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The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

being conducted by the whole
country-nOt simply by a few
men at the national capital. Or
ganized bodies in every county in
the United States are handling de-
tails which are necessary to a
successful conclusion, and one of
them is that of maintaining the
national integrity in the commun-
ity. Men or women who speak
lightly Of this cOuntry's struggle,
or who refuse to aid, or who talk
or act against the nations inter
ests, are Immediately reported to
the federal officials. and it need
not be imagined by any one that
things 60 unnoticed.
a citizen has a right to express
a conviction, but in time of war
even a citizen is unwise to make
,public objection to the wish and
will of the majority. An alien has
gained no right to be heard, and
the alien who speaks or acts
against the nation is quickly
picked up on general principles.
The commercial economy board
Of the council of national defense
has decreed reformation in the
dress of men and women, with a
saving of 25 per cent in the
amount of material heretofore
used by women, and 40 per cent
in the case of the men.
Common sense will at last hold
sway, and the cloth that we have
been wearing for adornment will
hereafter be used to scientifically
clothe our soldiers. Men will no
longer be bothered with fancy
cuffs on their coat sleeves, or trOu-
sers ends, and perhaps the spike
tail coat will have to go. Really,
there is no. need for a lot OF the
stuff men have been wearing.
Compare mans dress with that of
a woman. Why not let man
adopt the open and honest style
of unadornment. Let him do away
with double breasted coat fronts
and vests, and if his shirt get
dirty, let him drape an old ribbon
or colored towel over his patriot
ic bosom, in humble and pious i'm
itation of his better half. Already
the high school youth has accept
ed the style of short trousers
why not the men?
But how to further effect %
per cent saving in the dress Of
woman--that is puzzler. 1t
would seem that they are hardly
wearing that much now. But
compassion for the soldiers may
turn the trick, and if women can
save any more cloth without
wearing a horse collar and hip
boots, let them go to it. Why
should mere man attempt to say
how much more than smile a
woman should wear-when the
health of our soldiers is at stake?
To say that the new dress re-
form will be watched with inter
est is putting it mildly.
New regulations under which
the remaining available men OF
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

Bakers will go under the feder-
al food regulations December 10.
The regulations specify a reduc-
tion and limitation of sugar, milk
and shortening.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

The federal food administra-
tion has rnled that carrying over
last seasons cold storage pack of
turkeys constitutes boarding. Ac-
cording to this ruling cold storage
houses will have to place on the
market this week One-half the
pack held over from last year and
must dispose of the balance by
January |.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

In the United States armies,
November 7, there were l,8l5,00O
men. in the navy 271.571. OF the
total of 2,OS7, ,39l, approximately
100000 voluntarily enlisted.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

Recent Investigations in the use
of cotton in war show that IL
inch gun disposes of a half bale
of cotton with every shot fired; a
machine gun in operation will use
up bale in three minutes; in a
naval battle like the one off Jut-
land over 5000 pounds minute
are consumed by each active war;
ship; more than 10000 bales a
year are needed to supply alb
sorbent cotton for the wounds Of
the injured; one change Of appar-
ell for all the troops now engaged
i'll the war represents more than
a million bales.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

Supposing the Germans had
just left your town after having
been in possession. and that in 60
ing away took all the food with
them and even the implements Of
the table, knives and forks and
spoons. Suppose your food sup
ply had to be brought in, not
from the adjoining country but
from across the ocean; and sup
pose your food supply depended
on the women of that land across
the sea. Suppose your child's fu-
ture health was to be measured
by the manner in which those far
away women managed to follow
a program their president had
asked them to observe? If you
suppose all these things and put
yourself in the place of the French
or Belgian woman of today, fol-
lowing the Hoover program will
not be such a hard thing for you.
Indeed, not following it will hurt
you more.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

Volunteer medical and legal
boards being organized in each
district will assist registrants in
making out the forms and sup
porting affidavits which are very
complete. All exemptions are
cancelled Dec. Is.
The war-savings plan provided
for in the bond act Of September
"a. 1917, goes into operation, Mon
day, December 3. Government
certificates of Indebtedness are to
be sold in two denominations
thrift stamps costing 25 cents
each and war-savings stamps
costing from $4.12 to 1923, ac-
cording to date of purchase.
When $4 worth Of thrift stamps
are obtained war-savings stamp
can be secured in exchange for
them by paying the difference
between 81 and the current price
Of the war-savings stamp.
War-savings stamps can be pur-
chased for $4.12 during the
months Of December, 1917, and
January, 1918, but will cost ! cent
more for each succeeding month
for the year 1918. They are re-
deemable on January |, 1923, for
So, which amounts to 4 per cent
on the amount invested com
poupded quarterly.
Although these investments do
not mature until January |, 1923,
on 10 days written notice after
January l, 1918, such certificates
will be redeemed by postmasters
at their cost to the purchaser
plus ! cent month on each
war-savings stamp. The thrift
stamps do not bear interest.
The stamps and certificates can
be obtained from postoffices,
banks or trust companies, at most
railroad stations, and many other
public places.
Word has come from Spokane
chapter of Red Cross, that Col
vile auxiliary must henceforth
be a branch and new election of
officers must be held on Saturday
to conform with the election
there. The chairman therefore
hereby calls a meeting for Satur-
day at 2:30 in the Red Cross
rooms, at which time a chairman,
vice chairman, secretary and
treasurer shall be elected Under
the new ruling these four officers
will henceforth comprise the ex-
ecutive board of the branch and
shall have the power of naming
other committee chairmen as
needed. Every lady interested
in the Red Cross work Of this com
munity should be present Satur-
day afternoon.
Miss Ethel Brady, formerly IF
Colville, was the winn"r Of the
gold medal in the recent Remirg-
ton typewriter contest at the
Northwestern Business College in
Spokane,
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

Miss Ethel Brady, formerly IF
Colville, was the winnar of the
gold medal in the recent Remirg.
ton typewriter contest at the
Northwestern Business College in
Spokane.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-01

A federal license is now requir-
ed in the United States for the le-
gal possession of explosives, any
person having explosives and not
holding a license therefor being
subject to a fine of $4,000 and i'm
prisonment for one year. Only
citizens of the United States and
friendly countries may obtain
licenses. The purchaser of dyna-
mite must state definitely what
the explosive is to be used for
when obtaining the license, and
will be held accountable for its
use as stated and the return of
any that may be left. With the
strict enforcement Of this law the
federal authorities hope to pre-
vent explosives falling into the
hands of evilly disposed persons,
and to put stop to all further
dynamite plots.
The arrest of COlville res
ident last week by federal agents,
on charge Of reasonable utter
ances, seems to have thrown a
considerable surprise into the
lives of some Stevens county
people. The action was hailed
with delight in some quarters, and
with panied surprise in others,
which leads to the belief that all
of the people do not realize that
the United States government is
quite widely awake, even up here
in the woods where all things are
presumed to be quiet.
The varied organizations
which are helping to win the war
are real and actual bodies Of
men and women who are at work.
The war is reality, The war is
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15

ception Of those grown on the neigh
boring Island Of Corfu, the largest in
this part of the world.
The chief product of the island and
the principal article of export is the
Currant (Which derives it's name from
its native city, Corinth). This small
grape, which grows on dwarf vine,
has played and Is still playing an i'm
part in the economical life of Greece.
A mania for currant culture swept
over Zante and other sections of the
country adapted to the vines growth
during the last quarter of the nine
teenth century, to meet a shortage in
France, but it resulted disastrously
for the Zantiots.
An interesting natural phenomenon
of the island is shallow spring on the
Bay of Keria, where both pitch and
water bubble up. The pitch has been
used by the natives in caull1ing their
boats since the days of Herodotus.
On the east coast is the capital city
and chief seaport. Zante, occupying
the site of the ancient city of Zacyn-
thos. Its $4,000 people represent a
third of the total population of the
island.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
WORK OF ENGINEERS
Experts Required to Officer This
Branch of Service.
Men Obtaining Commissions In Re-
serve Corps Must Be College Grad.
yates or Have Had Experience.

The greatest interest exists, quite
naturally, throughout the country In
the various branches of Uncle Sans
army and navy. Perhaps there is us
much, cr even more, interest mani
rested In the engineer regiments MS In
Other branches Of the service. There
seems TO be much misunderstanding
about these regiments, and especially
the Engineer Officers Reserve corps,
say officials ut Washington.
The general nature of the work of
the engineer corps Is quite well known.
1t may be stated that many of the Off
GERS will be engaged upon ConStr1c-
ton work In France between the sea-
port and the army's sphere of opera
tOn. Some reserve engineer officers
have been assigned to duty under the
duartermaster's department for the
construction of environments. Others
will officer the nine regiments organ
lied as part of the National army for
railroad construction and operation.
Men in the Engineer Officers lie
serve corps may be divided into two
classes: Glass A. men who will be used
for service at the front. First and
second heutenants must have active
practice (a) In the engineering
profession or some business immed;-
ately connected with or concerned In
engineering matters; (b) they must
either hold or have qualified for the
grade of junior engineer, electrical or
mechanical, or higher grade In the
civil service, or must be II graduate
from an approved engineering college
or have been in the above practice of
engineering at least two years.
The captains must have similar quail
iicatlons, as just stated for the lieu
tenants. except that men of more ex-
perience and knowledge, and with a
knowledge of the principles OF military
organization and operations are re-
qulred.
Glass L. engineer reserve officers re-
quired for special services. Candi-
dates must be qualified for at least one
Of the following duties as provided for
In the army regulations:
''The duties of the corps of engin-
GERS comprise reconnoltering and SER
veying for military purposes, includ-
ing the laying out of camps; selection
of sites and formation of plans and es-
Inmates for military defenses; con-
structiOn and repairs of fortifcations
and their accessories E. . the install
lation of electric power plants and
electric cable connected with seacOnst
batteries. . In time of war within
the theater of operations it has charge
of the location, design and cOnstruc-
tiOn of wharveS and landings store
houses, hospitals and other structures
of general interest, and of the con-
structiOn, maintenance nnd repair of
roads, ferries. bridges and incidental
structures, and of the construction,
maintenance and operation of rail-
roads under military control, including
the construction and operation Of
armed trains"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
FAMOUS AS CURRANT ISLAND
Zante, In the Ionian Sea, Also Is Noted
for Its olives and Earth
quakes.

Zante. the famous currant island Of
the Ionian sea, where the revolution
nry movement against the policy Of
King Constantine followed close upon
the heels of similar manifestations Of
tiiscOntent in Crete and Lesbos, Is de-
Scribed by the National Geographic
society In the following war geography
bulletin
The frequency with which Zante Is
visited by earthquakes of disastrous
severity accounts in some measure for
the comparative lack of prosperity on
this Ionian island. which enjoys a sa-
lubriOus climate, is abundantly wa
tered by springs, still deserves the
appellation of "wOoded Zacynthos,"
applied to it by the poet Virgil, and
whose central plain Is veritable gar
den spot with the succession of vine
yards and olive groves.
Zane lies eight miles south of the
island of CephalOnia and is nine miles
west of the nearest point on the Pelo-
ponnesian coast. It's greatest length
Is about 25 miles and it has a maxi
mum breadth of - miles. The west
ern half of the island consists of a Sc
ries of bare, limestone mountains
which slope gradually down to the
eastward until the luxuriantly fertile
central plain is reached. The eastern
side of the island also is elevated, but
here the hills are clad with vines and
groves of the fig, olive and orange.
The olives of Zante are, with the ex-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
LARGER CROP PRODUCTION
Is Urged BY Food Supply and Conser-
walton Committee at Meet
ing In Capital.

Columbus,-The Food Supply and
(, Conservation Committee of the Ohio
Branch, Council of National Defense,
held called meeting in Columbus last
Friday, and matters pertaining to crop
production and food conservation were
discussed.
Among important subjects taken up
was the promotion Of increased beet
sugar production in Ohio. Herbert
Hoover, Federal Food Administrator,
has urged immediate attention be
given to next years beet sugar crop,
in order to avoid sugar famine next
year. How farmers may be aided in
bringing about increased production in
Ohio next year by more general use
of the farm tractor and other matters
were discussed.
County Food Control Committees Of
the state also held conference at Co
lumbus with Food Administrator Crox.
ton. This, however, had no connection
with the Food Supply Committee CT
the Council Of National Defense.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
Building Owners Convene.

Dayton.-Toledo was selected as the
next meeting place of the Ohio Asso-
citation of Building Owners and Man.
ayers at their meeting here. Officers
for the ensuing year were elected as
follows: President, Frank B. Reibold,
of Dayton; first vice president, c. A..
Campbell, of Toledo; second vice pres
ident, G. F. Frankenberg, of Spring
field; secretary and treasurer, F. B.
Bicknell, Of Cleveland; executive com.
mittee, L. N. Blocker, of Columbus;
John H. Hall, Of Cincinnati, and R. s.
Carroll, of Bucyrus.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
FOOD VALUE OF CORN SHOWN
Nutrition Investigation by Uncle
Sans Experts Discloses Large
Part Played by Cereal.

Data obtained in the nutrition lnves-
tigations of the United States agrI2ul-
tural department show that over GO
per cent Of the food consumed BY the
people Of the United States, on an nv
erage, is of vegetable origin, and ihat
about One,seventh of this. or 81 TeP
cent of the whole, is corn meal. OF
the total protein consumed, animal as
we'll as vegetable, corn meal supplies
10 per cent; Of the total fat, 3.S per
cent; and of the total carbohydrates,
1877 per cent.
COrnmeal compared with OGher food
stulfS of similar nature Is low
priced food material, and when used
alone or with other equally .Ow-priccd
food makes economical dishes. OF
these dishes, which consist often of
meal, salt and water only, each lo-
cality where corn Is used in large
amounts seems to have worked out its
own peculiar form.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
Ohio Banker Succumbs.

Columbus.-Stricken with apoplexy
a few days ago, William " Baker.
banker and business man, died here.
Baker was a native of Montgomery
county, where he was farmer boy,
and where he taught school. Coming
to Columbus he graduated from State
University and became an attorney
here. He was made assistant city So
licitor. He was president of the Mar
ket Exchange bank and of the Guaran-
tee Title and Trust Company. His
sudden demise was a shock to his
many friends in the community.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
Keep Track Of Expenses.

It's good thing to keep right ac.
count Of the expenditures. Some bust.
ness concerns have a cost account for
every line of the business. This avoids
that consuming, non-responslble gulf
called general expense or sundrles. II
makes every head of department ra.
sponsible for every penny used. It's
not tightness, it's just business. And
when you know that every item is
down for accounting you are not likely
to be careless in your expenditures
When you take the time to look over
expenses carefully before you make
them, fewer, entries win be made. It's
the unmatched outgo that puts the
drain on the family purse.-Exchanpe
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
NEW BRANCH BANK.
BOARD is NAMED.
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OFF,
GALS HOLD CONFERENCE
IN CLEVELAND.
JUDSON HARMON APPOINTED
BY Washington Chiefs as Member Of
Cincinnati 5ody-Satisfaetion Is In
dicated BY the Selection of the
Queen City AS Location.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Cleveland.-At a meeting of Direct
ors of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland here the following appoint
ments were announced for the Cincin-
natl Federal Reserve Bank branch, fol-
lowing approval by the Federal Re-
serve Board:
Judson Harmon and Charles A.
Hinsch were named by the Federal Re-
serve Board at Washington to be Di.
rectors of the branch: w. S. Rowe and
William G. Proctor were named Direct
Ors of the branch by the Cleveland
Banks Board; L. w. Manning, now as
sistant cashier of the bank, was ap-
pointed Director of the branch and Of
ficer in charge of the branch.
Mr.. Manning is a man of many years
banking experience, having been con.
nected with Kentucky institutions be-
fore joining the Cleveland Banks staff.
The next branch of the Federal Re-
serve Bank of Cleveland will be estab-
lished at Pittsburg, although no formal
announcement of q decision to have
a Pittsburg branch has been made.
Officials of the Cleveland Bank are
pleased with the Federal Reserve
Boards decision to locate a branch in
Cincinnati, because of the enormous
Central and Southern Ohio and Ken
lucky field which will be covered from
there.
1t is expected that many state banks
and trust companies in those sections
will join the reserve system in the
near future, particularly because they
will have direct service from Cincin-
natl.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
STONE OUTPUT SHOWS GAIN
Pennsylvania Leads All Other States
in Production In 1916, With To-
tai Of $11,o21 ,655.

- The value of the stone produced in
the United States in 1915 was $79,O41,-
800, as reported to G. f. Loughlin Of
the United States geological survey,
department Of the interior, an increase
of nearly 6 per cent over the value
for 1915.
Of the total value over 81 per cent,
or $41,319,ST1, was represented by
limestone, an increase of more than
II per cent over the value for 1915.
Marble, valued at $7,033, Ill, repre-
senting nearly per cent of the total,
was the only other kind of stone that
showed an increase (about 2 per cent?.
= The leading states and the value OF
their output, which represented over
63 per cent of the total, were as fol-
IowS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
NEW INDUSTRY IN NEW YORK
War Has Transferred Diamondscut-
ting Trade From Holland to
the United States.

The diamond-cutting industry, for
centuries almost exclusively carried
on in Holland, is fast being transferred
TO New York.
The transfer Is due to the great war,
for the British embargo on the gems
has made transportation of them into
Holland difficult, but sooner or later
the worlds diamond center was bound
to have been in America, for here is
the worlds greatest market for jewels.
The uncut stones are now imported
under British regulations, direct from
the South African diamond mines to
the United States, and in New York
experts in this fine mechanical art,
men who learned their trade under the
Dutch masters, finish and prepare for
the worlds markets natures hardest
and most beautiful gem.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
Drilling the Tongue.

Upon all those who are ambitious
to make the world happier and better
rests the obligation of drilling the
tongue into habits of kindness, purity
and refinement. Not by spasmodic eff.
forts nor with occasional hints and
CLEANS of good cheer are men to use
the tongue in the interests of happI.
ness. To daily drill the tongue as an
instrument of happiness is to enter in.
to the fundamental conception Of liv.
ing.-Rev. Newell Dwight Hills.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
1854 TRACTORS IN STATE.
Food Dictator to Ask Farmers of tho
Advantages.

Columbus.-Ohio farmers own 1884
tractors, reports in the hand of Secre-
tary of Agriculture Shaw show.
Shaw gathered data for Governor
Cox, who is eager to see every farmer
in Ohio own a tractor or at least have
the use of one. Shaw's data will be
turned over to Fred C. Croxton, food
administrator. Croxton will get in
touch with farmers owning tractors to
find out how the machines are work
ing and how much labor and time they
save. Croxton's survey will be made
available to every farmer in Ohio.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
Beware! Ohio Postmasters.

Coiumbus.-Postmasters, beware the
succulent kiss. The decapitation of
Is postmasters in the last two weeks
for kissing office employees affords a
reason for such warning. A postmas.
ter in a Northern Ohio county is the
latsst victim. n an unguarded mo.
ment he kissed his pretty eighteen
year-old cousin, a clerk in the post.
office, who straightway became in.
volved in difficulties with Uncle Sam,
aud the result was dismissal.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
Canada Good Auto Market.

Canada was the principal foreign
market for American passenger motor
cars during the fiscal year ended June
30, 1917, the number shipped to that
country being 14,42l, valued ut SILL
143,74O. The United Kingdom and
France led in the purchases of COM
mercial motor cars, the shipments to
those countries being: United King
dom, 6,525 cars, valued at $17,O61, ,1O5
France. 4.264 cars, valued at $13.S54,-
0OA = ar ~ me
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-11-15
LET'S GET BUSY!
Ohio War Board

CO.umbus.-The Ohio War Board
says:
Our soldiers and our allies over
there in the trenches will face the
foe with better heart when they
learn that 100000 American
homes are pledged to the conserve
tion of food.
Our boys who are already in
France or are on their way there
will be proud OF American woman
hood. They will know their moth
ers, wives and children are in
sured against starvation.
Bear in mind always: American
boys who die in Europe will die in
vain unless American women do
their part. You have resolved to
save food. Now let's get busy.