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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
CONTEST OF THE svPeRMEN
to Depend on Battles Conducted
by Picked combatants

A day, now far removed. may come
when the embutted hosts of rival ma
tiOns will give place to a wager OF bat
tie to decide the conflict. The battle
Will then be confined to the combat
ants alone without violent Interior
ence with the peaceful pursuits Of non
combntants eor destruction of their
property.
First. however. we must evolve
great engines Of destruction. so perfect
TINT few skilled heroes will direct
each one Of them. Ellery c. Stowell
writes In the Century. These war ma
chimes Will be so costly that only few
grent powers will have the resources
to construct and maintain them. Wise
legislation and skillful systems Of tax
alton will be necessary to organize the
whole people for their support. A
chosen few. picked from the whole ma
ton. will man them. men In the full
vigor of their strength. physically per
feet to endure the terrible strain and
powerful of brain to meet and sur
mount every intrIcacy Of mechanics
and every difficulty of strategy.
Above all. these hero supermen must
he OF such answering character that
they will. dry In and day out. with
out surcease. devote their unfingging
zeal to the great task of defending the
civilization for which they contend
This evolution and the increasing eco
nomIc burden OF maintenance Of this
machinery will make war the luxury Of
the most powerful states and will
cause the area Of war constantly to re-
cede. Small nations will no longer be
able to maintain military establish
ments and eventually the millions Of
men now battling upon the field OF
honor Will have been replaced by n
contest among few men In control Of
stupendOus machinery.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
THIS HURRY|NG AGE.
Has Forced Authors to Recognize
Changed Customs.
stiIted Manners That Characterize
ths Victorian Era Have Passed a.
Completely as Has tho
Stage Coach.

THU the Temporal and the mores
have suffered us much In this century
as the Iares and penates may be poor
Latin. but Is sound truth, observes the
louisville CourIer-.Journal. The times
and manners are distinctly different.
and In one especial particular of so
cial intercourse Is there powerful
variance.
For instance. In Victorian times. Il
took the hero and heroine about TWEEN.
ty chapters to get acquainted. BY that
time he was calling her Miss Dora"
instead of Miss Spenlow." and he
gnlped every time he said 1t. When
his love and passion had boiled and
dubbed until he was a wretched hu.
man cadron. and he had to repress q
moan every time he saw her little hand
on the arm Of dragon. 1t took him
eight pages to ask her falteringly II he
might call her Dora" She consented.
and proposal and marriage were the
natural sequence. To call her Dora
and not marry her was equivalent to
breach of promise In the Victorian era.
And nobody but the hero and the mem.
hers OF her family ever called her
Dora. except perhaps her girl friends
But In these times what difference!
All the young folks call one another
Jack and jill, and 1t is curious and
anachronstic youth who finds 1t hard
to do so. In fact, he becomes sort OF
gentle Joke In his "set" and the girls
think him rather slow. After he has
met the lady two or three times he
learns to consider 4 superOgatory to
call upon her In the name Of her IA
Their. She Is Gloria or Penelope In sua
persona, and Miss Wilmerding or Miss
Schulz to her seems poky. 1t Is the
same with the young married ones.
You hear about them for a while from
mutual friends, and then you meet
them. You make bow and say:
"How do you do. Mrs. Knwsup." She
does not resent 1t the first time. But
the fourth time you meet her Mrs
kawsup remarks: ut sounds so silly
for you to call me that. Why don't
you say Lucretia and I'll call you Aga.
memnonT' And It's done.
1t is pretty hard on the novelist
Messrs. Dickens and Thackeray used to
fiII couple of hundred excellent pages
with working up the hero to the Dora
and Clara point. and In the mild ven.
lures of Anthony Trollope into the
eternal triangle-his villains were per.
feet gentlemen and always wore stifi
white shlrts-he consumed much space
wherein the Tertium Quid was negOtl-
ating to call the restless married lady
by her first name. The reading public
Is too wise for that now. and the long
winded authors lie unread on the
shelves Of the library. One must start
the book brIskly; on page l the hero
inc is Dora to the hero, and on pnge 16
the home-wrecker is squeezing the mar
ried lady's hand and calling her Esmer
aida.
Thus the fifth Georgian WilsonIan
period Of life and literature as con.
trasted with the Victorian. And per-
hnps 1t makes no great amount OF diff
ference. Certainly II saves white pa
per and makes the serial stories short.
er-two results Of real value in this
hungry, hurried age.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01

from seasickness. and by holding on to
the rnIls and ropes she managed to
reach her chair near the bridge. Mate
Caldwell was not long in discovering
her, md greeted her cordially.
"May I come on the BRIDGE" asked
Irene wistfully. She felt tlmid in this
whirl of elements.
Caldwell hcsitntcd.
"You may come up II you like" he
said, "hut only for minute" He
helped her up the steep steps, holding
her hand longer than necessity re-
uuircd, and showed her how to steady
against the rail.
"Plea"c. sir" said the man Mt the
wheel; there's something the matter
with the needle"
Indeed the compass showed unmis-
taxable signs of perturbation as Irene
pnsscd it. Caldwell left the girls side
.and looked nj the box. The needle WINS
calmly pointing ahead without ire
NOR.
1.-THE wind must have affected your
vision, Brown" he said and resumed
his plnce ncnr his fair companion. The
ten tHlHuleS iehStAthSu W ga
hour and quarter.
~ must CO." she said Mt length.
"NIother has not had her breakfast
yet. She may be waiting for me-
He helped her down and as far as
the cabin door, after which he re-
turned to the bridge in delightful
reverie.
"There is something wrong with the
compass. sir" again said the pilot
timidly. "As you left the bridge with
the young lady, the needle made q
complete circle"
Caldwell examined the box attentive
ly, but could discover nothing ex-
trnordinary about the needles action
He looked sharply mt his subordinate
to see II he had been drinking, but
could find nothing to justify the sus.
piclOA.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
wh.n Hor,e, Get "Plpped.r

When an army horse Is wounded
about the face or jaw 1t Is not sent
down to the veterinary lines, but Is
kent to be tended by Its driver.
Then It Is that n good drivers care
comes In, for the men tend them most
carefully. feeding them by hnnd. boil
Ing their oats, making them mashes.
md spending most of the day with
their charges until they can feed In
comfort again. It is this personal
care of the man for his horse that has
been the cause Of the new order that
nil horses have to be returned from
hospital to their own units again for a
mans care Is by no means transferred
to the same extent to new team Of
horses.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
The Mate S
Mate
scopyrixht. l9ll. we..ern NEWSPAPER Union.
By N. GOLDSMITH


The third day out Of port, and the
ocean was ms calm ns II mill pond. Not
so the heart OF the first mnte OF the
good steamer Occnnica. He had
wenthered many n hurricane, but had
never experienced such nm emotional
storm MS now swept over his soul. The
unconscious cause of 1t sat on deck
near the bridge reading n nOvel-u
bright, brOwn.haired maiden with rosy
cheeks and IN eXuberance OF spirits,
an American rosebud who hnd been
touring In Europe and was now home
ward bound. Mrs. Laird, her mother.
who accompanied her, lay in her cabin
scnsIck. and Irene, firing of the stuffy
air amdshps. had come on deck to
breathe old NeDtune's ozone.
Spying the mate on the bridge. she
nodded pleasantly. "Mr. Caldwell"
she said. "you promised to take me
through the engine room and show me
the machinery"
$50 l did" he replied. "If you are
rcndy. this Will be as good II time us
any,"
Gaming tnc scconu Hlhte 10 thhc MS
place, he descended the ladder. Irene
had risen. and placing her arm in his.
they wcntled their wny leisurely to the
engine room. Truly she was n vision
of loneliness and the mates heart beat
MS lOuIlly--So II seemed to hlm-aS did
the pulsntIng machinery.
Next they turned their steps toward
the room where the dynamo whirrcd
and sang as 1t turned out current for
the ships illumination. The mate eN-
planned In detail the delicate contriv-
ancc. while Irene listened with evident
interest.
"Thnnk you ever so much, Mr.. Cnld-
WELL" she said: 1--WE enjoyed 1t huge
ly, but really must turn In now. VIII
you escort me to the cabin entrance?"
He left her Mt the door and wan
dered back to the bridge with his head
in whlrl. If he could hut do some
thing to show the girl how much he
loved her, and to make himself worthy
of her love In return.
Next dry sudden storm trans
formed the ocean into n chaos of hills
and valleys. The sIunll changed to
tempest which buffetted the big ship
about like cork. Irene dragged her
self on deck: It was her only salvation
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
"BIke" Revived Again.

Folk who commenced to think that
the bicycle was passing along the why
TINT the horse has given up to the nu-
touobile as a pleasure vehicle have an
other guess. The war has given added
irnu,se to wheel manufacture. accord
Ing to n wheel salesman quoted In the
Roston Post. and outside OF the thou
sands being made for our troops across
the water many more wheels are beipg
wade for the American public. larger
n,,n,ber than in former years.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
SAW WARS HORROR
English Lady Writes Of Expert.
ences in Roumania.
Veritabie Inferno When OIL Fields
Were Oestroyed-Russians Soldiers
piiIaqe While Their Comman.
der Is Occupied elsewhere.

had not thought TINT we could pos
sibly enter into II new phase OF horror.
hut 1t was born on Boxing day, when
the first whispers reached us Of the
destruction OF the oil fields. Frankly.
we had, each and every one OF us. com
plciely forgotten the oil! A man. n
friend OF ours. drove up In motor.
strcaked with CRIME. weary and dend
to the world. After lunch he started
TO tell his story. fortified by big
cigar.
He had been one OF n party who
went out alone to the petrol city to
destroy. No one would give them
help. and he told us wonderful ac-
counts OF the scenes which he had wit
messed The first step had been TO
capture every single mnn md boy who
knew anything about the petrol plans
and deport them bodily to Moldnvln.
so that the Germans should find no
skilled workmen to utilize to their
own profit. And then few pairs OF
hands sufficed to crumble and lay In
ashes what many hundreds OF brains
had worked to build. First they broke
up all the mnchinery-the how OF the
happening Is immaterlal the most
primitive and brutal weapons served
them hest. Then they poured benzIne
from the roofs of factories down their
walls and set them alIght. they dug
trenches round the watts and started
blazing channels Of flame toward the
reservoirs. These blew up each In turn.
and SCOT and flames made Of what had
been sunlight an eternal night where
the fire king went mad. Town by town
saw the destroyers come to let hell
loose. and factory after factory writh-
ed In death agony Of twisted Iron to
send Jets of poison fumes after the
four small flying motor cars. The de-
VISITATION left BY a retreating army lay
before them. turmoil OF an enemy
drunk with success stirred In the wind
gusts that fed the flames from the
south. One can hardly credit the fact
that those few little men have. so ef-
fcctually accomplished what they set
out to do that 1t will be SIX months be-
fore the Germans can squeeze drop
of petrol from the saturated earth.
In our English hospital there is
man who has had his foot ninputated.
He lay pinned under a burning car. A
Ratchet was brought by a doctor to a
French officer standing near. and the
doctor said: "DO 1t II yOu can; have
no instruments and feel paralyzed."
The Frenchman did the thing In the
whole horror Of the sunlight. whilst
the Russian privates who were his
charges took advantage of the oppor-
tunIty and pillagcd privnte passenger
luggage on the train Lady Kennard
In The North American Review.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Yukon LONGER Than Mi.slssippl

The Yukon is nbout 200 miles longer
than the Mississippi. but 1t is 1000
miles shorter than the Mlssouri-Mis-
sissippi. measured from the Rocky
mountains In Montana and from Itasca
Lake In Minnesota.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Face the Truth.

There are times when we should be
thankful for the frankness that stings.
We do not know ourselves. any TOO
well. II others lend US their eyes for
II little, the revelation mny be start
ling, but such unpleasant surprises are
of renl service to us. Let US be brave
enough to face the truth about our
selves fearlessly. The friend who Is
frank is the friend who really helps
Exchange.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
BarnaeIe. Covered Holsters.

"Lobsters shed their shells annually,
hut none Of US knows how long they
keep on doing It," said an old Penob-
scot lobsterman. IT am sure they do
not shed all their lives. for l have
cnught many big Holsters on whose
backs was n heavy incrustation of bar-
nacles that must have taken several
years to grow"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Not Divisibls.

Cunningham met Bulkby in the
street. an Bulky said, "rm little
short, and should like to ask you Z
conundrum In mental arithmetic
Proceed" said birmingham. WELL
said Bulky, suppose you had ten dol
lars in your pocket, and should ask
you for Ave. how much would remain 2
'-Ten I" was the prompt answer.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Psr.oratIon Of Stamps.

The perforation Of stamps was frs,
commenced In England in 1853. for re
ceipt and draft stamps, and for post
age. stamps In 1854. Prior to that pc
Rod stamps were separated by means
Of scissors or a knife or similar means
and In some cnses those who required
many resorted to the use Of roulette
n kind Of cogwheel furnished will
small cutters. making series Of cut:
between the stamps.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Scheme to Raise Money.

Pitt had just as difficult task In
raising money as we have today. and
in sheer despair about. finding any
thing fresh to tax he wrote to a friend
In Somerset for suggestion. Back
came the reply: Tax umbrellas; and
order the bishops to have prayer for
rnln In all the churches till the end Of
the war" II that would not work
what would7-Tit Bits.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Quite Observing,

"You see, m'dear," argued Blinks,
who arrived home in an explanatory
mood. at was like this. got thinkin'
SO hard of the beautiful statue Of
Iib'ty all lit up and 1t made me so pa
tr'tic that just hatago and get lit up
mself."-Puck.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Bills Occupation.

The Actor-what has become Of
your brother BIZ
The Actress-Brother Bill Oh he's
a "beauty DOCTOR" Makes real blondes
in 20 minutes.
The Actor-Blondes. chr HIM! l
suppose he Is doing q fair business.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01

Having just learned over the phone
that he could not get an ounce of coal,
Bangs, the terrible tempered, went into
the parlor utterlng the most awful I'm
precautions.
"WIlliam." exclaimed his wife, "if
you must swear. for mercy don't do
Il standing on the prayer rug."-Bos-
ton TRANSCRIPT.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Fresh Pen for. Each Head.

At the prison Of St. Paul's at Ly-
ems there is curious collection
Of pens. They are the pens with
which the executioners have signed
the regulation receipts for the prls.
oners handed over to them to be
guillotined. At each execution n
fresh pen Is used for the purpose, and
the ink is left to dry upon 1t.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01

Sillicus-"Do you ever read the hu-
morous features In the newspapers2"
Observation-Disclosures glance over
the weather Indications and the list Of
marriages.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
IA Was aure 81 Il

First Dog Fnncier-This dog used to
belong to woman.
Second Dog Fancier-How do you
know
First Dog Fancier-It stops In front
of all the store windows.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
When 4 Man Eoroeta.

when man thinks too well of his
self" said Uncle Eben. ats a sign dat
maybe he is forgettin' few things he
knows about hisself."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01

"Trouble," said Uncle Eben, "In
lot o. cases Is only jes lazy mans
name fob hard work."
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01

'There is always way Of doing
every worthwhile thing"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-02-01
Worth While Quotation

He surely is most In want OF an
others patience who has none of his
own.-Lavater.
The Washington times., 1919-06-29
Foul TIPS
eT 01IRo srn,De

~ IHIRO STRkE
You CAN SEE FOE ToDs seLF JUST
WHAT KIAIo or a START coz. LEA6E
HAD THIS SEASON euT foO 4AOGNT TIE
TEA WHAT TIVE FINISH 'DtIL
90 LIKE SICK .AR1pNc.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-09
TROUBLES
COST MOTHER
SMALL FORTUNE
Since He Was Two
Years Old-Gains 16
Pounds on Tanlac- =
Now Well and
\ Strong.

"My nephew, James Hogan, who is
fifteen years of age, has, gained six
teen pounds on Tanlac and Is now a
robust, happy boy after thirteen years
Of awful suffering" said Miss Maggie
Goldsmith, $50 Henry Ave.. Mem
been connected with the Joe L. ylla-
thUrne Seed Co.. Of that city for
|twenty-seven- years and ia a stock
holder and director in the company.
Ever since James wa two years
DID," continued Miss Goldsmith, she
has been afflicted with stomach
trouble. Two or three hours after
eating, especially the evening meal.
he would begin to complain Of, SO
would increase until he would go into
commissions. These spells would
come on five or six times q month and
last about thirty minutes and he
would be unconscious for an hour.
Some said he had heart trouble and
others said it was vertigo. His con-
Idition kept him down to almost q
skeleton and it was pitiful TO see how
he suffered.
this mother took him to st. Louis,
and many other place for treatment,
and we spent thousands of dollars
trying to find some relief for him but
II was alto no avail.
but All that awful load Of anxiety
and worry has been lifted, James Il
now well and happy boy and II
going to school. and q few bottles of
TanlaG did 1t. He always complained
OF having to take other medicipes. but
he seemed to like Tanlac and since
taking I'VE bottles he 10 sixteen
pounsts heavier and doesn't look like
the same boy. He wants to eat al
the time and can eat anything with.
out IL hurting him. II. makes u re-
toics to see James well and stout and
|fenjoying life like other boys. We are
not looking for notoriety. but for the
sake OF suffering humanity, ~ are
willing to Give bur unQuollned en-
Tanlac g sold In. Grand Forks "
(voldJ Drug Store and the leading
druggi9ttn every towAs-AAM
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-09
SHOTS FIRED IN
TOLEDO DISORDERS

Toledo. Ohio, May 9.-Disorder
which started YESTERDAY In gsennection
with Ia~har,astroublss with thrSasToiedo
Industrial plants. Including that S-4of
out again today when special officeis
at the plant Of the Ford, Plate Glass
company In Wood county. fired son
fifty employees approaching the stima-
keepers once. The officers. who In
cludeaa speciai force OF returned sol
diers, fired low and no one was hit.
allegsdAI w. W. 4agttator wal arrested
whom he took refuge IN aahouse. ~
The strike spirit spread when TN
employees Of fourth plant, that 81
the AAumee' Malisable Castingsgcom-
spany qutt.on account Of sdispute over
va CLOSED indetinttsly after Aus
triapskdeInanded the discharge of !
f ArInAniAn6,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-09
Italian Paper Hopes !
For Fiume In Exchange
For Dalmatian Soil
lBy The Associated Press. }

M
Rome. THURSDAY, May S.-The Os-
servatore Romano, the organ of the
vatican, in an evidently inspired ar
ticle today deals for the first time
with the Adriatic question. The news
paper expresses the hope that a com
promise wilt be reached by which
Fiume will be assigned to Italy in ex-
change for concessions to Jugo
Slavia in Dalmatia.
Once Great Britain, France and
Italy agree on this compromise, adds
the newspaper. ""there will only re-
main to be overcome the opposition
Of President Wilson, put we trust that
the eminent chief Of thetgreat repub-
lie, disregarding the. utterances
against him which the majority Of the
Italians have deplored, will with his
approval Of the compromise insure
the final success Of the great work OF
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-05-09
Nepps
Epents Summarized
(By The Associated Press).

~ (By The ASSOCIATED Press)
HaYGAne chinese delegation in Paris has
E1seived cableds Instructions from
nsk1ng not to- sign the peace treaty.
yscause of the settlement made IN the.
MAO .e Chau andaShantung controversy
n, which japan was given German
A&hts on the Shantung peninsula,
The Chinese peace c%onference at
anghai. where the northesn and
SMSetnern governments are endeayor-s
80 settle their differences. has sent
Mar Instructions to tho Paris dele
a2AIhis news confirms recent dispatch
EIrom Picking that the Chinese gov
amen would not sngree to the de-
won CT the council OF four. Serious
a%3Eorders have. been reported from the
44lnese.capital since last Sunday and
ANSfeport from American Minister
M4eansch to Secretary Lansing in Paris
Rterday stated that Picking was cut
4. from t~elegraphic communication
ssS III the outside world with the ex-
81 lion of line running northward
if58 Siberia.
sEhe council ofSSfour is working to-
ady on the program to be followed in
tn0%negotiations with German Austria,
khaving taken up at a meeting held
flst g night the italian claims to terri
Nhs4S III klAS cdSLOIIl H9klOI0 OK lLA0
EAdriatic.
1.-The council Of foreign ministers Is
dAYoting its tinset to a study Of re-
u IT'S relative to the boundaries Of
ICES formed out Of the erstwhile
&stro-Hungarian empire. American
AMBASSADOR Page is on his way to
TITS from Rome to make a personal
|eeport to President Wilson. "
8Comment in the German press
seems to indicate that Gernfany may
stgn the treaty, but only under the
matte efforts of the enemy may be
ASpcentrated upon President Wilson
Meanwhile for modification Of the
t8ryns. Stress is laid by many Of the
H~9arnais on the argument that the
@rms in many features are In sharp
Npntrast with hisifourteen points.
French socialist organs expires.
themelves as opposed ito the treaty
because Of it's drastic measures and a
manifesto issued, by the national ex'
executive committee of the British la
will cause jealousy and unrest lead.
Ing to further International disputes
III Belgium's delegation to the peace
eonference has made a protest against
the reported decision Of the council
u tour in making Great Britain g
mandatory for German East Africa
Belgium, It is said. has interests in
Africa which must be considered in
dividing up sections Of that continent
for administration under the League
of Nations.
Admiral Kolchak's forces in eastern
1ussia are moving steadily forward
IN pursuit of the %retreating Bolshe'
wiki. having captured a number of i'm
portant points. =