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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
DOLLAR
WORTH ONLY
TWENTYElGHT CENTS

Washington, Oct 25,-All money
sent from American for relief work
in Syria is received and distributed,
but the value of the dollar is often
as low as twenty-eight cents, accord.
ing to official information Contrast
with this the present purchasing
power of money. Flour, according TO
the latest figures received, was sell.
ing for sixty cents n pound. while five
pounds of molasses brought 1920. An
ordinary spool of thread costs sixty
cents The average day laborer is
paid sixty cents a day in paper money.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
OTTAWA MARKETS.
Live stock.

1.-Two otoCk.
Steers-Stock. per cwt., $6 to Sc
Tat, per cwt.. $40.
Calves, per cwt, $10-$12.
Spring lambs, per cwt, $3.50.
Sheep-Per cwt., IS to $40.
Hogs, per cwt, $14 to SIS.
Ottawa Cash Grain.
Oats-No. 3 white, 56Rc.
Produce and Poultry.
Lard, per h., 22c
Butter, country, per h.. 40c.
Cream butter fat per h., Ale.
kggs, strictly fresh, per doz., Acc.
Hens, per h., l5c.
Springers, per h., l5c.
Old ROSTERS, per h., 1Oc.
Ducks, per h., lac.
Geese. per h., 10c.
Turkeys, alive. per b.. l6c-1Sc.
Hides and Wool.
No | hides, per h., 15c; No. 2, lac
No. l calf skin, per h., 24c.
No. Horse hide, IS.
Illinois wool, per h.. 45c.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
GERMANS FEAR u. S.
MIGHT IN WORLD WAF

Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind, Oct
Colonel 7. H. Goodwin, of the
Royal Army Medical Corp of Eng
and, told physicians in the training
camp here that the Germans fear the
effects of the EMERY of America in
the war.
A German captain who had been
captured .was asked what he thought
about our muehprized shell fire.
said Colonel Goodwin.
Your artillery is no better than
ours the German replied.
Surely you will admit we excel in
aviation. we told MIN.
No the German replied, you arr
not better than us anywhere
Finally we asked him what he
thought about America entering the
~ar, and he answered:
THAT is hell--we're got some
brains to fight now" r
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
Peterson's Ointment
Best For Eczema
First Application Stops Itching Of
Eczema, Salt Rheum and Piles.

Give and let live Is my motto,' says
Peterson. druggists all over America
sell PETERSONS OINTMENT for 20
cents large box ard | say to these drug
gsts If anyone buys my ointment for any
of the diseases or ailments for which |
recommend it and are not benefited give
them their money back.
i've got a safe full OF thankful letters
testifyng to the mighty healing power OF
Petersons Ointment for old and running
sores, eczema, salt rheuni, ulcers sore
nipples broken breast, itching scalp and
skin 'pimples. blackheads blind, bleeding
and itching piles
John scott. 2S3 Virginia St, Buffalo,
writes. "petersons Ointment Is simply
wonderful It cured me of eczema and
also piles, and did 1t so quickly that was
astonished.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
FOR QUICK RESULTS TRY THE
WANT" ADS. IN THE FREE
TRADER-JOURNAL.

mend to Washington that it furnish
the supply"
Mr.. Williams said that the Illinois
coal situation Is now encouraging
The strikes are practically ended. A
delegation of retail men and jobbers
Yesterday told Mr.. Williams tina,
there is plenty of coal in Chicago fol
Email consumers If the coal hog" car
be forced to part with It, The fue
administrator is to investigate tni
situation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
= FREEDOM Z
q 6 q q q q = q q e. Na< { 4

Mrs. Walter Marshall and children
have returned home from a visit with
relatives in Ohio.
Misses Anna and Myrtle DeVore,
of Ottawa, visited AZ Edward Built
mans Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wiley and daugh-
ter. Miss Doris. were Mendoza shop
pers Monday.
p. 9rt and Frank :" ~ were in
Chicago last Thursday.
Misses Nettie Malasc. Mary Hall
and Reed Hall attended the Red Cross
dance in Serena last Friday night
Fred Mathiesen and family. of OF
tawa, were guests at H. ]. Moscy's
, sunday.
Mrs. Rex Wright entertained the
Jerry Widows at her home Wednes-
lay afternoon.
Milton Terry wcs Mendoza visitor
asst Monday
Mrs. Berry Dolder and son were the
'uests of Ottawa relatives from
Thursday until Sunday.
Jerry Sellers and two sons, of Gen
IA visited at Sheridan Sellers Sun
day
Mrs. John Clifford and Mrs. James
Hall were guests of Chicago relatives
| few days of last week
Mrs. G. j. Malaise. of Grand Ridge,
md Miss Mabel Vaughan, of Cedar
Rapids. Iowa. were guests OF Mrs Nc,
! Jlure from Saturday until Monday.
Miss Pearl Wright visited her sis.
or, Mrs. John Butteriield, in Ottawa
few days Of last week.
The T. r c. met at the Harding
schoolhouse Saturday afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Leland
vas the weekend guest of Mrs T. L
! Mosey.
Miss Alta Atkinson, who teaches the
Wright school spent the week end a,
|er home in Sandwich.
A new Nictrola has been installed
n the Harding school.
Charles Pool and family. Reuben
Wright and family, Mr.. and Mrs
! Ashel Pool. Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Pool and Mr.. and Mrs Herbert Kel
logg were guests at the Noah Hack
man home Sunday.
Miss Mabel Thorson will entertain
the Phebian Circle at her home Sat
urday, November Bird.
Mrs. Ted Spray, of Shabbona. Wis
tied at Miss Olive Sumpter's Sunday
Henry Arentsen and family and
Mervln Arentsen motored to Dixon on
Sunday They spent Monday in Rock
ford and returned home that even
ing,
The teachers from this vicinity at
tended the institute In Ottawa last
| week
Mrs. Hans Olson was quite sick par
# last week
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fredericks o
Hartford. Mich, are visiting relative,
here.
The southern division of the Bake
Lutheran Ladies' Aid met with Mrs
Jake Osman, last Wednesday after
neon.
I Mi and Mrs Harold Dunn wer,
Sycamore visitors Sunday
Olaf Stohl and family have moved
% Ottawa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wiley and Mr.
and Mrs. Ebert Wiley went to Sprins
Valley Sunday to see their mother
Mrs. Wiley is improving as fast a.
can be expected and she hopes sool
% be able to came home.
Miss Julia Thompson left Thursda,
for Belvidere to take care of he
niece, the little daughter of Mrs. Leon
ard Anderson. who has been very ser
iously sick for some time,
The Boy Scouts met at the Hardin,
choolhouse Thursday evening Of thi
week. They are doing their bit b,
making ration burners for the sol
diers.
Mrs, Will Arentsen and son Her
man and Mrs. Will Snyder and daush
ter Mildred were Mendoza visitors OF
Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Terry end Sol
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25

have gone to Omaha, Neb., where they
expect to locate for awhile. They have
been the guests of relatives in this
vicinity for the past three months.
Keep in mind the Harding school
entertainment and shadow social at
the schoolhouse Saturday evening,
November Bird, at 7:3O. The chief
feature of the entertainment will be
play by the high school pupils, en-
titled Not Man in the House Ad-
mission, adults Is cents. children 10
cents, A lap supper will be served
after the sale of shadows. Come
ladies and sell your shadows. Every
body cordially invited.
Mrs. c. c. Laury will entertain the
B4s at knitting party at her home
Thursday afternoon. November 1st.
Word came to Rev. Gillian Monday
that his son, Frank Gillian, who is
a member of the LIST Battalion, 9Th
Field Artillery. in Syracuse, N. Y, has
had his summons to leave Immediately
for France.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wing and three
children, of kenosha, MINI, Mr. and
Mrs. Ashley Fuller and Mrs. Edward
Woolbert, of Ottawa, were Freedom
callers Monday.
Granville Gaines has returned from
a three weeks visit with his parents
at Weaver, Keptucky
Several from this neiGhborhood at
tended the meeting of the Helping
Hand Society in the Baker Lutheran
church last Tuesday night
Rev. and Mrs Gillian and daugh.
ters, Marian and Bcrnice, have moved
their household goods from Maiden
into the parsonage in Harding and
are getting settled this week.
Glen Jones and family, Of Serena
MIR, and Mrs. George Jones, Edward
Bultman and family and Misses De
Wore, of Ottawa, visited at the home
of Natter Alto, near Sandwich, Sun
day
Mrs. Reeder land daughter, Miss
Flossie, of Mendoza, spent last weel
at the Frank Olmstead home.
lone Wiley is quite sick with ton
silitis.
Mrs. Edward Bultman visited Mrs
Lawrence last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs c. G. Wiley were Rock
ford visitors Monday
Mrs. Enoch Olson is on the sic
list.
The following officers were electe
by the Harding Sunday las
Sunday: superintendent, Charles 1t
cas-; assistant superintendent, Will
Clark; secretary and treasurer, Rut
Mosey; assistant secretary and trea
urer, Donald POOL librarian, Nett
Malaise; assistant librarian, Maria
Gillian; organist, Gladys Pool; asis
ant organist, Helen Windus.
The Boy Scouts are gathering u
magazines for the soldiers The
have a box in Wiley's store and vi
appreciate donation from any WI
care to help Please do not brir
them over three months old.
A public knitting party will be he
at the home Of Mrs. Earl Mosey
Harding Saturday afternoon, Octob
9th, from until o'clock The mel
bers of the Red Cross are especial
invited and II Is hoped tina, each OF
can bring new member or new nam
Light refreshments will be served
the hostess assisted by Misses Ru
Mosey and Ethel Cody. A collecti
will be taken and the proceeds us
to purchase yarn and supplies for {
Red Cross. Everyone Is cordially
vitcd to attend
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-25
WILLIAMS HAS HIS
COMMITTEE ON FUEL
READY FOR ACTION
STREAToR MAN ANNOUNCES
PERSONNEL OF AIDS WHO WILL
HELP HIM ADMINISTER AF.
FAIRS IN COAL SITUATION.

Chicago. Oct. IS fJohn 4, Williams.
CT Streator. fuel administrator for
Illinois. yesterday made public the
personnel of the advisory committee
which will assist him in handling the
war coal situation in the state. The
membership Is
Judge Orrin Carter, chief justice
State Supreme Court,
Charles H. Markham, president
Illinois Central Railroad.
John H. Walker. president State
Federation of Labor.
Professor Leon Marshall head of
the department of economics, Unyer-
sity of Chicago.
John B. Bergman vice president
Crane Company.
Allan Pond, Pond & Pond. archi-
tpcts, former president of the City
Club.
Before leaving for Washington. to
confer with National Fuel Admins.
traitor Harry A. Garfield Mr.. vii,
liaIns announced that the full orga:..
ization would be perfected by the time
OF his return on Monday.
The plan contemplates districting
the state into ll3 units. with local
committees.
The business of these committees
viii be to investigate complaints
about prices and supply and to make
reports and recommendation to the
state administrator.
In matters Of general policy the adj
ministrator will have the assistance
Of the advisory committee, which is
already at work.
The construction of the state or
ganization is being brought about
through inquiries sent to commercial
clubs and through the auxiiares of
the State Council Of Defense.
IA difficult situation exists in Chi
cago, which it is proposed to deal
with through a special committee OF
iye' Mr. Williams said yesterday
1T lis claimed on behalf of many OF
the coal dealers heres that they can
NIT operate under the federal fue
administration plan, which is that
prices shall be based on the gross
Margins of 1915, plus an increase OF
- per cent ]
s"This is being objected to on the
gYound that the prices of 1915 wer,
abnormal on accounii of a fierce
pfice cutting war also that the in
crease in cost of operation has fal
exceeded 80 per cent Since that time
IL viii be the business Of the com
mittee to investigate these and othe
claims.
1.-The plan of the fuel administra
ton cOntemplates a distinct division
OF the functions of production and
distribution Questions relating tt
price of coal at mines are dealt with
in Washington; questions relating tC
the margins of retail dealers are II
the hands of the state administrator
'In the matter of providing emer
Esncy coal by dverting supply from
its normal course the state office viii
Investigate the claim of need, and i
satisfied of its correctness will recon-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-15
7et1ke World Must Be Nude Safe For Democracy

Put every dollar you can spare into q
Liberty Bond. Never before could your
dollar buy so much. It buys safety for your
country, your homes and your children,
now and for years to come. It buys life and
liberty without taking cent away from you.
It fights for us, and pays for the privilege Of
fighting. It fulills q duty which has the
combined rewards of . good deed and q
good investment. ssS II
For the Second Liberty Loan is the best
investment in the world to-day. "A Liberty
Bond is money which pays you 3 secured
income for your home and family. Always
safe as gold, always worth its face value,
every Liberty Bond, with the end Of tho
war, is sure to be held ct q premium
You men and women with . few dollars
to invest can put them to 6ghing for your
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-15

homes at the same time they bring you
: an income.
You may buy Liberty Bonds as small as
$50 and pay for them by instalments.
Go to the nearest bank, the nearest post
Office, the nearest department store, or
send to the United States Department for
Liberty Bond.
Other lands of Democracy are making
their fight and sacrifices for Democracy.
The hour Of Americas opportunity and
privilege strikes. Lend your utmost to your
government. Buy her Bonds. Buy, and in
buying strike our answer home, that the
world may know beyond q doubt that
Americas War Answer, s.Makes the World
Safe for Democracy"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16
Improved Agriculture.

Predictions that there will be yet
three wears of war would indicate
that the problem of production OF
foodstuffs, the solution OF which
America is largely expected to, supply
will be even more lmportant next
year than it is this year. One step
toward increased food production IS
to plant a larger acreage. Bigger ac-
reage, larger herds, farming on a
more extensive scale-this repre-
sents one phase Of more production.
There is, however, another phase.
That phase involves, not merely
planting but curtivation-in other
words, the handling of all varieties
of crops between seed time and har-
vest Here, improved methods OF
farming will make each acre soWn
more productive. In this direction a
great increase in production is pos
sible In countries more directly al
fected, countries which have the
war right on their own soil or men
acing their borders, emergency has
stimulated to marked degree in
ventive genius. New capacity for Or
ganization has been developed by the
pressure of extreme necessities. In
ventive genius and capacity for or
are distinctively Amerl-
can qualities. Applied to the prob
lem of more food production they
should do more than merely solve
the immediate problem. They should
leave their mark, in the shape or
permanently improved methods,
upon American agriculture.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16
AMERICAN PURPLE CROSS.
Latest Organization Having Connec-
ton with the Great War.
New DENOMINATIONS in connec

New organizations in connection
fected. One of these is the Amerl-
can Purple Cross with headquarters
in Philadelphia. The object of TINS
organization, is in brief to brlns
home the remains of American boys,
who may die or be killed in the ser
vice. 1t appears that heretofore ar
rangements for bringing home thG
dead would apply to officers only
But the Purple Cross would bring
home the bodies Of the common sol
der or sailor as we'll as those OF Oh
ficers. That would appear to be the
proper American way.
The purpose is briefly stated as
follows: When we send our soldiers
abroad we incur the obligation OF
bringing back their bodies in the
event Of their death This can be sue
cessfully accomplished and the bod
les returned in a sanitary and recog-
nizable condition, only if the body be
thoroughly embalmed by scientlfical-
Iv trained hands, within a few hours
after death.
There are three classes of member
ship: Active members are those VINO
are engaged in caring for the dead
or affiliated industries; enlisted mem
bers shall be those who volunteer TO
hold themselves in readiness for SER
vice in the field, and associate mem
bers are those who by reason OF their
sympathy are willing to contribute
to the cause.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16
Beans Enough for An Immense Army.

w. H. Cornell, director of the
state war council, reports that Colo
RADIO has 245,00O acres of beans this
year against $4,000 last year. Each
acre should average crop OF 1000
pounds of beans. That should make
Colorado the foremost. bean state in
the union, with an estimated crop Of
45,OOO,O00 pounds this year. Weld
county has 10000 acres of beans
planted. Logan county has 10000
acres. The largest field of beans is
are growing crop of 5000 acres. If
all the beans in Colorado were plant
ed in one long row, the row would
be 677,721.6 miles long and go 81
times around the earh. If each per-
son in Colorado consumed an average
of two pounds of beans a week or
100 pounds year, the state would
have 145, 100000 pounds of beans
left over
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16
II Out of Every 10 Safe in World
War, Says Roger Babson.

M. Fl. O'Connor found someth:no
in the Chicago Herald the other day
| that is interesting, in view of the
many stories floating around about
the high death rate in this war. Il is
written by a correspondent in Boston
under date of July 30th:
Roger Babson, the eminent stats
tician of Wellesley, has gathered the
following figures from close study
OF war casualties:
Fourteen men out of every fifteen
have been safe so far. Under present
conditions, where man power is being
saved, not more than one in thirty is
killed.
"On1y one man in five hundred
than in hazardous conditions at
home.
Mr.. Babson's conclusions are
based on the mortality figures of the
French army for the full three years
OF the war, and attention is called to
the fact that present fighting is not
resulting in anywhere near the num-
Der of deaths recorded for the first
two years.
Most of the wounds sustained in
the trenches" said Mr.. Babson, ARE
clean cut and of nature that few
weeks in the hospital makes the sub
Ject as fit as ever. But 100000
French soldiers have been discharged
on account of wounds during the
three years of the war.
From fighting in the trenches
most of the wounds are in the top of
the head, simply scalp wounds. Prac-
tically speaking, a wound is either
fatal or slight, with but few in be-
tween these two extremes.
"Of course the whole of this is hor-
rible enough as it is. But | wish to
tell the fathers and mothers left
behind by the boys that, looking at
the matter in the light of cold-blood-
ed statistics, these boys are not 60
ing into anywhere near the danger
the folks at home imagine"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

Sanol Eczema Prescription is a
famous old remedy for all forms of
guaranteed remedy. Get Csc large
trial bottle at the drug store. 3S-'1S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

The jury was established by the
Frankish kings, being introduced into
England by the Nornans at the time
OF the conquest in 1866
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

If you have any OF our ice cream
packers at your home please tele
phone us and we will call and ge
them. Walker Ice Cream Factory
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

morning rainbow is regarded as
sign OF rain; an evening rainbow, of
fair weather.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16
Red Cross Notes.

yx1ORD has just been re-
w ceived by the Chapter
secretary from A. %,
kepford, Iowa State
Director A. r. c., as
rs follows:
IAN appeal has come
to the American Red
Cross from Major Grayson NJ. T.
Murphy, Red Cross Commissioner
from Europe for 100000 KNITTED
sets comprising sweater, muller,
wristlets and socks, and in turn a
call is being made on the Chapters
throughout the United States toT
these articles. Desperate need VIII
exist for these garments among the
soldier and civil population OF France
and our other allies before we can
get them made.
All knitters, whether members of
the Red Cross or not are urged to
help in this work. We have made an
order for yarn and there will be q
knitting committee to take charge OF
the work and teach those who, wish
to learn. Please report to headQuar-
tiers if YOU are willing to help.
1t is urged in the same commune
cation that no cessation in the pro-
duction of surgical dressings and
hospital garments take place. Inc
idea is to have the knitting done by
those who don't feel able to go to
headquarters and sew.
The women have worked faithful
ly every afternoon at headquarters
lately and will soon be able to make
another large shipment to chicago.
Branches please take notice or the
foregoing and act accordingly
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-08-16

A great many socialists are coming
to appreciate the difference between
socialism and the socialist party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-06-21

Barton, William Cleveland.
Cole, Claud.
Clay. Claud Green.
Cayringer. Benjamin Harrison
Croker, Samuel Leon.
Chandler, James.
Cops, Roman Radius
Copeland. Henry Roy.
Day. Chester Arthur.
Day, William Villas.
Denny, Charles Meyer.
Dotson, Joe Davy Jess.
Dotson, John Thomas.
Denny, Louis Joseph.
. Faulkner, Irwin Monroe.
Former, Sam.
Fields, Orval Lee.
Faulkner, Matte Ross.
Hedrick. Ike.
Hedrick, Corby.
Hedrick, Pies. ..
Kaesel, Raymond William.
L.unsford, Willie Henry.
Lunsford, Charley Francis.
Lunsford, Robert Walter.
Mincher, James Lawson.
McKeethen, Wilbur Isaac.
Marcee, Charley Herman.
Mathes, Benjamin Harrison.
Miner, William Albert.
Miner, Columbus Otto.
Pitts, Jesse James.
Pitts, Jonas Harrison.
Pyatt, John Obediah.
Park. Finley Wilburn.
Parks, George Wesley Harfi-
son.
Parks, Joseph Benjamin.
Parker, Malcolm Wyatt.
Parkins, William Judd.
Petty, Paul Chester.
Richardson, William Harvey.
Richardson, John Andrew Ma
thews. ,
Stuart, John Quincy.
Sumpter, Green Berry.
Stricklin. Andrew Jackson.
S%chwieder, Arthur William.
Stafford, Fremont.
Ship, James Thomas.
Strlckiin, Walter A.
Sumpter, Isaac.
Sumpter, Clarence. .
Sumpter, Levi.
Turner, Corbet Francis.
Turner, John Gordon.
Wesley, John Franklin.
Whitaker, James Rice.
Whitaker, William Harrison.
Morley, Marion Levi.
Worley, Chester Joney.
Whitaker, Austin Washington
Whitaker, Calvin Arthur.
Waugh, George.
Wells, George.