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Little Falls herald., 1917-08-03

FOR SALE -Gaar-Scott 22-horse DOW
er engine and Rumley separator
34x56, well equipped and first elias
shape; also water tank. Will sell a
a bargain if taken at once. Olive
Bastien, Little Falls, MINI. 2O-2
Little Falls herald., 1917-08-03

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN-Ail of
section 33 in town of Platt, 4 miles
from Freedmen, miles from Pierz.
some improvements; clay soil, watered
by Platt river and lake; can sell in half
or quarter section tracts and give
easy Terms Carl Bolander. 2l-s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

In order to have clear cOmprehen-
sion of the Red Cross and its work, it
is necessary to know about it's con-
struction and it's methods. The pres
ident of the United States is not mere
1y an honorary officer but an active
president of the society. He presides
at the annual meetings, appoints men,
bers of various boards and issues i'm
portant public appeals in time Of war
or disaster. 1t is important to under
stand that 1t is the arm or instrument
Of the government for giving aid to
humanity. It's work goes on at all
times in the department of civilian re-
lief. Under its charter all accounts Of
the American Red Cross are audited
by the war department and an annual
report submitted to congress by the
secretary OF war. To President Taft
belongs much credit for the time and
attention he gave to the affairs of the
society, in order to build 1t up to it's
present efficiency and establish 1t in
the public confidence.
The central committee is the gov
erning body, under it coming three i'm
portant boards whose chairmen and
vice chairmen are members Of the COM
mittee. These boards are the war, ma
tionaf and international relief boards.
They establish the policies in their re-
spective fields Of activity and recon-
mendations for appropriations are
made by them to the central or exec
utive committee which has the sole
right Of appropriating funds.
The chairman and vice chairman of
the war relief board are the surgeon
generals Of the army and navy. Those
Of the international relief board are
representatives of the state depart
ment and the navy and those of the
national relief board are members Of
the central committee particularly ia
miliar with this part of Red Cross
work.
"Under these boards are various
subcommittee, the medical bureau,
the first aid Departments. the nursing
service, town and country nursing and
the Christmas seal. State boards, con-
sisting of from three to ten prominent
persons, constitute permanent eIner-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
HARVEST CROPS WITH SWINE
Results Given of Experiment Conduct
ed by Ohio Station-Best Gains
Made on Glover.

In tests made by the Ohio station
three lots of pigs were fed 30 days
as follows: Lot /, ear corn and Glow
er pasture lot 2, allowed to hog down
rye, ind lot 8, ear corn and rape pas
ture. In addition all lots were fed
approximately one-fourth pound of
tankage daily per pig. The respective
lots made average daily gains of 0.82,
O.57 and 0.75 pounds per pig, and con-
sumed, aside from pasture, 2.66, 6.34,
and POI pounds of feed per pound of
gain. Lot was then put in with lot
1 on clover and lot remained on the
rape, where the pigs were fed for 26
days. The pigs on clover made an av-
erage daily gain per pig of 0.75 pounds,
consuming 1854 pounds of feed aside
from pasture per pound of gain, and
the lot on clover, 087 pounds gain,
consuming 3.16 pounds Of feed per
pound of gain.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

gency finance committees In each states
the governor of the state being the
chairman.
Besides the state boards there are
local organizations which are called
chapters, each with it's own officers and
members. The special duties of the
chapters are to collect funds and sup
plies on appeal from headquarters or
from the governor Of their respective
state, and, in case Of local disasters, to
cooperate with the institutional men,
Der in immediate relief measures"
The above brief review Of the organ-
izatiOn Of the American Red Cross is
in part quoted from "Under the Red
Cross Flag" by Mabel T. Boardman,
which gives very comprehensive and
thorough history Of the organization,
IFS aims and It's work
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

In addition to the live stock that are
already kept thereon. For a period of
% years / have been engaged in gen.
eral farming and stockraising where ]
now reside. I have been raising
horses, cattle and hogs during this en-
tire period, and for the last 16 years
/ have kept from 100 to 125 breeding
ewes of the mutton type. / have en-
deavOred to produce as good stock of
all kinds as / could, and to keep them
in the most profitable manner. I have
found no other class of live stock more
profitable in dollars and cents than
the sheep Aside from this fact, find
that I can now keep as much other
stock as formerly in addition to the
sheep.
Some of my fields produce twice as
much grain as formerly, and my grass
lands are much more productive than
they were. There is no great mystery
connected with the care of the farm
flock, but there is more to do than to
purchase flock and turn them out to
shift for themselves without proper at
tentiOn and shelter, if one expects to
add to his bank account. Costly barns
are not a necessity, but some sort Of
a shed that will keep them dry is
needed. Let your roofs be constructed
of shingles, boards, iron or any mate
rial that will keep off cold rains, sleet,
etc. I prefer a shed extending east
and west, open or partly SO on the
south side, so arranged that it can be
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

liable to demand better conditions.
These employers oppose restriction of
immigration because restriction will
defeat their policy of having two or
more men for every job.
Another tendency is the growing op-
position to labor injunctions, which
class labor power as property. The
congress of the United States has
voiced this opposition in amendments
to the antitrust laws. Judicial inter-
pretations of the term property" in
the fourteenth amendment to the fed
eral constitution are losing their force.
What was originally intended to end
slavery has been used to thwart the
enactment of social legislation, but
courts have failed.t to check the swell
ing tide of democracy.
The trade union movement is con-
scious of the part it has played in the
tendencies above referred to and this
consciousness will be an inspiration to
greater effort during the coming year.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Suits and coats and hats lead off
the fall fashion parade but in the re-
serve forces of the wardrobe along
come the dependable separate skirts.
They are beautifully fitted and tai
lored and made of all the staple or
fashionable wool fabrics. There is an
abiding attraction in these everyday
clothes of the average woman-nO one
gets tired Of them.
Quiet colors in plaids crossbar mix
lures and figured materials share hon
ors with plain goods for the separate
skirt for fall and winter. Needlework,
in the simpler kinds of embroidery,
proved so effective on late summer
skirts that it has carried over and
become a new chapter in the story of
fell fashions. In the skirt pictured it
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Trade Union Success
In Effort to Shorten
the Hours of Labor
Copyright. 1917.
BY SAMUEL GoMPERs.
President American Federation of
Labor

President American Federation OF
Labor.
r ABOR Day brings to the workers
of America the right to cheer
and confidence in the trade
union movement. There have
been tests and crises that have proved
its fundamental principles; there have
been opportunities that have tested it's
practical efficiency. Through them all
the trade union movement has made
sure progress and gained in confident
vision for the future.
Every national and international
every local union affiliated to the
American Federation of Labor has
made definite progress in securing for
It's members greater advantages in
those things which are fundamental
Of betterment in all relations of life.
There has been great progress in Sc
curing the eight-hOur day or the short
er Workday. The meaning of the VIC
tories can be interpreted only in the
light of full understanding of the
meaning of the eight-hour day. The
shorter wOrkday is something more
than an economic demand. 1t is a de-
mand for opportunity for rest, recu-
peration and development; things
which make life more than mechanical
drudgery.
The workers whose whole periods
are short are essentially different from
those who are so worn by toll that they
have neither energy nor mind for
other things In life. They become
more energetic, more resourceful work
ers with keener mentality and greater
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
United States Has
Well Been Designated
Nation of Workers

n n EN- of labor came to America
NH in the Mayf1ower. A printer
and a carpenter signed the
Declaration Of independence.
George Washington was surveyor at
1One time in his life. Lincoln worked
las a day laborer. Andrew Johnson
was a tailor. William Howard Taft,
after leaving college, was newspaper
reporter at $6 week. The United
States is q nation of workers. Labor
day, consequently, is not for any class
but for Americans in mass.
Frank A. Vanderbilt, president of the
National City bank, is by trade ma
chinist. His father was an Illinois
farmer-''a specialist in cows" the son
explained. On the death of the father
the family moved into town.
81 found employment" Mr.. Wander
lip said, sin a shop where wood work
ing machinery was manufactured. /
was sixteen and my wages were 70
cents a day. By and by got lathe
of my own. would be a foreman some
day, I was told, and earn $21 a week.
I thought I could do better. So I
learned stenography and later took up
the study of bonds"
William III. Canniff, president of the
New York, Chicago & st. Louis rail
road, was a telegraph operator in
Michigan when he was seventeen. The
attorney general in President Taft's
cabinet, George w. Wickersham, also
was a telegraph operator, as was Theo-
dore N. Vail, head of the Bell telephone
interests.
A section hand in 1869, shoveling
and tamping on the tracks, William G.
Brown, then sixteen years old, fought
his way upward until he became presi-
dent of the New York Central lines.
my daily wages at the timer" he
repeated. Figure them out for your
self. My envelope contained $3.50 at
the end of the month when the pay
car came down the line" His sue
cessor, Albert 81. Smith, was a rail-
road laborer as a young man.
Judge Robert S. Lovett, president of
the Union Pacific, dug stumps and cut
brush on the right of way on little
line in Texas and drove team Of
mules when the grading began. Ben
jamin f. Yoakum operated a scraper
in the Southwest on road in it's build
ing, and became brakeman when the
road was put into operation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

producing power. 1t inevitably follows
that the short-hour workers are the
best paid workers. With every reduc-
ton in hours there is always CORE
spending increase in wages. Wherever
demands for the shorter workday and
higher wages have been presented and
urged by organized workers during the
last year they have met with success.
Shortening the period OF work
Iengthens the period of development,
and for all of the other activities that
belong to the normal individual. In
creases in wages give the workers the
means for taking advantage of the in
creased opportunities of the shorter
workday. The workers of short hours
and better wages become very differ
ent citizens from those who are so ex-
hausted by the daily grind that they
have neither the time nor the energy
for thought or aspiration. These gains
mean better homes, better food, better
clothing; time and opportunity for
The cultivation of the best and the
highest that is possible to man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

appears in silk thread on the pockets
and on the skirt about six inches
above the hem. But the designer re-
Trains from breaking the length of the
panel at the front and terminates the
embroidered disks at each side Of 1T.
The pockets serve double purpose
for they are actual pockets as we'll
as decorative parts of the design. The
embroidery for them Is placed on a
separate piece of material, cut out the
shape of the pocket and sewed over 1t.
A belt of the material is finished with
a plated frill at the top which extends
across the sides and back but not
across the front where the designer
refuses to allow anything to interfere.
with the straight line, and large fiat
button is used for fastening.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
PEDIGREE OF DIRECT VALUE
Gives Record of Ancestors of Animals
for Five or Six Generations
alike Produces Like"

The pedigree of an animal is a rec
ORD of its ancestors, or family. The
ordinary pedigree usually shows the
ancestors for five or six generations.
The value of the pedigree lies in the
fundamental law Of nature that ''like
produces like"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Organized labor in
Fight to Put End to
Industrial Wastaqe
BY FRANK L. MORRISON,
Secretary American Federation 6

Secretary American Federation OF
Labor.
Vt IS impossible to record funda
mental gains during the past year
because of organized labor's agita
ton or to individualiZe probable
gains during the year to come The
best we can do is to observe tenden
cies. Prominent among these is the
workers seizure of the cry for "pre
paredness" to emphasize a danger in
industry more deadly than battlefelds
Government statistics show that 30,
900 men are annually killed and 700,
900 are annually injured for period
Of four weeks or over.
It has been stated that every year
there are over 100000 cases of in
dustrial illness, caused mainly by long
hours, low wages, dust, bad air, fumes,
smoke, poisonings and poor ventilation
and that through typhoid fever and
malaria alone $9OO,OOOOOO is annually
lost to this nation. Enough to equip
the largest army and navy in the
world, and then have balance suffi-
cient to pay the tuition of every boy
now in college.
A system of national preparedness
that does not include recognition of
this frightful and preventable wastage
is the preparedness urged by big bust
ness.
Another element among employers
who talk of the scarcity of labor does
so to entice sufficient number of idle
workers to their factory gates as a
menace to those employed and who are
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
GAu >Rzzza M
To Fix ButtonhoTes.

For mending buttonholes In the neck
bands of shirts, stitch pieces Of tape
fiat along each edge Of the buttonhole,
bringing them together at It's ends. The
tape on each side should be just wide
enough to extend to the edge Of the
neckband, where 1t should also be
stitched. This new buttonhole will out
last the rest of the shirt.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
gaos 70 Match Hats This Fall.

The knitting epidemic will bring
forth hats and bags to match this fall,
and 1t Is a great opportunity for the
woman who loves handwork. She can
cross-stitch or embrolder both and
feel thoroughly in the mode.
Duvetyn hats will be very smart, and
it is soft enough to make lovely bags.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
DON'T SELL BREEDING STOCK
Fancy Prices Offered for Brood Sow or
Cow Should Not Tempt Farmer
at This Time.

Don't let the temptation of high
prices now being offered for live stock
Or undue fear of the prices asked for
many popular breeds mislead you into
selling a breeding COW or a brood SOW
hat will drop the golden calf or filters.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Panel Effeet In Evenina Gowns.

Evening gowns have paneled effects
in the back and a sash or girdle in
front, or again they are made with
drapery to follow the lines of the body,
somewhat in antique style. Many OF
these gowns have a satin foundation.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
Prize Mutton and Wool Sheep.

closed if bad storms occur. Give
plenty of pure air, a dry place to lie
down, and all the sunshine possible,
thereby adding to the comfort and
thrift Of the flock and the profits of
the owner
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30
1ffA]Nk
$1R0(GlK.
SHEEP PROFITABLE ON FARM
More Can Well Be Maintained i'm Addi-
ton to Live Stock That Are
Already Kept Thereon.
(By w. F. BAIRD.)

While it is not my purpose to try
TO induce stockmen to abandon cattle
and pork production and engage ex-
clusively in sheep raising, I do claim
that from ten to one hundred more
sheep could be proftably maintained
on a very large portion Of our farms
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Every day is labor's day. Every man
worth while is a laborer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-08-30

Universal labor is the lever of de-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-07-19
World -Conquering Habit.

1t is no longer true that chewing
gum is a habit peculiar to the United
States. 1t is now reported that Euro
pean, Asiatic, and even African jaws
have been set to work and are in
creasingly busy. American chewing
gum has followed the flag to Hawaii,
Panama and the Philippines. 1t is
found under Chinese labels; it has
made its way into every South Amer
ican port; it has invaded the interior
! of Africa and reached the South Sea
Islands.
1t may not yet be employed as
means to help fill the aching voidlef
by short rations in Germany, but it
is known to have become a popular
refreshment throughout the length
of the trenches of the allies. 1t pro
vides no real nourishment and drains
too much saliva into the stomach
when it is chewed more than fifteen
or twenty minutes at time-and it
is generally kept in the mouth much
longer than that BUTT seems to fur
nish balm for strained nerves and
vent for restlessness. Its friends
claim that it is an aid to digestion,
as well. In fact. this contention is
quite generally sustained by medical
authorities.
An unsightly habit it is, especially
on the part of a girl orwoman, ,and of
more that doubtful utility it may be.
but it goes steadily on its world-coE-
quering way. In 1914 France import
ed only S736 worth of American
chewing gum. and England only
s9O,1S3 worth, but during the first
nine months of this fiscal yeal Frances
purchases amounted to S90,201. and
England's to S582, ,294-a vast in
crease said to be due to the comfort
and enjoyment that our chewing
gum has carried to the long Allied
battle line.
More than a million dollars worth
of this American commodity will
reach foreign countries before the
end of this year, and a doubling Of
exports is expected for next year.
When aroused prohibitionists and
"reformers" add to it their outlawed
list, as they have pretty nearly ev-
erywhere else under the sun, thus ad-
vertising it the more, foreign con.
sumption of this confection will
doubtless increase yet more rapidly.
-Er.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-07-19
THROUGH SLEEPERS
TO
Atlanta and ASheVi||e

Commencing Sunday, July 8, the
Atlantic Coast Line inaugurated a
through sleeping car line between
Wilmington and Asheville, via Flor
ence, Sumter and Columbia, in con-
nection with the Southern Railway
System, upon the following daily
eohod,,les.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-07-19

Returning, leave Ashevllle 4:10 p.
M; arrive Florence 8:45 a. M; ar
rive Wilmington 1880 noon.
This Sleeping Car Service, which
will be operated until September Is,
will afford comfortable accommoda-
tions for passengers visiting the
Mountains of North Carolina.
The old established sleeping car
line between Wilmington and At
lanta will be continued via Augusta,
in connection with the Georgia Rail-
road, upon the following schedules:
Lv Wilmington. .......... 3:45 p. m.
Ly Florence ce.............. 7:55
Lv Sumter ter.............. 9:3O
Ar Orangeburg ......l .lO:53
Ar Augusta, eastern time) :35 night
Ar Atlanta, central time) 6:l0 a. m.
Returning. leave Atlanta 1886 p.
m.; arrive Florence 8:45 a. M; ar.
rive Wilmington 1880 noon.
Passengers may remain in this
car, in the Union Depot, which is in
the heart of Atlanta, until ZOO a.
ni.. if they so desire. and on &C.
count of the earlier arrival of this
train, and the use of the Union De-
pot, convenient connections may be
made with through Observation
Dining-Sleeping Car-Coach trains
which leave from same station for
Chicago, Cincinnati. St Louis, etc.
Connections are made at Florence
with above trains by leaving Kings
tree at 6:13 p. M, and equally good
connections are made returning.
For fares, tickets, etc, apply to
w w Holiday, Tkt Agt.,
kingstree, S. c.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
The Standard R R of the South. |
7.12-t9.1
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-07-19
AN N @ j N &c M E N I!
KELL.AHAN WAREHOUSE UNDER new MANAGEMENT.
OPENING SALE, JULY 18TH
WE expect operate this well known Warehouse at Kings
w ree Co., wish the tobacco growers OF Williamsburg

w tree Co., wish the tobacco growers OF Williamsburg
county surrounding secon that we shall endeavor TO
give that appreciate we operate
Warehouse c. where the best tobacco the State solo,
So acquainted with and love high prices
We have been that the Kgsee market sells good not
sold the State South Carolina we e
tobacco who sell with wearing m same
customers Our man force all nave
direct business and personal IN
customer the mgheSt market price, w
will best interest IN every way possible.
Our Johnson who will have charge of the sae has
had several experience Durham N Co., market and mas
will work hard all his customers lover OF hgh prices
and knows his business well.
Our Mr. c. E. Johnson has had several experience on
some of the Carolina Kentucky markets. also
good Judge and therefore knows when tobacco has ought
its market price we'll as how to obtain it.
While Mills will be with for only part OF the time ne
JONES' who will have charge OF our
will find him to be both competent and
We believe will stay line with other products and sell
high that will be good and prices SO hgn
that forget nearly possible the short OF last sea-
shall nome Deoe Ln market opens
If we should hope will look US up when
YOU to know and want you to kno" u.s.
respectfully solicit share patronage Try us with your
will show appreciation by the service we feo
Reueuber the date 7uA z2M Warehouse. Rg
s. O. Time. a. get there.
business
w. B. JOHNSON,
c. E. JOHNSON,
E. T. MILLS.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-22
ARRIVES FROM POLAND
AFTER MANY MONTHS WAITING
HIS WIFE COMES - MEITS
HER IN 81 Paul TONIGHT.

Philip Strobowitz. tailor for the
Regan tailoring establishment. after
years of waiting and efforts, has al
last received a direct communication
from his wife. whom he left in War
saw four and a half years ago. To
day he received "A message from the
Hebrew immigration bureau that his
wife and child had arrived In st.
Paul. and he leaves tonight to join
them, a very happy man.
When StrobowitZ left Warsaw yer
four years ago to come TO this coun-
try he intended to send t%ransporta-
tion as soon as possible for her to
come to America. The war broke
out. and he could not even learn of
how she was faring in that w%artorn
country. Last October he sen trans
portation. but never ven learned
whether or not it reached her. The
message from New York this morn
ing. evidently delayed, was the first
appraisal Of her impending arrival.
This has been confirmed by mes
sages from Chicago and st. Paul.
Tonight Strobowitz leaves for st.
Paul. He says that he will be gone
a week, and that they will celebrate
a little.