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Williams news., 1917-03-01
NICKEL IN THE SLOT CAFES
Ten in Chicago Will Operate
 Under Swedish Patents.

Almost the last thing in quick service lunch-it omits only mastication and digestion -is to be installed in Chicago within the next sixty days, when ten automatic service res taurants will be placed in oper- ation.
 Drop a nickel and out comes the handy portion of food, be it pie, beans, sandwich, meat po- tatoes or whatsoever. There are "automats" now in opera tion in Hamburg and Paris, as we'll as Stockholm, where they originated, under Swedish pat jents.
 For example, a nickel drop ped in a slot will release cof- fee and a proper amount of cream. Each portion of cof- fee vii be weighed so that each cup will contain full measure. For those who like clear coffee there will be seperate spouts. !. Pie, for instance, will be in glass covered compartments which can be turned until the choice of the patron is turned toward an opening. A nickel inserted causes the lid to open and when the cut of pie or other portion of food is re- moved the compartment auto matically is filled again for the next patron
 Each restaurant will be done in Italian marble and will be marvel of cleanliness, it is said. Restaurants are to be operated by the company in all the lead ing cities of the continent. It is said that each restaurant can serve ten thousand patrons daily.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
Kansas Bone Dry

Kansas has been a prohibi- ton state since 1880 but now Kansas is a bone-dry prohibi- ton state the state legislature having passed the bone dry law last week. The opposition to the. bill was inconsiderable there being only 5 members in a house of 125 to oppose it while in the state senate of 40 members only one to oppose, making the opposition 6 out of 165. The governor, Arthur Capper, has been committed to drastic prohibition laws for a long time and his signature was not withheld for a moment.
Williams news., 1917-03-01

, J. H. Sylvester, solicitor for a clothing company, is proving
 himself a pestiferous cuss, long on letter writing and short on sense. He has inflicted his cor respondence on the Town Mar shal, the Town Clerk of Will Hams; ;> on the Attorney Gener- al of Arizona and finally on the News. and all about a license fee of $2.50 which the ordin- ances of the town of Williams have fixed and made it the duty of the town marshal to collect. From what Sylvester writes the News, he may appeal to the Su- preme Court of the United States for the justice which is denied him There below". The News hopes he will.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
The Cost of a Cough

A German statistician. has calculated the cost of a cough in terms of energy expended. He figures that a cough every fifteen minutes for ten hours expends energy equal to 25O units of heat. Just what bene- fit this knowledge is does not appear. We do a great many unnecessary things which cost more energy but we have not reached the stage of conserva- tion which takes stock of them and there are so many more profitable ways of conserving energy that it will be a long time before we check a cough on account of it's cost in heat units.
Williams news., 1917-03-01

tions conducted by the Biologi- cal Survey destroyed nearly all of them. A marked improve ment in the condition of both range and livestock was promptly noticeable.
 Poisoning operations have been developed along scientific lines to a point where the work costs only a fraction of the val ue of the increased forage pro- duction. J. G. Crick of the U. s. Biological Survey has con- ducted the work in New Mex ico, which has covered the worst infested parts of the Almo, Carson, Datil, and Man zano Forests. D. A. Gilchrist has been in charge of the work in Arizona, where parts of the
Williams news., 1917-03-01
The Value of a Life

What is human life worth ? Is it worth the independence and honor and dignity of na- tion of more than one hundred million people? No! A million times no. Millions of lives may we'll be sacrificed to secure the independence and defend the honor and preserve the dignity of nation of much less than one hundred million pople. ?
 And yet a human life is so valuable that the power of a nation of one hundred million people should be used fully and freely to save it from des- truction thru unjust attack or to punish those who unjustly destroy it.
Williams news., 1917-03-01

It. should not be very diff cult to locate the cause of the high cost of living. In looking for it we may eliminate the farmer and the retailer at once. The one accepts the other mans prices always and the other is content with the usual margin of profit to cover ex- penses. That confines our in- quiry to jobbers, wholesalers and storage men. Which of these is most guilty is made evi- dent by the fact that enormous quantities of food supplies are in storage-cold and other-at many points. These supplies are being held for the purpose of boosting the market. Com pei men to empty their storage houses and the cost of food pro ducts will become very reason able. .~
Williams news., 1917-03-01

1i It requires no great amount of foresight to- anticipate the exhaustion of the fuel supply on which we are making tre- mendous drafts. What then? Why we shall have to look more directly to the sun for a supply of heat and energy. We shall have to find means for making use of the suns heat which is wasted every day and convert the power in wind and water into heat and energy.
 An immediate problem is to cheapen electricity-to make it cost the consumer less.
Williams news., 1917-03-01

If we do come to grips with Germany, just what part should we play? It is hardly conceivable that we should un- dertake to do land fighting on European soil. It is much more probable that we should coop crate in the destruction of Ger man submarines. Yankee in genuity should be able to find a way to deliver destructive blows at such barbaric war fare. In addition to aiding in the destruction of submarines our unbounded resources could be made wonderfully helpful in equipping the millions of Russian soldiers who can not enter actively into the war for lack of equipment. These are the lines along which we shall probably proceed, if war is un- fortunately thrust upon us.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
THE METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday School at 9:45
 Morning Service HOO
 Sermon by the pastor: "The Family a school of religion" Epworth League 6:30 p. m. Evening Service 7:30
 Evening Subject: Christ ianity and Social Problems, the Roots of Christianity"
 Wednesday
 Prayer meeting and Bible study at 7:30 p. m.
 You are cordially invited to attend these services.
Williams news., 1917-03-01

We have had the leak in- vestigation and the most part isan republican will have to ad- init that the administration is free from guilt. The investi- gation cost the people con- siderable money and it looks as if no good has been accom- plished. Wall Street the mother of iniquity, escaped without a reflection.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
FOREST NOTES
Over Two Million Acres Freed
 of Prairie Dogs

Albuqurque, N. M., March lover 100000 acres of western grazing range have been freed of prairie dogs and other range-destroying rodents according to a report just re- ceived by the District Forester from the Biological Survey at Washington. Of this area 767- 900 acres lie in or near the Ma tional Forests of Arizona and New Mexico. J.
 Prairie dogs destroy great quantities of forage and con- vert large areas of, range into barren wastes by digging out the grass by the roots. Forest officers cite the Guadalupe Di- vision of the Almo National Forest in southern New Mex ico as an example. Nearly 10O- 900 acres of this range are said to have been formerly overrun with dogs, but poisoning. opera
Williams news., 1917-03-01

Kansas City is doing some very important work for muni- cipalities. She is proving with her municipally owned electric plant that electric current can be furnished so cheap as to compete with other sources of heat. She is selling current to city consumers for 2 cents per kilowatt and promises a 1R cent rate with greater con- sumption. It is little wonder that electric current is making i,big fortunes for monopoly. ..,3
Williams news., 1917-03-01

E Daylight saving is alright, but this paper is not convinced that it is necessary to monkey with the clock to do it. Why not work an hour earlier dur ing the long days. And would not it be a good idea to length en the incoming to two hours? ? That would give sufficient time for digestion and give a good rest besides.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
PROPERTIES FOR SALE
If You Have Property To Sell List It With The Williams Realty Co. First door South of the News Office.

Vacant lots in Scotts Addition.
 Elegant room bungalow near the school house; prices right and terms reasonable.
 room cottage and lots in Scott's Addition; cheap at owners price; terms reasonable.
 4 room cottage on Sherman Ave. in Block 39; owner will sell cheap.
 Mo- ranch of deeded quarters and homestead and large amount of leased land; 500 head of cattte and 50 head of horses: prices reasonable and terms easy; good proposition.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
Coconino, Prescott, and Sit greaves Forests have been freed of dogs.

Mrs. F. A. Funston, mother of General Fred Funston, pass ed thru Williams last week on her way to San Francisco to att tend her sons funeral.
 With her first proposal, a girl is firmly convinced that she will need blank book in which to keep. a record of her offers.
Williams news., 1917-03-01

Rockland, Me-. yearly pro- duces 100000 barrels of lime.
Williams news., 1917-03-01


 w. H. Allison, Service Tailor, will move his shop to the office room formerly occupied by Dr. Francis. He expects to occupy the new location about March 7th. ~ . SrS
Williams news., 1917-03-01

| Los Angeles hasoan6 6area of 2 gn
 337 square miles.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
SANTA FE TIME TABLE
WEST BOUND

Arrives Leaves
 No. 1 II 200 A. M. 10 A. M. No. 9 12: 10 P. M. 12 20 P. M. No. 9:15 P. M. 9:15 P. M. No. 3 1O:15 P. M. 1925 P. M No. 21 8 :45 A. M. 3:55 A. M.
Williams news., 1917-03-01
EAST BOUND

Arrives Leaves
 No. 10 700 P. M. 7:10 P. M. No. 2 3:25 A. M. 8 :25 A. M. No. 4 7:25 A. M. 7:35 A. M. No 8 5:55 A. M. 6:00 A. M. 22 12 :25 P. M. 12 :5O P. M.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
NEW RULE SAVES WHEAT.

Without murmur from even disap
pointed housewives, the first of the
important measures to conserve
American wheat has gone into effect.
1t was the rule issued by the Econo-
my Board of the Council of National
Defense to stop the return of unsold
bread to the wholesale bakers by the
retailers. II is believed the new
rule will be saving of nearly per
cent of the bread TO be baked by pub.
lie bakers.
The rule became effective last July.
Not only wholesale bakers, but retail
ers and grocers by the thousands
signed up for its enforcement, at
the instigation of the State Council
of Defense. What Is more import
ant is the fact that the bakers and
groeers voluntarily adopted the re-
quest to discontinue practice of
years standing.
Reports from the bakers organiza.
tons indicate that a very large per-
centage of the bakers and bread deal
ers signed the pledge ito give loyal
and answering support to all patri-
otto measures which may be ordered
orsarecommended by the Council of
National Defense or by the Food Ad-
ministrator during the period of war"
1t is the desire OF the National Coun-
ell, however. to get complete cooper.
alton voluntarily, from all bakers and
dealers So all who have not signed
are requested to do so as soon as
possible. II there are any who havn't
cars they can get them by writing
the State Council of Defense. State
House. Des Moines.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
BLACK OAk|'s.Q QUOTA
TOWNSHIP COMES UP SPLENDID.
~ ON LIBERTY BONDS

Hats off to Black Oak, township
which came through Monday with a
splendid sum total of results reaching
almost $4,000. h"7.s<s
C. Yer Ploeg went out to assist G..
DeBruin and Henry Van Rocket in a
house or, maybe more properly, field
to field canvass of the, township.
These boys listed an even $4,000 of
record
Warren Kalbach gave assistance
TO Jacob Grandia, S, S. DeKock and
Conrad DeCook. This trio succeeded
in listing $4,000 and the committees
had enough more in sight as the re-
suit OF the days work to put the sum
total of s23,700 in hand over the $685..
900 asked for. ra
The committees were on the job
and at work at seven o'clock Monday
morning, nor did they desist until the
hour was on the farqside Of i4seven
o'clock p. m.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
LARGEST OF IT'S KIND.

With the boiling into place last
week of the big center span of the
Quebec bridge the greatest engineer
ing feat of its kind ever attempted was
completed, and Canada became the
possessor of the largest cantilever
bridge in the world.
The great structure, which is 3,cSg
feet long and contains 10000, 000
pounds Of steel and cost in the neigh.
borhood Of s20O0O.0OO to build, was
all but completed today after eleven
years of labor. the original structure
having been started back in 1906.
During the construction eigiity.four
men have lost their lives, and a none
tary loss of SS,5oO,OOO has been sus.
tanned through two collapses, the frs,
one costing the lives of seventy men
in 1907, and the second in 1916, when
the center span went into the st. Law.
renee through the breaking Of cast.
ing on the hosting apparatus.
On completion of the construction
work the bridge will be handed over
to the railways for the laying of tracks.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25

to say that Texas is almost five times
larger than Iowa and that il the most
productive sections of Texas were Sc.
lected to make an area of Iowa the
total production from that Texas land
of equal size would be less than half
of 1owa's production. And so the
Greater Iowa Association thought it
best to tell the true story to Iowans
and to the rest of the world. II took
the. federal statistics showing agri-
cultural production in the principal
states and it divided these figures by
the total, area in each of those states.
This is the only way to arrive at a cor
rect figure of production per acre.
These figures show that Iowa leads all
the. states by good margin. It's clos
est competitor is Illinois. During 1916
Iowa produced twice as much per acre
as Nebraska or Wisconsin; more than
twice as much per acre as Michigan,
Kansas, Missouri or Minnesota; three
times as much per acre as Oklahoma
nearly four times as much per acre as
Texas and nearly six times as much
per acre as California
Advance information sent out by the
Greater Iowa Association indicates
that in 1917, Iowa's agricultural pro-
duction will exceed any production
from an equal area Of land in the his
tory of the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
AS SEEN BY OTHERS.

Abba Republican: While the South.
ern Iowa Fair and Exposition held at
Oskaloosa is young in years, being
only in it's second year, it is never
theless full grown and takes second
rank in the state with the state fair
at Des Moines.
The one thing that made the fair
the wonderful success that it attain.
ed was due to the publicity under the
direct supervision of |. w. Cook, SUI
perintendent of publicity. The news
papers in all directions from Oska-
loosa were used literally and every
one within a radius of seventy miles
were talking about the Oskaloosa fair
bors if they were going, and as re-
suit every road leading to Oskaloosa
was lined with automobiles loaded to
the guards going to the fair and when
they arrived every one was wHlcom-
ed by the jolliest bunch of fellows to
be found Every officer and every
stakeholder was right after fellow
to see that he had good time.
We had no more than landed at the
grounds until C. Ed Beman, treasurer,
wanted to know if there was any
thing he could do for us. Then Bird
Walton in charge of the free acts
boosted his part-ofs show and
wanted US to see sall of the new i'm
provements and conveniences. Then
big jolly Charlie Walling, grand stand
usher, told us all about the grand
stand and what great show they
had at night, etc. Then in the Elk
position hall, |. w. Cook had his desk
and was ready to show us what they
had accomplished insisted on us
staying for the right show, and viii
Shockley, who had no regular jOb,was
just around looking after every one
and doing the things that the other
fellows had overlooked. And we
might go and mention fifty fellows
all doing everything to make the pa
irons welcome.
The exhibits were not quite so ex-
tensive but in quality and variety
,qualed the state fair in every de-
partment and the free attractions, in
our opinion excelled those at the
state fair. s..
The races were classy with good
field Of starters in every event and
The competition was keen and inter
3sting. The stock parade in the af-
ternoon Thursday, was wonderful
display Of pure bred stock of all
kinds.
The stock barns were all filed to
the limit and tents had to be provid-
ed. The receipts indicated that 20
900 people were on the grounds on
Thursday, and the other days were al
most equal in attendance and the
management are more than pleased
with the success of this years meet.
ing.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
WHY INTEREST RATE CHANGED.

The first issue of Liberty Loan
Bonds bears 31s per cent interest and
are exempt from all taxes of every
kind except estate and inheritance
taxes. Liberty Loan Bonds of the sec
ond issue bear per cent interest and
have the same tax exemption as the
first, except that they are liable to SUI
perincome taxes and excess.profit tax
es, as well as estate and inheritance
taxes. They are not subject to the
normal income tax. The reasons for
change Of interest and taxability stated
by Secretary McAdoo in his speech be-
fore the American Bankers Associa-
ton as follows:
I'VE can not sell bonds in billions
on the basis of what they may be
worth to the very rich. They must be
offered to all the people alike at one
price and should appeal to all alike
and upon equal terms. The result Of
selling bond which bears low rate
of interest and carries exemption from
graduated and superincome taxes will
be this: The poor and the people OF
modest means will buy them for pa
triotic reasons but will be unable to
hold them because the return is too
small. The tendency will be all the
time for these bonds to be purchased
from them and accumulated by the
very rich without any adequate con-
sideration moving from them either to
the United States or to the original
subscriber. In these circumstances the
value of the tax exemption depends
not upon the bonds themselves but
upon a wholly extraneous fact-the
extent of the wealth OF the holder
"The principal is now firmly ground
ed in our national policy that gradu-
ated taxes shall be laid upon wealth
in order that the burden of taxation
may be equitably distributed and
made to bear more heavily upon the
rich than the poor. Government bonds
therefore, should be issued upon a
basis which will be equally just to
the poor man and the. rich man, so
that each may purchase these bonds
upon practically the same interest
basis after allowing for the different
scales of taxation.
The second issue Of Liberty Loan
Bonds are offered upon terms fair
and equitable to all alike and will
make the widest possibl appeal to
all the people without regard to the
extraneous fact that the purchaser be
poor or rich. The Government can
not finance this war by making an
appeal alone to the rich, nor to the
man of moderate means, nor to the
poor. Its appeal must be to all of the
people. and all of the people must re-
spond and by united efforts sustain the
Government in its great credit oper-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
WILL FINISH TODAY
EXEMPTION BOARD AT WORK UP
ON THIRTY CALL MEN.

Examination of the thirty additional
young men called for military service
in the new National Army should be
completed today. The local exemption
board passed on one half the mum
Der, or fifteen yesterday, and plan to
finish the list by tonight.
On account of numerous exemptions
granted by the state board of appeals,
the local board has been forced to
draw thirty more men to secure Ma.
haska's quota of 1872 men for the first
army.
Mahaska's third and fourth quotas
of the first apportionment represent.
ing about seventy-three men, will
probably be called to Camp Dodge
within the next few weeks. The men
recently called TO the colors will be
among the third and fourth incre.
ments.
Out of the first fifteen young men
for military service yester.
lay, only two were, rejected on account
of physical disqualification Ten Of
he fifteen filed exemption claims,
leaving only three willing to bear arms
Tor America.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25
IOWA LEADS THEM ALL,

Iowa's area is approximately $4,000
square miles Over ninety-nine per
cent OF this entire area is productive.
No other section OF the world can com.
pare with this.
Now and then We hear some other
state or nation claim superiority In
some branch of agriculture, but when
we examine the figures and the con-
ditions we always discover that Iowa
leads them all.
For instance, last summer the re-
port Of the Federal Department OF
Agriculture was issued showing that
Texas led all the states of the union
in the vaule OF agricultural products
for 1915. Immediately Texas adver-
tised the fact that It was the leading
Agricultural state. Iowa was ranked
second. a9g6 @s{Hfkr .eg M
But the Federal government forgot
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25

sold as high as 112. Former issues
of government per cent bonds are
selling today at los. If these bonds
should sell at 106 in three years they
would net per cent interest per an.
num and escape the half of per cent
tax on money and credits besides.
This makes Liberty Loan Bonds bet
ter than 6 per cent investment
when normal times return.
= The second Liberty Loan bond will
draw interest from November is. The
interest will be paid twice each year
on May Is and November is. The
bonds will run twenty-five years at 4
per cent but the government reserves
the right to pay them at par after the
tenth year. They will be issued in
denominations of $50, 800, $500 and
$1,000. They are exempt from all
taxes except on inheritance and sur
taxes on large incomes and the first
$4,000 worth of bonds in the posses
sion of any one person are exempt
even from sur-taxes on incomes. No
local assessor will have any right to
even ask how many of these bonds
you own. You save half of / per cent
tax on moneys and credits.
If the government ever has to sell
bonds bearing higher rate OF inter
est you can exchange these bonds at
par for those that pay the higher
rate. You can't lose and you stand
to win a profit but above all other
considerations the government needs
the money to win the war. Loan it
and win for if we lose the kaiser will
take ten times as much in taxes for
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25

R. F. Place associate editor of the
Capital will leave Des Moines shortly
to become editor and manager Of the
st. Louis Banker, we'll known publ
cation of the southwest located at St
Louis. Clifford De Puy publisher OF
the Northwestern Banker of Des
Moines and AIr. Place have just pur-
chased the St. Louis Journal. Mr. De
Puy will lend a part of his time and
influence to the st. Louis Bankers but
will continue in its present capacity
in Des Moines.