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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11
workmen Marooned Hlah in AIr.

A violent windstorm recently swep.
across Great Salt lake, and overahu
into Ogden. with it coated WIN
thin layer of salt. BUILDINGS
pedestrians. sidewalks and automoolles
were all "salted" impartialy. Inc
only real damage done, however was
in the destruction of a 200-foot scar
fold around a concrete grain elevator
Six unfortunate wor5men, who "el0
on top of finished part Of the eie'a a
tor, 100 feet in the air, at the time .,
the collapse, were completely maro ...,
until rescued with extension ladders
by the local fire department.-Popu'al
Mechanics Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11

Hun Advance Was Halted
by u. S. Marines

The Germans made a great mistake
in prejudging the possible effective
ness of American rifle fire. Robert @.
Skerrett, in I4eslie's, writes. They
had learned from experience that
French and English troops generally
used their small arms only when with
in a range of 200 yards. 1t took our
marines to teach them what the rifle
could do at 1000 yards and less. Two
regiments of them at Chateau-Thierry
smashed the best of the kalser's sol
diery and halted for all time the con-
fident thrust of a greatly superior
force. The Teutons advanced in
smooth columns and pushed deter
minedly forward across waving
wheat field bert upon overcoming
Hill 165. which was held by our sea
soldiers.
The marines. trained to keen oh
seryation upon the rifle range-nearly
all of them wearing marksman's
badge or, better. the emblem of the
sharpshooter-did not wait for the
gray-coated masses to come closer
With deliberateness those sea soldiers
set their sights and aimed their pieces
with the same intent TO score that
they had shown in the calm periods
of their practice upon the rifle ranges
at Paris island Mare island, Guam
tico and elsewhere without cease,
their rifles snapped, and following
their fire came The support of artil-
lery Machine guns ground out their
grim torrent of bullets adding to the
toll exacted by the rifiemen. Caught
in a bewildering storm of scattering
shrapnel, machinegun Ere aud the
amazingly accurate leaden hail from
our rifles, the Germans realized that
a further advance meant suicide
Their lines hesitated, stopped and
then broke desperately for cover,
while the marines savagely raked the
woods and ravnes TO which the Teu-
tons had fed. This effectually ended
any hope on the part of the foe that
they might make further progress by
infitration.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11

A cooperative factory for milk prod
ucts is to be established at Diemen,
near Amsterdam, by an organization
Of 81 dairymen. In that vicinity $4,000
quarts of milk are delivered daily, so
that the supply for the new dairy will
apparently be abundant.
The Italian minister of agriculture
mas just appointed commission which
win conduct an exhaustive investiga-
ton with a view to determining wheth-
err or not radioactive substances exist
in Italy in sufficient quantities to be of
practical use.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11
Personal illustration.

The master of a Glasgow school W
presiding over the reading lessons ~, -
the third standard when the cnl. IA
whose turn it was to read came across
the word ''hireling."
what is a hireling'?" asked -"
teacher.
The boy thought for moment -
two, and then replied, 81 don't kno" :,
The question was next propoun9eu -, :.
the entire class, with a Ike FsSn .
The master then explained the meII
Ing of the word as lucidly as he cou,1'
and. at the conclusion Of his e1piS'
nation. repeated the question. a
"Please, sir" replied the ooy ~
dressed. you're hireling; yo0N
paid to leach U.S.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11

With the advent of the Egyptian
Pharaohs much thought aud care was
given to the perfecting and develop
ment of the chariot. and for more than
2,0o0 years it was the leading vehicle
Of the world.
Pier SO, North river, built by the
city of New York at a cost OF more
thsn S4,000,O00, and taken over by the
government last year. is one of the
most perfectly equipped steamship
piers in the world. Its upper deck Is
used as a sub-post Office. devoted chief
ly to handling soldiers maui.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11

AS a result of a wool-saving cam.
paign conducted by home demonstra-
ton agents cooperating with the
state agricultural college in Iowa last
wear, 9,742 reports show total saw
ing of $30S, 90417, and that 3,706ls
wards of unused wool cloth were put
70 advantageous work. Activities in
cluded recutting of 210S9 garments
and such work as repairing collars
cuffs. binding worn edges, and replae-
ing buttons on 1852 articles Of ap-
pareL
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11

1F you want to see a dug
ii :. :" :: :: !: =: !" !:
oat, don't go to France, go
TO Montana.
Scores of Montana fam
lilies, father, mother, and
- sometimes wee babies, live
In dugouts very similar to
those which sheltered our soldiers in
the thick of the fighting in France.
And the life of these families here in
America, especially Of mothers and
children, is almost as difficult and
dangerous as that of The soldier boys.
These facts and stories Of the life
of these present-day pioneers out
West, have just been made public by
the children's bureau. Homes seventy
to one hundred miles from a railroad,
without telephones, where trails are DIFF
fcult and good roads almost unknown,
are described in the report, which tells
of the mothers and babies who suffer
unnecessarily and sometimes die be-
cause the nearest doctor may be fifty
or more miles away and there is no
public health nurse.
Many things are needed to bring
comfort and even safety to these FAM
lilies. The first of these, according to
the children's bureau, is the public
health nurse. And the people of the
county studied agree with this recon-
mendation. Since the visit of the
agents Of the ehildren's bureau they
have sent this petition to their board
of county commissioners:
1--WE earnestly petition the board
that they appoint n county nurse whose
services shall be given to the western
half of --- county. The legislature of
1917, by the enactment of the child
welfare law, empowered you to make
this appointment. Because of the war.
physicians were called to the service
of their country and large sections of
the county are left without medical at
tention, which will render the services
of nurse more necessary than be-
fore in giving health supervision to
school children, and protecting the
health of the community from iafee-
tlous diseases"
With such a nurse who could make
her rounds by automobile, the lives of
the people of the district would be
much safer.
Isolated Homes in Montana.
So isolated are many of the settlers
at present that illness and even death
may find them alone and without the
possibility of securing help. Especial
ly dangerous is the occupation of lloth-
er out in this pioneer courtrr. AT
present because of the bad roads and
great distances and also because of the
expense, mother after mother has nc
doctor and no nurse at the time when
her babies are born. She goes through
her fight for life-a fight as big and as
important as that of :. soldier on the
battlefeld-in the crude surroundings
of her dugout of mud and wood, or her
taxpayer" shack, sod or gumbo-clay
house, without help or only with the
help of an unframed member of the
family or of n neighbor
For a doctor is a luxury to the nj.
sneers Of Montana and almost impossl
BILE to get. In all the district of $500
square miles studied by the bureau
there was not a single hospital, only
three registered physicians. and not
one public health or travelling" nurse
MY husband rode horseback l.
miles in a bad snowstorm for the doe
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11
INTERESTING ITEMS

In tbs seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries there was profound belief
in powdered mummies as internal
remedies.
An English automobile signal that
displays the word SLOW" or stop" be-
side rear light is automatically oper-
ated by the clutch pedal.
For years regarded as valueless, huge
piles of refuse around Scotch iron and
coal mines are being utilized for the
manufacture Of bricks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11
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tor, but he was away" says one
mother.
Another husband left at noon to get
a physician, but was lost in a storm
and did not get back until six O'Clock
the next morning.
Mail is no more certain than the
roads or the weather. One mother
wrote three months IN advance to en-
gage a physician who did not receive
her letter until a week after the baby
was born. Mail in this region Is de-
livered to a few central post offices
only two or three times a week. and
then it Is often delayed for weeks or
months. 1t Is a common complaint
that winter underwear ordered in the
fall doesn't arrive till spring.
AS might be expected from this lack
of health protection for her mothers,
Montana has bad list of casualties.
More mothers in proportion to the en-
tire number of women die in Montana
than in any other state in the Union.
Children are less safe, too, in this
part of Montana than i'll other western
states.
winter weather" said one mother
who lived 40 miles from a doctor,
makes US prisoners. l can't tell you
how / am worrying about the winter,
for If my baby should get sick I'd be
helpless"
Another mother had to take a child
who had appendicitis more than 125
miles to the nearest hospital for an
operation.
One five-day-old baby became i'll at
time when the big dry creek had
overlooked its banks and there was 40
way to cross 1t. Therefore, no ply
stefan could be sent for.
In another case the nearest ply
stefan, who lives eight miles from the
family, was away when its eighteen
day-old baby fell ILL., and when the next
doctor, who lived IS miles away. was
sent for he did not arrive until after
the baby's death.
Cases of accident which might be
easily treated in a city or in a country
district which had adequate health fa-
cilities, are difficult to care for in q
community without such safeguards
In this district. for instance. a pin
lodged in chlld's throat, and the
child had to be taken 125 miles to have
| it removed.
Need of Trained Nurses.
A public health nurse, with an auto.
mobile could do much for the protec-
ton both of children and mothers
mainly through educating them in car
Ing for themselves and their children
In cases of Illness, too, she could help
the overworked physician. staying with
the invalid longer than he could and
supplying that expert nursing care sc
important in curing illness.
The story of how one country com
munity organized TO protect Itself
against disease. and TO guard the
health OF its members is described by
n secretary of the national organiza
ton for public health nursing. Ii
this community. In Southwestern Iowa
a number of counties banded together
to supply a modern hospital training
school for nurses, but they also pro
vtded for health supervision of chill
dren in all the county schools, free
lispensaries for school children; fol
tuberculosis; child welfare stations
and health and social service centerS
under trained public health nurses.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11
Pretty clos.

Patience-You know he just cried
for JOY. Why. the tears were running
down his cheeks and down mine, too.
'atrice-Well, all l have 20 say Is
you must have been pretty close to
him to have his tears run down your
cheeks.-Yo nkers Statesman.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-11

"A dole. DOLE" The beggar renews
her quest.
The sun sinks lower and lower. but
still they come, old and young the
Jews of Jerusalem. The praying
forms never weary. Ever their cry
rings above the noise OF the city,
centuries old cry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
Great French Sacrifice
Calls for Worlds
Gratitude

The French have suffered and bled
more than any other nation at war.
OF her sc million population. 6 mill
Hon were placed in the trenches and
have poured out their blood on the
altar of Liberty. America will ever
remember this heroic sacrifice. 1t is
likewise not unmindful of the great
service to the world rendered by the
French peasants who have given it a
perfect remedy for stomach. liver and
Intestinal disorders. which is reported
to have relieved incalculable suffer-
ing, saved thousands of lives and pre-
vented innumerable surgical opera
tions. Geo. II. Mayr, prominent Chi
cago chemist, imports and sells it IN
this country under the name of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy. It>-is a simple
harmless preparation that removes the
Catarrhal mucus from the intestinal
tract and allays the inflammation
which causes practically all stomach,
liver and intestinal ailments, including
appendicitis. one dose will convince
or money refunded. Druggists every
where.-Advertisem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
GOPHERS A SHAWNEE EVIL
Farm Agent BIecha Issues Warming
Against the Pests.

Gophers are the greatest evil the
farmers in the southern part of the
county have to contend with this year,
according to f. o. Blecha, county farm
agent who has just returned from a
trip thru the territory south of the
river. 1t rs estimated that there are
four gopherS to every acre of land, on
an average, and instances have been
known where gopher burrows have
been a mile. in length, which gives a
slight idea of their destructiyenes s,
Blecha pointed out.
Blecha's> time since taking office
February 10 has been occupied chief
ly with making plans and setting dates
Tor community meetings in the vari-
Gus townships OF tbs county, he said.
These meetings will be for the pur-
pose of giving TIE farmers an Dppor-
tunity to expla IN their needs. which
the farm bureau will attempt to fill.
Thirteen different meetings have been
scheduled for the balance OF this
month. A specialist from the state
office will assist ana MISS Irene 1ay-
lor emergency home demonstration
Nagent. will have charge Of the woman $
work. All OF the meetings Will be
joint meetings TIC save time.
The schedule follows: IecumSeh,
February IA; kichland, February II;
Wakarusa, Feb1 uary II: Topeka, Feb
ruaryt IS; Indian Greek Grange, Feb
ruary Is; Oak Grange, February 49,;
Valencia, February 20; Auburn. Feb
ruary 20: Dover, February 20; Silver
Lake, February FL; Eossvilie. Febru-
airy 81: Menoken. February "a: Berry
ton February "a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
WANTS POWER TAX
Weightman Seeks Auto Levy on
Engine Rating Scale.
Amos Would Compel Railroads
To Report Accidents.

Matt Weightman. of Shawnee coun-
ty, wants a motor license law prov;d-
ing for a graduated power tax. In a
bill in the house today. the Shawnee
member sought law which provides
that power tax shall be established.
but that the tax shall be based ON tlle
period in which the car has been in
service.
Not only does the bill establish a
system providing for a graduated
powerS tax. but provides that the
amount of the License shall be deter
mined by the time when such license
is issued. Under the provisions of the
measure, the full license would be
paid when application is made be-
tween July 1 and October 1. while be-
tween October and January, owners
seeking licenses would be permitted a
25 per cent discount, with an addi-
tional 25 per cent discount between
January 1 and April 1. Car owners
shall pay but % per cent of the full
tax when licenses are issued during the
period from April 1 to July 1.
In establishing the power tax pro-
vision, Weightman proposes that fifty
rcents for each horsepower shall be
paid by the owner when the car is
new. The second year the license
would cost forty cents for each horse
power, with thirty cents horsepower
tax in the third year and twenty cents
tax for each succeeding year.
Must Report Accidents.
Public service corporations would
be required to report all manner of
accidents to the state labor depart
ment under provisions of bill in the
house today by Amos of Shawnee. The
bill extends the provisions of the pres
ent law requiring that public service
corporations report certain accidents
and all deaths. In case of DEATH
Amos would DrOvide that the coroner
must file his report and findings with
the state department.
Flowers for Brougher.
Members of the Topeka Good Gov
eminent club today sent valentine
greeting to Representative Brougher
of Barton county, the only old soldier
in the state legislature. A presenta-
ton speech was made by Geddes of
Butler. Brougher made a short re-
Spouse.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14

cation commission to make an fnvesti-
CATION and repoct TO the next session
of the legislature. The bill provides
that the commission be composed of
five non-salaried persons appointed by
the governor and that these members
conduct whatever Investigations they
see fit.
1t is pcintel out by the teachers
that in no instance does Kansas rank
higher than sixth in the comparison
Of educa tienal stand ,rd of states and
that in seven out of eight Instances
where comparisons are made karsa S
ranks between seventeenth and TWEEN
ty-fifth.
Says Standards Are Low.
Here are some of the comparisc ms
that the teachers have gotten up for
consideration of the lergislatt re
In per cent of its illiterate popula-
ton Kansas stands sixth.
+ In the number of months consti-
tuting a school term Kansas stands
twenty-fourth.
In the number of children who are
not in school Kansas stands seven
tenth.
In the percentage of children who
are in high school Kansas ranks
eighth.
In the matter of school expenditure
per person Kansas ranks nineteenth.
Kansas ranks twentieth in the
equipment.
Kansas pays her teachers less than
nineteen other states of the Union.
Kansas is far down on the list in
the matter of schoolhouse construc-
ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
GRAIN MEN THRU
Farmers Dealers Close Topeka
Convention Today.
j. w: Shorthin of Wheat Price
Board a Speaker.

Delegates to the Farmers Co-opera-
tive Grain Dealers convention. in ses-
sion at Memorial hall since Wednes-
day. were scheduled to close their
meeting late this afternoon with adop-
ton of resolutions, election of officers
for the ensuing year and transaction
of unfinished business. The feature
of todayS program was an address by
j. w. -Shorthill, Omaha, treasurer of
the n>;ional council Of the association,
Shorthill spoke on 1.-The Organized
Farmer in Washington At the be-
ginning OF the he was sent to the
national capital t2 represent grain in
terests and was Shosen as one of the
members of tho national wheat price
fixing committee Willard r. Meyers.
Chicago. WAS another speaker before
todays session.
Problems which have been under
discussion during the convention in
clude:
Guaranteed freight rates, a wheat
price guarantee for 1919 by the gov
eminent, improvement of commune
ties. extension of the cooperative idea,
daylight saving, government opera ton
of railroads, the harvest help outlook.
early discharge of fam boys fin serv-
ice and good road DIS. 1t is proba bic
that many of these topics will be dealt
with in resolutions this afternoon.
About 100 delegates daily have at
tended the convention meetings. Of
ficials of the association, however, say
about 500 delegates have registered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14

The use of soft coal Nill make laun-
dry work heavier this winter. Red
Cross Ball Blue will help to remove
that grimy look. At all srocers, SC
Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
Flowers for Broughcr.
LUMBER CHANGE HERE
w. I. Miller IN Observation-Disclosures
BUYS Yard

w. I. Miller, owner of both the w. 7.
Miller Lumber company and the West
ern Lumber company has announced
that a consolidation of the two firms
had been effected. Miller will move
his office and yards to the location
of the Western Lumber company, To-
Gated at Eighth and Adams street.
The lumber stock of the firm at Sixth
and Monroe has been sold to J. B.
Heck & Son. Heck has been con-
nected with the w. ]. Miller Lumber
company for many years.
W. l. Miller has been in the lumber
business in Topeka since 1895 and will
take personal charge of the business
he will operate in the new location.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
STATE BANKERS HERE
Five Hundred Delegates to Annual
Meeting Next Week,

More than five hundred state bank
ers are expected in Topeka next week,
Wednesday and Thursday, to attend
the annual meeting and banquet of
the Kansas State Bankers association.
The first meeting will be held wednes-
day morning. All sessions of the asso-
citation are to be held in the assembly
room at Memorial hall.
According to a statement made by
George W. Hanna, of Clay Center, first
vice president of the association, one
of the first actions which will be
taken at the meeting will be the plac-
ing of the associations stamp of ap-
prova1 on the reserve bank bill now
pending before the Kansas legislature.
introduce a motion at the meeting
authorizing the esta blishment of per-
manent office of the association in
Topeka. If the proposed motion is
carried the Topeka office will be in
charge of a paid, full-time secretary
whose sole duties will be to care for
the interests of the members of the
association.
The speakers announced for the
meetings Wednesday and Thursday
are: E. G. McWilliams. representative
of the state banks in Washington, who
will speak Wednesday afternoon; Gov.
Henry J. Allen and John E. Wagner,
of Larned, both scheduled to speak
Thursday, and C. c. K. Scoville, OF
Seneca, who is to speak on the reserve
bank bill. The banquet will be given
Wednesday evening at the Masonic
temple
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
MRS. LEAVITT TO COURT
Charges Husband With Cruelty and
Asks for n Divorce.

Charging that her husband was a
habitual drunkard and that he was
guilty of neglect and extreme cruelty
toward her, Mrs. Hattie Leavitt to-
day filed a petition in the office OF
the district court asking a divorce
from Harrison H. Leavitt, a painter
and paperhanger living at 1891 jack
son street. The wife says Leavitt has
made many vicious threats against her
and that she fears he will do her bod
iIy injury. She has been compelled
to rent rooms, she says. to support
herself in spite of the fact that her
husband has considerable property.
She wants n divorce, $500 alimony,
the ownership of some property in
Wichita and $50 attorneys FEES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-14
RAISE TAX LEVY HERE
Legislature Passes Bill Giving Topeka
Permission To Act.

The signature of Governor Allen is
now all that is needed to make 1t pos
sibIe for the city of Topeka to increase
her tax levy SO that salaries -the
firemen and other employees may be
taken care of The Amos-Schoch bill
that passed the house some time ago
has now been passed by the senate
granting permission to cities having a
population of more than 10000 to
raise the general fund tax. levy from
four to. six mills.
Topeka especially desired this meas
ure so that money could be provided
for paying the salaries of firemen-
There is nothing about the bill re-
quiring a city to raise its levy, but pro-
vision is merely mad. for increasing
such a levy if there is need for it.
The old maximum was four mills ana
this bill places the maximum two mills
higher