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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
HIGH PRICES OF FOOD
BROKEN, DECLARES HOOVER
SAYS He Has Gone as Far as Possible
and AssaiIs RetaIegs for Not
Doing Their Part.

Washington, Oct. 19.-Food Admin
iStratOr Hoover announced that the
corner has been turned in high prices"
He has gone as far as he can in
price reduction, he says, and assails
the retailers for not doing their part.
The next congress will probably be
asked to give him power to force the
retailers to abstain from profteering.
MIA Hoover says:
Most of the essential commodities
should, one after another, continue to
show reductions between now and the
end of the year. The food admins
traitor has no control of either the
grower or his organizations, nor of the
great majority of retailers.
'The distribution chain lying be-
tween the warehouse, wholesalers,
commission men and manufacturers of
prime commodities has required a
great deal of study and development
for its. proper regulation, and these
regulations are coming into force
now"
Mr.. Hoover said he had every hope
the retailers will cooperate, as the
farmers and other food handlers are
cooperating, to feed the nation and
the allies at reasonable prices. Every
body along the line down to the re-
taller, he declared, already is helping.
But retail prices do not by any means
reflect the wholesale prices.
He added:
ut is necessary to secure a large
production, to maintain fair and re-
numerative prices to the producers.
While their expenses have increased
during the past year, the prices de-
manded for certain commodities are
not warranted. The intermediate ham
ding trades are being placed under
regulation; they are cooperating we'll
with the food administration, and the
speculation and profteering are now
generally thing Of the past"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
ACT QUICKLY

Do the right thing at the right time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger, Doan's
Kidney Pills are most effective.
Plenty of Mineral Point evidence of
their worth.
! George Fl. Hartley, cigar manufac-
turer, State St., Mineral Point, says
Il suffered for several months from
severe, sharp pains in the small OF
my back. My kidneys were sore and
the kidney secretions were unnatur
al. got Doan's Kidney Pills at Ivey' s
Drug Store and two Or three boxes
drove away the pain. The kidney
secretions cleared up and I felt much
better in every way"
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER, MI
Hartley said: Il have as much con
fidence in Deans Kidney Pills today as
when [ recommended them some years
ago. They rid me of an attack of kid
ney trouble. When have any return
Of the symptoms, | use Doan's Kidney
Pills at once and they always relieve
me-"
Price 60c, at all dealers. DONE sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills = the same that MI
Hartley had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
ALLIES CONTINUE TO GAIN
Ready to Attack Last Post of German
Resistance in West Ianders-Bel-
gians Take Prisoners.

With the French Front in Flanders.
Oct. 3O.-AS q result of the last week s
iSteady advance along the DiXmude,
the French lines are encircling both
the west and south sections of Houth-
;OlSt forest. That bit of what used to
be woodland is the center Of the Ger
man resistance still holding to West
kFlanderS. On the southeast the Ger
mans in the wood face a British ell
Icircling movement.
The fact that comparatively few
prisoners are being taken by the
French is due, according to German
officers, to the fact that the enemy is
carrying out orders to move before
yielding.
Paris, Oct. 3O.-Belgian activities in
West Flanders in the last twenty-four
khobrS have resulted in the capture of
ABOUT fifty Germans and several ma
Chine guns. Raids were carried out
north and south of Dixmude and
north of MeclIem, where a Teutonic
Epost was seized.
An attack was made by the Germans
near Chaume wood. They gained a
footing in the advanced French posi-
ttons, but the greater portion of the
ground was gained in a counter-at-
tack.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
GIVE WOMEN VOTE-WIL SON
President Tells Delegation at White
House That War Work Earned
the Ballot.

Washington, Oct. 26.-Speaking as a
party leader and as an individual,
President Wilson on Thursday urged
the woman suffrage issue upon the
voters of all states. He told a dele
cation of 100 members Of the New
York state woman suffrage party that
he hoped their campaign would be sue
cessful and urged men of all parties
in New York particularly to vote for
suffrage.
The women were received by the
president in the east room of the
White House.
In presenting the delegation Mrs.
Nomande r. Whitehouse told the pres
i6ept that the party intellectually
SUPPORTED the administration in its
war policy and was ready to cooper
ate in any manner.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
FEED AND LABOR COSTS
INCREASE MILK PRICES
Practical Wisconsin and Agricultural
Economist Shows Why Producer
Is Not Getting Enough.

B. II. Hubbard, practical farmer anG
agricultural economist at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, asks and answers
that question for the benefit Of milk
consumers and producers who are
readers of this paper.
Using the milk supply of his home
city as typical of much of the state
Mr.. Hubbard claims that milk prices
have not advanced as rapidly as have
those of feed and labor.
"Since a year ago." he declares, "the
Madison wholesale price paid the
farmer has risen rs cents a hundred
pounds or 371a per cent. Now milk
on a farm near Madison is not pro
duced out of moonshine. It is pro
duced out of grain, silage and hay
plus labor and capital costs.
Labor and Feed Big Items.
During the year in question the
price of corn has increased in price
$50 per cent. The new crop will be
cheaper and poorer, and will show ar
increase in price over last year o.
perhaps 60 per cent. Oats are worth
40 per cent, bran so per cent, oil meal
81 per cent, and hay, 60 per cent more
than at the corresponding time in 1916
Thus, there has been a greater in
crease in the price Of all importan
feeds than there has been in the price
of milk.
'The biggest item besides feed is la
Dor, and here the increase is pro
nounced. No exact inforSlation as t.
the extent of the increase is at hand
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01

Because they made the old-fash-
toned motto, Slow but sure their
WatchWOrd, Wisconsin hemp growers
have the satisfaction of knowing that
the industry here is better protected
and the producers are better able to
handle the crop than in any other
hemp growing region in the United
Sta tes."
In this manner A. H. Wright, hemp
specialist at the College Of Agricul-
ture, University of Wisconsin, states
what he believes to be the true cOndi
ton of affairs in the Badger state.
Mr.. Wright has just returned. from
an extensive tour Of the hemp-grOw-
ing regions in Kentucky, Ohio, Mis-
souri,, Indiana, and Washington. In
commenting upon the increase in Wis
consin's hemp acreage from 1,2OO
acres in 1916 to 1000 acres in 1917,
and explaining why the progress now
under way is based on firm footing,
Mr.. Wright points out, among other
things:
That Wisconsin growers have con-
fined their greatest efforts at hemp
production within rather restricted
areas. They have done this because
hemp growing, to be successful, re-
quires community effort and unity.
Farmers on areas scattered and far
apart cannot raise and handle the crop
to advantage.
That Wisconsin has four plants for
the breaking and cleaning Of hemp
These plants are, in each case, at the
center of hemp-grOWing regions. Be
sides those already running, seven
more plants are planned.
These plants are the Rock River
Hemp mills, Waupun; the Matt Rcns
plant, between Waupun and Brandon
the Wisconsin Hemp company, Bran
don, and the Badger Hemp company
Fairwater.
On his tour of the hemp-groWing
United States department Of agricul-
ture as we'll as the Wisconsin institu-
ton. He spent some time Investigate
ing the revival of seed-prOductiOn cen
tiers in parts of Missouri, a question Of
much Importance to the industry.
While in Ohio and Indiana, Mr..
Wright joined other men in viewing
the hemp plantations situated on muck
lands. Here the yield and growth is
excellent, but the fiber is not AS thick,
and hence not as valuable commercial
ly, as it possesses less tensile strength.
A general survey of the varieties Of
hemp on trial in parts of Washington
was also made during thee trip.
practically all of the hemp pro-
duced in Wisconsin is marketed as
rough hemp and is bought by the
Eastern spinning mills, located at
Andover, Mass, New York city, and
other points," said Mr. Wright. 1.-THE
price paid for the 1916 crop ranges
from 13 to Is cents a pound to the
Wisconsin producers. The 1917 crop
is at vet unretted and unbrOken, and
will not go on the market until
spring"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Business Came First.

Some time ago two Chinese generals
had planned a battle in the Chengtu
plain, writes Owen Williams in the
Christian Herald. 1t was within a few
days of the rice harvest. The people
petitioned the generals to call off their
battle until the rice was harvested,
and they did so. Then they went on
with the fighting. But the days Of such
common sense are passing. Militarism
is coming to demand more re-
spect than that.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
us. CONTROLS MEAT SUPPLY
Officially Announced in Chicago That
Government Is in Full Charge of
Industry.

Chicago, Oct. 30.-Every packing
plant in the country is under full con-
tfQl of the government. This was
Wade known officially in Chicago. 10
ssph P. Cotton, chief of the meat d.
vision OF the food administration, and
Prof. Charles Mccarthy Of the Univer-
sitv Of Wisconsin, personal represen-
tatiye Of Food Administrator Hoover,
Made the declaration after weeks of
investigation of the. local packing
plants. The meat industry Of the ens
tire country Will be regulated from
Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
An Old Mans Stomach.

AS we grow older and less active,
less and less food is required to meet the de-
mands Of our bodies IF too much is habitually
taken the stomach will rebel. When man
reaches the advanced age of IS or 80, you will
find that he is light eater. Be as careful as
you will, however, you will occasionally eat
more than you should and will feel the need OF
Chamberlains Tablets to correct the disorder.
These tablets do not con tain pepsin, but
strengthen the stomach and enables it to per
form it's functions naturally. They also cause
a gentle movement of the bowels
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Courage.

Tenacity of will, or willfulness, lies
at the root of all courage, but courage
can rise into true manliness only when
the will is surrendered, and the more
absolute the surrender Of the will the
more perfect will be the temper Of our
courage and the strength of our man.
iness.-EXchange
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Garlic Almost a Panacea.

Garlic "seems to be swinging into
therapeutic favor" remarks the Med
ical Record, in commenting on how
American physicians and chemists
have awakened to a desire for a re-
turn to natures own remedies, after
many years of ignominious dependence
upon German patented chemicals. Gar
lie is now used as a remedy for diph-
liberia, whooping cough, typhoid fever
and tuberculosis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Certain Cure For Group.

Mrs Rose Middleton, Of Greenville,
H., has had experience in the treatment of this
disease. She says, when my children were
small my son had Group frequently. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy always broke up these
attacks Immediately, and was never without
it in the house. 1 have taken it myself for
coughs and colds with good results
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
When a Man Chances.

Every man takes care that his neigh
Dor shall not cheat him. But day
comes when he begins to care that he
does not cheat his neighbor. He has
changed his market cart into chariot
of the sun.-Emerson.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Mrs p. 0. StuchelI Tells How She
Cured Her Son Of a Cold.

when my son Ellis was sick with a
cold last winter, I gave him Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. 1t helped him at once and
quickly broke up his cold'' writes Mrs P. O..
Stuchell, Homer City, Pa. This remedy has
been in use for many years, It's good qualities
have been fully proven by many thousands of
people. 1t is pleasant and safe to take.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Nine Safe Rules.

Drink less, breathe more; eat less,
chew more; ride less, walk more /;
clothe less, battle more; worry less,
sleep more; talk less, think more !;
waste less, give more; scold less, read
more preach less, practice more.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Testinu Damp Sheets.

A simple test for damp sheets is
the following: Place a mirror between
them for a few minutes. If the sur
face clouds over, discard the sheets
and sleep between the blankets.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
For a Weak Stomach.

AS general rule al you need to do
is to adopt a Giet suited to your age and &C.
cupation and to keep your bowels regular.
When you feel that you have eaten too much
and when constipated, take one of Cham
berl's Tablets.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Wanted to Be Sure.

Wifey = "Tom, dear, I wish you'd
taste this milk and see if it's perfectly
sweet. If it's the least bit sour I
mustn't give drop of it to poor little
Fiji"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01

Sometimes women's complaints are
imaginary; again they are form of dreadful
disease. In any event, HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea has helped thousands Of women
1t has relieved their constipation. Women
swear by it. 35c-Ivey's Pharmacy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
Keen Troubles to Yourself.

The fellow who is always telling a
hard luck story doesn't have many
friends. The world hasn't time to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-11-01
"Droop" of Modern Guns,

So long in front Of the trunnions is
the modern gun of 12-inch caliber or
more that the bending is said to be
perceptible to the eye. This "droop,"
as it is called, is due to the elasticity
Of the metal or imperfections of man
ufacture or design, and in some cases
has been found to exceed half an inch.
Fill the body with warm, glowing
vitality, make the nerves strong. increase
circulation restore natural vigor, feel like one
born again. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
nature S gift of wondrous herbs, pure, harmless,
so scientifically blended, results guaranteed or
money back-Ivey's Pharmacy.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08
Yankee Doodle.

When Yankee Doodle came to town
Long and long ago
The kings men laughed him up and
Gave him the lame that ATS q clown
Not long they Knocked him So
Twas Yankee Doodle Dandy
Who laid their colors low.
When Yankee Doodle went to sea
Upon another day.
He faced moro fear than n,ockery-
His guns repaid their courtesy at
Who 1eered his feather gay
Twas Yankee Doodle Dandy
Who taught them what to say.
When Yankee Doodle goes to France
AS so to-day he goes.
Tho spirit guiding his advance
u az some God-directed lance
Straight driven at his foes,
9 Yankee Doodle Dandy,
The land that loves you-knows, r.
-Theodosia Garrison, Of tho vigilantee.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08
For Artillery, $4,000, 900

IN the course of the debate last week upon
L war taxation. Senator Smoot, member Of
the Senate Appropriations Committee, an
nounced for the first time that the War De-
partment had submitted estimates to Con-
gress for a S2,50O.O00,O00 appropriation
with which to equip the American army with
heavy and light artillery. We so accus-
toned to big figures in connection with this
war that this statement may make no dent
upon the average mind.
But there is something so stupendous
about such an enterprise that it is worth
rejecting upon 1t is difficult to conceive
of the number OF cannon that much money
would buy 1t must run literally into the
thousands. 1t is equally difficult to visualize
even / 900 field pieces. all Of them made of
finest steel. Of the most improved forgings
OF the most accurate dimensions. And If
ten or even 1000 Of them were laid down
upon a dock for shipment to Europe, it re-
quires real imagination to calculate upon the
number Of ships needed to carry them: the
amount Of ammunition needed to munition
them and the number of soldiers needed to
man them. Even so. the government is
about to undertake the manufacture of these
great batteries; about to undertake their
shipment to France, and to undertake to
provide the shells and powder to put them
into action. In general way we are in
formed that the country has been divided
into cannon-producing districts: that scores
of new plants are to be erected for this pur-
pose. and that tens Of thousands of men are
to be recruited from other industries in order
to man these works. All this far oyertops
the airplane project which we have launched,
or even the great shipbuilding program which
has been put into execution.
If the administration is right in its calcu-
lation Of American energy and American re-
sources, there seems no limit to the war
making power OF this country. We are
adopting plans which take the breath Of our
people. We undertaking projects that
outdistance anything any other belligerent,
not excepting Germany, has ventured upon
When President Wilson declared that it was
necessary for the whole nation to dedicate
itself TO this war. he said something that we
have failed to understand at the time, but
which we are compromising little by little.
we go forward
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08
MANY MEN MENTIONED
FOR LABOR COMMISSIONER
Frank $. Lyon, Of Newport News,
Choice Of Many Printers, Is
Not Candidate.

When Governor Elect Davis Is called
upon TO select q Commissioner OF Labor
TO MI the office to be vacated by James
.. Doherty. he will find much available
timber from which to select. From
all that can be learned. there are
more than dozen ayowed candidates
for tho position.
The State Federation OF Labor and
union men generally are vitality in
terestcd In this Office. AS yet the union
men have not met and decided upon
their favorite candidate. All that many
prominent labor men venture to say
Is that they want tho best man I'm the
state for the place. 1t is very prob.
able that since this Is a problem of
absolute interest to laboring men moro
80 than to any one else, the State Fed.
Grafton OF Labor will figure largely
In the appointment
The new commissioner will have
many duties. Also he will have the
assistance OF many deputies and In
spectors whom he will appoint. Their
duties Will be to travel over the State
and note laboring conditions. making
their reports to the head Office.
Those who have SO far been men.
toned arc as follows: Howard T. Col
vim. A. L. Vonderlehr. Charles G..
Kizer. Frank S. Lyon. M. r. Pace,
r. c. Don Leavy. H. o. Lane. e. c.
Dean, Ben X. Catlin, James r. Henly,
of Norfolk; r. +. L. Hickman and w.
D. Morgan.
Mr.. Lyon. a well-known printer in
Newport News. and secretary-treasurer
OF the State Federation OF Labor, last
night stated that he was not a can
didate. Il have made no effort to Sc
euro the appointment. and. further
more. do not think I will get It, Prob
ably some OF my Richmond friends
m n ms fnr
but 1 am not a candidate. however
much would appreciate the honor
of being made Commissioner Of Labor"
said Mr.. Lyon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08
EXEMPTED FROM SERVICE
Local Board for Division No. 2 An,
nounces List-Some Temporary
Exemptions.

The local board for Division No.
yesterday announced the following list
of persons exempted or discharged
from service:
Horace Hopkins. 1905 Williams
Street
kricer Bahdurian. / South Mulberry
Street
Curry Lee Cash. 7o7 West Marshall
Street.
Oliver Claiborne condrey. sos West
Marshall Street.
william Scott. 1911 Yves. Moor.
Street
Bernard Leroy Allen. ll27 St. James
Street
Thomas Ford. 1915 ST. James Street
Fleming James Curtis. 2ol West
Clay Street.
Thomas Henry Scales. 2522 Hanover
Avenue.
william Alonzo Farmer. 22os Park
Avenue.
william Stephen Bamford. East
Clay Street.
Raymond Isaac straus. 20l2-A Park
Avenue.
All discharges. unless otherwise stat
ed. expire one year. approximately.
from date. This has been tho invAri-
able practice OF this board in all de.
Among those listed above there arc
further restrictions. Mr.. Allen is dis
charged for forty-hvc days. pending
his wife's recovery from illness. Mr..
Curtis has thirty days grace In which
TO continue work on the cantonment
at Camp Lee. n Strauss has tem-
porary discharge OF three months. in
which time he Is expected TO adjust
his business affairs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-08
SEEN ON THE SIDE
Morpheus.
FY HENRY EDWARD WARNER

Morpheus.
To that fair minister of Nox and somnus. god
Who twists tho witchery of sleep into the pale
moonbeams,
These lines from one who bends the knee before
his poppy throne
And solemnly acknowledges allegiance to tho
bono:
Who first invented sleep? o Thou who piped
some somnolent lay
That made our forbear Adam yearn to catapult
the hay,
Who put the yawn in action. and who filled the
human chest
With strong desire to tumble In with hands
across the breast.
You did some job! And ever since that first
reverberant
The world has been wide open-mouthed in glad
nocturnal roar;
And from tho maiden's modest wheeze to
fathers vocal leap
The world has voiced approval Of the nrinc,n,>
OF sleep!
To sleep! All! what compares with that: To
rest-to hit tho springs!
To leave this scrdid day behind and Nv nm
eager wings
Into the arms of Morpheus! To paralyze tho
pillow!
To ride the Sea OF Undisturb and mount each
lazy blow!
To sleep! Oh! you Insomniasts who toss tho
livelonS night
With intermittent maps until the coming Of tho
light,
What was your crime that moved tho gods to
put you on the rack
And would not let you hit the hay in comfort
on your back?
To sleep! Long the world shall wag let
Slumber be the balm
TO change our worries into peace. our deep dis
tress to calm!
Tho day may nag our mortal soul. but when
the day is done
There is a blessed respite from the sun unto
the sun.
And so these lines to Morpheus. to somnus and
to No1.
This feeble praise Of any god who any cradle
rocks!
II may sleep. what boots the hours Of rest
less. busy day?
Good Knight, Old World it's ten o'clock; I'm Off
to hit the hay!