MOE TWO
Ottawa vim: tuadkimouhml
CAMP LOEAH BOYS
IMBLE 10 REACH
K M
THREE-DAY LIMIT IS PLACED ON
LEAVE OF ABSENCE PRECLUD
ING TRIP FROM HOUSTON TC
ILLINOIS.
Houston, Tex., Dee. i". Visions o'
Christmas and New Year's bark ii
Illinois with the home folks fade'
(rem the minds of the soldiers of tin
Prairie Division today. An order va:
issued from ilhiskm headquarter
which siietitied that not more thar
three and a half days' Ieae siial! In
Planted over Christinas, and only h
few hours inure than a day or ew
' Year's.
The order follows:
"In view of ihe fact that a state oi
. war exists, and that it will be net i s
sary to spend a jtreat amount of timt
in preparing the division for servict
.(abroad, the number and duration o!
all leaves and passes for the Christ
mas period must be somewhat cur
tailed. Leaves and passes will nut lit
i framed for a louver pericd than fiom
noon on Saturday, Dee. 2'. to mid-;
niplit cn Tuesday. Dee. 2.1. !
"Passes may be granted from r
treat on Dec. :1, 'o midnight on .Ian.!
Passes will not he stunted to en-;
THURSDAY, DLCEMI1CR 20, 1017.
HUGE VAMPIRE BATS
LOVE THEIR BOOZE
They Wail, Shriek and Fisjht for Juice
of the Cocoa Tree, Filipinos'
"Wine."
Omaha, Neb. The Vampire, the
giant bat of the Philippines is it great
boozer.
This liuse but goes on a nightly
spree in the jungles of ttie Philippine
Islands, according to Henry O. Bau
ni an of Omaha, civil engineer, who
has just returned from a sojourn of
six years in the heart of the island
jungles, where he was (surveying in
the service of the IJureau of Land:-.
"These bats come out at night and
FRtlJOM 4
4
rrana mini ft a? gave him a faiew
party at Hie home of his 1111
.'",7 H! 4t"M,-,M
1 tic mi hii.i.h nr
aunt. Mr. and .Ms Mario., Vprr. n.j I SUSPECT EVASION OF
o -
Miss .'et::e Malaise visited her la
tiiei. .1. MalaNe, 1:1 Clam! ItiiLe
part of this week
Mr. and -Mrs. Paul Schmidt left on,
Tue.-iiay eveninu tor San ltenito. Tex., I
to spend Christmas it!i tlieir broth
ers and sister. 1
There will be 110 more iiicetin-s of
the I'.ov Sconis mini riidav, January
4th. ;
Mi: s l.etitia Hat! :s visit. na O.tawa '
relatives this
tO I "!"
week
steal the 'tuba,' the wine the Filipino.; Mr. and Mrs. Puil Schmidt visited
make of the sap of the cocoanut tree," .at the Kd Brifinim hum.' Sunday,
says Bauman. "The Filipinos tut the j Ralph Hall has the Dm. Ii measles.
ends of the branches of these trees j A sun was born to K.v. ami .Mrs. A.
and then tie long bamboo reeds 01 1. 1, it.'.-diop in Kvaiis.011. Dec. 1 Hit.
the ends of the branches. The sap 1 Mr. and Mis. John It'ittertieM, of
Miss
ir. t tor
Leslie
drips into them slowly. Jc takes d;ts lonawa
to fill up a tube, and in the meantime I Sunday
the fermentation has already taken
place. This is strong wine even be
fore the Filipino comes to gather in
his tabes. So these big vampires
come out at night and drink out ot
the tubes.
"An night when you are out in the
wilds you can hear them lightin;;,
wailing, shrieking, and chattering in
their drunken debauch over the stole 11 i
tuba.' "
It has been suggested that perhaps f
here is the origin of the familiar ex- 1
pression. "He went, on a big bat,"
meaning, "He got drunk."
visited :it S. M. Wright's mi
Helen Shaw
Sunday.
Kniidtson, o
was a Mclidota
ited relatives here
wet k.
of Woodstock, vis
a few days of last
' ell.:
'tc..v
.Miss C.ladys
wilh Miss
Pool i-tut the
Princes Guy of
ee k
Strea-
tit
HG MUSEUM IS FOUND
IN PALACE OF PHARAOHS
1.
listed men in excess of per ct nt of
, the command." j
A new order vas issued today tin t
all cllieors 0' ihe camp must, he in
camp by midnight here-it'ter. Tlrs
rule has been ;u effect for enpstej
men for some time and is now in-,
erative as lar an ollicers are con
cerned, on th" theoiy that a man can
. nor do a good diy's work if he has
lost a lot of sleep the night before.
Men caught selling r.jnor to so!
- die rs no longer will be tried by jus
, tiers of the peace, according to an
I announcement made by Major drove r
P. Sexton, head of the military police
department 0!' the division. Offender:'. ,
"Will he taken before 1 I'nitrd Sta'es
cxtnmissionor ami bond of $.",0ii0 ,
asked in each cane. If the cases are
not handled to the satisfaction of of-
' Hi ers here, they will he taken to the
, central army department and placed:
before Federal Judge Land is.
If ynu h-.c Iopi envtntng you can
find It by advertising !n the Free Tnd
Subscribo for the Free Trader-Journal
Throne Room Where Moses and Aar
on Made Pleas Believed Discov
ered in Egypt
The museum of the University of
Pennsylvania has made public a re
tort from Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, lead
er of the Kckley II. Coxe, Jr., expedi
tion to Egypt, iu which he tells ot
what appears to be the discovery that
.'leremptah had in his palace at Mem
I his an archeological museum some
thing like those of the present day.
Meremptah was the son of Kamesti
ILc Great and by many is Identified
'tie Pharaoh of the oppression as de
scribed in the Book of Exodus.
The throne room was a magnificent
chamber of about G0x40 feet. In de
ft ribing this room the museum an
nouncement stated that "it is proba
ble that this throne room, if not the
sumo one is similar to the one in
hich Moses and Aaron confronted
ti e Pharaoh demanding that the peo
ple of Israel be permitted to go. The
authorities In Egypt ndruit that a
great discovery has been made."
In the throne room were found or
naments, scarabs, vessels for various
purposes and vases.
The Phebiau Cin le ileal'' d $!u.
ki.aar last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Jason Thompson will enter
tile Ked Cross at her home Thursday.
j December -"th.
j Ernest Jameson ami I unity moved
I into their fine new Ii me last Thurs-
I .-a..-.
1 Miss lllanche Mosey, who is attend
'ing James Milliketi t'liivcisity at Dp
; cat u r. came home Wednesday for the
; lit lidays.
j The O. E. S meets December 2t!th
: This is t lect'on of officers and it is
i bi ped t h it all the members" will at
tend Some business pertaining fc
Red Cross work will be discussed at
; this meet in
i The l atitat !. "Around the Wc rid
' with Santa Clans" will In uiven by the
j pupMs of the Harding Sunday-schco!
at the chinch Monday culling, Dec
, L ith, at S r 'clock.
; A Christuris tree ami program will
; be given at the Freedom Lutheran
i church Monday evening, Dec. 21th.
i a' ; :'''!) o'cloi k.
- Klmer Hall ami Lynn O'Neil went
to ( illicothe. Ohio, hist week and
'enlisted. Their address is ('ami)
', Sherman. Ohio, care Auxiliary Ke
' mount Depot. Alh-nt Hill went with
I them and while there he met all the
; La Salle county boys and said they
j wete all well anil happy and' in com
I fortable nuirters. Theweathcr there
j was below zeio and quite a bit of
; snow on the ground.
I Mian Anna Hughes is visiting Miss
' Mare O'Donnell. in Walthain this
i week.
Aho.ut fifty relatives and friends o'
i 1 . 1 . . .
.M.jinui eveniijs. r .n 1 Iatiottitn sup.
per was served by Mrs. Warren. Mr.
I):imivaii has enlisted in the aviation
, eerps and left Tuesillv evenniH tol
Austin. Texas. f
i The patriotic program at the 1 build
town schitol-house last week netted
wtiK ti has been turned over
the Red Cross. 1 1 J
Miss Margaret Olson and brother;
Ja lies speni the week end with their I
cunt. Mrs Barnes, in Ottawa. j
There will be a Christmas tree and'
; program in the Wright t Inndhoi se ' 4.
I'tiday aftenioon, Dei 21st. 1 X
; Mr. ami Mrs. Ceo P.!i.-s left fur Cai
ifornia last week. Tin exi ei t to 'J
spend the w inter there. Their dauglir
'ter. Miss Anna, teaches in El Ctntro.
1 .Mrs. Fred Wiley, of KarhtlK is vis
Ping her sister. Mr ;. C. A. Wiley.
Children taking pa-t ie the Hartiims
(t hristmas urogram are to meet at the
' church Saturday afi. rnoon a; 1
Miss Cihuiys Pool will entertain the
I D4's at her home S.ir.u.lay afternoon,
j December 20th. This is election of
j officers. The P.Ps arc still 1 ollei t.'ng '
I old clothes for the poor and anyone
jdse who eaies to donate may leive
jthem at MissgPool's or give ;h "ii to
J any member of the Ill's,
j Mrs. Hinkey has leturned t 1 her
ibome in Ottawa after a v'sit with her
! daughter. Mrs. Henjainln Didder.
U. S. COAL PRICES
Newcastle. Pa. What lire
suspected to be methods of evml
Ing the coal jriee fixing regula
tions of the I'liited Slates gov
ernment (ire being prnetlceil
here, it is charged. Consumers,
when offering their orders to
some of the big mining com
panies, are told that the entire
output lias been sold to brokers.
Iniiiiry nt the brokers shows
that the co.il can be bought at
a considerable advance over the
fcl ti'.'invs. Coal prices continue
to advance here in spile of the
coveriiMi iit regulations.
ELEVENTH
A.
ANNUAL DANCE
HmiW'!'iiHtWHI
M.-.ny Uses for Palmyra Palm.
Tbcr.' are said t.. be about MNi uses
r the nalmyra rv:i 1 111. which grows
throughout tropica1 India.
Children
Cry
rJR FLETCHER'S
GASTORSA
FOKMERLY THE
CLUB
HAS NIGHT
At Willis Academy
Full Orchestra
Dancing 9 to 1
Tickets 50
MEAT IF YOUR
KWS ACT BADLY
Sometimes Very Useful
A motor car was held up i" n I'Usy
street by a wagon drawn by two
horses. The driver seemed jr. no hurry
;o gel out of the way, and at length
one of the occupants of the motor ca'
exclaimed sarcasticalU ;
"Here, I say, my man! What are
these things you are driving? What
u-e they for,tI should like to know?"
"These 'ere, guv'nor?"' answered the
rarter flicking the horses with his
J vhip. "Oh, these is wot is comminly
! tailed ' 'orses, nn' they're sometime
used fer to take motorists to the
'orsnital."
Take t&blespoonful of Salu if B&ek
horta or Bladder bothers Driak
lot of water.
W (irs ft nation of meat eaters and
our Wood is filled with uric acid, says a
well-known authority, who warns us to
be constantly on guard against kidney
trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to froe
the blood of this irritating acid, but
become weak from the overwork; they
get sluggish; the eliminative tissue clog
and thus the waste is retained in the
blood to noison the entire svstem.
When your Iddnevs ache "und feel likft
rrythel iecTrnderJouni.il Want-Ada lumps of lead, and you have stinging :
trs. i pams in the back or the urine is oloudv. i
full of sediment, or the bladder is irri-
, , , ( table. obliginj? you to seek relief duria
I the night; when you have severe Jiaad-
What tO Use tO aches, nervou and dizzy spells, sleepless-
' . , , i ness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad
PreVTlt AppendlCltlS ; wat'aer, pet from your pharmacist alwut
: Ottawa people should know simple ' .fo"r ounces of Jad Salts; take
; , , .. , , . . tableapoonful ia a class of water before
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as ( breakla8t each n,0?nins, and in a fw
mixed in Adler-i ka, flushes the KS-. days your kidneys will act fine. This
TIRE bowel tract so completely that famous salU ia made from the acid of
appendicitis is prevented. ONE ; ffapea and lemon juice, combined with
POONrTL Adlcr i ka relieves ANY !it''ia' n 'aa t.icen used for generations j
,,, . t uusu hiiu Binnuiaie ciocgeu Kiuneys,
C ASL sour .stomach, gas or const.pa- to tralize the acids in urine so it is
; tion because it removes ALL foul no longer a source of irritation, thus
matter which clogged and poisoned , ending urinary and bladder disorders.
your system. The
surprises both doctors anil
; W. 1). Duncan, Druggist. 71"
i Street.
Phone Six Hundred
Coide's Taxi Service
I IWL'MXSIhMHIli i
We are now prepared to give our customers
bettci service as we are operating three closed
Taxies and a Truck.
Kindly help us by ordering your car a few
minutes before you need it.
INSTANT action ' ",aa 158118 l!i inexpensive and cannot
rvitinnw i lnJure! makes a delightful etrervescent
J, I JitJ'ia-watcr drink, and nohody wn make
La Salle , a mistake by taking a little occasienally
' to keep the kidneys clean and active.
t
Want
The People's
Market Place.
Five mini Pwiuk
Saved
THIS YEAR IM
The First Payment .Makes You a Member.
Here is the Plan
Members starting with ,"i cents Members sturtitiK with $2..'it)
mid increasing 5 cents eaeb and dcereaaiitg S cents each
week for K r r J t week for all &tfr J r
CO weeks J)t)0. O k JbbO, 5
L'i get
Members starting with 2 cents Members starting with $l.lMi
and increasing 2 cents each and decreasing 2 cents each
$25.50 i-:5:: $25.50
Members paying r.O cents a week .Members paving H.00 u week
$25.00 r ' $50.00
inMMMHMM
I.
WE PAY
3
INTEREST
You Can Join Now JOIN
WHY?
Because this i3 the surest, simplest and easiest
method ever invented for saving for the greatest
of all needs-MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS. For
This. reason we take pleasure in announcing that
we have contracted for the Goodman Christmas
Savings Clubs for Ottawa and vicinity and will
open our Clubs and begin taking members on
DECEMBER 17TH, 1917
9:00 A.M.
Each Member Gets a Beautiful Pass Book in Which is Printed the Due
Date and Amount of Each Payment. Coeb Nothing to Join.
If You Cannot Come to the Bank Mail us Your Deposit, Designating
Which Class You Want to Join and We Will Mail You a Receipted Pass Book.
The Whole Family Can Join.
No Fees
No Fines
No Med Tape
ma! '.
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS
(
II ''If H" till. ! 'Ii, ..I.