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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
A SNOW

From the Nebraska State Journal.
They hay been manufacturing al
Seattle a new snow automobile which
ihey hope will revolutionize travel ana
industry in the northern region. TIL
new vehicle reminds one Of the hydro
plane in that its %buoyancy in heavy SHOWS
is secured by means of two big cylindrt-
cal floats which take the place OF wheeis.
These floats have spiral grooves which
propel the car with their rotary motion.
A pair of sled runners on the front Of
the car serves as the steering apparatus.
1t IN cini,ned that the new vehicle, wilt
travel over fee and snow with practically
thesssame speed as an ordinary automo-
bile and will carry loads of amazing
weight A thousand Of these machines
are TO BIO manufactured during the COM
ing year. II all the expectations Of the
builders are realized the winter life in
Alaska and in other parts OF the north
vest will be very much altered for the
better.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
IMPROVED CA
NMED GOODS.

Whatever may have beer the case
Wlih commercial canned goods in years
past. these goods are getting a clean
OIL or nealth rather regularly In re-
cent years i know the methods of the
Gamers have improved and their an
tire attitude has changed In the last
10 years. However, it is probable that
even in the old days they We're charged
with more than they We're guilty OF.
They now maintain a laboratory de-
partment and this department sub
sidiZes scientific research of the typo
of a recent piece of work done by DIR.
Joseph WeinZirl and published in the
Journal of Medical Research.
He examined 1,01S samples of canned
goods bacteriologically. He found that
a considerable proportion of canned
goods contained bacteria in tho spore
stage, but these nno develop SO long
as the can remains alright. None OF
the organisms which produce food
poisoning, such AS botulism OF ptomaine
poisoning, We're found in commercial
canned goods: % per cent Of the sound
cans containing nice appearing, nice
tasting, and otherwise attractive food
We're found to contain some bacteria In
the spore stage.
The teaching OF this investigation IL
that earned food when opened and for
a short time thereafter is wholesome.
Exposed to the air, the bacteria begin
TO grow. EOweyer. the same can be said
OF the best meats. good milk-not
to mention bad-is a regular london
zoo.
In the olden days cove oysters did not
have many friends at court. The sew
eral cans of oysters examined were
each found entirely free from bacteria.
~Evaporated milk. spinach, sweet pota-
toes. beets and 'apricots were in the
same honor class. The worst record
was that OF sweetened condensed milk:
S3 per cent of the cans OF condensed
milk contained bacteria. Condensed
milk is heated to Il low temperature
and dependence is put on the sugar
and on selling to prevent. bacteria from
growing.
The other foods with the poorer
showings We're: P!ums, 81.S per cent:
okra. ia; corned beef. so; peaches,
4s.1: raspberries. 40 per n
Among the AIMED foods that made
a good record in the tests Lima
beans, 1872: asparagus: 1855: pineapples
1854: peas. 1871: hominy. 14.2, and SAL
mon. 11.S. Many people have been
afraid of salmon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Mapping Disease.

From The Stars ana StTlpeS.
A i.or ard cannot change Its spots, put
there liz the likeness of a beast hanging on
el., walls in the office of the ch'ci sur
geon at Tours whose chameleon proclivi-
ties Indicate every day the status OF the
battle between the A. r.. Il. and disease.
Dots and streaks of color on maps cover
lng all territory occupied by American
soldiers in Europe punctuete and trace the
origin. development. spread and disappear
Anc. of all communicable disease.
This barometer OF the A. y. F.s health
IL watched and studied almost hourly by
the medical authorities. A pin is a little
ching. but one with a glass head nj a GER
tain color suddenly appearing One morn-
Ing on this a.. r. F. ma may cause a rip
ple of fear.
With the continuous movement OF troops
homsward across France. these maps have
proved IT incstimable value.
In one orga nizatiun recently ut Marseilles
almost his whole company. but troops in
brave It out and not answer. sick call.
Unfortunately for the 4. II. F.. he was a
COOK and his company was a motor trans
C"rt outfit. AS a cook he was such an
excellent medium for the disease. that so
OF hts W comrades were infected, who
IN their turn as motor transport men
spread the contagion. The story is COM
lsect!y told on the spot maps" of the
medical department. whose Investigations
prove a singular coincidence in the roads
travelled by the typhoid and the vehicles
OF the Motor Transport corps.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Should Interest WOOD.
From the New YorI, wo,l

IRON the New York World.
In 1864 the democratic politicians oe
the country. desperately in need of n can
didate for president who had a war rec
ORD. decided to capitalize the 'tmartyr-
dom OF Gen. George b. Mcclellan.
General Mcclellan had been Ebrilliant'
OFFICER. Ae had won valuable &ktories in
the 1e1rly days of the war. He bad orean-
lied and drilled the Army of the Poto.
MAJ and made it the greatest fighting
lorce mat q ever fought under tho
American flag. But because of differ
ences with the Lincoln administration
he had twice been removed from com.
mand, once after the Seven DAYS Rattl.
before Richmond. and once after Antfe-
tafn, the bloodicst engagement OF the
war, IN which no han succeeded In fore.
ing Lee back across the Potomac.
~ was the theory OF General McC:eL
ian's democratic managers TINT the sol.
diers would support him and that .he
country could be induced to believe thaA
the ablest soldier in the service had bees
ruthiesty cast aside by Lincoln aad stan.
ton because he was q democrat and NOT
IN sympathy with the polfticaie Policies OF
the adHnintstration. When Tie bAlots
were counted 1t was found that General
Mcclellan had carried three states, Della.
ware. New Jersey and Kentucky. and had
"a votes In the electoral college out of I
total Of 233.
This little chapter of American history
ought to be of profound interest to Oen
Leonard Wood. who has been offered The
republican nomination for president BY
senator Moses, of New Hampshire, on
the o that General Wood is "thS
rightful heir of Mr.. Roosevelt: that "ha
sought service overseas and the priv,
ieee was refused and that mo accept.
ed overwhelmingly the fate which jeal.
Gus politicians melted out to him."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Rhine's Artfui oodeers.

Prom: Commerce and Nnance.
Thomas W. anon OF ]. p. Morgan &
CO, hAs bcen along the Rhine country
from Cologne 60 6krAssburg. He says the
aerynans ri the river mates would well
cosNe having their territories made into a
buffer republic.
Why. OH! Its .very. simple. The Rhine
nountvY asnut suffered in the sllghtest
a6Gfeo from the war 30 far ~ pour OBJ
~servatios, would suKgest. The farms arc
In: excellent condition. The people are
proapNfoun. hore rs plenty OF food. and
there 1lWAIs has been. TIN reason? They
have been close TO the line. The rmug
Rlln9 Of stunt from Holland. Denmark and
elsewhere has been In their hNnds. They
xn0w the French. tho Bfitlbh. h Eel.
Glan. and American troops snre along the
Ahlne In huge force ana 81 peace Is not
slxnOd In accordance with the. allies dc.
fmand1 the Rhine country will sNffer.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Sentiment In Treaty.

From the New York Post.
6enttueent. affected more or less by
practical considerations. enters into Ger
tain minor restorations imposed upon
s%sern,any by the treaty. The French
esatste Tags OF 1870 would naturally go
track. visitors to Berlin who nave seen
b Haunting exhibit OF the loot from Pc
SsAss during Eoxer days will read with
pleasure of the return to the Chimes of
ahc celohnafed Astronomical Instruments,
of n value more sentimental than actual.
The Item concerning the skull of the sui
tan Okwawa rlainly relates TO a real
preattxe which that omewh macabre
sytnbOl OF power exercises among the
tribes Of the late German East Africa.
Most practical of all. perhaps. il the slip
ulated surrender Of the Koran text OF the
Caiipaa Othman to the king OF the He'd
jar. It is certain that with the trench
ant reduction in Turkish power will come
the departure Of the office Of the caliph-
ate from the TurRish sultans. with such
political influence as still attaches to that
office. Thus tho spiritual successorship
b the prophet will return to Arabia and
into the same hand as the political SOW
crcignty over the original home OF Islam.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Hlndenbura aet,res.
From the Dallas News

Nv St.S III ANGWA
General Hinienhurg's resigation 40
commander of the German military forces
puts him back into the ooscurity from
which he emerged shortly after the out
break Of the war, for until then the world
can hardly be said to have known Of
hiri. His reputation as a soldier may
haze suffered during that four-year in
tervai He seems much less the military
genius now than he did when he was
winning one victory after another against
The Russians. But il his military repu-
tattoE has shrunk. he appears a much
moro admirable character at tho moment
If his retirement into obscurity than he
did at the moment of his emergence
from %ohscurity. or all the men who
played Il great part on the stage of Ger
many'a affairs. no is ".ohahly the only
enc OF whom the worl': Kinks more kind
ly now than 1t did at 'lo beginning. Ha
at feast did not desert the German peo-
Pile i'm their extremity.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
WnMe. Horse Doctor.
From the Living Age.

@hSAt ~ w stSG.
Compilcrs of year books and reference
books have been sorely tried by the
Kaleidoscope changes OF the last u
months. The editors of the ...Almanach
de Gotha" for 1919, however. must be
given a place apart among the victims
of unstable circumstances Their diff
culties are but mildly expressed in their
apologize statement that 1.-THE dismem-
berment OF Austria and the transforms.
ton of % German states into as many
republics interrupted our labors as we
were going to press"
Now the least OF these difficulties haa
been the choice of designations for the
fallen potentates. which should not Of
fend foreign susceptibilities. The ex-
kaiser is referred to as doctor of law.
medicine. and science. and only In con-
clusion as grand admiral n field mar
shall: while the crown prince is given a
claim to distinction as a veterinary sur
KOON. HM I
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Neut.a, Morescet
From the London Tines

IRON the London IinceS.
BY the treatv of peace Germany Ia to
recognize the full sovereignty Of Bel
Gium over 1.-THE contested territory
Mcresnet." Thus Il curious little blunh
of the ngres Of Vienna is ~rectife,
Southwest OF Aix-ia-Chapeiie lies the lit
tie triangular tract called Neutral Mores
net. In Napoleon's empire the distric
known rs Moresnst belonged to the de
partmcnt OF the Ourthe. The Vienna in
experts meant to parcel 1t out between
Prussia and the Netherlands. On the
map they drew through it a line about
whose northern terminus there was no
difficulty. About the southern end their
clients %squabb!ed. and their descriptions
In the treaty were at variance. Prussia
swore by one article: the Netherlands
founded. it's title upon another. III mid
was a tris ,grlaf strip OF land
occupying some $50 acres. The fortunes
of this strip depended upon which Of the
two articles prevailed. The congress had
larger questions and regions to dispose
of. Between Moresnct OF the Netherlands
Moresnet of the P%russians. Neutral
Moresnet was SET up to be administered
civilly by Prussia and Holland.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Points for Women.
from the New York world

From the New Yorls World.
When q girl enters the business
world and builds up a business Of
$175.000 a year it's about time the
men sat up and wi out how. Miss
Naude Freeman, with the $175. 900
a year business. gives the following
IA pointers to ambitious women:
Apply yourself unremittingly.
Perfect yourself in some one thing.
specialize.
Know your old job before you expect
q better one.
Make service the keynote OF your ca
reer.
he cheerful.
Be courteous. The public demands Il
and lis entitled to 1t.
Don't make the mistake Of never TAX
ing a vacation.
Make good use of your spare time.
Don't waste time on. movies-grand
opera. symphony concerts OF good plays
are muc better.
Don't he superstitious. 1 got my first
position on Friday.
Invest your savings carefully. Govern
ment securities are best.
When you get = raise. plan to save
more. not spend more.
Set your peg q notch higher every year.
BE a suffYa9ist.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Not So Very "AbomInabIe.r

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Not many days ago one of the leading
members Of the board of education pub
licly denounced as ..abominable' the sug-
gestion Of a prominent educator that the
teachers in the public schools should be
given a voice in the management of the
schools and in the determination of
school policies. 1t may interest members
of the Philadelphia board to know that
the very thing their representative
thought so "abominable" is being serious
~ brought to the attention of the Massa-
chusetts legislature by the Teachers
Federation of that state. A proposal is
pending to increase the state board of
education to ~ and to require that three
members at least shall be teachers. AL
though the idea Is admittedly new In edu-
cational control. 1T is well worthy of con-
siderat!on. There are many reasons why
those most directly Interested in the edu-
cation of children should be represented
in educational councils.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
From the New York Telegra,

From the New York Telegram.
Talking OF high rents--as SO many are
ii seems strange that So few lag empha-
sis Oh the basic. underlying, cause OF the
trouble. l!entss are high because there
are not enough apartments to go around
and there are few. il any. new buildings
under construction. The supply is not
equal to the demand. Then why not en-
courage building?
1t is we'll TO execrate the protteering
landlord. No doubt some deserve 1t. Blu
what gives the landlord the power to de-
mand n get. 20. 80 or so per cen:
more than he could expect five years ago"
Because he can tell the helpless tenant.
'If you don't like it. move. I car easily
rent his apartment" And he can. far
easier than the tenant can go forth and
find another shelter.
Let the facts be faced. and let more
houses and apartments ne built. Ii there
are obstacles in the way, such ,as{ln1tsrial
prices. labor difficulties and the like, let
the energies of alt Interested be devoted
to the solution of tnese probleme. There
is no other remedy .or lack of room ex-
cept-more room.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29

ARMY MENTAL TESTS.
From Amy Rennr,.


After preliminary trials In four
environments psychological examin-
lns was extended by the war de-
partment To the entire army, eX-
cepting only field and general of
ficers a grand total of 1, 126.000
men had been given psychological
examination prior to January I.
1919. Between April 81 and No
vcn,ber so. la!S. 7.Ii9 men. or one
half OF | par cent. wore reported
for discharge by psychological az
anainers because OF mental infcri-
GRITTY. The recommendations :pr as
sigIment to labor hattalionS he
aust of low grade 'ntellisence
numbered 9.s7l-approNin,ately 0.S
per cent. For assignment to dcve!-
ormen; %Hattalions for observation
and preliminary training. to dis
v ways of using them In The
army. 9.452 mon We're recommend
ed. n little over OF per cent
During this same seven months
there We're reported 4.7N men with
mental age" below { years; 1862
between : and s years: 1886 be-
tween 8 and . years: 1851 be-
tween 9 and 10 wears. A total OF
45.653 men under 10 years ''mcn
tai age" 1t is extremely improb-
able that many of these indIvid-
ualS We're worth what II cost the
government 70 maintain. equip and
train them For military service.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Keep OFF.

When Gentle Annie beams and
smiles, I'd like to roam the forest aisles,
FAR from the madding crowd, out when
I'd try that scheme of mine, I find the
omnipresent sign. NO Trespassing
-A%lloyed." II means ten dollars or ten
days to wande in the woodland maze,
and hear woodpeckers sing; they've
fenced In every glade and glen. and
there's no place for weary men to
breathe free air. by jing. Sometimes,
with other easy marks, ] journey to the
public parks. to make the slow hours
pass; to rest upon the sward I ycarn.
but there's "A sign at every turn, which
says, keep or the Grass" I used to
fish when I was Young, through mea-
dow. copse and dell I swung. md no
n called me down. the woods and all
the streams were mine, all day ! fished
with hook and line, and then went back
to town. But now IL go forth. with
bait, I meet some dour. forbidding
skate. who cries. NO fishing here and
IL ] laugh his rede to- scorn. I'm soaked
ten dollars in the morn. which makes
my fishing dear. Jehovah gave us YER
dant hills and signing woods and bah
bling rills. and ponds as clear as
glass: but man has fenced things In,
we see. n nailed to every post and
tree. his sign. "Keep OF the Grass"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
italian "untty."

From TIN New Republic.
1t Is interesting to note one fnct In the
background in the Italian situation. This
il a resolution reported to have been
passed, q short time ago. by the executive
committee of the Italian socialist party.
The COMMITTEES recommends that the party
withdraw from the International Socialist
bureau and affiliate with the Third In
ternationaI" recently founded by the Rus
sian communists and revolutionary groups
OF other countries. A chief reason for this
action Is that the allied socialists in the
old international are too lenient toward
the nationalistfc and imperialisttc pro-
grams of their governments. 1t does not
seem possible. after this. that italian
opinion is now 10 united behind orlando
az we are old It is.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Il Was a Secret.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
During an address Senator Henry F.
Hollis. of New Hampshire. referred TO
the hAbpy faculty that some people have
for keeping secrets nj told follow
ing story:
Recently a man named Jones bought
a likely looking horse. but hardly had he
reached home with the animal before he
discovered that it was blind. Immediate
~ he set about to unload. and in a few
days the horse again changed owners.
Soon afterwardS the latest purchaser met
Jones on the street.
.Look here" he excitediy exclaimed.
shat horse you sold the other day is
blind!''
eyes, wal the rather Indifferent re-
jofnder Of Jones. 81 know it is"
whats that" shouted the new own
er. EDO you mean to say that you knew
1t and didn't mention the fact?"
you roe. It's this way" explained
JOnes. "The man who sold me the horse
didn't say a word about II, and l thought
perhaps he didn't want IL known"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
THE PEssiMisT.


Our Uncle Dan was a mournful man
Designed on q dark and dismal plan.
He counted a grin a kin of sin
And the world a place to he gloomy in.
II days were fine il was just a sign
That storms were brewing. the most ma
lign.
If storms did come he was just az glum J.,
And said: There are worse in store. by
gum." ~.
I've heard 1T said that the gloom would
spread
Like fog wherever he turned his tread;
That the sun grew dim at the sight of
him
n even the song birds lost their vim.
He was old and gray when he passed
way
In his fortieth year me somber day.
Twas mean. ] hold. that the clouds un-
And the sun bcamed out as his kneD
was tolled.
still. I'd swear when he climbed the
stair
And waited his turn at the wicket there
That he scratched the date on the golden
gate
To see II the gold were merely plate!
Walter C. Doty. in Harpcr's Magazine.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
Enemy property
From the Indianapolis .News.

{. From the indianapolis News.
German business interests are not get
ting much comfort out OF his country'a
attitude toward alien property. Inquire:
instituted in behalf of German capitalist,
who wish to know what has become OF
their American holdings are met with tn;
same firm response that determined thu
war policy. In his last annual report thu
custodian Of alien property says:
th n j., legislative intent was plainly
well as disclosed. should be placed en-
tireiy beyond the control or influence
OF us former owners. where is can not
Y or indirectly to the enemy. Until
the peace terms are finally signed and
the ultimate disposition Of property
determined by act of congress-, it shall
DC the nrn purpose Of the alien prop
OF congress- IN respect thereto.
It la estimated that the total vs,ue d
property now In the hands Of the custos
dian Is about $780, O. 900.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
No Adjourned Session.
From the New York Worl,

NhNG u IOtA NOkNI.
The peacs conference canno he recon-
vencd. Negotiations cannot be under
taken with the Germans and with all
he allied lnda ssoclated powers. Unless
this treaty is ratified ns it stands. there
will be nothing for the United States GOV
ernnent to do but begin overtures for a
separate peace with Germany, and we
shall be in II state of war until such me-
gotiations are completed and the substI-
tute treaty Is ratified.
Bad as that may be. 1t would not be the
worst result of senatorial p~artIsanstip and
stupidity. The political isolation of this
country would be complete. In that re-
spect the United States would be on the
there could be no assurance for business
OF any kind. aud the courts would be
clogged with cases that had been. brought
by citizens -endeavoring to establish their
legal status under a government that was
neither at war nor at peace.
Secretary Hay once said that " a treaty
OF peace in any normal state OF things
ought to be ratified with unanimity In "a
hours" This is not a normal state Of
things, and a treaty OF peace containing
$4,000 words could not he read by the Sen.
ate III - hours: but there will be reason
able expedition OF the treaty unless q
Senate minority is resolved at any cost to
the ountr to prevent ratification.
Should that happen. responsible govern
ment will w broken down in the Unit
ed States. and a nation bedeviled by par
tisan politics and mad ridiculous and
fmpctent before the world will haye. to
deal with the situation as. best IT. can.
The price that sthe. American people will
have to pay for senatorial obstruction
will be sta ggering.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-05-29
SEA IRONY.

One day l saw q ship upon the. sands Z
Careened upon beam ends, her tilted leck
Swept. clear Of rubbish of her long past
wreck:
Her colors struck. but not by human
hands;
Her masts the driftwood of what dis
tan strands.
Her frowning ports where. at the ADM
rails beck
Grim visioned cannon hold the foe in
check,
CAPPED for The fsolic OF the minnow.s
hands.
The seaweed banners in her fo'ks,le
waved,
A turtle basked upon her capstan's head:
Her cabins pomp the clownish scuipin
braved. -.
And on her PROV. where the lost fsure-
Head
Once scorned the brine. a nam forgot wa.
.syraved.
It was .'The Irresistible" l read.
-John IAngdon Heston.
Shortage OF men 10 about 70 cause the
navy department to place tho famous bat
sA-An -