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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for republlcatlon of
all news credited to It or not other
wise credited In this paper and also
the local news published herein
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despatches herein are also reserved.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1918.
GERMANY ASKS ARMISTICE
The glorious news contained in the
news dispatches today to the effect
that the German junkers, headed by
their haughty kaiser, have at last
been humbled to the stage where they
have asked for peace. Instead of "of
fering'* it on their own terms, as
heretofore, will be welcomed by the
world. There is nothing to be gained,
seriously. The people of this coun
try will without doubt look at
the matter from the same view
point as that taken by the Paris and
London press, to the effect that it is a
mere ruse to stave off the inevitable
and make the best terms possible un
der the threat of further military op
erations.
“There is a considerable distance to
travel yet before satisfactory ground
for discussion is reached," suggest the
Canadian newspapers, and the Ameri
can press appears to be unanimous
in the view that only an unconditional
surrender of the military machine
that has been a threat to the peace
and welfare of the world for the past
half century can be considered.
It will be as well to look at the
matter from a practical standpoint.
The end of the war is not yet, and
will not have been reached until the
proud German has submitted on the
same terms as have been granted to
Bulgaria.
It would be unthinkable that the
marvelous self-sacrifice and devotion
of the manhood of the democratic na
tions should have been used in vain
in order to rid the world of the peril
of Prussian militarism, only to leave
their aims unfulfilled by an inconclu
sive peace. Peace by negotiation
means that a remnant of this outlaw
among nations would be allowed to
rebuild the nefarious mechanism
which has wrought such untold mis
ery and wanton destruction of life
and property.
The only peace that the American
nation is in a mood to consider is
the peace following unconditional sur
render. There is no treaty that could
be drawn up with Junkerthum that
would satisfy a stricken world. The
peace that is to end the present cata
clysm must be one drawn up and
promulgated by the allied statesmen
in Berlin itself with an allied army
occupying the German capital and
provinces to put it into effect.
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OUR DEPARTING SOLDIERS.
Another unit of draft men from Cor
dova and the Copper river valley has
gone to Fort 1 .iacum They left yes
terday without brass bands and os
tentation, but with the highest purpose
that ever filled the hearts of lighting
men. They go that we who remain
at home may dwell in peace and se
curity They give their all that our
country may continue to be the "land
of the free and the home of the
brave.” And as they go forth, they
should feel that their home town is
solidly behind them; that we at home
will keep them there, wherever they
may be called upon to go in behalf of
the right.
And as they go our hearts go out
to them in farewell. We wish them
the best of everything that may come
their way. We wish them courage to
keep up the light when it seems al
most more than man can bear. Wo
wish them the utmost of strength and
forbearance in the trying times.
We wish them God speed and good
luck, and hope that they may come
back to us right speedily, safe and
sound, the same hoys who went out of
our commulty yesterday fired with the
purpose that will rnako It hot for any
Huns who get in their way.
A CENT MORE OR LESS.
Up to the past year people In the
West have had little use for one-cent
pieces, hut according to an exchange,
the cent, like corn flour and George
Creel, is coming into its own as a re
sult of the war. This exchange says:
"Formerly scorned by all except the
needy or the thrifty as Inconvenient
and of little practical use, because
nearly all prices were more in units
of five. It is now, perhaps, the most
used and useful of coins. Many ar
ticles of common consumption which
| formerly cost five or ten cents, now
cost six or eleven cents. So with
things which could formerly be pur
i chased for multiples of the B-cent
piece, from ten cents to one dollar.
I All require the odd cent now. Chew
ing gum, cigars, cigarettes, theatre
tickets are no longer obtainable at
1 even prices. The 1-cent piece instead
of being a nuisance is convenient and
useful.
"The exaltation of the cent should
he educational. We have long been
contemptuous of Its merits and useful
ness, and have suffered accordingly.
When an article should have been sold
for four cents the seller knew it was
just as easy to get five cents, so he
asked that. When it was worth nine
cents it was sold for ten. and so on
up the line. The rule generally
worked only one way. Not often, or
for long, was the buyer likely to get
an article worth six cents for five
cents. The American contempt for
the odd cent has for years been a
heavy tax on the consumer.
“Since the beginning of the war odd
cent pieces have grown more popular.
Prejudice has gradually been over
come. The result is beneficial. Prices
ought to be governed, for the pro
tection of both producer and consum
er. by the cost of manufacture, with
a fair profit added. Such a price will
not always work out in fives or mul
tiples thereof."
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The morale of the German army
will look like it morals If it gels any
lower. Minneapolis Tribune
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The hardest work now facing Amer
ica is to keep from becoming it nation
of optimists. Atlanta Journal.
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It is possible that the Michigan boys
may have Mr. Ford out of polities by
Christmas. Kansas City Star
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This seems to be a Can German re
treat Minneapolis Tribune.
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The war is costing Great ltritain
$jr>,oon a minute, anil is beginning to
be worth the money. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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It begins to look as though that
"strategic retreat" were made up of
about one part strategy anrt ninety
nine parts gallop. Philadelphia En
qtllrer.
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if the Germans are as smart its they
claim tle-y would have invented a
movable cyclone-cellar for the Rhine
valley before this. Seattle P I
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If Thomas Nelson Page succeeds
Walter Hines Page its ambassador to
the court of St. James, will that be
turning over a new leaf? Chicago
Dally News.
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If. as Germany claims, its spy sys
tem was not adequate, it seems to be
a reasonable conjecture that no sys
tem of that kind ever could prove
adequate. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Hlndenburg and Ludendorff, who
were fair generals when fighting the
Russians, made the same mistakes ns
a lot of other men and went out of
their class.—Emporia Gazette.
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AT THE PEACE CONFERENCE
"Judge," saiii the man at the bar,
"there's no use of you trying to square
this thing up. My wife and I fight
just so often anil just so long, and we
can't help it. So there you are.”
"And about how long do you keep
it up?" asked the judge.
"About two weeks, judge."
“All right. I’ll give you fifteen days
in jail; in other words you are in
terned for the duration of the war.”
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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THE MISSOURI MULE ABROAD
A long and patient but vain effort
on the part of a khaki-clad driver to
Induce a mule, drawing what appeared
to be a load of laundry, through the
gateway of a local hospital uffordod
considerable amusement to the boys
in blue who were watching the pro
ceedings. The mule would do any
thing but pass through the gateway.
"Want any 'elp, chum?" shouted one
of the boys in blue to the driver, as
ho rested a moment.
"No," replied the driver, “but I’d
like to know how Noah got two of
these blighters Into the Ark!” Tit
Bits.
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Stock Trouble.
"I saw a big policeman take a tum
ble on a piece of banana peel.”
"I see. A fall in copper security.”
—Baltimore American.
Execution of
Ruby Murderer
Is Postponed
Friday, October 4, 1918, was desig
nated as the date on which Milo Se
guro would he executed for the mur
der of J. K. Riley in the Iditarod last !
spring. The execution was to have
taken place in the Fairbanks jail yard
in the presence of only a fe-v chosen
witnesses at an unnamed hour.
The execution of the condemned
man has been postponed to an indef 1
inite day owing to an appeal having
been taken by his attorney. The ap
peal acted as a stay of execution.
! The date of the execution will not he
; known until his appeal is acted upon.
t If on appeal the judgment is con- j
! firmed by the appealiate court Seguro j
j will be taken before the court of that
division and re-sentenced. IIow long
it will be before the uppeal is acted
upon Is a matter of time.
Brig. Gen. Doven
Dies in Virginia
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WASHINGTON. Oct 7.—Brigadier j
General Charles Doyen, commandant
of the marine training camp at Quan
tico, Ya,. died yesterday of influenza.
Ho returned from France several j
months ago.
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His Master’s Voice.
Captain (sharply)—"Button up that!
coat.”
Married Recruit (absently)—“Yes, i
my dear "- Tit-Bits.
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A Right to the Name.
"You call that patch a war-garden?”
"Hasn't it the appearance? Since j
the drought hit it. it looks like a sec
tion of No Man's Land."—Washington j
Star.
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