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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
(By a Staff Correspondent of tn
 Associated Press.)

Associated Press.)
 British Headquarters in France, via London March 21-The deliberate character of the destruction wrought by the Germans before their withdraw al from Peronne is painfully evident in the once beautiful avenue of trees leading to the railroad station. These trees were untouched by shell fire, but each was hacked in two with axes and the gashes and chips show that the work was done within the last few days. The beautiful gardens of the outlying houses were also wrecked and every fruit tree within several miles of the town was sawed two-thirds of the way through and then broken down.
 The correspondent was among the first visitors to Peronne in the. wake of the English troops, who have now swept we'll beyond that place. It was necessary to pass through 8 half score of ruined villages, which only few days ago were within the zone of intense artillery fire, before reach ing the banks of the Somme. Cross ing that stream on an 1mprovlsed bridge and trudging through Halle, Peronne was reached over a road that had been reconstructed within 24 hours over succeeding rows of Ger man trenches and through recurring mazes of rusted barbed wire, some of these being at least six feet in height and 50 feet in width.
 In the outskirts of the city English Tommies were encountered wearing German "piclsle' helmets and grinning from ear to ear. In the great square of Peronne, which is surrounded by melancholy ruins, was the British lieu tenant who led the first patrol into the city. He was mounted on a splendid little German pony which he captured with it's full equipment. Several oth- CT officers arrived during the morning and begged for the privilege of talk ing a canter about the place on this prize of war.
 There was ghostly silence in most sections of the city. No sound of war was to be heard except once when prying German aeroplane scudded over in the shelter of the high f1eecy clouds and anti-aircraft guns opened fire, driving him to quick retreat. British officers pointed out building after building where apparently the total damage had resulted from inte- rior explosions. In many cases walls,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
CARGO DESIGNED FOR
 DEUTSCHLAND REMOVED

New London, March 21.-Great quantities of crude rubber and nickel Which have been stored in the ware houses of the Eastern Forwarding Go. at the state steamship terminal for several months awaiting a return voy- ago of the Deutchsland or some other German submarine are now being shipped to New York by boat and rail as rapidly as possible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
Billion Against Germans If China
 Opens Possibilities

Washington, March Eff the United States and China go to war against Germany the populations of the countries arrayed in opposition to the Central Empires will total H. 300, ,0O0,O00. Including India, the peoples in the present Entente Allies S00,00O,000. China has 400,- 900, ,OO0, the United States 100000, 900. The total number of the populations of Germany, Austria Hungary, Bull garia and Turkey is estimated to be 150,OO0,0OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
THE INSTALLMENT PLAN

That's a swagger car Glithers is riding around in these days"
 ''Sp it is.''
 "I wonder who it belongs to?"
 ''Why, to the man who sold it to Glithers. It will belong to him for 12 months yet."-Ex96ange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
BAN RESERVOIR FISHING.

The committee on fish and game reported favorably on measure pro- hibittng fishing upon the property of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co.,, except with special permission of the com pany, and asked that the bill be re- ferred to the committee on inccr- porations. The bill was referred.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
GEAR NICHOLAS, WEEPING AT NEWS
 OF HIS OVERTHROW, MAKES PLANS TO GO TO HIS LIvADIA GARDENS

not stand in the way"
 This last colloQuy occurred on the station plat form. Nicholas, who was dressed in 8 soldiers coat, with a colonePs shoulder straps and sheep skin hat tilted back, frequently mop ped his brow. He gazed about in an distracted manner and then mounted the steps of his car. Thereupon the train moved off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
DANE SHIPPERS COMBINE

London, March 21.-An organiza- ton of Danish ships owners has been formed with the object of keeping Danish shipping on the seas in spite of the submarine war, 8 Reuter- dis- patch from Copenhagen reports.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21
MISUNDERSTOOD SIGNALS

Chrlstiana, March 21.-The com mander of the submarine that shelled the relief steamer Haelen excused his action to Capt. Standeart of the Hae- len by saying he had not understood the signals of the steamer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-21

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent . wo-s
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

realizes what marriage really means
We had in mind the Baltimore mar
whom the dispatches say dropped dead
in the act of proposing.
4 & z
War story from an English camp
"Who goes there?" challenged a SEN
try. "Who t'hell wants to know?'
was the reply. 'Pass, American"
said the sentry.
We know man who opposes eu-
genics because he fears knock kneed
man will have to marry bow-legged
woman in order that the next gen.
Grafton may strike a fair average.
Every noble life leaves the fiber
of it interviewer forever in the work
of the world By so much, evermore,
the strength of the human race has
gained.-Ruskin.
An Emmett girl who bought a pair
of $12 pin-heeled shoes on account,
has been unable to pay for them out
of her salary, because it takes all
she can save to keep the heels in
repair.
81 believe in saying nice things tn a
woman and encouraging her all 1
can," remarked Old Bill Misgivcns.
Every now and again l tell my wife
that when she married me she shore
done mighty we'll"
4 4 &
AS a stream can rise no higher
than its source, so the student rises
no higher in his knowledge than his
teacher, if he stops his study when
no longer under his direction.
We have always thought that
should come after the
Christmas bills are paid.
My wife is knitting sweaters
For the soldiers now in France,
I'm needing buttons on my coat
And patches on my pants.
need the heels darned in my sox
My shirt needs patching, too,
But there's nothing doing here at
home
Until the war is through.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

zine is trying to solve the problem of
how to live on $4,000 a year, we are
wondering how we could spend $35, 900
a year.
& & Z
If the German fad for paper pants
spreads to this country, lot of US
will have to learn new and safer ways
of scratching matches.
4 3
W. j. Bryan says he hopes that
some day the states will take as good
care of people as it does of pigs But
some people are not worth $50 hun
bred.
Z 4 Z
For the benefit of the uninitiated
we suggest that wife's knitting nee
dies will be useful implements after
the war to clean out the drain pipe
under the refrigerator.
4 4 &
Once in a while there is one who
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you've got anything second hand to
sell, just tell Old Bill about it. He'll
take it off your hands,"
z z q
If anything is going to happen TO a
man, it will happen when he is hunt
ing or fishing on Sunday.
4 & 3
The optimist fell ten stories
And at each window bar,
He shouted to the inmates,
"All right so far!"
z Z 4
We suspect one of our subscribers
of wanting The Index barred from
tie mails. The subscriber requests US
to publish our honest opinion about
The kaiser
4 Z 4
While a well known Eastern maya
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

A college graduate was walking
down the street one evening with
friend of Irish descent, and, pausing
to look up at the starry sky, remarked
with enthusiasm, "How bright Orion
is tonight" $50 that is Organ, is
it," replied Pat. "Well, thank the
Lord, there's one Irishman in heaven,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

the matter with that woman" said
the lawyer who was struck. "All L
said to the woman was, You've got
nice, fat legacy"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

A widow took her husbands will to
a firm of lawyers. While one of the
firm was reading the document, she
suddenly grabbed the will, hit the
lawyer over the head with her UNI
brella and left the office. whats
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

For mild, easy action of the
bowels, try Doan's Regulets, modern
laxative. 3Gc at all stores.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
TALES OF THE TOWN

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anyhow"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16
/ KING CORN VS.. THE KAISER
BY FRANK G. CARPENTER

No. Suppose we could bridge the ocean,
would it be where our Army is fighting in
France? No. The caravan would reach
far beyond that. 1t would extend on and on
across Russia. 1t would reach over Siberia,
across the Pacific ocean and come back to
the Mississippi valley where it started. Even
then the train would have hardly begun,
and not one-twentieth of the crop would
yet have been loaded. The train of wagons
would reach more than 100000 miles, suffi-
cient to make a line OF teams, 200 abreast,
all the way from Philadelphia to San Fran
CISCO 1t would fill 200 Lincoln highways
with solid corn. If we could bridge the skies
and start the crop toward the moon we
should have double row of teams each car
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16

sixth OF our crop, and we would have half
billion bushels more wheat to feed our al
lies in Europe. Suppose we cut down our
wheat flour consumption four-fifths, we can
send 4OO,O0O,O0O bushels across the water,
and this would largely supply the food de-
mands of our allies. There is no better way
in which every family in the United States
can do its bit than in changing its bread diet
from wheat to corn in one shape or another
In the early history of this country we had
practically no wheat to speak Of We learned
from the Indians how to raise corn, and our
colonial ancestors were brought up on it..
For decades after the United States became
nation the chief cereal of the people con-
sisted Of ground maize and hominy, and the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16
cents worth of beefsteak These are facts,
the results of analyses.

If the Germans had our corn crop there
would be no possibility of conquering them
by starvation. The kaiser has experimental
in the use of corn and the German scientists
know all about its food values 1t is now
twenty-five years since they began to mix
corn meal with rye flour as war bread and
they have thoroughly tested the cereal as u
food for the people and army. l base this
statement on my Investigations during the
great famine in Russia 1t was in 1892 that
| travelled over the hungry districts of the
Russian empire, going thence to Berlin to
write letters as to the food situation there
found that the Germans were experiment
ing on corn as food, and that the work was
gong on under Corn Meal Murphy" who
was doing all he could to teach the kaiser
how to use the cereal for his army
Few OF you will remember Corn Meal
Murphy. He was the chief apostle sent by
the United States to, Europe to preach the
value OF corn as foodstuff Col Murphy
realized the great value of the corn crop
and he wanted the United States to export
it instead of wheat. He was sent to France
by the state of Nebraska, and later on re-
ceived commission from Congress to 90
from capital to capital and preach corn meal
corn flour, corn cakes and, corn bread as
human food At that time corn was selling
tor something like 20 cents per bushel in
some parts of the west and it had fallen so
low that there were places along the Mis-
sour river where the people burned it in
their stoves, finding it cheaper than coal.
Col. Murphy gave the lectures before the
Ao-t r,,1+
lie preached corn III Russia, and he very
much interested the kaiser, who had shortly
before come to the throne, and was already
schennng as to how he could conquer the
world,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16

met Col. Murphy during my stay in
Berlin and Went about with him. One dav
he sent delicious pound cake made Of corn
meal to my hotel, and | also tasted the mix
ture OF rye and corn meal which was being
made into a bread for the soldiers. Col.
Murphy told me that the government chem
lists and bakers were testing the flour, and
that they had produced bread made OF
one-thlrd corn and thirds rye which was
success. This bread tasted about the same
as rye bread, and some of the German sol
diers were fed eight days upon it before they
realized that they were eating anything else
than bread OF pure rye. After they learned
that the bread contained corn they objected,
but not before. This bread was also tested in
the prisons, where the German scientists
figured out its strength-producing powers in
comparison with rye
All the grain used at that time was ground
in the mills of the imperial government and
the bread was made under the ewes of the
government officials. Col Murphy told me
that 1t was much more digestible than rye
bread, and he believed then that it would be
eventually adopted as food-stuff over Ger
many He said that the chief trouble he had
IN introducing corn flour was the fact that
the Germans did their baking only once
week. and that the corn flour would not
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16

From this it will be seen that the two
flours are about the same in proteins and
carbohydrates. The corn flour exceeds in
tat and it has also moro lysine, substance
which is favorable to bodily growth. What
is true OF corn flour is also true of corn
meal, and the latter is much cheaper than
wheat flour. A pound of corn meal retail
ing at 5 cents, has the same food value as
10 cents worth of rice, SO cents worth OF
potatoes, 20 cents worth Of eggs and SO
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16
food was such that it made them the
strongest of men. The health OF the United
States would be equally good today if corn
meal should take the place of wheat flour.

States would be equally good today if corn
meal should take the place of wheat flour
nave before me number of estimates
as to the value of corn as a food-stuff. They
show that it equals, aRd as far as the price
is concerned is superior to almost any
other. The late Surgeon General Billings.
who had to figure on the food of our Army,
estimated corn meal and wheat flour as of
about equal value, pound for pound, in the
production of heat and potential energy. DIR.
Harvey Wiley, when he was chief chemist
OF the Department of Agriculture, gave a
report saying that corn was about as diges-
tble as wheat, and that it was most ex-
cellent food as fat producer, muscle pro-
Queer, bone producer and blood producer.
The National Association of White Corn
Mlllers has recently shown that white corn
flour can be mixed with wheat flour in the
proportion of Is per cent in the making of
all bread and cakes, and that such mixture
would save $2o0,0ooooO year in the food
bill OF the country. This mixture has the
approval of the national government. in
Guiding the Council of National Defense.
The bureau of chemistry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture has been experiment.
ing for the past four years in the making
OF bread containing mixtures of other flours
with wheat flour 1t is said that their ex-
perlments show that Is per cent of white
corn flour can be mixed with wheat flour
and the result will be a better bread from
every standpoint. 1t is claimed that the
corn flour contains more food value than
the wheat flour. The following is a COM
paratiye analysis of the two
Fancy patent White
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16

And this mass consists entirely of food
stuffs, the most nutritious, the most heating
and most energy-producing OF any known to
man. The crop is big enough, if it were di-
vided equally among us to support the life
of the whole nation and leave some to spare
1t would give thirty-two bushels to every
man, woman and child in our country, or
enough to supply every one of our families
with three bushels of meal every week for
the whole year to come
In actual quantity corn is the greatest food
crop of the world. This year it will exceed
the wheat CROP which comes from the four
quantities Of the earth, and it will be of enor-
nous value in the war situation. A vast
amount of it will be fed at home and cara
van of ships will carry another portion
abroad in the shape of meat and corn meal
to be used to make war bread of one kind or
another.
Indeed, the value of the corn crop as war
asset could be greatly increased, if more
were used in the shape of corn meal instead
of being manufactured into meat on the
farms. AS it is now one-fourth of our corn
is consumed by horses and mules, another
fourth is eaten by hogs and several hundred
million bushels are fed to the cows. A vast
amount goes to make beef and something
like 100000 bushels are annually con-
sumed by our sheep. 1t is the high price of
corn that makes the high price of meat, and
l might say also the high prices of other
foods which could be replaced by our eating
corn meal.
We might grind the corn and ship it to
Europe, but the people there have 10 idea
of its value, with the exception perhaps,
as stock food The prejudice against it is
such that it would be impossible to introduce
1t except as a mixture with wheat or rye
flour, and the best solution OF the problem
will be- for us to eat the corn at home and
ship our wheat and wheat flour to Europe.
Indeed. there is no reason WHY corn
should not take the place of wheat in every
American family. AS it is now we are using
a barrel of wheat flour per head every year.
A barrel of wheat flour means five bushels
OF wheat, and at that estimate the total
amount OF wheat taken to feed us is 5OOOOO,-
QUO bushels per annum Suppose we should
exchange that wheat for corn, the amount
OF corn consumed will be less than one
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16

rying a ton of shelled corn reaching from
the earth to that dead planet and 10000
miles beyond. If we could load it on cars
at ZOO bushels to the car the train would
girdle the globe at the equator with many
miles to spare.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-16
Copyright 1917 by Frank G. Carpenter.
OMAHA, Neb.

NE who would sup with the
sM devil must have long
III spoon!"
" In the great fight for the
~ food of TODAY the devil is the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-02
THE PHILOSOPHICAL ATTITUDE

COUNTRY citizens Of the male
Those who may be called upon fight, and those
who will be exempt The latter class will be found to have
exceedingly philosophical attitude They all willing CO.
they should be wanted The they likely be
ed, the willing Thus have advanced years
exhibiting eagerness battle youth
itself displays. {.
There is when the spirit of battle strong.
Is the period OF manhood As older they
to large extent the fighting instinct The JUNCTION middle
aged often out of the almost unconscious feeling
that talking fight is perfectly safe.
There elderly who have the fire of youth They
would fight at the drop of the hat but for the part
the call for registration be addressed to ages 81 to
would be vastly reluctant than it going to be-
And should the call be made ages 81 response would
be yet impnlsve, enthusiastic and generous.
It viii become older to have less talk
less speech about doing his duty SYM
pahy for those younger whom the obligation
definitely laid &4
What young want is enthusiasm not pessimism What
they want is disbursement must
be the effect young minds of the exhibition gloom
en- by American during the past ten days?
Some thirty antconscriptoniss have been arrested A
nothing in this great United States The
pie don't want but when they get they fight
lea lost It fought the greatest history
cept this 1t will fight this one too
The young like young then They axe
sorry there's row; but they'll do their part
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-02
SENIOR DAY BRINGS
CAPACITY AUDIENCE
TO B. H. s. AUDITORIUM

Senior Day of the class of B. H. s.,
1917, packed the auditorium Of the
High school to it's capacity yesterday
afternoon and provided a program of
unusual interest to the hundreds of
relatives and friends of the young
people gathered there. The exercises
were opened with the address by the
class president, Frank Howard Mercer.
Miss Margaret v. Wilcox, as class his
torian, recorded the class happenings
during the last four years. The class
poem by Miss Dorothy Marie Green
was exceedingly witty and well written
The class prophecy, written by
Stanton Edgar Rockwell, was a most
original departure from the usual run
of these compositions: Mr.. Rockwell
had arranged the prophecy in the form
of a sketch. the scene being laid in the
Office of H. P. mclaughlin, attorney
at-law, on Feb. 81, 1893.
The characters in the sketch were
acted by Henry MacLaughlin, Evelyn
Strawn, his stenographer; Flora Stehr
his telephone operator, and Henry
Wilson, a poet. Through the lines Of
the characters each member of the
class as mentioned. During the after.
noon, also, was an O. Henry
| reading by Miss Lorena Waite Rob.
bins. a piano solo by Eleanor Ryan
two vocal numbers by William Gaitc
| and selections by the High school or.
chestra-
In the evening the Senior dance was
held in the gymnasium. The class
officers include Frank " Mercer
president; Miss Airline LaHait, vice
president; Miss Grace Stanton, secre.
tary, and Stanton E. Rockwell, treas.
urer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-02
A PEACEFUL REGISTRATION

- HE FARMER knows the people of Bridgeport both that
narrow, ignorant and bigoted group which regards the
body of their fellow citizens mob and the great
hard working straight thinking and women, pa
hiotic, democratic and willing
From this knowledge The unhesatingy says
Registration Day will off without particle of trouble
kind which viii be due to opposition to the law It
other day is possible for overzeaous
- make himself disagreeabe and get eou in the his
pains There will be nothing unusual anything that will
require attention other than be given by policeman
Nobody is rejoced because there Substantially
everybody is determined his duty finds taking
responsibility that is laid upon him; obeyng the
There should be exhibition of bayone about
ton places in Bridgeport June Such display of force will
complete Of the citizenship and
its temper win be Indictment of the intelligence
authorities, not of the patriotism Of the people.
Nothing is unfortunate in time Of display Of
military against the people The most atoorac nations
do not attempt it The is to be used against the foe
against the citizen
Great Britain at the beginning of the war was confronted
by opposition difficulties, beside which the opposition
CONSUMPTION, exhibited in America trifle But
military force used employed against the
English people On the contrary just grievances heard
and correced that today the English fights man.
many years there has America a very
class whose only idea dealing
with Internal difficulties is by shooting This class
be during the period of the It is SMALL it
dangerous produce anarchy In minute than
Emma Goldman contrive in lifetime.
The young of Bridgeport patriotic. When they
register it win not be for the Home Guard any organza
ton intended for safe and remote duty but for real fighting
The spectacle Of home guard with bayonets fixed
registration places which American citizens entering reg
devotion will be pathetic ought
to take place. & e
power registration without bay
onets. 1t will be wiser and better