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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-31
THE WORD COINAGE OF WAR
(FrOm The Detroit Free Press)

From The Detroit Free Press
 ''Don't be 'dud, " said the lad, half .coaXingly, half-cOntemptuously, to a school mate upon whom he was urging action to which the other opposed resistence Thus a word used colloquially as designating shabby clothes or semi-valuelesS effects ac- quires a meaning but indirectly traccablc to the original. A remarkable number of new words, either applying to new inven- tiOnS or to be classed as "SOldiers' slang ' came into being during the war and have been recognized in 1919 dictionary. Pres ently philologists will be exploring in search for roots, and certain among them will be duly incorporated into our language, while others will drop out as words of oc- casion only.
 Among the first will be "aptronym' absent from 1913 lexicons a surname indi- cative of an occupation; "paravene," a species of waterplane used to locate and destroy moored mines; ''soviet," appearing this year for the first time in any dction- ary; 'boche" and ''bolsheviki," ," two words which need no definition at the moment, at least, would be vainly sought in any die tionary save the latest. "Ace," like "dud, <" gets meaning that will stick, and ''slack- er'' is already adopted as derogatory term. ''Billjim' stands for a typical Aus tralian; "blighty," wound sufficient to send the victim to hospital, has an ex- cuse for being in European word, bilayati The French camouflage has been received into polite society, where a good deal of that sort of thing is in evidence
 Mention of all the words arising out of wars usages, inventions, and exigencies, including the doughboys' slang-doughboy itself originating in a fancied resemblance of the globular buttons on privates' uni forms to the navy's dough-ball, lump of raised dough boiled in salt water and not particularly favored by the Jackies-would take too much time and space. No other war has occasioned so many new words of legitimate purpose, and none has been more prolific in slang.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-31
HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT

David Starr Jordan's announcement that he is for Hoover for President first, last and all the time reflects sentiment that Is apparently growing stronger in the United States every day. It is significant, too, that it is increasing in spite of Mr.. Hoover and not because of any activity of his for securing the nomination. He is do- ing everything possible to discourage it and recently reiterated an earlier statement made by him that he has no political aspir-
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-31
JUDGE BUNNELL
(Juneau Enpire)

The nomination of Judge Bunnel should be promptly confirmed by the United States senate. Judge BunneIl has made a remarkable record on the bench since going to Fairbanks as a young lawyer to take his position on the bench there. He has gained the confidence and support of the people of all classes in his division thru his integrity, courage, ability, indus try and unfailing courtesy and fairness. This year he has done double duty-and he has done it well. In addition to taking care of the work in his own division, he has been holding court for weeks at Val deg, Cordova, Seward and Anchorage. He is now about to hurry back to his own divi- sion where he will work all winter He is a credit to the bench and Alaska, and he should be promptly confirmed.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-12-31
HART TO GREET
 GEN. PERSHINC
HEADS COMMITTEE TO ARRANGE SEATTLE RECEPTION OF
 NOTED COMMANDER.

SEATTLE. Wash Dec. 30 -lPp- Preparations for an elaborate recep- ton of General John J Per-hing ar, being made in this city Governor Hart, as chief state executive has been appointed as head of the recep- Dion committee The governor with the mayor of Seattle will greet Gen eral Pershing at the depot when he arrives in the city on January 19 It is expected that thousands of peo- pie will be here from all points in the state to take part in the city's greeting to the great American com mander
 For real good coffee go to the U. s. Grill.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25

come to the conclusion that
there are no hopes of obtaining
the county seat anywhere in
that part of the county and ev-
cry day someone who voted
against the building of a court
house when the proposition was
up before makes the statement
that if the proposition comes up
in a fair manner before the vot-
ers it will pass without a hitch.
There are some in this city
who will state that diplomacy,
gumshoeing or big stuff should
be pulled and really believe that
we are foolish to talk as we are
talking about the courthouse
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25

matter. Very well, we will coma
back and remind them that pus.
sy-footing and the big" stuff
has been pulled several times
and the ones who did the pullinS
Of the deep stuff were sent home
like school boys who had been
kept after school. Let's Side.
track the inside" bunk and On
before the voters and ask that
Benton county, not Prosser. he
given a business headquarters
in keeping with its just desserts
If this is done there is no doubt
as to the outcome considerino
the feeling towards Prosser ex.
hibited all over the county"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25

more thoro and more widespread
education. he hope of the
world is education. The Ameri-
can public school is the greatest
Americanizer of them all. Yet
today we are expecting it to do
1OO-cent work on accent dol
lars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
Court House Bug Busy

WW WW
Court House Bug Busy
|@OME DAY the entomolo-
~ gists may lay off the cod
| lin moth long enough to chase
down and classify and otherwise
hamstring the court house bug
which has infested Benton coun-
| ty 10 these many years. He has
dormant moods and periods all
right but along in the fall, about
the time the voters fancy light
lly turns to thoughts of politics
he gets busy. He has registered
in this year already and is as
busy as a Colorado beetle In the
county seat.
Not long ago word just sort er
floated into Kennewick from one
of the larger cities of the state
that one of Prosser's old patri-
archs had leaked the inside in
formation that "we have the
court house proposition all sew
ed up this time. We're sure go
ing to build her." Then follow
ed a, news item in several of the
Northwest daily papers to the
effect that Prosser was more
than pleased with the prospect
of having a new court house in
that city in the near future.
| Last week the Central Yaki-
}. ma Ranches company devoted
/, its display advertising space in
both Prosser papers to telling
the people that now is the time
to get the court house and the
way to do it is to list their places
| for sale and be replaced with
people "who are the salt of the
earth and who will be credit
to the community" The come
pany starts its advertisement by
, saying: "Prosser has wonder
full opportunity to render per-
manent it's prestige as the CAPT
!. tai of Benton county and to
!. bring about the immediate con-
/ struction of a court house in
keeping with the dignity of a
, prosperous community"
In the same issue in which
this advertisement appeared the
, Republican-Bul devoted its
, lead editorial to the court house
: question. The editor is to be
complimented for the candor and
; spirit of fairness which he shows
: in the editorial. We agree with
: Thin fully that the court house
, question is one which calls fol-
no gum-shoeing and highland
! ed stuff, but we cannot agree
! with him that majority of the
voters Of the county would cast
: their ballots for building a court
! house at this time. But should
! the question be submitted to g
! vote of the people and should the
r people authorize its building, we
i are for it.
: The Republican-Bulletin's ed.
: itorial follows:
: "The time at present is propi,
tious for putting of the court.
house proposition up to the PEG.
pie of Benton county. Every
. voter in the county realizes II
Il his own mind that Prosser is the
: county seat; that it will be the
: county seat for all time and as
such is deserving of q court
: house that will do justice to 8
county as prosperous as Benton
r county. The site is ready, the
J, people of the county are ready
: to build on that site and if the
!, issue was put fairly and square.
lly up to the voters there is nc
doubt that it would carry with
e la handsome majority. Even the
r Voters in The lower end have
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-09-25
More School Money

special levy for additional ScnOOl
money will be authorized at the
election Saturday. Whatever
else we may or may not do we
cannot afford to let our system
of education take backward
step.
The thing which the Kenne-
wick district is up against today
is the same thing which other
districts are not only up against
this year but faced last year
when special elections were ne
cessary to ;orovide sufficient
finds. And the same condition
is bound to prevail until sorre
remedial steps are taken either
by the legislature or by means OF
la readjustment of assessed val
luations. Tic trouble is, we are
attempting to pay the expenses
of our schools with forty-cent
1dollars and are raising those dol
lars. on the old 100-cent' basis.
The limit of taxation is the same
as for years passed and the tax
liable values show but little
change in the last four or five
years.
The wonder of it is that we
are not called upon to authorize
a higher levy than the one pro-
posed. The board and the super
intendent are certainly to be con-
graduated upon the fact that
they have been able to open the
schools with a full teaching staff
and to keep the estimated ex,
penditures anywhere near the
legal limit Of revenues. While
the board is to be congratulated
for it's economy it is not greatly
to our credit as citizens that we
are asking those to whom we en-.
trust the education and training
Of our children, to serve for less
4 compensation than the dish
Il washer or the fellow who pushes
our lawn mower. We may tall
ourselves black in the face about
keeping up the standard of thu
schools, but we shall accomplish
little until we make up our minds
to pay those who teach oul
children salaries commensurate
| with the services we expec
them to render.
This condition is by no mean'
local, but national. Mature ant
experienced teachers are step
ping out into other profession
where there is a chance for then
to earn compensation in keeping
with their abilities. Young PEG
pie Of promise and ambition ar
preparing themselves for othe
better-paying professions. Re
suits are already beginning t
II tell. Immature and inexper
fenced teachers, who a few year
ago would have been considers
II eligible only for the smaller ru
II raj schools, are today being &C
II cepted upon the teaching stan
II Of the smaller city schools an
Il the more experienced teacher
Il are eagerly sought by the large
Il city schools. If this condition
Il long prevails the inevitable re
/ suit will be a lowering of stand
Il ards all along the line. VotiEl
Il special taxes to meet annual de
II fcits may afford us temporar,
II respite, but if we are going :
II record any worth while hea5
II way in handling the school pro-
II lem we shall lave to stage on
II endeavors upon a broader scale
II During the war and since tn
cry has gone up for a create
II Americanisrn, a cry for create
stress being lid upon the neces
sity for brins ing our childrc
up to be fit sne. efficient citizen
H Of a great christian nation. TIL
u cry Of the 1stion today is 20
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
CAREER OF KATHERINE
BUSH" NOW PICTURIZEp

Appearing in the stellar role of
"The Career of Katherine Bush," a
splendid Paramount-Artcraft special
perturbation of Elinor Glyn's famous
novel of the same name, which will
be shown at the Orpheum theatre
next Sunday and Monday, Catherine
Calvert, the beautiful and talented
star, has one of the strongest roles
of her screen career.
In this picture, which was directed
by R. William Neill, Miss Calvert is
seen as Katherine Bush, an ambitious
young woman who begins her career
as a typist and succeeds in wedding
the Duke of Mordryn, a member OF
the English parliament, after a tur'
bulent courtship. The photoplay fair.
ly bristles with action and the var.
ious situations are unusually thrilling
and appealing.
Miss Calvert is an actress of excep'
tional dramatic force and beauty. She
has appeared in numerous %photoplays
and her stage career has been quite
successful. Her husband was the late
Paul Armstrong, a well known play
wright, and she appeared in severa
of his plays in New York with grea'
success. She is a finished artist an<
her character portrayals r truthful
sincere and effective.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
FLAX A PROMISING
1920 SPRING CROP
World Shortage. Of oils and
Paints Means Strong Flax
y Demand in Northwest

There is every reason to believe that
flax will respond to heavy demand
with high prices for some time TO
come. and that this condition will re.
suit In planting an unusually heavy
crop of flax in Montana next spring.
Efforts are being made to preserve
II secure enough good flax seed to
meet the call which Is expected to be
especially heavy in the northern and
eastern counties of the state.
While the unexpected drop In flax
prices has somewhat dampened the en-
thuafasm for the crop, nevertheless
the figure at which it Is quoted is still
high, and men in touch with the flax
situation say that with the improve.
ment OF the European condition, the
price will return to its high level and
is not likely to drop for some time
The world is still far short of it's nor
NAL stocks Ct fats and oils. The stocl
or llnseed oil In its original state an(
in paints all over the world is sub
normal. There Is building and re
building activity on both sides of tn.
Atlantic. placing an added strain OF
the lender supplies of flax and it!
products. That flax could drop IL
price in the face of such a conditto,
has puzzled many growers.
The reason is found in the fac
that Europe, because of lack Of casl
and credit, has been unable to Absorb
the Argentine surplus, which conse
quently has been quoted in Americ,
at a lower figure thar seemed at al
likely early in the year. There is
great demand in Europe which canno
become operative until credit is al
ranged on this side of the water
This situation is reflected in the un
usually high rates of exchange obtain
ing In this country on European cul
rency.
Reports from farmers in the north
eastern counties Of the state show tina
flax withstood the drouth as we'll a
wheat, and with Its higher value pc
bushel, was q money-making GRO
where conditions permitted Il harves
The United States for several year
has been forced to rely % an increa,
ing extent on imported flaxseed SUI
plies to meet domestic needs. until tn
domestic production is less than hal
the home demand. These factors hav
become evident with the result tina
Montana farmers are paying increa.
ing attention to flax in making the
plans for next spring.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
FASHIONS FUZZEs.

; $40 you think sidewhiskers will
ever come in fashion again."
"They're in fashion now" said MI
Rufnek. "The girls are wearin' 'em
over their e~ars."-Washington Star.
"WHOM THE GODS WOULD
DESTROY" AT ORPHEUM
The ambitions of half a dozen men
who, since the Christian era's open
ing, have tried to conquer the world,
and in so doing have brought down
upon humanity untold misery are
touched upon wildly in "Whom the
Gods Would Destroy" the, feature pic
ture which will be presented by First
National at the Orpheum theatre, on
Tuesday, November 10.
The picture opens with the birth of
Christ who brought to troubled world
the philosophy of love, which ever
since has been struggling to over
come the human tendency to create
strife. Four centuries later Attila
the Hun, from whom the kaiser obtain
ed his inspiration, is seer trying to
conquer the world.
From this time forth he pursued the
ambition to conquer the world even as
did the latter day Hun, who ruined his
own people, and a large part of Eu.
rope in trying to emulate Attila. First
Attila, at the head of Pagan hordes
swept East and despoiled in Persia
Armenia and northern Greece.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14

Not entirely successful here he
swung back west with renewed fury.
There he met the Romans, and in
what was anciently called the Cata-
launian fields (now the valley of the
Marne) was defeated in a dramatic
battle in which the Visigoths, who
were allied with the Romans snatch
ed victory from the Huns, after the
death of the Gothic leader Theodore.
His ruin is shown, and the picture
passes on to Mohammed the Second.
How he fails and how his grandson,
SULLIVAN, follows in his steps is next
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14

- CAREFUL selection of pure, resistant flax seed has given northeastern
Montana flax growers Il variety superior o ordinary seed under NJ L.
tna conditions, and where planted with proper attention to time of
seeding. and seed bed preparation, is o profitable from the stanlpoinr of
value and yield. This is the N. D. r. 80, largely grown in Sheridan county.
and which played a considerable part in Sheridan countys flax innings
at the State fair this year.
Indications are that flax will be heavily sown in Montana mex spring.
so the question IT a pure seed supply is timely and important. In several
counties the farm bureaus. forseeing tn coming demand for flax seed have
started countrywide work to see that no flax that is suitable for seed is
permitted to leave the state this fall n winter. Seed that is frosted. or#
foul with weed seeds, car be sold to crushers without loss hui bright clean
flax seed is needed within the state for the 1920 planting. If every pouall
of good seed that was harvested this fall could be held for seed by the
growers or sold to other growers for planting, it is doubtful, in the view OF
men familiar with the flax situation in the state. whether there would be
enough to meet Montana needs
Farm bureaus M county hgentsi in the northern counties where flax VAS
harvested this fall are advising the growers to hold their good seed. Ic
forced to dispose of it,. they urge the growers to see that it is sold in a
quarter hat Will insure ms tentlo within the state for use as seed. Unless
this sis done, seed that is sodo III Oft the state will be bought back mex spring
at Il heavy loss to thu buyer. in the Judgment of the flax farmers who are alye
to the situation. The cooperation oft the flax growers of the stat is nrevs-
say to SAY fx seed II will he ns effective if every flax wth al
surplus Oft good flax seed which he desires to sell, will notify his cuun, nyant
Or farm bureau of the fact that he has flax seed for SALE. It's con,mic
distribution cal then be attended to. !
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
Nurses at DeacOness Home
Royal Entertainers.

Through an oversight we neglected
to mention last week a delightful So
cial event given by Miss Clark and
her staff of nurses at the Deaconess
home. The rooms were decorated with
appropriate Halloween decorations,
room being cunningly arranged to
represent a witch's den, where a real
witch told the fortunes of the guests.
Weird ghosts met the guests and con-
Quoted them to the entrance of the
home, where they were %graciously re-
ceived by Miss Clark and Miss Till
man, who were dressed in black and
yellow.
After various games all repaired
to the dining room where a delicious
lunch was served.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
LEAKY BAGGAGE
ATTRACTS OFFICER.

Trunks have often been used to con-
vey mysterious burdens, but the con-
tents of the trunk shipped from SEQ
hey, which, by the way, is located neal
the Canadian border, to this city, did
not long remain a mystery. 1t was sus-
pected before it left the depot on ac-
count of the strong odor which chung
about it and which is not altogether
unfamiliar even in dry Montana.
S. j. Kirk, a deputy special agent,
having received a tip, was on the look
out for this particular piece of bag
gage, and when it showed up on the
platform Sunday morning he demand
ed to know of the transfer man who
was about to load it on his dray, the
name of the party who was to receive
it. Mr.. Kirk and Special Agent Thorn
as Jerrow were on hand at just the
right time when the trunk arrived at
the home of Gus H. Hively. Officer
Kirk demanded of Hively that he open
the trunk. Hively hesitated, asking
by what authority Mr.. Kirk made the
demand. Mr.. Kirk assured him that
even though it was not known general
ly to the public, he was, nevertheless
a deputy special agent representing
the government and displayed his
badge to prove it.
Hively fastened to ~unloose the lid,
and there packed away in hay and
Russian thistles were-not. suits and
shirts and underwear-but a neat five
gallon key and three cute little demi-
johns Zone cracked or leaking), all
holding liquid contents that bore such
u~nmistakable evidence of being booze
that Hively wisely concluded that it
was best to acknowledge the "corn."
He told the officers that he had made
a special trip to Scobey where he pick
ed up a bargain lot of the stuff at
only $25 a gallon and had packed it
in Mhe trunk and shipped it to him
self at Wolf Point. He even admitted
that he had expected to "peddle" it.
He was brought before the United
States commissioner for a hearing and
held to the United States district
court. His bonds were placed at $1,000.
Being unable to furnish bail he was
taken to the state Jail at Poplar to
await trial.
Hively's place of residence, to which
the trunk in question was taken, is
on South Boundary street, next door
to the Basil Zemo home. Hively was
formerly employed in Zemo's pool hall.
VOL Point Promoter.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
HONEST FARMER.

Two piles of apples lay on the
ground. One contained a large sized
and rosy selection; the fruit of the
other was green and small.
"Large on top, sir, and small at the
bottom? ?" inquired the new assistant
of his master, as he prepared to fill
a barrel.
"Certainly not" replied the farmer,
virtuously. Honesty is the best pol
icy, my boy. Put the little apples at
the top, and the large ones at the bot
TOM"
The assistant complied. His mast
err was evidently as green as his green
est fruit.
els the barrel full, my lad?" asked
the farmer.
"Yess,' answered the assistant.
"Good," said the farmer. "Nov
turn it upside down and label it,
London Tit-Bits.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-14
shown. Then comes Napoleon who

shown. Then comes Napoleon who
comes very near realizing his ambi-
tion-if it had not been for Waterloo.
This ancient phase of the worlds
history is only touched upon in "Whom
the Gods Would Destroy" as most
of it is intensely modern. 1t tells the
story of a young American who is
the inventor Of a mighty means of
warfare. How the Menace learns of
this invention, and preparing to con
quer the world, schemes to gain pos
session of the invention is one of the
moving themes of the photoplay.