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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
HIGH ON SCROLL OF FAME
10 Written the Name of Frank Luke,
One Of the Best of American
Air Fighters.

What Lieutenant Luke, famous
American aviator, would, and often
did, attempt was illustrated by his last
fight. Starting out alone to attack
three "drachens," or observation bal
looms, he had seen behind the German
lines i'm front of Verdun, he was inter-
copied by ten enemy machines He
engaged them all. got two of them, and
escaped the others by seeming him.
self TO be disabled. His fall was
from directly over the balloons. and be-
fore they could be lowered or protect
ed he shot all three of them in flames.
But then Luke disappeared, and. what
became of him was not known until
after the armistice.
When the allies entered the village
Of Murvaux the rest of the story was
learned from the peasants. The Amer
lean had been forced by wounds or the
disablement of his machine to descend,
but he did not land until he had used
his machine gun to the extent Of kill
ing eleven of the many German SOL
diers stationed there. Then he alight-
ed safely in nearby field and was
seen to quit his machine and start for
| a little stream as IL to get water. Ger
man soldiers ran up, and either by
them or by a shot from further away
he was killed. The German officer in
command kicked the body and ordered
| that no one touch it. There it lay till
the next morning. when the villagers
were allowed to take it, uncovered, in
a cart, to their cemetery and bury 1t.
So ended Frank Luke az the age OF
20. He had lived much, If not long,
and down in Phoenix, Ariz., where he
was born, they are justly proud OF
him. He does not lack appreciation
elsewhere, for Captain Rickenbacker
says: "Had he lived he would have put
me out of business, long ago as Ameri.
cas- leading ace. I wouldn't have had
show against him."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
Memorial to Great Naval Deed.

Were it possible for the British peo-
pie to forget that greatly daring naval
deed of the war known by the unin-
spring title of the Zeebrugge raid, the
present movement on foot to commem-
crate it will assure for it perpetual
fame. Happily the initiative has been
taken by the city of Bruges, so there
is not the slightest element of vain
glory in the idea Of memorial to be
erected on a suitable site within few
yards of the spot where the blockships
Intrepid and Iphigenia were success
fully sunk. The actual sinking of
these vessels for the purpose Of pre-
venting the German submarines using
the canal to Bruges, was rendered pos
sible only by the gallantry of the at
tack made by the old cruiser Vindic-
tive, which was afterward sunk across
the fairway at Ostend. Standing on
an elevation, the monument will be
visible far out to sea.-Christian Sci.
ence Monitor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
Vet Another.

The number Of proposed undersea
tunnels is increasing every day. Al
ready to that under the Straits OF
Dover has been added the suggestion
for one under the Irish channel. And
now comes Colonel Rubio Bellve.
who has obtained permission from the
Spanish government to carry out the
preliminary soundings with view to
connecting Spain with Morocco by
tuhneling the Straits of Gibraltar. The
proposal is that the new tunnel should
sink west of Tarifa and come to the
surface again east of Tangier. This
would make 1t, roughly, some twenty
miles long, which is within three
miles of the greatest breadth OF the
straits, a breadth which varies from
eight and half to twenty-three miles
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
swallow is Enemy Of Mosquito.

If you want to free the neighbor-
hood of mosquitoes encourage swai-
lows to make themselves at home, says
the American Forestry association.
These birds feed almost entirely upon
obnoxious insects and they will do
much toward protecting orchards and
other trees from insect pests. No bet
fer investment can be made, therefore,
than some houses set out for martins
ar other swallows. OF the blue swal-
lows the purple martin is the largest,
the male being entirely blue above with
a gray breast. Swallows are highly
migratory, most of them spending the
winter in South America.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
War and Roller Skates

1t is far cry from the world war
to a child's roller skates, but accord
ing to the fashion expert of Popular
Mechanics Magazine. roller skates Of
the latest approved model are after
the style of British fighting tanks.
Novelty always being uppermost in the
Juvenile heart. it matters not that the
new skates are bit snowshoelike in
size. The new skates are like all 9TH
ers except that they are surrounded
by tanklike bodies made of light sheet
metal.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
The source Of Most GOOD Luck.

"How do you happen to have such
good luck with roses?" asked the neigh
Dor.
Don't know" replied the amateur
gardener, unless it is because hoe
the ground lot and spray them a
lot, and work with them lot"
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-11-22
KEPT HER AWAKE
The Terrible Pains in Back and
Sides. Cardui Gave Relief.

Marksville, La.-Mrs. Alice Johnson.
q this place writes; For one year /
suffered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. Ny left side was hurting me
IN the lime The misery was something
awful
could not do anything. not even sleep
n night. II kept me awake most of the
sight took different medicines. bu,
noihing did me any good or relieved me
until took Cardui
was not able 10 do any Of my work
Sr one year and got worse an the time,
was confined TO my bed off and on. got
50 bad with my back that when stopped
down was not able 10 stFaighten up
again decided ! would Try Cardui
BY time had taken the entire bottle
! was feeling pretty good and could
straighien up and my pains were nearly
an gone.
shalt always praise Cafdui con-
timed taking It until was strong and
we'll" liyou suffer from pains due to
female complaints, Cardm may be jug,
what you need Thousands Of womeu
Who once suffered in this way now praise
eardm for their pfesent good heath.
Give it a TRIAL sC-i1-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17

Without tae common bAr5ery upon
which to spend part Of its existence.
the disease must die of starvation
Inspectors who have been working
in the plains area from Denver east
ward report large numbers Of thsss
dangerous bushes. Denver alone hav-
ing over 1900. Being entirely props-
gated from nursery stock the cities
alone are found to harbor barbefies.
The disease germs however, being
lighter than dust particles, blow about
and infect the wheat, causing red rust.
The red rust is the summer stage and
is followed in the fall by black rust.
The black rust does not again attack
wheat. but lives over on the barbery
bush from which are spread the germs
again causing red rust, etc.
The Dept. of Agriculture inspectors
will tag all bushes found and require
their removal as per the amended
Pest Inspection Act of Colorado for
le17."
The above explains the brilliant red
tags nuttering in the breeze on the
court house lawn, where two of the
common Barberies, the "spiny huns
were discovered
The small japanese Barbery doea
not spread wheat rust, is desirable
ornamental shrub and should be saved
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17
WHY is 1T!

Did you ever know an employer
who never breathed any compliments ?
A man who was just boss?
There are lots and lots of such peo-
Pile; we meet them every day. II an
employe makes a miscue these persons
are quick enough to see it. Oh, yes,
indeed. And there is not the slightest
hesitancy on their part to mention it,
But if the same fellow does credit
able bit of work. something worth
while, it is passed without a word.
Why is it so?
And then again We meet men and
women-who apparently find it impos-
sible to say a complimentary word of
some friends efforts, be they mechan-
ical, literary, artistic, decorative or
what not. Take yourself, for instance; !;
don't you enjoy a sincere compliment,
whether from friend, employer or rel
ative? Sure you do; we all do. Then
if you know something that might pos
sibly please some one, why bury it?
Let him enjoy it. 1t costs you moth
ing. On the other hand it's a big divi-
dend-paying investment.
Maybe you would positively deny
that you have little streak of jeal-
ousy in your makeup. Now haven't
you? Can't you sink your own little
envies, and personal feelings just
long enough to dispense few rays of
sunshine?
When you hear some remark, COM
plimenting an acquaintance, it won't
cost you vel y much Of an effort to re-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17

assume a friendly interest, or do you
frown and endeavor to get rid of the
ambitious youngster as quickly as pos
sible! Why, if that child gets the
idea that you are interested in his ef-
forts, he will try harder than ever to
improve he will improve, too.
Try this for . month. II you have
any sunshine, scatter it.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17

peat it to that acquaintance. And he
will appreciate it too and he will try
harder than ever to be worthy Of that
compliment.
Your boy or girl, if you are 50 for-
tunate as to have one or both, may
draw pictures or build toys Of various
and sundry kinds. Do you smile and
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17

State Agricultural College of Fl. Col
lins.
The extermination of this harmful
pest will prevent the annual loss Of
over 20 600 600 bushels of wheat thru
the ravages Of the fungous disease,
Black Stem Rust.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17
RARDERY EXrE1MINArlON IN

The eanpaign for tie eradication
e ths common harhery bush is now
being vaeed in 1ulesburg by the U.
q. Dspastasnt Of Agriculture and the
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17
MOTHERS ATTENTION

4 nsbsy line sf spring hats fer boys
has just bee. spe.eA sp st The CaaA
Stere. Come aAA see then.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-04-17

Get in while the seIectiaa Is gead
- these classy hats fer bsys At TIE
Cash Stsre.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27
LIFE A PROPOSITION IN
LABOR.

Unless the coal is mined, there
will be no fuel; unless the fields
are cultivated, there will be no
food, unless the factories and mills
are operated, there will be no cloth
ing or other necessaries. The whole
proposition of life is one of labor;
and the shirks, the loafers, the lazy
fellows, have the rightful place in
the scheme. Even with every man
doing his best, yet the people are
continually in close touch with the
danger line. The troubles confront
ing us now arise from the fact that
hordes of producers in every oc-
cupation are ignorantly engaged in
reducing the volume of production
by cutting down the hours of labor
and also by ignoring the function
of energy and efficiency in perform
ing their labor There is thrift
in labor as there is in all other
management: as a people we have
forgotten this, and have given our
selves up to an orgy of idleness and
Indifference. The seventeenth CEN
fury witnessed the same kind of a
moral laDse, which found expression
in the Thirty Years War. and that
retarded the progress of mankind
for a hundred years-Burlington
Post.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27
WHAT KEEPS COSTS HIGH?

From Report of National Indust-
rial Conference: Everybody is
ready to explain the high cost of lily
| ing. One man says it is the profit
GERS; another blames the demands
of labor Both may be right. me
government is on the trail OF the
profiteers.
But profiteering is not at the bot
tom of the high cost Of living. I'm
derneath are at least two other
causes which are usually overlooked.
| They are lack of production and
monetary initiation.
Lack of production is easily I'M '
darstood. During the war manu-
featuring for civilian purposes was
curtailed. A sharp cut was made in
delivery Of basis materials. The
biggest part of industry devoted it's
facilities to war work. Normal con-
ditions have not returned. There is
a constant demand for shorter
hours; lower output is the result
People want things that they denied
The demand is big; the supply is
small Many people want the smaller
number of things that are being
made. II many people want a few
things the price climbs and that is
one of the direct causes Of hieh
prices. That is what makes profit
eeflnS possible.
Monetary initiation is the other
half of the picture What is initiation?
1t is decreased purchasing power Of
money, arising from the increase OF
the facilities for purchasin" faster
than the increase of the facilities
for production. In other words,
there is a large amount of currency
in circulation and low production
of the commodities required by the
average family on which to spend it.
AS an illustrat ion, consider shoes.
Owing to war demands, leather for
civilian shoes has been scarce
There is naturally, scarcity Of
shoes People want shoes. Many
persons have more money than they
ever had before There is COM
petition for the limited supply; it
is like a big auction. The people
engaged possess great bidding capa-
city. What happens? The price
goes uD.
AS the supply catches up with the
not until then. Arbitrary fixing of
prices is a makeshift; no lasting
good can come out of 1t.
More goods must be turned out
down to the task. It means forget
down to the task. 1t means forget
ting self and putting willing should
ors to the wheel. The economic
fabric Of the whole world has been
torn It's mending makes a demand
on every producer. whether en-
ployer or wage-earner, for devotion
to the public need and the whole
souled practice of the Golden Rule.
and on the middle American for
patience, self denial and thrift.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

oerb /, 1915, to June so, 1916,
which period marked our entrance
into the war, there were 32S strikes
involving quarter Of. a mlll1on
workers and the loss of 100000
days of work.
The total loss in production
through strikes reaches an appall-
ing figure. To this must be added
the effects of impaired and delayed
work through smouldering i'll will.
Taking the country as whole, it
is estimated that for the past ten or
fifteen years not more than 40 per
cent of the possible labor efficiency
has been secured, while 60 per cent
of the manufacturing capacity has
been wasted This is an enormous
waste, greater than the Wastage OF
war.
Is it strange that cost of produc-
ton is high and that prices mount
skyward? Every employer and
every employee is also a consumer,
and the strike resolves itself into
literal and perpetual consumin., OF
the consumer. AS lony as industrial
differences are adjudicated by a
species of warfare, this criminal
waste will continue.
In other affairs the trial by bat
tie has long been abandoned as the
poorest way of settling a dispute. In
Industrial affairs it is also the worst
way. A better way must be found.
and the American people have the
ingenuity to find it. When there is
a real desire for Cancellation and
cooperation, the machinery will be
forthcoming to make it effective.
st. Joe Observer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27
WHAT THE VSEESTIGATION
SHOW.

Though The spirit which conceiv-
ed and the methods which have
characterized the Republican in
vestigatiCnS" into the conduct OF
the war merited the condemnation
they have received even from organs
of the G. O. r., these partisan scrut
inies of Democratic administration
have completely confuted the Re-
publican charges that here was
crookedness, corruption or incom-
petence among those in high places.
Moreover, these inquiries have dem
onstrated that the Republican I'M
dertook them not SO much to dis
cover and punish wrong doing as to
find material for the next president
ial campaign. These two things
to the people of the country. They
have become clear also to the
shrewder of Republican leaders, who
are now manifesting desire to drop
the proceedings and seek other and
better issues
The Democrats, on their part,
have never sought refuge in any
denial that great sums of money
were spent; but have constantly con-
coded that such would be found as
an inseparable by-product of the
stress and pressure under which the
country labored to enter the war
and finish it quickly and decisiveE.
The Administration had the choice
between two courses when this
country declared war against Ger
many in April, 1917 There was the
option of moving slowly and
cautiously, to prevent loss Of money
but with an inevitable sacrifice of
more precious time; or of making
haste at the risk of waste Economy
of money purchased at the expense
of delay would have cost Thousands
of lives and perhaps victory itself.
If the Administration had elected
to economic with dollars while it
postponed effective participation in
the conflict; if Germany had crush
ed the Allies while we haggled over
expenses. then indeed the Republi-
cans would have been able to bring
an Indictment against Democratic
management of the war.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

The special session of Congress
has furnished daily demonstrations
of what President Wilson had in
mind last autumn when he issued an
appeal to the people to return
Democrat Congress. He had had
experience with Republican in
dividuals in the blocking of war
legislation. and knew they would
not hesitate to handle the big re-
construction problems, then self
evident, in the same way.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27
THE HIGH COSTS OF STRIKES.

The high cost of strikes is appall-
ing-is almost unbelievable-but it
is there just the same AS an ex-
ample it can be stated that in 1917
there were 5000 reported strikes in
this country. No doubt twice as
many small strikes and near-strikes
did not get into the record. In the
state Of New York alone from Oct
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

All the Republican experts have
hand, to find a germ of hope in the
returns of the recent gubernatorial
and other local elections. Their dis
coveries thus far have not been re.
sarded as encouraging to the Re-
publican leaders in the Senate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

The Republican majority in both
the Senate and the House has pass
ed little remedial legislation, and
then only upon the insistence of the
President and other Democratic
leaders. Republican Senators and
representatives elected on their
hedges to help carry out the Wilson
promises. They are hindering, not
helping.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27
IT is hardly 1ikelv that Chairman

1t is hardly likely that Chairman
Hays of the Republican National
Committee could have been address
ing himself to the majority in the
present Congress when he said that
the need is not ''for less politics but
for more attention to politics" Re-
publicans in the House and the Sen
ate have not overlooked politics in
though they have often
lost sight of everything else.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

In the midst of the debate on
reservations" in the Senate a few
days ago man in the ga!laries
arose and declared that he had re-
ceived a supernal command to make
a speech on the league of nations
But as wild reservationists' are
allowed to hamper public business
only from the floor of the Senate.
the poor fellow was elected and
confined.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

Theodore Rooseyelt's doctrines
and policies will govern the Republi-
can party's dealing with industrial
problems. says Chairman Hays of
the Republican National Committee
But Roosevelt living could not get
hearing for his policies from Mr..
Hays and other "standpatters.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

If you are subject to attacks of
heartburn or indigestion, it may do
you good to learn that Prickly Ash
Bitters is prompt and efficient
remedy. 1t strengthens digestion.
stomach and empties and purifies
the bowels. Try it. Price s1.25 per
bottle. e. E. Bell, Special Agent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

Some Republican organs are pub
fishing articles to prove that the
House of Representatives, at least,
has passed some bills. Yes, but the
Republican Senate has only passed
the buck"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

Senator Lodge is about to exper-
fence difficulties with new treaty
that between the defeatists and
the mild tionists.'' This
pact is in force subject to reserva-
tons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

Notwithstanding all Republican
efforts to carry the State, the Demo-
crat gubernational candidate is able
to sing with appropriateness,
" Maryland, My Maryland -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

1t costs the taxpayers $4,000
day to keep the Republican Congress
in it's present, state of activity. If
these Senators and Representatives
don't like to work they can strike
and save the people lot of money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-27

IT'S less discredit to abridge petty
charges than to st00p to petty get
tings.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-10
W0RkMEN EMPLOYED Al ALTOONA AND
 OTHER SHOPS QUIT
SIDER AS SUPERINTENDENT AND STRIKE WAS DECLARED

Altoona, Pa, Oct 1O-Virtually al, the mechanics employed by the Penn sylvania railroad in it's engine house at Altoona, East Altoona and Hol- idaysburg were on strike today to tions.
 The men walked out at one of the Altoona engine houses on Wednes day night because they objected to the appointment of an assistant fore man from the Hollidaysburg round house, claiming that one of their men should have been given the position. They were joined yesterday by the mechanics of the other two engine walkout may be extended to the other shops unless there is a speedy ad- justment. The situation has been placed before President Jewell of the Shop Crafts, in Washington, who promised to take up the mems griev- ances with the officials of federal railroad administration.
 While here has been no serious in- terruption in train service, railroad of fcials said it would be difficult to keep sufficient engines in service to meet and freight. The company has brought about 200 men, chiefly foremen, gang bosses and inspectors from it's shors east and west of here, but it was stated that this force would not be able to keep the service on a normal basis very long.