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SATl’1U)AY, AlMJl'ST ID, 1!*18 i
THE SCORE AT SEA
I
The subsea assassins of tin* enemy
appear to be getting busy again alongl
the Atlantic* coast. In some manner
<>i other they managed to bag a war
ship and several smaller boats ofi
rather inconsequential size*. And
along the Irish coast, alter a long pe
riod of comparative inaction, they
finally managed to sink one of our
biggest troopships. The enemy nat
r rally feels quite chesty over these
exploits, but he has little to crow
.about. The San Diego will scarcely
be missed among tin* mighty navies
that stand guard on the seas, and the
Justicia was homeward-bound, with
none save her crew aboard when she
was struck. A ship is a ship, oft
course, and one of the most precious (
things in the world these days, but,
we must expect to lose one now and
then, and we can take the loss of this!
transport with a grim smile and a spe
cial prayer of thankfulness that her
prow was pointed westward when the
torpedo struck her.
And by some strange coincidence,
on the very day that the news came
of the sinking of the Justicia. Herbert
Hoover addressed a notable gathering
*){ Londoners and assured them that
the food crisis had passed. He de
clared that we now have plenty of
foodstuffs and enough boats to feed
our friends across the water in sub
stantial fashion This splendid as-!
suranee in the name of America must
have cheered the hearts of our allies
as nothing else can. save a decisive
(bleat on the battle front Ml this,
then, together with the fact that we
have transported a million and a quar ;
ter men across the water without any
serious mishap, must be taken into ar
count when the store at sea is posted.
There is no cause for alarm in this
direction.
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UNCLE JOE'S CANDIDACY
Notwithstanding his four score
years and three, it is not at all sur
prising that Uncle Joe Cannon should
desire to be returned to congress.
Representing the Klghth Illinois dis
trict has become a habit with hint
he is now serving his twenty-first
term—and we look to see his fellow j
citizens return him to Washington J
with a rousing majority. There will!
be those of his constituents, we fancy. |
who will support him out of a senti-1
mental desire to humor the old man's j
whims, and honor him besides, but j
the majority will be moved to vote
for him because he has long since
demonstrated his peculiar adaptability
for the office.
While we do not agree with some
that politics Is or ought to be ad
journed this year, it does seem that
his constituents could do no better
by themselves or the nation than to
re-elect Uncle Joe without opposition
this fall. For almost half a century
now he has been a credit to himself
and his community and a glory to the
Republic. Down at Washington he
is regarded as pretty much of a nn-1
tional institution. He Is one of the
few remaining links that connect the;
stirring days of the present with those
of the glorious past True, the years
have begun to make noticeable in
roads on his once powerful physique,
hut he Is still free from most of the
infirmities that prey upon men many
years his junior, and in many respects
he is still as fit as a fiddle. In al
most every essential particular that
goes to tualu) a capable congressman
he towers above his colleagues like
~n:n • picture que : :i i solitary peak
m the plain
That the \ derail stale-c an from
.n ! i deride to mu " t"»
r:n ... .in 1 - a de;u’.it i> h.s count
less friends tin* country over, tor it
was not so long ago that it "as ru
llioi* f| that his health a- tailing and
hi - davs were numbered Then "lien
* v as learned t hat he had selected
a cemeten site and I jiisimI to he
i reeled thereon a massive monument
hearing his name, it was generally as
sumed b> friends and foes alike that
he was speedih preparing to give up
the ghost However, the chances arc
that the only thing Cncle Joe had in
mind was that In* didn't want any
fool friends or members of his family
quarreling over where to locate or
lit)" to mark his last resting place. It
was characteristic of him that he
should desire to attend to the more
or less important matter himself.
And then one day in the house, not
so long ago. in deprecating the sad
straits to which the people’s govern
merit has fallen these days, he con
tented himself with the observation
that “when the hoys come home at
the close of the war. at a time when
I shall he wearing an asbestos halo.
I suppose, they will take possession
ami direction, and worthily so. of the
affairs of government, because they
will have the rare experience and rare
patriotism that will come from their
service " Which seemed to say to
many that Cncle Joe did not contem
plate outliving the war. hut almost
everybody was inclined to take a more
optimistic view of the outlook for the
old war horse from Danville. No less
a personage than Colonel Harvey
scoffed at the idea, suggesting that
Uncle Joe “will not have to get meas
ured for a halo for years after the
war ends, no matter how long it lasts.”
and that "when he does get into the
hah) ( lass it will not be an asbestos
one that he will wear. He won't need
that kind it will be the sort that
goes with a harp which will lie served
out to i'nele Joe Besides, the Huns
will have a corner on all the asbestos
long before I'nele Joe gets around.''
Which, by the way. is a very pretty
i oniplinient, considering that the eolo
lid and tin* ex speaker have been on
opposite sides of Ihe political fence
all their lives
But t tide Joe has his own peculiar
ways, and dearly loves to confound
his enemies If one could read what
lies iii his heart, the chances are tba'.
his all absorbing hope is to be spared
to a ripe old age and then tie permit
ted to die with his boots on So
that we look lo see him get out on
the hustings this fall with all his old
time tire, and whoever happens to be
his opponent in the race will have
our sympathy, if not our support.
When asked as to what he would
make the issue of his campaign for
re-election. I'nele Joe replied, "My
self.' This he evidently deems a suf
ficient platform for his purposes. An
why not" As distinguished front most
of his colleagues, he is not a “Me.
too'' congressman He is for the war
to the finish, and he stands solidly
behind the President in all the big
moves; blit he would not belittle him
self by offering this as the reason why
lie should lie returned. He has vision
that is not given to the ordinary con
gressman He sees the approach of
a day when Ihe representatives at
Washington will be culled upon to
stand on their own legs and act on
their own Initiative and responsibility.
And that, unquestionably, is what
Ifncle Joe had in mind when he made
his decision to run again and selected
his peculiar platform.
Standard Dress Idea Received With
Disfavor By Women of England
Br F. J. HOWARD. London. England
Now we have the staggering proposal that the harassed British gov
ernment should enforce a standard dress for women. The greatly daring
author of the idea proposes, in short, that the dear sex, whose sartorial
eccentricities make men’s hearts heavy and their pockets light, should
be uniformed. ,
Imagination reels at the thought! Can you conjure up a world in
which all women are dressed alike? It would lie a world robbed of tfech,
of its glamor for men—a drab, colorless world, in which a riian wnfild
find it difficult on occasion to distinguish his aunt from his mother
in-law.
This very courageous patriot suggests that the government should
issue details of three standard patterns of costumes, or “uniforms,” and
allow only a limited number of colored fabrics to be manufactured. He
is apparently unaware that owing to difficulties in regard to dyes there
is only a limited number of colored fabrics already.
A stately and beautiful lady in a large dressmaking establishment
told me so, and at the same time volunteered the opinion that any serious
interference with women in the matter of dress would lead to trouble com
pared with which the suffragist shindies of a few years ago would seem
like harmless effervescences.
What the lady said was something like that, but of course she may
have been exaggerating. All the same, I am convinced that in a matter
of this kind we should look before we standardize.
All the women I interviewed on the subject—and I interviewed a
gi>od many—declared that women would not stand any standardizing of
their dress. They were willing to help in any other way to administer
the final knockout blow to the Boche, but restricted fashions and dressing
to order—No! If the government dared, they said, to dictate to women
what they should wear-—well, something uuple»saut waelj luippen t
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FORFEITURE NOTICE
To (lust l atlstrom:
You arc hereby notified that 1 have J
expended during the years 1911 and :
1918 $i!iln in labor and improvements •
upon the "Deep (lulch" placer mining v
claim, situate on right rimit of Chititui J
creek, adjoining No 8 creek claim and | j
■ on’ first tier of benches, in Nizina j
! mining district. McCarthy recording 1
precinct. Alaska, the location certifl jS
cate of which is found of record in 5
Book 9. Page 41. in the office of tho|!
I recorder of said recording precinct, j
■ In order to hold said claim finder the; j
provisions of Section 2.724 of the Be j 1
vised Statutes of tlie United States ’
|and the amendments thereto approved J
January 22. 1880. concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hotd said claim
for the period ending Ort the 21st day
; of December. 1914. and the 21st day
| of December. 1918; ami if within
| ninety days after the publication of
j this notice, you fail or refuse to con
! tribute your proportion of such ex
j penditure as a co-owner, which
amounts to $100. your interest in the
claim will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure, by
the terms of said section
F PETEK MILLER
First publication. Aug 10, 1918
latst publication. Nov. 18. 1918.
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Oatmeal- Com flakgs
Hominy and rice with
milK. Eat no wheat cereals.
Leave nothing on your plate.
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