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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-02-05
CESKOPOL OLSKA
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PRED. MlRovOU KON-
FERENCf.

Pafiz. - Nesnaze mezi Pola
ky a Cechy vznikle 0 historicky
distrikt v Tesinsku j 0 urodlty
kraj Slezska byly prozat.mne
urovnany provisornim dohodnu
tim a rozdelenim Tesinska ia
dive casti, by kazda z narodno-
sti jednu z Mich spravovala. o.
be narodnosti budou nit pravo
moe ma urcite linii a prijat@i
pravidla uvedou dolly v plnoa
produktivitu.
Delegate obou naroda nell
pr.lezitost prednesti oduvodnG-
nj narokI svych narodG ma Te-
sinsko nejvyssf rade mirove
konference a oba, jak DIR. Ed.
Benes, jenz ml,ivil "a repu5l.-
ku Ceskoslovenskou, tax pal
M. Dmowski, jenz hajil stanovi
'sko republiky polske, ncinili ma
radu hluboky DOZEN nejenom
jasnosti svych yypovedi, silcu
svych argumentu a ohnivostl
svych plaidoyer1, ale idobrcu
v1li, loyalosti a smirnosti, jez q
kazdeho slows iich vanilla.
MireHa kor efence ,yidouc, re
Eobs xs.sss q = 4 pMcf M 8 sso7h5 5eh strasf
mail podstatna odIvodneni ma
roku svych; nicmene ze jsou o.
chotni k smirnemu vyrovnani,
pozadala je, aby ODE delegace,
ceskoslovenska j polska, mezi
sebou Sc dohodly ma planu pro-
zatimni dohody a smlrneho po
kusneho vyrovnani az do dolby,
kdy bude otazka TeSinska bud
mirovou konferenci nebo sva-
zem narodu definitivne roZhod
nuta, tax any lined mohlo usta
ii vsechno nepfatelstvi ozbroje
nou rukou podeprene mezi bra
trskymi narody ceskosloven-
skym a polskym.
DR.. Benes a p. Dmowski pred
stoupili v sobotu pred konferen
ci vypracovanym navrhem ma
prozatimni administrative roZ
deleni Tesinska a plan ten byl
ovsem delegaty mocnosti be;
prGtahu schvalen.
lWSS] CWSSl
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-02-05
z ZCESKO-SLOV.
KONCRESU.

| CHICdSO, Il. u1OTd. - Nc1Ce
slibny pocatek obchodniho a
prGmysloveho srojeni Spoje-
Inych Statu nasi novou repu-
lblikou eeskoslovackou byl uci-
men V nadnerne dvorane hote-
In Morrison, kde Sc shromaz-
dilo cetne obecenstvo, pozGsta
vajlci hlavne z nasich pred
Mich cilych obchOdniku.
! Ia zvlastni zminku stoji, zc
lie tn ma 200 pfespolnich hosti,
;hlavne prumyslniku obchod
iniku u Clevelandu, New Yor-
ku, Baltimore, Detroitu, Sagi-
nav, St. Louisu, Omahy, Bos-
jronu, Pittsburghu, Minneapo-
,lsu, Cedar Rapids, Wash
tingtonu, Lincolnu, Braddocku,
lPetrh Amboy, Bi'ideeportu,
,Disputanty, Wichita Falls, We
stu, Hallctsvillu, Lakewoodu a
.iinych NEST.
Pfedseda poradaiiciho vybo
ru. p. j. A. Cervenka, otevfel
siezd kratkym proslovem. Wy
svetlujicim, "a jakych okolno-
sti Ia jakym ucelem byl w
Ibor utvoren. Byl ma to dan ma
vrh, ktery byl jednomyslne pfi
jat, aby .predseda vyboru p. Z.
: A. cerpenka tajeinnfk p. s s
a. Sokol slouzili ma dale jake
i,rozatimni lrednici kongresu.
Pan Cervenka predstavil
pax p. Edwarda j. Brundage,
vrchnfho statniho navladniho,
.,cnz vfelymi slovy jmenem sta
tn Illinois uvital pritomne. Zmi
nil Sc o velke vaznosti, jake Sc
Gecho ,lovaci V teto zemi test
;nteligentnlmi, pracovitynli a
vernymi obcany teto zem6. Pro
citena jeho slova byla nadsene
nplaudovana. V promySlene re
ci banker p. j. F. St6pina d6ko
val uprimne "a pochvalna slo-
va predchazejiciho fecnlka a
roukazal ma vernost, kterou
Cechoslovaci dali ma jevo veci
spojenecke, jak jsou prumy-
sIove a obchodne pokrocili,
AK vzhledem ku skrovnym "a
catkum sc propracovali ku slu
snemu pcstaveni, ktereho nyni
vyuzitkovavaji ku pro3pechu
Ameriky jejim obchodnim
spoieni S Cechoslovackem.
Pan Harry II. Merrick, pred
seda Chicazske Obchod.ni Ko-
'nory, vysvetlil, jak dobre jest
mu znama cinnost Cechoslova-
XII chicazskych, Sc kterymi mel
prilezitost pracovati We vsech
vecech, tykajicich Sc valec-
nvch snah obcanu teto zeme.
zminil Sc o tom, ze mezi pred
mimi pracovniky tom smeru
vzdy nalezl obcany puvodu ce-
choslovackehO. Jest tudiz pfi-
rozeno. ze spojeni obchodni
mezi Spcjenymi Staty Cecho
s!ov;ickem bude cile a upiim-
ne ku prospechu obou repu-
blk. Vyslovil svuj obdiv prof.
IA saryku, ktereho povazuje
"a iednoho z nejslavneiSich
-muzu sv6tovych. Pan Merrick
nabizi plnou podporu Chicaz-
Ike Obchodni Komory vsem
planiim veSkere cinnOsti no.
ve Sc tvcfici komory cesko-slo
venske, ktere preje re srdce L.
p'neho zdaru.
Ma to povstal vladni zastup-
ce republiky ceskoslovacke p.
I afel Pergler a zdlraznil. ze
piitnrnni a obcane ceskosloven
skeho puvodu veskrz jsou YER
nymi obcany americkymi a cd
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
Mayors Proclamation.
For Special City Election.

FOR Speclal CiCy EIecClon.
WHEREAS. petition signed by more
than twenty-five per cent of the total
number of legally qualified electors vot-
ing for mayor at the last preceding city
election, has been filed with the City
Clerk requesting the mayor of the City
of Hays, Kansas, to call special cleo
ton for the adoption of Chapter sc,
Laws of Kansas, for the year 1917.
Now, Therefore, I, George Philip,
Jr., Mayor of the City of Hays, Kan
sas, do hereby give public notice and
proclaim that on Friday, March 7th,
1919, between the hours of o'clock A.
M. and o'clock P. M, there will be
held in various voting precincts within
the said City of Hays, special election
of the legally qualified voters of said
city, at which special election there
will be submitted to the legally quail
fed electors of said city, the follow
ing question:
Shall the City of Hays, Kansas,
adopt provisions of Chapter So, Laws
of Kansas, for the year 1917, the
same being can act relating to the
government of all cities of Kansas, to
establish an optional form of govern
ment?"
The purpose of said election is to
determine if the majority of the
legally qualified voters of the City of
Hays are in favor of changing its
present form of Mayor and Council
government to that of a city commits
sion-manager form of government.
Only legally qualified voters and
who are citizens of the United States
are permitted to vote at this election.
The voting places for the several
wards of the city will be:
First Ward, Alex Schueler, Jr.,
Sales Room.
Second Ward, Windsor Addition.
Third Ward, City Hall.
In testimony whereof, 1 have here
unto set my hand and caused the cor
porate seal of said City of Hays,
Kansas, to be affixed, this, the oath
day of February, A. D. 1919.
Geo. Philip, Jr,
Attest: Mayor.
P. Holzmeister,
(SeaD City Clerk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
Sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas
First Published in The Hays Free
Press, Feb. 10, 1919
ROAD NOTICE

(FIrSt Published IN The hays Free
Press, Feb. IS, 1919
ROAD NOTICE
State of Kansas, Ellis County, SIS.
Office of County Clerk, Hays, Kansas,
February II, 1919.
To Whom it May Concern:
Take notice, That legal petition
signed by Leo Pelzl and other House
holders of Catherine Township, in
said County, has been presented to
the Board of County Commissioners,
praying for the location of road, as
follows, viz:
Beginning at the southeast corner
of section 24-12-18, thence south on
the section line or as near as practi-
cable between sections 24-12-18 and
1927 and sections 25-12-18 and
30-12-17, and terminating at north
end of road number 387.
And that said Board has appointed
Herman Tholen, John Jacobs and F.
H. Atwood, Viewers who will meet at
the place of beginning of said road,
as petitioned for, on the 4th day of
March 1919, and proceed to view said
road as the law directs, at which time
and place all persons interested may
attend and have hearing. In case
said Viewers fail to meet on the day
designated they may meet on the fol-
lowing day, as provided by law, with
out further notice.
By order of the BOARD of County
! Commissioners
Witness my hand and official seal
of said County, this 18th day of Feb
ruary 1919.
N. A. Basgall,
! (L-S-) County Clerk
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

form and application blanks may be OBJ
tanned from the offices mentioned above
or from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C. APP
plications should be forwarded to the
Commission at Washington at the earli-
est practicable date.
Admission of women to this examina-
ton will be limited to those who are I'M
married and to the wives of soldiers and
sailors serving in the present war.
The vacancy for which this examina-
ton is announced is caused by the en-
listment of the carrier formerly en-
ployed on the route. Upon his honor
able discharge from military service of
the Government ne will be entitled to
reinstatement to mis- former position as
carrier on his route in accordance with
the statute approved JG.y q, 1915,
which Is as follows:
Any postal en- pio5 c. who mas en-
tered tne Li.litary service of the Unit
ed States or who shall hereafter, enter
it shall, upon being honorably discharg-
ed therefrom, be permitted to resume
his position in the postal department
which he left to enter such aervic."
However, any person appointed to
this position may, in the discretion of
the Post Office Department, be assign
ed to other parts of the postal service;
or transferred to other branches of the
classified service for which he is eligi-
bIo
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
Real Estate and Other Bargains.

$50 acres of land 2 miles north Of
Hays
16O acres Az miles northeast OF
Hays.
One room house. blocks from
Court House.
Two large lots blocks from court
house.
One blacksmith shop, complete out
fit.
The oldest complete set of Alb
stract Books in Ellis County.
Ellis County Abstract Co.
F. S. Wasinger, Mgr
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
Rural Carrier Examination

The United States Civil Service Com
mission has announced an examination
for the County of Ellis, Kansas, to be
held at Hays on March @, 1919, to fill
the position of rural carrier at Victoria
and vacancies that may later occur on
rural routes from other post Offices in
the aforementioned county. The ex-
animation will be open only to male
citizens who are actually domiciled in
the territory, of a post Office in the
county and who meet the other require
ments set forth in Form No. 1877. This
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been a household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than
half a century for constipation, in
testinal troubles, torpid liver and the
generally depressed feeling that &C
companies such disorders. It is a
most valuable remedy for indigestion
or nervous dyspepsia and liver trou-
BILE, bringing on headache, coming up
of food, palpitation of heart, and
many other symptoms. A few doses
of August Flower will relieve you. 1t
is a gentle laxative. Sold by King
Bros.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
500 Reward. S1OO

The readers of this paper win be
pleased TO learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the COR
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith in the curative powers OF Hairs
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all Druggist. &c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
STOP PAYING RENT

Own Your Own HOme-A new
residence to sell on the Monthly Pay
ment Plan. Just a short distance from
church and schooL-Miller Bros,
Hays, Kansas, Phone At. Office over
First National Bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

We have three Overland automo-
biles for sale, one new, two almost
new. We are IN position TO sell these
cars for $4,000 less than they are
worth, on a pre-xar basis. viii sell
for cash or give time. Will take Lib
erty Bonds at par value.@C. c. Coch-
ran & Sons, Hays, Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
LAND BARGAINS

Sections, half sections and quarter
sections for sale in all parts of the
County. We have just what you want.
Come in and see us.-Miller Bros,
Hays, Kansas, Phone At. Office over
First National Bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
SO PROPERTIES 30

In all parts of the city. From $500 to
$4,000. We can suit you in location, price
and terms. Miller Bros, Hays Kansas,
Phone Al Office over First National
Bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
A GooD MODERN HOUSE

Seven rooms, large lots, splendid
fruit and shade trees, chicken house,
three and one half blocks from the
Catholic church and school. Price
$30O0.-Miller Bros, Hays, Kansas,
Phone At. Office over First National
Bank.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
FOR SALE.

l have ten purebred Plymouth Rock
BOOSTERS for sale. Who wants them?
Lewis Johnson.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

We can spare a few tons of good
alfalfa hay.-C. C. Cochran & Sons,
Hays, Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

SEED BARLEY-CIean seed bar
ley, termination guaranteed.-F. W.
Kraus, 8 miles southwest of Hays.
Phone 6O6.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
SPECIAL

Weekend Sale of Coffee, Tea, Cocoa
and Extracts at The RexaIl Store
Not &c sale. but some Real and
Rare Bargains:
For Friday and Saturday Only
Liggetts Estate Coffee ------
----- 4Oc h., 2 for SEC
O'Peko Blend Coffee doc h., 2 for 47c
Llggetts Estate Tea 6Oc pkg, 2 for SIC
Liggetts Estate Cocoa -25c, 2 for 36c
Simmons Inn Baking Chocolate.
-25c, 2 for 36c
Simmons Inn Lemon Extract
---2 OF. bottle 40c, 2 for Ale
Simmons Inn Vanilla Extract
2 OF. bottle 40c, 2 for Ale
KING BROTHERS
The Rexan Store
nays Kansas
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

Knife Weeders for all Listed Crops
The Weeder Factory, Hill City, Kan.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
NORMAL NOTES
(From The Leader)

MI. harvey idSI HSSh AOOCAFCO
notice that the executive committee
of The Authors League of America
had elected him to membership. Rex
Beach is president and Booth Tark-
ington vice-president of the League.
James Forrest visited school few
days last week. He has received his
discharge from the army. James was
in the service fourteen months, six
of which were spent in England.
Ruth Cox from Ellis visited school
one day last week.
Thomas Broomfeld, a cousin OF
Misses Margaret and Elizabeth Chit
tenden came from WaKeeney to visit
them last week. He has been IL the
service of Uncle Sam for some time.
Mrs. ". :. Lev b1otker, Corp.
Robt. C-1z-n is in Hays for short
visit.
Miss Martha Harder has been very
i'll the past week.
Margery Best spent the week end
at her home in Dorrance.
Miss Agnes Arlington arrived
Wednesday from Chicago, where she
had been attending the National Y.
w. Convention. She was represen-
tative of the Fort Hays Normal.
A former student of the Normal,
during 1914, Walter Huck of Ellis
came to Hays short time ago wear
ing a six months service stripe and
two wound stripes.
The program for the R. o. T. C.
has been arranged and one hour class
es are held three times each week.
Uniforms have been ordered and each
member will be issued a complete
outfit when they arrive. At present
the classes are being held in the Coli
scum, but as soon as the rife range
is constructed and the necessary
equipment arrives the program will
consist mainly of outdoor work.
Almost everyone eligible is a mem
Der.
Some of our boys who have landed
in U. S. from France and will be
home soon are: Daddy" Clair Wilson
Ed Grass and Leo Moore.
Eva Wolf from Little River, Kans-
as was visiting school friends last
week.
The Y. W. conducted 'Tag Day"
Tuesday. The money collected will
be used to send the F. H. N. delegate
to the Y. W. convention at Chicago.
Saturday Afternoon Club Banquet.
The annual banquet of The Satur-
day Afternoon Club was served at
the Fort Hays Normal, February "a,
at 6:30 p. m.
The tables were decorated in red
white and blue and the candle light
brought out the effect of the decora-
tons
The girls of the Domestic Science
served the dinner. The menu was
Mount Vernon Lobster
Roast Chicken Yorktown Stuffing
Spanish Potatoes Giblet Gravey
Asparagus Mousselaine
Raspberry Ice
Parker House Rolls
Butterfly Salad Cheese Hatchets
Valley Forge Sundae George
Washingtons
Patriotic MINIS Pralines
Coffee
After the dinner the guests retired
to the second floor which had been
made into a reception room. The
women were dressed in colonial cos
tunes and put on a tableaux repre-
senting happenings of colonial times.
We have three Overland automO-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
STATEMENT OF THE
= FINANCIAL CONDITION
OF THE
Citizens State Bank

At Hays, State of Kansas, at the close of
business on the 21st day of Feb. 1919
RESOURCES.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

Press, Feb. 27, 1919
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Kansas, In the District
Court, County of Ellis, IS.
P. D. Brown, (Revived in the name
of Ed F. Madden, Assignee)
Plaintiff
Amelia Staab and A. P Staab, her
husband; Ambrose Staab and
Kate Staab, his wife; Jacob
Staab, Jr., and Mary Staab, his
wife, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order of
Sale issued by the Clerk of the Dis
trict Court, in and for the said Coun-
ty of Ellis in a certain cause in said
Court, numbered $3.50 wherein the
parties above named were respective
ly plaintiff and defendants, and to me
the undersigned Sheriff of said Coun-
ty directed, l will offer for sale, at
public auction, and sell to the high
est bidder, for cash in hand, at the
south door of the Court House in the
City of Hays in said county, on Mon
day the 31st day of March, 1919, at
200 o'clock p. m. of said day, the fol-
lowing described real estate, lying
and situate in the county of Ellis and
State of Kansas, to-wit: The south
east quarter of section twenty-six
(26) and the Northwest quarter of
section twenty-five (25) all in town
ship twelve (12) south of range
eighteen (18) west of the 9Th p. m.
and lots two (2), four az, six (6),
eight (8), ten (10), twelve (12) and
fourteen (14) in block two (2) and
lot seven (7)f in block twenty-three
(23) in the original town of Hays
City, now the City of Hays. The said
property is taken as the property of
the defendants and will be sold under
said order of sale to satisfy Judge
ments of the said Ed F. Madden, and
will be sold without appraisement,
subject to an eighteen month period
of redemption as provided by law.
Alex Weltz,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

Free Avery Tractor School at
Schlyer & Arnhold, March 10 and II.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

Good News The Hays Steam
Laundry will reopen March 18th, to
serve the people of Hays and surround
ing country.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

A dance was given at the Essex Hall
Friday night.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

FOR RENT-Rooms for House
keeping. Phone 363. Mrs. Bartholic.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27
SHERIFFS SALE

First published in The Hays Fre'
Press, Feb. 27, 1919
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

State of Kansas, In the District
Court, County of Ellis, IS.
P. D. Brown, (Revived in the name
of Ed F. Madden, Assignee)
Plaintiff
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

biles for sale, one new, two almost
new. We are in position TO sell these
cars for $4,000 less than they are
worth, on a pre-war basis. VIII sell
for cash or give time. VIII take Lib
erty Bonds at par value.-C. G. Coch-
ran & Sons, Hays, Kansas.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-27

For Friday and Saturday Only
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-25
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DDN'TS FOR THE STORAGE .
BATTERY

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The mOtorist who will examine
thy battery of his car regularly every
week and heed the following instruc-
ltions will continue to receive salts
factory service from his battery day
after day" says Burton Troxell of
the Capital Transit d Repair com
pan. local dealers in Chevrolet pas
senger cars and trucks.
Don't allow your storage battery
to stand in discharged condition for
any length of time. Should the bat
terry for any reason become dis
charged, have it fully charged at
once at the nearest garage or charg-
ing station. battery when in dis
charged condition sulphates rapidly.
making charging extremely hard and
in time entirely destroying the ele-
ments.
Don't allow dirt. water or any
pieces of metal to come in contact
with or remain on the top of your
battery. Inspect regularly and keep
clean.
Don't continue to crank your en-
CINE with the starting motor if it
does not start after a few revolutions
Something is wrong with your igni-
ton system or carbureter. Locate
and remedy the trouble before again
cranking the engine. Just turning
the engine over will not help you
start, but it will exhaust your battery
if continued for any length of time.
Don't forget to turn ON the igni-
tion switch before attempting to start
the motor.
Don't forget that you must restore
in the battery whatever current has
been withdrawn for starting. 1t re-
quires about 20 times as long to re-
store current to the battery as it
takes to remove the same amount in
starting the engine.
Don't turn on all the lights of
your car and leave it standing for
several hours. Conserve the battery
supply by using only such lamps as
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-25
EPWORTH LEAGUERs TO MEET
Big Conference on Centenary Plans in
Tacoma Next Tuesday.

Following along the lines of the
Methodist centenary world program
conference recently in Seattle, there
will be held next Tuesday at the First
Methodist Episcopal church. Tacoma,
"a district mobilization rally of the
Epworth League. Delegates from
every league chapter in the Tacoma
district and from outside points are
expected.
The conference plans to begin to
mobilize the 1900 members Of the
Epworths League in the Northwest
behind the campaign of the Metho-
dist centenary. Rev. j. H. Secor,
pastor of the local Methodist church.
will be one of the speakers. his sub
ject being "The Strategy Of thesCen-
tenary." A similar conference will
be held in Centralia the following
day.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-04-25
Question of Wheat.

The guarantee of the price Of the
1912 wheat crop 10 the American
farmer is to cost the people billion
dollars. That means "A high price for
-four and bread to the average con-
sumner, at least for another year, and
yet, early last fall, when the guar
antee was made in order to swell the
acreage OF winter wheat, then about
to be planted. the war VAS at its max
imum OF fury, and everybody whose
opinion was worth repeating was
talking about peace in from two to
FIVE years.
Fortunately for the world. peace
came in November, but the govern
ment must keep the pledge it made to
the farmers. There isn't right
thinking man in the country who will
say that it ought not to do so. Bet
ter high bread for another year and
waste" in other directions than an
increase by tivefold at least of the
number of American graves in
France.
The question of war extravaganza
is to come up in the new congress.
Two or three months ago the Repub-
licans were jubilant over the political
advantage they were to secure
through series of sensational dis
closures. Latterly, however. they
have undergone change of front.
The Investigations will be made. but
there will be little political capital in
them.
AS good an authority as Frank w.
Mondell of Wyoming. who will be the
Republican leader in the new house,
recently announced that they were
not to take up great deal of time.
The Republicans are to feature the
great readjustment program which
confronts them, having made up their
minds that the country will not be in
any humor to encourage tlambOy-
ant hunt after the sensations led by
all the Peeping Toms and Paul Prys
on the Republican side.