Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-27

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campaign. This thing ID thrown ~
AGAINST him wherever he goes" said
an official 1t the ministry Of food. 1T
10 setting bad example ana having =
bad psychoiogical snect ON hls cam,
paign." And Capt Davis, OF the min.
istry Of food. declared that hotel *.
travasance must cease, and threatened
drastic action.
Very nearly 2,ooo.soo pounds d lam
in papisr mache containers are sent to
France every week. ana IN April this
year the contracts department had orr
dered 3s0.Ooe.oeo pounds.
Twelve varistiss ars issued. among
which strawberry. Il 10 stared. largely
preponderates. The soft fruit crop OF
1914 was already on the market when
the war began and the jam manufac-
turers had TO rely entirely on apple
and stone fruit crops to meet the gov
eminent contracts. Hence the plum
and apple" Of war notor.sty.
Last year Australia. New Zealand
and South Africa supplied ll.oOo.Veo
pounds Of jam. and it was thus posi-.
BILE to supply fresh fruit Jam ct So
sons when Il could not be obtained q
home. n.
The daily ration at the front n.
cludes three ounces Of cheese. 70 en-
able this issue to be made the army
contracts department had, up to the
besinning Of this year purchased le7.-,
100000 pounds Of cheese. and between
10000 and 100000 pounds are be-
ins sent every week to the army IN
france alone.
More than 100000 pounds Of tsa ars.
sent weekly TO the army in Francs.
Before the war Office became its cwn
tea merchant single orders for l..
ooo. 900 pounds were no UNCOMMON
thing. The daily ration II Just over
half an ounce.
New Tyr Of Vessel 70 De Added d
Transpst Service Overseas.
TO the mighty feet OF ships cf
every description that are now en-.
gagged In conveying American troops
to the battle front in France, ana war
supplies Of every description to tho
other nations OF the entente, there win.
very soon be added catboats. BY that
I do not mean the small craft used on
inland waters and eeashore sounds and
bays: but freighters laden with sturdy
American cats. Whereas In the United
States puss has come to be regarded
in the light Of plague, denounced a.
such. e cathedra. by the federal gov-
eminent, thru the department Of agFi-
culture. and. ~ At only for extermina.
ton, the allies. and even their. enemies.
need him-and need him badly.
Japan. in the past, has been import
ing American cats by the shipioad, for
the imperial authorities at Tokyo after
the most extensive and elaborate
scientific Investigations, arrived at the
conclusion that cats constituted the
only efficient means Of preventing the
spread Of the bubonic plague. and OF
other epidemics, thru the determination
OF rats which are recognized as tho
principal source Of the propagation of
disease.
Cat skins have been In great demand,
too. during the last three years, for use
as neck pieces, mittens hoods. and
body belts by the soldiers of the vari-
Gus armies in the field, experience hav-5
Ing shown that the fur OF the cat ID
particularly efficacious as q prevent
i've Of those rheumatic affections to
which the troops are 80 prone during
the damp, cold months OF winter cam
paigning. @ q 5si555 55Iss55 I
And now there 10 ., big demand
abroad for our cats. to deal. with the
curse of the huge and Ioathsome rats
that infest the thousands OF miles of
trenches in Flanders, in France Ia
northern Italy. in saloniki and even,
so understand. in Mesopotamia. Life
In the trenches is horrible at the very
best and the trenches shown 70 visi-
tors Of notc, and which are kept for
that particular purpose. convey little
idea OF the nth and the foulness OF
these holes in the ground-often knee.
and even thigh deep. with stinkinS
mud, and which, indeed. are little bet
ter than open sewers. When. to- the
all pervading atmosphere OF putrefAc-;
ton which officers and men are unable
to get out Of their nostriis weeks and
even months after they have left the
front, there are added myriads Of huge
rats, which have lost apparently all
fear Of man. and which do not hesitate
to rob the soldier Of his food. and to
destroy the accouterments, especially
hss hnnts one can readily comprehend.
that vigorous efforts should be made.
by the military authorities to protect
the troops In the trenches from. AZ:
any rate this evil 80