
two centuries to build it.
Well, 1 never got to go and fight the
Boche but have seen lots Of prisoners.
They seem contented and 1 guess they
have reason to be. Oh, yes! / received
the bundle Of papers yesterday, too.
Sure was good to read home paper
once II it was month old. read the
letters the boys over here wrote home.
Made me wish had been with them.
II there ever was "hell on earth" it sure
was this war.
Well received letter from Lemuel
and Alden since the armistice and they
are o. k. Guess they will be home for
Christmas. Don't have any idea when
1 will get home but not for long time
yet guess. am anxious to see more
Of France. A corporal here in my bill
let who has been with me ever since
we left Waco, Texas, is going to Ger
many as an Interpreter. Wish 1 could
speak German now.
think have written about enough
for this time and as it is almost time
for taps will close. ~,,a
Sgt. Corwin A. Powell,
Co. c., 168rd Infantry, A. E. F.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16
Earl Keith in France and Ready to
Come Home.
Cornay, France, Dec, 2,

Cornay, france, l'ec' T.
Dear Folks Have travelled a
lot since coming over. Landed at
Liverpool, then went across Eng
land by rail to Southampton on
the English Channel, where we
boarded ship for La Havre, France.
Went into camp for a month at
Angouleme, a large city where the
people treated US fine, but the
language was and is hard to get.
We left this camp and started
for the Argonne front, passing
through some large cities including
Orleans and Troyes. Got off the
train at Clermont, IS or 20 miles
from Verdun, and here is where we
got a warm welcome from the
Huns.
= ! am now in a room formerly
occupied by German majors Of
fee. Won't tell what l have seen.
but believe me, will have plenty
to talk about for 10 years when l
get home.
: Tell Grandma I am waiting to
grab a place on the first ship l see
going back to the U. S. A.
Had fine Thanksgiving dinner
and holiday. Have moved to
Brieulles since starting this letter
several days ago and I am sure
ready to move toward home.
We are on the Mouse River and
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16
Earl Keith.
Made Quite a Difference.

The meaning Of paragraph de-
Ponds very much on the punctuation.
An editor wrote "When Mrs. Jones
lectured on Dress she wore nothing
that was remarkable" How the com.
positor, or the ''proof reader" came to
the conclusion that this should read,
"When Mrs. Jones lectured ON Dress
she wore nothing. That was remark
able" remains a mystery.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16
Victoria Cross In First Place.

A man who has earned several deco-
rations cannot please himself how he
wears them. If he has been brave
enough to carry off the V. O., that
medal for conspicuous bravery must
hang first upon his left breast-that is,
in the center of his chest, and all other
decorations, according to precedence,
must tail away toward his left ARM
London Answers.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16
the country here that is not de

stroyed by the war is beautiful.
We have been salvaging around
here. gathering up old clothes and
other things the Huns left. don't
know how long this will last but |
ready to go.
Your son,
Earl Keith.
The Jasper news., 1919-01-16
Hos Usually Not Worth IT,

The trouble with the man you have
to know to like is that usually he is
30 disagreeable that few people care
to make second attempt to know him.
seDetroit Free Press.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15
Will Someone Please ExbLQln

out price to the government. Men
and women of talent and charm
went among the multitude to give
of their golden speech or their
golden songs The badge of honor
was the badge of service.
In all the history of the nation
there never was such proof of the
ardor of purpose as furnished when
Mr.. Bedford, explaining that con-
servation of oil was imperative;
asked that we should not use autos
on Sunday. Six million cars lay
idle each Sunday until the need for
oil saving passed. Six million per
SONS responded to mere suggestion,
to mere request and did it gladly.
In millions of homes simple eat
ing, the saving a meat, of bread, of
every kind of food was observed as
rigidly as a religious rite The
heart of America beat in compass
ion with the hungered and the
helpless beyond the seas.
Mighty America worshipped at
the shriueS of Charity, Justice and
of Right.
How can you explain the change
two short years have brought?
1t is idle to deny facts. Greed
runs riot. Practices or profits that
would have brought persons to the
bar of public opinion not long bacl
are common today. There is {
saturnalia of extravagance, of un
considerable exploitation of thu
public, of gambling, Mushroom
millionaires have cropped up a,
never before Frenzied Finance i,
a reality and not merely a term
Swindling. whether on the Curb
the Stock Market or through illegal
price hoisting of public necessities
has become science and goes un
checked and without protest from
those who two years ago woulC
brand such things as dastardly and
worse than treason.
Cotton goods, woolen goods. boot'
shoes. hats. clothes and furnishing
of every kind for the person or tn,
home are handled from producer
through all the grades down to the
consumer with additions in pric,
and profits beyond any in trade an
nails. A manufacturer cried out il
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15
Some Originality

Locating the hidden liquor sup
plies of Iowa bootleggers is like
looking for the needle in, the hay
stack, il some Of the hiding places
recently unearthed around the state
by officials may be taken as a
criterion of the average Illicit liquor
dealers ingenuity in secreting his
forbidden source of income
At the same time. however, il
might be added, Iowa sleuths would
have fair chance of finding the
proverbial needle. for so ALIEN
bracine are their methods OF search
that in some cases they have prac
tically torn down houses, dug up
yards and even trespsssed on the
forbidden premises of a Woman's
wardrobe in their efforts to locate
hidden liquor
Reports made by authorities in
various Iowa cities reveal some
novel hiding places for John Bar.
leycorn's product. One detective
recently visited a house said to be
headquarters for bootleggers, but a
search of several hours failed to re-
veal any incrimiDating evidence
until he accidently stumbled over
a corset lying on the floor. The
weIl-known clink of glass against
glass excited his curiosity, and it
was found that the corset concealed
two bottles of whiskey. Further
search revealed that the woman
living in the house, who said she
was sick, had a large number of
bottles of liquor in bed with her
and her wardrobe concealed addi-
tional supplies.
Search of another house also
proved unavailing until one detec
tive noticed that broken window
had been boarded up on both the
outside and inside. Pulling down
the inside boards. the detectives
found that the compartment form.
ed by the two sets of boarding
concealed nearly 100 bottles of
whiskey. Further demolition of the
place showed that in all four walls
of the room were concealed COM
partments filled with bottles of
whiskey, wine and beer-the latter
not of the 275 per cent variety.
The house virtually was torn to
pieces before the search ended.
| Another hiding place literally
was "unearthed" when a dog dig
ging in back yard found his way
obstructed by bottle of "redeye," "
as the bootleggers term cheap
whiskey. Detectives who happen
ed to be searching the place at the
time dug further and found large
supply of liquor had been buried.
! Among other hiding places were
haystacks, rubbish heaps. old wells
and caves. hollow trees and even
mattresses
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15

There is promise in the announce
ment from Washington of an in
quiry into the High Cost of Living
of a study of the question in its
psychological aspects. In other
words the investigators will try to
follow the mysterious change with
in two years from patriotism to
profiteering
Never did the people of every
grade from the rich and powerful
to the poor and humble display a
greater unselfsh and more ardent
spirit of self sacrifice than we did
two years ago. To deny onself
was a virtue, to give and to con-
tinue to give was creed, to make
the world better place to live in
was preached by men of elequence
and noble spirit Money was not a
fetish as it had been but something
to be used for the saving of the
world from a terror then threaten
Ing the human family.
Two million men crossed the seas
to offer their lives in the holy
cause. Scores of million shaved
struggled here at home to supply
them and strengthen them and sup,
ply and strengthen the other mil
lions who faced the Huns and tC
feed and clothe the hungry and
naked of many lands.
On farm, in shop, in forge, il
mill. a million men and womeI
toiled and were glorifed by theil
toll. Women stripped rings from
their fingers that they might sew
and knit with greater speed anc
thereby help the cause. Men pinch
ed ano SldVeQ TO ADD their mite Il
the millions and the billions needed
to finance the war. Waste became
a sin. crime. Self denial was {
virtue. The minds of men anc
women centered on the what they
could do, how much they could do
for the nations good and the good
of humanity Glass and creed were
forgotten. The Fatherhood of God
and the Brotherhood of Man seem
ed to be near.
From the four quarters of the
land leaders of men. great Cap
tains of Industry, left their posts
of profit TO offer their services with
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15
Presidential Campaign

II the Republican Senate goes SO
far. as now seems likely. so as to
add any real amendments to the
League of Nations constitution, it
will plunge the whole peace settle.
ment into confusion. and delay
reconstruction.
When this government proceeds
to make amendments, the other
powers will Immediately clamor for
changes. Germany. most of all.
bitterly smartiDg under what she
calls hard terms, will bob up again
with new demands and refusals.
Nearly a year will have passsd
since the armistice was signed, and
nothing will have been accomplish.
ed to set the world to rights. Mean
while the forces of unrest and boil
shevism, emboldened by lack of
settled policy, protesting against
want and suffering now existing.
will become stronger and make new
lnroads. The whole social structure
will be endangered. The senators
who are clubbing over hair split
ting amendments are taking a terri
bic risk. The world needs to settle
down and 60 to work. 1t can not
do so until the treaty is finally
signed. And to restrain turbulent
elements the League of Nations
should be at work at once While
we are fussing over remote possibil-
tiles and strained interpretations.
the world is rocking.
Quite likely however, the Repub-
lican majority may draw back on
the brink from their mad course
and merely adopt a few "reserva-
tions." AS these will not have been
consented to by any other power,
they will be worthless. All the de-
lay. so dangerous and destructive
at this critical time. will have been
useless. The people of the United
States are very strongly in favor of
the League. they want peace sign
ed Immediately. and their wrath
grows daily at the Senate faction
that stands in the way of prompt
return to normal conditions. They
will have mouse 1920 for the party
that obstructed the peace settle
ment.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15

protest the other day that articles
he sold for $6 were sold in Fifth
Avenue for $50. We might not
erieve over this but the spur it
gives to other plunderers to do
likewise and because something of
the same sort ismanifest in the
goods the poor must buy.
The Wall Street Journal warns
Wall Street that it is going beyon j
the limit. 1t says:
This buying of legitimate bust .
ness properties for a million and
floating them upon an innocent
public at nearer ten millions has
got to cease or there will be explo-
sion and calamity in Wall Sire ct
that will shake the seven pillars OF
the Stock Exchange.
Two Wall Street houses put out
a rehnancine offering in which they
blazoned the profteerlng of the
corporation. While its profits ordi
narily had been big they showed
that in the last year on an in
crease of 100000 in its gross bust.
ness its net profits had increase
$SOO,OOO
To 60 over the annual reports O.
the corporations that supply the
items that bulk large in the cost ol
living is to have spread before you
proof of the unjustified profits.
1t is not necessary to 90 further
If one wishes to draw an indictment
against one group But the vice
extends from group to group and is
explained or justified by this ont
because the other one is doing like
wise.
Alas, where are the good Dr.
Jekylls of yesteryear?
Was American patriotism only
for the period of the war?
Today the good DR.. Jekyll is tn.
heartless Mr.. Hyde.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15

Rooms have been obtained in the
Sheidley Building at Kansas City
as headquarters for the state dem
ocratic committee, to be opened
soon. Frank Armstrong of Pleas
ant Hill. recently appointed assist
ant secretary, will have charge.
The campaign of 1920 will be
handled from here instead of st.
Louis, as formerly.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15

Gov. Gardner said that any busi-
ness firm that wanted to be pros
porous could not afford to keep
their names out of the newspapers.
Monroe City Democrat., 1919-08-15

Suicides among the German offic-
ers are increasing alarmingly
especially in Prussia, where the
number of suicides is S8 per cent
more than before it became known
that former Emperor William was
to be placed on trial by the Allies,
according to Munich newspapers.
The wives of officers also are re-
ported to be taking their own lives.
The increase in the number of sui
cides is attributed not only to pa
triotic despair but to the loss of the
officers past social position.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-10
ARCADE THEATRE

Few, IL any, motion pictures have
been presented In the past year, that
has attracted the wide interest that
Mack Sennett's super comedy. Mic
key is now doing throughout the en-
tire country. Everyone seems to be
singing Mickey" dancing Mickey
and everybody is talking about "Mlc-
key" Mabel Normand is the featur-
ed player. mickey" is comedy but
it's more. It's romance-but it's
more. ITS western--but it's more.
Its-weIl, it's just Mickey" Mickey.
the chartcer, is lovable. mischievous
little tomboy who has been brought up
in a mining town. the only mother she
has ever know being an Indian wo-
man. Later. Mickey goes to her aunt
In the city. who believes at first thai
Mickey Is rich. only later to conclude
that she's poor. SO puts her to work
as servant, and oh, the scraps the
little tomboy gets into. But Mickey
takes matters as they come, ana wins
the man she loves.
Mickey has been secured for To-
cal showing at the Arcade theater for
three days starting next Wednesday.