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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1917-02-14
SI.OO Per Annum.
Noihingis is sure from the Mis-.
souri, legislature except higher
taxes.

I'm hh, how peaceful every
thing WAS back In tho good, old
days OF Rooseyelt's adninistra,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1917-02-14

The Goa! barons have sent their
families TO Palm Eeach TO escape
the cold weather aud the fuel
famine IN the colder clin.es. u
you get it?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1917-02-14

When We think of the effect OF
u foreign war On the b. T.. !. W..
feel like hibernat!nY until It's all
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1917-02-14

oyer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
MAKE YOUR CH0ICE-IT'S
RED CROSS OR IRON CROSS

One Of the most striking phrases ex-
pressive of the duty of every Ameri-
can to uphold the Red Cross is that Of
J. Roe Purchase, editor of trade pa
per in Chicago. Here is what he tells
his readers:
you'd better bear the Red Cross
burden now than bear the Iron Cross
burden all the rest of your life."
Never was spoken truer word. The
first appeal Of the Red Cross was for
$1OO,000,000, which means about 81
per capita. This fund is for the care
of sick and wounded soldiers, and the
destitute in war-desolated lands.
But when the German heel is stamp
ed down upon land-Belgium, Ser
bia, Poland, Roumania, Francois far
as the crown prince has been able to
go--there is no such thing as con-
tribution; it is confiscation. Why, more
money has been ravished from the one
city of Brussels than the Red Gross
asked for it's whole first year cam
paign. Millions of dollars in fines"
are taken from every Belgian city ev-
cry month. Only few weeks ago a
fine Of millions was imposed on Brus'
sells because a newspaper published Dy
Belgians in England had printed a
story Of German sava9ery.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
HOOVER REQUESTS
ECONOMY IN SUGAR

WASHINGTON, D. Good Ad-
ministrator Hoover appealed to the
American people tonight to reduce
their consumption of sweets to leave
a share for their French allies, who
are facing the prospect of two
months entirely without sugar.
eve have received request from
the French government" Mr.. Hoov-
er said, "that we allow them to eX-
port from the United States 100000
tons of sugar during the next month,
and probably more at later period.
Our own situation is that we
have just sufficient sugar to main
tain our normal consumption until
the first of January, when the new
West India crop becomes available
to all.
Sugar is human necessity. If
our people will reduce by one-third
their purchases and consumption of
candy and of sugar for others uses
than preserving fruit, which we do
not wish to interfere with, we can
save the French situation.
''In the interest of the French peo-
pie, and of the loyalty we owe them
to divide our food in the mainten-
ance of our common cause, l ask
the American people to do this. 1t
is unthinkable that we refuse their
request
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
Harvest Time Suggestions

Suggestion Is made at this time
that farmers who load their grain
on open hayracks to haul to the
stack should make the rack tight
enough to hold the shelled grain or
use canvas to catch it. The high
; price of grain and the prospects for
shortage make the cost of the canvas
look small in comparison with what
may be saved by it. Several farm
ers might use the saem canvas where
their stacking does not come at quite
the same time.
In operating the binder where the
grain varies in height, it is import
ant that the driver should keep
shifting the binder to suit the length
of straw and have the bands come
at the middle Of the sheaf so that
straws will not lose out in handling.
To save buying more binders in
community, farmers can combine
their efforts of teams and drivers,
and keep the machine going all day
without stopping for feed and rest,
thus saving their crops with the min
imum of investment in machinery
and laborers.
In selecting the place for stacking
the grain, care should be used to
have the ground cleaned off SO 1t
will be easy to save the shelled grain
at threshing time. Sticks, cobbles
and other things that would be
dangerous if fed into the cylinder
should be removed. Straw is going
to be valuable this year and care
should be given to save the straw
in as good condition as possible to
resist the storms. Any kind of
stockade that will hold 1t in a COM
pact body will be worth while. Some
who have barns are planning to blow
it into the barn and catch and hold
everything but the hum of the ma
chine.
After the threshers have left and
before there comes rain, all the
grain that lies in the chaff and dust
should be scooped up and deposited
in a dry place for the fowls in
winter. Chickens need dust bath
in winter to keep off the mites, and
they need exercise such as will be
afforded by scratching in this mix
ture of grain and chaff and dust to
get their feed. Prepare clean hard
aoor that can be swept often, and
then dump enough Of the mixture on
it each day to keep the fowls in
good condition. Prepare the place
of storage now, and do not wait till
the shower spoils the plan by sprout-
ing the grain. If you want the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
HolU Much the
Little Heroes
Need Our Help!

It is less theatrical to give bowl of
soup to hungry, frightened little
child than to stanch the wound of a
fallen soldier in the fighting line, but
the American Red Cross has underta-
ken to care for the suffering civilians
In war-torn Europe as well as to nurse
the wounded fighters. These little ones
are just as heroic, in their way, as
any man who charges the German
guns. And the children are often
wounded, too.
Here Is an extract fro. a letter
written by Mrs. Marian Bonsall Davis,
who was for six months volunteer
worker in France, among those non
combatants who are almost hourly in
danger from German guns and bombs:
Because so many bombs fall on the
town Of Nancy, and because the place
Is sometimes bombarded, the children
all know that on certain signal they
must run into the cellar Of the nearest
house marked with the great red cross.
There, perhaps, they will have protec-
ton.
'There are children in the hospitals,
victims of the bombs. There is one
little girl, both legs taken off by
German bomb, hugging tight her dolly,
with never a smile on her grave face.
"There are two little boys who also
suffered amputations because Of the
bombs. They begged to be allowed
to lie in the hospital ward with the
wounded soldiers, and when the SOL
diers heard Of the request they smiled
and said "bien!' lit Is well.) And
now the little fellows are Unfortunately
proud Of the mutilations that permit
them to lie in the ward Of crippled sols
diers, the equals in rank Of the heroes
Of battle.
"Then there are the little ones in the
refugee colonies. If you have helped
with your money, with service, to car
ry the world-burden. you can look into
their. eyes; otherwise you turn your
head when they gaze at you with
SAIlu WI0uOlus
"These little ones are very like 9TH
er children except in one thing-no
horrible thing can ever surprise them.
Their baby eyes have looked upon the
unspeakable. They have gazed on vio-
lence and wrath in their most pervert-
ed forms, have seen their grandpar-
ents hunted and driven, their mothers
hunted down. They are too young to
know that these things are not COM
mon part Of life. And they are so
much older than you in knowledge Of
violence and suffering and terror, yet
because you are so big, and seem to
them wise, they look up to you in child
appeal.
"When you have seen that from
these little ones, you have touched the
war; and when you have touched the
war, there is only one kind of relief
possible to you-and that is to help.
There is very definite, practical way
to help-the American Red Cross. Ev-
cry cent you give will 60 further than
you ever would believe that cent
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
DUTY TO SOLDIERS

The girl who has friend in the
army stalking himself and all he is
or hopes to be, to defend her and
her future home, whether he is her
special friend or just one of circle
of friends, owes him friendly let
ter expressing her appreciation of
what he is doing for us all, if such
letter brings to him feeling that
he is appreciated and makes him
stronger for the big ordeal he is en-
tering. The girl who has been en-
tertained and who has received
favors at his hands is now in a posi-
ton where she can do more for HIM
than he can do for himself, for he
is now where he was-without sal
airy or income worth mentioning, and
bound about by hard and fast rules.
II you know of something he needs,
send it to him.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01

chickens to have little green truck
during the winter to improve the
egg crop, take some Of the mixed
grain and dust and wet it, and place
1t in a shallow box where there ID
enough heat and light to sprout 1t.
Then let the fowls have 1t to dig
in, and they will eat the tender
shoots and the kernels and repay you
in better eggs. A monotonous ra-
ton Of wheat will keep fowls alive
all winter but it will not keep them
in good physical condition and lay
ing. Frequent changes Of diet with
out going to extremes is what they
need.
In operating the thresher, do not
allow the pitchers to crowd 1t and
reduce the speed of operation nor
yet to get behind and let the ma
chine run empty and at high motion.
Either circumstance wastes the
grain, and care on the part of the
pitchers and in regulating the sep
arator If variation occurs. saves
heavy loss of grain. Workmen
should keep these things in mind
and remember that care in the har-
vest is one Of the ways Of winning
the war. u
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
SUGGESTIONS TO FARMERS

The school will adjourn for Oc-
tober so you can get pupils to work
in the harvest of beets and potatoes.
Think this over and consider some
of the social advantages it will bring
if you can have guest or two from
town to mingle for a week or more
with your own family. Besides get
ting the work done, these young
folks will learn a great deal from
each other. The merchants child
rem do not know how hard the farm
ers work. The farmers children do
not practice as much of the nice lit
tie courtesies and pleasing table
manners as do most Of their friends
from town. The boys and girls on
the farms are not so merry and
cheeky as some of their friends from
town, who have had too little to do.
It might do them all good to be COM
rades at hard work for week or
two. II
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
SOLDIER INSURANCE

One of the uses to which it is pro-
posed to devote part of the proceeds
of Liberty loan bonds is to afford
to our soldiers and sailors life and
indemnity insurance and to provide
for allowances to their dependent
families while they are in the ranks.
On this point Secretary McAdoo of
the treasury, whose plan of insur-
ance for our fighting men was en-
dorsed by. President Wilson and is
now pending before congress, says:
Every soldier and sailor who
serves his country in this war wilt
earn everything the proposed war in
surance bill provides; to be bene-
ficiary of the proposed law will be a
badge of honor.
when we draft wage Garner,
we call not only him but the entire
family to the flag; the sacrifice is
not Invisible. The wife and child
rem, the mother, the father are all
involved in the sacrifice-they di-
rectly bear the burden of defense.
They suffer just as much as the
soldier, but in different way, and
the nation must generously discharge
as a proud privilege the duty of
maintaing them until the soldiers
and sailors return from the war and
resume the responsibility.
1--WE have drawn the sword to vim
dictate Americas violated rights, to
restore peace and justice, and to Sc
cure the progress of civilization. We
cannot permit our soldiers, while
they hold the front, to be stabbed
in the back by uncertainty as to
what is being done for heir loved
ones at home. Our tomorrows are
in their hands theirs in ours. The
national conscience will not permit
American soldiers and their depend
ents to go unprovided with every
thing that just, generous and noble
people can do to compensate them
for the sufferings and sacrifices they
make to serve their country"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
could 60. A cent will give bowl OF
soup to a hungry, frightened child"
O'CONN0R. RED CROSS
CHASER OF CYCLONES

The world is full of rainbow
chasers, but the one and only
official cyclone chaser is John J.
O'Connor, director Of the central
division Of the American Red
Cross, with headquarters at Chi
cago. The Red Cross Magazine
has graphically told how he per-
sonally administered relief at
Newcastle and New Albany, Ind,
when those cities were wrecked
by storms. But 1t is not general
ly known that, beginning with
the disaster at Nation and
Charleston, where so lives were
lost, Mr.. O'Connor directed re-
lief work in IS communities
scattered over seven states!
Not only did he get calls for
help from several Of the nine
states then in his division, but
Washington ordered him to take
over the cyclone relief work in
Kansas and Oklahoma, which or
dinarily are administered from
Denver.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
POTATOES SAVE WHEAT
Irish and Sweet Furnish Starch and
When Plentiful May Replace a
Considerable Amount of Cereals. |

Americans, if they would think of
the humble potato as "breadstuff'
rather than merely as vegetable"
would find that they could spare
much bread from their diet without
inconvenience, the dietetic specialists
of the United States department of
agriculture points out. The potato
Irish or sweet-differs from al
most all other common vegetables
in that it supplies important
amounts of starch, and starch is the
chief food element we get from
bread. Green vegetables, with which
potatoes often are classed, supply
little or no starch and energy, and
are valuable in the diet principally
for the mineral substances and acids
they supply and for giving bulk to
the diet. Potatoes, of course, sup
ply valuable mineral substances USE
full in the building up, repair, and
have won their great place in the
diet of large part of the world
because they supply starch which
otherwise would have to be obtain
ed from cereals.
More Potatoes, Less Bread.
The more potatoes you eat the
less bread you need at the same
meal. Potatoes, of course, contain
a larger percentage of water than
does bread, so that weight for
weight they are not equivalent to
bread as a source of starch and en-
ergy. AS general proposition, how
ever, one medium-sized potato c.
ounces) would supply about as
much starch as two medium-sized
slices of bread (about ounces).
Five parts of potato are equal to
one part of cereal in a mixed diet.
Therefore, those who make potatoes
an important dish safely can cut
down the amount of light or hot
bread, wheat mushes, or macaroni
they eat at that meal, and yet sup
ply their bodies with this important
foOd-starch. Wherever potatoes are
locally plentiful or relatively cheap,
especially in case of the early spring
or summer crop which does not |
store well, housewives are urged to
use them plentifully at all meals as
a substitute for wheat
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
TO TOWN CAR OWNERS

For three or four weeks in Oc-
tober a good many students will be
working in the country, and they
will need you and your car to take
them out on Sunday evening, and
perhaps to bring them home Satur-
day evening-tired and sore.
See if you can't render them a
real service with your car. Tell
them to ring you and ask for what
they want and that you will gladly
do what you can. Be good scout
and a good comrade in this matter
and allow yourself to feel that you
are filling an assignment in the am
bulance corps somewhere in France.
If
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
SAFETY FIRST MEET
ING AT BLACKFOOT

The October meeting of the safety
first committees of the Oregon Short
Line for the Montana division will
be held at the Isis theatre on Satur-
day, the thirteenth of October, at 2
o'clock.
L. E. Abbott, the head Of the COM
mission, will be here and will give
an address on how to avoid useless
accidents and useless losses. It will
be of interest to the public as we'll
as employees of the road, and all
persons are cordially invited to at
tend. It'll
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
HOME ECONOMICS
Pea or Bean Roast

One-half cup dried peas or beans,
u cup bread crumbs, a cup Eng
lish walnut meats, 1 tablespoon
sugar, 1 egg, q teaspoon salt, 1s
teaspoon pepper, a cup butterine,
u cup milk, cold water.
Put dried peas or beans thru
grain mill, and soak in two cupfuls
cold water several hours or over
night, then cook in double boiler
until soft. Break dry bread in
pieces and force thru grain mill,
and put nut meats thru grain mill,
leaving them in coarse pieces. Mix
all ingredients, turn into a small
bread pan lined with paraffin paper,
and let bake in slow oven 40 min
utes. Remove to hot serving dish,
and garnish with dried shredded
carrot, soaked overnight and cooked
until soft, or serve with tomato
Dried Tomato Sauce
Two tablespoons dried tomato, /
cup cold water, 2 tablespoons fat,
salt, pepper, onion juice.
Soak dried tomato in cold water
until softened Heat to boiling point,
stirring until smooth Add fat, and
salt, pepper and onion juice ia taste,
and strain.
Dried Tomato
When the glass jars give out, to-
matoes may be dried for use in
soups and sauces. Wash tomatoes,
cook until very soft and rub thru
a strainer. Measure, boil down until
thick; cool, and for each quart of
tomato after straining add one
fourth cupfiour. Mix we'll and
spread in an enamel pan or tray.
Leave in a slow oven, on the back
of the stove, or in the sun until
very dry.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
INACCURATE MEATLESS DAY.

That Oregon Short Line diners
will soon inaugurate a meatless day
is the opinion expressed by F. w.
Gentsch, superintendent of hotel
and dining car service for the sys-
TEN. 1t is stated that the elimina-
ton of meat from the bill of fare
one day each week is now being con-
sidered by those in charge of the
different hotel and dining car sys-
TENS, and that in compliance with
the suggestions of the national food
control board this action will doubt
less be taken in the near future. A
wheatless day is also to be observed.
Money won't buy better butter
wrappers than those printed by The
Idaho Republican.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01

adv itf M
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
FARM FOR SALE

One hundred and twenty-five acres
of sub-irrigated land half a mile
from Strang, Idaho, all fenced aDou
35 acres under cultivation, 81 20
acre The land is suitable fo1 rals
alfalfa seed and has a"ead'
4 the test Want to sell on a..
Of old age and 'lN"ss sd.
"s James La So .r' VA
rli'lius. Aberdeen Idat
adv iif nj
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-01
NOTICE TO SHEEP MEN

Sheep rangers in the district of
the East Butte can get good water
ing service at Elijah A. Jordan's.
adv. 11-4mf
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
GOVERNMENT APPEALS TO
80 MINNESOTA COUNTIES
Secretary Of Department Of Aoricul-
ture Urges Service to World by
Increase Of Spring Acreage.

Washington, D. c. - Thirty-eight
Minnesota counties are called on spe-
officially in an appeal by Secretary
Houston Of the Department of Agricul-
ture to serve the world need by in
creasing their spring acreage this
month.
The Minnesota counties named in
the appeal, in order of importance as
spring wheat producers, as the govern
ment lists them, are:
Ottertail, Polk, Clay, Kittson, Lac
Out Parle, Marshall, Renville, Stearns.
Wilkin, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Nor
man, Sibley, Swift, Traverse, Fari-
bault, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Red
wood, Yellow Medicine, Brown, Chip
pewa, Douglas, LIE Sueur, Mcleod, Ste
vens, Waseca, Wright, Grant, Nicollet,
Becker, Carver, Freedom, Morrison,
Rice, Steele, Todd.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
CHINESE MILITARY TACTICS
CeIestials Planned to Trip Up Foes,
Throw Water in Their Faces and
Then Cut Off Their Heads.

At the beginning of the Chino-Japa-
nese war, says a contributor to the
Washington Star, one Of our military
attaches saw Chinese regiment take
the field at a review and go through a
very curious performance.
The soldiers carried long bamboo
poles like fishing rods, and with these
they rushed at one another, yelling
wildly and making very queer gestures
and grimaces.
"What's the gamer" asked the Amer
lean.
'That regiment" Chinese general
answered, ''is one Of our very oldest.
It Is now practicing form Of assault
that dates from prehistoric times. The
idea is to trip the enemy up with the
long wand, throw water in his face
and, in the midst Of his bewilderment
at this extraordinary treatment, to
cut off his head. Youths Compan-
ion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
NO FEAR OF SEED SHORTAGE
Food Conservation Committee As
sures States Farmers.

Minneapolis.-Fear of a shortage of
seed wheat and seed potatoes has
passed in Minnesota, the crop produc-
ton subcommittee of the state COM
mittee on food production and conser-
walton announces.
G. P. Bull, a member of the subcom-
mittee, explained that the farmers Of
this state had been notifying the body,
since it instituted inquiry, that they
were supplied with enough potatoes
to plant the increased acreage urged.
Seed wheat is now known to be avail
able in sufficient quantities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
FIFTH OF STUDENTS AT
''U' PREPARING FOR WAR
Gus Ways to Bring Victory to
United States.

Minneapolis. = More than 1000 Of
the 5000 students of the University
of Minnesota are preparing them
selves to serve their country during
the war.
In the last 10 days 800 have applied
for enlistment in the United States
marine corps, 800 have gone to Min
nesota farms to help put in the crops,
300 are drilling on the university pa
rade grounds preparatory to joining
the reserve officers training camp at
Fort Smelling, and 100 girls have be-
gun their work in first aid and home
nursing for service in the Red Cross
ranks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
MINNESOTA GETS SETTLERS
Leads Other Northwest State Transfer
Reports Show.

st. Paul.-Minnesota received the
largest percentage of settlers who
passed through the Minnesota Trans
fer in April, according to the Transfer
report just made public Of 1852
settlers who were routed by the Trans.
fer, 4S9 were on their way to homes
in this state. North Dakota was Sec
ond with 337, Montana third with 321
and Canada fourth with 231.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
Takes a Strong Wind, Too.

DR.. George T. MacCoy Of Columbus
recalls that when the Spanish-Amsr.-
can war broke out, in April, 1898, two
Irishmen were at work ON a new
asphalt pavement, being laid on Wash
ington street. He was watching them
when one stopped handling his pick
and glanced up at the courthouse
tower, where a flag was waving.
"What's the use of putting flag up
there?" the man questioned. 'The
wind will whip it to pieces"
"Yes, but the winds the only thing
that can whip It," was the others
quick reply.--Zndianapolis News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-04-27
HONORS DIVIDED IN MATCH

Minnesotans and lowans in Spelling
Contest at Worthington.
Worthington.-Minn and Iowa
held here between representatives
from four counties of each state.
Ruby Wiese of Rock county, Mime
sofa, won the written contest, and
Adelia Nicholson of Emmett county,
Iowa, the oral contest. Gold medals
were given the winners by the Worth
ington Commercial club. Each of the
eight counties participating had two
representatives.