Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-12-13

cent maximum and the volume O
grain used be reduced to approx
mately 70 per cent of that formerl,
used. Provisions are made to in
crease the output of cattle feed from
|tbrewing establishments.
Each Infantryman Carries
More Than Nine Pounds
of Iron and Steel
f In the equipment furnished eacl
lnfantryman by the Ordnance Bu
reau of the War Department are 9A
pounds OF iron and steel. This i,
exclusive of the uniform equipment
provided by the Quartcrmastel
Corps.
Used in the bayonet scabbard arc
p ounces of iron and steel; bacon
can, O.04 ounce; bayonet, Is ounces
front sight cover, 2 ounces; knife
! ounce; meat can, 0.03 ounce; pack
carriers, O.03 ounce; rifle, 1O7 ounc.
es; shovel, 25 ounces.
Plans Are Made
for Care of Injured
Returned from Europe
II The receiving hospital for United
States soldiers brought back from
Europe, to be established at Staten
Island, N. Y, will have a capacity o.
$500 beds. This marks the begin.
ming of comprehensive plan for the
care of soldiers who are disabled
in the line of duty. 1t will be useo
only for distribution.
From the Staten Island institution
men will be transferred to general
or special treatment hospitals, sites
for which are now being selected
throughout the country. Whenever
,ossible, injured soldiers will be
sent to places near their own homes
They will be fitted for trades tc
which they are adapted, and at the
time of discharge the Government
will assist them in returning to theii
5s,s'eper places in industry.
Arsenic Supply
Will be Needed
for Insecticides
In placing the arsenic industry
under the control of the food admin.
istration, the President has acted il
answer to the threatened shortage
in the supply of arsenical insecti
cides.
Since arsenic is the active agent
III potato-bug poison, the farmer i.
dependent upon an adequate suppl,
Of arsenic compounds for combat
ing the potato bug. 1t is considered
important that a supply of white
arsenic be available to meet the
needs next year for grasshoppel
control. 1t is also necessary for con.
troll of cut worms and army worms
Girl messengers are now employ
ed by many of the Government de-
partments al Washington.
By reducing the size of their sam.
plies wholesale dealers will save this
year S419,50O worth of cloth, rep
resenting--enough wool to provide
uniforms for 67,50O soldiers.
According to the Department OF
Agriculture, over 100000 eggs spoil
in cold storage each year because
they have been washed or in some
other way become wet before being
sent to market.
German aircraft are marked with
a Maltese cross. Allied planes used
in Europe are distinguishable by q
painted bulls-eye. American planes
bear a circular blue field with 6
white star and a bright red center
According to Secretary Daniels
there was turkey for the Thanksgiv.
ing dinner of every man in the Navy,
A naval supply ship arrived in Euro
pean waters in time to furnish the
men on the submarine de-
stroyers with the traditional Thanks.
giving fare.
The organization of a Cuban avia-.
tion unit to be offered France with
complete equipment has been an
nounced in Havana. Probably the
Escadrille Cubaine, as the flying u
nit is called, will be the first body
of fighting men from Cuba to serve
on French soil.
Under the terms of a decision by
Secretary McAdoo, the business of
all insurance companies incorporat-
ed under the laws of enemy or ally
of enemy countries is to be liquidat
ed, with the exception of life insur-
ance companies, which arc allowed
to continue existing contracts.
Every postal employee in the u
nited States has been instructed to
take an active part in the campaign
for the sale of war-savings stamps.
In order to reach the desired sales
mark of s2,OO6,OOO,OOO by January
1, 1919, it will be necessary to sell