Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-07-18
PREPARE FOR THE WAR NEEDS
Chairman Porter Makes Suggestions
Regarding Proper Action


EDITOR CENSOR: am asked by a
good lady to urge readers OF the CEN
SoR to begin canning all kinds fruits,
because, she says, next year apples,
goose berries and other fruits will be
hard to get, the crop is so heavy this
season.
We are at war with nation whose
women have made that nation strong
The allies have billion and quarter
billion more men. women and children
than have the central powers, and vet
the allied nations will work long and
hard to beat the Germans because of
/ the thrift, order and Intelligence in
Sttlled into the German nation by
that German mother. Our secretary
I Of war asks that a registration for
wcmen's service be taken throughout
/ the country and Mr.. Hoover the food
administrator, asks that his pledge
cards be given to all women who have
charge of the family menus. | am
/ one who believes that the women are
] Jar better economists than men, and
| that Hoover should get after the man
who burns up under his nose five or
ten cents worth Of that vile weed ev-
| cry two or three hours, which does
| him only harm, or who swills down a
quart or two daily of beer to make
himself short-wiuded, bloated and inn
potent. But the women are respond
! ing royalty and are anxious TO do all
they can. Even the school girls have
caught the enthusiasm. Do you know
why Vernon county was one of the
very first registration districts in the
whole great nation TO telegraph the
governor that all registration cards
would be numbered by 10 o'clock pm.
! July 3? Those cards had been copied
weeks before by the tifty-five young
ladies of the training school and by
the five or six teachers who so ably
aided in the work. So far this, [ am
| told, has been labor of love for coun-
try and we receive no pay for it. The
draft comes now and we seven mem
bers of the local board get the mum
| itiCent sum of ten cents each for eX-
aiming drafted men.
| Mrs. T. O. Mork is the woman mem
Der of the Vernon county council Of
| defense, and when the state council
orders a women's registration | hope
that she will have the cooperation of
every woman in the county. The
county council will be asked TO give
all possible assistance to these ladies
| in tabulating, etc, and the women's
organizations of the county of every
kind will be asked to aid. CD. Smith
and Miss Maude Neprud have kindly
consented to visit villages and assem-
blages ia the county aud talk canning,
conservation, etc, to the people.
| They are both busy mortals and work
hard every week day and have
| thought that as this work Is labor
of love and duty 1t would be very nice
| if on Sunday following service ia
any of the churches within twenty
miles of Viroqua, these two noted ed
ucators could be invited to speak to
the congregations assembled there.
| IL may be they could address two or
three audiences on such trip. The
council of defense can only pay for
gasoline and cost of washing the car,
| but Il pastors aud pubiic-spirited citi-
! zens will arrange for such meetings
some good can be done. Just write
| to G. j. Smith, direct, and We Will ar
range meetings.
| The Red Cross women are doing a
beautiful work and should have all
/ the help they need. Mrs. Gross, wife
I of the local junk dealer. was girl ia
( Minsk, Russia, during the Jap-Russ
war and did Red Cross work there.
/ She proves TO be a valuable worker
here in that field She is the best
linguist in the city and can order a
dinner in five languages.
have twice enjoyed 4 third cabin
concert on an ocean liner bound for
America The money raised was for
! the sailors orphan home 10 Liverpool
The Jewish boy and girl aided Ia ev-
cry way to make the concerts sue
cess. The jew amalgamates we'll with
our people. In the melting pot he is
/ not refractory G. Y PORTER