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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
Wind Power

The possibilities of the use of ali
power in industry developed b,
wiDdmills. will strike most peopl,
as merely hot air." Yet a com
petent scientific authority. writing
in the last number of the Contem
porary Review, takes the PROPOSE
ton seriously. He feels that tn,
high prices Of coal, the high charge.
on freight both by rail and water
will compel many industries to con
slider wind power.
The world formerly did its heavy
work by wind and water. Innum.
cradle generations moved theiI
freight on the sea by sails. On land
windmills were far more common
than now. Recently however there
has been a considerable revival in
the use of windmills They are
specially adapted for pumping
water. since this work can be at
times when the wind is favorable.
and stopped in times of dead calm
or when the wind is so violent as
to endan9er the mill
The writer referred to believes
that the operation of windmill
can be satisfactorily stabilized by
by the generation of electric power
and the use of storage batteries
These would assure a reserve of
power to cover the periods when
the mill could not be successfully
worked. He speaks of a plan to
operate a bacon factory with a 200
horse power windmill. also of mill
of 40 feet diameter that has saved
200 tons of coal in year and cost
nothing for upkeep.
His theory is that such windmills
would be peculiarly suited for small
workshops where the activities of
a rural district are concentrated.
The subject is worth the attention
of scientists and ingenious men.
With fuel constantly rising and
water power development costly,
every windmill that is erected
means an addition to the productive
resources of the community.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
Oldest Mo. Citizen

William Craig Gresham celebrat-
ed his one hundred and fourth birth
day near Appleton City last week.
He was born in Kentucky. March Fl,
1915. He moved to St. Louis when
Fl years old, then went up the Mis-
souri, River to Boonville. and thence
to Johnson County, near the present
site of Warrensburg. He has made
nine trips across the plains to the
West. He was married in 1845 and
raised II children, seven of whom
are living. He resides on Big Clear
Creek, near Appleton City. Gresham
is still hale and hearty. His mind
is clear and active, and he takes
a delight in telling of his experience
OF carly days.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
Spring Improvement

A somewhat common way fol
people to join the campaign OF
spring improvement, is for them to
clean up their front yards. and to
dump all unsightly objects in back
of the house. But the neiehbors
can see it. 1t is perfectly apparent
to close scrutiny. AS conse-
quence, the average American back
yard is place Of tumble down
fences, ash heaps. disorderIy hen.
coops, wiring, and miscellaneous
litter. This is particularly the case
along property that borders on a
railroad line. In nine towns out of
ten, the traveller by rail sees the
frowsy end of a city and he con-
dennis it as a slack and run down
place.
Very few back yards are conceal
ed from public view. To get a
clean town, litter and disorder
must be removed from the rear as
well as the front.
1t is amazing how a little i'm
prOvement work on ones property
will enhance its value. When you
replace the broken parts of fences,
when you straighten up the door or
gate or blind that was Topping on
one hinge. when you remove the
out building whose roof has fallen
IN. you add more to the apparent
value of your place than the work
could cost, even if you hire it done.
One of the most needed spring
improvements is to grow new turf
in grass plots that are thin or worn
out, both on street land and on pri-
vate grounds. One great difficulty
Is that so many people cut corners
across such plots and spoil their
appearance. 1t makes even a hand
some town look seedy and careless.
But if people keep their grass grow
ing right up to the correct line. it
gives an impression of style and
taste.
Public school teachers should urge
the children to respect the grass
plots. No mans time is SO valua-
bic that he can't spare two seconds
to walk around and save the green
spots that beautify his community
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

Missouri editore are commenting
extensively on the report of army
psychologists to the effect that
something like IS per cent of the
men in the camps in this country
could not write an intelligent letter
or read a newspaper, so as to un.
derstand what they read. In con-
nection with that report they will
do well to consider the fact that
there is a school in Butler County
that has but one pupil. though there
are 80 persons of school age in the
district.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
Return of the Soldier
People who sent no bovs tn

People who sent no boys to the
war can not realize what 1t means
60 see the soldier coming back SAFE
and sound. There are few forms oil
anxiety that quite match the Ions
continued strain these home folks
have borne.
To many the anxiety must have
seemed harder to bear than the
strain of a critical illness in the
ia mily. In the soldiers case the
W Orry was so continuous and pro.
lOnged. 1t was augmented by the
d ifficulty of communicating with
the absent one. 1t was far worse
IN this war than in the Civil war,
because of the great distance and
irregularities in delivering mail.
The people who have had this
load to carry have borne it anaz-
IN ely. Most of them IN Monroe
City have maintained a fine show
of cheerfulness. Those of a hopeful
temperament of coure argued that
only small proportion are killed
But the ordinary father and mother
and sister and sweetheart carried a
lOad the weight of which few peO-
pie guessed.
Well, it is all over now, thank
God. AS in all life, the bearing of
bu rdens brings ample reward. The
people who took up their loads with
a brave heart grew stronger every
day 1t is a good deal like the case
of unused muscles. The man who
never exercises is weak and fabby
physically, and never knows what
he, can do. So the people who
have borne the burden of this
anxiety proved stronger than they
knew. and are better men and
women today
They have the intense satisfaction
Of seeing their boys improved
phy sically in most cases, broader,
stronger men, better fitted for life,
With improved prospects of sue cess,
with the admiration of the whole
community. AS they now look
back on this trying experience, they
must feel it was worth all il cost.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
If Germany Sulks

AS a corner of the curtain is lift.
ed now and then elimpses are OBJ.
ia ined of what terms are to be i'm.
posed upon Germany. The indem.
nifty is to be all that the enemy ma
tons can pay. Germany is to lose
control of the Saar Valley temper.
arily and perhaps forever. All oil
the loot, fines and enforced contri.
but ions which the Germans wrune
from occupied France and Belgium
are to be returned.
The burden to be piled up will be
e normous. The first payment OF
$5.00O,000,000 will compel the Ger
N ans to dig to the bottom of their
p ockets and strong boxes. Germans
h ave threatened that if such terms
are imposed they will not sign the
treaty. Some of them have said
that they will deliberately turn the
country over to the Reds and let
Germany 60 as Russia went
This latter threat is taken with a
grain of salt. Men like Ebert will
lot consent to see their country fall
into anarchy and take the road
which might mean national oblit-
GRAFTON, but undoubtedly they will
sulk and buster when they read
the treaty and digest its terms.
The question of what the Allies
will do if Germany becomes too
stubborn has been raised. The first
thing to do manifestly would be to
tighten the blockade and order Mr..
Hoover to shut up shop in Ger
many. An intimation that such a
course would be taken would prob
IDLY suffice to soften German reso-
luton.
A last resort would be to set up a
military Government in Germany,
with Marshal Foch, or some such
person. for Governor, who would
apply himself to the collection of
taxes from Germany somewhat as
Germany collected fines, ransoms
and assessments in Belgium. 1t
W ould not be a pleasant proceeding,
but it could be made very effective.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

The Globe. Democrat asks the fol-
lowing pertinent question and &C.
companies it with a striking cartoon,
If it takes the secretary of the
treasury, ninety. eight senators and
500 congressman eight months to
write an income tax law which
doesn't suit anybody, and it takes
you and the experts and the su-
preme court month to figure out
what the blamed thing means and
then you guess wrong, how old will
Ann be when they get a peace treaty
and league of nations written that
will tickle everybody in the world
to death?"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
His Pedigree

Arrived at the hall, the lecturer
was introduced as an intellectual
giant, whom the committee had in.
duCed to hold intercourse with them
for a period of two hours at the end
OF which time, every man, woman
and child would have received the
equivalent of liberal education.
Apologizing for his lateness, the
lecturer said: Coming up from the
station. the moonlight coming
through the trees, seemed to cast a
SilhOutte of a dear old friend
Of mine: The form of old Doctor
Simmons "a ripple of applause
from the audience) AS | gazed
into the happy homes, the presence
OF dear old Doctor Simmons seemed
TO permeate the fireside of every
happy household" (More ap-
plause) warming to his
subject am violating no conf
dence when l tell you that it was
old Doctor Simmons who helped me
into the world" Just then one of
the committee "coat-tailed" him and
whispered: Cut that out. YOU
jacksss! Doc Simmons is veteri.
nary sureeon!"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

The Silkeston Herald says that
when a negro left a train at Charles
ton recently carrying a heavy suit
case very carefully and acting sus-
piciously, the authorities thought
they had caught a bootlegeer red.
handed. They nabbed him and
compelled him to open the case and
out stepped lean an ancient hound
which the colored brother had SNUG
gled on the train.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

The peace terms will be present.
ed to the German ENJOYS April
25th. The Peace Conference has
settled upon rs billion dollars as
the amount ofindemnity to be paid
by Germany. The first five billion
IS to be paid within two years, with.
out interest. The next ten billion
IS payable in bonds running so
years from 1921, drawing 2 1-2 per
cent interest from 1921 to 1925 and
S per cent after 1925. The remain
ing 10 billion will be delivered in
bonds at date yet to be determined
by the commission.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
Read this Carefully

| Kead this Carefully
The story has been carefully
spread by enemies of the Liberty
Loa that the terms of the Fifth OF
Victory Loan will be very different
q nd much harder to meet than
tn ose of the other loans. Secretary
G lass has made the following Official
announcement as to the terms:
Ten per cent must be paid with
the application:
Ten per cent must be paid on
July Is:
Twenty per cent must be paid
August IL;
Twenty per cent on Sept. 9;
And the last payment, 20 per
cent must be made on Nov. IL.
Does that sound very drastic and
unreasonable? And with the last
payment made of course all the &C
crued interest is due, just as it has
been with other loans. Payment
can be completed at any time on the
installment dates with the payment
of accrued interest to the date on
which the payment is made. There
is very little difference in the char
acter of the issues. Technically the
Fifth bonds are not bonds but notes
but they are both long term prom
ses of the United States of America
to pay certain sum of money with
interest at a certain time. In brief,
the bonds may run for a period of
10 years or more, while the notes
will run five years.
AS to affordine the money for the
bond payments, that is an individu-
al matter and each American will
have to fight that out with his own
conscience. For it becomes a mat
ter of conscience. this question as
to whether man shall or shall not
support his government when that
government calls upon him. The
terms are made such that no man
can cODscientiously point to them
and say that they debar him from
putting his money back of his
Government.
The last payment comes away
long over the shoulder of the year,
in far-off November. The first real
ly important payment of 20 percent
does not come until August and the
loan drive closes early in May. This
time last year few men could have
been found who would have made
the claim that they could not af-
ford it" and would have brazened
that claim out to the end. Wei
could and did afford loan subscrip.
tons then when the Hun hordes
were threatening the worlds civili-
cation. We can afford it now Wei
have won peace but that peace
must be insured. and the way to in
sure it is to subscribe this last of
the Liberty Loans.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

Free speech and free ballot is
" hat the women have been fighting
for these many years. But they
never needed anything but a free
ballot, for they have always had
free speech all their lives-we will
lea We that to any man that has been
married any number of years.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

A soldier in France. describing
the welcome from the people in the
e mancipated districts, says: We
were up to our eyes in mud when
we went into the first village. but
by the time we had reached the
other side we were kissed clean"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25
No Nightmare Here

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citizen of the United States to dis
like to dig deep down in his pocket
to give bis financial aid to his Govern
ment were the money to be needed
for a purpose such as will be need
ed in Germany to pay for one of the
Kaiser's dreams that never came
true
Wilhelm believed he was Going
to win the world war. He was so
sure of it that he caused to be made
and stored at Coblenz several hum
dred thousand helmets. They were
not Of the common iron sort. They
were made of finished steel, that
would give back the suns rays as
would a mirror. They were decorat-
ed with tassels and were works of
art.
In his dream that Kaiser saw
Victory for the Hun Hordes He
saw his elder son, the Crown Prince,
at the head Of the victorious Ger
man Army, entering the gates of
Paris, while all the world bowed the
knee to the House of Hohenzollern.
But these helmets were never
used for the purpose they were in
tended, for Mr.. Common American
had a dream too. He dreamed of
the world as decent place to live
in, and he knew that this could not
be until Militaristic Germanism had
been stamped out.
To make his dream come true
Mr.. Common American dug deep i'm
his pockets. He paid taxes willing.
ly and bought Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Stamps freely. The
money thus produced. amounting to
many billions of dollars, organized
an army the like of which the world
had never seen. From the money
thus raised this magnificent army
was equipped in a manner that was
a revelation to the Germans who
fancied they had the last word in
military machinery. More money
was needed to train this army and
transportIit to France. More money
was needed to ration and clothe it.
and buy munitions. Mr.. Common
American produced all this money
and the army produced the result.
The Government still needs money
to pay these bills and restore pre-
war conditions. But there are no
FURNISHED helmets to pay for, nor
q o costly dreams of an obsessed,
power crazed monarch to prove a
burden.
The billions of Common Ameri-
cans know it is up to them now to
finish the job. To date it is the
most glorious job ever accomplished,
and they will finish it by over-sub.
scribing the Victory Liberty Loan,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

Ice cream cone makers in session
in st. Louis last week gave out the
claim that 125 factories in the Unit
ed States were doing a yearly bus.
mess of 100000. and most of the
money is furnished by the kids.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-04-25

Turn the railroads, Express Com.
panies and telegraph and telephone
lines back to the people to whom
they belong and bring our soldiers
home where they belong is the ur-
gent demand of the American peo-
pie.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22

Canada has been making the expert
ment of selling eggs by the pound in
stead of by the dozen, according to
Consul Fred G. Slater, Sarnia, On
tario.
"The only obstacle in the way of
unanimous Endorsement of the plan is
seemingly that the public has not been
educated to buy that way" says Mr..
Slater. "As refuting this objection 1t
IS pointed out that, in view of the wide
variation in the size of eggs, the con-
sumer would quickly realize that the
system affords fair and just basis Of
charge"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22

Inc army of over 1900. 900 men was
scattered over the whole of France
~ over 5000 groups, our job was to
'ouch as many of these points as nos
s'pie and try to make the 1000 huts
~ cheerful and homelike as possible.
Note the following figures as an in
ulcation of the work done
Ten million sheets of writing paper
furnished lar free weekly at a cost of
$50. 10000
over 1000 moving picture machines
ana millions of feet Of film shown, all
free
FIFTY to 100 groups of entertainers
On the road continually going from
camp to camp.
Nl,oDW0 worth of athletic mater.
lal given away to the men during 1918.
loo athletic fields in operation. and
over 500 trained directors, promoting
athletic work.
The Association served as bankers
Tor the men. changing the American
money INTO French money. giving full
BANK of France rates. and no charge
Tor the service. From $1,000. 900 to five
million dollars were sent home free
each month through the Y. NJ. c. A
remittance system. saving thousands of
dollars for the boys that would other.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22
Insects That Help Mankind.

One of the great sources of loss In
wheat growing has been due to the
injurious activities of the wheat-midge,
which feeds on the grain, and, IL I'M
molested by Its natural insect enemies,
would soon reduce our wheat crops to
the vanishing point. But several Of
our friendly insects keep the nudge
in restraint, one being the ravenous
two-winged flies which seize and carry
away the nudge. and suck ont its
juices. Its most powerful foe, how
ever, is the parasite that lives on the
midge-a small, black fly. somewhat
resembling the ant. The young of these
four-winged flies live on the larvae
and eggs of the nudge. AS the nudge
increases In number, these parasites
also Increase, for they depend for a
living on the nudge, and the more
midges there are the more parasites
there are on hand to eat them up.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22
REMARKABLE ELECTRIC DEVICE
Installed by Central Garage to L0.
Gaze Electrical Trouble.

Local motor ear owners whose cars
are equipped with electric starting
aud lighting systems will. be interested
il Il remarkable device just installed by
The Central Garage--whieh they re-
cautlH purchased from large Chicago
concern. A most interesting demon
~ration was made showing Ambu. this
Instrument, in action attached to car
IL the garage reccntly-it was weird
"a see the almost human intelligence
of the Ambu as its Indicating arrow
slowly moved this way or that on the
dial showing certain conditions normal
or the location of trouble or faults in
the electric system on the car
No doubt many would say that it
was impossible for any device to auto
matically Indicate the seat of trouble
but they said of the aeroplane and the
Silbmarine-not possible-yet they're
living in the air and sailing under the
sea.
This invention and its remarkable
ability was described and discussed in
the leading periodicals Of the country
The motorists of Grangeville are
singularly fortunate in having a garage
progressive enough TO appreciate the
advantage of owning such All instru.
mnpt and they should show their ap-
probation in a substantial way.
The garage plans 20 charge nom
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22
v4M. G. A. MEETING.


.n,so Work of the Young Mems Chris
association with the Troops Over
uan VAS the subject of representa-
seas fine Oregon-Idaho Interstate
i've a Il of the Y. M. @. A. at the
o O.l Fellows Hall Saturday afternoon
Uuu r 8. Duncan, who spent nearly
MI ,sr and a half overseas in Y. NJ
: work and who was with the 91st
uu.. :. in the Argonne Forest. gave
=, following data illustrating the size
tne .ho lob undertaken and the difficult
o. o. .n nnder which the Association was
cancelled to work:
cV Natal number of trained Y. M. G. A
..an IN the United States when the war
s III ont was 5000. 1900 of whom
p .p,nad the colors. During March 1919
!S s.s wese 1893 men and 2,657 women
y overseas work, also 4,763 in the "Y''
n u in the home environments, total
Of 1918.
where did these men come from :?
nhav were men recommended by prom
;nant local men In various towns thru
nut the country, doctors, lawyers, min
y ;Sters business men. etc. Therefore
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22

inal fee of $500 for a test of the en-.
tire electrical equipment of car
which will probably indicate the be-
ginning of some trouble which can be
quickly corrected and save big ex-
pense later. Ambu not only tells the
location and kind of trouble but also
how to repair it.
So our car owners need not lay ur
their cars or 20 to the trouble and ex.
pense of sending parts back to the
makers of the electrical equipment
1t is said that serious arrangements
of electric starting and lighting sys-
TENS have been located and repaired
in 30 minutes through the aid of Ambu
The Central Garage people seem very
much interested in showing the instru
ment to any one and 1t is fascinating to
see ii in action. We sure are living IN
Il progressive age.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22
How Negroes Go to Camp.

Twelve hundred colored drafted men
went down one winter night to Camp
Upton. They arrived In the dark about
eleven o'clock. 1t was raining and
freezing. Many of the men were with
out overcoats. And they were soft.
having been walters, clerks and In 9TH
er indoor occupations. They arrived
in camp soaked to the skin. tired and
hungry. Were they curslng and
grumbling? No. They came in sing
ing:
"Good-by, Lenox Avenue; Hello, Ber-
linw And their melodious negro
voices rang out in cheerful defiance to
the angry night, to the hard life before
them and to the possible death that
awaited themi That's the stuff that Is
In Americans-and 1t Is war that Is
bringing 1t out.-Amerlcan Magazine.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-05-22

kamiah Team Now at Head of List !:
PLAY at Cottonwood Sunday.

There was no ball game at this place
last Sunday. On account of the Sc
we're rain and hail storms over the
prairie last Friday, 1t was not thought
possible for the grounds to be in con.
dition. A number of the local players
accompanied the Cowboy band to Lew
iston on Saturday intending If the
weather proved favorable to reach here
by auto Sunday forenoon, but 1t was
not Thought advisable to undertake the
trip. The home team was to have
played Ilo-Nollmer.
The result among the other teams
was as follows:
Cottonwood defeated Nezperce. 81.
Kamiah defeated Ferdinand, GO.