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The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26
1 SIMPLE MANS SIMPLE CREED
BY John D. Wells.

Elisher-he's our hired man
Allows there amt no better plan
Of circumventin' woes an cares,
Than smilin' when y come downstairs.
An lives up to it, square on blunt,
Like general run of preachers won't!
Elisher smiles an fore you know
The rest of us is smilin', SO
Ketchin'-l like it is! My law,
tt fits from him to me an nav,
An then across to Uncle Dr1
Or Mary Ellen mebbe, why,
I've seen it set the pup
A-waggin fore the sun was up!
Then bimeby, as like as not,
Some man will pass that's mebbe got
mortgage that his crops can't fetch,
But like enough the man will ketch
Elisher's smile an drop his frown
An, tote the smile away to town.
An peddle it where, bein' wuss,
The people need it more than US!
The feller at the griss-mill gifts
The spirit of the smile-it fits
Across an through the blacksmith's door,
An breezes through the general store,
Then out again .san' wreaths, doggone.
Whatever face it fastens on!-
Because Elisher's smile is jis'
AS ketchin as the pink-eye is!
An then the feller brings it back
At night along the back-urds track,
- N7 =,
An scatters it on either side
The Country Road, both far an wide,
Until, by time when we get in
From work, the smile is back again!
Back home agin! -an seems t bless
Elisher for his cheerfulness.
Because you smiled" it seems to say,
"The world has had holiday"
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

Now that John Barleycorn has been dealt
Knockout glow his former enemies are hard upon
Lady Nicotin and have left the poor creature
hardly a shred of reputation. It's all right
now the boys no longer need drag to help them,
through the awful hours of the trenches we say
to said enemies, "go right ahead and do your
dernedest" The Lady helped like sixty there, II
we are to believe what the boys say, so what
right has she to ask anything more OF life?
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

The science of painless extraction is the art
practised by those sharks who are now persuading
American citizens to part with their Liberty Bonds
at price below par. And these lads are Nigh
ty conversant with the art, too well say.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

There was never yet service worth rem
dering that did not entail sacrifice and no
man renders the highest service if he thinks
over-nuch of the sacrifice-Theodore Roose-
welt.
Now that is a mighty good sentiment to car
rv close to your heart in the coming Victory Loan
SALE The last statement makes an especial ap-
peal to thinking Americans right now
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

league of Nations is just the proper caper
if it stops all wars for all time for all nations
But the whole American nation is from the most
central point of Missouri and up to date we don't
see exactly how the trick is to be turned
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

California grape growers are learning how it is
possible by proper grating to change the wine
crop into raisins. Now we'll have pie instead of
pickles.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

Saturday night dances may be lots of fun but
we have serious doubt, in our own unsophisti-
Gated editorial mind, if the kind that last un-
til the "last bus comes up town" are just the
kind of amusement that should be permitted
young girls We haven't attended any ourselves,
wa are hasino the above statement on rumor.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

Brown County is always having her own little
special brew of excitement. Just now she is try
ing to find out whether Vidian should or Vidian
shouldn't and it is apparently some job
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

We admit this page ''limps' badly this week.
But SO do we from having scrubbed the kitchen
floor and done other etcetera after having been
out of the housework harness for term Of sew
eral years. It is wonder to Us that the page
ever got here at all for it, too, is lame.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26
SMALL TOWN TALK

The Sanborn Sentinel refers to this great fam
lily journal as the Redwood Gazette. Another
concession to the sex of the editor, presume.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

We say the ground hog is a mighty careless
handler Of the truth. In plain words he lied like
sixty on February 2, 1919
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

Why not box the socialists up and ship them
to Russia and have done with the thing for
once and for all Exchange.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

Sure, and use good, strong metal box, herme-
tically sealed.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26
THE BOY SCOUT

eff I were to form the highest ideal for my
country, it would be this - that it should be
nation of which the manhood was exclusively COM
posed of men who had been or who were Boy
Scouts and who were trained in the Boy Scout the
ory. Such nation would be the honor of man
kind 1t would be the greatest moral force the
world has ever known Lord Rosebery.
IL Lord Roseberry speaks the truth would it
not conform with the eternal fitness of things II
persons who can do so would write out checks to
help the Scoutmaster carry the local expense OF
the Boy Scouts in Redwood Falls? Or should the
Scoutmaster carry that expense alone? At the
memorial service at the armory when ex-Con-
gressman Eddy spoke on the life of a vice presl-
dent of the Boy Scout of America. Theodore
Roosevelt, call was made for at least two hun
dred dollars for Boy Scout work in Redwood Falls.
The financial response amounted to seventy five
dollars That is a pesky small amount with which
to finance an oranization for year listing sixty
virile fellows who are to be the men of tomorrow.
S. c. Horn and G. A. Nash,
Scoutmasters
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26

Get the old road drag and oil her up. Now is
the appointed tinel
The Redwood gazette., 1919-03-26
THINK THIS OVER.

- HE following little article was taken from
the last issue of the Redwood Falls Metho-
dist which was circulated last week. Read
it, think it over and then give proof that your
thought was in the right direction. They are all
such mighy nice boys that we can't afford not to
Ah:nL r;nh+lrr
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
Shoe Manufacture in China
Is Conducted by the Women

All China stays home ON wet days
Why? Because Chinese shoes are
mnde wholly Of cloth, through which
the water readily runs; hence, to
keep dry feet, the Chinese stay in
doors when 1t rains. Chinese shoes
are made by women. Early in child
hood they learn the work, and nus
band and father and sons are all shod
by the work of the women of the
household. If the women can make
more shoes than their own men re-
quire, then they still make shoes-to
be sold In the shops. The tiny shoes
OF the housewife nre made In the pri-
yncy of her own bedroom, not even
the husband watching her work. The
sides OF the shoes are made of new
cloth, anything from cheapest cotton
to richest velvet. Soles are made of
several thicknesses Of cloth or piper
put together with paste, with new
cloth on the outside. The soles are
from half inch to two inch.s thick.
The thickness Of the sole is an evil
dence Of the financial standing of the
wearer.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
Tell Character OF Child
BY Number Of Days 1t Was
Born After the New Moon

There Il a very ancient superstition
which snys that II IL possible TO tell
the approximate character Of child
by the number OF days |, was born
utter the appearance OF the new moon.
The following are the most important
indications:
If born within twenty.four hours
nfler n new moon the child Will live
10 n good old age, and practically ev.
eryihlng he undertakes In life will be
successful.
If born within two dnys nfter the
new moon the child will be fortunate.
particularly In accidental things.
II upon the third day, this person
VIII achieve success. largely through
the help and assistance OF others.
II upon the fourth day. the child
VIII not be so successful In life, and
may have several serious illnesses.
Born upon the fifth dny, such per.
son will prove successful II care be
taken to start certain enterprises at
certain times.
The sixth Is not II good day, as Il
rule. Dreams are untrustworthy.
The seventh Days child will have
many troubles but Will conquer them
all.
On the eighth, success; dreams Will
prove helpful and lost articles found.
Riches and honor awalt the child
l,n, I, -. A..
The tenth day is unfav0rabe on the
whole, especially to boys.
A long happy life to those born on
the eleventh day.
All dreams of the twelfth-day child
will prove true quickly.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
BLUE TRIANGLE MEANS CHEER
Club Stands for Hot Lunches, Clean
Towels, Comfortable Cots, Parties,
Games and Recreation 10
Cir! Workers.
Katherine Holland Brown.

ON ny name Is May Isabel Carna-
W han. am eighteen years
old, and work In big fac.
tory IN Michigan. More than four
hundred other girls work there too.
l don't aim TO tell you about our jobs
You can read about our work In the
labor department reports. But do
aim to tell you about our Big Sister
and of the things she has done for us,
TO begin with, our factory town
isn't town at all. It's huge barn
of buildings stuck down In the country
nineteen miles from nowhere. There
is railroad siding station the size
OF dry goods box. seven farmhouses
and one general store and postofiice
combined-lt's pretty near as big as
hot tamale stand. And that's all No
Main street, no banks nor stores, 10
ice-cream parlors, not one solitary
movie show, in all those nineteen
miles. Lonesome? It's the ragged
edge OF desolatlon. that's what It is.
II was one Of the first carload OF
forty girls that was shipped up from
Chicago. The factory was swarming
with workmen putting In the machln-
cry. and we girls couldn't begin work
for day or so, so we began hunting
places to eat and sleep. That was a
trifie that the employment folks hadn't
thought Of. The workmen were sleep
Ing and eating in the ears that had
brought them there. booked on the
siding. Our only chance for beds and
food was with those seven farmhouses.
so we marched straight to the farmers
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

girl put H. I'm wager the Fritz earle.
ton has nolhlug on thisY
"who were Il 'se womeni Why,
y W G. A, secretaries, Of course ia
think you'd know that without being
told. Al over the country wherever
We girls have pitched IN TO make aero.
plane cloth or overalis or munitions or
cnnned goods son'll Gnd n Y W. g, A..
secreinry working harder than any.
body else TO mike the girls comfort
able iuld 10 keep them happs and well.
Sometimes they haven't money enough
TO get all that we really need. Hut al.
ways they stretch every cent 10 make
Il do It's level best foe ls Do you won
der that we girl workers have learned
to cnll the Y. W G. A. our Big Sister
I'll . view best Dlg Sister of all7
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

nted by the dominion government from
which amounts In proportion to popu-
lation may be borrowed oy the govern.
ments NJ the various provinces for mp
pllcation toward betterlDg the housing
conditions of wage earners. The pro.
vincial governments probably will nd
vance the money to municipalities de-
string to attempt n betterpent OF
housing conditions of Industrial work
ers, although the order in council set
Ting aside the fund provides that II
may be administered through munIcl.
palitles or otherwise.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
wives ana nsKca ror ponrn ana room
Farmers Wives Hospltabie.

u VIII say thnt illoSeWnHinn were KIM
and hosplinble. They fixed II up he
tween them to feed ns forty girls, and
they gave ns rond food too. hut fer
rooms. that was HE question, They
could each spare one room, That
meant sleer ilre or six In room. But
right llltn along cnme the boss OF the
faci0ry md told MS the machinery was
ready n'l he'd expect MS girls to work
double Ft rs, might and day.
Tie wanted TO make use Of every
minute, you see, Bur that gave MS ons
chnnce ns to sleeping, We fixed II up
with the farm folks that we'd work
double shifts and sleep double shifts
too.
$50 we planned II. Three girls
would use II room from eight NJ night
til six the next morning, Then they'd
hustle over TO the factory, and the
three yIrls who'd been working nil
night would take the room md sleep
TIL afternoon. II wasn't any luxurl-
Gus slumber. believe me. The farm
women had so few sheets and pillow
eases TINT most of JUS wen, without.
And towels were scarce ns diamonds
on blackberry bushes. AS to soap
well, the general store kapt yellow bar
soap, that kind tlmt is so full of rosln
you could use II to cnlk ship. But
we made out till the next three car
l0ads OF girls cnme rolling In. Then
We went most distracted Those poor
girls had to sleep In tents and In the
cars TINT the workmen md abandoned
by this time, and they were lucky II
they got straw tick aud blanket.
BY this time II had turned raw cold,
and maybe you know what late au.
tumn nights In Michigan feel like. To
cap the climax the farm folks cut
down on food, and for Il week 1t was
potatoes, and beans and mighty few
benns at that.
Along Came a Miracle.
Slut, right when we were about
ready to quit our Jobs and beat I, for
home. along came a miracle Two
quiet. businesslike women climbed
down from the enstbound train one
morning With them came eight work
men, a carload of scantllng and tar
paper, another carload of cots and
blankets and pillows and sheets and
towels-brand new blankets and beds
think OF the glory of that land
bushels Of dishes and rolls of oilcloth
and enough burlap to carpet the coun,
try. You won't believe me when tell
you that In ten days their worlmen
had scnntlng-nnd-tar-pa shack
put up md burlap tackled over the
walls, and the Y. W. G.. A. secretary
and her helper had set up board tables
and coffee kettles and were serving us
the grandest hot lunches every day.
And back behind the burlap screens
were set those rows of clean cots. with
enough cover to keep you warm the
coolest night that ever blew, and
towel apiece for every single girl. Do
you wonder that we all felt MS one
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
The REvEL OF The YEAR

A social and sale will be held
by the NJ. Il. Ladies' Aid on Fri
day evening. Feb. 81, in the Log
church. Articles for sale will be
displayed in booths, each repre-
senting month Of the year. Don 7
miss this great event.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
VASHON

w. V. Convey was in Seattle on
business the first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Barnes were
visitors in Seattle on Saturday.
Miss Gladys Jacobs is attending
Wilson s Business College, Seattle
Grandma" Curtis tx reported
to be in failing health.
w. G. Locklin made a trip to
the county seat the first of the
week.
Mrs. Chas. Deppman returned
OH Monday evening from a visit in
Tacoma.
Rev. II. p. Waldron and son
Neal have been among the number
on the SEX list the past week.
Mrs. Clarence Prentice Of Sc
attic was the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Geo. Barnes, for a few days
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamun of Seattle
moved the first of the week into
the property formerly owned by
$. j. Stcil'enson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Lindberg
from Tacoma have taken Mrs. Glib
sons house. They moved in the
last of the week.
Mr.. lobe Bison of Cove is as
sisting in caring for Mr.. p. ID. Hal
sey, who is now confined to his
bed all of the time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barnes
had as guests last week the lat
ter's brother and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Mckenzie of Coffee
Creek, Mont.
Rev. L. H.Gebert returned on
Tuesday from Everett, where he
had been to see his father, whose
failing health is cause for some
Apprehension as to the outcome at
this time.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. r. L. Clark at Enumclaw
was reported to be very ill on
Wednesday. Mrs. Clark expects
TO be well enough to leave the nos
pital in Tacoma within few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. T. Kirkland mo-
tored to Olympia last week and
spent several days attending the
sessions of the state legislature
and in sightseeing.about the capt
tai city.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
A PROOF.

"Ycur neighbor must be single
man
"Iiow do You know"
when passed him this morii-
my in his garden | noticed he was
sowing bachelors buttons"
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
THE WAR WORKER.

"Here's your hoe, your rake and
your spade
Fashionable WORKER Quite so.
And where's my caddy2-Kansas
City Journal
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

The Ladies Aid will meet at the
Log church on Wednesday, Feb.
18th, at 200 p. M. Mrs. w. G.
L0cklin will be the hostess.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

For n business education inves
tigate Success Shorthand School
Seattle, Wash.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

For Sale-Forty acres about one
mile south of Vashon; s acres
cleared, 5 being in Strawberries.
$4,000. Jos. A. Hyde, 226 Burke
Building. Seattle, 14.l7
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

Wanted - Turkey gobblor for
breeding purposes, bronze pre-
cred. Phone Black 1903 10
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

For Sale Three young cows fresh
in Spring; milking about 20 lbs.
Phone Red s02. 1917
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

Mrs. G. q. Kinmell arrived home
from Allentown, Pa, on Monday,
Garner came with the troop train
and is expected al any time after
he reaches Camp Lewis.
II. X. Carver was hobnobbing
with the solons at Olympia for a
few hours on Monday, ostensibly
in the interest of measure aimed
to curtail the importation of Chi
nese eggs into this country.
Pvt. Emil IL. Ekloif was honor
ably discharged from Camp Lewis
on Friday, January 3lst, and re-
turned home the evening of the
same day. He was in the service Of
Uncle Sam seven months, most of
the time beng in California.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

w. J, Gordon was in Seattle on
business Monday.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

For shingles see W. V. Covey,
Vashon. Tie quality and price is
right. Phone 223.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

For Sale-3S 0-egg Mandy Lee I'M
cubator, Sl5. Geo. Sheffield, So.
Heights. p. o. Burton. 10
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

For Sale--Singer rotary sewing
machine, latest model, 5 draw
ers; price $1,000. Inquire at The
Record office. l6
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
Classified Advertisements

Five cents per line; minimum rate Pie;
cash In advance Remit stamps or NJ, o.
For Sale Young pigs, also brood
sow with young pigs. o. Strom,
Nashon, Route l, box s. DIGIT
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06
Save the date, Friday evening,
| Fab Ot

You can get Tanloc at Garvin !
-S1.00.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

W. V. Convey was in Seattle on
business the first Of the week.
The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1919-02-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Barnes were
visitors in Seattle on Saturday.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-28

$53, ,534.11 for motion picture ma chimes and other hut equipment in Siberia from January 1, 1919, to June 30, 1919. In the same period the spent $294, ,423.63 for canteen supplies for troops in Siberia, including choc- olate, biscuits, safety razors, etc. The Y bought miscellaneous merchandise amounting to $105, ,243.7S for Siberian use in this period.
 The Y. M. c. A, through it's ath- letic program in Siberia, is winning new lauTels, these figures showing how much has been spent in the past six months for athletic equipment for Siberia
 July. $13.34S.O1; June, S9566 54; ; May. $S,37O7G; April, $S.O52 02; Mar, $6,S7224; February, $9,91O.S2.
 The Siberians are motion picture hungry and to meet this demand, the Y has spent ill 100000 feet of Ameri- can film in the past six months. EA-
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-28
MORE THAN 7 MILLION IN WAR
 RISK INSURANCE PAID IN STATE

Arizona families are being paid $2,- 123,S2O in war risk insurance claims by Uncle Sam. He is makiag restitu- ton to those whose sons and husbands died in the service of their country during the greatest war of all times.
 There are 243 insurance claims be- ing paid in Arizona through the bu- reau of war risk insurance to benefi- charles named at the time application for insurance was made by soldiers, sailors and marines, now dead. The average policy carried by those 243 men was SS740.
 Disabled soldiers, as well as widows and children and dependent parents oi those who have died, are being made comfortable by the government which is paying PIT compensation claims to residents of Arizona.
 In addition to the insurance and compensation claims now being paid in Arizona, there are 157 of both these classes of claims under investigation. These cases, however, are rapidly be- ing adjusted following an investiga- tion by bureau representatives
 The bureau of war risk insurance which administers these affairs, has been established by the government as a permanent institution in recog milton of the services veterans of the world war rendered their country
 The insurance which veterans are able to carry as the result of this act of an appreciative government will be a constant reminder to them of the part they took in the war; whether il
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-28
HUNDREDS IF GERMAN SAILORS
 DEPORTED TO NATIVE COUNTRY

NEW YORK, Sept. 2G.-Hundreds of German sailors, most of whom had been identified with commerce raid ing exploits during the war and all of them prisoners of war, marched silently aboard the steamer TLcahon- tas early today to return in defeat to their native land. Even the ship they sailed upon was a poignant re- hinder of the overwhelming disaster that had befallen their country, for the Pocahontas, once the Princess Cecilie, was one of the great ships with which Germany in peace had bid for the supremacy of the sea.
 There were 1731 German men, wom- en and children who boarded the Pc cahontas, the great majority sailors and there was scarcely a place that their eyes could rest which nor@bea1 witness to the change which had come over the fortunes of themselves and their empire since they first landed on American shores.
 Above them the Stars and Stripes floated over the tremendous bulks O. the Vaterland, Impe/tor and Kron prinzessin Cecilie, ships which flew the flag of imperial Germany befort
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-28
SALE OF RED GROSS GOODS
 IS DENIED

PARIS, Sept. ?. (By MaiD .-becauSe many inaccurate reports or large saies of American Red Cross merchandise have appeared in the past few weeks' Red Cross headquarters in Paris mas issued a statement explaining that the only. materials which have been sold are certain perishables, second-hand equipment, surplus stocks and articles which can no longer be used for direct relief work, either in France or Ill eastern Europe.
 The total sales of surplus and sec ord hand materials by the American Red Cross in Europe will aggregate not more than 30,O00,000 francs, says the Red Cross, while the value of the relief material distributed in Europe during July and August alone will amount to more than 10O,OOO,OOO francs.
 The American Red Cross is now conducting operations in 17 European countries. The relief material distrib- uted in France, mainly in the devastat- ed districts, since the armistice, is val ued at ever 125,000,000 francs, while in the same period other European countries have received more than 200, 100000 francs worth Of similar supplies, including not only medical | and surgical material. but also cloth ing, food, barracks, etc.