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The Redwood gazette., 1919-02-19

Judge Frank Clague told the Sleepy Eye resi-
dents at their Commercial Club dinner last We'd
nesday night that he thought railroads should re-
turn to private ownership, under government con-
troll Judge Frank had just gotten into Sleepy
Eye over the Nickle Plate, otherwise known as
the Sleepy Eye Redwood Falls "stub", and he
would have been perfectly justified, unless the
road has improved nightly in the past ten days,
in saying much more about the railroads than that
We should say he was both conservative and kind.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-02-19

The Babcock Trunk Highway bill is passed by
the Minnesota legislature That is ono good bit
of business we'll done.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-02-19

These are the days of real sport. When the
children of the family get to checking up the
parents on the eleven daily "health chores" there
is apt to be lively discussion now and then, and
the-4 may be very slightly yelled contempt
on the part of the children. The present Health
Tournament is one of the most educative health
features that has been inaugurated in many days
and the parent who isn't following it, chore for
chore, right along with the children of the family,
is not only loosing a splendid opportunity to in
terest himself and the children in something
extremely vital to their future wellbeing, but he
is also missing an opportunity to get himself
back into all the little habits of personal decency
from which he may have slipped away. Get a
record pin it up on your bedroom wall and let
the children check it for you each night If you
fall short you will hear from them about it-and
they will not try to be tactfu in expressing their
opinion of your shortcomings either. Personally
Mother" is really worried because it looks de-
cidedy as though she would have to give up her
beloved tea and coffee, because one can attain
perfect day" and indulge in these deadly
drinks. And not to attain at least two perfect
days" out of each seven is to prove oneself an
unfit associate for her own children.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
FIRST KNOWN USE or CIGARS
Mentioned by Name In Book Published
IN f7so, but Were Smoked Be
fore That Time.

The earliest known mention Of
cigars IL III a book publishod IA fT40
under the title IL eDIstresses and
Adventures Of John Coekburn." II ap.
pears that Cockburn was cast on DIES.
ert island 10 the hay OF Honduras,
from which he swan to the mainland,
and thence travelled afoot to Porto
Belle. distance of 2Ho0 miles. Here
he met some friars who gave him
some ''seeaarsa 10 smoke. These"
no snys, "are some leaves Of tobacco
rolled Up 10 some manner that serves
both as pipe aud the tobacco ITSELF
Though this Is the earliest date at
which cigars appear 20 be mentioned
BY that name. so far back a. laos
two soldiers sent BY Columbus TO OK
plors Cuba told their companions on
their return how the natives carried
Ia their mouths lighted tirehrand
made from the leaves of certain
herb. relied up In maize leaves The
deNcFlr on Of an fndian method OF
smoking given BY Lionel Wafer, In
his Travels IN the lsthinus Of
paricB in 1900. shows that they
then sacked cigars made just as we
snake them now. The manufacture
and consumption of cigars Ia northern
Europe only dates from the close OF
che seventeenth century
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
REACH AGREEMENT
On PEACE TERMS
CONFERENCE SETTLES QUESTION:
OF PREPARATIONS, FRONTIERS
AND UNDERWRITERS.
German Delegates viii be Summoned
10 Versailles Within Fortnight
Expected That Achievements Of
Conference viii be Lasting.

Paris. The peace conference has
reached nm agreement on oil questions
concerning peace With Germany, re-.
parHflons, indemnlties and the from
tiers Of the Rhine and Poland, accord.
ing % MI interview ia the Petit jour
nal, with the private secretary of
Premier Lloyd George. Certain details
remained aud IL Ii added they Will be
settled IN two Or three days.
The German delegates VIII be sum
rnoned TO Versailles within two or
three weeks.
The British premier, his secretary
II quoted as saying, thinks TINT Il the
allies agree as we'll at present as dur
ing the war, the achievements Of the
peace conference VIII be lasting and
numerous dangers Including Bolshe-
WIKI, viii be abolished,
While the text Of the Monroe doc
trims amendment adopted by the
League Of nations commission at its
sessions Thursday night Is withheld,
It's main features are substantially
along the following lines;
Article Nothing In this cove
nant shall be construed as lnvnlidnt-
Ing any agreement such as the Monroe
doctrine for the maintenance Of peace"
Discussion Of the Monroe doctrine
amendment by the League 81 nations
commission IL described by those pres
ent us having been of q dramatic char
aeter, concluding with speech by
President Wilson dcprccatlng the OF.
position which had been expressed and
unfolding the doctrine ns one Of the
great bulwarks against absOlntlsm.
The debate came late IN the session,
after other subjects had been passed
upon,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
CARE FOR STORAGE BATTERY
Because Of Comparatively Brief Life
1t Should Be Given Good Treat
ment by Owners.

After storage battery is fifteen
months old the dealer considers it
worthless, The fact that the battery
has such a comparatively brief life at
best, should lead owners to give II
careful treatment, so as to get maxi
mum service from it. Adding distilled
water to the cells to bring the fluid
up to the proper level, should be done
once q week in summer and twice q
month in winter. But this is not
enough; the gravity of the solution
may not be correct.
A hyd~ometer syringe test is the only
sure method of determining the condi-
toin of the battery. and If the cells
show below 1900 each, they require
recharging. Once every two months
the battery should be taken to the
service station for charging, espe-
cially If the user is doctor or one
similarly occupied, whose car is start
ed and stopped many times each day.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18

Those who have kept informed on
the great problems confronting the
United States army In the pursuit OF
war realize that the question of trans
portatlon Is one of the most diff
ficult ones. II was only six yenrs ago
that the qunrtermaster department rec
ognlzed the Importance Of motor truck
transportation, and when the campaign
against Mexico was opened In 1915 the
deslrability of limiting the number of
designs became evident.
The United States army bought its
first one and one-hnlf-ton truck as late
as 1913, and by 1916 1t had accumu-
lated experience with but a limited
number. In that year Col. G. y. Baker,
then chief OF transportation Ia the
office Of the quartermaster general, in
yited the Society Of Automotive En-.
glneers to send representatives to
Washington to confer with army oiii-
GERS and representatives of about fifty
truck builders, to cooperate In the pre-
pairing Of specifications for standard
one and one-half-ton and three
ton trucks. This conference was held
May S. 1916, and the specifications
were issued In June, 1916. On these
plans trucks were hurriedly purchased
| for use against Francisco Villa. This
gave the army the first good chance
to test the usefulness of motor trans
portation under trying conditions as
they existed on the Mexican border
Designed Standard Truck
Shortly after declaration OF war or
Germany Col, Bakers staff entertained
hopes of having completely stand
ardlzed military truck. They pro
ceeded to have new drawings anC
specifications made, including all tn,
suggestions and experiences recorded
10 that date. A number of members
of the s, A. u. were asked to assist II
the design OF the new truck and the!
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
HELP MAATEn
MERELY GIVEN LONG NAMES
Oscoetlons Prescribed BY Hlgh.Prlcsd
Physicians Made From Familiar
Wayslde Herbs.

MARY III the secrets hidden under
the shafch "a the waffle and daub cot
sAges can be found Ia the pharma.
copela ~ either the aliopathlst or the
homropashlat. observes the London
Daily Express
Willow tea Is but crude form OF
the salycllates which have long been
recognized az THE orthodox anti.urlc
acid and anti-pyretlc remedies,
Common maIlow called ''plck.
chooses ~ children, provides Il tnste-
less mneilaginons liquid, which ia
worked up 10 various shapes and given
for coughs The leaves Of the colts.
foot, horehound and balm are mi used
70 Iiquid form mostly. for coughs and
chest affections.
Fagglaye cordial Is given 10 cid peo-
pie suiYering from paipItatlon OF the
heart. and does Us much good as when
Il is called "tinc. dlgltalls."
Camomlle and dandellon hrotha or
teas are sold as tonics BY the wise
women who would be- az q less "a say
what was meant by Anthems nohiIis
or IhfAxhrEins
Beautiful comfrew IL used, both
plant and root. as a poultica for can.
eerous and other growths, and a broth
n made from II for kidney affections,
This hiss obtained official recognition
under the name Of Hynphltum ON.
einale.
The ''cure" for measles In aafrron
TEA. This is prepared By pouring bolt
Ing water on the dried stigmas Of the
purple autumn crocua An infusion o.
tiIxweed cleansea aud heals wounds
Self heal has cured qulnsy; sage has
ss=ny ealnahle qualities.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
Waste Bones still Required.

The women of Great Britain who
responded so nobly to the appeal
for waste bones which We're required
for munitions may still continue to do
service to their country by retaining
the habit they have formed of conserv-
ing the waste bones and fats. The
waste bone provides, among other
things, glue which is urgently needed
in every kind of reconstruction work,
such as building, cabinetmaking, house
furnishing, shipbuilding, airplane con-
struction, etc. They also obtain from
1t fertilizers to enrich the land, be-
sides many articles of domestic util-
Ity.-London Mail.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18

The vslue Of salt Is recognized IN
ell countries. and Ia those parts OF
the world where Il Is scarce II Il used
as money. In some parts ot Ahyssinla
bars u sait aud rifle cartridges are the
oniy small change Ia circulation. The
bars are tea Inches long and two
inches "a length and breadth, Five or
eight ssnlts" make one dollar, do
pending on the distance Of the source
Of supply. Three cartridges have tho
vulue Of one salt.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18

commenced work In Washington on
Aug. ]. BY Oct. 1, 1917, all details
and designs were completed, and ten
days later one sample war truck each
Of class A and B were ready for test
ing. One truck was driven overland
to Washington and the other had to
cross the Allegheny mountains. On
Oct. 10 the trucks, after successful
trips, were presented to Secretary
Baker and driven to the White House,
where they were examined by Presi-
dent Wilson.
Big Orders Are Placed.
The general staff and Secretary
Baker at once authorized the produc-
ton of 10000 class b trucks, and to
execute this great task the military
truck production section of the trans
portation division of the quartermas-
ter's corps was organized, composed
Of civilians only. The work was dis
tributed among seventeen truck
builders, each to make 800 to 1000
trucks. The first five trucks were
available January 10, 1918. BY April
1918, production was proceeding SO
| satisfactorily that the general staff
authorized the purchase of 5000 more
| trucks, and in August, 1913 an addi
tional $4,000 We're authorized, but
the armistice was signed before the
last order was far advanced.
Glass 3 Trucks Lead.
1t has, however, been clearly dem
onstrated that the class B trucks are
not equaled in performance by any
other type of truck used overseas
The experience acquired by the auto
motive engineers will be Immediately
available in their peace-time occu
pations, and the motor transport
corps acknowledge that the success
full solution of the motor truck prob
lens is in a large measure due to the
cooperation of the Society of Auto
motive Engineers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
VICTORY MEDAL FOR SOLDIERS
Interallled Commission Agrees Upon
Badge For Allied Forces.

Washington.A Victory medal and
ribbon 10 be worn by the soldiers Of
every nation who served with the allied
armies III the world war, has been
agreed upon by the interallled COM
mission. A description of the medal
Il contained In cable from General
pershing which has been turned over
10 the Fine Arts commission for exc
cution Of the design. Samples Of the
"Ralnbow" ribbon, which Is made by
INTERVIEWING the colors of the allies.
have been forwarded by General
pershing,
While all the medals win follow the
same general lines, each nation is au.
thorlzed TO prepare its Individual de-
Sign, witch. when worn with the Rain
bow ribbon. will take the place Of the
service chevron Ia the cases Of men
who saw service overseas.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
New type Of Bumper.

verse bumper bar and which takes up
the first shock growing out of coll
ltsion.
Bars OF spring steel. placed lateral
ly tit into longitudinal rods, and these
In turn are movable longitudlnally
within short limit In sockets. An
other feature of the patent is that the
longitudinal bars impinge against rub.
Der buffers enclosed within the sock
cts.
The transverse bar Is bow shaped
and all shock Is distributed first
through the rubber sleeve, then the
transverse bar to the lateral bars,
through the longitudinal rods to the
buffers within the sockets.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
Conscientious Justice.

A Delaware justice of the peace is
so Experimentation that when he
discovered himself smoking cigarette
in Rockwell park, below Port Penn,
and learned that this constituted dis
orderly conduct because of recent mill
tary rules, he fined himself. Already,
according to local reports, fines and
costs collected from soldiers thus of
Tending have amounted to So.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
clean Photouraphs.

Dirty photographs are so unsightly
that you win be glad TO know there il
. way 10 clean them. Moisten a soft
cloth with warm water to which a
little ammonia has been added; wiring
the cloth out well and wipe the photo
graphs very lightly. drying them in-
mediately with a soft dry cloth.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
Ter New Destroyers Added.

Washington battle fleet
was augmented last month by ten new
destroyers and one submarine, besides
the superdreadnaught Idaho, which
viii join Admiral Mayos forces upon
their return from Guantanamo bay.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
4Omeseekers' Rates Not Expected.

Helena. So long ms the railroads
remain under government control Il Is
improbable that homeseekers excur-
sion rates win be put into effect, ac-
eor,ling TO a letter Secretary of State
c. 4. Stewart has received from
Washington.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
Nickname for American Fighters.

Coblenz. After several futile efforts
OF the inventor and discoyerer OF nick
names for American soldiers Ia the
great war one has come into use here
IN reference TO the 100000 men that
probably will stick, They are
eAmaroes.n
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
WRONG VIEWPOINT OF LIFE
Foolish "Modern Girls" Who Get the
Idea That They Know Better
Than Their Mothers.

Scene-The dressing room of a
Broadway restaurant at the dinner
hour. Two of the prettiest girls
imaginable, both in frocks that sug-
gested not the city shops, but the care
full fashioning of mothers hands, were
smoking and laying on rouge, with
lavish hand. And both We're excited,
for evidently things had been happen
ing at home
Said Rose and Black: "Those
chumps told ma that / hadn't been
working there for six weeks. There
was an awful row at home when she
found OUT
Her companion sneered cOmplacent-
ly: '"WelI, never tell my mother
anything My jobs my own business.
What's the use? They don't seem to
understand that times have changed.
You can't live in New York like they
did in the backwoods when they were
young. If they think I'm going to
slave in an Office at twelve week and
never go out at night and then marry
someone who means the Bronx and
three rooms they have another guess
coming Not for me-"
Two pretty faces, hardened into
lines that i'll became them, turned
toward the corridor and their waiting
escortS.-New York Sun.
/
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
CAUSE OF A SHORT CIRCUIT
Rubbing OF Cables on Sharp Edges
OF Battery Box Soon Wears
Through Insulation.

Electric cables that rub on sharp
edges of the battery box or other
places will soon wear through the in
sulation from vibration of the car and
a short circuit win occur that may be
hard to find. Such parts of the wire
should be protected with adhesive
tape and should also be frequently in
spected.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
sanoulnarY outbrsake Is tlunland

Copenhagen, "A sanguinary collision
occurred Friday at Danzig between a
crowd and troops guarding the square
In front OF the railway station, Three
persons were killed and several wound
ed when troops fired on the people
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
TIME TO ADJUST CARBuREToR
Always Best to Make Adjustments
to Motor After II Is Thoroughly
Warmed Through.

A great many car owners make the
mistake Of adjusting the carburetor
when the engine is cold. 1t is always
best to make adjustments to the mo-
tor after It has been run long enough
to get thoroughly warmed through,
and this applies equally to the valve
tappets, etc.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
LOOSE FLYWHEEL SYMPTOMS
Trouble May BE Determined by Sud-
denly Speeding Up Engine and
Closing Throttle.

When there Is a suspicion that the
fiywheel Is loose the way to determine
it is to speed up the engine suddenly
and then quickly close the throttle; IL
this procedure produces knock from
the vicinity of the flywheel just at the
Instant the throttle is closed it is pref
" certain that loose flywheel is caus-
ing the trouble.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
aeYernor Faees lmpeashment.

nes. Molues, Iowa. Impeachment of
Governor w, L. Harding viii be recon-
meuded to the Iowa house Of repre-
sentatiyes by It's judiciary committee
as the result Of tie Ernest Rathbun
pardon case, the committee decided
Friday.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
AUTOMOBILE FENDER
HAS BEEN INVENTED

Frank Koubek, a member of the mer-
chandlsing staff Of Cleveland manu-
featuring concern, has been granted
letters patent ON a new type of au-
tomoblle fender or bumper. One OF
It's principal features is the rubber
sleeve which slips ON over the trans
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
For Your Motor.

It has been found that a mixture of
% per cent each Of gasoline and BEN
zoin with so per cent of alcohol works
very satisfactorily as a fuel for We
bicle motors.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
The Great Art.

There Is but one art--to omit on,
n / knew how to omit I would ask no
other knowledge A man who knew
how 70 omit would make an "iilad" Of q
daily paper Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
Ancient Burial Chest.

A cIst (sepulehral chestl Of massive
nIabs. enclosing a einerary urn, said
10 be pre-Christian, has been found
mear Douglas, Isle OF Man.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
sneednmeter Drive.

The average owner never gives the
slightest heed to the speedometer
drive. and yet this part needs Pc
riodic inspection and fabrication.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
MORE MONEY FOR RAlLRoADERs
four Hundred Thousand Trainmen
Granted increase In Salaries.

Granted Increase N Salaries.
Washington Wage advances ag.
gregating $95,0oo000 we're ordered on
April III by Director General Hines
for 100000 railroad engineers, fire
men. trainmen and conductors In both
passenger and freight service mem
hers Of the Blg -Four railroad brother-
hoods, retroactive since January l.
1919,
The Increases were arranged accord
Ing e contemplated schedule, one u
the aims Of which was to restore the
wages relationship existing before the
railroads increase In wages lust year
The average advance In pay pei
man per year win be- about 500,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18

1t never improves musty opinions to,
air them.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18
Concrete Poles.

Reinforced concrete poles are used
for a 22,000-volt power line six miles
long at Brentwood, Cal, supplying a
load of about $500 horse power. The
poles are tapered beams, REINFORCED
symmetrically on two sides, and are
Al feet long, II inches square at the
base, and s inches square at the top.
The spans very from $50 to 800 feet.
Every man intends to have his own
way after marriage, but sometimes
his wife relieves him of a false i'm
preston.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-04-18

The average fish story is romance
of real life.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-10-15

as far as material advancement is con cened
 It cannot be charged that all of the fault lies at the door of our representatives in Washington. Some of them at least have made repeated efforts to prevent such cN- clusion. That failure has attended in 9 large measure most of these efforts iS r.. reflexion on their ability but rathcr-n4s iI- lustratiOn of the stubborncss of congrc,, when 1t comes to dealing with Alaskan af fairs. It has adopted a set policy dealing with imaginary conditions which in fact never existed and it seldom deviates from that policy.
 The 80rod strip provision between homesteads applies only to Alaska A new coal and oil lands leasing bill was recently passed by congress, that, unless amended in the last hearings, does not include the territory in its provisions. When Secretary Lane first proposed his soldiers and Ail- OTIS homestead measure, 1t did not include Alaska in its provisions despite the fact that the war drew almost all of Alaska $ young men into it and most of them are still in the states because of adverse condi- tions produced in Alaska by war changes. These are but a few of other and numerous instances
 Most Alaskans would like to know the why of 1t. The territory has been termed stOrehouse of riches. In fact it is now a vault of potential wealth to which there but one combination and congress has that. So far it has refused to use it. We hang on from year to year hoping for a change that so far has not come. If the fault is the territory's it is time 1t knew it: if not then surely 1t is time that congress adopted a new policy. Every resource is under lock and key save our fisheries and these are thrown wide open under a plea of increas- ing the food production of the nation The result is stagnation in the one case and starvation for large proportion of the ma tive population in the other.
 The remedy, as has been frequently pointed out, lies in the hands of congress. It Is matter of duty that AIaskans unite In efforts to see that it is applied.