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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

I Dear MIS-. thompson. all 10
years old, considered very good
looking, neat and a good musician.
I am rather shy and backward and
| sometimes rather distant have a
.ot of girl friends and have a splen-
| did time with them. / have a lot
Of boy friends, too, bat none Of them
have ever seemed to care enough
about me to go with me.
There are only two things that
know of that keeps me from having
the good times other girls have
with boy friends.
| When a small Child was rather
unfortunate, for 1 was stricken with
paralysis. This left me slightly
lame. 1t is hardly noticeable, but
enough to make very slight limp
as l walk.
l know l am still very young and
,iave plenty of time, but l have just
Leen wondering if there would be
any one for me. 1 am so thankful
when see someone who is much
more unfortunate tnan l am that l
am no worse. But even as l am,
nv mind is always thinking, "Oh,
he wouldn't want me because | am
a little lame" Is that the way TO
feel?
Which do you think accounts for
my not having anyone who really
cares about me-my shyness or be-
cause it has been the will of our
Father that be slightly lame?
FAITH.
do not believe you have touch
t1U
not have boy callers.
You have had a misfortune in
your life which has saddened you
and made you older for your age
than most girls. Besides this, you
are a musician. For both these rea-
sons you would select man for a
friend, rather than boy, because
a man would have greater under
standing. You have nothing in
common with young boys and so
there is not a mutual attraction be-
tween you.
OF course you should not think
of your lameness when you meet
or talk to men. 1t is your person.
atty they will like. When you are
older and meet men with developed
tastes they will not consider youi
.ameness or your shyness; they will
ike you for what you are-pretty
shy, a musician. Your lameness
will be a distinctive feature. if, "a
YOU grow older, your personality
becomes more charming.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is it
proper now for a young man to
smoke in a girls company with
out first asking her permission?
DOUBTFUL.
He should first ask the girl if she
objects OF course she should not
object. If she disapproves of the
habit it is not her place to correct
it unless she has some claim or
him
Dear Mrs. Thompson: What will
remove warts from my hands?
CUTIE.
Apply nitric acid to the wart with
the end of a toothpick Be careful
not to let the acid run down the
hand or fingers. In two or three
applications the wart will dry up
completely and fall off. The cure is
permanent
Dear Mrs. Thompson: have met
a young preacher that I can't get
of my mind. am real anxious to
know more of him. met him only
one time at church and haven't seen
him since, but I cannot forget him.
1 sent him Thanksgiving card.
Would IL be improper for me to
send him a Christmas card?
Why Is It I can't forget him? I
know am not silly.
BROWN EYES. |
Do not<send@ him o Christmas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08
Hart IHo n
" 4 MRC. ELIZABETH THONPSONN

card. If you were friends it might
he all right, but under the circum-
stances it would be running after
him.
To be very frank, the reason why
you cannot forget him is because
you do not want to. Isn't il true
that you enjoy imagining yourself
in his presence? You must stop
Gay dreaming or you will make
yourself very unhappy.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: We are two
girls II and Is years old.
% Should we go with several
different boys or with the same one
steady?
90 Is it considered proper to
chew gum when out in a crowd7
80 | have d boy friend who IS
now in France. Am l entitled to
send him a Christmas package or is
it his parents place to send it?
ca Are we old enough to go to
dances if our mothers do not OBJ
;ect? MARY AND JANE.
a. Go with several boys.
(2) 1t is considered ilI-bred.
90 His parents are entitled to
send the box and you are not
"a Yes.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am a
young girl and go with boys and
my parents do not object The
other day l made a boy angry at
me, for he had taken a book of mine
in fun and it made me angry at
first. / have not spoken to him for
two or three days. l like this boy
very much. He is the first boy l
ever went with. We would quit and
go with other people but have al
ways gone back again.
What can l do to show him 1 am
not angry? He thinks / am angry
at him and l want to regain his
CHARLOTTE.
Speak to the boy pleasantly when
you meet him and he will under
stand that you are no longer angry.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Some time
ago | had a boil on my face. 1t
was on my left cheek and left a
very ugly scar. What can / do TO
remove it?
ROSE GERANIUM.
Scars will often disappear with
time, but if yours proves obstinate
make a lotion of 60 grains of bOric
acid and eight ounces Of witch
hazel, and see il this has any effect.
Massage will aid considerably the
passing OF scar.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l have
been corresponding with a young
man in camp for about nine months
and l knew him about three years
before he was drafted. He is just
an old boy friend of mine. He is
coming home soon and will be here
for his birthday Please tell me If
it will be all right 30 give him a
little present? NJ. J.
II will be better not to give him
a birthday present. If you want
him to know that you remember
the occasion, send him a birthday
greeting.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: My gentle
nan friend in France will be COM
Ing >home soon, 1 think. Would it
De proper for me to go TO New York
to meet him? l am of age. Is It
necessary to have my parents con-
cent? Blue EYES.
Do not go to New York to meet
your soldier friend unless you are
engaged to him. and even so you
should not go without your mother,
1r someone she recommends, as
chaperon.
You should most certainly have
your parents consent before going
On such a trip. l myself would not
advise you to 90.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

The attorney general of North Dakota has ad-
vsed the state board of railroad commissioners
the % per cent advance in freight ordered by
the director general, taking effect last June, is
illegal applied intrastate business He advises
a contest. Very we'll; might as well find out
right who is running the railroads the govern
ment or the states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

There was big shooting party the other day on
the estate where Herr HohenZoIlern is making his
home, but the former emperor refused to join it.
Evidently he does not like to hear the popping of
guns we'll as he used to-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08
MENU HINT

BREAKFAST.
Oatmeal Cream
Corn Gems Coffee
LUNCHEON.
Macaroni Croquetes
Tomato Sauce Lettuce Salad
Prune Pudding Cream
DINNER
Tomato Soup with Spaghetti
Mock Fil1et OF Beef
Potato Croquettes
Cold Asparagus French Dressing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

The former kaiser is said to be greatly depressed
as he realizes that he is down and out for good
When some seventy millions of his former subjects
arrive at approximately the state of mind and
not till then, will the purpose for which United
States and the allies fought have fully accom-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

The yearning that every humorist is said to have
to be taken seriously in while has been graft
fled in the of Irving Cobb, who has been made
a chevaIier of the French Legion of Honor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

OF course the attitude of the interstate commerce
commission the railroad ownership question is in
wise attributable to desire the part of the
members thereof to hang onto their jobs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

The operation William Hohenzolerns
probably performed to relieve that burning
sation that must have been troubling him consider
ably of late
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08

worn out and broken cannon among those they have
been turning over to the Americans!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08
tory results.

Quite a number OF people who had almost for
gotten that there is state legislature will be re-
minded of that fact during the next few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-08
For Variety.

Salmon Butter-Prepare salmon
as directed, turn into a food chop
per and form a paste creamed with
butter and seasoning of onions, cell
cry, garlic, horseradish, green pep
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
TOO MUCH POLITICS.

Alx5% HILE President Wilson
44E was busy with work of
the utmost Importance
in connection with the
peace treaty he was criticised
by opponents in congress for
not attending more to domestic
business. The shoe is now on
the other fellows foot. The
president outlined various con-
structive domestic measures
which he submitted to congress
for action. Action thereon is
required in order to speed the
return to normal conditions.
Congress, however, has devoted
its time to an effort at making
political capital over the treaty
and is planning to adjourn
without working out any recon-
struction program. The execu-
tive branch of the government
has been willing to take a
chance at constructive work re-
gardless Of how the political
chips may fall. The legislators
with an eye on 1920 have been
fearful of doing anything and
are letting matters ride as they
are despite the fact that harm
is sure to result from their me-
glect.
There is need of more states
manship and less politics at
Washington.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
MORE BUILDING WORK
NEEDED.

AI<+f HEN Pendleton obtains
44H its new theater and the
old Oregon playhouse is
converted into apartments
there will be a two-fold gain
for the city. The necessity of
the new tehater has long been
obvious and the demand for liv-
ing places in the city is even
more pressing. We need more
work of this sort than is pro-
posed. With all the improve
ments that can be carried out
this winter there will still be a
house shortage confronting
Pendleton. We are not build
ing as fast as the growth of the
city calls for. New families
are arriving regularly and ev-
cry local wedding means a de-
mand for another house or an
apartment. The construction
of the Collins mill and the en-
largement of the woolen mill
force will emphasize the need
of greater housing accommo-
dations. How is Pendleton go
ing to meet the situation?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
oes-8
USING ARMY SUGAR.

~zN THE controversy over
A the living cost and par
~ ticularly the sugar short
age the country is now under
going it has developed that the
country might have been in an
actual sugar famine several
weeks ago, but for the efforts
of the war department which
has released more than 50,oO0,-
600 pounds of sugar for sale to
the public during the past few
months. AS a result the army
Is now existing on a reserve of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
Efforts Failed.

NE WYORK, Oct. 21.-Despite eff
forts of Mayor Hylan to settle the
strike of longshoremen here yester-
day and last night, the situation ap-
peared this morning even further
from solution than when the parleys
began. Meanwhile officials of the
international mercantile marine
made it clear they intend to use
to unload and load
their forty ships here. Five hundred
soldiers landed yesterday, ready to
coal the united States ships and
board the vessels.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21

less than two and one-half
months supply and every sol
dier from the chief of staff to
the buck privates is having his
sugar supply rationed. The
normal sugar reserve of the ar
my is at least three months
supply and usually six months
supply, but the department has
cut this way below normal to
meet the civil demands.
Anticipating a possible re-
currence this year of a sugar
shortage in the early fall at the
end of the preserving season,
Secretary. of War Baker had a
special survey of the army sup
ply made early in the summer
and determined that about
twenty-five thousand tons of
the army reserve could be re
leased in an emergency. This
sugar was released through the
United States Sugar equaliza-
ton board as the demand for it
was felt, in several large lots, in
spite of the anxieties expressed |
by many army officers. Had
it not been for these releases
from the army's stock to public .
use it is declared the public
would have felt the shortage
much sooner and the present
shortage would have been con-
siderably more acute than it
actually is.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
Sheriff Locates Stolen Car.

A Ford car stolen from w. i. Bull
lock Sunday night has been located in
Walla Walla through the efforts of
the sheriff's office. A Dodge runa-
bout stolen from Walla Walla Satur-
day night was found today abandoned
beside the road near Weston, having
run into the ditch on a turn. One
wheel was completely off and the ma
chine otherwise badly battered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21

Leroy Dennis. son of Mrs. G. ]. Den
mis-, is now on his way to Siberia to
join the replacement troops in the A.
f. f. Mrs. Dennis received word to-
day that her son was to sail yesterday
from San Francisco. After serving
throughout the war in the navy Den
mis- enlisted in the army at Fort Nc
Dowell within one month of his dis
charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
County districts Taking census.

Clerks in all school districts in the
county are receiving blanks today for
the taking of the annual school CEN
sus. 1t is estimated that there win be
between $500 and 800 persons of
school census age in the county ex-
elusive of Pendleton. The informa-
ton is taken as of Oct. %.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
catarrn CANNOT Be Cured

by LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. HALLf
CATARRH MEDICINE will cure catarrk
the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
system. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the best
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
of the ingredients IN HALLS CATARRFI
MEDICINE is what produces such Won
derful results in catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c. Testimcnals free.
+. ]. Cheney G. Co., Props, Toledo, o.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
= = . = = = = = Z =
WEEDS.

"'Till some one laughed at me
= and said.
. They're only weeds, they never
4 live
. Inside a well-kept garden bed
: l thought that they were flow :
& ers.
. ! loved my roadside friends be- I
2 fore
. But since I know they grow
Where no one cares. I love them !
more.
, They are so brave to go
Where they may choose-iust I
anywhere I
That looks a pleasant place to I
he. 1
There is nothing they're afraid =
to dare, I
AM now it's plain to me I
That weeds are flowers who ran !
rway I
Because they liked TO be quite =
And never grow as people say :
They know the world was made :
to see." !
n n n a !. 4 4 a a = n n . q q /.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21
Three Get Building Permits.

F. E. Schmidt today took building
permit to erect a residence at 21O3
West Webb street, the cost to be
s25O0 A. B. Kugel was issued per-
init to remodel a dwelling on Main
street and George D. Peebler to re-
model a dwelling on Bush street. The
cost of the former work is $500 and
the latter 1870.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21

Fined for Speeding on County Road.
L. L Rogers paid a fine of So and
costs in justice court today charged
with exceeding the state speed limit
on a county road.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21

Special Insurance Agent Visits.
Fred Tebbin, special agent of the
American Central Insurance Co., with
headquarters in Portland is on a bus
mess visit to Pendleton today.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21

Sheriff T. d. Taylor and son, Shell
don Taylor, returned last evining from
Touchet, Wash, where they went on
a business trip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-21

Final Account Approyed.

E1naI ACCOUNT appTUNVU
The final account in the estate of
Harry Huey was approved in probate
court today and the eXecutrix dis
charged.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-29

Tr' .a:'. - ~'.rrs w. =" n" happy
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j. .. and ir.r'l II ,a"rraiGn.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1919-05-10
PUBLIC SALE OF REGISTERED
HOIstGin Cows and Bulls
AZ Rising sam, MO.
Monday, May 10, 1919

The undersigned ai" -.f 80 Ne..i- p~
Yard E...u. aDu.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-16
Organized Gangs Have Been
Looting Railroad Cars
fw gls 80 .s5,t.a-..,.5.,s.
at Many Points 4.
p
RY. ADMINISTRATION
STANDS THE LOSS
Stolen Goods Include Everything from
Food to Automobiles-Some Crooked
Employees in League with Thieves,
Government Says.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Uncle Sam
has had stolen from him since he assumed
control of the railroads something like
$40, 100000 worth of merchandise from
freight cars in terminals and III transit,
for which shippers and consignees must
be reimbursed.
About $4,000, 900 worth of the stolen
freight was taken from cars while they
were in and around New York city. Ac-
cording to officials of the secret service
of the railroad administration, a great
part of the stealing is done by organized
bands of car thieves whose Vaccinations
are carried on by systematic process
that would do credit to a legitimate busl-
ness of great magnitude.
The stolen goods include everything
from food to automobiles and machinery.
The stolen goods are handled by fences
III the principal cities and articles stolen
are almost invariably shipped to another
point and sold
OF course, to conduct this wholesale
thievery, it is necessary to have number
of railroad employees in on the deal. Ac-
cording to secret service officials these
employees are found among low class OF
laborers, a great majority of whom are
of foreign birth
They include station employees, Gear
Knockers car inspectors and other Ia
borers. In some instances, which are
rare, carloads of merchandise are stolen
when the aid of billing clerks or train
crews can be obtained to divert the cars
Next to the big terminals around New
York, Buffalo furnishes the largest bulk
of losses from car thieves. During the
year ended June 80, 1918, approximately
S6,0O0,000 worth of freight was stolen
about the Buffalo terminals. A similar
amount is missing from Chicagos termin
ais, and for tho same period Pittsburgh
terminal losses amounted to S2,500,0o0.
Losses for the fiscal year ending last
June 80 are being compiled in the head
quarters of the secret service department
of the railroad administration Offhand
estimates fix the loss to the railroads fol
the last fiscal year at approximately so,
000,000 on all the roads in the country
The losses for the year ended June 30
1918, in the United States totaled S5i,
600 600.
Prlor to the taking over of the railroads
by the government the police and secre
service work was handled by the individ
ua roads, with only occasional co-opera
ton. Shortly after the government as
sumed control, Director General McAdo'
created the secret service department an,
| put w. j Flynn, now director of investi
CATION of the department of justice, a
/ its head Flynn began to coordinate tn
WORK When he left the administration
Director General Hines appointed Robcr
$. Mitchell, who had been head of tn
| Missouri Pacific secret service department
as chief
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-16
More Watering Troughs.
(Rutland Heraldl

The passing of the horse is evidenced
by the falling to pieces of scores of water
ing troughs along our country roads.
Though these watering places were cstab-
lished primarily for the relief OF horses
and cattle, they have served many other
purposes They have contributed to the
pleasure and convenience of pedestrians,
horsemen and of autoists who find that
the radiators of their motor cars aeed
refilling after climbing long hin. Today
the wayside watering trough is almost a
novelty on our country roads.
In our neighboriug state of New Hamp-
shire, the state highway department takes
different view of the usefulness Of wat
cring troughs. The wayside spring is not
only made available as a drinking place
for man and beast but it is made attrae-
tive. 1t is no exaggeration to say that
hundreds of old'time watering troughs
along the roads of the granite state have
been improved within the past five years
in connection with building and repairing
the main roads of that state
Enter the state of New Hampshire from
Wells River and travel cast through Lit
tleton, then south through the Francon-
ia notch of the White mountains, follow
ing the so-called boulevard through Wood
stock, Thornton, Campton, Plymouth,
Ashland to Laconia and bearing west
through Franklin to the Connecticut river
at Glaremont, and one finds scores of ce-
ment-walled watering places along the
road nearly. all hearing the sign Cold
Spring. To be sure it costs something to
build a, cement, wall perhaps. six feet, deep
and enclosing a space three feet, by three
/ feet but evidently the New Hampshire
highway department believes. ii pays. to
preserve the usefulness of such conven-
! fences. u s.ba<,ct. ,st
These springs, so labelled as to catch
the eye Of the tourist, are to be found not
only along the roads through the noun
tains. but also on the highways east and
west of the middle road in New Hamp-
j shire. They add to the lure. of the open
] and emphasize the fact that a state appre-
tciates the patronage of its summer tourists
/ by utilizing one of its least considered re-
sources.
| In comparison, what can Vermont offer
for drinking places along, for instance,
! the road from White River junction.
through Woodstock, Bridgewater. Ply.
mouth, Ludlow. Mt Holly, Wallingford
and Rutland? An observant tourist over
this particular route within month not.
| ed the almost total lack of watering
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-16
POTATO INSPECTION
SHOWS CROP GOOD
Small Percentage of Mosaic Disease :
More Fields Trying for Seed
Cultivation.

MONTPELIER, August 16-Inspec-
tors under Commissioner of Agriculture
Il. 5. Brigham have just completed the
first field inspection of potatoes for
which application was made for seed
certification. The number, something
over $50 fields, is much larger than that
OF any previous year since the project
was started and manifests large de-
velopment of interest in the PLAN That
this interest is justified is shown by the
number of growers from the great Long
Island and New Jersey potato regions
who come 10 this state to look up a
sturce for their seed supply. situa-
ton resulting from the very high
which Vermont seed potatoes
have made both in experimental plots
and commercial fields in those regions.
II. r. Talmage, one of the largest
and best known growers from River
head, Long Island, who has just made
his annual visit through the state for
the purpose above mentioned, speaks
very cncouragingly of the conditions
this year, especially in finding but a
small percentage of Mosaic disease. He
visited fields in the vicinity of Rutland,
Brandon, Rochester, Randolph and
nth, pay my particular attention 10
the. fields of the Randolph Potato
Growers association which aggregate
| nearly 100 acres. enaA n1sstzffE i
Although a small percentage of fields
| were. necessarily eliminated from fur
ther consideration, owing to varietal
mixture or disease, the inspectors re.
port the general condition of the pota-
itoes as good. Leaf roll appears to be
! the. most prevalent disease, and ali
growers, whether of inspected fields OF
not. are advised to eliminate weak
plants from the plots from which they
expect to prune seed stock Such plants
are likely to be infected either with
leaf roll or Mosaic, both of which arc
transmitted through the seed.
/ E. S. BRIGHAM,
/ Commissioner of Agriculture.