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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08
FORD

Ford cars are important servants
everywhere. They help the family
enjoy life, bring the pleasures and
advantages of the town within reach
of the farmer and give practical ser
vice every day in country and town.
They require minimum of atten-
ton; any one can run the Ford and
care for it. hut it is better to have
repairs and requirements taken
care of by those who are familiar
with the work and have the tools.
the genuine materials, and skilled
men to do the work promptly, We
pledge Ford owners the reliable
Ford service with real Ford parts
and standard Ford prices.
Monroe City Auto Co, Pierceall &
Sons, Caplineer & Johnston. Logan
Bros and Roy Crowley.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08

Mrs. L, j. Stockwell and two
daughters Of East St. Louis came
Monday for a several weeks visit
with her mother Mrs. Mary Sharp
and other relatives here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08
The Mexican Problem

to our Mexican situation. The
United States is reconized through |
out the world as the leader in prac-
tically all things having to do with
the high state of civilization to
which the better part of mankind
has attained. Most of the world to.
day is looking to our nation for in.
spiration and guidance We have
by both policy and precept challeng.
ed enlightened peoples everywhere
And yet to our south and separated
by only flowing stream of water,
lies Mexico, whose masses are from
three to five hundred years behind
the vanguard of civilization and
whose government changes much
after the manner of the moon in the
heavens.
There appear to be two fund a.
mental classes of people in Mexico
the very rich and the very poor,
and the chasm which divides them
is as deep and unbridgeable today
as in the seventeenth century. Then
there abounds in that country a
third class which preys upon both
the rich and the poor the bandit
leaders of which the notorious San
Francisco Villa is typical. These
warriors impress the poor into mill
tary service and loot the rich. From
the one they secure soldiers and
toilers and from the other they get
gold and territory.
And this condition gives no
promise of early improvement. In
fact it seems rapidly to be becom-
ing more complicated by the injec
! ton of property troubles on the part
of Americans many of whom have
taken up temporary abode on or
near their holdings. The mines,
forests, oil possibilities and fruit
raising opportunities in Mexico have
lust been touched and American
spectators with millions of money
are attracted into this vast field of
natural wealth. These spectators
and investors want protection, but
under the conditions which obtain
in that country. their position is one
of neither citizenship nor political
power.
What will be the final chapt er
that will mark the restoration of
peace and right to life and property,
is still an unknown quantity. AS
stated in the beginning of this article,
history offer no precedent No
country before has housed within
its borders at one time. the civilized
and the semi. civilized-the educ at
ed and the uneducated-the ultra
rich and the poorest of poor-the
rich foreign Spectator and the rich
local hold-the state militia and
the bandit troops all occupying OF
attempting to occupy the same ter
ritorial spece.
The peace conference may have
had many complex and vexing pro-
blems with which to deal. but by
ISLANDERS are probably willing to
challenge even that distinguished
body to bring order out of CHI in
Mexico. -Moberly Monitor.
The goat industry in Missouri is
on the increase, especially in the
Ozark area, according to Jewel
Mayes, secretary of the state board
of agriculture. Goats of both the
mohair and milking breeds are gain
ing in favor and registration is be-
coming recognized as just as i'm
portant as for cattle or hogs, Reg
istration has been recognized in
the recent wide range of prices be-
tween high GRADE unregistered goats
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08
Chas. A. BuerSan

Charlie A. Buerean, former resi-
dent of this city. passed away at
his home in Moline, Kansas We'd
nesday, July 80, 1919, after an ILL
ness of several months duration.
Mr.. Buergan was well known
by many in this city having come
to this community from New York
City when he was only eight years
in the year 1846 While a resident
here he owned and resided on the
farm known as the Ed Lonem
farm south of this city. Later he
moved to this city where he engag-
ed in the lumber business. About
thirty years ago he moved to Kan
sas where he has since made his
home. He was eighty-one years old.
The remains were brought to this
city Thursday where funeral serV-
ices were held Friday afternoon at
2::30 o'clock at the Christian Church
conducted by Rev. B. T. Wharton.
Burial was in st. Judes cemetery.
Among his survivors are two
nephews. Node Green of this city
and Mack Green of North Dakota.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08

George Hill of Bevier, Mo. chief
mine inspector of the state, made
the discovery that while he holds
an office the legislature did not ap.
propriate any money to pay his
salary of $4,000 a year and neces.
sary expenses. This was undoubt
eddy an oversight. but there is no
help for it, Hill will have to wait
until the next legislature passes a
bill reimbusing him or give up his
job.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08

Missouri was the leading state in
furnishing walnut lumber for the
manufacture of gunstocks during
the continuance of the worlds war,
and she never failed to furnish her
full quota of men-and in the time
fixed-for the handling of the guns
Both men and lumber were good
stock.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08

Mrs. Jane Abbott and daughter.
Mrs. Fannie Sherman aud son
Abbott of Hannibal expect to leave
Sunday for Oakland. Oregon for a
several months visit with Mrs, Alb
bolts sister. Mrs. E. l.. Henninger
and family.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1919-08-08

has ever been done at a heat" 1t
is the result of repeated efforts. and
often of many failures One gener-
alton begins, and another continues
the present cooperating with the
past. Thus, the Parthenon began
with a mud hut; the Last Jude.
ment" with a few scratches on the
same. 1t is the same with individ.
uals of the race; they begin with
abortive efforts, which, by means
of perseverance, lead to successful
issues.
The history of industry is uniform
in the characters of its illustr atoms.
Industry enables the poorest man
to achieve honor, if not distinction.
The greatest names in the history
of art, literature, and science are
those of laboring men. The work.
ing instrument-maker gave US the
steam-eneine; a barber, the spin
ming machine: a weaver, the mule;
a pitman perfected the locomotive;
and workingmen of all grades have.
one after another. added to the
triumphs of mechanical skill.
BY the working man we do not
mean merely the man who labors
with his muscles and sinews. A
horse can do this. But he is pre-.
eminently the working-man who
works with his brain also, and whose
physical system is under the in
fiuence of higher faculties The
man who paints picture, who
writes a book, who makes a law.
who creates a poem, is a working.
man of the highest order; not so
necessary to the physical sustain
ment of the community as the plow-
man or the shepherd, but not less
important as providing for society
its highest intellectual nourishment
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
What to Do With Railroads

Sometime ago the Press Service company sent out questonnaire relating to the important details of the railroad problem it will be presented to congress. The questionnaire sent to 13,424 newspapers every part of the country 1922 replies were received representing newspaper circulation of 135367OO
 The first question Does your community favor enlargng the power of the federal government to regulate railroad transportation. The reply 2446 yes; 17S3 no. The New England group alone voted in the negative.
 In reply to the next inquiry, Should the inter- state commerce commission have exclusive control of freight and passenger rates?" Yes 15O4 no 11S4 The New England group alone in the negative
 To the third query, Do you favor federal instead 1891; no 1O7O The southern and southwestern groups voted no.
 Federal instead of state regulation of the issu ance of railroad securities2" Yes 1419; no 890
 Tn favor of the creation of secretary of trans portation in the cabinet?7 Yes 1905; 1893.
 "A national board to investigate and report upon adjustments of railway wages and working cond- tions?" Yes 2S14; 7S6
 The extent which the replies of each of the newspapers represented it's constituents, of cannot known, it is shown that the newspapers at least are of not leaving the railroads much to their devices formerly.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
EDITORIAL
AND WHAT OF THE LIVING?
C. G. H., Editor

You have observed, perhaps, that man must be dead before he is appre- ciated-or as we are so fond of putting it "honored."
 The recent memorial services for the "heroic dead" of Maricopa county is a fair illustration of what we have in mind. Some thousands of valley resi- dents-some of whom were friends and acquaintances of the fallen heroes gathered at the fair grounds to pay tribute to those of the immediate com munity who died for freedoms cause.
 As we recall the figures, about 5000 of Maricopa's sons were inducted or enlisted in the service. The majority Of these crossed the seas and went into action, living up 10 the honored tradi- tionS of the American soldier. Thirty five of these men have not and will never return. A so-called memorial service was held for the gold-star he- roes.
 But how about the living two thou sand and more who have returned to us, their work done and done as an | American can do it? Are they not de- | serving of some sort of public recog- | milton? Are we to honor only the | Hallowed Thirty five?
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
A Roman Verdict

The following from the Tribuna of Rome re- ported in the Associated Press dispatches of yeser day must be regarded dspassonate fairly accurate and attrbuting to the president loftier motive for his activities Paris than many of his countrymen, perhaps than half of them, willing to con- cede:
 It has been psychological drama Presi- dent Wilson believes, perhaps sincerely, that he incarnated only the aspirations of America, but also the aspirations of Europe. Instead President Wilson, despite his pure intentions, failed of his object He returns to America leav-
 ing behind him chaos of disorder passion and disluson, since he could rot conclude peace ac- cording to his principles but by compromise brought about by the overbearing attitude of the strong toward the weak
 Now that it is all over, the work of the confer snce may be reviewed. The president had outlined the kind of peace he wanted. It the presidents outline and not that of the American people. The American people had aspirations The war had been and they were content. There but one th'no they wanted and that could hardly be described
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
HOME PLANNING

Our ideal of America is that it shall be slumless. Therefore every modification or improvement made in towns themselves should foresee freedom for fu ture generations. It is not enough merely to set up houses The planning engineer these days is a necessity This understands when one con- siders that the time is doubtless not far distant when instead of having great deal of school build ing up down several stories high with ground about it. education will demand a great deal ground with light repaceable school buildings well spread out
 Town planning and housing projects will in- evitably follow the signing of the peace terms be- cause of the great expansion of industry to accept the opportunities of foreign trade. Benefcient and practical plans if not immediately needed must be warmly cherished significant of the promised bet ter life for all our people. All the passion or the home loving communities of America, in the light of newly-quickened love for the country we live in may be turned to real account if we so circum- stance new homes and improve our old ones that future generations shall not be able to reproach us with lack of adequate vision-Gertrude Shelby in
 Howe to Face Peace," (Henry Holt & Co)
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

an aspiration, the fitting punishment of Germany They not greatly concerned with the aspirations of the president If the president believed that they had aspirations and that they ncarnated in him he must afterward have undergone dislusonment before he affixed to the treaty the following peculiar signature: The Honorable Woodrow Wilson acting in his own name and by his proper authority"
 The conferees of the other powers were at time under any illusion. They too had aspirations, So had the people of France and Great Britain and Premier Clemenceau and Lloyd George went into the conference with the intention of bringing those aspirations to realization they have done so fully and completely.
 Just what happened within the conference, what friction there may have been, we do not know. But aware that the fourteen points were not allowed to puncture the program of the British and French premiers We have witnessed "open venant openly arrived at' made before bndfoded world. We have seen every secret treaty into which Great Britain had entered before or dur ing the war. recognized in the peace treaty. The president was, perhaps encouraged object to the Italian agreement, because it was convenient for France and Great Britain repudate though they did not ultimately do
 The matter of the freedom of the seas so far as know was not even discussed in the conference The principle of the self determination of peoples observed only when it did conflict with British and French plans
 The president permitted to entertain him self with the League of Nations the while Clemen- and Lloyd George devoted themselves without Interruption to the practical busness of Euro pean, African Asiatic and insular ap-making Thus everybody was engaged in some congenial task ex- cept the other American delegates who cut about as much figure in the proceedings any of the other 400 members of the presidents Parisan entourage.
 The Tribuna is in error, not of language but of inference in the statement the president America leaving behind him a chaos of disorder, passion and disluson" In the president left all these things except disillusion behind him, just he left Paris and Rome behind him. Whatever of disillusion there was, he brought away with him. But for of these things the president sponsibe There would have been the same chaos and disorder in Europe if America had been rep resented in the peace conference. The adjustments determined before the president crossed the the first time Any chaos disorder for which the president may be responsible in consequence of his Parisian activities exists only in this country
 Our aspirations have not been disappointed for had none. Any peace treaty that the French and the British might have imposed would have been satisfactory us, though Americans must regret our seeming compicity in the Shantung affair." to which we must do the president the justice of suspecting he assented with greatest distase and reIuct ance and only because thereby could he secure some greater concession all humanity The Chinese are only part of humanity
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q. Is Griffith's picture, The Birth of a Nation, still being shown? E. R. T.
 A. MT. Griffith states that "The Birth of a Nation" is this season the sensation and chief entertainment at traction in Peking, China.
 Q. How high are the waves at sea in time of storm? C. V. B.
 A. The maximum height of waves is about 20 feet. They may be meas ured by climbing a mast until the horizon can just be seen when the ship is in the trough of the sea. The height of the eye above the water line is then the height of oncoming wave.
 Q. If my son made me beneficiary to his government insurance, can he change the beneficiary without my consent? E. F.
 A. The insured may change the beneficiary or take any action on the policy he chooses without your con sent.
 o. What is the estimated rate of curvature Of the earth? H. P. L.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

A. The curvature of the earth is estimated at eight inches per mile.
 Q. What is the origin of the three balls in front of a pawnbroker's shop? E. D.
 A. These balls represent the arms of the Medici family which at one time ruled part of Italy, and some members of which, upon emigrating to London, engaged in money lending and used the family coat of arms as a sign.
 Q. What is meant by the pairing of senators? F. w
 A. Pairing is an arrangement by which a member of one party wishing to be absent, agrees with a member of the opposition party that the latter shall abstain from voting in the ab- sence of the man with whom he is paired.
 (Any reader can get the answer tc any question by writing The Republi-
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

He took the girls elbow in the palm of his hand to guide her through the CT owd, and she smiled up at him, fac ing my way. And I knew that never in my life had 1 seen a prettier grill And my Bob didn't look bored, cer- tainly he didn't resemble Sir Anthony one bit. His familiar voice startled me:
 "But-my dear Katherine" he was protesting.
 And just then my own face, 1 know, must have been very unlovely.
 Gro Be Continued)
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
MERCANTILE PAPER

NEW YORK, July 2.-Mercantilt paper, unchanged; sterling 60day bills, ss53; commercial 60day bills or banks, $4.5234. commercial 60-day bills. s4.521s; demand, s4.56; cables S4.57.
 Time loans, strong, unchanged. Cal money, strong: high, s; low, $; ruling rate, s; closing bid, $; offered at 615 last loan $.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

can Information Bureau, Frederic J Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. Give full name and address and en- close two-cent stamp for return post age. Be brief. All inquiries are con fidential, the replies being sent direci to each individuaD.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 3, 1919

Perfection does not exist. To un- derstand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to desire to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.
 Alfred de MusSet.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
HARD ON MALARIA

Never hear much about malaria out this way any more"
 NO" answered Uncle Bill Bottletop Malaria ets terrible unpopular when there is nothing to it with except quinine." ."-Washington Star.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
MAKE YOUR VACATION PAY
Big free prize offer.

DIS lAVG pi IZe OLl6I.
 As vacation time looms big, Sky larlier writes in and suggests that, as a precaution against running short of material for the Camers cargo next month or next fall or sometime, those who enjoy riding on the Camel's Back, make a special effort to collect and preserve what Skylarker is pleased to term ripping good vacation stories" You know" he writes, some of these funny little things you see and hear and think of while on your vacation"
 No, We confess. we don't know. We haven't had a vacation in so many years. But in order to be a good sport and to help the good cause along, we'll put up the usual dollar to be awarded to the one sending in the best vacation story, as outlined by Skylarker. Send 'em in an time, and we'll save them until, say the middle of September, and then judge them, award the prize, and print the others. The point is to make them brief, snappy, and 10 the point. -O
 Have the Camel follow you on your vacation.
 Three guesses as to when the next peace treaty will be signed ! Next "Chooseday' we will have no l choice. Just water.
 On July 1 as a nation, we will take | off our rye" face and put on a wry one.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
HAPPY CHILDHOOD

John, upon being taken in to see his brand-new brother gazed long and earnestly him and said: Gee but you are a lucky kid! You won't have to wash your own ears for years and years" Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Lew Head, affectionately known as Literary Lew" he as handled the tele- graph and sports and the book review on the Repub., has folded up his tent and hied him to elsewhere. Pasadena, we believe. We miss him.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Complete returns on the big fight In next weeks Camel's Back.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Phone your classified ads to The Republican. We will collect later Phone 4331.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
"lN THE DARK OF THE MooN'
We are very slightly changed From the semi-apes who ranged

We are very slightly changed
 From the semi-apes who ranged
 India's pre- historic clay"
 So sings kipling. Particularly, we rise to remark have we changed the least in the matter of superstitions.
 Grandma A, our venerable though sprightly neighbor, rents an extra house on her five-acre patch to neighbor B and his family. Now, Grandma has a daughter living down near Buckeye and by force of circumstances, in which a quick trade of real estate is involved, daughter and family are to move into our neighborhood.
 By the terms of the deal, the coup is not to be pulled until the first part of the month. Here it is, the middle of the month and the moon is fast losing her fullness. By the first of the month, the prospective moving time for Grand . mas daughter the moon will be dark. ''
 And so Grandma hastens over to neighbor B, her tenants. and serves an ultimatum to the effect that neighbor B must out onto the highway and hunt him another house. He must move muy pronto.
 Law, mel" she explained to the sur prised Mrs. B., ''Nettie's gotta be moved by the first of the month, and I shore cant let her move around the first because it'll be the dark of the moon, and they do tell of turrble things and band luck to happen to body that moves in the dark of the moon.''
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
EASY

Sam-"Who was the first kaiser?" Bull-"How do I know? Ask something easy"
 Sam-"Something easy?"
 Bull-"Yes ask who's the last.'-London Opinion.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

And don't forget the poor ice man, the butcher, the baker and the grocer before you buy your railroad ticket They might wanna buy theirs, too.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Ward Adams, sport writer and gen. eral news handyman, is back on the Repub. after a long hiatus. Rolling stones, these reporters. We used to ouarre: with Ward on the Gazette.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Go ahead. now, and brag about our well developed bootlegging system when you go back to where it's just gone dry
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Tommy" Thompson, of the Valley counting house. has knocked off and will renew old acquaintances in Iowa for the month.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03
AT THE TOWN PUMP

While the rest of the nation frets and fumes at the new era that began on July l, the great commonwealth of Arizona moves majestically onward without the slightest break emanating from her dry carcass. (INill the valua- ble proofroom fix up the last word in the above sentence? It looks turrblel)
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Up until yesterday a column streamer, growing yellow with age adorned the editors sanctum over al The Republican. It ran like this. Grave Gives Up Mouldering Body ot Bandit Villa" Tee-hee,
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Some folks take their vacations on the coast" remarked Zeke, the village sage, while others are paying install- ments on their Liberty bonds
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

We intend to put in a portion of our vacation reading Vol. I of "A Thou sand Nights and a Night" vulgarly known as The Arabian Nighss.' .' Through the kindness of MT. Spear. we are privileged to peruse the or iginal, undeleted, uncensored edition And, my dear, it's a scream.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

Fifty thousand by 1920" Phoenix slogan. Oi Yoii 50,O0O people in a town and not a ball park in the placel Go west, young man!
Arizona republican., 1919-07-03

It all depends upon the outcome of our approaching session with Mac" McVey the genial telephone manager, as to whether or not we shall put our address down as "Phone-nix," Arizona