The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-02-12

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| III VIII SET their minds
! FN IN ,es'iutely to refusing to
~ "a listen to German propa.
| M E- saida or vicious knocks
III 81 against our government
CO. the most powerful arm of
me German war machine
Ioo,.. -, VIII be paralyzed. That
AIMS IKE big order but it is not
| "en YOU come to analyze II Tho
p.'s Is mat women will repeat 81 mucb
VI 'He senseless rurnor that is ,oino
'ie rounds. If the women of tbis
Ca VIII lhoculate the peddler of
GERMAN propaganda with the "ser,,n
VI silence they will bring victory very
Lear Tor the big battle of this war is
LOT public opinion right here on this
sue OF the ocean. Turn from the
khocker and the propagandist in 81.
'ence' turn as you would from the
,''ahe III the grass or the Swapping
Jog. But turn in silence for then the
eheihy VIII know You mean business.
Inc potato bug is a great success
uhul you separate 1t from the leaf. tho
electric light bulb is great success
uhtil you turn off the current: the
prairie fire is a great success until il
n'ts the back fired strip and has moth
ing TO feed upon. So with German
propaganda, it is a great success as
long as you listen to it. WHY cannot
This supposed wonder of women keep
ing silent be brought about? Twenty
years ago the Wright Brothers were
considered insane today l can see
from my office the sirplane mail start
for Philadelphia, New York and Ros.
ton and the worlds greatest war
hlnges upon the airplane. Twenty
years ago Mr.. Marcon was unknown:
today the business of the worlds war
Is conducted by wireless.
Some German Propaganda.
German propaganda is constantly
shooting at the war gardeners and all
questions pertaining to food. There
Is the old story about the potato pehs
and how you can get three or four
bushels by simply planting as many
potatoes in a three story boxlike ar
rangement. The leading potato ex-
perts of the world denounce this. 1t
Is but a sample of German propaganda
which hopes To cause a big wastace in
potatoes. Then there is the other
yarn that the food administration will
seize all the canned stuff of the house
wife and all her hard work will go for
10. t. l,,. L.
war garden commission used to get a
hundred letters a week asking about
this. Constant publicity, thanks to
the magazines and the newspapers,
has nailed this story.
There is the one about the soldier
telling his parents he had two legs
cut off in a battle at the front. Mrs.
Blank hears 1t from Mrs. Blank up
the street. Johnny had got the word
IN them by writing it under stamp.
In the first place there are no stamps
on soldiers letters. The campaign Of
letter-writing TO newspapers is favor
lite form of German propaganda. but
the editors do not fall for this and
the patriots" might better save their
stamps and stop cluttering up the
mails.
The war gardeners of the United
States have certainly shown they
mean business. The war gardens are
the finest offsets to German propa-
ganda | know of. for the garden makes
no noise. but goes right on about its
business. II Is this point / want to
bring home-the terrible power of ST.
lence if applied to German propagan-
da. This war is Il battle of publicity.
The iunkCr has prepared the German
mind for this w"r for forty Years and
only as long as he can control the Ger
man state of mind can he continue
this war, When the German helmet
and then the German skull is pene-
trated with the N-ray Of civilization.
kept alive by the white HOT flame from