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Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10


The alternative Of the Lea9ue Of
Nations is not necessarily, but prob
ably, crushing race for armament,
another war more destructive than ali
former wars, and the suicide of civil
lization. The League is not necessar-
ily O preventive of these things, but
It is q means yet untried. and gives
hope Of being the promised solution.
That is the argument in nut she'll.
The first American Confederation
OF thirteen states was along the same
line. 1t did not avoid the civil war,
waged to prevent dissolution, but once
Was enough, and it undoubtedly pre-
vented q dozen other wars, which
would have come If the thirteen orr
9inal colonies had been left rs sus-
picious and quarreling entities in
stead Of being welded into q great ns-
tion- The parallel is not perfect, Of
course, for while this will be in q
sense . confederation Of world re-
publics, the different nations Do not
in the same measure yield their
sovereignity to the central body.
Nevertheless, all give up something
to avoid . greater evil that We fear.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10

for . vote Of confidence, the people
refused it. Furthermore, the powerful
Republican senators did everything
they could to weaken and destroy his
influence at the peace table. Now,
having in q measure succeeded, they
blame him for what he failed to get,
and they are joined in their opposition
by radicals like Mr.. Pinchot, who
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10

The Gunnison Republican seems to
question our statement that est.
Louis, Chicago, Minnesota and the
Dakotas were hotbeds of Pro- German
ism and disloyalty during the war
Insofar as the generalization inciud-
ed all Of the good people of these To-
calities, it was, Of course, not intend
ed. There were just Is good patriots
among the citizenry there as any
where, nevertheless, they must N
suffer the stigma which goes with a.
lowing disloyalty to lift its ugly head,
OF Of tolerating anti-wxr officials.
For instance. King Albert Of Belgium,
who is . regular fellow, cut Chicaea
severely from his whiting List, becanso
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10
FALSE PATRIOTISM
T. J. O'Donnell

/ believe that the forces of ciyiliza-
tioa which stemmed the tide of bar
bArism when il was at its fullest flood
should continue united and that any
thing that tends to divide them is q
crime. Gabriel d'Annunzio, mad poet
at Fiume, spouting out patriotism in
a fine frenzy which is calculated to
set the match to slumbering world
fires, is no more dangerous than mad
statesmen like Borah and johnson,
who go about the country preaching
a patriotism that is as false and perni-
cious for America as that Of d'Annun-
zio for ltaly-isolation independence.
Let everybody take care Of himself. .
Get all you can-keep all you get y
These are The doctrines that have flood
cd The earth with the blood Of men
and the tears of women ever since
man stood upright and thought in
terms OF selfishness and deemed each
his ono little self, his wants and wishes
OF more Importance than the rights
of all his kind.
II we act promptly, the distraught
nations who are looking distractedly
at dozen or more petty wars that
are still being waged among the rem.
nants Of those who constituted the
mighty armies so recently engorpet
in blood, and along the fringes of the
nations SO recently rent to fragments
these nations can unitedly command
that wars shall cease. They await I
sign from the mightiest of all thoss
who stood together. When that sigY
is given when q united command car
be sent to these warning, jarring, fac
tions, it will be like the voice Of Om
impotence speaking to chaos on thai
morning Of creation.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10
Democrat:-RiRlf

Durnago Democrat:-RigAf Or
wrong, Senator Charles Spanlding
Thomas hasn't q Democratic paper
II the state favorable to his excep-
tons to the League Of Nations and
damn few that call themselves Re
pubIicans- Colorado wants 4 League
of Nations, and what is more viii
fight for . league.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10

Of its sufferenee Of Mayor Thompson
and rs TO st. Louis, why isn't it the
home of Jim Reed :"
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10

Entered in the PostofYee at Cunnisoa
tor transmission through The mails q
seeond-elaao matter.
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10
"PROCRESS IN THE OIL FIELD''

instruction nwok Of edennkon Company
The
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gives is shomeCom
should feel yboundd Aan order
deal and Dame should
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reward dollars but will
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Do Not Only Talk Abu But ekus sIarga as Possible
o1oM Stock and feel that cone Of the Bootn You're
Gunnison news-champion., 1919-10-10

1t seems to be the general opinion
that cattle here are in q better shape
than last year.
The hills were full of hunters dur
ing the open season, but on account
of the dry weather, not many were
lucky enough to bring in a buck.
Contractor Hart has two piers of
the new bridge in place and five men
on the job. He hopes to get the GEM
ent work done before freezing time
Fidel Weaver is driving a new Ford
touring car.
Denver Commercial:-Com
come from the Pacific coast that
certain newspapers, assisted by the
l. W. ". and Bolshevik reporters" are
doing all in their power to foment
strikes in the hop yards. 1t seems
the downtrodden hop pickers are only
averaging a wage of from six to
twelve dollars day picking hops, and
that they are "in addition given free
tents and all possible accommoda-
of Nations and what is more, will
the dickens wants hops now?
-OO
J. A. Hodges, forest ranger for
Taylor park, was down Sunday after
supplies.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
SOLDIERS GETTING
TO HOMES FASTER
ARMY OFFICERS RUSHING DEMO-
BILlZATION, AND MEN TO
GET WORK.
HAVE DISCHARGED MANY
Oversee Units Have Been ASSIGNED
for Convoy Home-Battleship
and Cruisers Will Aid in
Transport Service.

Washington.-A steady stream OF
troops from overseas and army camps
is moving homeward.
With more than 100000 men des-
ignated for rehabilitation since the
signing of the armistice, all efforts,
General March. chief of staff, said,
are being directed toward getting
them out of service and back to the
work in which they formerly were en-
gagged.
General March gave figures as 937,r
600 men in home units &c be discharged
and 10000 men and $500 officers as
signed by General Pershing for early
convoy home from France.
This includes men already discharg-
ed and those who have landed from
France. To date, official returns
show 533,334 men and 35,400 officers
actually discharged. Complete reports
for the week just ended are expected
to raise the total at least 100000.
Meanwhile, additional units have
been assigned for early convoy home,
and to expedite the movement IA bat
tleships and 10 cruisers have been add
ed to the fleet of transports which will
bring back that part of the expedi-
tionary forces not needed for duty
with the army of occupation. Reports
from France showed that three more
transports, with upward of 5000 men,
had sailed, and others will depart fol
home ports as rapidly as possible.
General March said the work of dis
charging men from camps is proceed
ing at the rate of about 100000 a
week.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
SUGGESTS A VICTORY FLAG"
idea That May Be Taken UP
by Employers.

The service flag, with it's stars of
gold and blue, newer will be forgotten.
But with the signing of the armistice
and the return of, thousands to civil
life another banner has been needed.
1t is the Victory fass," with stars of
gold, of silver and of red. 1t will sig
Nifty that "in this factory, Office or mill
one who went away to war has re-
turned to his position. has died giving
service or is SO badly injured other
employment is necessary" It's orig
inator believes it should fly beside the
service flag. so that the general public
''can count the strs and read the
meanings"
A New York alderman suggested the
Victory flag At recent meeting of
the board of alderman he requested
resolution of appreciation to the en-
ployers who take tie boys back who
went to war. By way of registering
this appreciation he suggested the flag.
The alderman pointed out that this is
no more than practical gratitude to the
men who were willing to give every
thing.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03

x0adways, and the families that culti-
waited the fields lived not on the little
farms but in closely built villages of
from 100 10 500 people each.
Devastation i Complete.
1t is hard to realize today that these
villages ever existed. that the land
along this long. straight road was ever
cultivated, ever produced foodstuffs
for a people. In fact, It is hard to
realize today that this was ever an in
habited country.
or these peaceful villages, the living
places of these farm people, there is
no trace left. There are not even piles
1t debris, Of broken brick and stone
ana lumber, to mark the spots where
they stood. There Is no single thing
BY which the returning peasants, wear
fIy dragging themselves back to that
spot which had been home to them and
TO their ancestors for almost countless
generations; ran mark the place where
mot only their home but their village
lad stood
/ have seen old men and women,
wearied by four long years Of exile,
stand beside this road and gaze long
ingly over the devastated landscape,
IN an effort to locate some familiar OBJ
iect that would remind them Of the
SPOT they had known all their lives,
and then turn away with tears on their
cheeks because they could not find
even one small object that would tell
them or the homes, the only homes,
they had known.
1T was German ambition. German
cruelty, German lust, German wanton-
ness. German brutality, that were the
cause Of the destruction Of these
names. Of the agonies OF peaceful.
thrifty people.
What can possibly compensate these
neople for their loss, for the misery
they have suffered and must sim suf-
Ter. for the homes and the associations
chat are gone forever7 No. Germany
can never pay Ia full, but she can con-
finue to pay and pay and pay until
there has been bred out De the German
people that desire for war, that love
az conquest, that brutality that Il has
taken centuries. almost to breed into
them, and which has resulted Id laying
4 whole WUrld waste.
1n all that 20 miles between Ypres
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
old PRESCRIPTION :
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is plain-the article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, an like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, Take for
example DR.. KilTner's Swamp Root =
preparation ! have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy that | know Of
has so large SALE"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who have
used the preparation, the success of DIR.
Kilmers' Swamp-Root is due to the fact
that so many people claim, it fulflls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments, corrects ur-
mary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp Root by Parcel Post. Address
DR.. kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
at all drug stores.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03

and Menin, on both sides Of that long,
straight road, / am sure I did not see
one square foot of soil that was not
a part Of a shell crater. What had
once been the richest soil of the
world is today but waste, made SO
by the shells that fell upon it be-
cause Germany sought world domina-
ton. This soil has been destroyed by
countless thousands of shells falling
actually one upon another, each dig
ging deeper into the earth until the
very subsoil has been turned over ap0
the land made worthless for cult1va-
ton for years to come, If indeed it can
ever be reclaimed.
UnexpIcded Shells Buried in Soil.
There lie today on the surface OF
this land many thousands OF unex-
ploded shells, and there are buried in
the soil many, many thousands more,
each one of them a menace to any
farmer who attempts to put a pillow
into the soil in an effort to reclaim it.
And this land is destroyed, as the
homes were destroyed, because of Ger
man ambition, of German cruelty, OF
German lust, of German wantonness
and German brutality.
Who is to pay for it? Who is to
risk destruction that it may again be
put into condition for cultivation, that
it may serve the purposes of the hui
man race? Shall the peaceful Belgian
peasants, who had no part in the start
ing Of this conflict, suffer their loss
without compensation? Shall these
peasants who have endured more than
four long years Of homeless agonies,
who have suffered not alone the loss
of homes and land but the loss of
relatives and friends as well, be the
ones to risk destruction in the effort
to again bring these lands back to a
condition where cultivation is posi-
BILE? Shall they be blown to bits by
the bursting of these shells, hidden as
they are beneath the surface Of the
ground, when the plow strikes and ex-
plodes them2 If undistHrbed, those
shells continue to be "a menace for
years to come, but who are to risk
their lives in removing them?
Could the American people geness
ally, and Especially the America farm
ers. haveSseen the sights I have seen
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03

along this long. straight road between
Ypres and Menin, they would say, as
I say. 1t is the German who must pay:
It is the German who must risk de-
struction In the effort to put this land
again into condition for cultivation.
believe that one condition Of the
peace treaty should be that Germany.
either as one nation,sor prop0rtionately
from the several small nations that
may be formed out of the German en-
pire, should call its military classes to
the colors each year as 1t has done in
tho past; but in place Of putting guns
into the hands Of th&se men. and train
ing them for the pufs Bses of war-a
war Of compassionate IL should put
these men into the territories she has
devastated, to reclaim the soil and to
rebuild the villages, the towns and
cities the Huns have destroyed. Let
these Germans, under guard Of Bel
CLAN troops, take the risk of destruc-
tion; let them guide the pillow that may
strike the unexploded shell, and let
Germany pay them the meager wagon
Of the German soldier while they are
doing this.
Should Pay and Pay and Pay.
That would be the nearest thing to
an accoputing that Germany can rem
der TO the world, but she should pay
all that 1t is humanity possible for a
peODle To nay who have so ruthlpselv
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
GERMANY MUST PAY
Nation VIII Never Be Able to
Make Amends for Damage.
FERTILE SOIL is DESTROYED
annumerabIe UnexpIoded Shells VIII
Make Cultivation Precarlous--
Doubtful II Land Can Be
Reclaimed
BY WRIGHT a. PATTERSON.
What must Germany pay for?

w 1aE IuuSL 0cEluduy pay AOI
That question can be adequately an
severed only when 1t is remembered
that Germany started the terrible con-
hict in Europe for no reason other
than that of conquest and loot; start
ed it only to satisfy the selfish ambi-
lions of selfish people for world
domination. That is being admitted
today by what is left of the German
nation; 1t is admitted by those who
were directly responsible for the war.
And 1t is because Germany started
this conflict for no reason other than
that OF conquest and loot that Ger
many owes to the world full payment
for all the devastation which the war
has brought, not only in so far as she
can pay now, but In so far as she can
pay for generations yet to come.
Among the many, many sections of
Belgium and northern France that !
personally covered, following closely
ON the heels of the retreating Hun
army. was that which lies between
what were the cities of Ypres and
Menin, approximately 20 miles apart.
Here, before the coming of the invad-
fng Boche. was what was considered
the most productive soil Of the world,
and the most intensely cultivated.
Here In a number of farm villages
lived the Belgian peasant families,
happy, thrifty people. each family cul-
tivatiny the small fields which it
owned. No fences separated these
dields, no hedges cut them of from the
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03

Louisiana at the beginning OF the
new year put in force an entirely
new system of assessment and taxa
ton as result of the ratification or
amendments to the State Constitu-
ton by the people at the November
election The keystone of the new
fiscal system is the requirement that
all assessments must be based on a
cash valuation of 100 per cent with a
state tax rate of not exceeding three
mills.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03

Unless there is earnest and effec-
tive cooperation Of state and COM
munity, organizations with federal au-
thorities, there is grave danger Of
there being large grave danger Of
there being large idle population
after the first of the year. This is
due to evident decreases in demand
for labor and corresponding increases
weekly in the labor supply. ~
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
Thornburah Heads Blind school.

Little Rock George Thornburgh,
widely known throughout Arkansas,
was elected superintendent Of the
Arkansas School for the Blind by the
Board of Control to succeed John H..
Hinemon, who resigned to accept the
superintendent of the North Little
Rock public schools. Mr.. Thornburgh
was not an applicant for the position.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
Bio Robbery Of Postoffice.

Denver. Colo.n Postofflce inspec-
tors have completed their check of
the loss of War Savings stamps stoi-
en- from the Greeley postoffice and es-
innate the robbers obtained approxi-
mately 100000, a portion of which
was in cash. No clue has been OBJ
tanned Inspectors say this is the
third largest postoffice robbery ever
committed in the United States.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
GOVERNOR BOOSTS
STATE At MEETING
TELLS EXECUTIVES OF OTHER
coMMoNWEALTHS OF LoUISl-
AMAZE POSSIBILITIES.
GIVES FACTS AND FIGURES
Paints Word Picture of What is to Be
Done in Future-only Speaker
in Touch With New
Land Scheme.

Speaking on 'Lou:siana's Agricul.
tural Capabilities and Policies" before
the convention of the House of Cover
nors at Annapolis, Md, Governor
Pleasant told of the wonderful strides
in development work in his State and
painted word picture of what is to be
done in future. He was the only speak
er to touch on the subject of lands for
returning soldiers and sailors, and said
his State could furnish the finest lands
in the world in bodies of 1000 to 5000
acres or more.
Thirteen million Of Louisiana's
acres" the governor said, ARE COW
cred with the finest alluvial deposits in
the world. The rest of the State, prin-
cipally Northern and Western Louisi-
ana, Is upland, and most of it is equal
to the very best lands of that charac-
Ter to be found anywhere in the United
States.
"The alluvial portion of Louisiana is
the wonder of all men who have seen
1t and studied it. The best experts de-
clare that there is no piece OF territory
of similar or larger size anywhere on
earth that Tan equal it. An Eastern
chemist, after anaiyzing this ALT vial
soil. said it would be worth SIS ton
as fertilizer on the hills of New Eng
land.
ssyKo aro trr-fnoy m rot Iorero onx0n;scr
to move into the State, and have each
colony settle on large tract of $4,000
or 100000 or more acres of land and
develop it as one gigantic enterprise.
mean that each settler should own
his Individual farm, but that the whole
area should be drained. roads built and
school buildings erected in accordance
with comprehensive agreed on PLAN
Communities like this would be ideaiSS
and vigorous effort would make the
residents independent in short WHILE.
IF we could wave magic wand and
transfer the farmers of Iowa, Indiana
and Illinois into Louisiana at once, the.
agricultural interests of our State
would be far richer in few years.
time than are the combined agricul-
tural values of all of the States to
which have referred.
81 do not mean by this to make the
impression that our own farmers are
not wide awake and progressive. Thou
sands of them are at the very top of
their industry, and thousands more are
struggling heroically and intelligently
to come into the light of scientific ag-
riculture.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
say Gar In Alive

Warsaw There Is no doubt
that the czar an dhis entire 4rtQiIy
are alive. | am positive Of this, =
pas the declaration made to the cor
respondent " Michael de Tchihae-
choff, a nephew of General Skoropad-
ski. and who has just escaped from
the Ukraine.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
Dawn Of i Great peace.

When the last draft age limits We're
fixed an Emporia colored man who has
been in Jail several times for failure
to support his family went to work in
order to claim dependency. Monday
morning. when he heard the peace
news, he quit his job. Emporia Ca
zette.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
Had Its Drawbacks.

Mrs. Carriers maid hnd been married
three months, and size was visiting at
her former MISTRESS house.
well, Emma" asked Mrs. Carter,
''how do you like being married?"
"Oh, it's fine, nla:am. getting mar
ried; yes'm, it's fine" replied Emma.
-But Tor, ma'am," size added, 'ain't it
tedious2r
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
HoW,sI This !?

We offer $4,000 for any case OF casarrh
thnt cannot be cured by HALLS
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is tax
en- internally and acts through the Blood
an the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
=. J. Cheney g Co. Toledo, Ohio.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
U. D. c. Furnish Ward.

Charleston, S. G. The United
Daughters of the Confederacy have
completed the endowment of their
seventh ward Of 10 beds at the Amer
lean military hospital at Neuilly.
France. according to Miss Mary b.
Poppenheim Of this city, president
general
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
MANY Soldiers Have Returned.

Washington Sixty-eight thous-
and American soldiers had been re-
turned from overseas December 81,
and slightly more than 100000 in
this country had been mustered out
of service, members of the House
Military Committee were told at their
weekly conference at the War De-
partment
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03

Watch cuticura Improve Your Skin.
On rising and retiring gently smear
the face with Gaticura Ointment.
Wash OFF Ointmen9 in five minutes
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
win do for poor compilations. dandruff.
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
/ Royalty seeka Refune.

Vienna. Most Of the members Of
the former Austrian royal house, who
have remained In Austria, are re-
ported to have sought safety In neu-
trail Legations in Vienna because of
fear Of rough treatment at the hands
of the populace.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
More to Answer For.

Meeker (reprovihgly)-You once
promised to love, honor and obey me.
Hortense.
Mrs. Meeker (now militant suff)-
Well, to paraphrass Mr.. Roosevelt,
show me a woman tlsat doesn't make
mistakes and I'll show you woman
that doesn't do things. Buffalo Elk
press
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
New Monteneuro per,ocr>, -

Berne. "A dispatch from Agram
says that the national assembly Of
the people Of Montenegro which de-
posed King Nicholas and voted IN "a
vor Of uniting Serbia, was elected By
universal suffrage.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1919-01-03
Zeal Optimism.

The Optimistic Guy (who has upset
his fishing boat four blocks from the
shore Of a seaside resort oh. well,
my physician has often told me ought
to gargle my throat with salt water.