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The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
PLAN FOR o r FOOD.

Plant a larger acreage. If it is
impossible for you to do this, work
your land so that you will gain an
increased yield from every acre.
Boost for more gardens, and grow
n yourself. Any land which can
be planted to garden crops will
yield far more foodstuffs than it
would if planted to grain crops.
Raise poultry. There is profit in
chickens if one will take trouble to
give the fowls reasonable care, and
this is a quick way to increase the
food supply.
Do not sell breeding stock for
slaughter. Do not be influenced by
the high price of beef, mutton. and
pork. Look into the future. The
calf which you sell for veal today
might better be spared.
Every dairy COW produces more in
milk and butter for food purposes
every season than she would if
butchered for beef.
Swat the high cost.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

day afternoon 40 new members were
initiated" with twenty more candi-
dates on the waiting list. We read
further that "a vote is being taken
to increase the dues one dollar a
month for a period of Is months,
to provide funds for the fight on
statewide prohibition in Mime
sofa. Prohibition if put into effect
will mean that thousands Of men
in the beverage industry will be
thrown out of employment, and the
bartenders propose to bear their
share of the expense to fight off
unemployment" Temperance people
should take heed Of this "spring
drive" Of the enemies Of good gov
eminent and prepare to meet the
cohorts Of King Alcohol in a war Of
determination.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
FOOD SUPPLY B

Discussing the problem of agricul-
ture and food supply both for home
and Entente consumption, DR.. Ora
ham Lusk of Cornell Medical College
favors sending troops to Europe, but
believes this would be impractical
unless the Government could provide
food in sufficient quantity both to
maintain national welfare and to sup
ply the Entente. American soldiers
must be supplied from the American
commissariat. The United States
Army commissary has evolved the
best and most comprehensive army
ration in the world. Our soldiers
would not thrive on the rations is
sued European troops, and a poorly
fed army is a dangerous animal.
When the American troops were in
China during the Boxer rebellion our
commissary was the wonder of the
Allies. Spring planting is here and
it behooves every food-producer in
the land to do his bit in meeting
the heavy drafts for food stuffs
we will have to meet. The
oma will be no slower
than her European sister in DOMINIC
jumpers and laboring in the fields.
1t is healthy work and it is fine pa
triotism.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
TITUS TIDBITS.

Hazen J. Titus, superintendent of
the dining car service of the N. p, is
working at top speed in an effort to
awaken people of this section Of the
country to the need for increased pro-
duction of foodstuffs. Following are a
few terse bits of advice which he
gave in a recent interview at Spo-
kane:
There are two ways of saving the
meat supply. One is to cut out the
sale of veal.
Raise squirrels and rabbits. Ever
eat squirrel? They're fine. AS for
rabbits, there isn't any meat in the
world as good as rabbits. It's white
and juicy-far ahead of chicken.
Raise rabbits. They are profitable
and a small bunch soon becomes a
large me-.
Make gardens. Build them on the
vacant lots. Plow up the parks.
Vegetables at their present prices
will look a lot better to the public
than will flowers.
1t, is our duty to feed the soldier.
Let every man, woman and child put
his shoulder to the wheel and boost
for increased production.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
AID R CAUSE.

SCitizens of Dickinson, Protestant
and Catholic alike, may contribute to
a worthy cause, their aid in the re-
building of the Bohemian church Of
SIS. Peter and Paul being solicited.
The house of worship, about II miles
from Dickinson, was burned to the
ground Sunday, and efforts to raise
funds for a new edifice will be made at
once.
The pastor, the Rev. F. B. Tomanek,
would greatly appreciate donations to
the building fund, if only to aid in
purchasing new furnishings for the
church. He had planned to engage
in teaching work this summer, in adj
dition to his pastoral duties, but will
alter his plans and spend his entire
time in the interest Of his parishion-
ers. Therefore the appeal to the
hearts and purses of the people Of
Dickinson.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

Dickinson could well follow the ex-
ample of Fargo in the matter of
keeping poultry penned up while the
gardens are getting their start. An
ordinance has been framed by City
Attorney J. A. Clarity of Fargo, hav-
ing as its object aid of the gardening
movement by protecting the plots
from the ravages of the busy hen. A
few chickens a do untold damage to
a garden in the first stages, and. do
!: in an Incredibly short time. There
should be an ordinance in Dickinson
requiring that every householder keep
his poultry penned up for several
weeks at this time Of year.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
BABY WEEK,

Next week is Baby Week in Dick
nson, a week to be devoted to dis
cussion of improved methods for con-
serving the child life of the nation,
through the efforts. of individuals
and by organized action Of societies
formed with this end in view.
Baby View is an institution of
very recent origin, but already it's
observance has resulted in great good.
1t is a patriotic duty. The strength
and prosperity of the nation is i'm
paired by the thousands of infant
deaths which occur in the country
every year, through neglect, ignor-
ance and p%reventable disease. Our
homes for the delinquent and defect
i've are filled with children who are
there because their parents were
wilfully neglectful or criminally ig-
norant. This condition must be re-
medied, and in Baby Week we have
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
DICKINSON PAYS SUM
OF $26,745 FOR FIRE
INSURANCE DURING 1916

Dickinson paid out, during the year
1916, $~26,745.O3 for fire insurance, and
n two per cent tax OF premiums
Melted the local fire department the
sum of $534.90, according to the pre-
ilminary report of the North Dakota
insurance department.. This city
ranks sixth in the state in amount
paid for fire insurance, being sur.
passed by only Fargo, Grand Forks,
Bismarck, Minot and Jamestown.
Mandan is a close seventh.
The state as a whole paid out
$1,49O,9 1858 for fire protection in its
incorporated villages, during 1916, and
organized fire departments receive as
their two percent bonus $29,819.71.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
A SLICE OF BREAD.

I am a slice of bread.
I measure 3x2A inches and my
thickness is one-half inch.
My weight is exactly one ounce
I was wasted one a day by almost
1OO, $1,000 people of the United
States.
I am "the bit left over" the slice
eaten absent-mindedly when really I
wasn't needed; I am the waste crust.
If you collected me and my COM
panions for a whole week you would
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12
the nearest approach to the remedy
which has yet been discovered.

the nearest approach to the remedy
which has yet been discovered.
Mothers Of Dickinson should at
tend the Baby Conference without
fail. It will be held in the Armory
Wednesday and no mother of the
city can afford to miss it.
Consult your doctor. Ask him as
to the best methods for raising the
vitality of your child that he may
be prepared to pass safely through
the dangerous period of the heated
summer months. Consult him as to
dress, food, etc.
Read books on child hygiene.
Don't overlook the mind of the child,
and attend merely to his bodily
welfare. In short, don't have a child
like "Topsy," who "just growed."
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

find that we amounted to about $4,000.
tons Of good bread-wasted.
Four shiploads Of good bread.
Almost as much-striking an aver
age-as 40 German submarines could
sink-even if they had good luck.
When you throw me away you are
adding 40 submarines to the German
fleet.
The foregoing, with slight varia-
lions, was printed in a London news
paper last week as an appeal for
rigid food economy. It is the plea of
the wasted slice of bread.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

Never before has the world heard
Of anything so stupendous Is a
$1,000, 900, 900 war measure, $4,000
OOO, 900 intended for the benefit Of
the allies of the country proposing
to raise the colossal sum. We are
not ready for a great war by sea
and still less 50 on land, but in
finance we are unparalleled.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

Minneapolis recruiting district, com
posed Of Minnesota and North Dakota,
leads the nation in enlistments since
1, but Dickinson has contributed
but little to this gratifying showing,
another week having rolled by with
only three recruits signed up.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

"A recent issue of the Minneapolis
Labor Review chronicles with evident
satisfaction the "spring drive" of the
Bartenders' Union, stating how "Sun-
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

Wheat hits record mark, potatoes
soar III price, foodstufs Of all kinds
get out Of reach-nothing gets cheap
but human life.
The Dickinson press., 1917-05-12

Sunday, May IS, is Mothers Day.
Remember your mother with her fav-
6rite flowers Of something more sub
stantial, or, if you / far from the
home nest, at least send letter TO.
her. Z s:5 HI 8S a
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
CATTLE GET BEST OF GRAIN
Grandparents Of Present Generation
Were Strong Because They Ate
Whole Wheat Bread.

That there is a campaign among
the millers of wheat and interests
allied to them to discredit efforts to
persuade people to prefer whole
wheat bread to white bread is as
serted by DR.. Charles E. Banks,
senior surgeon of the United States
public health service.
He says that present methods Of
milling utilize IS per cent of the
grain, and this is almost exclusively
the starchy part; the other rs per
cent, containing the phosphorus,
mineral salts, vitamines, ETC., is sold
by the millers as feed for hogs and
cattle. These grow fat on it, for they
are getting the best part of the
wheat.
Doctor Banks says the diet of
white bread is responsible for Amer
leans of today being pale and anemic
in youth and fat and flabby at forty,
whereas their grandparents, who ate
whole wheat bread, were strong and
athletic.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
DIDN'T LIKE PICKET DUTY.

There is at least one Boy Scout
encamped with the other members
of his troop in Palisades park who
has been disillusioned regarding the
glorics of camp life, according to a
New York correspondent Of the
Pittsburgh Dispatch. He may later
become a soldier, but it won't be be-
cause of the glamour surrounding
tented life in the wilderness. The
Scouts dad is newspaper man and
he detailed his son to take careful
note of the activities of the troop
and write it up for publication. He
obeyed his instructions so carefully
that when the first installment ar.
rived at the newspaper office it was
mistaken for summer resort news
so voluminous was the text. But
everything was there, including even
the authors own deeds and mis-
deeds. 81 like everything but picket
duty" he finished, ''every time we
have a chicken to roast, l am de.
tailed to pick it."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
BRITAIN PLANS WAR MUSEUM
Object 10 to Collect and Preserve oh.
jeets Illustrative Of the Coun.
trys Share In Conflict.

Sanction has been given by the
war cabinet to scheme put forward
by Sir A. Nfond, NJ. P, the first COM
missioner of works, Of establishing a
national war museum, and commit
/. tee has been appointed to carry out
the project, says the London Times.
The first commissioner of works will
act as the chairman of this body.
The object is to collect and pre-
serve for public inspection objects
illustrating the British share in the
war. The exhibits will comprise ex-
amples of the arms and other war
materials used by the British naval
and military forces, trophies cap
tured from the enemy, souvenirs
found on battlefelds, inventions con-
nected with munition making at
home, the literature and art of the
war (including regimental maga-
zines and trench drawings), maps,
the music of the war, placards issued
by the government in connection
with the recruiting, economy and
loan campaigns, medals and decora-
tions, flag-day souvenirs and auto
graph letters of some of those who
have taken distinguished parts in the
war.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
MAN NOT DESCENDANT OF APE
Scientist Points Out Differences Be-
tween Two Which He Def1es The.
ory Of Evolution to Explain.

DR.. Mattoon NJ. Curtis, professor
Of philosophy in Western Reserve
university, protests in letter to
Science against the assertion, still
common in current scientific litera-
tlrc, that man is a descendant Of
the anthropoid apes. He quotes Pro-
fcssor Duckworth, the leading au-
thority in this field. who wrote in his
"Morphology and Anthropology:"
"We must conclude that the exist
ing anthropoid apes, constituted as
they now are, did not figure in the
ancestry Of man."
And he points out some Of the
fundamental differences between
man and the apes, differences which
defy any theory of evolution to ex-
plain. Among these differences are
those in the form of the skulls, the
shape of the most ancient skulls that
have been found being substantially
the same as the shape of the skulls
of today.
Professor Curtis pleads that sound
science and sound education be based
upon actual facts and such theories
as grow out of them, rather than
upon mere speculations.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
To Make a Subdivision

Mr.. Cobbs of the Eckles Town
Improvement Co Eckles & Cobbs
managers, has bought "f D. s.
Cantrell, through the Avery 4
Stephens real estate agency, l2
acres north of MIR. CantrelPs
residence and west of the Hart.
vile road. These gentlemen
will subdivide this land into city
lots, which they will sell at
auction. Avery & Stephens will
assist in the auction. These will
make highly desirable residenc.
lots, the land having an excellent
location for this purpose. 1t also
will be a big thing for our town,
by placing a number of desirable
lots on the market. which our
people will have a chance to buy
at their own price. Watch the
Mirror for announcements con.
corning the sale.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
OLDER MEN TO GET CHANCE
EnIIstments In Army and Navy Have
Shortened Supply Of Younger
Workers In Country.

The man of forty-five, it seems, is
through the war, going TO have an.
other chance. Enlistments in the
army and navy have shortened the
supply Of young men available for
industrial work and when the draft
becomes operative the shortage will
be further accentuated, says the In
dianapolis News. So industry is be-
ginning to look to the cold men" of
forty-fve, or so, whom deficiency"
has recently barred from employ
ment. The Pennsylvania railroad,
which for years has favored the
young man, announced a few days
ago that the bar against men more
than forty-five was down and that
they would until the end of the war
be welcomed as applicants for en-
ployment. Other corporations have
taken similar steps and the prospect
is that many more will be obliged
to do so. Men of forty-fve, if in
good physical condition, feel and
usually have reasonable basis for
their attitude, that they are just a
little bit filter than they ever were
in their lives before. To be barred
from any employment merely on ac-
count of having arrived at the prime
of life has unquestionably struck
them as an unjustly discriminatory
proceeding. The attitude of some
employers was all the more difficult
to understand because tests made
showed that men Of middle life were
equally if not more capable than
youngsters in any ordinary task set
before them.-Indianapolis News.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
BEEF IN BRITAIN.

Since the war began beef has risen
in price 112 per cent, eggs rs per
cent, fish 1873 per cent and milk only
81 per cent, according to report
just published by the special war
committee on the production and
distribution of milk of Great Brit
ain, of which Maj. Waldorf Astor,
NJ. p, is chairman.
The committee says it is bound to
take cognizance Of the fact that, be-
fore the war, the imports of milk
products, including butter, cheese,
margarine, condensed milk, etc, into
the United Kingdom had been in
creasing year by year, rising to a
total value in 1914 Of some $685.
100000.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
Kansas City Stock Market

Weekly Kansas City Live Stock
Market, furnished to the Mirror
by Greer & Co, Stock Yards.
Monday, September 8, 1917.
Receipts of cattle were liberal
today, $4,000 ON sale here. The
top corn.fed steers sold at SIS.
IS. The market is slow, about
steady. Veal calves are so cents
higher. We sold good 900 10.
feeders at SO. 20; one load Of black
stocker steers at $3.50, average
$50 lbs. There is an uncertain
feeling in the cattle trade, the
packers rule the fat cattle mar.
ket. Prices look high. We ad.
wise whenever your cattle are
ready for market, that you let
them come. A bird in the hand
is worth two in the bush.
We expect a liberal run of
cattle the remainder of the week
and a fair market.
We quote good to choice corn
steers, S12;5o to $40; medium to-
fair, 5000 to $12.25 Good to
choice fat. cows, So 20 to $40;
medium to fair, 1856 to 81 50.
Good to choice baby beef and
heifers. $l0.5O to $13.75. Good
to choice bulls, 81 30 to $40;
medium to fair, IS 20 to $40.
Good to choice veal calves. S11 so
to $13.75. Gamers, S.. 40 to $6 80.
Good to choice feede RS, 1920
to $12 55: medium to fair. $7.55
to So so. Good to choice stock
steers, So 80 to 50 Is; medium to
fair, $652 to $3.50. Good to
choice stock cows and heifers,
$7.35 to $O.25; medium to fair,
$685. to $7.25. Good to choice
stock calves, SO so to SO 30: med.
ium to fair, $7.2O 81 go.
We had 1000 hogs here today.
The market is about steady. top,
$16 80 The bulk of sales rang.
ed from ST so to $3.50. Chica.
go closed 10 to 20c lower Their
top was SIS Is. Pigs are selling
strong, prices ranging from SIS.
to SIG 80. The supply OF hogs
in the country is light, and some
of the hog men of this market
think prices will go much higher
but We believe you can get a gold
dollar too high. and We do not
look for any more $40 hogs.
There are $4,000 sheep here to.
yay. The market is slow and
prices steady. Top lambs, $16 s5
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
Is Your Name Here?

The following have our thanks fol
cash on subscription since our last re-
port:
IT, Rippee, Mansfield.
W. H. Tarbutton, Mansfield
Prof. w. H. Lynch, Spring
field.
Aymon Calhoun, Albion, Mich
E &. Henson. Mansfield.
j. L. Lee, Cedar Gap.
W. R. Wood, HartviIIe.
D. N. Moore, Mansfield.
A. G. McCallister. Galena, kas.
E. G. Williams, Adrian.
Mrs.L B. Rippee Arcola. Miss.
A G. Legere, Mansfield.
E. E. Newton, NeOsho.
Jesse Baker, Farmersville, CAL.
G. w. Moore, Exter. Cal.
N. A. Duncan, East Enid, Okla.
Charles Schlicher, Macomb.
Mrs. M. Austin, Mansfield
r. E. Cooley, Mansfield.
r. L. McCrite, Albion. Mich
I w. Martin, Macomb.
Ell. Nurcross, Greenfield, Ind
Ed Taylor, Clifton, Col.
A. F. Short, Mansfield.
W, Williams, Mansfield.
Steve Yates, Mansfield.
Jewell Smith, Sidney, Iowa.
c. B. Turner, Macamb.
A. M. Brotemarkle, Macomb.
Aaron Calhoun, Mansfield.
W. H Brasher, Mansfield.
D. w. Hooyer, Mansfield.
Miss Ada Hoover, Kansas City
John Strong, Mansfield.
Mrs. John Wilson, Mansfield
Rev. G. Chadwell, Mansfield
Oren Pope, Guthrie Center, la.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
Christian Endeavor Program

Sept. 9, M. E. church.
Topic, Are You Yes-But?'
Exodus Al II.
A lesson on excuses.
Miss Lula Riley, leader.
Introduction, leader.
Are you Ses-but-
In relation to your pastor?
Mrs. Eliza Peters.
With reference to the TEN pta
lions that you meet from day to
day. C. Carter.
In reference to assuming res.
possibilities? J. D. Reynolds.
In the struggle for righteous
ness? Jewell Hoover.
AS a witness for Christi Alice
Tom bleson.
Three New Testaments Yes
Buts," Luke 10 20, Alice Mooney
In relation to our talents9 Mrs
G. G. Freeman.
Because OF worldly interests?
Mrs. w. G. Coday.
With reference to our friends9
Leona Hoover.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
Tire.Testing Fleet Here

The Mirror office was thi.
week visited by three tire test
ing automobiles which are operat
ing in the Ozark section in order
to make practical test of tire
construction.
We are glad to see them here
in this section as some uf Ozarl
roads are usually considered
the third degree" in respect tt
tire wear.
The B. F. Goodrich Rubber
Company who owns and operates
these tire testing cars have tax.
en- a big step forward in the test
ing of their tires for at the pre-
sent time they have on the road
actually testing their products
fifty automobiles. These are
operated in what are known as
fleets and are covering all sections
of the country from the Atlantic
on the east to the Pacific on the
west and from the Canadian Dor.
der on the North to the Gulf OF
Mexico on the south.
This gives the manufacturer
first. hand information as to how
their products are standing up,
and secondly, better knowledge
of road conditions and construc
ton which plays an important
part in the successful manufact.
ure OF tires and the giving tu
the users a product which means
the saving of thousands of doll.
ars to them
We understand that this is the
first company TO inaugurate such
a test.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
Fair Notes

Sixth annual agricultural and
stock show at Mansfield Sept
26, 27, 2S, 29, 1917.
The Nj. E Ladies Aid Society
are planning on serving dinner
Friday, Sept. 20, the third day
of the stock show.
Keep these stock show dates
in mind:
Rogersville. Sept. 20, 21, %.
Mansfield, Sept. 26, ~, 20, 29.
Mountain Grove. Oct ,2,3,4.5.6
The Earnshaw Knitting Co. of
Chicago will give as spt cial
premium a complete outfit of
pinless. s.buttonless Vanta taby
garments, which will be on exhi
bition" during the fair, to the per
son winning the prize for the
best collection infants clothing,
The fair exhibits this year
will probably be shown in the
Freeman bui ding, vacated by
the r. A. Alcorn Hardware Co
The fair catalogs are out: come
IN and get a copy.
We wish to ca | your attention
to the rapidly approaching dates
of our sixth annual agric ultural
and stock show. No doubt you
realize the great good such an
exhibition is to the farmer and
town and surrounding counties,
and our great success with the
fifth annual fair we have given
should force US on to a bigger
and better exhibia this fall. Let
US get busy. Pit the ,best we
have together and show 'em
what can be raised in the Ozarks
Let everybody help US out this
season for without your exhibits
we cannot succeed - stock, grain,
vegetables, fruit, fancy work and
school exhibits. Get one of the
premium books from any officer
of the fair, the Mirror Office or
any merchant, any of whom will
be glad to answer any questions
as assist you in any way in max
ing your exhibit.
Since Hartville, Seymour and
Ava will not hold their fairs this
year their citizens are given an
especial invitation to attend the
the Worlds Fair of the Oztlks
at Mansfield. Since our band is
short on account of some of the
boys leaving for the war, they are
trying to secure players from
these places to assist during the
fair.
l have cut my weeds. Have
you cut yours? Cut your weeds
now, before the fair, and let's
have our city present the best
pnssibl. appearance to our hun
dreds of far visitors. Respect
fully. F. H. Riley Mayor.
We will soon issue a big special
stock show edition Ut the Mirror
Your ad ought to be in this mum.
ber.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-09-06
Just arrived-6 new cook
stoves and 1S new heaters. adv.
F. N. Dyer Furniture Co.
Mining News

Winborn Oliver, who resides 6
miles north of HartviIle and !
mile west of Fuson, while having
a we'll drilled, passed through q
six foot vein of coal, with oil un
der the coal. Mr.Oliver has gone
with samples to Springfield
while neighbors are anxiously
waiting his return to know of the
value of the coal found at the
depth of only 60 feet.