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TO BUY PAPER-PULP PLANTS
Australia and India Seeks Plans and
Specifications From Uncle
Sans Experts.

T. Communications have been received
by Uncle Sans forest products labo-
ratory from the Neurological museum
Of New South Wales, at Sydney, Aus
tralia, and from the forest research
institute, of India, asking for plans
and specifications and estimates of
cost of experimental paper-pulp
plants.
Richard 7. Baker, curator of the
museum at Sydney, states that an In
vestlgation of the pulping qualities Of
Australian hardwoods has been under
taken, and he desires to communicate
with manufacturers of needed maehin-
cry.
William Raitt of the forest research
institute and college of India, states
that the branch of the service that he
represents Is contemplating a large
extension of Its practical work and
that the Installing Of plant for the
production of paper pulp is among the
projects undertaken. He desires illus
trations and descriptive matter on
the subject and invites estimates from
manufacturers. The raw material to
be used comprises bamboo and Sa-
vannah grasses digested by the soda
method. The institute also intends to
fit up small plants for the treatment
of resins, gums, etc., cracking of oils,
tanning extraction. and timber creo-
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at small expense, and in this work
the department of commerce and the
shipping board stand ready to aid
wherever possible. The wisdom of
preparing now will be demonstrated
later, and that municipality or dis
trict foresighted enough to take steps
to use these water highways will reap
abundant substantial benefits aside
from the merit of having co-operated
with the efforts being made to lessen
the burdens on the railroads. This
latter Is no less than patriotic duty.
According to report by the stor-
age committee of the general NUM-
tions board, In certain of the belliger-
ent countries In Europe the railroads
are available for general commercial
traffic only one day in seven. This is
an indication of what may, in some
measure, be expected here when we
get into the full swing Of this war
work. BY diverting all unnecessary
burdens In the utilization of our abun-
dant waterways We should be In vastly
better position, and commerce gener-
ally should not feel the lack of trans
portation, inevitable If these water
ways are not made use of. The gov
ernment will thus be facilitated in Its
colossal task of moving enormous num-
bers of men, enormous amounts Of
necessary equipment, baggage, horses,
stores, material, munitions, foodstufts,
and freight for export"
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new AID FOR FARMERS
Activities Of Uncle Sam Under
New Law.
Work Of Government In Cooperation
With Producers to Be Enlarged
In Many Ways.

Activities of Uncle Sam along the
line of cooperation with the farmers
of the United States in the increase
of production are to be extended in a
large number of ways under the provi-
sions of the new food production meas
ure enacted by congress.
Here are some of the things to be
done by Uncle Sam under the new
law:
Eleven million three hundred and
forty-six thousand four hundred dol
lars to be used in stimulating pr0duc-
ton, for protecting and conserving
foods, and for survey of the coun-
try's food resources.
Staff of county agents to be in
creased until at least one agent will
be stationed in practically every ag-
ricultural county In the United States
that will cooperate with the depart
ment and the state agricultural col
lege.
Women county agents for demon
stratlon work in home economics to be
increased In rural counties, and similar
agents to be placed in towns and cities
for the first time.
Farm-help service to be extended In
cooperation with United States de-
partment Of labor to assist In bring
Ing farmers and farm laborers to-
gether.
Countrywide survey to be made Of
foods on farms, In storage in shops
and in homes. Estimates of family
consumption of food to be made.
Extension Of crop estimating to
crops not hitherto reported and to In
clude special inquiries to gather infor-
nation on extraordinary farm condi-
tlOns.
Hog and poultry production to be
stimulated as far as practicable.
Increased production and conserva-
tion Of dairy foods to be encouraged.
Animal diseases to be conbated on
larger scale.
Further steps to be taken to destroy
animal pests and predatory animals
which injure crops and kill live stock.
Work for the control of plant dis
eases to be extended.
Survey of seed supplies and needs
to be made and results published SO
that farmers will be assisted In OBJ
tanning sufficient supply of good seed.
Seed to be purchased and sold to farm
ers by the department if necessary in
restricted areas.
Demonstrations to be carried out In
the proper handling, packing, shipping
and marketing of perlshable fruits and
vegetables to decrease spollage.
News service for various farm prod
ucts to be extended so that producers
and consumers can be better Informed
us to the supply and demand and can
sell and buy with less expense, less
spoilage and less lost motion.
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NEW WORK FOR RED CROSS
Organization Creates Sanitary serv-
Ice Bureau to Help Make Army
cantonment Healthful.

Following its policy Of caring for
the health not only OF Uncle Sans
soldiers and sailors, but as well that
Of the civil population, the American
Red Cross has established bureau Of
sanitary service, which will supplement
and assist federal, state and local
health authorities In meeting sanitary
emergencies created by the war, The
work of the bureau will center In the
civilian areas surrounding army can
tonments.
While sanitary control of National
army cantonments, National Guard
camps, and naval bases will be exer-
cised by the military authorities, the
districts Immediately adjoining these
camps will be under no such jurisdic-
tion. Yet the assembling of large bod
les of troops viii create new sanitary
conditions. These must be met to
safeguard the health Of civilians as
well as soldiers.
The problem Of the milk supply, for
example. win be greatly enlarged. The
supply itself must be doubled and
sometimes trebled. and this means In
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MUST USE WATERWAYS
Communities on NavigabIe
Streams Urged to Act.
Secretary Redfield of Department Of
Commerce Would Lessen Burden
OF Traffic on Railroads.

at is highly important that commu-
mites situated on navigable water
ways should realize now that they
have patriotic duty to perform. That
duty Is to make use Of these water
ways in every manner possible, to the
end of lessenlng the burden of traffic
upon our railroads, declares Secretary
Redfeld of the department Of COM
merce. The railroads are now carry
Ing volume of tonnage unparalleled
in history. Further imperative de-
mands are going to be made upon
them.
"Not only is 1t patriotic In commu-
mites and individuals to endeavor to
lessen pressure upon car railways, but
1t is economic common sense. Our
waterways are tremendous asset
which each community can realize on
largely. This can be done In the main
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JERRY
y
By George Haskell
By George Haskell
Copyright. 1917. by W. O. chapman)

Copyright. 1917. by w. @. Chapman)
Jerry had only confused recollec-
tlon Of the first five years of his life.
1t was all very much like strange
dream, In which startling, unexpected,
and commonplace experiences followed
In rapid succession, or mixed them
selves up in Kaleidoscope confusion.
He felt sure he could remember kind
woman's face that seemed to be always
with him. But It was only for very
little while. Then something terrible
happened. He, lost the arms that held
him in great sea of dark cold water
In which great many others were be-
ing lost. The kind face must have
been that Of his mother, he reasoned,
because everyone must have mother,
and no one had ever been so kind to
him since, so Of course 1t was his
mother, and as he grew older he knew
1t must have been shipwreck In
which he lost everything and every
body that had belonged to him. Even
Jerry was not his right name. He had
lost his real one.
The orphan asylum he remembered
very. distinctly, but not exactly how he
got there. Then n queer old woman,
with brown, leathery skin, wearing
small. weather-beaten black bonnet,
that was always one-slded on her head,
came and took him away. He disliked
going with her, but, after all, he had
never been very happy in the asylum,
and even the old woman might be bet
ter, besides she might let him go to
school. But she did not. She kept him
doing housew0rk, and taking to the big
factory the sewing she was always at.
Still Jerry, with little help from the
big girl across the hall, taught himself
to read, and began slowly acquiring an
rather lnisdirected, to be
sure, but after all n bit Of training for
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panies, which was claimed (before the
war sent German merchant ships to
cover all over the world) to be the
largest In existence, would not equal
IL restored to the seas the American
national fleet, over which this new flag
will fly.
Each of the 1000 new vessels being
built for the shipping board will fly
this flag. SO will nearly 300 vessels
taken over from private buildings.
Furthermore, the flag will be hoisted
on all the 98 German ships seized by
this government on it's declaration Of
war against the imperial German
government, with the exception Of less
than 20 taken over by the navy depart
ment for use as transports.
VIII Be House Flag.
Among shipping men the new ban
ner Of the United States shipping
board will be termed "house" flag.
1t will be flown, as were the private
flags of the great merchant houses
that controlled American shipping In
the golden days of the square-riggers,
at the main truck.
Those old-time house flags were
striking In design and colOring. In or
der to be readily recognized they usu-
ally bore some emblem, such as a
globe, star, cross, a ship, or an
anchor. The new symbol of the ma
tional merchant marine will carry out
this idea. On white ground is shown
the national shield in full colors Of
red, white and blue, supported by q
blue anchor, and flanked on the left
of the letters, ~. g." and on the
right, rs. b." The proportions Of the
flag, in the size to be flown by ship
Of 5000 tons, are six feet hoist to nine
feet length.
The flag was designed by Charles
Collens, Boston architect and de-
signer. Mr.. Collens made several
sketches, showing different designs,
and with them enlisted the interest of
Henry Howard, the shipping boards
director of recruiting, whose head
quarters are at the Boston custom
house. Mr.. Howard took the designs
to Washington, and placed them be-.
for the board, which adopted the one
shown here.
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the use of better tools. Later on he
knew that whatever kind Of seed the
Infinite Father had planted In II soul
must some time, Somehow, find its
blossom time.
Jerry was told one Saturday when
he carried back the work that he need
not get any more garments from the
man. The old woman's eyes We're CIV
Ing out. She told him she was going
TO live with sister. jerry wondered
If he was going, and If he would like
the sister, She did not tell him any
thing, and one day she informed him
he was to go and live with Mr.. Rick
EFT, blind man. He was to do what
ever Mr.. Rickett, told him to. II he
did not, she would come around very
often, and would know. Mr.. Rickett
would pay him for his services, and she
was to receive every penny, but would
see that he had clothes and other
needed things
Then strange life began for Jerry,
life fuller OF incident, and pleasant
happenings than he had ever known.
Rickett went every pleasant day sell
Ing pencils, shoestrngs and other no
tons on the street. Sometimes he took
up station at busy corner, or
against big building, and sometimes
he walked up and down the block. But
always jerry had to go with him to
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1917-11-02
Laugh When People
Step On Your Feet
Try this yourself then pass
It along to others.
Il Worksl

Ouch ?!7!l This kind OF rough
talk will be heard less ere In town II
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that a few drops
Of drug called freezone when applied
to tender, aching corn or hardened
callous stops soreness at once, and
soon the corn or callous dries up and
lifts right off without pain.
He says freezone dries Immediately
and never inflames or even irritates
the surrounding skin. A small bottle
Of freezone will cost very little at any
drug store, but will positively remove
every hard or soft corn or callous
from ones feet. Millions of American
women will welcome this announce
ment since the inauguration of the
high heels. II your druggist doesn't
have freezone tell him to order small
bottle for you.
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Acquired son.In.Law Early.

Earl, with his father and mother,
was visiting at his grandmother's home,
He had heard his grandmother speak
OF his father as her sonin-lnw His
father was fond Of watcrmelons. One
day man was pnsslhg with n load OF
melons and asked Earl II his grand
mother wanted nice watermelon. II
don't think my grandma does" Earl
said, "but I'll see II my son-in-law
wants one"
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SOLDIERS Of the Sea" Can
Get Along Without Matches

Port Royal, s. Glow to
light a fire without matches is
an important part of the train
ing given to Uncle Sans ma
rines. The primitive flint and
steel, used long ogo by our fore
fathers, and the old "wood-fric-
tion" method borrowed from the
Indians, have been revived, SO
that the sea soldiers may dis
pense with matches when damp
ness renders them useless. Unit
ed States marines In the tropics
can start q fire almost instantly
by using a hollow piece Of bam-
boo. This is done by Sitting
the bamboo, stuffing it with dry
moss, and drawing a stick to and
fro across 1t as violinist uses
his bow. These resourceful,
worldwide soldiers are expect
ing to find a substitute for the
bamboo in France.
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Why snakes are so universally
feared and killed. Is an absorbing
question. Tho theory that the fear is
of nm Instructive ard hereditary ma
ture is hardly tenable; tho tendency
of young children 10 play with q bright
colored snake is c;ronS evidence
against It. Consitcr'rg the fear as
proof OF the literal correctness of the
biblical story mny appeal to some, but
II is vague at best,
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Population Of the canal zor.

A census of the Canal zone taken
by the police and fire division as Of
June 30. 1917, shows total civilian
population of 2s,2e5. gain of 495 as
compared with year ago. according
to Uncle Sans consul at Colon, OF
the total population 7,447 are Ameri.
cans. Of whom S494 are men. 1880
women, and 2,06s children. or the
population of all other nationalities
(1o,s4s). there are 9Si0 men, 1905
women. and S.5ss children.
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In short time there will begin to
appear in the Seven seas a new flag,
symbolizing the return of the United
States in all Its power to fellowship
with the leading maritime nations Of
the earth.
The new standard is the recently
adopted official flag of the United
States shipping board, the body cre-
ated by act of congress last Septem-
ber, and organized In January, 1917,
to create national merchant fleet.
In laying foundation for the new
American merchant marine, In keep
ing with the country's rank among the
nations Of the earth, the shipping
board Is doing things that Americans
in the future may recognize as his
toric.
1t is building fleet of 1000 cargo
carrying ships. 1t is taking over for
national use-"commandeering," is the
term sometimes used-more than
100000 tons Of shipping now on the
stocks In private yards. It is fitting
out the 100000 tons of German ship
ping that sought shelter In American
ports when the great war began,
among these ships being the great 54,-
OOO-ton vaterland.
To Train 10000 Officers.
1t has established free schools In
navigation and engineering at Attain
tic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes
ports, to train not less than 10000
mariners and engineers to serve as
officers on this great new national
feet along with the seasoned officers
Of the existing merchant marine, who
will be their seniors.
When this work. now. in full swing,
has been accomplished, and the official
flag of the United States shipping
board Is flying over all the ships under
the boards control-that Is, over all
the nations own merchantmen-the
flags fold will flutter above the decks
Of the largest fleet of merchant vessels
ever commissioned under one manage
ment.
None of the great privately owned
fleets of England will number as many
vessels or tons as this national feet of
Uncle Sans. The foremost of the
fleets of the German shipping COM
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creased forces for inspection. In the
Southern states, where malaria Is a
danger, the Red Cross has already
undertaken efforts looking toward the
determination of mosquitoes. They
must be eliminated not only In the
camps proper, but in the surrounding
country. Cleaning up pools. and other
breeding places within mile radius
of camps win mean covering from
15 to GO square miles.
w. H. Frost, surgeon of the public
health service, has been assigned by
the surgeon general, at the request of
the Red Cross war council, as director
of the bureau of sanitary service.
Doctor Frost is one of the leaders of
his profession and has had wide ex.
perience extending over IS years in
the public health service.
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MANY lIIlterates In Country.

Five and, half million people of
the United States are illiterate. This
figure includes only those more than
ten years of age who are unable to
read or write. In making this report
Uncle Sans bureau of education ex-
plains that this condition Is due large
ly to the foreign elements and our
limited capacity to meet their needs.
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A Vague Thought.

81 feel | have wasted my life"
"How so?"
"Seems to me the ingenuity | have
displayed in living on small income
might have worked wonders if had
only known how to apply it along some
promising line." - Courier-Journal.
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And They Never Gossip.

Hobbs ~ l understand you are living
next to the cemetery out your way.
How do you like it?
Dobbs- First rate. Good neighbors.
Quiet and peaceful. And they haven't
borrowed a thing from us since we've
been there. - Boston Transcript.
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DANDRUFF AND ITCHING
Disappear With Use of cutIcura Soap
and Ointment-TriaI Free.

The first thing in restoring dry,
falling hair is to get rid of dandruff
and itching. Rub Cuticura Ointment
into scalp, next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Pre-
vent skin and scalp troubles by max
ing Cuticura your everyday toilet
preparation.
Free sample each by mail with
Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. l., Boston. Sold everywhere.
ADV.
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Gone.

officer - Want new mess-tin, do
you? Where's your old one?
Private-l haven't got it, sir.
Private-Please, sir, there's cha
teau on top of it, sir. Punch.
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Mrs. Figg-l really ought to go to
that club meeting this afternoon, but
can't get up energy enough to start.
Figg Won't it help you along if |
tell you not to go?-Boston Transcript.
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Perplexinc Inquiry.

Father, T" said the small boy, "what
is senatorial courtesy?"
81 am not exactly clear on that
point, my son. But it seems to be
some sort Of arrangement that permits
a senator to be as inconsiderate as he
chooses. w Washington Star.
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Process of Civilization.

"Have you missionaries civilized the
savages among whom you dwelt?'
"We went part way with them," re-
piled the earnest worker. "But we
aren't the people who taught them the
expert use of modern firearms. -
Washington Star.
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l65 pounds and am as strong ss q man.
think money Is well spent which pur-
chases Lydia E: Pinkham's Vegetable
compound. Mrs. Jos. O'BRYAN, 1855
Newport Ave, Chicago, III.
The success Of Lydia e. Pinkham.s
Vegetable Compound, made from ro0ts
and herbs, IL unparalleled. It NAV be
used with perfect confidence By women
who suffer from displacements, iniam-
nation, liberation, Irregularities, peri
ode pains, backache, bearing down feel
ing, hatulency, indigestion, dizziness.
and nervous prostration. Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound Is the stan
dard remedy for female Ills
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Appropriate Ejaculation,

Dentist--Are you game, sir? For
you'll have to have all your upper
teeth pulled out.
Patient-Then I'll do it, by guml---
Exchange.
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TO BREAK IN NEW SHOES ALWAYS USE

Aliens Foot Ease. the antiseptic powder II
prevents tighthess and blisterlng Relieves Corns,
Bunons. and Swollen, Sweating Aching Feet.
Gives rest and comfort. Accept no substitute.
Sample FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Roy. N. Y.
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Reprisals.

Father (severely) - Daughter, l
want an explanation from you. saw
you kiss young Huggins this evening.
Daughter-Well, papa, he kissed me
first. Exchange.
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"The poor inan on trial lately was
simply railroaded 10 prison."
That's all right; he was train
robher,"
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Cynical.

The cynical spinster's definition Of
marriage is simply an opportunity for
a girl to throw herself away on some
man.
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WOMAN SICK
TWO YEARS
Could Do No Work.
Now Strong as a
Man.
Chicago, III. For about two years
| suffered from a female fro,,hle u &

was unable to walk
or do any Of my own
work. / read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
v Vegetable Com
pound Ia the news
papers and deter
mined to try It It
brought almost inn
mediate relief. My
weakness has en-
trely disappeared
and dInever had bet
kn~ k--Ikl 80
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American-made iron bands and
hoops for kegs and barrels should ind
ready market In the Seville district.
Spain
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No Deliveries.

81 want ton of coal, please. y
eyes, ma'am. What size?"
Dear me! didn't know coal came
in sizes. l wear No. shoe and
No. 6 glove. Kansas City Journal.
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rv1nlonun 3 no more necessary

TNHn1oAuR is no more necessary
YUANIIu than Smallpox. Army
HUEU experience has demonstrated
the almost miraculous effl-
cacy, and harmessness, Of Antityphod Vaccination.
Be vaccinated NOW by your physician. you and
your family. It Is more Vital than house insurance.
Ask your physician, druggist, or send for Have
you had Typhoid" telling Of Typhoid Vaccine
results from Us and danger from Typhoid Carriers.
THE CUTTER LABORATORY, BERKELEY, CAL.
paoouc,Hs yAccimEs sERuns uHpEH y. 3 Gov. neInss