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PUT ALL THE FOOD STUFF
IN THE CELLAR You CAN
THE GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT BOTHER IT

In one part OF East Canon a report
is being passed around 10 the effect
that IL you sigr d Food Card there IL
danger OF the government coming 10
and taking haif OF your canned fruit
IN your cellars
This report has been circulated in
some of the big cities and Ia referred
to in n letter from Mr.. Stcarn's Office
in another column The report Is sup
posed 10 have been started by Ger
man agents in some Of .he big cities.
or course there is nothing whatever
so II. II Is absolutely false-
The s.oyernment has no desire TO
take food from ans private consumer.
The goyernmen; merely wants peo-
pie TO cat a little less ess ,.s;sis Kinds of
foods-m meats. wheat. fats and sugar
II We cat less of these things Il will
leave more on the market for the
government TO buy aud skip across
the sea.
Eat plenfy-but save little of tho
things the boys nee dacrcss the sea.
And don't be afraid OF the soyeramcn;
boihcring your iIt,ic hotne supply
The government Is trying 10 help
you aad c9cournses people in every
way Il can to can. dry. preserve and
put stun away IN cellars. The gov
cTnmcnt wants You to coaserve every.
ihing you can.
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Food Card Campaign Workers Are
Busy All OUer Fremont County

The Food Pledge Card Campaign is
progressing nicely in Fremont county.
Monday was pretty bad day for
lady workers to be out on the street
but it is better today and everywhere
in the county men and women are
busy talking the Food Pledge.
BY the end of the week the Mem
bership Card should hang in the front
window of every home in Fremont
county. 1t will be badge Of honor
and sign of sympathy with your
government.
notice the Membership Cards in many
windows-you will see many more to-
morrow and by the end of tho week
the windows withou, u card will be
the conspicuous ones.
The organization is working like
clock work.
Each precinct is in charge of cap
tain Each captain looks after his or
her lieutenants of which there are
about $50 in the county.
fOuONlnS are tuc udHft's VI oohtt va
the people who are putting the Food
Card Campaign over in this section:
Precinct No. I.
Mrs. n. G. Arthur Captain.
Canvassers: Mrs. A. J. Turner.
Mrs. Lille Pelasants. Mrs. ". J. VIII
liams, Miss Henrietta Pennington.
Miss Nina Munroe. J. V. Blake.
Precinct No. 2.
Mrs. w e. Galley, Captain.
Canvassers: Mesdamss II. w.
Cohbs, F. C. Scott, ]. L. Morgan.
James Kettle, j. d. Sidebottom,
Alice Harding. q. w. Rca. J. H. Mau-
pin, T. b. Coulter, w. NJ. Mayhem, C.
C. Nelson, d. N. Cooper, A. Calder,
Miss NJ. r Churchill.
Precinct No. 3.
Y. p. Waits, Captain.
Canvassers: Mesdames w. p. Wal
DO. e. C Baldwin. c. l.. Farmer. Bun
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Owing to the fact that the French
railway companies under agreement
with the French government restrict
the weight OF parcel post packages
carried by them 10 seven pounds it
will be necessary for senders in this
country who direct their parcels di-
rectIy 10 the forces in France TO re
duce their weight TO seven pounds or
less.
However in order that friends in
this country may send the boys larger
Christmas packages. If desired. n
special arrangement has been made,
Parcels up TO twenty pounds may be
sent If directed as follows:
Name OF Soldier
Unit to which he belongs.
Care of Commanding General,
Port of Embarkation, Pier I, Ho-
boken. N. j.
II the parcels are not directed in
care of the commanding general as
above. not over seven pounds
can be sent in one parcel.
These parcels must be packed and
mailed in accordance with the follow
ing directions:
All parcel post matter must conform
10 the Parcel Regulations and in ad
dition must be enclosed in wooden
boxes with not exceeding 20 pounds
for the package. the box to measure
not to exceed two cubic feet in vol
nme. to be OF wood. to be well strap.
ped. and to have hinge or screw top
to facilitate opening and inspecting.
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SOUTH CANON

Tho family of j. F. Mcdowell. who
has been spending the summer on a
ranch in High Park. has returned TO
South Canon for the winter in order
that the children may attend school
here.
Miss Blossom Griffiths is spending
some time with her mother and sisters
at their home on Griffin avenue. Miss
Gritfiths has been in the employment
of the c. F. and at Lester, Colo.
Mr.. Thomas Robbins, who has been
quite i'll for the past week is very
much improved.
Westciifre Tuesday and spent several
days visiting frineds in South Canon.
Miss Ethel Smith. formerly of this
city and her sister, Mrs. Sidney
Bishop OF Fairfield, Idaho, are now
residents of South Canon. They are
living at sos Griffin avenue and ex-
pect to spend the winter here.
Grandpa" Hamilton of West Cat
lin avenue, who had a. stroke of pa
raiysis last week. in gradually improv.
ing. His many friends wish him a
speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Muliin and little
daughter, Mildred. moved to West.
clifre last week. They will spend the
winter there and Mr.. Mullen will en-
gage in mining.
]. T. Calveht lost eight Thousand
stalks OF celery during the snow storm
and freeze of Sunday night.
Mr. James Hamilton OF Kansas, and
Mrs Mary Hamilton OF Westcliffe, are
spending a few days here. They were
called here last week on account of
the Illness of their father. Grandpa"
Hamilton.
Glenn Hoover went to ParkdaIe on
"Wednesday morning on his bicycle,
taking advantage OF the vacation in
the South Canon High school. TO visit
his parents
Miss Bertha DeWeese returned
Monday after spending several days
visiting friends in Pueblo.
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assors wasi A4s Tor ,ssa,s.
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DenUer Smart Set Limits
Meals To Three Courses

Thirty-hve leaders of Denver SO
ciety held war council with their
cooks yesterday Then they attended
the meeting OF the Denver county
women's advisory committee to the
war council and announced the follow
ing results of the conference.
Their luncheons and dinners. for
NAL and informal. are TO be restricted
to three eourses-soup, meat, and
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EAST CANON,
FRUIT-MERE AND
FOUR mile NEWS
tex Mrs. E. E. .amnuthl

Mrs. l.. W. Thayer returned 10 her
home In Boulder after spending the
. summer and fall looking after their
ranch on Dozier avenue.
Mrs. Maud Gravesiock and two chit
dren Ester and Frnnk. arrived Monday
night from Pocoteiii. Idaho. and viii
visit for an indefinite time at the
home of the formers parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. o. Lamb OF pozier avenue.
Mrs. Harry Cain OF Fowler avenue
has bean on the sick lis, this week
with an infection on her arm.
Mrs. NJ. J. Price OF South Cotton
wood has returned from Haley. Idaho.
weber she has been visiting her two
sons for six weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Be-; u. Cain and two
little sons. who have been living at
s2s South Fifth. have moved into the
place known rs the Detlls fruit farm
on South Reynolds.
Mrs. Albert Bailey. who has lived
with her rwo children on the Bailey
ranch on Greydene avenue during the
summer months. has moved TO 923
Budd 10 spend the winter.
Mrs. Bailey WAS calling On her East
Canon friends Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Dodd Of East
Canon have been enjoying ? visit
from the iatter's cousins. Mr. aud Mrs.
J. J. Hawkins. Mra. Doc Baker and
little son from Carthage. Missouri.
They left for Grand Junction and Salt
Lake CITY To visit before returning TO
their home In Carthage.
Little Mabel Armentrout IL out
again after being ~ and out OF school
Tor couple of days.
The East Canon ladies' Division o.
the Red Cross. will hold their al
meeting with Mrs. c. II. Swanson o.
1906 f. Barr avenue. Thursday after
noon.
Miss Mary Call Who makes her
home at the McKenzixe rnnch on
Four Nile. left Wednesday morning
for ST. Louis and other points in Mis-.
souri, where she Spl spssnd . month
visiting fetatives ana frsesds
The beavers have been destroying
the trees along the ditch and George
Newell Of pozIer avenue got permit
TO catch them and succeedcd In get.
ting three Tuesday night and Wed.
nesday morning.
Mrs. Marion Hawkins of Pueblo IL
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Y. A Hig-
gins and Mrs. Geo. Newell. both OF
Dozier avenue. .
Elmer Ahart and Bert Ready came
down from Tallahassee Last week with
q bunch of cattle belonging to various
families in East Canon. Pruitmere and
Four Mile districts. which they will
KEEP here during the cold winter
months
Mr.. Geo. Newell, ditch superintend-
ent for the c. c. II. !. ditch. suggests
all parties using cistern water to MI
them as soon a. possible while the
water is good and plentiful.
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Snapper Abeuods in Australia.

The snapper In the characteristic Aus
trnlian fish. II is found all round the
Australian consts ut some time Of the
year. also In New Zealand and part
Of the Indian ocean. in hunts where
the ocean bed is rock strewn or rubbIy.
Some think the snapper ought to have
been on the Australian cont.of- arms,
because he will remain when kangaroo
and emu are gone. Snapper ~ 1 the
dnintiest perseI 10 the hl,ark. hut It's
large. beautiful eyes take In &c points
OF the compass. srf'''.l
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Christmas Packages for the
American ExpeditiOndry Forces

No perishable food products other
than those enclosed in cans or glass
Jars should be packed in such ship
ment
Such parcel post box should be
marked, Christmas Box" and should
reach the Commanding General. Port
OF Embarkation, Hoboken. N. J.. Pier
l. on or before December S, 1917.
The rate of postage on all parcel
post matter intended for men in the
service, whether sent thru the mails
direct or in care of the Commanding
General. Port of Embar xation. for de-
livery by military authorities to the
addressee. is uniformly ~ cents for
each pound of fraction OF a pound.
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salad and coffee
Rich desserts are to disappear from
their tables.
They win observe meatless and
wheatless days.
They will teach their cooks to bake
palatabie war bread.
They viii learn to drink their coffee
black" and their tea Straight"
They will consume less candy and
cut out afternoon tea with sweets.
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Twin Oak and Pine.

There IL In Stevens Point. wis., n
pine tree nnd an oak tree growing
from the same stump. Both are Is
feet or more in height. Apparently
the trees ARE branches growing fron,
"A common root md one Of the pccui-
iaritics OF the cothbinntion Is'thai the
bark OF the Pin. does not appear
normal. II appears to have been i'm.
pregnnted with roae Of the qualities
OF the oak.
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Coal consumptisa.

oEeht bfIthIhs poE cnpaW coal con-
sumption IL about three times A.
kreat as that Of Frsnce.
Amber.
Although today we know mat amber
IL Al hnrd. reduous substance which
originated from the oxidation Of ex-
nnct cone-bearipg trees Ia prehistoric
forests. the aucIsnts--parttculnri the
Greeks-regarded. amber with super
sitious reverence because OF its mys-
terions origin aud Its equally mysterI-
ons properties. When set on fre II
burns slowly. and when rubbed 1t be-
comes warm and attracts light objects
to itself much rs the lode stone at
tracts iron. The Greeks explained
amber ns the tears dropped by Phse-
toms sisters.
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Inhvnan punishmsn,.

Doesn't your choir ring n, the pris-
40 suy pore!' ''So. several os tho
prisoners objected nn the ground that
IL wasnt inclnded In their sentences"
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-05

ITO town jewellers. II In well 70 re-
member that everybody who Is not
travelling should at home. 4 large
part " the food consumed in public
places Is superlative. Three meals a
day are enough-cvery person who
goes out 10 night supper II wasting
just hat much food.
Even II we have the greatest har-
vest on record In 1917. We shall no
more than carry through. In these
five months We must provide our al
lies with double tho quantity Of food
which our apparent surplus permits
We can do this only by the most abso-
lutte. stringent regulations II waste
and consumption. not next summer.
but from this very day II Is a hurry
up call and means that breakfast.
dinner and supper today need lookins
into
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Corner Fifth street AND silver awe
nue. Hugh A.. Cooper. pastor.
Services at % a m aud 5:4a o. m.
NJ the morning hour Mrs f. : Hcu-
nett. president of the Womuns Buatd
of Home Missions viii deliver AN ad-
dress This Will bc Mrs. B%oanctt's
first visit with MS 10 viii have q
message worth while for 20 perilous
times At the evening hour the pas
tor will preach
The sunday school meets at gsts
a M The Christian Endrptnr moct-
az G.ii D. m topic, Love. Cor.
10. This Will bee the monthly cuu.e-
Grafton mectig
Morning music.
Anthem. Awake ny Soul and Slue
tn, Pra ise. tPfkel. chorus choir
Evening 60 q - Heard the Voice cot
Jesus say Mr. Bradford
strangers are made welcome
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christian sciencc services afc held
IN the Woman'S club building. GI2
West Gold aN'nue. every SUNDAY
morning az ~ O'Clock.
sunday school a. g.ti O'Clock We'd
nesday evening meetings al : o'olock.
Reading room open datlN except
sundays ana holidays from . to 4
y. M. In room ~. x. = Armiio build
ms. \ free circulating library. in
chuding an the works OF Mary Baker
Eddy and other authorized christian
Science literature. ls maintained ia
connection With the reading room.
The pubic Is cordially invited Geo
attend tho sunday services. the we'd
nesday evening meetings aud to visit
the reading room
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ruE GUARD MOBILIZATION.

-
The decision OF the war department
TO recruit the New Mexico national
guard at Albuquerque will be looked
upon generally a. a wise one and No
doubt was brought about largely
through the efforts OF Colonel +. G.
Abbott. Major NJ. l. Stern and col
onel James w. Wilson. supcrintend-
ent OF the New Mexico Military instl-
tnte at Roswell. who left for For, sam
Houston the FIRST 81 the week .;o inter-
view General PershinE regarding this
and other matters Of a military M
tare pertaining to the welfare % the
state.
Wal is no picnic and a man who
enters the game must expect To- GO
where he Is sent, Consequently he will
encounter All kinds OF climatic condi-
lions. However. while ecrtdts arc ne
ing trained and until they become used
Ia camp lie. the practice hikes AMI
other hardships. IL is far better IL they
can be kept where the climate is
bearahie. In other words. II the raw
recruits. AXE from the different
walks ~ life. were sent 20 Columbus
and Kept there this summer tho
would awelter beneath the broillng
sun and become footsore and weary
marching across blazing sands Train
ing In Albuquerque will mean that
these drawbacks have been eliminated
and that the future defenders Of the
Country Will receive instruction under
the most favorable climatic eondi-
tinns.
Furthermore. Albuquerque H. ecsy
Of access from all parts os the state.
The train service is unsurpassed. rem
dering ingress and eeress easy at all
times.
The mobilization Of the guard here
will also mean much to the cry in "a
business way, as ii is estimated that
when the fur uumber OF recruits. 240o
y obtained. the monthly pay roll VIII
be IN cxces Of $4,000. Much OF this
course. will be spent with Alburuer-
cue merchants.
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PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION.

The public health association OF
New Mexico. organized u few day'
ago. VIII t. use an aged but appro-
PIRATE expression. "fl a long-fclt
want The object ~ the as%SuciatioII
is to conserve public health and coll
lcct data and statistics %pcrtaluin
thereto.
II will he remembered that New
Mexico WIS criticised last winter hy
Or. W. \. Evans because oi the las
health laws here. the absence Of St.
%tistics, etc. Writing In the Chicago
Tribune after his visit To- the state, h'
said;
Il was surprised 20 find that New
Mexico has no funds for protection g..
the health Of its people. They have
no vital statistics. They advertise their
healthfulness. They sell health Bul
there H. no proof that they are
healthy II q mao in search of health
wanted proof that they were healthy
he could not get IT.
Embarrassing though il h. We sh'!
have 60 admit that the doctor criti-
cism MAS not without foundation tn.
object 81 the new organization viii De-
TO work along lines which win oNcntu-
ally eliminate the objections raised
When Dr. Evans journeys 5his way
again provided he docs not come too
4oon-vo hope tu De- able q" show hill
that We have made Improvement iu the
,hcaith of our pcopl, and keeping vital
statistics thereof OF c0ur-o r"
know wer. healthy. hut as tn" doctor
stated. We have mo- elldcn,c to pro.
.Iucc for the benefit II the skcpural
~ta~ttruors
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SEND TROOPS TO FRANCE.

u seems to be "A certainty that ono
result Of the conferences between the
Frnch COMMISSIONS and officials Of
the United States has been that Amer
lean troops shall be sent To France
~ soon as possible. France wants
the troops sem there without delay.
She wants aud needs an the military
backing, physical and moral. that tho
United states can furnish.
Members Of the French mission he-
lieVc that the American people DO not
fully realize just how Important q is
that the United STATES government
shpuld make it plain t. Germany TIN:
the entente allies can count ON I'M
mediate military assistance from this
cdtntrv to a material degree II is
particularly essential. they hold. that
the German troops should actually s.r
the stars ana stripes on the fighting
line The effect viii be demnraiizing
10 the German morale n IL aiso m-
rortant they say. ttnt the Russian
people should know that American
soldiers are fighting I'm France FOR
the allied causo.
But beyond an ths'S. considerations
American troops. H. Is maintained hy
mombors ~ the French mission. ara
desired because m,sre men arc DESIRED
Even a division or only 20 600 mou
VIII help Tho sooner thoy r.arl
France the sooner they areuc. wiz
dcrInans bee sent down Ia defeat
The French auis-Iries hold that
American troops should Dee trained oa
French soil so ~ ~ get the atmosphere
of war aud Do prepared the better
Cor sciti'e in the trenches The, arc
telling "ffc ais here that men lr tho
%sigties Gre fighting with the French
troops These men are not oouscriptod.
hut volunteers and the French rcH-
r%cseutttr os have made q clear that
They are net adverse 10 taking voluu-
tcers beyond the ordinary maximum Of
military asc.
The army general staff. with whose
views Secretary Baker IL thought Ca
nerer. want % hold back American
milit Rs units from the fighting lines
In Europe until an army o. say, 300 70
600 men. r. ready. II wants tho AM
|eriean forces to go as one contingent.
ana npt piecomeul in divisional units
This is met by the French
with the statement that men can be
trained much more quickly ne1- me
fighting areas than tho a 5000
miles away.
The Frenchmon cite instances where
Russians Of no military experien se
were ven 10 France and whipped int
pretty fair soldiers In five weeks u
intensive training Furthermore. the
French say, II this country waits a
y,ar 20 send an army II viii not be-
nnio 10 transport 500. coo men atfos.
the Atlantic. The thing 10 do. thcy
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airuc, y to ret some uuiiS stnrtci
aow and keep y steady stream 81
Antti gen roldiess going to Europe.
Their view IL that some ~ the ma
tiouri susrd units. witch had been AZ
the Mexican border. for Instance. couid
be dispatched to France and would
he trained In five weeks IN the war
tneater Tor service at the front. The
or'sinal contingent could he followed
nv small attachments To ada To- Il
gradually. increasine In size and frc-
qieucy ~ American were
developed.
According to- the case presented by
I'he Fnchch. the appearance 81 ;he
American unit on the fighting linz
would aid the allied cause In at leas;
four WAYS. u would tremendously cr-
courage the French and Rritiell
troops and tho people of France. ON
whom the strain IL unquestionabiy tel
ling, Il would have q discourasine
effect on the German army. which has
been led 10 believe that America can
not help untsi after Germany has won
q victory Third. IL would ercati'
sustain thc determination of Russia,
lnow In q chaotic condition politically.
20 fight On with the allies TN a com e
mon peace could De won Finally u
would have an awakening effect on
tho United states itself. bringing home
90 the American people the serious
nature NJ the responsibility they hav"
undertaken and spurrine on their o'-
forts to strike hard and quickly
With American troops once there.
the United States could gradually In
crease It's military support aiding ana
sustaining the weakened French re-.
serves. Il does not matter. the French
believe. whether the first detachment
s. fully trained or not. as IL can gain
n thorough training much more ef-
fec,ivcly behind the fighting lines thnu
here. and he prepared more quick,
The training there would be iu tn
form of making each man q specialist
IN some form " trench warfare. which
would be highly difficui, ON this SIDE
~ the Atlantic.
When the first British troops reach
ed France. the French commissioner
have pointed out. they were Pot inn
medistely into the line. and hecaus"
thy were Inexperienced. double the
usual number OF men We're assigned {"
each mile 81 front. and they were
Thanked on eac side by picked French
troops. As they developed they grad
ually spread out. The chief value Of
their presence 81 the start was their
carrying the British flag. assuring the
French troops hat Great Britain was
behind France and that more were
comma.
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Randolph cook minister u" SCUM
broadway. church next door phones
iI5N and 1883.
sunday school af5 O. M. Prof.
Roscoe hin superintendent Preach
ing at n a. m. and 5 p. No.. topics of
sermons: morning. -Trainiur tp %
Parent In the Way No should &C."
evening The Hem "i His Garment
Christian Endcayor. juniors Q 2n. W-
~termediates, $3.50; seniors p m
We have good music. q convenient
and pleasant place tu meet o. Ip-
yite the public Co enjoy uur UHA
worship % Welcome.
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THE CHURCHES
Unnamed t;,nngciicul Lutheran
1hurth

Carl schmid. pastor. residence. SOL
South High street phone e0f1.
our services are held in the public
library, corner Of Edith street and
Central avenue.
sunday school. 10 u. m. German
services, ~ a. m. subject "How VA
thanacl Was Won for Christ" Eng
lish services. iso - M. suhj,ct.
Christ. the Door to Heaven"
English services every first and
thiri SUNDAY of the month In the
es enlug German services every sun
day morning.