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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Care Observed in Canning.

such preserved vegetables are far
SUPERIOR 10 those we ordinar ily buy in
TIN cans. for they receive a care in Sc
lection and preparation that CONNER
cial canneries seldom give Every
pound OF food grown and used in this
way is contribution Of lust that
amount TO the great stream of supplies
'hat We are passing on TO the British
anu the french soldiers at the 'front.'
Tor Whatever each of us consumes he
must take from that stream unless he
produces it himself
In modern gardening the backache-
breeding hoe and weeder of a genera
lion ago have been replaced by those
wonderful little implements set on
wheels and pushed in front of one Nv
Two handles like plow The heavy
plowing and planting of spring is still
a mans task. but these little hand
cultivators make the later care of a
garden happy task for women and
half-Srown children. IL brings the
oronzed cheek of summer and the
elastic step and clean mind Of the win
ter that follows
The congestion of freight traffic
curing the last year was due prima rity
70 the scarcity Of ships for the oversee
trade. the consequent filling IN OF
warehouses at the seabord and the de-
lay OF lodded freight cars waiting their
turn 10 deilver their freight. The con-
ever through an agricultural practice
that has been growing up in the United
states for many years; the raising of a
special crop in that particular part of
the country in which il can be grown
most economically or in the greatest
perfection and its shipment very long
distances by rail TO the consumer
An Aid, II Consumed Where Grown.
In times like the present every ton
of food that can be grown where 1t Ia
consumed, or not far from IT'S place of
consumption. will relieve our railroads
of just that much space needed for the
urgent transportation demands Of war.
NO service in this war appeals to
America more than to CARRY food TO
the Belgians. in order to keep from
hunger that little nation which, single
handed. defended the gateway OF lib
erty. But first we must furnish food to
the British. the French arm the Ital-
ians. In doing so we shall have the
added satisfaction of knowing that in
spirit. If not indeed in physical fact
We are taking 1t also to tile people OF
Belgium.
Let each of US do his share toward
bearing bread to the Belgtans."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

A call for woman volunteers for work
as street car conductors has been is
sued by City Traction Commissioner
Sanders of Cleveland. Ohio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

GO Cd takes care of the United States, President TAFT
" was fond of saying. But Bruce Barton, in an I'M
usual editorial follows up with Our wars have been
fought if expected Him to open the ATLANTIC ocean
and swallow our enemies He opened the Red
and engufed the Egyptians
few things that be loved without havin to stop
to take the cork OUT That's Billy Fortunes conclusion
after his latest adventure rocking short story by
William r. Leighton.
THE High Cost of Living? What about this:-A four
year-old baby with focks at SI23 and toys at $50
apiece cannot live $4,000 year. Five million five
hundred thousand in France and many in Bel
gium and some 100000 in Russia have been
turned into vast No-Mans Land, stretching into in
termnable of dead grasses and budgeoned
and pits and dugouts little tuition fee Of ST pays
for a week at Palm Beach. The annual waste bill of the
United States stands 100000 South OF Panama
there 1881 1897 square miles of rich, virgin soil in
climate capable Of growing from fifty to sixty bushels Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06

divisions of the Department
of Agriculture. Numberless wood prod
ucts are needed in modern warfare. and
the forest products laboratory is in a
position to work out the best methods
for producing and testing them. as well
as to furnish the government with the
necessary inspectors to pass on the
materials offered On the other hand.
the actual forest administration work
of the forest service is of vital impor-
lance to the nations meat supply.
through its regulation and conservation
~ yraziuc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Grazing in National Forests.

Since the grazing in national forests
has been under departmental supervis-
ion the number of animals that the
range supports has increased over so
per cent, and the grazing is in better
condition than it was when the service
took charge. There are still ESQ, 00o, 900
acres Of public land. used largely for
grazing, which lie outside the national
forests. not under government super
vision. These enormous areas are not
supporting nearly as many meat ami
mails as they might under a better sys-
TEN. A wise emergency war measure.
and one which would benefit the coun-
try greatly. would be the placing of the
grazing on these public lands under the
supervision OF the experts of the forest
service.
Thanks 10 the work of the forest
products laboratory. the United states
has more information available on the
strength and mechanical properties of
timber than any other nation in the
world Last year 1850 tests were
made on the strength of different kinds
of timber. and the total number of
government tests is over $4,000. This
is very important line of work
where trench warfare is concerned.
Millions of feet of lumber are needed
for trench and dugout building. and it
is essential to know its strength and
qualities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-06
Proposed Wooden Ships.

In this connection arises the immense
wooden shipbuildins program which
has been planned. A thousand wooden
merchant ships are TO be rushed to
completion. the greatest fleet that was
ever launched. All the timber that
goes into them must be inspected and
passed upon. As one forest service
man puts it. there is as much differ
ence between two pianks as between
two horses. and il needs an expert in
each case to Judge. The forest service
has the men for inspection work, and
the most comprehensive data obtain
able on American timbers.
Numerous other wood products enter
into war materials. Wood -four is the
favorite absorbent base for the nitro
glycerin that combines with it to make
dynamite. Acetone. a product of wood
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-05
herself, through The Day Book
/. L. V.
CONCERNING ENLISTMENT.

There are many things to be said
against enlistment, the main factor
being the brutal dOmineeTing that
the under man is compelled to en-
dure, which is not in accord with the
principles of the stars and stripes.
Discipline is a necessity; law and or
der is a necessity. When those things
exist in the planetary world they
likewise apply to us on this plane Of
manifestation, but that does not
necessarily mean that one man
should, by reason of his having one
or more stripes, lord it over the other
or abuse his rank.
The war and previous wars have
shown, just as in business, trades
and professions, that out of the
ranks comes the man with the
brains, intelligence and reasoning
capacity who is far superior to those
in authority, whether it be man or
woman. The great peTsOnsis gener-
ally the most modest and humble,
which is the very reason Of their
strength and mental capacity, or
mental and physical combined.
SO much against enlistment. On
the other hand, it would be sheer
madness not to be able to protect
and defend ourselves against inva-
sion As coming events cast their
shadows before, it is not hard to wit
ness the affairs of nations that were
and are; nor to realize that within
the next few years we will be forced
to defend ourselves, not alone
against invaders, but against inter
nal enemies as well.
Westward is the trend of civiliza-
ton. Civilization follows the course
of the sun. Here it will eventually
become a realization. Eventually,
but ere that time comes, wars also
follow the course of the sun, and
what is now happening across the
waters we should prepare against. If
all nations disarmed, then we, as a
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and keep your powder dry. p. M.
VIVISECTION NECESSARY.-The
protest against vivisectiOn raised by
c. F. Hunt in an article which ap-
peared last week in these columns is
typical of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Most of these persons are reform
eTs" who have never seen an opera
ton on a lower animal and haven't
the slightest idea why such opera
lions are performed. They have an
exceedingly vague notion that an ami
NAL is strapped to a table and a
group of happy, care-free students
take turns tOTtUTing the animal with
long, mysterious instruments, to see
which of them can cause the great
est pain. They believe that the sole
motive of vivisectioR is to cause
amusement for the operators, who,
they seem to believe, are heartless
bTutes.
If one were to say that the Vivisec-
tors are almost invariably good
hearted, thorough ladies or gentle
men of the utmost kindness, the vivi-
sectiOnists would deTide this as non
sense. To realize that vivisectOrs are
kind-hearted persons you need only
ask yourself: who is the kndest
person I know" The answer will
generally be, your family doctor, for
the man or woman who has seen
much pain is kind. Compare an ell
derby physician of your acquaintance
with a younger one or with a medical
student. You will Immediately see
the truth of the above statement.
VivisectiOn is not performed by
cruel bTUtes, but by conscientious
men who have the interests of hui
manity at heart. Many of the tri-
umphs of science are directly attrib-
utabIe to a single vivisection. The
antitoxin for diphtheTia, for instance,
is derived from blood drawn from a
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-05

this land it should be enough to con-
vince its inhabitants that prepared
ness is the only thing to be relied
upon. Beg, pray, sign all papers if
needs be, but have your eyes open
and keep your powder dry. p. M.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24
Handy Literature.

Saunderson found it very hard work
selling books. The volumes he had
to offer, one of which he had to carry
with him as sample. were very
heavy. and nobody seemed to want
them. But he was persistent man.
and even the stubborn Mrs. Bowling
could not send him away unheard
I'VE have all the books we can use.
she said. land We really can't afford
any more reading matter Why.
haven't even opened the second vol
ume of that Roman history you sold
US last spring. Now, if you were sell
ing one of those adjustable ironing
boards I've got just the thing"
said Saunderson cheerfully. There
are twelve books in this set. and you
can use either one or two or three, and
so on up to six, to tilt your board any
way you want to. And between whiles
when your iron is heating you have
good literature to refresh your mind"
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during their two -our spell" of duty.
hanging on string. at the elbow of
each sentry on the fire step was a
siren whistle or an, empty shell case
and bit of iron with which to ham,
mer on it. This. whichever it might
be. was for the purpose of spreading
the alarm in case of a Gas attack.
Also we had sentries Ia listening
posts at various points from twenty
to fifty yards out in mo Mans Land"
These men blackened their faces be-
fore they went over the top" and then
lay in shell holes or natural hollows
There was always two Of Them bay
onet man and a bomber. From the
listening post wire ran back to the
fire trench to be used in signaling. In
the trench a man sat with this wire
wrapped around his hand One pull
meant ''All O. K" two pulls. I'm
coming ill.," three pulls. Enemy in
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relieved from the big tent show up at
the SOmme and sent to our side show
| in Belgium for rest. Also it was sus-
pected that artillery was being with
drawn for the Somme. Especially we
were anxious to bring back prisoners.
In civilized war prisoner can be
compelled to tell only his name, rank
and religion. But this Is not civilized
war, and there are ways of making
prisoners talk. One Of the most eff
fective ways-quite humane-is to tie
prisoner fast, head and foot and
then tickle his bare feet with feather
More severe measures have frequently
been used-the water cure, for in.
stance-but I'm bound to say that
nearly all the German prisoners saw
were quite loquacious and willing to
talk. and the accuracy of their infor-
nation. when later confirmed by raids.
was surprising The iron discipline
which turns them into mere children
in the presence Of their officers seemed
to make them subservient and obedient
to the officers who commanded US. ]
mean, Of course. the privates. In this
way the system worked against the
fatherland. Captured German officers.
especially Prussians, were nasty lot
We never tried to get information from
them, for we knew they would lie. hap
PLY and very intelligently-wel in
structed in the art
At last came the night when we were
to go 'over the top" across No Mans
Land. and have a frolic with Fritz in
his own happy home. i am endeavor
ing to be as accurate andAtruthful as
possible in these stories Of my soldier
ing. and | am therefore compelled to
say that there wasn't man in the
sixty who didn't show the strain in his
Dallor and nervousness Under orders
we discarded our trench helmets and
knitted skulcaps or empty
mess tins. Then we blackened our
bands and faces with ashes from a
amp fire so as to avoid being seen us
ong as possible. After this they load |
I'd us into motor trucks and took us up /
o 'Shrapnel Corner" from which |
Joint we went in OH foot. Just before |
We left staff captain came along and I
ave us littl, talk.
This is the first time you men have
'een tested" he said. You're Cana
ians needn't say anything more to
on. They're going to lie popping them
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sight" and four pulls. Sound gas
alarm" The fire step in a trench is a
shelf on which soldiers stand to look
out and shoot between the sand bags
on top.
In addition to these men. we had pa
trolls and scouts out in NO Mans
Land" the greater part of the night.
with orders to gain any infOrma ton
possible which might be of value to
battalion. brigade, division or general
headquarters. They reported on the
condition of the Germans barbed wire.
the location of machine guns and 9TH
er little things like that which might
be of interest to some commanding
officer twenty miles back. Also they
were ordered to make every effort to
capture any of the enemys scouts or
patrols. SO that we could get Informal
ton from them. One of the interesting
moments in this work came when a
star shell caught you out in an open
spot. If you moved you were gone.
I've seen men stand on one foot for
the thirty seconds during which star
shell will burn. Then when scouts or
patrols met in mo Mans Land" they
always had to fight it out with bayo-
nets. One single shot would be the
signal for artillery fire and would
mean the almost instant humiliation
Of the men on both sides Of the fight.
Under the necessities of this war many
Of our men have been killed by our
own shell fire.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

There are many things dropped In
the subway ticket chopper by absent
minded riders besides the little piece
Of paSteboard which entities them to a
ride. An eccentric looking young man
and his particularly eccentric looking
wife hurried up to the door of Broad
way theater last night The man
reached into his pocket. handed the
doorman some tickets and, assisting
his wife before him. turned to receive
the stubs. These are subway tickets"
said the doorman At the rate Of two
pockets per second the young man
searched himself Then he clapped his
hand on his forehead. Good heavens,
Annie" he gasped, II put the seats In
the subway" And what Annie said
about boneheads was only heard by
herself.-New Y srk Cor. Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
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The Prince of Wales.

A few days after this very young
officer passed me in trench while j
was sitting on a fire step writing n
letter | noticed that he had the red
tabs of a staff officer on, his uniform,
but | paid no more attention to him
than that. No compliments, such as
salltes to officers, are paid in the
trenches. After he had passed one Of
the men ask~sl me if 1 didn't know
who he was. | said l didn't.
why. you d fool" he said, that's
the Prince of Walesr'
When the little prince came back
stood to salute him. He returned the
salute with grave smile and passed
on. He was quite alone, and l was
told afterward that he made these
trips through the trenches just to show
the men that he did not consider him.
self better than any other soldier. The
heir Of England was certainly taking
nearly the same chance of losing his
inheritance that we were.
After we had been on the front line
fifteen days we received orders to
make bombing raid. Sixty volun-
teers were asked for, and the whole
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RAILROAD TIME CARDS
TO AND FROM SCOW
NORTHERN PACIFIC

FOR Lewiston:
No. 81 Daily Lv 1890 o. n
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For Spokane:
NO. 81 Daily Lv 10:47 a. M.
No. 314 Daily Ly ais n. M
No. III connects at Arrow junction
for all points on Clearwater line and
at North Lapwai for all points on
Camas Prairie line to GrangevilIe.
No. 314 connects at Spokane with
main line to all points west to the
coast and to all points east. Ma
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For Colfax:
No. 81 Daily, Motor Lv8:15 q. N.
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No. So Elk. Sun, Mixed Lv $50 D. m.
From Colfax:
No. 81 Daily, Motor Ar 11:55 a. m
No. "a Daily, Motor Ar 500 o. m.
No. Sc Elk. Sum-. Mixed Ar 1870 .. m.
Trains No. 81 and No. 85 connect 1t
Colfax with trains for Southern idaho
points. Salt Lake and all points east.
Portland sleeper leaving Colfax
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
D. HOUSE. Agent
SPOKANE & INLAND EMPIRE
For Spokane:
No. 65 leaves Moscow 500 a. m.
No. 81 leaves Moscow 1850 a. m.
No So leaves Moscow 3:35 p. m
From Spokane:
No. "a arrives at Moscow 11:35 a. m.
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Connections
Direct connections at Spokane for
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them and Northern Pacific Rys.
No. IS connects with W., /. & M. II
Palouse for all points.
No. II connects at Palouse with W..
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w. !. + M. (At Palouse)
Daily except Sunday.
No. / Arrives from Potlatch 10:40 a. m
No. 3 Arrives from Bovill 3:45 p ~
Sunday only.
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Daily except Sunday.
No. 2 Leaves for Bovill Ills a. m.
No. 4 Leaves for Potlatch 4.25 p. M
Sunday only.
M 2 Leaves for Potlatch 12.3h n. n
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battalion offered. | was lucky-or I'M
lucky-enough to be among the sixty
who were chosen. want to tell you
in detail about this bombing raid, so
that you can understand what thing
three lines or perhaps nothing at al,
in the official dispatches. and. besides
that. it may help some of the young
men who read this to know something
a little later about bombing.
The sixty of us chosen to execute the
raid were taken twenty miles to the
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rear for a weeks Instruction practice.
lwere going to try to do we felt very
Jolly about the whole enterprise start
ling off We were camped In an old
barn. with several special instruction
lotficers in charge We had oral in
lstrlction the first day. while sappers
dug and built an exact duplicate of the
section of the German trenches which
we were to raid-that is. it was exact
except for few details. Certain
skeleton trenches in the practice Sec
tion were dug simply TO fool the Ger
man aviators. Ii photograph taken
back to German headquarters had
shown an exact duplicate of German
| trench section suspicion might have
! been aroused and our plans revealed.
We were constantly warned about the
skeleton trenches and told to remem-
| Der that they did not exist in the Ger
man section where we were to operate
Meanwhile our practice section was
changed little several times. because
aerial photographs showed that the
Germans had been renovating and
making some additions to the trenches
in which we were to have our frolic
with them
We had oral instruction. mostly dur
ing the day. because we didn't dare let
the German ayiators see us practcing
bomb raid. All night long. sometimes
until > or ) O'Clock in the morning, we
rehearsed that raid, just as carefully
as company of star actors would re-
hearse play. AT first there was dis
position to have sport out of it.
We'll" some chap would say, roll
ing into the hay all tired out, Il got
killed six times tonight. Spose it'n
be eight times tomorrow night"
One man insisted that he had discoy-
cred In one of our aerial photographs
a German burying money. and he care
fully examined each new picture, so
that he could be sure of finding the
dough and digging it up. The grave
and serious manner Of our officers,
however. the exhaustive care with
which we were drilled and, more than
all. the approach of the time when we
were to go over the top drove all
sport out of our minds, and l can say
for myself that the very thought Of
the undertaking as the fatal night |
drew near sent shivers up and down
my spine.
A bombing raid, something original
ed in warfare by the Canadians. is not |
intended for the purpose Of holding |
ground, but to gain information, to do |
as much damage as possible and to
keep the enemy in state of nervous
ness. In this particular raid the chief |
object was to gain information. Our
high command wanted to know what
troops were opposite us and what
troops had been there. We were ex-
pected to get this information from
prisoners and from buttons and papers
off of the Germans we might kill. 1t
was believed that troops were being
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24
The Daylight Hour.

At a little before daybreak came
'stand-to," when everybody got but
toned up and ready for business be-
cause at that hour most attacks begin,
and also that was the regular time for
a dose of morning and evening hate, "
otherwise a good, lively fifteen minutes
OF shell fire. We had some casualties
every morning and evening, and the
stretcher bearers used to get ready for
them as a regular matter of course.
For fifteen minutes at dawn and dusk
bangs "cOal boxes" and. .'minenwer-
fer (shells from trench mortars) In
such generous way that it looked as
if they liked to shoot 'em OF, whether
they hit anything or not. You could
always hear the ''heavy STUFF coming,
and we paid little attention to it, as it
was used in efforts to reach the bat
teries back of our lines. The poor old
town Of Dinkiebusch got the full ben
eft of it. When shell would shrek
its way over, some one would say
There goes the express for Dinkie-
BUSCH" and a couple Of seconds later,
when some prominent landmark of
Dinkiebusch would disintegrate with
loud defamation. some one else would
remark:
Trains arrived ~
About the only amusement we had
during our long stay in the front
trenches was to sit with our backs
against the rear wall and shoot at the
rats running along the parapet. Poor
Macfarlane, with a fash of the old hui
NOR which he had before the war. told
a rookie" that the trench rats were
80 big that he saw one of them trying
on his greatcoat- They used to run
over our faces when we were sleeping
IN our dugonts. and I've seen them In !,
ravenous swarms tprrOwing into the
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OF ut a great rate while you're on your
way across. Remember that you'd bet
ter not stand up straight, because our
shells win be going over just six and a
half feet from the ground where it's
level. If you stand up straight you're
likely to be hit in the head, but don't
let that worry you. because II you do
get hit In the head you won't know 1t.
So why in h. worry about it?" That
was his farewell. He jumped on his
horse and rode Off.