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Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19

but he grabbed a dividing board and
there were just two wallops: the
board hit the Australians head and
the head hit the floor. Then half
dozen more pOunced onto him and
gave him real licking. When he
came to he had forgotten all about
the wonderful dinner he did not have.
Not long after this the Russian doc
tors proved to the Germans that there
was no black typhus in our barracks
and we were allowed the freedom of
the camp except that we could not
visit the Russian barracks. That was
no hardship to me nor to the rest of
US. except one chap from the Cambrian
Range. who had a special pal among
the Russians that he wanted to see.
And. Of course, when it was verboten.
he wanted to see him all the more.
A day or two after the order was
standing outside the barracks door
when saw this fellow come out with
a dividing board in his hand l thought
he was going to smash somebody with
1t, SO stood by. But he stopped over
and jammed one end Of the board
against the threshold Of the door.
scratched the ground with the farther
end of the board and measured again.
He kept this up, length by length, in
the direction Of the Russian barracks.
The sentry in the yard stopped and
stared at him, but the fellow kept
right on, paying no attention to any
body. Pretty soon he was right by the
sentry's feet and thought any minute
the sentry would give him the butt,
but he just stored while and let him
pass. That lAd treasured the whole
distance to the Rasaian barracks, went
inside, stayed . while and calmly
strolled back with the board under his
arm. When he reached our barracks
again he told US he had found a vino
mine. What he had found was some
thing not so unusual-a boneheaded
German
There was a lot of bamboo near the
Russian barracks and the Russians
made baskets out Of 1t and turned
them in to the Germans. For this they
got all the good Jobs In the kitchen
and had a fine chance to get more to
eat. But they were treated like dogs
that is. all except the few Cossacks
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19

to the next neighbor who comes in. IL
will give you an enviable feeling to
be able to say, 81 made that myself
Try 1t and see.
How to Make the Cooker.
Scour firkin, let it dry thoroughly.
and put in casters.
Line with several thicknesses of
newspaper tackled to sides.
Put in solid layer of excelsior about
2 inches thick. This should be at least
2 inches thick, but might well be more
If the firkin is deep enough to permit.
Fit asbestos around pail and wire or
tie it firmly.
Cut circle of asbestos little larger
than the size Of the pail and place on
top of the Pinch layer of excelsior
Set pail on top of this and weight
before starting to pack around it in
order TO avoid having the pail move
out of place.
Put in small amount of excelsior
around pail. distributing it evenly.
Pound down with handle of hammer
or something else heavy.
Continue packing excelsior and
pounding down until 1t is about one
half inch from rim of bucket. The
| more solidly the excelsior is packed.
| the more efficient will be the fireless
| cooker.
Cut cardboard collar to fit between
inside well Cor paiD and outside the
wood container and set in place.
Cover this with mixture Of plaster
paris-1 part plaster paris to 2 parts
Of water. In putting on mixture avoid
having layer come up above rim Of
pail. If not thin enough to put on
smoothly, rub down with fingers or
with knife blade.
Paint after plaster of paris has dried
| thoroughly.
Fill pillow full enough to make 1t fit
| snugly between well top and lid.
Fasten lid with hinges If box Is
used.
Definite directions for using the fire
less cooker and some recipes for dishes
which can be successfully cooked in it
can be procured from your state agri-
| cultural college or your home demon
stration agent. Have your cooker
ready for the recipes they will send
you on request.
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19
CHAPTER XIII.
Despair-and Freedom.

OeSpair-ano ffeeoom.
While I was working at the hos
pital conditions at my old barracks
had been getting worse and worse.
Very few of the men were absolutely
right in the head, guess, and almost
all had given up hope Of ever getting
out alive. Though they put up a good
front to the Huns, they really did not
care a great deal what happened to
them. The only thing to think about
was the minute they were living in.
The day l came back two English
men, who had suddenly gone mad,
commenced to fight each other. 1t was
the most terrible fight l have ever
seen. 1t was some time before the
rest of us could make them quit, be-
cause at first we did not know they
were crazy. When we had them down,
however, they were scratched and bit
ten and pounded from head to foot.
Both of them bled from the nose all
that night, and toward morning one
Of them became sane for q few min
utes and then died. The other was
taken away by the Germans, still
crazy.
Another time an Australian came
into our barracks and very seriously
told us that he had a drag with the
German officers and that he had been
to dinner with them. and had had tur-
key. potatoes. coffee, butter. eggs,
sugar in his coffee, and all the luxuries
you could think of. We just sat and
stared ut him. 1t seemed impossible
that any of our own men would have
the gall to torture US like that, and yet
we could not possibly believe that 1t
had really happened. Finally. one
fellow could not stand it any longer.
He was nothing but skin and bones,
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
If you use a fireless cooker, you
will save time, for the food can be
cooking while you are doing some 9th
er work about the house.
If you use fireless cooker. you will
be able to serve better food. Many
foods cooked at low temperature for
a long time have much better flavor,
and breakfast cereals so cooked are
often considered more wholesome.
If you use fireless cooker you will
save fuel and your kitchen will be a
much more comfortable place in which
to work, especially in hot weather.
Materials You Will Need.
These materials plus few hours
work plus ordinary common sense will
produce the fireless cooker you want
and need in your kitchen:
| tightly built wooden box or lard
firkin. large enough to allow at
least four inches packing around
the ''well'' or inside pail. .10c to 15c
| metal pail without handles and
with tight-f1tting cover. Cover
preferably fits inside pail If tin
Is used, care must be taken to
Excelsior. crumpled newspaper,
sawdust, ground cork. No cost
Asbestos paper H inch thickness. .6Oc to SIC
Cardboard collar ...................No cost
Plaster paris or asbestos collar. .10c
white paint .loc
Round pillow" of old cotton ma
terial and excelsior made to fit
snugly in the top.................No No cost
Q soapstones to fit into pail
well ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 to $l2O
Buttonhook to lift soapstones.....No No cost
Total cost Of material. 81 20 to 50 ~
To make the use of the fireless
cooker easier there are some additional
conveniences which may be used If you
so desire. The duplicate or triplicate
kettles purchased to fit the well of
your cooker are not absolutely neces-
sary If you own other pans which fit,
but they are much more convenient
and aid in making the cooker more
efficient.
If it is necessary that the cooker be
moved. casters will make this easily
done.
The following directions for making
cooker are given by the states rela-
tions service. United States depart
ment of agriculture. If you follow
them closely, you will be able to show
your efficient fireless cooker with pride
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19
HOUSEHOLD
YQVESTIohs

Boiling water removes tea stains.
Rice water should be saved for
starching.
Add acid fruits to ice cream afte:
it is frozen.
Almond meal is an excellent cleanser
for a sensitive skin.
Lemon juice will take out ink spots
from tables or furniture which IL not
French polished.
Clean stained knives with q raw
potato kept damp with water and
dipped in powdered brickdust.
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19

know. The sentries booted me all the
way back to my old barracks.
Cheyenne record., 1919-06-19
Optimistic Thouoht,

Observe thyself as thy greatest o.
emy would do; % ahAlt thou b ~
greatest friend
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02

pf the laws and customs of
 In the third class those guilty of criminal acts against the nations of one of the Allied and Associated Powers.
 The Allied and Associated Powers finding existing laws, existing tribunals to meet the of William follow the preceden of others and make policy to fit the conditions Using the power the conquerors they estab sh tribunal of five judges each from the United States of America Great Britain France, Italy and Japan.
 By this unique court William will be tried, not for of fense against criminal law but flor oense against international morality and the sanctity of treaties"
 This order of accusation, which possible only when the rights of the world admitted it's customs ceang be merely such begin to take the form of supreme laws.
 What is the punishment that may be meted
 Those who committed offense against the laws and toms of will frequently be subjected to the penalty death The crimes with which they charged have high rank They need special tribunal They be punished according to usual methods of military tribunals each cuprt fended Since torture their fellow death Is the extreme penalty that may be inflicted
 William Is charged gravely He is accused of preme offense against world against agreements of the world ofense which has cost mil lions of lives and anguish untold. He is not merely murderer; who has broken statute. may break law and not outrage ay all break laws who conduct righteous rebeons ed against law He has committed offense morality itself He indicted not under criminal law but the chief crmna! of his mes whose offense as the world surprasses a village. The tribunal (which founded policy which ished by conquerors fulfill the objects for which they quered not bound by law the law that is written upon the law books of individual nations
 Its decision may be given to support world morality, 1T such way most completely other ambitious rulers who may desire also to commit a supreme offense
 The death penalty alone meet the of William i he is proven guilty of the charge against him.
 penalty less than death would involve the illogical don lesser punished with the penalty crimes; while supreme offender against nterna tiona morality, would suffer a lesser fate.
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
ADDRESSING THE NATIONS
N ERHAPS THE most notable part of the reply of Pre- Orlando is in this paragraph: >-

D ERHAPS notable part of the reply of Premier II Orlando is in this paragraph: \>
 of innovati ation in int tonalr
 do twisht connplai to t den,so that at time il,
 
 
 o of a
 President Wilson, having to deadlock in the Peace Conference the matter of the purpose of Italy to have open statement world, including the Italian people, proclamng the facts and the justice of case those things appeared to him. This accordance with the professions of the Presi dent often uttered against secret treaties and dpo 
 The proclamation made it impossible for the Italians, other people, to misunderstood the position of America removed from their leaders opportunity and indeed any probability, that the true opinions of America will be mis- stated.
 The significant paragraph reply of Orlando novaon" little later describes it which grants to nations larger parcpaons" in international ques- tons
 Personally Orlando has always been of the opinion such participation the harbinger of new order things"
 The old, secret diplomacy moribund. The open diplomacy ushers in order of things that which the peoples, the individuals of the nations know what is going in international affairs tervene, if shall that the activities not in accord with the will of those represent
 It is indeed day, in which the will not bt plunged into without knowing why it fights and lis fighting for.
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
THOSE WHO RETURN TO EUROPE

T@ HE TESTIMONY of income tax collectors is entirely to proposition that many thousands foreigners this community preparing rope. The proof the large number of who pay with the express purpose getting which be obtained the applicant his income tax receipt
 The home seeking group comprises many elements of many property of the old world waiting administrators little farms small mercantile passed control of by descen and these descendants often among those who have America.
 moive,is in the desire of the home going for mother wife other relative de- pendent Death Europeans disabled foreign America have burdens in their homeland
 patent than either of the mpeng already scrbed perhaps motive of advenure the desire done to ones native village, to ones people, home Powerful indeed must be this feeling the bosom of many sturdy foreigner To know feelings American has only to inquire his feelings would be a like situation.
 will the future be? Will there be turning tide in Eurte will call its again to it's territories? Will emigration be transtory and returning tide toward America?
 Much depends upon the the governments established capacity carry orderly and industry The best for the moment to be Europe will after little time be better place to live in than it used to be.
 It is the immigration that stay where they happy and satisfied
 Much depends upon Russia Russia shall finally set up government managed by the Russian people, there great and productive hand Europeans they go finding than enough support millions of add- tonal population.
 The rest of Europe too hicy support all of it's peope through period government however efficient distribution however equal can square mile of land support than certain number of persons
 Through many long age the surplus population Europe must go parts globe for need of land will be again to the United States For the present power of America will be materially finished by the outgoing Business done on the theory of a Especially will ity of unsxilled laborars-
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
THE PROBLEM OF FTUNIE

ancient rights is that of access to the
 N The right to innocent passage, it called ancient times is based such fundamentals the right of the human creature preserve his life The lawgvers long before the day of Rome, had said should be stopped 1t went and down the lawfully Innocent included the soil of another country to the
 It quite concept great may ed at will to passage of traffic. and that countries the be forever shut off from it. countries along lateral.
 If there to be peace of the world there be ons by which the nations live It is essential that the countries, carved from Ausraungary shall have to the Mediterranean, they must slowly strange lack of those commodities which of modern states In default of such outlet the of the world they must struggle for it, fight for it at times ms IS the law Of self preservation unavoidable law For neither nations will consent to be off elements of healthy existence without struggle.
 That there private treaty between Great Britain Italy is unforunate but it govern mined by conquest and determined by conquest into America threw the preponderance decide the tory.
 receive besides the boon of self vatOn the salvage of millions of their billions their treasure much in material France gets Alsace and Lrrane obtains lost mines of iron and prec than gold Gets the Rhine barrier between herself Germany that will be stripped of of offense
 Italy is extended to those mountain walls, natural frontiers and her old barriers and gets much else
 Great Britain obtains possessions safety iportunity to be first the first All great ndemnites. /
 gets nothing nothing except opportun- y to make the world for and safe for democracy If America fails in either of these aspirations the the Ipeople have been sacrificed in vain
 Under the order there should be who lack to the to the great that through tween countries. The Rhine and the should ternatonalized
 A of peace be a world of Iivea let live America is behind the President.
 The great of the people of Italy great ary reasonable demand that Republics la road to the sea
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
POOR THINKING

DETER GOLDEN who is speaker Of much eloquence and devoted Irish patriot, made a speech before the American party yesterday, in which committed errors assisting neither the he represents He repeated his mistake of attacking President Wilson He made the assertion that if all the peoples of the world had done Ireland did, and refused conscpon that blood would been shed in that Europe would not have become charnel house.
 For this assertion absolutely no proof. No man say what would have been the result if there had conscrpon in Europe and all had depended upon volunteer armies.
 fighting spirit of does depend upon conscrp- on The Irish of the late rebellion volunteers Had the power of conscron been theirs they might have been ces for they could have made equal demand for the aid of all in sympathy with their cause.
 The faacy in this species of reasoning which Mr. Gold induges himself is twoold, It is futile attempt say of past time in which complex events occurred what would happened if element the intricate had different than it
 It is futile to deal with facts and things that have stana and active existence if they had existence many had powerful army It had to be met and beaten, Germany might have prevailed.
 This too is statement which attempts to say what the would have been in the present. if element in the past different Neither this subject proof Germany unopposed, might have with internal revouton something might have nervened But the pro- position to be reasonable that if Germany h been opposed she would have conquered She almost conquered spite of opposition.
 heres of the world opposed it desired oppose ecvey and among other effective means adopted conscrp on which simple rule that requires all who share the benefits of government to fight for the support of the lment.
 Golden might we'll say thas would suffocate if there were no air or that they would drown if they fell into the that there would been dead if their had been eenseription. There conscripton.
 Mr. Golden might we'll say there would be if there knives. Men murder with implements and conduct without conscripion.
 This newspaper believes in the Irish It has long supported movement to Irish ideals does not believe that the of Ireland helped by upon President by attempts to deny the actual facts of life.
 Woodrow Wilson is doing today to the happi the liberties of the Irish people than living But he not concerned alone with Irish bercs he concerned with the liberties of the world with American lib eries with happiness order and safety all mankind
 Those who attack him while he tolls in this tremendous do ill indeed Many have joined to attack him. Some selfish malicious jealous and sincere but wrong.
 Wilson needs and should have the support of true hearted and
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
DESIRE TO OPEN
 SANITARIUM
State Tuberculosis Commis-
 sion Sends Letter To Committee.

Hartford. April 2s-The state tu. berculosis commission today. in an er- fort to secure a sanitarium for chiI- dren suffering from bone tuberculosiE sent an open letter to the legislative mittee on public health and safety telling it that hs members were de- ceived last week when they were told that the tuberculosis commission had secured an option on other property than the old White Beach hotel at East Lyme and had agreed with East Lyme residents to accept another site.
 The commission asked the legisla- tive committee to allow the opening of the proposed sanitarium at East Lyme and to correct the impression given by their report to the legisla- ture which, flip assed by the legisla- ture which, if passed by the legisla- week will kill all hope of the commits sion for relieving cases of bone tuber- culosis till the next legislature meets in two years.
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
PARIS PAPERS
 DO NOT ENTHUSE
"Pertinax" Says League Is Dead Before
 Birth"

Paris, April 29-The covenant of the League of Nations arouses little enthusiasm in the Paris press Many of the principal newspapers abstain from comment altogether. L'Oeuvre, which has always been a champion of the league and of President Wilson. says:
 Speaking generally. we are bound to say the pact of the League of Ma tions causes a certain amount of dis appointment. Its 26 articles consti- ute really the statutes of the league of governments to safeguard their territorial sovereignty, and are not a new charter of the law of nations which had been hoped for"
 The newspaper thinks the resigna- tion shown by Belgium, Japan and France must be due to promises or special guarantees which will be known, perhaps, when diplomacy is no longer secret''
 Writing in the Echo De Paris 'Per- tinax,' spokesman of the Nationalfsts. declares outright: ''The League of Nations is dead before birth. He also refers to runors of treaties being made between the Allied powers. re- marking: ''To reassure us, Premier C1emenceau and Foreign Minister PlchOn aliege they hold favorable al dances in their portfolios. These parchments must be beautiful com pIete and eloquent to justify such do- cility on the part of the French min isters.''
 All the newspapers point out that great concessions were made by France. Some of the journals even declare that these concessions amount to a surrender. As a whole, however, the press expresses the hope that later amendments will result in satisfying what are regarded as legitimate claims of France and the other countries, which as the Havas agency summary of the comment words it, showed their moderation by abstaining from insisting yesterday upon an immediate vote" on the changes in the covenant which they were. advocating.
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
OFFICIAL ARMY REGISTER IS OUT
Gives Name, Rank and Pre- cedence of Every
 Officer.

Washington, April 19-The official army register for 1919-the first issue of this periodical which gives tl.e name, rank and precedence of each officer in the register and to appear since 19l5,-has just come from the printer. The publication of the is sues of 1916 and 1917 was held up by the war department both because of the value of it's contents to the enemy and because of the impossibiI- ity of gathering accurate data while the composition of the army was un- dergoing so great and rapid changes.
 The new issue, under the "perman- ent establishment head, gives the names of Peyton c. March and John J. Pershing as heading the rank of general, and lists Hunter Liggett and Robert L. Bullard as the only two lieutenant generals.
 Leonard Wood heads the lists ot permanent major generals which now includes a9 names. There are POP brigadiers. 1,47S coloneIs and 1,4O5 lieutenant co1onels. In all 11,49t officers are listed as in the regula~ l army.
Republican farmer., 1919-05-02
BOSS ORGANIZATION


HATTFE Republican party has most unrepublcan type
 ofsorgnizaon Bridgeport is proved by the Ba2rd County Commissioner Ballard represents the Fifth District district apparently wants him. But the dis nothing Ballard takes his appointment in with other district chairmen from the top There is local representation in only In true local representa- representative the people represents
 Members of the General Assembly not named by the governor The people them Members of Congress the president the people of their localities them.
 Mir Baards Fifth friends justice him. they will him district leader and let who please the chairman.
 There in this simple action the remedy of home rule for district The town chairman whom he please the district but district independently it's leader The constructive and injurious system taking all leadership from the top has been in for Perhaps there is real desire for freedom