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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
WILSON ISSUES FORMAL DRAFT ORDER

Washington.-The government has
notified each state Of the number of
men it will be called upon to furnish in
the draft. This notification was con-
tanned in the formal order issued by
the president calling for 6S7,OO0 men
under the selective CONSUMPTION law
to make up the national army.
The only steps now remaining are
distribution by the governors of
state quotas among the local exemp-
ton districts and the great lottery,
which probably will be held next
week and which will establish the
order in which registrants are to pre-
sent themselves for service or exemp-
ton.
! The men summoned for service will
be used to fill the regular army and
National Guard to war strength and
to organize the first 100000 Of the new
national army. =
Total to Be 1,262,e85.
The total of these three forces will
be 1,2G2,9S5 men.
Later another 100000 will be called
out, supplemented by sufficient men
to make up losses and maintain re-
serve battalions.
Following Is Secretary Of Wal
Bakers announcement Of the order:
"By virtue Of the authority vested
in him by IN act Of congress, entitled
An Act to Authorize the President
to Increase Temporarily the Military
Establishment Of the United States,'
approved May 10, 1917, the president
of the United States has ordered the
aggregate number Of GS7,OOO men to
be raised by draft for the military
service Of the United States in order
to bring to full strength the organ-
izations Of the regular army and the
organizations embodying the mem
bers Of the National Guard drafted
into the military service of the United
States and to create the national army,
and has caused said aggregate
number to be apportioned to the sew
eral states and territories and the
District Of Columbia as set forth in
the schedule hereto appended.
Must Apportion Quotas.
"The governor Of each state and ter
ritory and the commissioners of the
District Of Columbia, acting for and
by the direction Of the president and
in accordance with said act Of congress
and rules and regulations prescribed
pursuant thereto, shall apportion the
quota SO apportioned to such state, ter.
ritory or district and shall communi-
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cate to each local board established
In such state, territory or district no.
tce Of the net quota to be furnished
by such board, and such net quotas
shall thereupon be furnished by the re-
spective local boards as required by
said act of congress and rules and reg
ulations prescribed pursuant thereto"
In computing the number of men to
be required from the various states
the government put to the credit Of
each state every man 1t now has in
the National Guard and every man it
has contributed since April I as q
war volunteer to the regular army.
Computation Method.
Placing on the debit side of the led
ger the national army Of 100000. the
entire National Guard at war strength
and the number Of war volunteers
needed on April 1 last, to bring the
regulars up to the war strength. the
grand total vas apportioned according
to population.
This gave a gross quota for each
state, from which a net quota was COM
puted by checking off the number Of
National Guardsmen available for fed
eral service and the number of men
given by the state to the regular army
since April 1.
The apportlonment was made on the
basis Of an estimated grand total for
the United States and its possessions
Of 0 5,366,05G inhabitants.
This is a paper estimate, computed
from registration returns, which comes
within the law requiring distribution
Of quotas by population, but which
equalizes in a great measure the bur-
den that Is to fall upon the 1850 ex-
emption districts.
Total Of 1,152,9e5.
Each will furnish under this appor-
tionment the men It's total registration
would indicate as a fair proportion,
rather than the number the actual pop-
ulation of the district would indicate.
The total Of these gross quotas is l.
152,9S5 men.
Credit is given to the various states
for a total Of $685. voluntary enlist
ments in the National Guard and reg
ulars, making the total net quota for
all states 6S7,0OO men.
Illinois, which was the first big state
to fill its quota for the regular army,
reduced its gross quota Of 1904 to
61,653.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19

there. This swampy delta, with its
countless creeks, hardly looks like a
dwelling fit for man, yet here and
there from those forests Of mangrove.
where n would think no human being
could find a footing, energies a dugout
canoe propelled by scantily clad na-
tives, who somewhere in these inacces.
sible recesses find a spot dry enough to
set up their habitation.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Up the Niger.

> The Journey up the Niger river in
Africa has sometimes been painted In
very dark colors. In reality the little
government steamers are comfortable
enough and provide a number Of luxur-
les which exceed the allowance of COM
fort likely hereafter to fall to the lot
of men sem %upcountry. Much abuse
Is poured upon the lower reaches Of
the river, with their monotonous man.
grove swampsland muddy. cheerless
EXPENSES of water. yet a man will not
easily forget the first time he Travelled
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Asphalt Found by Accident.

Asphalt, with which so many roads
IRE paved, was found by accident.
Many years ago, in Switzerland, nat
ural rock asphalt was discovered, and
for more than q century it was used
for the purpose of extracting the rich
stores of bitumen it contained.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Selfshnesh

The word selfishness is said to be
only 200 years old, but the thing it.
self dates back to the Ga den Of Eden,
when Adam tried TO hidu behind the
skirts of Eve before she had any,
Florida Times Union.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
A Matter Of Interest.

The Sick Doctor--When I am dead
I want a careful autopsy made. OBJ
serve the liver es%pecially-it will inter-
est me greatly to know what really Is
the matter with it,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19

The turkey buzzard is nearly as
large as an eagle, dull black. scars al.
most constantly, often In lurge curvea
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
QUOTA TO BE DRAFTED IN EACH STATE

Allotment by states of quotas to be raised by sdectve draft for Uncle
SANS national army a announced by the department.
The quotas assigned areo or a basis of proportonate population of each
state Ito the population of the nation Is recently fixed by the census bureau. In
the anotmente each state is given credit for Its toal enlisted National Guard
strength, plus the me enlisted in the regular army between April 2 and June
30, 1917. . ~.
The following table gives the val department allotment, gross quotas, net
quotas and National Guard and regular army credits-he total Of the latter
two appearing in the final column Of the table:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19
Expected to, at Least,

It IL in part because we have to pay
for 1t that we value the advice of q
physician more than the advice of a
Iriend.-LOulsvtlIe COurier-JOurnal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-19

Youth is the period Of probation for
old age.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
GREAT RALLY IN DENVER.

DENVER, April 1.-Swept by the
highest tide OF patriotism that has
ever visited the West, thousands OF
Americans stood and cheered until
they were hoarse, and speaker after
speaker, led by Governor Gunter,
pledged the support OF the West to
the President and Congress in the ma
tional crisis, at the Auditorium
"I deserve no credit for saluting the
American flag and pledging my heart,
head, and hands to It," declared the
governor. ANY other course would
be disloyal. I want no war. But IL
war must come, to preserve our honor.
then II Is my war"
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
COLORS DISPLAY
RIVALS INAUGURAL
Business Buildings, Homes, and
Vehicles Are Profusely
Decorated.

Rivaling the display Of colors dur
ing inaugural week, Warrington to-
day unfurled thousands OF American
fiags to- greet the war Congress which
meets In extraordinary session tomor-
row.
From the nag staffs Of Government
buildings the Stars and stripss swing
20 the breeze, and from the windows
of countless stores In the business dis-
trict large nags are majestically
floating.
The response to the request Of The
Times and civic Organizations -to
show your colors" is even more gen
eral in the residencs district. From
the flag staffs Of large apartment
houses in the Northwest section, the
national emblem prociaims the pat
riotism Of the occupants Of the build
ings, and over the doors Of some Of
the humblest homes In other isctions
Of the city, the coiors are In the
breeze.
Owners Of automobiles and other
vehicles have enthusiastically entered
into the plan to patriotieally greet
Congress, and small nags are nowins
from the front and rear OF many ma
chimes, buggies, and delivery wagons.
An increased number Of Washing
tonians also today placed In the lspels
of their coats small American hags
in bows or buttons adorned with tha
national colors.
The ready response Of citisens TO
the appeal to fly the national coiors
was acknowledged today by Presi-
dents z. C. Brandenburg, A. Left
wich Sinclair, and R. p. Andrews, Of
the Board Of Trade, Chamber Of Com
merce, and Retail Merchants Associa-
ton, respectively, who Joined In the
Issuance OF the appeal.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
HOW TO JUDGE A WOMAN
BY Her HAIR

There is real common sense in
just noticing whether the hair is
well kept to Judge OF a woman's
neatness. or good taste. II you are
one OF the few who try to make the
most OF your hair, remember that
II is not advisable to wash the hair
with any cleanser made for all pur-
poses, but always use some good
preparation made expressly for
shampooing. You can enjoy the very
best by getting some canthrox from
your druggist, dissolve a teaspoon
full in a cup OF hot water. This
makes full cup OF shampoo liquid.
enough so IT is easy 10 apply IL to
all the hair instead of Just the top
of the head. Dandruff, excess OIL.
and dirt are dissolved and entirely
disappear. Your hair will be so fluffy
that II will look much heavier than
IT is. It's lustre and softness will
also delight you, while the stimulated
scalp gains the health which insures
hair growth.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
STRIKE ACTIVITIES
WILL Be OUTLINED
Secret Meeting to Be Held To-
day by W. R. & ES Ex-Em-
employees and Others.

A secret meeting of street railway
strikers and other unionists will bt
held this afternoon In the Nationa.
Rifles Armory to outline plans fol
strike activities this week, the fourth
Of the struggle between the unior
men and the Washington Railway and
Electric Company.
Strike leaders plan to concentrat,
efforts on Congress and to arouse sen
timent in proposed legislation for mu
nicipal ownership OF railways Of the
District. Practically all labor union
were represented last night at q meet
ing in Painters Hall, Sixth and G
streets northwest
A committee will meet the execu
tive committee of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor tomorrow to formu.
late q legislative program. A Joint
Pcommittee will visit Congress during
the week and there will be lobbying
by individuals.
II was estimated that the proceeds
from the selling OF tags Friday and
yesterday will amount to more than
$4,000. Receipt of a check for S4OO
from Columbia Lodge ia, Interna.
tional Association OF Machinists, and
a check for 5000 from George d.
Horning, was acknowledged today by
Garth Calderhead, financial secretary
OF the car mems union.
The>sassertion was made today by
Washington Railway and Electric
Company officials that normal sched-
ules are being maintained on prac-
tically all lines. They said the serv-
Ice on the Mt. Pleasant, Georgetown,
and II street lines has been regular
for two days.
Labor heads dispute these conten-
tions. They say cars are run irreg-
ularly by inexperienced men, and the
service is uncertain.
Union heads say there have been
no desertions In the last few days.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
EASTER SHOPPING EARLY
Another Busy Week Ahead Of De-
partment Stores.

Washington is doing its Easter
shopping early. Retail Merchants
Association officials today announced
that the Easter rush has been greater
last week than at any previous pre-
Eastern season, and an extremely
busy week is looked for during the
coming six days previous to the great
feast.
washington will rival any city in
the world as a fashion center next
Sunday" Secretary Charles J. Colum-
bus asserted today. "Washington mer-
chants have reported that every line
Of apparel has met a ready sale dur
ing the last ten days, and Easter
splendor will be the result next Sum-
day"
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
SIGN PLEDGE TODAY,
TIME Is OPPORTUNE
Girl Scouts Try to Enroll
All Before Congress
ConveneS.
What about your loyalty pledgeH
Hava vott aI1oad It ,yotp

What about your loyalty pledgef
Have you signed II yet?
Today patriotic zeal and fervor
found expression In hundreds of sig.
natures forwarded to The Times by
citizens Of the District, pledging
their support TO President Wilson and
the Government in the current crisis.
Pupils OF Western High School
sent their signatures 10 The Times
as standing four-square behind Presi.
dent Wilson in anything he decides
upon to prevent infringement of
American rights.
Four hundred Girl Scouts are can
vassing the city with Times pledges,
asking citizens to set down their
names as evidence of a united ,citi-
zens' front
Seek Fifty thousand Names.
The scouts will probably call upon
you today in case they have been un-
able to reach you SO far. They will
make an effort to obtain the sigma
lures OF fifty thousand Capital rest
dents by tomorrow night, having al
ready secured more than half this
number in q days campaign. ..s
Their supply Of signature bls 8
having been exhausted, the scouts
procured a new supply and will start
out tomorrow to fill the blanks with
the names OF citizens In every walk
Of life and representing every call
ing.
Edmund NJ. Sullivan, the George
town public school lad, who rose into
prominence last week by securing
thousands of signatures by his own
efforts, will be at the Union Station
tomorrow to get the names of ar
rivals who are ready aand willing to
announce their support of the Presi-
dent in any move that may be taken.
Today Ii Great Opportunity.
Today, is the opportune time to
sign the pledge OF loyalty. Congress
meets tomorrow in extraordinary
session to listen to q war message
from President Wilson. The vote to
follow this message will determine
the course to be followed by the
country.
President Wilson, as well as other
administration officials, will find con-
ISOLATION in the thought that they are
proceeding with the unqualified in
dorsement Of the citizens. Sign your
pledge today and send 1t to The
Times.
1t will be placed in the hands Of
the President Of the United States.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
PAcIFIsTs BARRED.

CLEVELAND, April 1.-Socialists
who had planned a mammoth peace
meeting in Gray armory were denied
the use OF the hall at the last hour.
Captain Shupe, of the Cleveland
Grays, military organization.
learned that the Socialists had been
holding a series of smaller peace
meetings in the armory. He immedi-
ately informed them that henceforth
they were barred from the building.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01

land Fuller Of Massachusetts and
Martin of Louisiana, but this puts
the @. o. p. nowhere near control.
Speaker Clark has PA votes to
start and London of New York and
Randall of California, Independents,
are labeled as certainly Democratic,
with Fuller and Martin apt to climb
onto the bandwagon as 1t passes
their seats.
His Vote Indicted.
Congressman BIeakIey, Republican,
Of Pennsylvania, under Indictment
because he spent lavishly during his
campaign, probably will not vote to-
morrow. It is understood Mr.. Bleak
ley will not come to Washington. for
the organization fight. This lops
another vote from the. Republican
total.
There have been rumors that three
or four Republicans might vote for
Clark on patriotic groundA No
names, however, are obtainable, and
the Democrats, sure OF victory, have
ceased to do missionary work. 1t
looks like Democratic Organization on
the first ballot. Later some trouble
may come over committee assign
ments, but tomorrow's program ap-
pears clear cut.
As soon as the House organizes, a
joint committee will wait upon the
President and inform him the Senate
and House are ready to receive COM
munications he may desire to make:
Plans for the joint session to hear the
''war message" then will be made.
Senator-elect Hiram johnson, who
was not here when the Senate con-
vened early in March, will take the
oath OF offie tomorrow. This will
be a Senate event of interest, while
the entry of Miss Jeanette Rankin in
the House will furnish one Of the
frills in the lower body.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
I. q. DEMANDS WAR.

NEW YORK, April 1.-Colonel
Roosevelt leads the list of signers to
a resolution demanding that Congress
Immediately declare war on Germany,
the American Defense Society, which
Is circulating the resolution, an
nounces. Some of the other promi-
nent persons signing are Rex Beach.
Emerson Hough, Claiming Pollock.
Reginald Wright Kaufman, Mary
Roberts Rinehart,- Lyman Abbott,
and Prof. Brander Matthews.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01

Cut this out, paste 70 at the top Of
q long sheet Of paper, ard get your
Hei0hbors and friends to sign e..
After obtGinin0 ds many signatures
as possible n.aH H to The Times.
The Times soiH see that the pledges
and signatures arc placed IN the
hands Of the President Of the United
States.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
SIGN THIS PLEDGE OF
LOYALTY TO u. S.
TO THE PRESIDENT:

TO THE PRESIDENT:
As an American, faithful to Ameri-
can ideals OF justice. liberty, and
humanity. hereby declare my abb
solute and unconditional loyalty to
the Government Of the United States
and pledge my support to you in
protecting American rights against
unlawful violence upon land and sea
in guarding the Nation against hos
tile attacks. and in upholding inter-
national right
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-18
GROWING ONION SETS,

Clemson College, S. c., July 16.-
Onion Sets are grown from seed
planted thickly on comparatively
poor land in the early spring. They
are not thinncd at all no rare they
fertilized, and on account of being
planted so thick they produce cnly
onions of very small size These are
gathered as soon as the necks begin
to wither and bind and are stored ir.
the same way as described for mature
onions. An onion set should not be
more than Sd Of an inch in diameter.
1T large sets are planted they will
frequently run to seed the following
spring without increasing the size
Of the bulb. Therefore it is very
necessary to select small sized onion
sets rather than large ones for plant
ing.
Varieties.-Thc best varieties of
onions to grow in the South for COM
mcrcial purposes are White Pearl
and Prize-taker. These are onions
of large size, attract appearance
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-18
CANNING IN GLASS JARS.

Clemson College, S. c., July 49,
The fact that tin cans arc now quite
expensive is causing man yto con-
slider the use Of glass jars for can
ming, and the question is frequently
asked Can glass jars be usel in the
same manner as tin cans?" In an
swer to this query, we have found
that by the exercise of certain simple
precautions, they can be fused with
satisfaction in all the methods of
home canning. Before being used,
glass jars should be toughened"
that is placed in q kettle of cold
water, then boiled for thirty minutes.
Also, jars should always be of prac-
tically the same temperature as the
water in which they are placed. For
instance, never place cold Jars in hot
water, or jars that have been heated,
or that contain hot liquid, in cold
water. Then again, glass jars should
not be exposed to cold drafts of air
while hot.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-18
For the Farmer !
FAULTY SWEET POTATO
STORAGE-HOUSE PLANS
The Department of Agriculture Learns
Southern Sweet Potato Growers Are
Paying Exhorbitant Prices for
Right to Use Patented Systems.

Washington, D. c., July 16.-There
is no mystery about building satis-
factory storage house FOR sweet pota-
toes. Southern farmers who are pay
ing large prices for patented plans
and equipment alleged to provide the
only successful way of storing sweet
potatoes, are being dcfrauded. Spec
ialists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture whose attention
recently has been called to instances
in which farmers have paid as high
as $3.50 for sets of plans, do not hesi-
tate to brand such activities as plain
humbuggery. Plans of houses that
incorporate the simple principles of
storage and common sense methods of
construction, and which have proved
successful by years of careful trial,
arc furnished free by the Department
of agriculture to any farmer who will
ask for them.
Because reports have been made
and circ. atcd in the South that stor-
az" hou"es recommended by the De-
Pf'i 'ii'clll VI agriculture are not SAT
isfactory, it is believed necessary, now
that the time to provide adequate
storage for the coming harvest is at
han !, to correct such statements. One
man with plans to sell has said that
the shrnkage of sweet potatoes stor-
ed in houses designed by the Govern
mcnt specialists is from 1G to 20 DER
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-18

cent, while in houses of, his design
there is practically no ,shrinkage. The
fallacy of such claim, Department
specialists point out, lies in the fact
that shrinkage is essential to good
keeping of the potatoes. Sweet pota-
toes stored in the type Of house rec
commended by the Department shrink
from $40 per cent-in weight, not
bulk-by reason Of evaporation of
surplus moisture. Proper curing of
sweet potatoes means getting rid of
surplus moisture, and the type of
house which the specialists suggest
accomplishes this by combining the
ordinary. principles Of good ventilation
with common sense methods of con-
Struction.
Storage houses built ccording to
plans suggested by the Department of
Agriculture have been in use in
every State of the South for five or
six years. The Department has no
knowledge Of failure in any house
built and operated strictly according
to recommendations. Four years of
investigation with one hundred houses
under observation showed that the
average loss by decay, after an av-
crage storage period of 1874 days, was
less than 9 1-2 per cent. In deter
mining this loss representatives of the
Department personally graded the po-
tatocs in each housc--a total of 228,-
600 bushels. Every potato that had
dccaycd spot was thrown out and
classed as decayed. In each case the
potatoes were harvested, stored and
cared for by farmers. In the Depart
ments own storage house at Airing
ton, Virginia, sweet potatoes stored in
October last year and removed the
latter part Of June showed a loss of
less than l per cent.
Farmers intending to build storage
houses should write to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture for Farmers
Bulletin 548, STORING and Marketing
Sweet Potatoes" This bulletin gives
plans and lists of materials needed
and also tells how to convert build
ings such as abandoned tenant houses
into storage quarters.