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EDITORIAL PAGE
HORSE SHORTAGE
It U compuratlvsly «u>y for the
agents for foreiju governments
to buy horses in the United States
in winter. At this season there is
not much work for millions of
horses that will be greatly needed
when spring comes. Farmers, con
tractors, ice companies, teamsters
whose work is mostly on the docks,
and other owners and users of
many horses find a good price
tempting in midwinter and they
feel that when they have urgent
r.eed of other horses they can find
plenty of them for sale.
So the draining of this country
goes on to supply the never-satis
fied demand for horses for war
purposes in Europe. It will con
tinue unchecked. It appears, until
spring. Then there may be a sud
den realization that the supply of
horses for American use is not ad
equate to meet American needs.
The conditions are ripe for great
scarcity in the horse market.
France, Great Britain and other
countries deep in the war have no
such supply of horse# as they re
quire and they will continue to
bid for horses and mules in the
I'nited States. American indus
tries have no overstock to dispose
of, and the inevitable consequence
will be a market shortage. This
will affect iae demand for motor
vehicles of various kinds. It may
also act as a serious olstacle to the
economical and effective carrying
on of many American industries.
And who was the latest prophet
to foretell the speedy and final
disappearance of the horse from
the traffic and work of the world?
NOT READY YET
Every properly constituted hu
man being would like to see
an end made of wax. Everybody
would like to see all the nations
ireed from the burden of main
taining armies and navies.
The prediction that the present
tearful war will mark the end of
all warfare and bring about quick
ly the disarmament of the nations
appeals to the be»t that is in all
of us. But much as we would like
to believe th«re is no reasonable
basis for It,
Says the most able, broadminded
and influential newspaper In Can
ada: "While one of the objects
with which this war is being waged
on the part of Great Britain is the
destruction of tho evil spirit of
militarism that possesses Germany,
one would be mad to suppose that
ajter It is over the nations will
beat their swords into pruning
hooks. It is to be hoped that from
'he backs of European peoples will
be lifted a great part of the bur
den of armament, but that the na
tions will take no thought and
make no preparation for defense is
a dream."
As this same newspaper points
out, there will be more, rather
than less, military preparedness on
the part of Britain in the future.
Its failure to heed tfce warnings
of Lord Roberts and its unreadi
ness to fight when the present war
broke out has frightened It. Eng
land can not help shuddering to
think of what would have hap
pened if it had been compelled to
face Germany on the field of tat
tle alone.
N'ations are merely Aggregations
of human beings. They will be
rapacious and will quarrel and in
flict wrong and vio'eiice upon one
another as long as men are of
such a condition of mind that they
are rapacious and will quarrel and
inflict wrong aad violence upon
one another. When total disarm
ament and permanent world peace
comes we shell nearly have
reached the blissful state in which
there will be no prisons, no police
and even no laws or oourtg except
such aa are needed for purely gov
' ernmental purposes and the B$t
; tlement of amicable differences.
! To say the least, that time is not
! yet.—Cleveland Leader.
At least Senor Villa must have
j found it a novelty to bo shot while
, playing the part ot cjx innoceut
bystander.
I Prom casual reading of the
newspapers anybody might assume
that last summer's wheat crop in
United States was a total failure.
Oh, well. May bo the Dacia will
not get any worse usage at Rot
terdam or thereabouts than the
Ypiranga once got at Vera Cruz.
The Vienna decree that bread
shall contain no more than 50 per
cent of rye meal will seem no
hardship to the many Americans
who prefer it without any.
The trouble with KaiiBas is that
of a good many men. It cant
do anything without stopping to
pat itself on the back.
A soldier who floo^e-i German
entrenchments in Belgium by cut
ting a dyke has been decorated
with the Order of Klfcg Leopold.
Still, the water being used as a
chaser, no violence Is done the
king's memory.
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COMPOSITIONS
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By Pupils of Skagway
Public Schools
THE MONTHS
(Composed by 5th tuid 6th Giwlw)
January
January begins the year,
Its bleak, and cold, and dark* a»d
drear.
February
February brings the celebration,
Of two men famous In the history
of our nation.
March
In March south wlnd3 do blow,
Anc' kites up to the sky do go.
April
"April Fool!" the children cry,
When they put #alt in tho apple
pie.
May
May brings many pretty flowers.
That peep out from their woodland
bowers.
June
"Tiuirah for June!" with rosee fair,
Tteu bchool is out most everywhere.
July
July the fourth commemorates,
The forming of tho United States.
August
August is the month of harvest
Then Nature is at her very best.
September
'n September begin the days of fall,
When children respond to the school
bell's call.
Octob3r
In October the birds to the south
do fly.
And Jack Frost his magic brush
doth ply.
November
la November comes Thanksgiving,
And doesn't leave a turkey living.
December
, On December twenty fifth, swift
reindeer hoofs,
Prance gaily on our snowy 'roofs.
TUE STUKX W Sll.uriur.i'
Siegfried was the Bon of the
k'ug of the Netherlands He was
8 wonderful hero. lie had killed
a dragon, and had washed in the
blood of it bo he could not be hurt,
except in one spot where a certain
leaf had fallen.
The Nlbelung's had given him a
sword named Balmung. It was a
wonderful sword. A while later he
overcame the N'ibelungs' and took
their treasures and the Hood of
PerknesB, which made him invisible.
After he had won the Hood of
Darkness he set out to Rhineland
to court K'rlemhild. Before Siegfried
could win her he had to help win
Bruinhild for Gunther, Kriemhlld's
brother. Bruinhild was a warrior
queen. King Gunther and Siegfried
had a vary long Journey. Hagen,
King Gunther and Siegfried went on
tht- journey. When they arrived at
Queen Bruinhlld's court, she In
vited Gunther, Hagen, Siegfried, and
other friends to a contest.
Bruinhild told Gunther that if he
could beat her throwing the spear,
jumping, an1 throwing the stone,
she would marry him. Siegfried by
aid of the Hood of Darkness took
Quather's place, and defeated Bruin
hild. Then Gunther married Bruin
hild and Siegfried married Kriern
hild. After being married several
hippy years, a son was born to
both. Gunther named his Siegfried,
and Siegfried named his Gunther.
When Siegfried was married his
father gave him his kingdom.
After many years Siegfried and
.Kriemhild visited Bruinhild and
Gunther. Not long afterward he
went out hunting and only took
one hunting dog and got many ani
mals. On their way home they
stopped to drink. While he was
drinking Hagen smote him with his
sword in his vulnerable spot.
They carri«.1 11m home on a
shield. They told his wife his en
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