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EOLTZ NOTES

Foltz, Feb. 20.-Owing to the
changes of weather conditions there
are many people sick with the flu
and other diseases.
Our county roads are still impas-
sable for automobiles.
Notwithstanding the many cases
of sickness in this community there
have been no deaths recently.
Miss Kate Riley, Of Summit
Point, who has been on a prolong.
ed visit at the hospitable home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. r. Locke, her sis
ter, to recuperate her health, re-
turned to her home on last Thurs
day.
Many of the young men are en-
ployed at Waynesboro. at lucrative
positions.
Venue being the ruling planet
this year We may have late damp
spring with normal rain fall during
the summer. But after this year the
Jupiter influence will begin to wane
and the climax will be reached In
about three years when we will
have a severe drouth. We may ex.
pect a general thaw about % to %
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LENINE'S
WORKING ARMY

Lenine, in the course Of the ad-
ministering of the affairs of the
Russian government. is showing the
world how to solve the problem Of
increasing production, a problem
that some of the leading statesmen
OF Europe have wrestled with in
vain. His scheme is extremely sim
pie It consists, first, in stimulating
patriotism by giving soldiers better
fare than the rest of the population
receives, and then of using the rank
and file Of his army for performing
much useful labor as may be most
pressing. Thus soldiers are repair
ing roads and railroad bridges, con-
structing buildings, and otherwise
assisting in the labor of bringing
a little order into the social chaos
in Russia. The Russian soldier is
proving himself valuable work
man, for the reason that he can be
kept at his task twelve hours a
day. and when necessity requires,
seven days a week. without any
danger of his going out on strike
or asking pay for overtime. While
this is a novel development of the
dictatorship of the proletariat' 1t
is far preferable to pillage and
plumber. and ultimately may have
a SOLDERING effect on the entire Rus
sian population.-Ro Rochester Demo-
Crat and Chronicle (Rep)
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corning the policy Of secrecy about
the Presidents illness. His capac-
ity or incapacity for doing bust
ness says the Worcester Tele-
gram (Rep.) was just as clearly
public matter as any other item Of
the daily conduct of the affairs of
the government" The indianapolis
Star Qnd. RepD speaks of the "du-
plicity OF those in attendance on
him." and the Cincinnati Commerce
ial Tribune (Rep.) believes that
practical deceit has been pyac-
ticed by all the physicians from the
beginning"
The Presidents long illness has
naturally caused many TO ask whe
Their the Constitutional provision
for yice-presidential succession in
case of Inability" Of the president
should not be invoked. Now that
Mr.. Wilson has recovered sufficient
ly to take up the reins," the CinCin-
natl Times-Star (Rep) thinks "the
question may be discussed" and
the Boston Herald (Ind. Rep
deems it "a question that is becom-
ing increasingly hard to eyade.'
The Herald continues:
THE case of President Wilson is
without parallel in our history.
President Garfield died some ten
weeks after he was shot. President
Wilson for about nineteen weeks has
been in the hands OF physicians,
one OF whom has just now for the
first time given the press some in
formation as - his condition, but
leaving tse public still mystified
upon the fundamental question as
to his competency for work"
Congress should. with no delay,
give an Interpretation to the clause
in question" adds the Baltimore
American Rep9 referring to the
ambiguity of the Constitution. "A
responsibility las been laid IN
Congress which it must meet adds
the New York Tribune (RepD, and
the Richmond News Leader end.
DEM even believes that "a mis-
take was not made in having Mr..
Marshall or MIR. Lansing exercise
tlS ~ CSIuGiLIdl IuuGtlOlS uulIHS
the early stages of Mr.. Wilson 5
breakdown even though the Presi-
dent. in dismising Mr.. Lansing, has
rebuked that procedure.
But the Boston Post 0nd. DEM
refuses to believe that the question
of inability should now be passed
on; happily" it adds, there is
small chance that it will have to be
determined in the case OF Woodrow
Wilson" And the Springfield Re
publican GndD even ridicules the
notion:
I'VE suggest" it says, facetiously,
a medical chart, to be hung in the
Capitol, with curve giving graph
ically the rise and fall of the condi-
ton of the man at the other end Of
Pennsylvania avenue At one time
il would be 90e6, perhaps; then it
might drop 10 so Somewhere, low
down, the chart should have a red
line, marked constitutional inabiT-
fly; and whenever the curve drop
ped that far, Congress would know
that time had come to act"
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Treaty is formally before senate
today.-Headline But is the SEN
ate behind the treaty?-Greensboro
Daily News.
A dispatch from Cork says the
Irish have captured the police
station. They do it differently in
New York.-Fresno Republican.
We should think the cabinet mem
bers could get an injunction or
something to protect them in their
constitutional right OF assemblage
Cleveland News.
D'Annunzio says he is going to
let the Japs hear his wings whir."
Doesn't he mean his wheels
Manchester Mirror.
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lean people. and it was not free
from scandalous features. There
was prodigious waste Of money, the
cost-plus system was by no means
the only cause OF it. Yet if any
one was held accountable, no one
was punished. In the published
summaries OF the House committee
reports the example of Mr. Hughes
in urging prosecutions and a court
martial does not seem to have been
followed The majority report is
partisan to an extreme, and the mi
nority report palliates what was
bad business that the American
people would like to forge New
York Times Gnd. DEM
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DID LAM SING
PROMPT GREY?

There are so many hints that
Secretary Lansing in some way en-
couraged Viscount Grey to write to
Ais now famous letter to the London
Times concerning the treaty situa-
ton In the SenateA-a letter widely
interpreted as a blow at the presi-
dent-that the matter must some
time be cleared up if public curios-
ity Is to be satisfied. Ambassador
John w. Davis has not been asked
to resign; his name is prominently
mentioned as the possible successor
of Mr.. Lansing, SO that 1t is to be
assumed that Mr.. Davis did not
have the least knowledge OF the
Grey letter and that he still stands
high in the opinion of the president
Springfield Republican tInd)
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THE PRESIDENTS
ESS.

President Wilson severe and
protracted illness. occurring in a
period of universal turmoil, has
caused anxiety the world over. For
five months the true nature and ex-
tent of MIR. Wilson'S malady has
been secret carefully guarded by
his physicians. New, however,
comes a detailed statement BY one
o. them. Or. Hugh H. Young Of Bal
timore. which gives hope for speedy
aad complete recovery. The whole
world will be pleased to Learn it,"
declares the Wichita Eagle In'I),
ech5ing the sympathy that finds ex-
preston everywhere.
The public was entitled to
know the truth comments the
Washington Post tInd0 Dr..
Young has performed real ser
vice TO the people Fer rs the
Post adds, the reticence that has
been observed with respect to the
Cd has itself bred false and gro
= lael masnfed reports until
tn public mind became greatly eX-
creised Tho Chicago Journal
tEem1 thinks the statement puts
g., end to 4 vast quantity of vicious
,;p,' and the New York World
81 NJ says "concealment may
h. served some exaggerated idea
o ethics or policy, but it has failed
ns ably in everything else"
Jae President himself, since the
Young statement, has given eyi
denccs of increased participation in
state affairs. His return to active
duty will be blessing" says the
Albany Argus (Dem), pointing to
the many serious conditions that
call For his attention" And i
looks to the Greensboro Daily New
(Ind)1 as If Mr., Wilson may vet
be in full fettle to fight another
round or two, unhandicapped, with
his ancient foes. The MINNEAPOLIS
Tribune (Rep) even goes so far as
to speculate that he may announce
his candidacy for third term.
pointing out that "he never has de
Jared himself industrious of con
iuuing in the office but on the
ontrary did declare himself some
ears ago as not in sympathy with
ny arbitrary rule or uHwritten law
about a third term 1t any rate
the President is fretting TO ge,
back into the fray" of international
affairs, as the Birmingham News
DEM says, and the Knoxville
Sentinel (Ind. DEM thinks ut vii
doubtless relieve Senator Fall and
other assistant presidents of the
Senate to know that they will not
have to put the presidency in a
senatorial commission FOR the rest
OF Mr.. Wilson's term"
That the malady has been grave
Is seen clearly in Dr. Young's de
claratton that it proceeded from
thrombosis" or the forming Of 4
blood clot, resulting in a slight
impairment Of his left arm and les
lin other words, explains the
Idaho Statesman (RepJ. "partia
paralysis" But the Grand Rapid.
News QndD thinks the exper. tell,
US great deal, yet he leaves II.
with the thought that he hasn't tolC
all" The nation may We'll hope,
avs the Detroit Free Press Qnd1
that Mr.. Wilson is finally on hi
Dad TO degree OF recovery
II it is not likely to be oYer,opti
ustie." \ seeming pa adox" j.
ow the Philadelphia Public Ledge
I1dl describes Dr. Yolngs state
aeut, which presents a man SUI
ring IRON admitted nervous am
mystical breakdown as n the PIN
cerebral condition and equal I
ma4Ial stra In severe critic
n Is voiced hT ma~ rar7.e cor
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Viscount Grey return as AmbaS
sador? AS well expect DR.. Young to
return as White House physician.
Syracuse Post-Stan1ard.
Won Hindenburg is now wanted
for destruction of property. The
next charge against Count Hohen-
zollern may be malicious mischief.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Poland is about to institute
senate. Can't the new republics
learn anything from the mistakes
Of the old ones?-Terre Faute Tri-
bune.
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ton was not satisfactory to the
president. Unless they exercise
greater Difference for his ideas, he
threatens to withdraw the advice
and assistance of the United
States from their affairs.
Mr.. Wilson's confinement seems
to have restored his energy but
somewhat at the expense Of his
judgment. His recent actions can
not have unfortunately been such
as to decrease the yirulence Of his
critics.-Albany Argus (Dem.)
It is unfortunate, to say the least
that Presiden Wilson's return of
strength and resumption Of official
duties should be attended by two
such outbursts Of what, for lack Of
more scientific term, may be de-
scribed as the Wilson temper, as
shown in the dismissal Of Secretary
Lansing and the letter to the al
lies on the question of Plume Bos-
ton Herald (Rep)
MEXICO
MOVES UP
The news from Mexico is nor all
blood, thunder and petroleum. Com
paratiye peace is permitting the
MeXicans to start new decade in
a way that leads to better things
in the way Of civilization and pros
perity
Some facts and figures for the
| ,-oov 1910 aro baaippiuq T.. como
through from the land Of Montezu-
mas, For instance, Mexico IS a
land Of silver Its soil is full Of the
white metal, and good deal more
| digging was done last year than
for many years previously, with the
result that shipments of silver to
the United States for the twelve
months totaled 100000 more
than the previous year.
| The crops of Mexico in 1919 were
the best in years and of course sold
when shipped out Of the country,
for the highest figure on record.
The abundant yield made food
/ plentiful and cheap. far cheaper
/ than in the United States.
And after all Is said about the
wonderful mineral resources OF
Mexico, they are nothing to what
that great country can be made ag
riculturally. Her future is in farm
in But the prime necessity for sue
cessful farming in many Of her
states IS irrigation, and It is inter
esting to know that the government
has worked olt a great irrigation
program and is already spending
money to carry 1t out.
With reasonable scientific educa
ton and management, the agricul-
tural possibilities of Mexico startle
BELIEF. No Other country in the
world has such a mankind. Every
one of its thirty states is highly
productive. A noted American agri-
cultural expert, after a visit TO all
these states, yentured the opinion
that given even a half-hearted eff
for to extend tile neglected farming
industry, Mexico by 1850 will be
one of the first countries of the
world in the volume of its agrieul-
tural products
The prosperity Of Mexico is link
ed with that of the United States.
The American people cannot but
feel the beneficial effect from a
prosperous nation next door.
1t is to be sincerely hoped that
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the troubles In Mexico will keep on
dwindling and that she will soon
start in her upward career.-Chi-
cago Post Gnd.)
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represented than any other section,
for besides Messrs. Alexander, Mer-
edith and Payne, there are Secre-
tary Baker Of Ohio, and Secretary
Houston. of Missouri The south
now has only two men in the cabi-
net, Messrs. Daniels and Burleson;
and now that Mr.. Lansing IS out
the east is no better off, its only
representatives being Messrs. Pal
mer and INSTRUMENTATION News
and Courier Dem)
There was only one alternative
for temporary Cabinet Government.
That was to declare the president
suffering from disability and to call
In the vice president to assume the
duties Of the office under the clause
of the constitution that directs
such action.
But this course was best with diff
ficulties. There were no presidents
to guide action. There was doubt as
to whether the president would be
legally able to resume his duties if
his disability should pass. Mr..
Marshall, the vice president, seems
to have been opposed to such action
at least until the recovery Of Mr..
Wilson should be held by medical
experts impossible. The legality of
the acts of such an administration
formed under such circumstances
might have been open to dangerous
doubt. 1t is plain that MI. Lansing
endeavored 10 do the best thing.
And If Mr.. Wilson now thinks
himself compelled to veto as He
gal all the acts of his cabinet infor-
mally acting for him, what would
have been his course had the vice
president assumed to function for
him?
And again, will Mr.. Wilson now
require the designations of the ac-
completes Of Mr.. Lansing in his con-
stitutional crime of helping to carry
on the Government the other mem
bers of the cabinet.-Minneapolis
Journal Qnd. Rep)
Both the president and the secre-
tary are strong men. The president
is intensely self-willed. Neverthe-
less the only thing he could do If he
felt Mr.. Lansing was no longer pull
ing with him in what he has done
But it is regrettable; particularly
because of the nasty political quar-
rel that will follow in congress, at
a cost Of more delay to much need
ed legislation.
The occurrence. however, should
remove all doubts from senatorial
minds of the ability of the presi'
dent to fill his Office.
Mr. Wilson apparently has brok.
en- the record Of the late President
Roosevelt for cabinet changes. Ian
sings dismissal will hurt immeas-
urably.-Sioux City Tribune Und)
Now 1t is Lansing. The one man
In the cabinet in whom the people
had a measure of confidence in rela-
tion to the complications into which
the administration has plunged the
country, has been dismissed like a
schoolboy who upuset a bottle of
ing over his copy book.-Steu-
benyille Herald-Star Rep)
The only cheerful thing about
the whole humiliating for Ameri-
ca-incident is that it should serve.
TO at least TO drive the last nail
in the coffin of the unamended
un-American league coVenant.-Ak.
ron Beacon-Journal (Rep0
The blow at Mr. Lansing has
been followed by an onslaught upon
the European premiers, because
their solution of the Fiume ques-
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The ungracious fashion In which
the president dismissed the secre-
tary Of state from his cabinet IS the
most amazing act of career that
has many times given occasion for
establishment. 1t is the unquestion-
ed right OF the president to exact
loyal support from his cabinet OFF.
GERS. and one who cannot give that
should in decency withdraw. But
the present exhibition Of official
petulance goes far beyond the cour-
tesy that ordinarily marks the
severance of intimate official rela-
lions, and denotes a degree of irrit-
ability that does not comport with
the dignifed offices of president and
secretary OF state of the United
States.-Omaha Bee (Rep)
The west, or at least the Middle
West IS now very well represented
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TIE AiRPLANE PRODUCTION
SCANDAL"

The report OF the aviation sub
committee Of the House Committee
on Expenditures in the War De.
partment confirms the worst re
ports Of inefficienCy. waste and fail-
ure in our war effort TO taru out
airplanes with which 10 - the
Germans.
America had the men, America
had the money. but America did not
have the combat planes, or the pur-
suit planes, or the bombing planes,
and America did not produce them
during the war.
But this is an old story. humili-
ating afresh whenever it is told.
Pershirg has told it, Eddie Ricken-
hacker, ace OF aces, has told it:
briggs has told it, every aviator
has told il. But after all 1t is an old
tory, and though we may now pun
ish those who are responsible for
our failure, We cannot reWrita his
tory.
Yet with this humiliation fresh
in our minds we are plunging into
fresh humiliation through our
present treatmeat of aviation.
Instead Of taking to heart the les
son which should be taught by our
mpreparedness Of 1917 and our
frantic BIZ. practically useless
spending aitE We entered the war,
Ne are necloct,ng our obvious duty
again.
Congress has already allowed our
navy and army aeronautical esta1-
lishments to sink, if not into insi2-
ni6cance, into condition perilous =
close to insisnificance.
Instead OF encouraging exper.
mentors, instead Of seeking to lead
IN the improvement OF airplanes for
military use. We are letting all the
other countries surpass us in the
air.-The sun and New York Her
aid CInd).
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1920
Daily
Editorial
Digest

Critle Appld for L. S. Pat off
Edited BY the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Pfest.
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Ian SINGS
ESIGNATlON

1t is TO be regretted that the pres
ident should have been so misguid-
ed by an over-burdened mind as to
have ill-advisedly asked for the res
ignation.- Tulsa Tribune (Dem.)
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No one can deny that the presi-
dent has the right to be autocratic
so far as the executive branch of
the government in the discharge of
its duties. And congress has no
right to interfere with him in his
work. A resolution taking a stand
en- the removal of Secretary Ian
sing would be improper. Whether
the president acted wisely or not he
was within his rights. Florida
Times Union (Dem)
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Mr.. Lansing should have been
handed his blue envelope more
than a year ago. lie was state
department relic of the old days Of
dollar diplomacy. His promotion
from an assistant secretaryship
came at a time when the president
found it necessary to have on the
Job a man intimately familiar with
state department affairs Mr.. Lam
sing repaid his chief with insidious
opposition, with indiscreet acts and
utterances which frequently embar-
rased the government. Time and
again he seemed to be deliberately
attempting to thwart the foreign
policy of the administration, or to
commit the United States to a GER
tain course without consultation.
Mr.. Lansing's going has been al
together too long delayed.
Now for Mr.. Burleson, the two-by-
four despot of the postal depart
ment.-St, Paul Daily News (IndD
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The blow at Mr.. Lansing has
been followed by an onslaught upon
the European premiers. because
their solution of the Fiume ques-
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CY AND FERDIEA Hazardous Trip-Especially

3 YES Russ sPoNDooLlx,
WE RE LEANING To DAY
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The entire correspondence be-
tween the secretary and the presi,
dent illustrated the presidents
character in regard to his subordi-
mates He did not want any man to
think for himself or to act for him
self. As a matter Of fact Secretary
Lansing should have resigned from
the cabinet several years ago.-Des
Moines Capital GRep)
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The only cheerful thing about
the whole humiliating for Ameri-
ca-incident is that it should serve.
to at least to drive the last nail
in the coffin of the unamended
un-American league covenant.-Ak-
ron Beacon-Journal (Rep0
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-06-04

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best on qualify. Quality Is left "a
YOU. Corn Chops here for less. We
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pare them-judgc the qrality and buy
where prices and quality are better
Sc, US for Lyc.
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Have Eye for the Future.

10 for yourself whnt you admire
seeing the other mnn do. lie takes time
to get ahead. His mind II his most
precious treasure. M pains nre ton
much To hrsf"w upon II, You witch
him grow and admire his pluck. You
even speak IN" word TINT boosts him
Why not apply his principle to your
own life; Make the hours count Take
dciours now that you mny ride an cas-,
road later. Exchange.
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Call kree'.s Grocery for straw
,erries---any quantity. Berries will be
at their best the next ten days. Home
grown and good ones.
Mrs. f. r.. Hogan has returned
from Lincoln. Neb., where she visited
with her daughter, who returned home
with her. Miss Eva has been taking
a special course in music and art.
We have made arrangements
whereby we can furnish you The Sen.
.inel and Weekly Kansas City Star
one year. for only 1925 Il