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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

itary instructor at the University of Nebraska. His friends there remem- Der him as fun-loving young man who enjoyed music and dancing. par ties and other social activities and who appreciated a good joke.
 "Old Black Best,'' the veteran train CT at the University, remembers Per shing intimately. "He was the finest man that ever worked with," said Best, "It's true he was mighty strict with his work but the results he got were so good that everybody he work ed with loved him for it. When he was here we had a regiment the Uni- versity could be proud of. just wor- shipped that man and everybody around the University felt the same way about him. If any of you news paper men get a chance to tell it to him, you just say that old Jack wishes him the best of luck in the world and that he hopes he will beat the Ger mans all alone.
 Usually he was mighty dignified in his work but he had a way of getting next to new men," continued Best. '-The first time I ever saw him he walked right up to me, slapped me on the shoulder and said, Well, Jack, they tell me you got along mighty well with my predecessor. If you did | I'm darned sure we'll get along just as we'll
 ''The boys at the University got a surprise the first day Pershing drilled them," saaid Best. "It had been their habit before that time to come to drill with shoes blackened or not, just as they pleased. When Pershing took hold, the first thing he looked at was to see that all shoes were well black ed and that the heels looked as good as the toes. He was just that thor ough-going in everything all the time. He was Al in every way and you can ask anyone who knew him if that isn't the gospel truth"
 | Odd as it may seem in a fighting man, General Pershing's one fad, ac- cording to his sisters, is gardening. His father was an expert gardener and the taste descended to the mili- tary man. Whenever he was on leave he immediately would don work-day clothes, go into his fathers garden, seemingly enjoying the work over the jN0S0IdDleS dS 1uuCA dS u0 SAJOJO0 oO- cial activities.
 The first time that General Persh- ing appeared in Chicago and was seen by neighbors, he was clad in overalls and was hard at work in vegetable garden in the yard behind his fathers house in the southside of the city. There was some surprise among the neighbors that am an who then was entitled to wear the uniform and brass buttons of a captain should be willing to put them aside and hoe the garden but the incident is illuminative of the character of the man upon whom the country relies to lead the American forces to victory against the Germans in Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

The work that women may do dur ng the war was outlined by officials # the New England section of .he Committee on Labor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26
PERSHINC NOTED AS BOY FOR GETTING WHAT HE WENT AFTER
 SISTERS TELL A, p WRITER
Newspaper Story Diverted Him From Career As School Teacher to Trying for West Point Has Record of Be- ing Very Thoroughgoing in Everything He Does.

Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 26-It was a newspaper story that diverted John J. Pershing from his purpose to be- come a school teacher and started upon the military career which lead to his appointment as general in the United States army and Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France. The story Is told by Gen. eral Pershing's sisters, Mrs. Butler and Miss May Pershing who are resi- dents of Lincoln and who have given The Associated Press intimate views of Pershing's character in his youth full days. It was while Pershing and his sis- ter, now Mrs. Butler, were attending the Missouri State Normal school at Kirksville, Mo, that his attention was one day called to a newspaper an- nouncement that examinations were to be held for appointment to the West Point Military Academy. Young Pershing asked his sisters advice as to whether he should try for the ap- pointment and she advised him to do so. Then followed a short season of | intensive study in preparation.
 | In a few days. he was called be- fore the examining board and, al- though improperly prepared, received 1 the highest mark among the contest ants and soon afterward was notified f his appointment. Up to this time his action had been secret between his sister and himself and it remained so until he was ready to start for West Point On his way to the mill tary academy he stopped off at the home of his parents and for the first time told them they were to have a soldier in the family.
 As a boy, General Pershing, his sisters say, was of a quiet serious tenn perament, assuming, as the oldest o1 six children, many of the responsibil- ities of the family. He was wont
 during his early years which were spent in Laclede, Mo, his birthplace Ito manage one of the several farms operated by his father, John F. Persh- | ing. a merchant and farmer of La lclede.
 "JoIn," Mrs. Butler said, al
 though of a quiet disposition, liked g lgood time and enjoyed fun as much las anyone. Yet when he started any. thing he wanted to get the result and he generally attained that object be- fore he gave it up."
 l While at the normal school al Kirksvi1le, he was always in the cen ter of student activities and never wal content to- be merely one of the crowd
 but wanted to be head of the move ment. His personal magnetism and generally Hkeable character quickly won him friends and supporters and soon he became one of the student leaders
 After having been graduated from West Point and having served with General Miles in a campaign in New Mexico against the Indian chief Ger onimo, Pershing was stationed as mil
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

The names of five Americans were contained on the Canadian casualties list
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26
1 RAW. SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
 d Little MusterOle.

And Mustenole won't blister like the eld,fast,ioned mustard plaster. Just tbread It op with your fingers. It pene- frates to the sore spot with gentle jingle, Ioosens the congestion and draws out the soreness and pain.
 MusteroIe is a clean, white ointment made with oil of mustard It Is fine for quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis, t0nsllitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neu- EglRfa, headache, congestion. pleurisy. Sheumadsm, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, eprains, sore muscles, bruises chiIblains, frosted feet, colds on tse chest [ik often prevents pneumonia. Nothing like Musteroie for croupy chil. 6ren. Keep t handy for instant use.
 a0o qnd 60c lars hospital sze $250.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26
In Argentina 25.5o0.0Oo francs were subscribed to new French Loan.

The British casualties the week ended. December 20. totaled l7,s7s men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26
HOLIDAY GIFTS
 STILL COMING

If you did not receive your Christ mas gift yesterday from Santa Claus 1t was not the fault of Uncle Sam's representatives in Bridgeport, as every piece of mail received at the post of flee here was delivered. It was big task, took many extra men and teams, end large part of the day by the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26
LOSS OF APPETITE. LOSS OF WEIGHT,
 SLEEPLESSNESS ETC.

are all overcome by Recupertabs, the5 gre made after the formula of pr, Ale bert Robin, the famous French p1lyni. elan, and are being used very largely in Paris and other European capita1R When taken for . short while they will give positive, relief in all cases o9 nervous exhaustion. mental depression, lack vitality. general debility. ane- mia, etc.
 The Glycerophosprates of which Recupertabs are composed, contain the element necessary to overcome these conditions. They are now being prescribed and recommended by many physicians in this and foreign coun- tries as the best, quickest and sures1 nerve and blood tonic tha* they know of.
 Recupertabe are for sale at all drng stores at soc and $1.00 per package or will be sent direct upon receipt of price.
 Curtis Chemical Co.,. No. 414 West 23rd St., New York Distributed in Bridgeport and vicinity by J. D. Hard- gan. No. s1 Fairfield Avenue.-Adv.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

Louis Syperazron of Creston has ac- Quireh much fame as author of sa- tire of Kaiser Wilhelm Here it is:
 The Internal Region.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

Lieut.. Commander Arthur Asquith of the Royal Naval Reserve, third son of the former Premier AsQuith, was severely wounded in France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

regular and extra force of carriers, but it was accomplished. The volume of mail was the greatest ever handled by the Bridgeport post office force, but due to system and cooperation ot the forces it was delivered with prac- tically no delay!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

The people who will complain bit tsriy of the high cost of clothing in about six months from now, are the same ones who don't take pains to read-the ads of clothing bargains still for sale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

More than 4.5O0 union carmen en- loved on the street lines of the Mas sechusetts Street Railway Go. will ote on strike tomorrow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

President Wilson sent to all the ex- ecutive departments letters to have 'the red tape cut and forget how things were done before the war;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-26

The Red Cross campaign throughout he United States> netted 13,800, ,00G -1embers. New York reported a50, ,0Oe members obtained. >
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-08-30
WOMEN ARE BEING
RECRUITED TO KNIT

A cabled appeal for the immediate
shipment of supplies to France reached
the American Red Cross from Major
Grayson Mp. Murphy, of Gen. Perish
ing's staff, August Is. Major Murphy,
as head of the Red Cross commission
in France, has been making survey of
conditions in the war zone and the
districts which harbor refugees. The
cable received emphasizes the pressing
need in Europe for vast amounts of
hospital supplies and knitted goods.
The Woman's Bureau of the Red
Cross, under the direction of Miss
Florence M. Marshall, has prepared a
pamphlet with complete information
as to the knitted articles asked for by
Major Murphy. The pamphlet, which
is illustrated, tells exactly how to OBJ
tain yarn, gives detailed instructions,
and directs where to send the gar
ments for immediate shipment to
France. This booklet may be obtained
by any woman interested, upon appli-
cation to the nearest Red Cross chap.
ter.
/: Since the foregoing was received a
wire reached the local chapter from
the director of the Pacific division in
San Francisco that $50 sets was the
allotment for Hood River and that il
was imperative to begin shipments to
France by October l. Mrs. E. R. Mol.
Ter, chairman of the Educational com.
mittee, Mrs. Trafford Smith, chairman
of Supplies and Purchasing committee,
and Mrs. E. H. Shepard, director of
knitting, of the Hood River chapter,
decided to undertake the allotment of
$50 sets, comprising sweaters, ,mufflers,
wristlets and socks, and an order was
promptly placed with the San Francis
co Red Cross supply depot for 30O
pounds of yarn at cost of $500.
Every woman in Hood River valley,
who knows how to knit or who is will
ing to be instructed in the art, is
strongly urged to enroll her name with
Mrs E. H. Shepard at once. 1t is felt
by all Red Cross officials that knitting
is the most important item in the en-
tire list of Red Cross supplies.
The Committee on Supplies for the
Hood River chapter has purchased
since April materials to the value of
S567. Of this amount S459.62 has beer
spent with local firms. Most of these
materials have now been worked uI
into surgical dressings and hospital
supplies and are about ready to be
shipped to the front,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-08-30
DAVIDSON SENDS OP-
TIMISTIC LETTER

while apples have advanced less in
value than any other food articles"
writes H. F. Davidson, who recently
left here for New York city to attend
the annual convention of the Interna-
tional Apple Shippers Association and
to open his eastern and export Office
for the season, "the advance Of ap.
proximately 25 cents per box at the
present time as compared with last
season will take the apple growers out
of a class of business men who have
been doing business at loss. Further
advances will bring profits to the
growers"
Mr.. Davidson's letter is optimistic
throughout. He says that strong in
terest was manifested by large num-
ber of members and guests at the sp-
pie shippers convention, held at the
Hotel Astor. Some trading developed
and several hundred cars of apples
were contracted for, mostly of storage
varieties, while number of cars were
contracted for early markets. Buyers
seemed confident over the outlook and
bidding was 25 cents higher than last
season at the annual shippers conven-
tion.
"In conference with the department
of the food administrator at Washing.
ton few days ago" says Mr.. David
son, "it developed that the authorities
at Washington are anxious to lend the
apple shippers and growers all the sup
port possible to harvest and market the
crop economically and to encourage
conservation, as apples are considered
very important element of the ma
tion's food supply. Much interest was
shown in the Northwestern box short
age situation, but no definite plans of
solution were advanced.
''The export matter was considered,
but it appears that final action rests
with British authorities. The depart.
ment of food control will use its influ-
ence in securing permits from London
officials for landing such quantities Of
apples as can at times be exported
without interfering with the move
ment of more necessary articles, as
frequently space can be filled with ap-
Piles that might otherwise 60 empty.
Recent cables from London indicate
that the British government has de-
cidied not to lift the embargo against
importations of American apples.
Notwithstanding, however, the loss
of this big distributing factor, the
trade seems to feel that the total crop
of apples, about the same in size as
last season, will be absorbed at fair
prices, if buyers and sellers keep their
ideas of values near enough together
so that the movement of fruit is regu-
lar and normal from the start.
"The demand, at strong prices, con-
tinues even, which indicates that fruit
has at last come to be considered as q
necessary article of food"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-08-30
APPLE PACKING
SCHOOL NEAR
GIRLS, WOMEN URGED TO ATTEND
Scores Of Packers in Ranks Of Enlisted
Men Presents New Problem to
Hood River Growers

While the Hood River High School
and grade schools and most other
schools of the county opened the year
Monday, discussion in Hood River has
centered around the annual packing
school of the Apple Growers Associa-
tion, to be held at local warehouses
September 1922, inclusive. Over 75
per cent of the $50 men of Hood River
county who have enlisted in their
country's service and who are now
away in training, are expert packers.
Absence of the men is already felt
with the pear harvest on this week,
and growers are beginning to wonder
if they will be able to fill the ranks
with girls and women.
The Association has sent bulletins to
all its affiliated growers, urging that
wives and daughters of orchardists be
permitted to attend the packing school
and learn methods of preparing the
valleys chief product for market.
Arrangements are being made for the
largest attendance at any packing
school ever held in the valley.
1--WE have arranged for a tuition of
$3.50 for resident students this
season." saws A. W. Stone, general
manager of the Association. 'This
will be refunded in full to all who
work throughout the season for affili-
ated memebers of our cooperative
agency. The sum of SIS will be charged
non-residents, but we will refund the
fee to all those who stay here and help
us pack our apples.
"htla r,aalynro rnaa,xTaa A ora
per box last fall, the smaller wage
ruling where sizing machines were
used, no schedule Of prices has yet
been made by officials of cooperative
associations.
The pack of the 1917 Hood River
fruit crop began Saturday, when Bart
lett pears, the first product harvested
annually, were put up at local ware
house of the Apple Growers Associa-
tion. 1t was noticeable in the packing
room that packers were altogether
young women and elderly men. The
only young man about the building
was A. B. Cooper, and Association
inspector, who was acting as instructor
to new packers.
Enlistment of $50 young men from
Hood River county has made heavy
inroads on the lists of licensed packers
of the community, and 1t is likely that
large part of the fruit this season
will be packed by girls and women.
While the Association will pack all
of the pear crop of its affiliated grow
ers in boxes, other local sales agencies
are planning on selling to Gamers,
who are offering $50 per ton for the
product.
While few Gravenstein apples will
be picked this week, the main harvest
of this early variety will begin next
week. The Gravenstein crop is about
SO per cent of last seasons yield of "a
carloads.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-08-30

for the coming year. We will cease
operations soon, in order that we may
harvest our apple crop. But just as
soon as all packing is over, We will be-
gin to make grading machines, and the
work will keep up all winter. One of
our greatest needs just now is skilled
workmen.
A little fringe of oak woodland left
around the barn of the orchard place is
dotted with tents and cottages of work.
men. A cookhouse and bunking place
has been provided, and the orchard
place presents the activity of little
manufacturing town.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-08-30
Belmont Has Forest Fire

The Belmont orchard district was
alarmed Tuesday morning when q
woodland on the place Of J. w. Ran
som, superintendent of Municipal Dock
No. l, Portland, was discovered on
fire. Neighboring families rallied to
the call for help, and q crew Of 20,
more than half women, kept the FIRE
from spreading to points where orch
ards would have been damaged.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-02

returning to Australia, whose ship pounded to pieces on a south sea is land reef Fortunately he reached shore safely. and was later picked up by a small ship and carried to his destination.
 But Mir. Atkins experience was more thrilling and his rescue more miraculous, in that he was com pelled to fight for his life for hours, while clinging to an overturned life boat
 He sailed from New York on the City of Athens for Cape Town, and encountered very bad weather from the start. Several times. life belts were donned and preparations made to leave the ship, but each time the storm was weathered and the fears of the passengers set at rest
 However, on a Saturday, just four weeks out of New York, the big mountain back of Cape Town came into view, and all on board was ex citement, in anticipation of the safe landing that would take place within an hour.
 Suddenly, without warning, a ter rible explosion shook the vessel from stem to stern, followed immediately | by another explosion. The forepart of the ship took fire and the passen- gers were loaded into the life boats. l All of these reached land except the one in which MT. Allkin was placed. This one soon proved unseaworthy and overturned. The ship in dis tress was observed from the city and a tug sent to the rescue, but it be- 1 came dark before the scene of the wreck was reached. and the survivors were only distinguished with great difficulty.
 It was nearly midnight before All kin was picked up, but not until fif- teen of his companions had, one by one, given up the struggle and sank beneath the waves. It is thought that the ships destruction was caused by floating mines.
 After his release from the hospital
 where he spent several days. recover
 ing from shock and exposure, his
 business associates in Cape Town eX-
 pressed their pleasure and congratu-
 lations on his miraculous escape, hI
 calling a meeting of the business meI
 of the city to express their pleasure
 and congratulations on his miracu
 lous escape. It was generally agreed
 that MI. Allkin owed his life to tn
 same tenacity of purpose that ha 3 characterized his career in business.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-02

solving their own transportation prob lems promptly and intelligently.
 Tn analyzing our transportation facilities it is evident that every thing on wheels must be used and mobiliZed. Second to the railroads, as an adjunct and supplementary to them in collecting and distributing merchandise, is the automobile.
 T was surprised to find that in all probability not more than ten per cent of the tires sold by all the rub Der companies are for the benefit of the class using the more expensive and so called pleasure type of ve- hicle: further. that seventy per cent of all the automobiles now registered are in the hands of owners in the great west and west beyond Buffalo.
 Individual owners and companies are operating not only their commer- cial cars but those of the touring car type to assist merchants and rail- roads in the transportation of mer- chandise throughout the entire coun- try. This is particularly noticeable to anyone who has occasion to travel any part of the country at this time
Arizona republican., 1917-12-02
AUTO ESSENTIAL
 RUNNING MODERN
 BUSINESS TODAY

Jno. D. Mansfield, general sales manager for the Dort Motor Car company has received letter from George W. Franklin, the Dort dis tributor in Detroit, to the effect that he has been checking up on claims that the automobile is indispensable to the efficient and economical con duct of business and domestic af- fairs.
 T found that all the statements of owners that have read are con servative," says MT. Franklin. T spent two hours of one morning run ming household errands around towrr Then I had one of our employees go over the same route, using street cars wherever possible. and walking the rest of the distance. It took him three hours and ten minutes to cover 1t.
 The next day I arranged a p mile drive into the country. Aside from the delightful recreation afford : ed by the trip, with the autumn IolldSe dC us IlCHeoI "iiu 'oi NSN' counted a handsome saving on pro visions bought from farmers. "On two other mornings l took a | friend on a hunting and fishing trip | in my Dort car On both days we | brought gack game and fish enough to make several meals and were be- sides, in our offices before eleven
 o'clock finely edged for a big days work.
 During the recent Liberty loan
 campaign, I had the pleasure of dr1v-
 ing one Of the team captains for hall
 day In talking it over afterwards
 we agreed tht three times as many people were seen as could possibly
 have been reached without a car
Arizona republican., 1917-12-02

the amount of our business for the previous year." declared Mckee.
 Railroad officials have informed Mckee that in the last six months the railroads have shipped by freight more ears to his company than to any other one company in the entire state of South Carolina So urgent is the need for more cars to handle the demand in South Carolina ter ritory that Mckee visited the general offices of the Maxwell company in Detroit November 19 to insist that rush order for an additional 100 passenger cars and 26 trucks be shipped to him at once.
 "Even the negroes in the south are buying cars,' he said. Furthermore they are buying them with the cash thev have earned from the cotton crop raised on shares with the white planters, he informed Maxwell of ficials.