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today, and ia displaying its honor
on the victorious fields of battle.
Must close for this time, trusting
this finds Monmouth and her good
people in the advance of the times.
I am sincerely,
Corp. E. Stanley Fvans.
Ship Building and
the Ship Builders
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
In Odd Fellows Hall
Services. - U-00 m
Subject:
REALITY
Sunday School, 10.00 a.m.
Wednesday evening meeting, 8.00 p. m
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Peter Conklin, Pastor
Sunday School, - - 10.00 a. m
Preachine Service, - 11.00 a. m
Y. P. A. Meeting, - 6.15 p. m.
Preaching Service, 7.30 p. m
Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7.30 p. m
Meditations of a Soldier in France
BAPTIST CHURCH
E. B. Pace, Pastor
Rnndav School. - - 10.00 a. m,
Preaching Service, - 11.00 a. m.
C. U. E. Meeting, 6.30 p. m.
Preaching Service, - 7.30 p, m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 7.30 p. m
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday School, - - 10.00 a.m.
Preaching Service, 11.00 a. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. Meeting, 6.30 p. m.
Preaching Service, 7 30 p. m
Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7.30 p. m.
France, Nov. 5, 1918.
This evening, or if correctly stat
ed, this morning, as it is now 3:20
m.. seems an opportune moment
for making practical use of the fa
mous saying, "Early birds catch the
worms", of course you must not
judge such an early extreme as a
daily occurrence in respect to writ
ing letters. It happened to be a
circumstance propelled by a desire
to write. Certain influences which
are constantly affecting ones prog
ress in many ways seem wonderful.
Oftentimes during the past 2 years,
mingling and associating amongst
men of every type I have tried to
follow the trend of human life,
how fascinating and complex is this
wonderful human machine. Some
hurry from dawn to dusk, some seek
a more moderate place of action
some live in a perfect state of har
mony, always employing methods
of altruism as a means of success
Some try hard and fail. Others
succeed by trifling efforts. There is
a reason for this, a mystery mvolv
ing objects of thought and discus
sion. Regardless of this, there are
lessons to learn. A man must first
possess a strong confidence in his
abilities and employ them with all
firmness and in all circumstances
which reauire it. It is necessary to
use this firmness in accord with
iustice and right, for if a man is
wrong he must pay the price, if
right no dishonor can affect his
character, public opinion never
fails to form the correct verdict.
There is a splendid opportunity for
studvin army life, you acquire
habits of respect, manliness, com-
radesip, sacrifice, morals, honor
and patriotism. No man if in
earnest can call it a loss oi time ev
en if it happens in the flower of
manhood. You study your com-
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It's Stopping
Your Work
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SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
rades, your officers, examples of
soldiers in the highest type.
How is Monmouth and its beau
tiful surroundings? My mind oft
wanders in hours of leisure to the
days of scholastic life, to the hours
spent in my home, where mother s
influence and interest in me seemed
the most potent factor of all. Just
to feel and know that my personal
record at home is no discredit upon
myself or people is no small factor
in my life as a soldier. I can enter
again, if providence so grants, the
duties of civil life probably a big
ger man and fearing no criticism
from any man regardless his status
in the world of industry, of course
any man is subject to mistakes but
this small item has been stated
with truth by one of our most em
inent American statesmen, "Show
me a man who makes no mistakes,
and I will show you a man who
achieves nothing."
You no doubt have received vic
torious news from the battle zones,
the past few days which is indeed
very encouraging to most all of us.
Let us hope to finish the most for
midable enemy of Europe today
soon as possible, never slacking our
nrocrress until the future peace of
the earth has been on. Thanks to
our great president for his master
ful vision and statesmanship deal
ing with a treacherous enemy .whose
dream was a world dominion under
teutonic rule. Every man ought to
die with honor upon the battlefield
than permit such a thing to happen.
Winter is fast approaching with
its rain nd cold. We have no fear
for our needs are cared for first of
all. We felt a joy of pride when
the last 4th Liberty Loan went ' ov
er the top" with such force and
greatness. The spirit of America
is the dominant factor of all events
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Behold tht Pelican!
A fish diet, we are told, builds up
the brain. 1 do not wish to argue
with the scientists. I only stand at
one side and point a steady finger
at the pelican.
The pelican has no more business
trying to be a bird than has a bat-
but he gets away with it. He also
is practically a failure as a beast.
As a vegetable he is entirely out of
season. But as a fisher man he has
lzaak Walton and Grover Cleveland
standing up in the boat and yelling
for more bait. He is a winged edi
tion of the "Compleat Angler." It
is my firm belief that Nature over
did herself when she fashioned the
pelican. She undoubtedly was
trying to produce a model tliat a
competitor would not try to imi
tatethe design being such that
another inventor would not come
along some morning, full of ambi
tion and enthusiasm and say casual-
like to the foreman: "Henry, let's
take one of them B. C. 4fiti8 model
pelekaos and improve on it a bit-
put in one of our new ball-bearing
fish manglers, give the body a
stream-line, equip it with non-skids
and put it on the market a a 1950
model". No, Nature didn't leave
any pelican unturned. I imagine
that when she completed the first
one she looked him over carefully,
gave him a final swipe and mutter
ed between her set teeth: "There,
daggone you, you ain't much to look
at, but you certainly are a great
piece of mechanism. You may not
have a perfect chassis, but your en
gine and transmission are unique.
You'll never fall into the jitney
class." I imagine too, that Mrs.
Nature first laid in a supply of
names and then invented the species
to fit them. And I want to go on
record here and now as saying that
she did herself proud when she fin
ished that pelican job. She just
naturally built something to fit that
word. I never saw a tighter fit.
The pelican is the only bird
eauipped with a kitchen cabinet.
He also is the only common carrier
not taken over by the Government.
As a swimmer and diver he is a
feathered 'Annette Kellerman and
as a flyer he has all the "aces" tak
insr his star dust.
But with all these qualifications
I still contend he has not advanced
as he should with the rest of civiliz
ation. He is too well satisfied with
himself; he his not taken into con
sideration the fact that times are
changing and that the efficiency ex
perts have taken a strangle-hold on
I this fair land and water of ours,
and that the good old days are
gone.
i Life with Pa Pelican is just one
fishing trip after another. He nev
er takes a day off. You'd think
he'd catch a whale once in a while
and then take a vacation. But he
doesn't He's as buty as the oyster
at a church festival R. D. Cradle
baugh in the December Sunset.
by saving them. The actual buying power of the dol
lar is just about 50 cents today. If normal conditions
return after the war 100 cents "exchange" should be
the standard once more. By saving, then.fyou can see
what the profit in WORTH of your money would be.
The First National Bank is a helpful place to bring
your problems-as well as a safe place to bring your
deposits.
Ira C. Powell, President; J. B. V. Butler, Vice President;
- E. L. Kilen, Cashier; Emma Parker, Aas't Cashier
riRSTTJATlONALBK
Newman Davis, a former mem
ber of Company L, is reported to
have taken a wife in France.
The local exemption board has re
ceived notice that there are to be
no more physical examination of
registrants although 18 year olds
will be classified. The board in
ducted into the service 317 cfass 1
men, leaving 17 who were exemp
ted. The total registration was
1298.
Sergeant Homer McDaniel, who
was born near Rickreall, was killed
in action in France recently
Now that the patriotic obligation
of keeping quiet haa passed we feel
at liberty to discuss the conduct or
shipworkers during the war.
Muny of these workers were
earnest, patriotic men, who did
their utmost to help build the
bridge of ships needed for the win
ning of the war. To them we take
our hats off. Their work was
heavy, not light; arduous, not easy;
dangerous, not safe; txposed, not
protected and comfortable.
Among these workers were others
-hundreds of them -whose part
was acted selfishly and who by
their conduct demonstrated a de
plorable absence of patriotism.
They did as little work as it was
possible to do. Those of this class
who were foremen and there were
numbers of such foremen-used
their authority to discourage their
men from doing too much work,
and in numerous instances actually
discharged men who were too in-
dustrious.
Organized luW had its leaders
and agents among the workers In
all the yards, recruiting member
ships. Many worker joined out of
fear, of or for a desire to avoid
ouarrels. The fear was that if a
bolt were dropped it would hit a
non-union man. The desire to avoid
quarrels was general and resulted
in thousands joining the union.
Only the more radical men, who
usually were the more shiftless,
were active in the unions. The re
sult was that the more conservative
leaders in the unions were shortly
voted out of authority, and radical
officers elected in their place. .
These radical officers openly dis
couraged industry and commanded
shittlessness.
Agreements as to working hours
were broken deliberately, as wit
ness the action of the boilermakers
in taking Saturday afternoon off in
spite of their promise not to do so
except during the summer.
A damaging evidence of the ten
dency on the part of organized la
bor to shirk, is obtained from sta
tistical records compiled by several
of the Portland shipyards. This
record shows plainly that as in pro
portion as organized labor was em
ployed, so the proportion of shirk
ing and absentees was increased
For instance, in the two opening
yards the percentage of absentees
was from 6 per cent to 7 per cent,
with Portland's yard employing
largely organized labor, suffering a
20 per cent loss from aba-ntees.
This 20 per cent mark as even
ecl:psed in certain Seattle yards
noted' for their subservience to or
ganized labor,
Many of the young men who be
came shipworkers did so to evade
the draft. Evidence that this is
true has multiplied in the last few
days. The depots have been crowd-
ed with young men returning to
their homes in other states, rejoic
ing over their success in dodging
military duty and earning, big pay
to boot.
Employers were beset with prob
lems arising from these labor con
ditions. The prime requisite was
speed speed in production. Nec
essarily this speed involved waste.
Often it was necessary to have one
crew of men idle while waiting' for
a piece of work to be finished by
another crew so the first crew
could take it, and install-it. If
the extra men had not been on the
job, there would have been delay.
With the extra men present, speed
was made possible and speed was the
great object.
In vain employers struggled to
overcome waste of time that was not
at all necessary pure shiftlessness
that was deliberate. As employers