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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
OUR WINTERS WORK

While the United States may have
but 100000 men in France this win
ter, a large percentage of them will
be specialized soldiers, rather than
soldiers of the line, and for that rea-
son they are a more important body
of troops than the ordinary small
army Of 100000 men. Several railroad
regiments are in France. They are
rebuilding the shat erred French lines.
They are putting them in shape to
handle the great amount of munitions
and men necessary for "big push"
They are developing a system that
will move as steadily and as surely
under the stress of drive as the
Santa Fe on sunny day. Many mo-
tor transport men are in France.
They are developing systems Of traffic
beyond the railroads. Signal engi-
neers are busy there, devising and re-
constructing French telephone and
telegraph lines, so necessary in mod
ern warfare. American artisans of all
kinds enlisted in the army have been
sent to France to put the land in or
der for the great wave of American
troops that is coming.
The United States can worry
through the winter with 100000
troops in France. They will not be
needed to repel a German offensive.
The French and the British can care
for that work, and they will be left
undisturbed to work out in play
what will become work next summer.
They will be so trained as to be ready
themselves and to be able to get
ready in the shortest time possible
the great contingents of American ma
tional guardsmen and even national
army men who will be thrown into
the great offensive in the spring
Emporia Gazette.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
WHAT FOOD SAVING INVOLVES

Eat plenty, but wisely.
Buy less.
Cook no more than necessary.
Serve smaller portions.
Hooverize the plate.
Use local and seasonable supplies.
Watch out for waste.
Whenever possible, use poultry,
game and sea-foods in place of beef,
mutton, pork.
Use potatoes and other vegetables
freely.
Save wheat by substituting, in part,
cornmeaI and other cereals for wheat
-four.
Save butter and lard. Use butter on
the table, but substitute vegetable oils
for cooking.
Save sugar.
Use less candy and sweet drinks and
less sugar in tea and coffee.-Ex-
change.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Continued on next page.)
Bodily Housekeeping
(BY V. M. PIERCE, M. d.

The subject of drinking water Wi,
meals has been misunderstood for
hundred years.
In recent years investigation by means
of X-rays, the observations of scientists
such as Cannon, Grutzner, Pavlov, Fow-
Ter, Hawk, prove that an abundance of
water taken during digestion is neces-
sary in good bodily housekeeping. Drink
plenty of water with each meal. Do not
drink ice-water at any time.
If your kidneys are sick, or you
suffer with lumbago or. rheumatism at
times, pain in the back or back of
the neck, take a little Anuric before
meals. This can be found at any good
drug store. Therefore my advice to
young or old is, always. drink plenty o.
pure water. And for long life occa-
sionally take tablets Of Anuric three OF
fO,4+ +;%,,ac Jou
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Quincy Ridge Correspondence to
the Arkansaw Chigger

Bud Whitrock SEE that he IL perfect
ly willin ter adop' one wheatless. day
in tn week, eff tn government ill
guarantee him sum fer tn other six.
Square Beckett is doin' his bit. by
savin' the cleanin's NV his toenails to
put on tn garden. TIL toenails he is
usin' fer toothpicks, which saves buy
in, and tn square SEE they hev jist
tn right curve ter do tn bizness.
lack White, who IL called un'er tn
draf, seq he don't see how in thunder
he kin go ez he expects ter hev wife
an five childrun dependant onto him
in a few days, just ez soon eZ Wilder
Brown gifts her new dress made.
Ham Hookus il jist back frum a
town sumwhar in noWhar, an he SEE he
got the hui inside his-try Nv this
Rooshin bizness frum a man he met
settin' on a nail key, an he sed tn
way things loked now, twuz liable ter
cum ter arnica.
Judd Gotanauto wuz remarkin yis-
terday tibet sence he had ter morgige
his farm ter git a car, an tn way gas
oleen wuZ sellin, tibet he couldn't af-
ford ter raise wheat fer tew twenty a
bushel. An eff Hoover didn't raise tn
price, he'd hev ter quit farmin'.
Thar WIZ a lawsuit afore Jedge Po-
kus last week, atween Hike Baker an
Bud Hackett Hit seems thet sum NV
Hikes Pashaw sqush, after runnin'
all over his own farm, crawled thru
tn fence an mixed 18th Buds water
melons, an now he KANT sell EN- fer
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
AN OHIO EDITORS YEARNING

We have tried for years at our house
to make cookies like Sarah Jones's,
cries out the editor of the Ohio State
Journal. Sarah Jones was a famous
cook in the little town whene we used
to live But Sarah was cranky. Her
cookies were famous, but she wouldn't
tell how she made them They were
big and soft and rich and kept splen-
didly; at least they would have if they
ever had chance
Little by little from this employer
of Sarah Jones, or from that, it crept
out that she used light brown sugar in
their concoction, thick sour cream
plenty of butter, of course, -four and
nutmeg, but no eggs, but no one know
the proportions. Every once in a while
we experiment with that recipe at our
house, but they are never quite right
They are either too thick and choky or
too thin and crispish. They resemble
the originals only in that they keep
splendidly. Oh. Sarah Jonesi Wher-
ever you are, why don't, or why didn't,
you confer benefit upon mankind by
giving out your cookie recipe,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

Gone But Not Forgotten

NJ. Riney, superintendent of bridges
and buildings on the Madison division
of the Chicago & Northwestern, has
received a number Of poems from P.
J. O'Neill, Adrian, Mich. Mr.. O'Neill
is superintendent of bridges and build
ings for the New York Central lines.
One OF the poems reads as follows:
Gone, but not Forgotten
AS we gather here this evening
And take UP, the grand review,
Of the faces of our comrades
That we've always found so true !;
We all miss from among us
One kindly loving face
And in hearts that truly loved him
There is now vacant place.
Our Deacon nevermore will come
And clasp us by the hand
Until the final meeting
In that far-off happy land,
Where we all expect to join him
When the race of life is run,
And hope to hear the Masters voice
And the welcome words, "Well
done!"
AIlu we IL oil U0 SIdu d11u happy
Once again his smile to see.
I don't think it will be sweeter,
Tho from earthly cares he's free;
For, when we met together
After travelling many miles,
The sweetest greeting that we met
Was the Deacon's sunny smiles.
And we're here tonight to honor
This dear friend, we loved so well,
And to listen to the kindly tales
His friends are here to tell.
And I know that I'll be happy
When I reach that far-off land
Just to meet the Deacon face to face
And shake his dear old hand.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Copy Of Camp Paper Comes

Louis Jacobs, son of Mr.. and Mrs
L.. NJ Jacobs, has sent this office a
copy of Trench and Camp" paper
published at Camp Grant, Rockford
There are plenty of illustrations and
news of the camp. One of the arti-
cles tells about setting up dummies,
Co. M Of the 341st Inf. being the first
to attack them. Another article tells
how moving pictures are used to in
struct the soldiers in the use of arms
and other movements
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

melons er sqush nohow TIL Jedge de
cided thet Bud he'd orter he'd a fence
sqush tight, an he had ter stan costs
tew.
Thar's a weepin' an a wailin'
An sheddin' now Nv tears,
CuZ Wilson an tn kizer
Hez each other by the years.
But things II all be settled
When Uncle Sam gifts reddy,
An 'twould Nv been all over now
Eff he hedn't hid up Teddy.
N. G. ABBOTT.
Eureka Springs, Ark
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
BATTLE CRY OF FEED 'EM

Yes, We'll rally round the farm, boys
Well rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed En-.
We've got the ships and money
And the best of fighting men,
Shouting the battle cry Of Feed EN-
The onion forever, the beans and the
corn,
Down with the tater-it's up the next
morn
While we rally round the pillow, boys,
And take the hoe again,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed I'm.
Fred Emerson Brooks,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Hunting Submarines


The following letter is from George
E. Kenyon, son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. w.
Kenyon, Adams, Wis, formerly resi-
dents Of Baraboo. The young man has
been in the navy for some time, and
writes entertainingly, as follows:
Anywhere in France
October 8, 1917
The News, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
Dear Sirs: After reading the letters
now in training makes my desire to
write more keen than ever. The boys
from home may be enjoying them
selves now as the experience is new
to them, and they have some part of
France to look forward to. With us
that are already over here, it is diff
ferent. We are mostly from the reg
ular service, with few recruits and
reserves. The newness of military
discipline has worn off and in it's
place has come the grim realization
that we are at war.
By this | do not mean that the
business of war takes up all our time.
It doesn't After a weeks hard duty
we come into port and coal ship and
give shore leave Paris parties are
everyone Sometimes we are only in
port az couple of days and out we go
again hunting for big game. At least
| call 900" boats, as we have named
the German submarines, big game.
Then we are always on the lookout
for mines, as they are most as bad
as the submarines.
I have been on this side since last
June, coming over with the first
American troops known as the Perish
ing Expeditionary Force" 1t is q
grand sight to see the big transports
loaded down with American soldiers
and escorted by American destroyers
and yatchs, with French hydrOplanes,
airpIanes and dirigibles overhead,
and maybe German submarine eth
er waiting his chance or wise enough
not to take a~chance. So far all their
chances have turned out disastrously
for them.
l would give you all of my expert
ences over here if We were permitted
to do so. Even now | expect the cen
sor has crossed out about half of the
above.
Before the boys leave for France,
tell then to take tobacco with them,
if they use it, as it is almost impos-
sible to buy American tobacco in
France. If it can be bought, it costs
things were fairly inexpensive at first,
but as is always the case, the prices
go UP as soon as Americans are in
a place for any length of time. Food
is rather high and on some days the
hotels and restaurants are not AL
lowed to sell meat. The city l am in
now, which is our "home port, has
an American restaurant, given to the
American sailors by Mrs. Vincent AS
tor. We can get good American cook
ing here while on shore leave at rea-
sonable cost, which is a fine treat
alongside the French cooking.
| could write forever about this
country, but am afraid you are not
interested, so will say
Au revoir.
GEO. E. KENYON,
With u. S. Naval Force
In European Waters.
U. S. S. Aphrodite
Address:
Care of Postmaster
New York city, N. Y.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
On the Won Steuben

The Ernest Sanderson family has
received a censored card from Harry
F. Busse, who was with the Carol
College glee club when it visited Bar
aboo. The young man is on the Won
Steuben, the same ship on which Lloyd
E. Battles of Baraboo is handling the
big guns.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Sends a Picture Home

J. w. Troy has sent fine picture
of Fort Douglas to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Troy. The young man
is a member of Co. L, 10th Inf, and is
in camp four miles from Salt Lake
City. He likes the climate there, an
the picture shows a fine lot of young
men getting ready to fight the fight
for true liberty.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
The Snow Bird

"a Parody
The snow was lightly falling
And the wind was lowly calling
From the leafess forest,
From off the eastern shore,
When a little bird came drifting,
AS the snow came sitting,
Falling through the branches
Against my bolted door.
And l saw him sitting,
Hopping, bowling, fitting,
'Mong the playful snowf1akes
That came falling more and more.
And a friendly feeling
Ger my thought came stealing,
So I backward drew the bolt
And opened wide my door.
Then softly came he hopping,
Never for a moment stopping,
Came he DER the threshold,
Picking crumbs from off the floor
And I wondered at his tameness,
Yet | knew his life was blameless,
So I thought to ask for news
From that far-off eastern shore.
And as if he knew my meaning,
With look of grateful seeming,
He turned and gravely said:
You would ask of Mile Moore.
Hold! I cried, in anguish,
Thou little sprite outlandish!
How dare you speak to me
That name I knew of yore?
Still he sat there smiling,
My anger quite beguiling,
While slowly he seemed coming
The words he had in store.
Was | surely dreaming?
His eyes were on me beaming,
And again he spoke and said:
Thou WOuldst hear Of Mile Moore?
Wretch! I cried, Oh, leave me!
But no, do not deceive me.
Tell me, if thou canst,
One word from Mile Moore.
Then list! No voice Of gladness
Breaks her gloomy sadness,
For her thought is ever turning
To her long lost Theodore.
Then I started, never turning,
My brain. all freezing, burning,
Flying fast as may be
To that far-off eastern shore.
And there | fund the maiden;
The very air with love was laden,
And | blessed the strange sweet bird
That gave me back my Mile Moore
BENZ. SIMONDS.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

Paper tablecloths are used at some
of the best Berlin restaurants. Now
that is triumph over those war
brides who object to their husbands
reading the news at breakfast Serve
your cereal and your serial at the
same time.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Schuster have
received a letter from their son Dewey
who is at Waco. Tex. The letter in
part reads as follows:
Dear Mother and Father:
Well, how are you. / am o. K
The weather is just right here now
not too cold or too hot / am down
town on police duty and sure do like
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Now on a Ship

Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Battles have re-
ceived letter from their son, which
ben, sailing along the Atlantic coast
near New York
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

Nevertheless, notwithstanding, there
will be enough doughnut 70 surround
the sole.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

These liberty loans liberate many
people from the spendthrift habit and
assist them to save money for the first
time.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

If Germany had kept all its bribe
money at home the value Of the Ger
man mark would be higher
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
ButtermiIk Great at Waco

E. G. Moog has received a letter
from his brother, Herbert Moog who
is at Waco, Texas. The letter reads
as follows:
Dear Brother:
Received your letter the day We
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

Berrstort1 may be shrewd in some
things, but he certainly bought a
great many diplomatic gold bricks.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
Oils and 66Qf

This Office has received several
copies of the Memphis Post which tell
of the big reunion recently held there
They came through the kindness and
thoughtfulness of G. S. Blanchett.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

Washington has gone dry, but hip
rockets are still in evidence.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08

This war will put quietus on ''di-
vine rights of kings forever and ever.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917
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my CAAOuSo1 LAO hlEuuScS dIIu
thoughtfulness of c. S. Blanchett.
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Years ago there was a post Office in
Sank county called Findlay and an
other named Buchanan Where were
they located? A line to this office
would be appreciated.
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This office has received a copy OF
the Los Angeles Tribune from Mrs. D.
L. Montgomery, 41S West Eighth
street, Long Beach, Calf, and consid-
cradle space is devoted to Billy Sun
days sermon on Heaven The evan
gelist says that booze, gambling and
other evils are unknown there, and
that everyone is joyful in the land
above. Among the others, he says,
who will not be there are the skep-
tics, backshders, devils, grafters and
booze fighters He also declared
there would be no illness in heaven,
and that:
In heaven the flowers never
fade, the winter winds and blasts
never blow. The rivers never con-
geaI, never freeze, for it never gets
cold. No, sir.
Say, don't let God be compelled
to hang "For Rent" sign in the
window of the mansions he has
prepared for you.
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107 End Co. M. P.
Camp Macarthur, Waco, Tex.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-12

| The relies woL.,. ue on post two hours
and off four hours throughout the q
hours of the day on duty.
The sentry'S orders are that sir
cases not covered by instructions, he
is to call the corporal of the guard
At night it is the corporal who is called
to make the arrest in case the sentry
catches anyone trying to cross his
post; and he must be continually on
the job not only when his relief is
on post but also during the preceding
relief.
Powers of Leadership.
But it is guard duty in time of war
that calls all a cOrporal's powers of
leadership to the force. This is called
exterior guard duty and consists of
outposts during a halt and advance,
flank or rear guards during an adj
vance or retreat. 1t includes all that
is commonly called patrolling. Bodies
for this duty may be larger than a
squad. and may be under the COM
mand of a sergeant or even a com
missiOned officer, if the duty is i'm
portant enough; but here again the
squad is the normal body to use and
the squad leader the man put in charge
if he is capable.
Every reader is familiar with the
thrilling tales of patrolling from the
in the securing of details of informa-
ton too minute for the airmen to pick
up. The accommodating patrols have
always been considered the eyes of an
army, and even the airplanes cannot
altogether take their place. Whether
a corporal does any or much of this
sort of work depends on the ability
of the individual, and if he does well
in this he soon ceases to be corporal,
for the qualities required in good adj
vance guard or outpost work are those
required in much higher grades than
that of corporal.
Having discussed the military and
what might be called the domestic
responsibilities of the corporal, there
remains a more difficult, because more
intangible, responsibility. 1t is not
mentioned in the Infantry Drill Reg
ulations," but it is much in the minds
of the people. This is his response
bility for the moral tone of the Ameri
can army. He can exert the great
est influence in this matter because
he is the authority most closely in
contact with the men.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-12

"I34 4-1O9o."
What was the increase in freight
tonnage shippedf
$50 1-10%o."
Then the increase in freight
shipped was much less than the in
crease In carrying capacity proud-
ed by roadsf
Eyes. Decidedly SO! 80 3-10%
less"
Why then do people complain that
there Is a shortage Of cars, if the
carrying capacity has increased so
much more than the tonnage
ssfhat Is the Big Question-its
answer is the solution of the prob
lem. The cars are not loaded as
heavily as they should be. Therefore
the increase in capacity does not
take care of the increase in tonnage
to be shipped. Most cars go forward
loaded to less than half capacity.
That means other freight must
wait until the empty space in that
car, as we'll as the loaded space, is
released. In 1907 the average car
capacity was bit more than II
tons: the average load for that year
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-12
Much Depends on Officer Who
Holds Lowest Rank in Or
ganiZati0n.
ACTS AS PARENT TO SQUAD
On the Efficiency of the Humble Cor
poral Rests Much of the Com
pany's Reputation-Sets the
Moral Tone Among the
Soldiers.

Washington.-The corporal Is known
TO most civilians merely as the lowest
In rank of the non-commissioned Of
ficers of the army; his rank is marked
by two stripes ON the upper arm of
his blouse. The familiar phrase "a
corporal's guard" exemplifies this idea,
as it suggests the smallest possible
number of soldiers. OF him the In
fantry Drill Regulations say briefly,
1.-THE corporal is the squad leader"
and Of the squad it says, SOLDIERS are
grouped into squads for purposes of
instruction, discipline, control and or
der"
But the corporal Is of more impor-
lance than this would indicate.
One of the regular army instructors
at the last series of reserve officers
training camps was fond of telling his
company that those of them who be-
came captains would be fathers of
their men, the captain being the high
est officer with whom the enlisted man
would in general come into personal
contact. Many captains are like the
Puritan father whose closest contact
with his children was when he dis
ciplined them. The leader who lives
with the private and is most directly
responsible for his well being in camp
or in battle Is his corporal.
In camp this responsibility is mani
fold. The squad, seven men and the
corporal, form family living together
an one of the big pyramidal or square
tents that have done much to make
the soldiers life in the field comfort
able. The corporal is often told that
he has power to run that tentful of
men absolutely; some officers tell him
he's the king bee and others call him
ybe car, while all of them blame him !
If anything goes wrong.
{ The first thing in the morning, at
varying hours, but always before six,
he must hear first call and have his
seven men out for reveille in fifteen
minutes. He must see that every
matchstick, cigarette butt and scrap of
paper is picked up from the floor and
surroundings of the tent, that every
cot is stripped and in order, that every
member called for special duty or de-
tail reports on time and that his squad
Is always on hand for all formations.
Maintaining Discipline.
The corporal must see not only that
the members of his squad are on
hand for all formations. but that they
are properly clothed neat and shaven,
with all buttons scWed on, shoes
shined and rifles cleaned. On Satur
days he must be particularly scrupu
lous in seeing that his squad is spick
and span in every respect of person
and equipment. The latter must be
fully displayed on every mans cot
with only one correct arrangement,
one correct way to fold the blankets
at the head of the cot and to place
the shoes under the foot. And most
important it is that the Knife, fork
and spoon shall be in the order that
they are displayed on the mess kit.
Every inspecting officer has the cor
rect picture of that display from po-
sition of toothbrush to number of shell