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The mirror., 1919-05-29

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To The Devoted Dead

Beyond golden edge the skies are sapphire
Drifted argosies bear April's showery pearl
away,
But leave-their rainbow tints surpassed
On field and void, the flowers of May;
Departing May; that in her arms
These infant blossoms of her charms,
The dearest gathers, and her last
Farewell bestowing comes to cast
Them on the mound of memory.
With martial step and roll of drums
What spectral host is this that comes
Between the gates that guard the deadl
Haste they to seek the willing bedf
Impatient is the grizzled head
Of daisied pillowi Say not so!
While yet their winter passeth slow
Here blooms perennial their spring,
And here the pledge of hope they bring
And love-that dieth not, bestow.
All, let the banners come, and go
For old remembrance; dip them low
Above the dead that dared and died;
God knoweth who are justified.
About his work he moveth slow;
The roses fall, the roses blow.
He will not hasten, tho we food
The earth with our impatient blood,
Nor that avail of all we shed,
To paint one rose deeper red.
Nor heeds the rose, If of the clay
Beneath the tint be blue or gray;
Nor love, while human tits to err,
Shall be truths hard Interpreter.
Plant nothing over me that keeps
Ny heart apart from him that sleeps
As faithful in his narrow bed
As in mine shall; with the dead
The dead are reconciled-nor we
Dare break their hallowed amity.
Plant then the myrtle-blue and white
Its flower, as southern suns delight
To deep its tint-or northern SHOWS
To blanch its color. Plant the rose
Both white and red, and for the stars
The periwinkle; fade the bars
Of separation; stripes as red
As the one blood their fathers shed.
Bring ye and bind the peace that saves
In unity these sacred graves.
The flag! Their sacred heritage,
Their children's children shall engage,
Their sponsors in a new baptism
For them to cherish. Let that chrism
On their dead brows descend and bless
The ancient bond of faithfulness
With its renewal; so shall we
March onward to great destiny,
Nor one untoward memory stand
Between us in the motherland.
John Harrison Mills
IN Buffalo Times.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
N ! R R 0 R E TT ES

Johnson team of Oak Park will cross
bats with the M. S. P. on Memorial day,
May 80.
During the early part of last week a
numbef of pretty little wild canaries paid a
visit to the prison yard. They were of a
bright yellow color with glistening black
markings.
"A number of pupils from a south St.
Paul grade school and the civics class of the
Forest Lake high school, out on an educa-
tional expedition, were escorted through the
institution last Thursday, May %.
Christian Science services were held in
the chapel Sunday morning.
The Mirror secured a Scoop or
cheat on the bulletin board in the dining
hall last week. We had the announcement
OF the coming Saturdays game in Wednes-
day, but up to Friday the bulletin board
remained blank.
course of study in the construction and
erection of Minnesota farm machinery
in the farm machinery plant this month,
preparatory to going on the road assembling
and repairing machines for dealers and far
mers throughout the northwest.
Minnesota is eighth among the nation S
forty-eight states in compilation of the
ownership of automobiles per capita, this
state with a population of $50, 900 having
2O4, ,45O motor vehicles, or one for every
eleven and hve-tenths persons. - Bemidji
Pioneer.
The first thunder storm of the season
visited US Wednesday afternoon, May 19.
Lightning flashed and there was a grumb-
ling and growing in the heavens, with one
or two real bats. a little rain fell but moi
enough to spoil the Ioads.-Northern News
The foregoing would be old news to US,
for we have had number of thunder storm:
since the first of the year. But then we
must excuse Beltrami county, as they art
not in the banana and orange belt where
thunder storms, even as early as March, ar.
a common occurrence.
Owing to the extra hour of dayligh,
now available and the increasing length o1
the day the inmates were granted one-halt
hour extra in the evening to read or study
and smoke their pipes-until $50. 1t took
effect Tuesday, May 20.
The first swallows of the season made
their appearance in the prison yard las
Thursday evening, May %. Some of thess
birds make their home here during the sum.
mer season, several bird houses having beer
constructed for them in the hospital yard
Quite a number of convalescent sol
diers from general hospital No. %, located
at Fort Smelling, were escorted through ths
institution Wednesday, May 21. The sol
The mirror., 1919-05-29

The giant timber raft, composed of half a
million logs, the arrival of which was re-
Gently reported in Stockholm after a jour.
ney of 430 nautical miles, has now arrived
safely off the coast of Denmark on its way
to its final destination-Copenhagen. The
timber has been purchased by the Copen-
hagen Municipal authorities, with the OBJ
ject of supplying timber for urgent building
operations to cope with rhe serious lack of
house room.-Sel.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
K0 N c kLIPS

A sailor who was being reprimanded by
an officer started to defend himself.
But thought, sir"
"You are not supposed to think
About a week later the same officer sent
this man ashore to get him some cigarette
papers, and as he did not have any change
gave him $40 bill.
The man came staggering back with
case on his shoulder.
"What have you got there3'' asked the
officer.
Cigarette papers," came the reply.
"You didn't say how many, sir. You gave
me the bill, and said, Get me some cigar
cite papers.
"What do you think l want with $40
worth of cigarette papersi''
81 am not supposed to think, sir.
Major George w. Teideman, of Savan.
nah, Ga, tells the following about the old
time Georgia editor who was usually mayor,
justice of the peace and real estate agent as
we'll.
On one occasion one of the editors was
busy writing an edi torial on the tariff when
a Georgia couple came in to be married.
Without looking up, without once Stacking
his pen, the editor said:
Times money; want herr
"Yes," said the youth.
"Want him?' the editor nodded toward
the girl.
eyes," she replied.
"Man and wife," pronounced the editor,
his pen still writing rapidly. Zone dollar.
Bring load of wood for it. One third of
it pine; balance oak.
An Irishman was buying a talking ma
chine, and the obliging salesman had de-
lighted him by playing several Irish songs.
He was particularly pleased by some Nc
Cormick records, but after hearing these,
he was still unsatis6ed.
'Yes,'' said Pat; ''that other famous
Irishman-oh, now l would like to hear
him sing
"Who do you meani" asked the sales
man.
ooh, you know who l mean, we'll
enough, but can't think of his-Yes,
that's him: AL McGluck.''
The salesman smiled and got out one of
the Alma Gluck records.
Buy Thrift Stamps. New issue, cost
$4 16 this month. Worth $500 in 1924.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
M. S. P. Loses on Errors
Continued from page u


run. Swanson led of by getting a safe hit.
Holland struck out. Nelson got on, when
Lohr fumbled grounder and Swanson ad-
vanced to second on the error. Wick drove
one to left field scoring Swanson. Nelson
was bottled up between third and home and
was put out by Add, Wick completing the
circuit to third on the put-out. Nordquist
struck out retiring the side.
The locals came right back in their half
of the same inning by getting two scores
John got safely on when Christianson made
another wild throw to. first which
advanced John to second. John scored on
Burns two-bagger, Burn scored On Buds S
hit. Gilbert was thrown out, Holland to
Cleve. Addison and Wells struck out.
Thus the game stood till the seventh frame,
two to three in the locals favor.
In an avalanche of errors the visitor had
three men complete the circuit which gave
them lead of two runs. Nelson the first
man up in the seventh frame, struck out.
Wick got safe hit and advanced to second
on wild throw. Nordquist drove a long
fly to center field which was muffed, allow
ing Wick to score. Johnson drove hot
one along third base line, Addison making
a wild throw to first allowing Nordquist to
score. Cleve drove high fly to short CEN
ter and Gil after making beautiful run
ming catch made wild throw to first, ad-
| vancing johnson to second. Christianson
drove high fly to short right field and
John making hard run dropped the ball
allowing Johnson to score. Hines drove a
grounder to Addison who on fielder S
choice threw out Christianson at second
The locals in their half of the seventh
deliberately threw away their chances OF
scoring as mentioned above. After the
seventh inning the locals partially collected
themselves together and were able to hold
the visitors scoreless, although. several
more errors were made but none of them
proved to be costly.
Holland who did the pitching for the
visitors, pitched good steady game all the
way. He always seemed to have complete
control of his wits and his ever watchful eye
was centered upon base runner. His de-
liveries were somewhat wild, he having six
wild pitches charged against him; only in
one instance was any of these OF any mater
ial damage and in that case it let in score
for the locals. He struck out six men
passed two on balls and allowed eight hits
two of them for two stations.
Wells, who opened the game upon the
rubber for the locals and who faced his op-
ponents for six innings pitched superb ball.
When he retired in the seventh frame he
had a small percentage the best of the
game. He struck out eight men and al
lowed FIVE scattered hits.
Eros, who took the helm in the seventh,
pitched equally as good ball as his prede-
cessor but the support he was given was
simply 'boys play During the three In
nings he worked upon the mound he struck
out four men and allowed only one safe hit
and still the visitors were able to come from
behind and win the game by a margin of
two points.
The mirror., 1919-05-29

1t is little early in the season to Judge
the batting ability of the M. S. P. players,
but the only sure hitters so far developed
are John and Jam. John can nearly al
ways be depended on for hit, and in the
three games of the season he has done good
work with the Stick
The mirror., 1919-05-29

Summary-Two base hits: Burn, Brad.
Sacrifice hits: Nordquist. Jam, LohE, Gil.
Earned runs: Visiters l, M. S. P. 1. Stol-
en- bases: Christensen, Nordquist, Wick.
Double plays: Wick unassisted to Johnson,
Swanson to Cleve to johnson. Struck out
by Holland E, BY Wells in 6 innings, by
Eros in innings. Hits: off Holland 8,
Wells S, Eros /. Passed on balls by Hol-
land 2, by Wells 0, by Eros 0. Wild
pitches by Holland 6, by Eros l.. Balls
passed by catcher Johnson E, by Bud 1.
Umpire: Mr.. E. Stroebel.
The mirror., 1919-05-29

On Decoration Day

1t was an aged veteran, with locks all thin
and gray,
Who sat within the village church on Dec
oration Day,
He came upon his crutches, with tottering
step and slow.
And many winters on his brow had cast
their feeting snow;
His eyes were sunk and feeble, his cheek
was pale and wan,
Not like the boy who went out when the
cruel war began.
The organ pealed out grandly, "My coun-
try, tits of thee
And youthful voices sang aloud the anthem
of the free.
With listless air he watched them, from the
old familiar pew,
A sad example of the old, supplanted by
the new,
No wife OF child sat by him-all dead OF
far away
Amid the throng he was alone on Decora-
tion Day,
Too weak and lame for walking for many
years of late,
A friendly auto bore him to the cemetery
gate;
Here, sitting in the welcome shade, he
watched his comrades come
A piteous few, but keeping step behind the
fife and drum;
Then, leaning on a marble shaft. his dead
wife's grave anigh,
He gave salute and waved his hat as the
starry flag went by.
The graves were strewn with blossoms; the
little flags all placed;
His comrades to the busy town their hating
steps retraced;
And the dead slept on in silence, beneath
the flowers of May,
Needless alike of fife and drum and Deco
ration Day;
But lingering there among them, till red
= the sunset cleaned,
His head sank down upon his breast; he fell
asleep and dreamed.
He dreamed of childhood's hour, he heard
the robin sing,
And called again the violets that blossomed
by the spring;
With sisters and with brothers in his happy
northern home,
He watched the war-cloud gather, and heard
its thunders come,
His mothers clasp, his sweetheart's kiss,
still thrilled him as of yore,
When proudly down the village street he
marched out to the war.
He dreamed of soldiers marching-he saw
the deadly fray
Round Vicksburg's walls, on Lookout
height and Shiloh's bloody day;
''Tramp, trampl' Is this the boy he was,
who marches, blithe and free,
With Sherman and with )Sherman's men
through Georgia to the scar
Tramp, tramp!' 1t is the Grand Review,
and Grant is looking on!
Then "taps" were blown, the lights went
out, and night and death came down.
They found him there next morning; his
locks were wet with dew,
And his dead face wore a peaceful smile, as
if the angels knew
That this brave old Union soldier had struck
his earthly tent
And marched on to that blissful shore,
where old Elijah went,
Perhaps from that great camping ground
where shines eternal day,
He still looks down and waves his hat on
Decoration Day.
DR. Geor0H r. CoarlIu
The mirror., 1919-05-29
Youth and Springtime

1Outh ana SprmgtIme
Fen now the winters past, the song-b birds
sing,
The age-old songs that to my memory
bring,
The days of youth when troubles were but
JOY,
When you and l, dear heart, were just
girl and boy. F. s.
Friendship
Even as the twinkling stars illume the dark
ened way,
And as the moonbeam's silvery light make
night as day,
Friendships fame burns on undimmed or
slaked by passions power,
And floods the gladsome heart with light
and Joy each passing hour.
j. r. &.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
ENIIo NJ

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of The MIRROR for ad-
dresses of friends or other written
matter. If you wish The MIRROR sent
to your friends, you are required to
send in their addresses to the Deputy
Warden's Office through your officer.
In this way it viii be attended to.
j. j. SULLIVAN
Deputy Warden.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
Inmates Attention.!

Inmates will observe the following
rules to insure prompt mail service.
Place register number and page num-
her in upper right hand corner of
envelope in space to be covered by
stamp.
Your future page number will be same as
shown on all incoming letters.
Do not write between lines.
Sign your full name to all letters.
J.J. SULLIVAN. Deputy Warden.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
Hope

Oh, sun of beauty, shine
Within our hearts so FULL
Light up the path of gloom,
Shine where the darkness falls.
Oh, sun of beauty, !
Am crying for your light;
Oar path is strewn with thorns
And hold the helpless tight.
As helpless as my soul
That holds within its gloom;
And may your rays unroll
A hope, and beauty bloom.
Il. J. W.
The mirror., 1919-05-29
BriHust @ffiriaIs


Board of Control
c. E. vasaly, = Little Falls
c. ]. Swendsen, ST. James
Ralph w. WbeeIock. Minneapolis
Downer Mullen. Secretary.
Board of Parole
c. E. Vasaly, Chairman
c. S. Reed, Sec'y for Prison
Rev, HI. c. Swearingen
XIV. Scott, Sec'y for Reformatory
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-14

want to see some fighting. And they get better to eat.
 "So many thieves have been sho! down on the streets that good heal thy thief prefers army life to the risks of street robbery. It is common saying that all the old professional crooks have either gone into the army or into other countries. There are slunl districts and old hang-outs of crimi' nals where the Bolshevik rifles havc worked freely" And then with n laugh that might almost have shoo'; the windows, "The Bolshevik govern ment is trying to establish a monoply on robbery. The motto is: If there is going to be any stealing let the soviet do it."
 Further along he volunteered this: "There is a new militarism in Russia. Six hours work day and two hours a day military drill was the rule In all the shops and factories heard spok- en of."
 In this city I met Arvd Hansen, a left socialist ayowing Bolshevist principles, and recently returned from Moscow as a correspondent for the Norwegian labor papers. He said:
 "A wild drive is on to get an army of 5000 900 Red Guards. They claim they have half the army raised. I wis tied barracks and camps at Petrograd and personally observed forces 1 would estimate at 100000 in number. | was told that the total number of troops in and around Petrograd mum bered 50O,OO0."
 Constantin Greaves, former cham berlain to the Russian imperial court and a devoted companion of Czar Nicholas was at the Grand Hotel. l asked him what he believes to be the total strength of the Red Guard army.
 "They have about million men in heir army" he replied, "but only about 100000 real soldiers that know how to fight. The rest of the army Is a joke" -. .
 Major Birger osland, American military attaeke to the legation here, was asked the same question. He said:
 "Our information is reliable that they have just about million men in their army. Not all of them arc soldiers, of course. Only part of them are equipped with uniforms and rifles"
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-14
RUSSIAN CROOKS SAFE IN ARMY
 OF THE REDS
(By Carl Sandburg)

CHRISTIANIA, March, l4- We were four passengers in coupe com inC from Stockholm. l sat at win dow and rehearSed lines from the worlds greatest poetry whihe moon- lit Swedish landscape of birches and pines and yellow cottages fitted by'
 They were travelling saleSmen, the other three. They talked in Swedish about trade and markets, women, wine and hotels, money, cabbages and kings.
 "The la five mouths have come from Kiev to Moscow and Petrograd," said the heavyweight from under thick blond mustachc The questions and an Swrrs between Mir. Heavy and his companions ran this way for a while:
 "IS the Red Guard getting strong or or are the BolSheviks bluffing?
 They said in some places there are now a million Red Guards in the army. Sometimes they said there are two million, but did not hear that figure often. Recruiting officers are open in all cities. towns and villages, Many young men are going in who don't care about Bolshevikism. They
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-14
MILWAUKEE sAEEPLAYERS
 INJURED IN THE WAR TO
 HAVE PROPER TREATMENT

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March IA.
 Club owners of the American Associa- tion plan to take care of rnehbers of their teams injured in the war, ae- 4 cording to A. F. Timme. president oi the Milwaukee club.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-14

Evsarude meters sAA repsir psrts a J. L. GYsers. Gss,l!ns aAd dissilsts st ]. L.. Grsefs
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1919-03-14

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
DRIVERS OF ICE
WAGONS TO ASK
INCREASED PAY
Will Meet With Seven Rock island
Dealers Tomorrow Night to
Present Demands.

Drivers of ice wagons are TO de-
mand more money for their ser
vices
4 meeting of the drivers and the
dealers will be held tomorrow
evening at which time the demands
of the men will be presented. What
the men are going to ask in the
way of wages will not be made
known until after the meeting
The drivers are getting S21 and
$22 per week from some of the con-
Germs. Others are paying S23 and
S24. There are seven dealers in
the city.
Some of the drivers have in
formed the consumers at whose
places they deliver the product
that there is to be an increase in
the price of ice. Inquiry of The
Argus today at the office of a ma
jority of the dealers disclosed that
there was no thought of raising
the price. However. one concern
said that should the drivers be
successful in obtaining much of an
increase in wages, the price of ice
may have to be advanced some.
Ice to the average consumer now
costs Sb-oU per 1,O0U pounds. TINS
is an increase in 81 a year over
last year. Last year there was a
howl on the part of the consumers
at the 1918 price. When the in
crease was made 81 this year it
was generally understood that the
advance was meant to include any
increase in the cost of delivery
which the dealer might be con
fronted with this season. The howl
this year was not as loud as last,
the deer peepul" having by this
time become accustomed to in
creases of the kind.
However, it is now a matter of
conjecture if the dealers will ask
the consumer to pay the additional
trifiing cost should the drivers OBJ
tain more -oney for their services.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
PRESENT GIFTS
FOR PRESIDENT
And SECRETARY
Report From Salt Lake City and
BequeSt to Charities Also in
Rotary Noon Meeting.

Frank L. Patterson presented a
partial report of the international
Rotary meeting at Salt Lake City,
Utah, in the regular Tuesday noon
meeting and luncheon of the Rock
Island Rotary club today. He de-
scribed some of the work delegates
are doing at the convention and
showed that the big meeting is a
real success.
The retiring president and the
retiring secretary of the local club
were presented with tokens of the
esteem of their brother members.
E. C. Fisher, the retiring presi-
dent, received a pin emblazoned
with the rotary emblem, set with
diamonds. Joseph G.. Rray made
the presentation speech. Alba G.
Hill, the outgoing secretry, who is
soon to leave the city, was pre-
scented with handsome silver
thermos flask. Mr.. Fisher made
the speech of presentation.
1t was decided to represent the
local Rotarians by a float in the
municipal parade on July 4, the
principal feature of which will be
q large wheel which is the Rotary
symbol. placed in an attractive set
ting. The club also voted the sum
of 100 to be given to the Associated
Charities of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
SLEEPS ON As
BURGLAR Gets
$50 IN MONEY

G. F. Berkshire, a barber in the
Harper House shop, slept undis-
turbed early this morning, while a
burglar ransacked the bedroom of
his home, 100 TWenty-eighth street
The prowler secured this loot:
FNifty-three dollars in cash.
A kodak.
A stickpin.
A bracelet.
The prowler worked so quietly
that he was able to go through
the pockets of Mr. Berkshires
trousers, which were hanging in
the room and get the money with
out disturbing the sleeper. How
ever, when he passed into the din
ing room of the home, he struck
against a chair. The noise awak-
ened Mr. Berkshire and he arose
The prowler made a hasty exit and
disappeared before the owner could
get a glimpse of him.
The police were summoned and
endeavored to take up the trail of
the proWler but this afternoon no
arrests had been made. MIR. Berk-
shire does not know if the burglar
was armed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
CONTRACTSLE Let
AND PLAN MADE
At BOARD meet
]. Il. {. A. Directors Accept Resig'
nation of W. ". Montgomery,
Also, Last Evening.

Directors Of the Rock Island g..
NJ. c. A. board met in regular ses-
sion in the association building lasi
evening. and several affairs were
considered. The resignation Of vii
liam NJ. Montgomery, who bias been
for seme time one Of tho directors.
was submitted by him and accept
Ell
Plans somewhat in detail for the
finance campaign Of the Young
Mems Christian association, which
is to be prosecuted during the irst
ten days Of November, 1919, were
presented BY NJ. Z. Strigter, These
were the work of the finance cam
paign committee. composed Of T. 3.
Davis. NJ. f, Strieter and Q. i.
Stirratt. together with chart
showing a diagram of the organ1za-
ton of the campaign. Both plans
and chart are tentative arrange
ments. and subject 10 revision,
which doubtless viii be made in
some details.
Contracts were let 10 Allen
Meyers and company. for installing
several improvements within the Y.
NJ. c. A. building These are an ice
chest, to be built into the main
floor system of drinking fountains
so that ice water will then be
thrown out instead of city water d.
rect from the main; the installation
of a drinking fountain in the mems
locker room in the basement, and
also hot water Connection with the
cafeteria sink.