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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11

One large fire in the Pack river dis
beyond control and spread over forty
five square miles of territory without
showing the least signs of dying down.
Men to fight 1t were few and far be-
tween.
In Spokane as we'll as the coast
cities the forest service is waging re-
cruiting campaigns similar to those
carried on during the war. 1t Is a
war-against flames almost as destruc-
tive to America as the flames that
broke out In Europe.
Lumberjacks, those big-shouldered
veterans Of the forest life, make the
finest fire fighters. This summer they
have had little chance to engage in
their regular work of cutting timber.
and have bent all their efforts to saw
ing the forests that house the nation.
The forest service maintains a cease
less lookout. AS soon as smoke Is dis
cerned the news is flashed to head
quarters; a crew is hastily recruited
and equipped, and sent into the burn
ing area with full supplies Of food,
tools and bedding.
But they have little chance to use
the bedding. Fire fighting is an all
night all-day job.
How Fire ls Beaten.
The only successful method of stop
ping fire is to get in front Of 1t,
clear a wide trail, and widen 1t by
backtirlng.
A slight change of wind will make
the back fire cross the trail and en-
danger the workers lives.
Blazing trees frequently fall with
the wind, across the trail, and undo
the work Of day.
One result Of the epidemic of fires
in the present summer will be Wig.
orous effort, on the part Of lumber
companies and forestry men alike, to
secure from congress a greater ap
preparation for the forest service than
ever before.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
PLANES IN MISSION WORK
Gospel Workers, Believe They Can
Be of Considerable Value In
Spreading the Word.

A flying boat or an airplnne may
soon form a part of the equipment OF
modern missions In Africa. according
to letter received by motor corpo-
ration from the Congo Mission Of the
Disciples of Christ, the headquarters
of which are at Coqullhartville, Bel
gian Congo, says the New York Eve
ming Sun.
1--WE are interested In the matter OF
the purchase of flying boats to replace
wholly or in part the fleet Of launches
which we have been planning for serv-
Ice in communication between our va
rious stations" 1.-The letter stated. 1--WE
have a large river steamer for trans
portatlon between stations which sea-
planes might supply. Our area Is
about 500 miles east and west and 200
miles north and south In extent.
"The whole area Is covered well by
an extensive system of waterways. In
inland points landings might be made
in small machines In the straight.
smooth, central streets of the native
towns. which In this section are usual
ly clear of grass and other obstruc-
lions and are not less than 100 feet
WIDE"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
USE TACTICS OF QUAIL

ell bands do the same thing when
superior federal column approaches.
Often Villas band will number 1000
men under his chiefs, Angeles, Lopez
Dlaz and Garcia. They make col
umn which coils across the plains like
giant snake and leaves a great dust
cloud In Its wake.
But let General Castro's government
troops approach with artillery, ma
chine guns and cavalry mounted on
former American army horses and the
column will break up into little bands
of 100 under petty chiefs. will disap-
pear In some mountain canyons and
go into hiding until the federals pass.
Once the danger of attack is over the
column reassembles. occupies some
town In Its path and again disappears
with its loot.
Villas men have been known to
hitch their horses to- plows in the
fields of the irrigated districts and be
industriously blowing when the fed
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
PUT MATTER TO THE TEST
Maids Practical Demonstration That
Her Employer Was Wrong In
Statement She Had Made.

Jealousy" said DR.. Mary Dorgan
Lockwood in lecture on domestic
science in Jealousy is hor-
rible thing.
ut isn't only lovers that get Jealous.
Let me tell you story.
81 once had a capable cook and an
incapable parlor maid. My husband
rushed into my study one morning, and
said:
"'Grab your medicine case and
come quickly. The cooks hair Is all
burned off,
"'Graciousl How did 1t happenT
Jealousy said my husband. THE
parior maid overheard you say last
night that she couldn't hold candle
to the cook
"'WellT
"'Well, she did J."
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
FAMINE in MEN
TO FIGHT FIRES

Spokane, Wash.-One of the biggest
industries" of the northwest this sum-
mer is the fighting of forest fires.
good, husky man, with two strong
arms and willingness to work, looks
MS good as a million dollars to the Of
ficials of the United States forestry
service, and the big lumber concerns,
who are losing vast values In timber.
There is famine in men. That is
the great reason fires, started by care
less campers or lightning storms, have
been able to spread over many miles
of Americas richest lumber lands and
cause damage that will not be replaced
for a generation.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
ANTHRACITE PRODUCTION UP
Shipments Show Hundreds Of Thou.
lands Of Tons over Latest Nor
NAL Production.

Philadeiphia.-Sh of anthra-
cite for July as reported to the anthra.
cite bureau of information aggregated
6,O52,33 TONS an increase over Juno
of 432, TAB tons.
Compared with July, 1915. the latest
normal year In anthracite production,
the shipments last month showed an in.
crease of 619,456 tons.
The shipments for the first our
months of the coal year. beginning
April 1, amounted to 22,60S, 555 tons, as
compared with 21,148,536 tons for the
corresponding period in 1915. an In.
crease of nearly 100000 tons.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
How Villa and His Men Foil
Pursuit.
Appear-Brown Uniforms
Aid.

Juarez, Mex. - Francisco Villas
method of evading pursuit by Mexi-
can government troops is almost iden-
tlcal with that used by covey of
quail to escape the hunter. Even the
detail Of protective colOring has been
applied by villa, for his men always
wear brown cotton clothing which
blends with the desert landscape and
dust clouds through which they travel
in campaign.
Hunters know that the Quail's in
stinct directs 1t to scatter when dam
ger approaches and seek cover In the
nearby landscape. Villa and his reb-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
VIENNA'S AGED
DYING ON FEET

cases day, and those they had to
turn away inevitably must become
worse. used to test the condition Of
the children l saw by feeling their
fleshless arms. When touched one
child the father said: Don't touch
him. He has this bad new disease, and
II hurts him so much realized IT
had hurt him, but the child was 30
llstless to shrink from the pain.
"The doctors could do practically
nothing for the out-patients who could
rot be taken to the hospitals. The
mothers were In despair. The doctors
said the greatest want of all was for
cod liver oil. Funds raised In England
had sent supply, but 1t only lasted
two days. Practically every child m
der two is rickety.
Suffer From Starvation.
at Is extraordinary how little vien-
ma has suffered from war epidemics
such MS typhus. The enormous increase
in sickness is due to starvation disease.
Almost all Of its >hild population Is
stunted, starved, left without vitality,
vigor or energy. An enormous num-
Der are tubercular and considerable
proportion Of these will die. Another
considerable proportion will for all
their lives probably be stunted in mind
and body, and all will be handicapped"
The children of school age provided
with one meal of soup and bread In the
day by American Red Cross workers at
II special kitchen she visited were
watched lest they should take the bread
home. "You must eat the bread" the
workers told them. "All that we can do
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
Ready Explainer.

Tommy, your head is wet. You've
been in swimming against my orders"
mo, pa; was just standin' on the
bank watchin' the other boys when
that little Tompkins kid did belly
buster an splashed me-"
''Then, why wasn't your hat wet?'
81 had 1t In my hand, pa, fannin'
myself"
"Umph! 1 guess I'll have to make
a lawyer out of you, son."-Birming'
ham Age-Herald.
Defeat is always lying In wait for
The man who Is sure he emit lose
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11

London.-Dr. Ethel Williams, q New
castle doctor of 30 years experience,
recently has returned to England from
Vienna. She attended the Woman's
International conference at Zurich,
where she heard so much about the
conditions of disease in Austria that
she decided to see for herself what
those conditions really were. She
spent week in Vienna, visiting the
hospitals and the school kitchens,
studying medical statistics, Interview
ing representative people, and seeing
as much as she could Of the city.
Speaking to Manchester Guardian
representative, she said:
"What impressed me most was the
appalling condition of every old per-
son I saw, and of 95 per cent Of the
children. The old people were like
walking deaths heads. There are so
many things that persons over sixty
cannot digest. The mortality among
the old has increased by $50 per cent.
"What struck me most when walk
Ing about the streets was that there
were Lo toddlers. Children of three
and even four years were carried by
their mothers. The children. did not
run about, or shout, or quarrel. 1t
was four days before I saw a child
playing.
Most Children Emaciated.
At least 95 per cent of the practical
ly well children were painfully enact
,r,;th oil
their sunken eyes and the tendons of
their necks showing like those Of old
people. Even middle-class children
have these scrawny necks, and whln
they run their cheeks flap like those
Of old people. But they seldom run.
They are all limp and listless.
"The scene in the out-patients de-
partment at the biggest state chill
dren's hospital was pitiful-no sound
or attempt to play. The children sat
quietly on their mothers knees or
against wall.
II saw several cases of Osteo-mala-
CHA, disease so rare before the war
that the only two cases | had ever
seen had been shown to me as a curl
OSlty. IL SeelnS ~ colle lroHl luck VI
fresh food, and there have been $50
cases in Vienna, and l heard of an
other epidemic in German town.
THE bones soften and become dis
torted, the pelvis bones fold inward.
In early stages 1t is durable, but bad
case never will walk again, and a
rather bad case always will have diff
Guilty in walking.
1.-THE cases were those of older chill.
dren and adults. They told me that
the hospitals were receiving about Is
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11

eral scouts appeared. They have
learned various tricks Of deception
during the years of evading the fed
erals, and even drive herd of burros
with them so they may transform
themselves into wood vendors on &C.
casion.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11

is help you to keep well and strong"
The American Red Cross Is opening
more of these kitchens, and hopes to
feed 10000 or more children, but that
only means food for one section of the
people, the children of school age-and
even then only one meal In the day
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11
Soda In the Bath.

Soda added to the bath makes the
water very pleasant and leaves the
skin soft and clean.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1919-09-11

The worst thing that can happen to
clever boy is for him to get the Idea
that he stands alone.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04

Calm and prudent consideration of
the morrow, so far from being sin,
is one Of the very first Christian du-
ties, and Is SO taught by the Holy Ghost
In the New Testament; where people
are especially enjoined to labor. work.
Ing with their hands the thing which
Is good, that they may have to give to
him that needeth.-Keble.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04
Healing and Health.

Divine healing is for the sinner Di.
vine health Is for the saint. One heals
and the other keeps the healed we'll
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04
uPlovED uNIreln INTERNATIONAL
SUYDNSQlD0L
LESSON

(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.
Teacher Of English Bible In the MOODY
Bible Institute Of Chicago.l
Copyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union)
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04

September term Of court. When TarrO
was first arrested, the officers say
they found a barrel Of wine that teste'
more than 2 per cent alcoholic con-
tent.
The gunbarrel road on the Ocean to
Ocean highway between Monte Vista,
Center and Saguache IL completed.
This piece Of road, with stretch over
the north end Of the Russell Springs
lake, creeks and marshes, causing an
expenditure OF over $4,000 In con-
structIon work for the last three years,
Ia finished.
Kid Mex OF Pueblo was winner over
George Bauer of GoldfleId, via the
knockout route, at Victor. The bout
scheduled for fifteen rounds, ended in
the sixth frame when the Mexican sent
a fast right to Bauer's jaw.
News has been received In Golden
of the death by suicide at Kansas City,
Kan, of Mrs. r. NJ. Herrod, IS. one of
the early.day residents Of Golden. She
ended her life by drowning In the Mis-
souri, river, tying heavy rock In her
apron before she plunged into the wa
ter.
Perjury Is charged against Joe Man
dlch is an information filed in Boul.
der, In which Mandich, who is said to
be 45 years old, is alleged to have
sworn to lie In getting marriage
license for himself and 14-year-old Me.
lIta Phillips Of Longmont
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-09-04

LESSON TExr-Matt. Is:3i-s3, 49,
GOLDEN TEXT-Seek ye first the
Kingdom Of God and his Righteousness.
Matt e.33
PRIMARY TOPIc-obeying our king.
JUNIOR TOPIC-A message of the
king.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIc-Ths growth
Of the kingdom.
SENIOR AND ADULT ToPIc-The
extent Of the kingdom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
SILVIS

Mr.. AI1sup OF Third avenue and
Fifteenth street is very ill with
Roy Rosenberger and mother re-
turned home Monday from a 10 days
visit at Washington, Iowa, with Mr.
Rosenberger's sister. Mrs. Fleming.
ter Miss Beebee of Milwaukee, Wis.
The members and friends of the
LADIES' Aid society will meet next
Thursday afternoon
Mrs J. H LeaSure and children
spent New Years day at the home of
her sisters in Rock Island.
Mr.. Coles and family spent part OF
last week with friends in Rock Is
NJ. Smith and family, formerly of
Silvis. now of Rock Island. spent
Wednesday at Mr.. Coles home.
A lively game of basketball was
ing when the Davenport Stephens
Six team defeated the Silvis B. R. E.
boys in a score of go to H.
Mrs: West has as guest her son
School opened here Monday after a
two weeks vacation.
Mrs. Railie. who has been very i'll,
is much improved.
Mrs. Wilson has arrived home from
visit with relatives at Albany.
The members and friends of the
Ladies Aid society of the Baptist
church met Wednesday afternoon in
the devotional exercises and regular
business and some hours spent in
Red Cross work and general socia-
bility the committee served refresh
ments
The Young Peoples Baptist union
held the annual New Years watch
party Tuesday evening following
prayer meeting a literary program
preceded the serving of light re-
freshments.
Grace Swank is i'll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
ENROLMENT WEEK
FOR BOYS RESERVE,

Secretary W. B. Wilson of the de
partment OF labor has designated
the week beginning Jan 20, as
national enrolment week for The
q. s. boys working reserve" In
his official proclamation Secretary
Wilson says:
"a very large part Of the task for
rebuilding a devastated world be-
longs to the young men of this ma
ton
In spite of everything that we
can do or of all that the rest Of the
world can do. starvation for mil
lions OF persons in Russia is imi-
nent The disorders among the lib
Grated peoples of Europe, news OF
which comes to us daily, multiply
the difficulties of the situation and
increase the need.
"I trust that the young men of
this country of 16 years of age and
over, not now permanently en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
AGREE To PAVE
IN The SPRING
Property Holders Meet With the
Commission and Eighteenth
Avenue Job is Settled.
O. s. GOVERNMENT INVOLVED
Many Houses In District-Use As
phAltic Concrete and Have
B0uleTard-Annex Plat.

At a meeting of owners OF prop
erty abutting Eighteenth avenue
between Forty-fourth and Forty
sixth streets ana city officials, held
yesterday regarding the paving
of this thoroughfare, it was agreed
that such a course would be under
taken in the spring.
The United States housing cor
poration was represented and all
property holders affected were in
favor of paving the two blocks OF
the avenue under consideration
with asphaitic concrete, such ma
terial as was used by Moline in
paving Nineteenth avenue, which
is contiguous to Eighteenth avenue,
Rock Island
The avenue will be AZ feet wide
with a 10-foot boulevard in the CEN
ter, which will leave a 16-foot road
way on either side of the boulevard
The work will be started as soon
as possible in the spring and will
do much to beautify this portion of
the city where so many of the gov
eminent residences have been
erected.
Annex New Tract
At the regular session of the
commissioners this afternoon an
ordinance will be submitted for the
annexation of a tract of land south
of Eighteenth avenue 1873 feet north
and south and 318 feet east and
west. The plat is between Twenty
ninth and Twenty-ninth-and
streets
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and failed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying Zemo fur
nished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, S1.00. Healing begins the
moment Zemo is applied. In a short
time usually every trace of eczema,
letter, pimpIes, rash, blackheads and
similar skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making ii
vigorously healthy, always use Zemo,
the penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t
is not greasy and does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable
treatment for skintroubles of all kinds.
The E W. Rose Co., Cleveland, o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
MILK PRODUCERS
MEET AT MILAN
TUESDAY, JAN. IA

The Rock Island and Henry coun-
ty milk producers association will
hold the annual meeting at the
Milan town hall at o'clock Tues
day, Jan. IA. Meeting will be con-
Vened for the purpose of electing
officers for the organization. A
president, vice president, secretary,
treasurer and a board of 10 direc-
.ors will be named.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
LACK OF: PROOF
BRINGS LIBERTY
Man Thought to Have Been Ger
man Spy Establishes limo
cence Before Officers.

Hugo Theurich of Rock Island,
arrested by the federal authorities
several months ago as a German
spy, was released following an in
vestigation of his case by the
United States district attorney az
Peoria.
1heurich was employed on the
arsenal as a machinist at the time
of his arrest Arsenal authorities
apprehended him after, as it was
later disclosed, he had expert
mented with a new camera by
swapping several pictures of ar
sena1 buildings and views of the
river approaching the island.
When his rooms were searched
after having been taken into
custody several days, the film roll
was found undeveloped. A black
Jack, a pamphlet giving in detail
the making of keys and the con-
struction of various locks, a per-
cussion cap of a 3-inch shell which
he had secured as a curio, infor-
nation disclosing the fact that he
had deserted from tho United
States navy when but a l6-year-old
lad, and several letters written in
German from his mother in Chi
cago, constituted the evidence
thought sufficient to hold him for
investigation by the federal grand
jury for violation of the espionage
act.
Before the authorities at Peoria,
however, he offered a logical ex-
PLANTATION Of what looked like in
eliminating evidence, and upon re-
quest of his attorney, Clyde Walker
of this city, his case was nolle
pressed and his release ordered.
Aside from the articles secure 1
in the raid upon his rooms there
was no evidence indicating that he
was in communication with enemy
governments or that he was a Ger
man spy as charged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07
JUSTA QUORUM
HOLDS SESSION
But Three City Officials Meet Yes
terday Afternoon rs Others
are III.
ITEDTKE SERVES AS CLERK
Adopt Annexation OrdInauee-Cor-
poratiOn Petition Deferred
Back-Ofher Business.

Barely a quorum OF city officials
met at the regular weekly session
OF the commissioners yesterday
afternoon and the first matter
taken up was the resolution OF
Mayor william McConocnie pro-
vIding that Commissioner John H.
Liedtke act as clerk OF the commits
sion during the absence of Com
missioner Martin T. Rudgren, who
is convalesctng at the Lutheran
hospital in Moline where he was
operated on for appendicitis Friday
OF last week, Commissioner NJ A
Juhl because Of illness was also
absent at the session
An ordinance was adopted pro-
vidfng for the annexation OF a tract
OF land 1873 feet north and south
and 31S feet east and west, south
Of Eighteenth avenue and between
Twenty-ntntn and Twenty-ninth-
and-a-half streets.
Refer Petition.
A petition submitted by the
United States Housing corporation
asking that the city vacate an alley
IN the vicinity OF Eighteenth ave-
nue. and Fortteth street was laid
over and will be referred back tc
the petitioners for correction in
some points OF It's composition as
especially affecting the locality in
volved The commissioners be-
lieve that mistake was made in
the petition, and desire that this
be corrected before action is taken
G. II Agnew was granted per-
mission to obtain a license for the
operation OF a soft drink parlor az
$50 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-07

ployed, and especially the boys in
our high schools, will respond to
this new appeal as they SO finely
responded to that other appeal
made to them one year ago; that
they will enter heartily into the
work of bringing relief to the popu-
lations appallingly destitute, and
that they will join the U. s. boys
working reserve, to finish what
has been so well begun. The war
has been won. The far more diff
ficult task remains to secure for
the highest interest of mankind the
fruits of victory"