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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER Nitclraurairr y " ' 1 THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 'RenertBRANCE Representative William J. Graham of Illinois, whose portrait Is given herewith, is chairman of the house committee investigating war department expenditures. He made an interesting report the other day. Seven men formed a "secret government of the United States," determined all the war legislation "weeks and even months" before war was declared against Germany, he charged, after reading into the record a digest of the minutes of the council of national defense. The seven men were named by Mr. Graham as Hollis Godfrey, Howard E. Coffin, Bernard M. Baruch, Samuel Gompers, Franklin H. Martin, Julius Rosenwald, and Daniel Willard, members of the advisory commission of the council. Mr. Graham asserted the council assumed such broad powers that Major General Goethals. former rhipf nf io purchase, storage, and traffic division of the war department, defied It; cabinet members protested against its activities, and Elbert H. Gary, president of the United States Steel corporation, accused it of operating in "flagrant violation of law." ROCKEFELLER'S EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY John D. Rockefeller celebrated his eigthtieth birthday the other day at his Pocantico Hills estate and then went to Seal Harbor, Me. Replying to the felicitations of his guests on his long life, Mr. Rockefeller said: "I hope you will all live to be not only eighty years old, but ninety or one hundred, for I have just begun to live." Mr. Rockefeller has an ambition to live to be one hundred years of age and then really begin living. Certain men who lived to reach the century mark in good condition mentally and physically have held that they had to live till ninety to realize that the world was beautiful. Certainly after eighty a man should be entitled to rest and take things easy, without for laziness. Mr. Rockefeller takes a little olive oil each day, plays golf and refuses to worry. He need not worry about the high cost of living, certainly, for his Income is believed to be more than one hundred millions. In the meantime to. every American who burns a kerosene lamp or runs a "flivver" the name of John D. Rockefeller occurs with regularity. WILLIAM HOHENZOLLERN AT THE BAR It looks as if William Hohenzol-ler- n would be tried in the fall, at a place to be selected. It is reported that Great Britain will furnish the presiding judge in John Andrew Hamilton, Lord Sumner, and that Sir Gordon Stewart, solicitor general of Great Britain, will lead the prosecution. German counsel for the defendant will he assisted by British lawyers, if they ."Mi Joyc CHAMPION IN POLITICS Duke Kahanamoku, world's aquatic tics over on his native shores of Hawaii and Is rapidly converting his famous "crawl" into the stroke of statesmanship. The duke shied his bath robe Into the ring as candidate for supervisor in Honolulu. When he confided his ambition to fellow Republicans on the island they said : "Fine ! Poland has a pianist for premier. Why not a swimmer for a city father!" Immediately all the ukuleles startd ed strumming, and the candidates found themselves with a lot of figurative knots tied in their shirts in this splashing campaign for office. Kahanamoku hung up records as a campaign speaker with as much ease as he did In aquatic competitions. All the swimmers were for him as a V , matter of course and nearly every one In Honolulu swims. In addition, the duke Is the Idol of all the hula and g sallies for the chamnear hula girls, and they, toe." danced out en dry-lan- vote-gettin- , The Summer Fur Wrap. summer fur wrap is not supposed to hug the throat very closely. It Is Intended to provide protection for the shoulders rather than the neck which rarely has to be bundled up In summer time. So these gay little wraps are often quite open at the front, proving by this fine contempt for gar ments that claim to be chest or throat protectors, their truly summery char acter. Not for them the rigors of winter; when cold weather arrive ttey wilt go into retirement and al . I think that I shall never see A poem as lovely as a tree A tree whose hungry mouth Is prest Against the world's sweet flowing breast; Poems are made by foo!s like me. But only God can make a tree. champ, has dived into the pool of poli- A far-seei- finally dropping down the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento, Cal., and then to San Francisco. s of the This train consists of 60 types employed by the motor transport corps in the conduct of the winning of the war. In addition, motor-vehicle- tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may In summer wear A nest of robins In her hair; aid. pion. NEXT A There will be five judges representing Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Japan. It is believed that Edward Douglass White, chief justice of the United States Supreme court, whose portrait is given herewith, will represent America. The Germans will charge that the trial is framed in advance; that in the nature of the case the allies could not permit any other verdict than that of "guilty' We need no court finding on that point. What the allies do want to bring out is the whole of the evidence relating, first, to those fateful days when Germany cast the die for war, and, second, to the actual conduct of the war, especially the responsibility for the policy of f rightfulness SWIMMING By JOHN DICKINSON, SHERMAN. to and thoroughly railways, transportation! means good wagon roads. Even in normal times the value of such roads is well nighi incalculable, but In a period of armed conflict victory or defeat may depend upon the condition of the common highways. All this is well known. And yet, though men have for .some years been urging the good roads movement upon the people and some progress has been achieveiiur highways' In general still remain among the wonst In the world. Albert J. Beveridge. milady's winter peltry which assuredly she has, If she owns such pretty summer fur fixings to have its low fling. Black Lace Popular, tulle and lace frocks are being usd more and more for our sumBlack mer evening costumes. Capes of black tulle with voluminous crushed collars of silver cloth are often worn with these frocks. Keep good company or none. Kilmer. If you want to build a road, let the people memorial trees along that road and your project plant Is a success. Charles Lathrop Pack. Thus come closer to the Great Plant memorial trees in honor of the men who gave their lives to their country in honor of the men who offered their lives. Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark. Tree-Make- r. Roads and trees for remembrance! Victory highways In honor of America's fighting men In the great war Roadside planting of trees in memory of their Individual deeds! It is a truism that the economic and moral fiber of any community is shown by the condition of its highways. Give the community the right kind of roads, schools, churches, factories and banks and the other signs of advancement will soon be in evidence. Memorial roads! What more tilting monument can we build in honor of our heroes? Permanent roads dedicated to them ! How can a community better commemorate their achievements? And all these memorial roads planned and built as parts of a great system of victory highways victory highways that food may move from farm to city and manufactures back to the farm! that the way of the children to the schoolhouse may be made easy; that the defense of America against armed force may be certain. Victory highways that not only serve the nation's needs but delight the people's eye victory highways beautified by roadside planting of American trees and shrubs and flowers. No walls and gates and arches with their suggestion of something closed and set apart, but memorial trees and groves alnd little parks and wayside camps for the American traveler and food trees for the birds. To Abraham Lincoln have probably more memorials been erected than to any other man. Which of nil these memorials Is most Impressive most fitting? Consider now the Lincoln highway as It Is and ns It Is soon to be. The Lincoln highway is an object lesson of what is find what Is to be In a memorial road. More than 3,000 miles In length, It runs east and west through the heart of America, with giant north and south feeder highways, Joining the Atlantic and the Pacific. It traverses 11 states. Fifteen millions have been expended on It in the last five years. Already there are nearly 400 miles of concrete and brick and paving nnd more than 1,000 miles of macadam. It Is In operation from end to end. It carries an endless procession of Americans in their own autdmoblles. The year round It is dotted with freight trucks. At this very moment the federal government has under way on the Lincoln way across the continent an exhibition train. It started from Washington, nnd from Gettysburg, Pa., the route Is over the Lincoln way to Pittsburgh, Camden and Bucyrus, O.; Fort Wayne, Ind.j Chicago Heights, III. ; Clinton, Cedar Rapids and Marshall-towla.; Omaha, Neb.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Carson City and Ely, Nev., . n, accompanying this train are several other branches of the United States army service, Including representatives of the engineer corps, with antiaircraft defense trucks and searchlights, and certain specially detailed observers who will make an intensive study and report to the war department on road conditions. The trip is being made for both military nnd educational purposes, Including: An extended performance (est of the several standardized types of motorized army equipment used for transportation of troops and cargo and for other special military purposes; the war department's contribution to good roads movement; demonstramotor tion of the practicability of post and commercial transportation and the need for judicious expenditure of federal governmental appropriations in providing the necessary highe ways. So much for the Lincoln highway as a means a transcontinental road linkof transportation ing the United States by states. Consider now the Lincoln way as a beauty spot and a memorial, not only to the Great Emancipator, but to the heroes who followed his example and won the freedom of the world in the great war. The roadside planting of the Lincoln way is in charge of the General Federation of Women's This organization has a membership of Clubs. 2,500,000 members. It has a state federation in every state in the Union. Mary K. Sherman, chairman of the conservation department of the a comprehensive general federation, has secured planting plan for the way. This plan lias been worked out by Jens Jensen, a noted landscape engineer of Chicago. In general It provide? for the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers Indigenous to the locality. For example, blue prints have been mnde for the planting of the way These prints through Ihe 180 miles of Illinois. kinds of trees, shrubs give all necessary details and flowers for each locality; suggestions for clubs of the several states grouping each. The the way passes will see to It that which through In other states the planting Is done. Many clubs will plant memorial miles on the way and In addition carry out the same plan in application to Lincoln way feeders In their own stntes. Features of this roadside planting of the Lincoln way by the general federation nre memorial trees in honor of Individual heroes; groves, founthe road ; fruit and tains, camping places alonga bird and birds the sanctuary from for nut trees ocean to ocean. For ten years America hos been spending from .000,000,000 to $300,000,000 a year for highway construction nnd maintenance without national brood needs of the lnn wuhout relation to the whole and with little a as country After spending over of effort between states. we are, broadly speak$2000,000,000 in a decade, a proper connecting system of ing, as far from In the United States as ever. radiating highways The latest government figures show a total In the United States of 2.457,-83- 4 highway mllence and of this total, even after the tremendous 0 expenditures noted, but 12 per cent, or some miles, have received any attention whatever and these improvements are scattered In 48 states, in a loose and utterly Ineffective way, over various sections of our entire 2,500,000 miles. 206,-00- Now the time for national action has arrived. Thus the time Is ripe for roads and trees for remembrance. The United States is going to expend $500,000,000 in the next few years on a national highway system of interstate arterial routes. It only remains to be seen what agency of the federal government Is to have charge of the construction. If the department of agriculture and the state highway commissions do the work, the government and the states will share the expense, half and half. If a highway commission Is established by congress to have charge of the work the share of the states will ba apportioned in order that states like Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona shall not be too heavily burdened. As to the feature of memorial trees, this is also the chosen time. Public sentiment turns toward the idea. Events all over the country forecast a general memorial planting. The American Forestry association, of which Charles Lathrop Pack is president, has issued a call for memorial tree planting. It is registering all memorial trees and giving certificates of registration ; also instructions for planting. Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark has called upon the Christian Endeavor societies to plant memorial trees. Georgetown university remembered its war heroes at its one hundred and thirtieth commencement by planting 54 memorial trees in honor of its heroic dead. To each tree was affixed a bronze marker, of which a sample is given herewith. To the next of kin goes a duplicate of the marker. "My boys made a wonderful reputation for thi' country on the battlefields of France," says Panic Carter Beard. "I say my boys because I be- -' Hove that there were boy scouts In every American division lhat participated In the war. The boy scouts' slogan is, 'Once a scout always a: scout.' A plan that we are taking up is the planting of tres as memorials for our heroes. This is being done in some parts of Long Island and should be done in nil sections. After the? tree has been planted a small tablet should be placed on It bearing the name of the man who made the supreme sacrifice, and when and where and how he wos killed and his branch of the ' ' . service." Many victory highways to be planted with memorial trees nre under way throughout the country. Defense The National highway, between Blandensburg and Annapolis, is Maryland's contribution. New York is planning a Roosevelt Memorial hichway from Montauk Point to BufJ falo. In Ohio Col. Webb C. Hays hns offered to give memorial tablets on memorial highways in1 Sandusky county, and William G. Sharpe, former, ambassador to France, will do the same for Lorain' county. The poem by Joyce Kilmer, who gave his life for his country In France, is most touching. What Is more fitting than a tree for a memorial? W may attain the most mngnlflcent effects In stone and bronze. Compare them with a permanent road enduring os the Applan way, built 22 centuries ago and shaded by the Maryland tulln poplar or the Engelmann spruce or any other of our magnificent American trees. The glimpse of an Estes Park road In the Rocky Mountain. National park shows nature's way of beautifying a highway. Consider how the trees on guard add the crowning touch to tie Washington |
