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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03

every case OF death the heart fails. n
that Is an important factor in deter
mining death. But the important aues-
ton Is. what caused the heart to fail.
For illustration. a train has stopped.
A passenger asks why. The brakeman
says the engine is not running. The
statement is true. The train is not run.
ming because tho. engine Is O pull;ne
but that answer does o get us any-
where. Why is not the engine pulling?
that Is the. real question. When
ever we hear the cause Of death given
as failure we should say: Guess
again.
The term dropsy is almost ON the
same plane. Occasionally we read Of a
death due to dropsy. More frequently
we hear Of some one being sick with
dropsy Dropsy is an effect. It NAV
be due to any one Of several diseases
Here, too. guess again.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03

Washington. ID. c., March 14.--Of
supreme Importance to the United
States is the contention OF Japan that
she should control the Caroline Islands
and others in the same group that for
merry belonged to Germany and are
now the subject OF ISuch discussion in
the Paris peace conference.
1t is probable that Il league of ma
tons will be formed and that an inter-
national naval force will be one of the
provisions, but interested countries on
the Pacific seem to feel tina the world
should he made safe for themselves
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03

race. Oaxaca. the California OF Mexico.
was the sent Of a great civilization. of the
zanptscs and Mtztecs. conquered in battle
by the AZtecs but q short time before the
Sy'aniar'ls came. The Mayas of Yucatan
are wholly different in race and charac-
tor: they always nave a smile, one never
sees y scowl OK hears a quarrel: but
they are sturdy. laborious and tenacious
or their nationality. The Aztecs were in
course Of conquer;ng them when the
sSpa:iiaids came. And the racial antag-
orissn of Mayas for all Mexicans is ex-
treine: they do not want them. Msxi-
cans call trea the Separation" OF
YGcatan: hut YucntscaEs arc not Next
cans. and never have been.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03
Yucatssars and msxi.ars.
From Worid's worr

FTO!N NOl1d's Work. >
There were. roughly. three settled Mex
ican nationa! civilizations prior to the
conquest with q minor fourth. the Tar
ascan on the middle west coast. Michoa-
The Aztecs were a nation Of bloody
sacrifices. who 4 come down from ~
north some centuries ,before, and, treated
ths'sfaf higher andsmore peaceful icviii-
sasions Of southern Mexico about q did
the Goths In Rome. or the Manchu
IAtATs IN CHINA Their civilization was
about on the level with that q contain.
pctary Europe In organisation. ana much
oeyoud that In .educatioa: though 10
9eseroyed and never learned tho best q
waAe cxtsesd. bsfoyAs than. But they
weeN. and stiN ere . Hoflika aAd ssTAtarf
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03

Inc Island OF Guam belongs to tina
United States. it being coded by Spain
IN 1895. when she sold the remainder
20 Germany.
Witt, the United States controlling
tho Fiawiian islands. Guam, and the
Philippines her naval supremacy on
the 'nrific would seem secure. Japan.
however. wants Il foothold in the Caro-
lines for Il naval base: then. il the in
tsr'ational nava! police force fails in
becoming n reality, h has accom-
plisiiad enough to seriously contest our
iac!t;c security by an extensive forth
iicatlon OF her new possessions.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03

first; therefore Japan is hurriediy adj
vanciEg new reasons why she should
have all the South sea Islands lying
north of the equator. Australia is. just
as determined to control to the
south. and the United States is liter
ally standing by"
The SOUTH sea islands are made mp
Of several groups. known as tho
C%arolines, the Marshal islands. and
the Marianne group Il total OF some
500 small islets with a population of
about $4,000 people. and an area of
less than 1000 miles, OF this group
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03
Well Intended An.~.
<Fnom: the ,vCoh,rnh,,. n

the columbus Dispatcb.
a doctor said to his wife: lyon "A.
dear. 1 have pulled the patient throurh
aftsr AL: . very critical case. I can tai
you.v ~' '~'
..xe. dear hubby" was the answer:
feUodon. All. if I had onjv knovn VIM
idve years earlier! ] feel certain my ffr.t
nusnand-ny pooe Robert-would have
eeAo. saNe1.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
YEAR RICH IN CENTENARIEs
Natal Day Celebrations of Many Fa-
People Will Take Place
During 1919

This year of grace 1919 is rich In
centenaries. To begin with, it is a
hundred years since Queen Victoria APP
peared on Mother Earth-a centenary
concerning which the monthlies will
presently be waxing eloquent, London
Tit-Bits states
Another noted centenary of the
present year is that of the famous old
sec-dog, Admiral Rodney, the man in
whom for years the French found SO
persistent assailant, so doughty an
adversary. Twas way back in 1919
that this old gentleman first delighted
his friends with his presence. The
centenary of w. E. Foster, the states
man, will also be celebrated this year.
Few greater authorities on educa ton
than this gifted Son-in-law of the great
Doctor Arnold of Rugby ever breathed.
Among other worthless whose names
must also be mentioned in this CON.
nection is that of John Campbell
Sharp, the Wordsworthian poet and
philosopher; Arthur Hugh C1ough, the
poet, and Charles Kingsley, the gifted
author of that immortal thriller,
westward Hop
Scotsmen will presently be doing
honor to the memory of another noted
individual whose centenary also falls
this year-a man worthy of happier
fat@Donald Cargill, the great Gov
enanter, who, it will be remembered,
for .daring to excommunicate the king,
was executed at the old Market
Cross, Edinburgh. Neither must we
forget George Eliot, the authoress -of
that unparalleled romance, adam
Bede.'
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
sKILLFUL PIECE OF WORK
Novel Feat of Engineering Recently
Put to the Credit of American
Bridge Builders

Not long ago it was discovered that
the piers of the combined highway and
railroad bridge across the Missouri
river at st. Joseph, Mo-, were in bad
condition and it. would be necessary
to build new piers. At first it was
proposed to build the new piers on
the downstream side of the old bridge
and shift the bridge 1aterally to the
new position, in this way maintaining
traffic over the old bridge while the
new construction was going on But
the war department required the in
stallation of q larger draw-span in the
bridge and so it was decided to build
the new piers between the old piers
After they were completed, the fixed
spans of the bridge were moved shore
ward endwise, so that they rested on
the new piers. A temporary span was
constructed to fill the gap thus &C
casioned, so that traffic was closed
over the bridge for less than ten hours.
Then work was begun upon the new
swing span, which was built emit
lever in open position To permit Of
this, a portion of the old swing-span
had to be cut away and temporary
1ift-span was put in to take care of
river traffic. Thus the bridge was re-
constructed without changing it's
alignment Scientific American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
IAPs HONOR BRITISH SAILOR
Still Revere Memory of William
Adams, Who Led Expedition
to Their Country in 1000.

Two memorial stone lanterns near
the Japanese port of Yokosuka are the
peoples tribute to the memory of
William Adams, an English sailor who
was the first of his countrymen to
settle in Japan, and who is credited
with opening the way for commerce
between Britain and Japan. In 1000
Adams led a trading expedition bound
for the West Indies His fleet consist
ed of five vessels symbolica1ly named
Faith. Hope, Charity, Fidelity and
Good News. The expedition met with
many miSfortuneso of weather and
sickness. Their adventures included
the loss of eight men who were eaten
by cannibals on one of the Pacific
islands
The ship carrying Adams finally
reached the coast of Bungo. In the
eastern part of Kyushu, Japan. The
Eng1fshm9n made friends with the ma
tives until the arrival of some Portu-
guese Jesuits who told the japanese
leaders the strangers were pirates and
had them imprisoned. The emperor
heard of their plight, and had them
brought to his palace at Osaka The
ruler finally decided that the men were
harmless and released them. retaining
Adams at court to teach shipbuilding
and other arts to the natives. In 1913
another English sea captain arrived in
Japan with letters from the king of
England to the emperor of Japan.
Through Adams influence the English
men and the oriental ruler signed a
treaty giving Britain the perpetual
right to enter any ports of the empire
and trade freely throughout the
country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
LEARNING TO BE A CIVILIAN
Discharged British Soldier TestifIes
That He Finds New Feeling
Out OF Uniform.

Is the glamor of uniform wearing
off?
After three years of. service clothes
I have just spent my first days in
civilian attire Surprising to tell. 1
believe / have met with more civility
out of uniform than in it. "R- G."
writes in the continental edition of the
London Mail.
Two possible solutions of this re
markable attitude occur to me- The
first is that most officers appear to be
rather stern and stand-offish in uni
FORM The other solution, and per-
haps an equally probable one, is that
the public is getting tired of seeing
so many officers going about aimlessly
with apparently nothing much to do
except to spend money and kill time.
Naturally, 1 suppose. when I first
went out in ''civvies', I had the in
grained inclination to salute all su-
perior officers met and to prepare to
take salutes from the ranks. It took
me the best part of day to overcome
this impulse.
The sir habit was very strong, too.
On my first morning as civilian
had to see a colonel at the war Office
on Observation-Disclosures in which our
standing was at least equal-and
Immediately Stirred" him, of course.
Force of habit, pure and simple.
Again there is the matter of running
after an omnibus or across the road
in uniform one tries to make point
of not doing these things Now, how
ever, when example, has not longer
to be considered, find it practically
impossible to chase omnibus or
flee from an oncoming taxicab. The
instinct is against doing so.
Apparently it is just as necessary to
relearn how to be a civilian as it
once was to learn how to be a soldier.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the county of Trego, Kan
sas, to be held at Wa-Keeney, on Octo-
Der 11th, 1919, to fill the position of
rural carrier at Wa-Keeney and va
cancies that may later occur on rural
routes from other post offices in the
aforementioned county. The examin-
alton will be open to citizens who are
actually domiciled in the territory of
a post Office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set forth
i'm Form No. 1877. This form and APP
plication blanks may be obtained from
the office mentioned above or from
G. G. Greenwood. Applications should
be forwarded to the Commission at
Washington at the earliest practic-
able date Admission of women to
this, examination will be limited to
those who are unmarried and to the
wives of soldiers and sailors serving
in the present war.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
Protecting AirpIane Properrer..

An aluminium plating for airp1ane
propel1ers has been devised for the
purpose of protecting the wood from
the influence of the weather, which
has been a serious problem heretofore.
The plating is thin leaf which is in
corpOrated in the finish of the propel-
1ers, and the idea was developed by
the forest products laboratory at
Madison, Wis, and placed in produc-
ton by the war department The
process is practically 100 per cent eff
fective in preventing absorption of
water, particularly in the storage
stage A French authority states that
80 per cent of the French propellers
produced are rejected by the pilots
mainly because they are out of bal
ance- This difficulty is due largely to
unequal absorption or distribution of
moisture and can be greatly reduced
by an effective water-proofing coating
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
Complete Program Each Day
BANNER ITEMS

Nearly everyone from this neck of
the woods attended the Fair at Wa
Keeney at least one day.
Mr.. Harris from Wa-Keeney, has
been in our neighborhood lately solic-
iting orders for nursery house.
Oscar Guilbert and Harry Lucas at
tended the Peter Dreiling sale Mon
day. Mrs. Guilbert spent the day with
Mrs. Lucas.
Paul Lamoree traded in his Ford
for Iowa that evening where he will
home with him. He was accompanied
by his brother, Lloyd
Announcer nts were received last
week of the marriage of Mr.. Herbert
Tuttle to- Miss Esther Peterson The
happy event took place at Beloit
September 7th. Herbert futile is well
known to Banner folks be heing the
eldest son of J. NJ. futile of the Hack
berry neighborhood and grandson
of Mrs. A. w. Purinton His bride
comes from one Mitchell counties old
est families and is prominent in
church circles in Beloit. She is a
young lady of exceptionally winning
ways and can truly say that she. num-
@bers her friends by her acquaintance
This union marks the elimination of
a friendship that began four years
ago but like SO many others its crown
ing event was postponed by Mr.. Tut
ties call to the co4ors. We wish these
worthy young people happiness and
success in their new home which will
be in Beloit where Mr.. Tutt1e has a
position as an auto mechanic
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
Diamond Cutters.

There are %, 600 diamond cutters
and po1fshers in the world. OF these
only about 675 are in the United
States, and these have come mostly
since the outbreak of the European
war, which crippled the industry in
Amsterdam and Antwerp, the worlds
greatest centers. There were at the
beginning of the present year SO dia-
mond-cutting establishments in this
country. This is exclusive of shops
where all kinds of precious stones are
cut.
The number of Germans employed
as diamond cutters did not exceed 600
before the war, and of these only rs
per cent worked for establishments
in Germany. During the war 600 or
700 Belgian cutters emigrated to Eng
land and organized as a branch of the
London Diamond Cutters union. They
did work principally for Belgian and
Russian houses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
EAST TREGO LOCALS
Pretty dry and dusty.

Pretty dry and dusty.
Threshing in this locality is nearing
completion.
The roads are getting bad with
chuck holes.
Pastures have dried up and feed
that is not cut is dieing.
The smallest Hoffer girl fell and
broke her arm few days ago.
Chas. Dietrich has moved on the
Mulheim section in Glencoe township.
Andrew Schum hauled lumber for
his new house in Riverside last week.
Gus Deutscher has returned from
France where he served in the U. S.
army.
Adam Sauer has moved onto the
farm he purchased from the Cross
estate.
W. T. Cox and Chas. Dietrich were
the first to begin sowing wheat in this
section.
1t is reported that VIM. Lof1in has
sold his farm south of Ogallah to
Otto Colborg.
Several from East Trego attended
the non-partisan league meeting at
Hays last Sunday.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
Hot Blast of Volcanoes.

Writing in the Monthly Weather
Review George N. Cole sets forth de-
tailed arguments to prove that the
hot blast which swept over the city
of ST. Pierre during the eruption of
Mont Pelee, as well as similar blasts
in connection with the eruption Of
yesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and
Herculaneum, the eruption of Taal,
Sakura jima, etc, derived it's heat from
the sudden compression of the air sur
rounding the volcano, and not from
conditions in the volcano itself In
other words, it was not, according to
this hypothesis, an outpouring of hot
crater gases that caused the destruc-
ton, but the dynamic heating of the
air attending the propagation of the
explosion wave.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
stopping a Great Waste.

Millions of dollars worth of fruit
have been wasted in Florida during
the quarter of a century. Hereafter
nothing will be wasted as the drops,
cullS and ripeS will all be utilized by
new processes evolved by clever
chemist and scientist. The growers
and the public generally will be helped
by these processes, as the former will
reap benefit from the sale of their
waste products and the latter Will
have the benefits of the manufa ctured
products which are greatly in demand.
Florida TimeS-UniOn.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
AdniraIty's Humor.

The British admiralty has a sense
of humor, and occasionally displays it
in official documents.
An old sea captain wrote to the de-
partment complaining, more in sorrow
than in anger, of the way in which his
ship had been dazzle painted: "FirSt
you make me look like a parrot, and
then you make me look like a hay
stack, and ] don't want to look like
ether He got back the official re-
ply:
1--WE don't want you to look like
either parrot or haystack, but we
do want you to look like as if your
stern was where your head ought to
be-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
Mines Threaten shippino.

Naval authorities say it will be sew
eral years before the waters of Eu-
rope are entirely free of floating mines
Many of the German mines destroyed
by allied trawlers were found to have
been moored by ropes When the rope
rotted the mines broke from their
anchorages and drifted in many cases
to the main line of steam travel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18

S-fOOt header barges good new; 1 good gOn ::
yer; 1JOhn Deere, 6 shovel cultivator; hay buck
S new; Osborne 14-disc harrow, good as new:
rhauled; 1 2 or 3 bottom Lacrosse power pillow
actor oil; 25O-gallon gas tank; 5O-g allOn oil
); 1 set of driving harness, good new; saddle;
ilding SxS it.; lath garden fence 2Ox32; hog
ID second hand lumber, mostly 1x12x12, 1x12x14.
ecker; and chair; chairs and other things too
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18

Wilfred Lacerte left Saturday even
ing for Lawrence, Kans-, where he
viii enroll in the Kansas University.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-09-18
LUTHERAN CHURCH NOTES

Services Sunday in the German Ian
guage at 1870 a. m. Sunday school
at 11:3O a. M
Albert Krhut spent a few days last
week with home folks and attended
the fair at Wa-Keeney. Albert has
been working in Beloit and playing
ball with the Beloit team this summer.
The Glenwood post., 1919-11-01

desperate need of the essentials Of
life. We have had to share our re-
sources with them, but this drain will
gradually lessen. In so far as our
shortage of goods is due to this cause
we can well afford to be patient.
"It is just as essential that we have
patience with the economic situation
here at home. The process of produc-
ton requires time. If production is
rapidly increased, vastly improved con
&tions will prevail in America when
the results of present and future labor
begin to appear.
''Team work is imperative. 1t is
just as essential between retailer,
wholesaler and producer as it is be-
tween employer and employe. One
group of producers cannot wait on an
other group. The manufacturer, the
farmer, the distributor must each I'M.
mediately assume HIS part Of the bur
den and enter upon his task. The ma
tion cannot afford curtailment Of
goods vital to the people.
"On American business rests grave
responsibility for efficient cooperation
in bringing about full and proportion
ate production. On American labor
rests an equally grave responsibility
to attain maximum unit production aud
maintain uninterrupted DISTRIBUTION Of
goods II labor itself is not to suffer
from further rises in the cost Of liv-
irG.
"The entire nation-producer, dis
tr butor, and consumer aliks-shouA
The Glenwood post., 1919-11-01
Axia| Basin Country Developing Fast
and Joining With Gov. Bamberger
Of Utah for Outlet
MUCH COAL SEEKING MARKET

While it has for years been known
to some Of US that Northwestern Col
orado contained untold and almost un-
heard-of riches in its great store
houses of excellent coal, in addition 20
it's many other resources, these &c
sources have remained undeveloped, un-
explored and, in very large measure
unknown to the world at large.
Among the most wonderful and i'm
mese of these unused resources may te
mentioned the big coal mine on the
ranch of Joe Collom in Axial basin.
The exterior of this mine was brought
to the attention of the passing travel
er by pair of big doors on the noun
tainside, causing one to think of a
Garfield county potato cellar. The in
irrior was used by the owner as ma
chine shed, where wagons, bugg.es and
ali kinds of farm machinery was stor-
cd and protected from the weather.
Beyond the machinery there stood An
immense wall, black and shiney, which
on inspection proved to be a. solid
wall of coal, glossy and hard and
which when tested was found to con
tain almost no sulphur or carbon anu
which has been ranked as one of the
best grades of coal to be found II the
United States
This vein is p,'.scc.hed on edge and
therein almost inexhaustip,e quantity
it has stood for years, waiting for pue
touch of man who was to utilize it &c
his own comfort, To be sure Joe Col
lom mined q little of it and also al
lowed his neighbors to drive in with
their wagons. turn around with the
wagon alongside the mammoth ledge,
pick loose enough of the glossy black
diamonds to satisfy their needs, and
then dive away.
Recently company was formed with
i view Of developing this wonderful
property along commercial lines this
company being known as the A-i,l
The Glenwood post., 1919-11-01
President Wilson'S Attitude

1.-THE action proposed (the coal
strike) constitutes fundamental at
tack which is wrong, morally and le-
gally, upon the rights Of society and
upon the welfare Of our country. In
this critical hour of our country's lite
the public interest becomes the para
mount cons deration.
"In these circumstances I solemniy
request the officers and members Of
the United Mine Workers of America
to recall all orders looking to strike
November l.
"It is time for plain speaking.
These matters vitally concern the we'll
being, the comfort and the very life
of all the people. I feel it is my duty
to declare that any attempt to carry
out the purpose of this strike and
thus to paralyze the industry Of the
country with the consequent suffering
and distress Of all our people, must be
considered a grave moral and legal
wrong against the government and The
people of the United States. I can do
nothing else than to say that the law
will be enforced, and the means will
be found to protect the interests of the
The Glenwood post., 1919-11-01

return to the unity that won the war.
Group interest and undue personal gain
must give way to the good of the
whole country if the situation is to be
squarely met.
"Our common duty now, fully as
much as in the war, is to work and to
save. In the words of the president
in his address in the country on Au-
gust 25, 1919, only by increasing pro-
duction, and by rigid economy and
saving on the part of the people, Gun
we hope for large decreases in the
burdensome cost Of living which now
weights us down.
"Work, save, cooperate, produce. y