The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-22
p. A. BLISS. PUB,
Desks and furniture in many OF the

DeS MONIES SCHOOLS soon VIII pe OK
American walnut which was originally
cut and seasoned for the United states
government for airplane propellers. II
was sold by the United States to France
and when the war ended France turned
Il back to this country. 1t was sold and
reSold several times when the scfooI
board started out to buy quarter sawed
oak to build desks and furniture. Ihe
oak was found to be costly. 1t was then
that the secretary of the board heard
of the shipment of walnut and invest
igated. The school furniture is made by
manual training instructors who are
employed the entire year around IN the
schools and in this way the cost OF
manufacture is reduced to about ons
half.
Prohibition has reduced the alcoholic
cases in the New York city hospitals in
the last year 10 per cent. In BelIeview
hospital alone, It has released so many
attendants and so much equipment that
yearly 1000 more cases can be cared for
than formerly, based on a stay OF five
and a half days, which is the hospitals
average. The city's ambulance calls in
February last yeh were aoi. anu W
February this year 133. In Belleview
where most of the alcoholic cases were
cared for, the ambulance calls for such
cases dropped from 1876 In January 1918
TO 10 in February 1920. The hospital Is
now SlFlDS more care TO mental aIQ
maternity cases, and constructive treat
ment to tubercular cases.
millions OF horses nave worked from
the time they were three years old until
they were IL years Of age without the
expenditure of a dollar for repairs, the
Horse association said, the horse carrie
a reserve power that the truck doesn't
have, and therefore does not often get
stuck in a tight place like the motor
vehicle" During the recent snow storm
In New York when every means OF NOV
ing traffic wac sale to have failed but
the horse. Merchants paid oas high as
$50 a day for the use of the horse.
A prominent educator recently startled
his hearers by saying: Mankind woul
not. if it could. forego the right to MAKE
war. Excitement is necessary to the
physical well being Of the race. War
exercises our highest vir~tues-courage,
sacrifice, scorn of ease and social soil
darity. If wal is ever eliminated, we
must have n moral substitute that will
call into play these came virtues. Take
war away from human life would fiat
ten out to defeat. This would be a
cattleyard Of a planet with war gone
and a Sunday school peace established
for all time. The recurrence of wars
will! be educed only by education and
the cultivation OF human fellowship"
lHOuSdfuS Oh ~ IGlosSNo NhS
majority of them wealthy. are gathering
on the northern Swiss frontier and un-
successfully demanding entrance into
Switzerland. The refugees declare they
consider the occupation of Frankfort
and other southern German cities by
the allies a question Of only a few days
and therefore are anxious to leave Ger
many.
Before turning back German property
. -n;.4I - tb,, ,,ptr ron rhnYlH
consider the claims American citizens
have filed against Germany, Allan
Property Custodian Caravan declares.
while individuals ought not to be made
TO pay for injuries inflicted by the
German government" he said, Il am
In favor of holding seized property IN
til Germany furnishes security"
Anarchists and socialists, meeting in
Milan, this week. voiced their disap-
prevail Of the United States govern
mcnt's attitude toward Lenin and his
followers, and suggested the reform OF
the United States through the boycotting
of American ships. They also voted dis
approval of the action OF the mayor OF
Milan In presenting a boquet to Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson when she visited that
city with her husband.
A cable from Trieste reports the
reaching OF an agreement on the Adri-
NHN otAC Aol naaaoSA A VAAtS -
sovereignty over Fiume. while the Jugo
Slavs will receive several other ports.
The reports gives Lloyd George as
autho of the settlement proposition.
1t also says the D'Annunzio is very
strongly opposed to the arrangement.
sf7-55sTne commission appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson to make a study OF corl-
ditions In the former Turkish empire.
reports that a mandate over Armenia
would cost the United States 1851, $50.
900, and would require from 5000 to
200, 600 American troops the first year
At the end OF five years, the commits
sion reported, the mandate might be
hoped 10 he self supporting.
A solution Of the problems OF the
world is to be found In the brotherhood
OF q based on the fatherhood OF
Cod, says John D. Rockefeller. jr. The
ruthlessness with which Germany
planned the world war, he says, was
followed by a trend toward utter in-
dividualisrn, which also, has proved a
failure.
Attorney General Palmer is planning
to send q corps of special accountants
to Denver to assist the district attor-
ney there In investigating profits In the
beet sugar industry. Justice depart
difficult to obtain accountants there
who had not formed opinions in favor
of ono side or the other.
TIL punishment which the navy pro-
yides for ~disgraced men furnished an
unusual spectacle at the Charlston navy
yard recently. Instead of drumming
them out as In former days, bluejackets
with fixed bayonets drove from the
yard a seaman on tho q. 8. s. Savan-
nah. who had been discharged for bad
conduct.
Provisions for enlistments In the ma
Hional guard for threc-year periods with
subsequent enlistmeAts for one year
Deriods Is made In e bill passed by the
Eanate last week. Men honorably dis
charged from the army however. would
be permitted to enlist for one year
periods.
The presence ut Amcrongen Of his
anughter and soninlaw, had brought q
rhange in the former German eznperor's
~ay OF living. Since the arrival Of the
Duchess Of Brunswick, Wilhelm has nSt
sawed q single tree. Both he and the
former enpress have grown much
GziHisr.
Chicago Judge Of the superior court
has resigned from that branch becauea
ne Is sick and tired Of hearing divorce
eases Idle women, and woEnen eeok-
ing fxcitGment-SarA&tha nhiaN
- Tn judge