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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
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PRESIDENT READS
LEAGUEJ50VENANT
Proposed Constitution Provides
For Union of Nations to
Settle Future Troubles.
JOIN THE LEAGUE OF THE NATION
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HELP YOURSELF
More than 150 years ago Benjamin
Franklin wrote: "Keep your shop and
It will keep you." The stamp of great
ness Is on Franklin's philosophy be
cause It was not alone of bis time; it
holds for all time.
Our ways have changed a bit in the
economic life of this republic which
the great Franklin helped to build.
No longer may every man be his own
shopkeeper. Most of us help keep
some other fellow's shop and a certain
element among the assistant shop
keepers have become restless because
they hare no shop themselves and call
themselves L W. W Bolsheviks, and
other names.
Nevertheless Franklin's homely say
ing is as true today and as easy to
comply with as It was the day he ut
tered it. The United t'tates govern
ment provides the way.
War Savings and Thrift Stumps,
conceived as a war measure and now
backed by the government as a per
manent policy, give every man, woman
and child in America the chance to
keep shop. Each person is allowed to
put $1000 a year into the business
the business of American government.
Tbe business guarantees 4 per cent
per annum compounded quarterly. It
is the biggest business In the world.
One can Invest as low as 2' cents.
The wonderful thing about ft Is that
the investor helps his country it ell
as himself.
QUOTAS OF LOAN
WILL DEPEND ON
WAR STAMP SALES
Oversubscriptions of January
and February Savings Cam
paign Allotments to Re
duce Loan Task
Victory Liberty Loan quotas of the
Twelfth Federal Reserve District are
to be determined in some measure by
the amounts loaned the government
by each district in War Savings
Stamps during January and February.
If a district oversubscribes its War
Savings Stamp quotas for the first
two months of the year. Its Victory
Liberty Loan quota will be decreased
to the extent of the oversubscription.
Conversely, if a district fails to reach
Us January and February Stamp quo
tas, its Liberty Loan quota will be
increased.
When Lewis B. Franklin, director
of the War Loan Organization, was in
Ran FranciRco rwently, be revealwi
that on the day the armistice was
signed there was in progress In Wash
ington a meeting to formulate plans
for the continuous sale of Liberty
Bonds such a plan as governs the
sale of Thrift and War Savings
Stamps. Moreover, the Liberty Bond
and War Stamps work was to be
closely coordinated.
These plans were immediately dis
carded when the Germans signed the
armistice and when Secretary of the
Treasuiy Glass took office be an
nounced that the Victory Liberty Loan
would be the last. In the face of sug
gestions that the Victory Loan be put
on a cold commercial basis, he added
that the men making these sugges
tions were discounting the patriotism
of the American people and he would
depend upon the patriotism of ' the
American people rather than place se
curities of the United States govern
ment upon a plane with tbe paper of
private corporations.
WOMEN OF WEST
AGAIN CALLED
TO THE COLORS
By MRS. A. S. BALDWIN, Chairman
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
of the Twelfth Reserve District.
We have at the present time about
two million men in Europe who must
be provided with all that is
to keep them in good spi.'itB and con
dition; and when their work shall have
been finished, they must be brought
home and demobilized. The Govern
ment must make good the contracts it
has entered into for the construction of
all war munitions, and for food sup
plies already bought
Having responded to the Govern
ment's calls In the past, , and having
loaned our money ungrudgingly to
hurry forward the men and supplies,
and victory having come to us because
Parle. President Wilson was the;
oentral figure of the plenary peace
conference when he read the coven
ut establishing a league ot nations,'
There was added Interest In the ses-:
ten, as tt was the last gathering of i
the delegates prior to the president's
departure, as well as being the occa
sion of resenting the document with
which his name tt Identified.
At he closed the president laid aside
the document and spoke ot what had
been accomplished. The deliberations
ot the commission had been most In
structive, and throughout the proceed
ings there was an undertone ot en
thusiasm in the great work being ac
complished, he said.
President Wilson was followed by
Lord Robert Cecil, head ot the British
commission, league ot nations; Leon
Bourgeois ot the French commission,
and other leading figures ot the con
ference. The proposed league ot nations, as
outlined In the covenant read by Pres
ident Wilson, will consist of represen
tatives of the United States, Great
Britain, France, Italy and Japan, to
gether with representatives ot tour
other states.
The council will meet as often as Is '
necessary, but at least once a year, at
whatever place may be designated.
Any matter wjthln the scope of action
of the league or affecting the peace
ot the world would be dealt with. .
The banks used to buy United States
bonds bearing 2 per cent interest be
fore the war. That's how good the
credit of the United States Is.
The 1100 you put into a Victory Lib
erty Bond will be worth $125 plus In
terest when prices settle down. A dol
lar is worth what you can buy with It.
Better have the bonds of the United
States In tbe hands of 30,000.000
ordinary citizens than concentrated in
the hands of a few rich men. Think
of that when Uncle Sam offers you
Victory Liberty Bond.
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Don't think you have sacrificed be
cause you may be paying for your Interest-bearing
Fourth Liberty Loan
Bonds. These fellows back from France
legless, armless or sightless don't think
they have sacrificed. They simply
think; they did their duty.
The Victory Loan coming In April
is the last Liberty Loan. Then the
war lg over for yoa. It will be stll
going on for 1,000,000 Americans In
France.
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MRS. A. 8. BALDWIN
of this, shall we hesitate for a moment
to respond to the last call the Victory
Liberty Loan when we can do so by
pledging our credit, perhaps with some
little personal inconvenience, sacrifice
or small discomfort?
The blood of the young manhood of
America is not now required. That
was generously given before the armi
stice was signed, and now we may give
thanks that no more will be taken.
The credit and good faith of our
country is at stake. "We have won the
war, and the cost Is small compared
with what has been won. The men of
the West with red blood In their veins
will not need to be appealed to, because
they will subscribe to this last call of
the Government as ungrudgingly as
they did in the past. There are others,
however, who may not be so keenly and
conscientiously alive to the duty of re
sponding to the Nation's call, and It is
to those that the women must direct
their most untiring efforts.
This last call Is truly a Victory Loan.
What greater pride can men and wo
men experience than In contributing
to It? A Victory Bond will be worth
more than its price expressed in dol
lars. Every one will u a badge testi
fying that the holder has helped his
country to fulfill its pledge to those
who have been spared as well as those
who have made the supreme sacrifice.
SUMMARY'OF LEAGUE
OF NATIONS COVENANT
Executive council to consist of rep-;
reientatives of the United States, Brit- '
lsb empire, France, Italy and Japan, j
and representatives of four other .
states.
Council to meet at least once a year. :
Permanent International secretariat !
to be establh shed.
Majority of states represented at
meetings shall decide all problems.
President of United States to cal'
first meeting.
Expenses borne by members of the
league.
Envoys shall enjoy Immunity during
sessions.
New member admitted by two
thirds vote.
Munitions making to be curtailed.
High contracting parties to preserve
against external aggression, territorial
Integrity and existing political Inde
pendence of all states members of the
league. 1
Arbitration made compulsory. 1
Permanent court of international
justice provided. v
All treaties shall be registered with
secretary-general.
Small liberated nations shall be pro
tected. ,
AH obligations Inter se inconsistent
vltjj irm of rnvonxnt hall b abro
gated. Amendments take effect on three
quarters vote.
MR. TAFT FAVORS LEAGUE
Senators Poindexter and Borah Scored
for Petty Faultfinding.
Portland, Or. William Howard
Taft, ex-president of the United States
and president of the League to En
force Peace, expressed the opinion
while here attending the Northwest
ern Congress for a League of Nations,
that the covenant for a league of na
tions presented to the peace confer
ence In "Paris by President Wilson
was 'a "real covenant with a bite In
It."
He scored Senators Poindexter and
Borah for what he termed petty fault
finding with the plans for arbitration
and peace, and expressed the hope
that the peace covenant would be
adopted. Mr. Taft said: "It is the
duty ot our senate to ratify the treaty
when It arrives there. I feel sure It
will, in spite of the opposition of such
men as Poindexter, receive the neces
sary two-thirds vote."
League Loyal to Kaiser Being Formed
Weimar. An urgent appeal to all
Germans to unite to prevent former
Emperor William from being delivered
up for trial, was published . in the -Landes
Zeitung Deutschland, a new
government organ being Issued here.
The appeal Is headed "League of Ger
man Men and Women for the Protec
tion of the Person, Freedom and Lite
of William." Field Marshal von Hln
denburg is sponsor for the league.
London Papers Praise Nations League
London. The London newspapers
generally praise the draft of the league
of nations. Many hall It as the most
Important and most memorable docu
ment In history, and congratulate the
framers, especially President Wilson.
BALL
Saturday Feb.. 2
AT 8:30 P. M.
Commercial Club Hall
GOOD MUSIC AND EATS
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All-married people, widows and widow
ers, old maids and old bachelors invited.
TICKETS $1 per COUPLE
Proceeds to go to the Red Cross.
M. It. IIKJGS, It. W. KKA AM) I'RKD HOi:lH( HLK KXWTTIVK 'O.MMITTI:l
Aeoouiicement
We have taken over the lines of Farm Implements
and Tillage Tools carried last season by the Lakin Hard
warethese, with the lines we have represented with
the introduction of some new features and departments
will open to the trade of this vicinity a very complete Im
plement House. It is the big idea to introduce for your
consideration anything in the Agricultural line that has
merit and that Will appear to be adaptable to use in this
section. We extend to all interested in these lines a most
hearty invitation to favor us with a call.
Lines Represented
Oliver Chilled and Steel Plows, Har
rows, Discs, and Farm Wagons, John
Deere and Syracuse Plows and Imple
ments. Thomas and Van Drunt Grain
Drills, Deerlng Hay Loaders and Hay
Rakes. Simplex Ditcher and Terrac
er. Page woven wire fence, etc. etc.
We Recommend
That as a valuable time saver that re
pair parts needed on farm machinery
be listed and ordered at your earliest
convenience.
WHAT REPAIRS DO YOU NEED?
We make especially attractive prices
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on Rope, Bolts, and all kinds of
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Hitches, Singletrees, etc.
What About
Woven Wire Fence
We are advised not to look for chenp
v or prices for some time to come. If
you need wire we believe that you
will find this a money savor. Place
your orders now our prices apply
only to stock on hand. Order soon!
We stock the folowing sizes:
28-Inch Hog Fence, rod OGc
84-inch Hog Fence, rod 74c
47-inch Fluid Fence $1.02
58-Inch Field Fence, rod f 1.22
36-inch Rabbit 96c
4"8-lnch Poultry Fence f 1.15
Call and see the SIMPLEX DITCHER.
This is a wonderfully good tool tor
the rapid construction ot ditches aud
will be needed this season.
LET ITH KNOW what you expect to'
need this spring. Our lines of plows,
Harrows, Discs, Spring tooth Har
rows, Drills, etc. merits your Investi
gation. Special attention given to
the needs of the Irrigated farm.
Collins W. Elkins
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