davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-10

Danish West Indies rejoice under the Unte
States flag and probable that they will have high
for butter eggs and meat.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-10

Be booster for your home city and
county.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-10

After denouncng the government for failure to conserve re
sources millions people will again this let szabe bacr
yards remain uncultivated.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-10

governing the sale of explosives designed
protect the right any fool buy enough stuff to blow tn
biggest public building to atoms
Imperial Valley press., 1917-04-10
BIRD SONGS.

In the poetic words of the Bible, "the
time of the singing of birds has come" To
all who are fond of nature, the world takes
on a new brightness when the feathered
songsters begin their spring concerts. A
birds throat must be mechanical marvel
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

disable roads in all sections, for these
highways are now rated as one of the
necessities of warfare and defense,
says Washington Star.
Possibilities of an invasion are re-
mote, but now that it has been decid-
ed to send an expeditionary force
abroad, 1t is certain that other thou
sands will follow, hence the mobiliza-
ton Of troops on the seaboard is some
thing not to be overlooked.
Railroads are up to their ears in
other work and have shown their lack
of equipment to meet ordinary de-
mands Of period Of fast growth and
an attendant increase Of consumption.
So other means may have to be relied
upon to hustle the boys in khaki to the
ports, whence they will sail for the
front. For this purpose the motor We
hicle is ready, and all 1t needs to add
to its wonderful record Of efficiency in
q pinch Is system Of roads which can
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16
HIGH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS
Estimated Cost Of 100000, 900 to Get
Surplus Farm Products to Mar
ket or to Railroad.

After careful inquiry it has been
found that the average haul of the
American farmer in getting his prod.
uct to market or to the nearest Ship
ping station is IL miles, and the aver
age cost of hauling over the common
country roads is % cents ton per
mile, or So ton for 12-mile haul
An estimate places the total tons
hauled at 3000Oo,OOO a year. On the
estimate of So ton for II miles this
would make the total cost of getting
the surplus products Of the farm to
the local market or to the railroad no
less than $900,0OOO OO-a figure greater
than the operating expenses of all the
railroads of the United States. If any.
thing could make an argument for
good wagon roads this statement sure.
ly may.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

American troops now seem to be
reaching France in very much lar
ger numbers than are generally
supposed. The department is
transporting them quietly as fast as
ships are available without giving
the slightest indication as to the
purpose. All the state troops that
served ON the Mexican border, and
many more besides, are probably
either now in France or preparing
to go. Idaho is about ready to sail
and may even be on the water now.
A dispatch printed today places
Idaho in regular war organiza-
ton. the 41st division, an American
division comprising about 10000
men. The Russian and Italian mis-
fortunes are probably calling for
American troops earlier and faster
than was intended in the training
schedule, and they will doubtless be
found on the active front also much
sooner than has been anticipated
Tribune.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

An individual made rather der
rogatory remark last week about
the ruling effecting the sale of
sugar. He couldn't see that it
made any difference in the amount
you could buy as you were allowed
% pounds at one store and could
get rs pounds at another store and
so on. In making this ruling the
government no doubt went on the
supposition that patriotic American
citizens are not devoid of a sense of
honor. If the ruling does nothing
else it will bring the fact before
the people of the nation as nothing
else would. that there is shortage
in sugar at this time and that the
proper thing to do is to conserve
the supply.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

The State Council of Defense ad-
vises that all persons who are able
to work and who refuse. to work
when work is offered to them, pro-
viding they have no business or &C.
cupation or income, may and should
be taken into custody by the peace
officers and dealt with under the
law. The past season has revealed
a shortage particularly in agricul-
tural labor and the law will be en-
forced to compel Migrants to get to
work hereafter.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

We all have to realize that we
must give our time and money to
help win the war. The business
man-and, of course farmers are
businessmen along with merchants
must leave his own work to work
for his country. The housewife
must manage to devote some time
helping in war work. You may
think you are too busy. But get
that idea out of your head when
your country calls. None Of us
have any business more important
than helping our country win this
war. And if we don't win the war
we will not have any businesses.
In addition to giving time, we must
give again and again. We
can't be square with our country
and be slackers when it comes to
giving time and money for war
work. There will be many calls,
for money. A campaign for money
will be on every three months.
We have to give our services for
raising the money and for other
war work. The boys who go to
the trenches are giving all their
time and are offering their lives for
our country. We who stay at
home cannot slack on them. Even
tho we give our country all over
our living expenses we are only
giving mite when compared with
the men who are giving their all.
We folks. who stay at home from
war, are slackers when we fail to
respond to our country's call for
time and money.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16
oe travelled in safety and at speed dur,

De tTdNcleu III SdISty anu Ut Speeu uur@
ing all seasons.
Here on the East, where the troops
will be massed before sailing, good
roads are considered as Of vital inter-
est to the nation just as the raising
of'vegetables in fields and yards which
heretofore have produced nothing.
Throughout the Atlantic area the
road builders are hard at it, and, in
spite Of the urgency Of the calls for
men for other purposes, help is being
enlisted In the cause.
An immense amount Of road building
work is being done in the South, and
In the Central West thousands of miles
Of roads are under way, these forming
the connecting link and making pos
sible hurried trips If such are needed.
Experts point out that automobiles can
take an army of 100000 men from the
Middle West to New York in less time
than can the railroads, and when the
highways are improved a great cut
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

will be made in the running time Of
the motor cars.
The West is not overlooking any
thing In the way of road building.
There is not state in which it is not
one of the big movements, even in
part of the country which is least af-
fected.
What Virginia is doing is being I'M
dertaken in greater or less degree by
many Eastern states.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16
Litter in Hen House

Litter kept on the floor of the poul-
try house should be removed when
ever 1t becomes damp and filed with
droppings that do not dry White
washed walls make the poultry house
lighter and more sanitary.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16
ROAD :
BUILDING
HURRY GOOD ROADS BUILDING
Country to Profit In Future From
Highways Built as Necessity Of
Warfare and Defense.

1t is the general opinion of motor
lists arriving in Washington from all
parts Of the country that the war
with Germany is acting as a sharp
prod to speed up road building.
Whatever the war costs the nation
in dollars and lives, it will result in
the building of thousands of miles Of
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16
LOCATE CAUSE OF LAMENESS
Many Make Mistake of Not Making
Careful Examination, Simply APP
plying Some liniment.

Cows go lame. Instead of making
a careful examination to find out the
cause, we use lot of liniment and
think we have done all that is re-
quired. After much suffering on the
part of the innocent animal we find
perhaps that the trouble was due to
a nail or something else in the foot.
1t pays to watch for and guard
against such accidents to live stock.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

One of the things a man does not
have to worry about Is where his
waist is to be worn this year. If he
even has a waist, he thinks himself
lucky.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16
Patching Old Gravel Road.

Patching done in the proper manner
when the road is wet, followed by a
road drag, will maintain an old gravel
road surface as good as new until it is
so badly worn that an entirely new sur
face is required.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

There is no difficulty in deciding
where the young man should spend his
vacation this. year. The call of the
military training camps is loud and In.
sistent.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-11-16

Mrs. j. C. Dalburg left for
Othello. WASH, this week. with her
two children. where she will join
her husband who is in business
there.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
No Reduction in
War Bread Prices

New York war bread is still bringing
war prices, and there is no indication
that these two war products will part
company in the near future.
While Federal Food Administrator
Williams pointed proudly to the fact
that several wholesalers were selling
the standardized loaf az and IA
cents, he was unable to deny that re-
tail prices stayed at 9 and 10 cents
in most stores. The sole exception, so
far as Mr.. Williams knew. was the
chain stores of James Butler, Inc,
which sold a pound loaf, unwrapped,
for 7 cents, and wrapped for ~ cents.
Mr.. Williams said the manufacturers
had demanded from four TO five weeks OF
experimentation with the food admins
tration formula for war bread before
they could tell just where they stood
50 far as the cost was concerned. The
retailers, he said, would hold meet
ing in the Federal Food Board Offices
next Friday TO determine the minimum
profit on bread.
Mr. Williams announced that one Of
his experts had figured that a house
wife can make war bread 100 per cent
-four al a net cost of 5.S cents a loaf.
This does not take into consideration
the bresdmaker's time. War bread so
per cent -four and 20 per cent corn
meal, he said, would cost "a cents a
pound loaf. The war bread formula
provides for the use OF three pounds Of
sugar, three pounds OF fat and six
pounds Of skinned milk for a barrel
Of -four weighing 1876 pounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
Coal Prices Up 10 Cents a Ton
At Mines in Tennessee

WASHINGTON Dec. 11.-An in
erase OF ten ce,.ts ton in coal
prices AZ the mines in Middle Tennes-
sea was announced to-day by the fuel
administration. This gives the cen
trail field the same price as the east
ern district. The raise applies TO the
counyies Of Bledsoe, Grundy and White.
The new prices are: Run Of mine,
$40; prepared sized, $3.50; black,
S2ib.
The opening Ct a new coal mining
tract in the Matanuska feld, Alaska,
was announced to-day by Secretary
Lane branch Of the government
railroad has been pushed 70 a point
nearby, and the government is ready
20 receive applications for its Tease
for operation.
Continuance Of these operations, the
Interior Department believes. will dem
onsrrsre inc possibility OF supplying
fuel from this field for the navy end
FOR the Pacific Coast BY. next sum
mer the railroad will be ready TO
haul tonnage 20 Seward.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12

ceiyed here calling for bids on Such
work.
The notice calls for sealed proposals
TO be received by February ], 1912
making bids for a motor mail route pc
tween New York and Hartford ~.
cars will 20 TO New York by way Of
Waterbury. Danbury and White PAM
q distance OF 1O5 miles. The schedule
calls for the motor truck to leave hat'-
ford at $3.50 in the morning reachlns
New York not later than $3.50 in the
afternoon. Cars will leave New forF
and arrive in Hartford on the same
schedule.
These trucks will not only carry maj
bags. but the drivers arc TO De re
duired 10 sell stamps and receive ai,u
deliver registered matter, ana aiso "
take care Of the registry OF mai aiong
the route. The contracts are TO run
until June 30, 1921, and the contractors
are 10 be required to furnish bonds Of
$4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
This Is WheatIess Wednesday

lions the coal situation had been some
what relieved. But at nearly every coal
cellar in Brooklyn, Manhattan and The
Bronx there were clamorous lines OF
people demanding fuel.
L. Cozzens & Son, Of l13 Eighth
Street Brooklyn, reported situation
almost amounting to riot when EN-.
ployes tried TO shut crowd out OF
the yard.
Coal wagons appeared for the first
time for weeks in the East Houston
Street section. A. Solomon, fruit and
produce dealer of 169 Eldrldge Street,
managed TO get two wagons out. They
had not gone a block before they were
halted by crowd Of men, women and
children, carrying boxes, baskets and
buckets. Both wagons were sold out
in a few minutes, and buyers paid Tor
the fuel at the rate of 20 cents for
about a peck.
One Ludlow Street cellar man re-
fused TO sell TO any one who could not
bring their own containers, and in that
section, as we'll as in the Italian quar-
ter around Blocker Street, many wom-
en- used their babies carriages to trun-
die home enough coal 10 NIL small heat
ing stoves once. ....
Administrator Hard to. Reach
Miss Cook, neighborhood visitor
for the University Settlement, reported
twelve families without coal, and she
could not buy any for them. An effort
to get into touch with Mr.. Schley, Of
the New York Fuel Administration,
brought the reply that Dir. Schley did
not talk over the telephone.
Eggs in many Of the East Side shops
cost as high as 7 cents each. Chain
stores in Grand Street. were issuing
sugar cards yesterday which entitled
old customers to one pound of sugar a
week, regardless Of the size of the fam
lilies.
with conditions like these said
Robert Crosby, head worker of the Uni
versity Settlement, immediate relief is
urgent. We worked hard in the food
pledge campaign. Many women in the
poorer sections of the city signed cards,
not because they had any food to save,
but in the belief, based on statements
of the Hoover administration, that IL
was part of movement to bring down
prices.
"If prices arc not brought down the
consequences will be grave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
Garfield Acts
To End Ohio
Coal Famine
Authorizes Seizure of Many
Cars of Fuel for
States Relief

WASHINGTON, Dec ll.-Following
an urgent appeal by Governor Cox OF
Ohio over the long distance telephone
10 President Wilson, instructions went
forth from the fuel administration to-
night TO the Federal Fuel Administra-
tor FOR Ohio TO divert all possible coal
supplies TO meet the serious shortage
in that state. Homer II. Johnson, the
Ohio administrator, was instructed to
divert the 500 loaded cars available at
lake ports and the ZOO or 500 more at
Nelsonville. Ohio, for the states relief.
Governor Cox appealed to the White
House this afternoon, after Geographic
requests to DR.. Henry A. Garfield
Federal Fuel Administrator, both yes
torday and to-day had failed TO meet
with any response. The Governor in
formed the President that the people
Of Ohio were suffering from the most
serious coal shortage in tho history OF
tho state, with zero weather prevail
ing.
Late tonight, DR.. Garfield replied to
Governor Cox's requests with the fol-
lowing message;
Your telegram of yesterday was
signed J. VI. Coach Answer was imme-
diately sent to Columbus and sub
stance wired to State Administrator
Johnson. Have just wired johnson
ON receipt of yours of to-day. telling
him to exercise such powers as arc
necessary TO relieve situation, and
quoting following telegram 10 Baird;
"'Governor Cox telegrsphs great
distress in Ohio. Am wiring Johnson
to inform you, care Mr.. Thompson, OF
places where coal is needed and
AMOUNTS. Please use every effort to
meet the need Immediately. Am in
forming Johnson Of 500 or more cars
Of coal at lake ports for shipment via
lake which cannot now be sent that
way. Also zoo or 500 loaded cars at
Nelsonville. Ohio, and large number at
Conway yards"
The cold wave, fuel administration
officials said tonight, has brought no
reports Of general dissster because Of
Il lack of coal from any state other
than Ohio.
The Ohio Fuel Administration re-
served orders late to-day that all lake
shipment coal in transit from West
Virginia and Southern Ohio coal fields /
20 Toledo via the Hooking Valley and .
Toledo g. Ohio Central railroads can /
be confscated for local use. The fuel /
administ ration, however, pointed out
that this action would not 90 far tow
ard relieving the serious situation.
Thousands of Ohio homes have been
without a particle of coal this winter,
and during the last few days of below
zero weather reports from over the .
state indicate untold suffering and sew
eral deaths.
Cincinnati was the coolest place in
Ohio to-day, the minimum temperature
there being II degrees below zero.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
News in Brief

Washington Irving High School students
O. foreign parentage presented patriotic
pageant called Forward March" in the
school auditorium.
NEWARK N. J.-Andrcw Litysney. 4
zeal estate dealer. was shot and dangerous
81 wounded by Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Knox. Of
1870 Orchard street. An argument over how
hard eggs should be boiled for breakfast. Is
said 20 have been the cause. The wounded
man boarded with Mrs. Knox.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.--The Yale Prom.
the average cos. OF which has been $4,000.
will not be held this year because OF the
war. nor will there be dance week. al
though the Juniors may hold informal dances
during the winter.
PAsSAIC. ~ THE industrial council
o. passaic wool manufacturers has corrected
report that fremtns strike caused the
closing OF hftsen OF the largest mills here.
The striker places have been filled and no
mills have been closed.
The complaint against Rsnislsw Jovano-
yitsch. actor at the Metropolitan Opera
House, who was accused OF criticizing an
audience which applauded The Star.
spausled BANNER ,has hssa diszisssd.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
N. Y. Coal Shortage
Eased by 10000
Tons From Jersey
Dealers Will Begin to Re-
lease AlIotments to Con-
sumers To-day

The coal shortage in New York viii
bo eased. but not broken, to-day. More
than 10000 tons OF o consignment OF
10000 tons which had piled up along
the Jersey waterfront was towed
across Yesterday and distributed
among dealers, who in turn will begin
releasing allotments to consumers this
morning. A lull in the wind made
towing possible, although it was nee
essary to use steam and picks TO seps-
srate the frozen snds snow-covered
lumps before they could be removed
from cars.
Announcement was made by the De-
partment Of Education that, despite
the continued cold snap, not single
school in any of the boroushs was
closed yesterday. The coal supply on
hand, for schools is scsnt, but the Bu-
reau of Supplies was enabled to make
hand-to-mouth purchases TO meet the
emergency, and there are no indica-
tions now that schools will be closed
or school hours curtailed. The clos
ing Of a school in Brooklyn Monday,
it was explained, was due rather TO
the fact that the furnace fires got low
over the week end, and pupils were
sent home because classrooms were
too cold when they arrived.
Retail Supplies at Low Ebb
Reeve Schley, County Fuel Admins
traitor, said last night that coal sup
plies in retailers hands remained at
low ebb throughout the city, but he
expected marked improvement by the
end of the week, due TO distribution OF
the 10000 tons already here and the
arrival Of other shipments now reach
ing Jersey waterfront points.
The fuel administration has made
special arrangements TO care for the
needs of consumers in the Browns
Vile section of Brooklyn. Yards there
arc ordinarily served by the Long ISL
ard Railroad, but because of freight
congestion on that road shipments
were made 10 waterfront yards in
Brooklyn and hauled thence By truck
20 Brownsville.
Queens Gets Coal Supply
The opportune arrival yesterday Of
several cars and two barges loaded
with coal enabled George J. Ryan,
Coal Administrator Of Queens, 10 fur
nish some relief to the residents Of
that borough who were caught with
out coal by the cold snap. The coal
was obtained through the cooperation
Of Albert II. Wiggin, State Coal Ad-
ministrstor. and by the orders of Com
missioner Garfield at Washington.
All the local coal dealers were
pressed into service by Mr.. Ryan to
provide immediate delivery Of the
coal. each being permitted TO sell half
ton to a single customer. Hundreds
of those who sought 20 buy only 2
bushel were also accommodated
A fixed price of 1925 ton was set
by Mr.. Ryan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-12
Miss Varney Sent
Note of Sympathy
She Offered Aid the Day Be.
fore Her Arrest for Murder
of 'Keyes's Wife

DEDHAM, Mass, Dec. ia letter
written by Harriet A. Varney to George
II. Keyes the day before her arrest on
charge Of numbering his wife, Pauline
A. Keycs, was read to the jury to-day
at Miss Vsrney's trial. The letter, in
which, according to the prosecutions
opening statement, the jury was ex-
pectcd to find damaging evidence of
her guilt expressed Miss Varney's
sympathy for Keyes and offered any
help lc might wish.
It told of giving up the hospital po-
siticu she took on June 10, the day of
the murder. for fear mutual acquaint-
ance, SPOKEN Of as on" might read of
Mrs. Keyes's death and "'phone the Of
fee"
The letter, addressed to Dear
George said:
Il am sorry for your trouble. Il
there anything can do? You can have
anything and everything ! have. ] have
not forgotten how kind you were when
l lost my dear mother and what you
were TO me. II is the business Of men
and women TO keep courage, never 70
give way 10 unavailing sorrow nor 10
yield TO the crushing incubus of de-
spair, but 10 find the hope that is at
the bottom of everything. ! will run
up some day to see you. I didn't like
my new position. | didn't dare stay,
because / was afraid VI. would read
the papers and phone the Office, so
came back here Wednesd day, when
GTha pagt mill Arouy a Ill
my money il you can use IT.
with much sympathy and love, ,
Besides the letter which was sent by
Miss Varney 10 a Boston lawyer with
q request that he mail it to Keyes, Dis
trict Attorney Kaufman read in court
a stenographer's transcript OF an in
tcrvicw the District Attorney had with
the defendant on the night of her ar
rest. During this long series Of ques
tions and answers Miss Narney told
the District Attorney of her movement.
on the day Of the tragedy. In the tim'
between the arrival in Boston of tht
train on which she rode from Nortf
Grafton and her luncheon with keye:
At a restaurant in Boston, soon aftel
1880. Miss Varney said, according u
the stenographer's record, that she
read a newspaper in the Back Bay sta
ton. Mrs. Keyes's body was discovered
at 1920 that afternoon, and, according
20 medical testimony, she had beer
dead about two hours.
The stenographic report also gave
many statements by Miss Varney con
corning her relations with Keyes. She
said that she had lived with him as hi!
wife.