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The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

The women of Russia cut off their
hair, donned the regular uniform OF
the Russian army, and fought side by
side with their men under the banner
of the Legion of DEATH" From their
point of view that was their bit. They
were red blooded patriots. The wom-
EN- of all other nations, including those
Of America, were shocked by this
form Of patriotism.
1t set some of Americas red-blooded
women to thinking.
What could they do to help their
boys to win the battle for freedom and
democracy?
The women of America can always
find a way, and they did. They beard
the warning of Herbert Hoover to con-
serve the food OF the nation. That
food would win the war and not to
waste It."
They would not don uniform and
go into the trenches, but they would
organize a campaign In their own
home to do their bit side by side with
their own family, to save food to help
win the war.
When the Federal Food Administra-
tor for Colorado, Thomas B. Stearns.
help him secur. the promise Of every
home in Colorado during the week of
Oct. 28th to Nov. 4th, to cooperate
with the Federal Food Administrator.
a woman's executive committee was
formed. They selected woman in
every county in the state to work with
the ~,siI iy Federal Food Administra-
tor.
~ivx NJ pthotc n.
struction of Colorado. Mary G. C.
Bradford. was asked by Mr.. Stearns
to organize the school forces of Colo
RADIO and they have responded nobly
to the call. and are doing effective
work.
Every woman county superintend.
ent of schools or prominent woman
educator in every county in the state.
received the following letter drafting
them under It's banner Of food conser-
vation:
October 18th, 1917.
To the County Superintendent:
You are hereby called to the colors
as q loyal soldier in "Hoover's Legion
OF Life." now being organized In this
state by the Federal Food Admfnistra'
tion. Your country needs you. Are
you ready to serve! the opportunity
10 great and know you will obey
the summons.
Therefore, I appoint you as my lieu
tenant in your county. You will CO
operate with the Food Administrator
Of your county. whose name you will
find on the enclosed list. Communi-
cate with him at once. and mutually
decide upon the next imperative step.
An outline of the perfected plan will
he sent to you within few days.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

stroyed, city of one million inhabi-
tants, one OF the most prosperous
cities of Europe before the war. the
streets were lined with people in the
pang of starvation. Famished and
rain-soaked, they squatted there, with
their elbows on their knees or leaning
against the buildings. too feeble to
lift a hand for bit OF money or a
morsel OF bread II one offered II, per
ishing of hunger and cold. Charity
did what 1t could. The rich gave all
that they had, the poor shared their
last crust. Hundreds of thousands
were perishing. Day and night the
picture is before my eyes-a people
starving, q nation dying.
In that situation. the German com
able bodied Pole was bidden to Ger
many to work. II any refused. let no
other Pole give him to eat. not SO
German military law.
This is the choice the German gov
ernment gives to the conquered Pole,
to the husband and father OF starv-
ing family: Leave your family to die
or survive as the case may be. Leave
your country which II destroyed, to
work in Germany for its further de-
struction. II you are obstinate. We
shall see that you surely starve.
Staying with his folk. he is doomed
and they are not saved; the father
and husband can do nothing for them.
he only adds to their risk and suf-
fering. Leaving them, he will be cut
off from his family. they may never
hear from him again nor he from
them. Germany will set him TO work
that German workman may be re-
leased to fight against his own land
and people. He shall be lodged in bar
racks, behind barbed wire entangle
ments, under armed guard He shall
sleep on the bare ground with a single
thin blanket. He shall be scantily fed
and his earnings shall be taken from
him to pay for his food.
That Is the choice which the Ger
man government offers to a proud,
sensitive. high strung people. Death
or slavery.
So asked General Won Kries. Gen.
eral, this is a civilized people. Can
this be true?"
"Yes," he said. at is true"-with
an air of adding, Why not?
dared not trust myself to speak:
turned to 70. "Wait,"Nhe said. And
he explained to me how Germany, Of
ficial Germany. regards the state ei
subject peoples.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Order ts Power.

There Is power In order-material or
der, Intellectual order, moral order. To
ments, to have everything ready under
ones hands. to be able to dispose Of all
ones forces and to have all ones
means of whatever kind under COM
mand-that is order: to discipline ones
habits. efforts and wishes. to distribute
ones time. to take the measure Of ones
duties and to make ones rights re-
spected. to employ ones capital and re-
sources, ones talent and ones chances
profltably. Order ID power.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Nou-CoAl Land
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
NOU-COal Land

Departmeni of the Interior. U. 9. Land OAsce n
GicnwOod Springs, Colo, October =. 1917.
NOTn,B 10 hereby given that Renora Ford,
Of Neeker, Colorado. who, on September !.
1914, made Homestead Entry. Serial No. 0e4T0.
fr Lot !. neH nw1. SEQ eh swM, Sec q and
who on JSnGary 10. 1919, made Additional
Homestead Entry. Serial No. 0G35l, for Lots 2.
10 and i3, and Wy seh. Sec 8, 7 ., HM " 6th
p n, has fled notice Of intention to make finhi
Threo Year Proof. to establish claim to the land
above described. before Henry J. Hay. U. =.
C0enmi stOuer. at Meeker, Colorado, on the
xDrd day Of November, 1917.
Claimant names q witnesses:
Robert q. Lyon, Thomas J. Cassidy, James
A. Roa and Maggie b. Rea, all of Meeker, Col
oradO.
OI8nl0 d. c. WEfAND, Register.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

This call to the colors 10 sent TO
you In q three-fold way:
First: You are part Of the Food
Administration Of the United States OF
America.
Second: You are . member Of the
educational body Of the United
States, the representative .organiza-
tion of which Is the National EducA-
tion Association.
Third: You are an officer In charge
of what President Wilson has called
"the last line Of Defense" the school
children Of the United States.
Signed:
MARY C. C. BRADFORD.
Captain Hoover's Legion of Life for
Colorado; President National Edu-
cation Association; State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction.
Headquarters Of Hoover Legion o.
Life.
object: To provide a practical co
ordinated working unit of patriotic
women who will answer the call OF
their country and do everything IN
their power to assist their County
Food Administrator to secure the sig
natures of every family In their coun-
ty to the Federal Food Administration
Pledge Card Week, October 2Sth to
November 4th.
offlcers: Captain. Mary C. C. Brad
ford, state superintendent of public
instruction OF Colorado. and president
of the National Education Associar
tion; lieutenants, the women county
superintendents of schools In each
county in the state. Where the coun'
ty superintendent is not woman. the
captain shall select prominent wom-
an educator in the county to act az
lieutenant.
Activities: The lieutenants in each
county, on receipt of this plan. will
Immediately put into action the com
mand given in General Order No. l.
Subsequent orders will be sent from
time to time for the purpose of keep
ing lieutenants in close touch with
conditions that arise during the cam
paign.
General Order No. 4:
Headquarters Hoover Legion Of Life,
Office of State Superintendent Pub
lie Instruction. Capitol Building,
Denver, Colorado,
Lieutenant Mrs. Eva M. Riedel. Gus
ter County, County Superintendent:
You are hereby ordered In the name
of your Government. your State. and
your County, to proceed at once to ar
range with the proper officer in each
school In your county to call meet
ing in the schoolhouse. to which the
wives. mothers, daughters, sisters and
sweethearts of the boys who have
Joined the Regular Army. Navy.
Marines, National Guard and National
Selective Army. will be invited. for
the purpose of having explained to
them the reasons that have made II
necessary for the United States Gov
ernment to ask every home to sign
the Food Conservation Pledge Card
during Food Pledge Week, October
28th to November 4th At this meet
ing you will ask those who attend to
become active workers by offering
their services collectively Ms organt
cations. II they are affiliated; or as
individuals. II they are not, to the
County Food Administrator or his To-
cal co-worker. Invitations can be ex.
tended to the above through the
children.
Confer with your local County Foon
Administrator, 80 that you can CO
ordinate the good work in your couu
ty.
MARY c. c. BRADFORD.
Captain.
ALICE LAMBERT RATHBoRNE,
Adjutant
The Family Food Pledge Campaign
10 IN f,,lI swtnU and from uow unfit
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
The Liberty Loan

10 for the purpose of:
Equipping with arms. clothing and
food our gallant soldiers who have
been called to the field;
Maintaining our Navy and our val
liant tars upon the high seas;
Providing the necessary means to
pay the wages Of our soldiers and
sailors, and the monthly allow
ances for the support Of their de-
pendent families and to supply
them with life insurance.;
Constructing . great fleet Of mer-
chant vessels to maintain the line
of communication with our brave
troops In France, and to keep our
commerce afioat upon the high
seas In defiance of the German
Kaiser aud his submarines;
Creating great feet Of aeroplanes,
which will give complete suprem-
acy in the air to the United States
and the brave nations flighting
with Us against the German mill
tary menace; and for other neces-
sary war purposes.-William, g.
McAdoo, Secretary Of the Treas
ury.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Inspiration
Miscellany
The Secret of Success

"My own method has been to live
every day as though 1t was the only
day ! had to live and to crowd every
thing possible into that day. Fay no
attention to the clock or what you are
paid, but work and live for all there is
in it-just as you play foOtball-and
everything else will take care Of itself.
said George w. Perkins. the famous
millionaire.
1.-THE head Of the table is the place
where there is most room. 1t is the
tree that grows and grows until 1t
overtops the others that gets the most
air and sunshine. The thing for the
young man to do Is to strive with all
the energy he possesses to excel In
actual ability. Pull is not necessary.
Nor should a young man bother too
much about his wages. never asked
an Increase in my life. You can COM
mand sooner or later what you are
entitled to IL you prominently de-
serve It.
"But you have got to be ultra prof.
cient In some particular thing. You
must stand cut and do 1t better than
the fellows around You whether you
are an of1ce boy. a stenographer or an
executive. You must use your head as
well As your hands. Don't be afraid
to do extra work lest It interfere with
your theater going. l don't go to the
theater half q dozen times during the
winter, not that ! don't like It. but
there are other things more worth do
ing"-B. G. Forbes in Leslie's.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Non Coal Land

Deparrment of the Interior, U. 8. Land Once at
Glenwood Springs, Colo, October =, 1917.
NOTICE Is hereby given that James W.
Frixzell, OF Meeker, Colorado, who, on October
II, 1915. made Presumption Entry, Serial NO.
TITS, res W. 9Th N. has nled notice Of
intention to make Final Presumption Proof. q
eSfnbiish claim to the land above described,
before Horny j. H.y, U. y. Commissioner, at
Moeker, Colorado. on the 24th day OF
November, 1917
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ben L. Nichols, Milton ID. Mcriwether. John
Kincher and John X. Smith. all OF Meeker,
Colorado.
o13n17 d. G. WEYAND. Register.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
The stimuIu. Of Elewsrs.

II ysu have not some growing plants
In your living rooms put them in.
They tone up home. give 1t kindly
temper. inspire love Of nature and
cultivate q taste for the beautiful.
But more than this-they have prac-
tical value. They create conditions Of
health. II they flourish then you have
sweeter and purer air to breathe.
They take In bad air and give out
good. 80 the family dourishes II the
plants flourish. Each plays into the
others hands. But the great thing Is
In keeping company with nature. which
ID the finest association that comes
into ones nfe. 1t Is the stimulus Of
peace. Joy. kindness and justice. The
angels love q home with growing
plants and howers in it-Ohio State
Journal.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
REAL succGss.

Ny boy. seek not the easy path
To get to wealth or fame,
But earn your way In work or play.
Be worthy Of your name.
He sannot keep his honors long
Who wins them BY deceit.
And soon or late the demon fate
psthroaes the cunning cheat
The road Ii long and hard and
rough
That leads TO lasting Joy. d.
Time quickly stains what cunning
gains.
RsMember that. my boy.
And you must earn by honest toll
Whatever you'd possesa.
It's from the heart that you must !
To b . real success.
-Edear A. Guest In Detroit Free .
.H
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
C0LORADOEDuCA1ORs RsORAFTEO
FOR FOOD PLEDGE week
OCT. 28 TO NOVA
The Women Educators Of Colorado
Proving that 1.-THE Last Line Of
Defcnss"-the schoois-can Do
Their Share Now to Win the
War by Helping to Prevent
Food Waste.
EDUCATORS ORGANIZE HOOVER
LEGION OF LIFE.

County superIntsndsnts Of Schools
and Teachers Become = Formid-
able Army to Help Their Fed
sral County Food Admintstra-
tors to Make Food Pledge
Campaign success.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
For . Weak stomach

Ass . general rule all you need TO do
In To adopt . diet suited to your a9s
and occupation and 70 keep your
b ,vels regular. When you feel that
you have eaten too much and when
oopstipsted, take one Of Chsmber-
lsin's Tablets.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Certain Cure For Group

Mrs. Rose Middleton Of GreHnvilie,
ILL.,, has had experience In the treat
ment Of this disease. She says,
when my children were small my
son had Group frequently. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy always broke
up these attacks Immediately, and !
was never without 1t In the house.
have taken 1t myself for coughs sud
colds with good results."
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
Bound to Reach Him

Howell saw that eminent reform
er, De Fuss running through the
streets with = stepladder this morn
ing. What do you suppose he WAS
after?
wise-The man higher up, OF
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03
CONSERVE FOODS
BEGIN NOW

Prevent food waste by being ready 70
can, preserve, dry, pickle, salt, or store
surplus fruits and vegetables. See that
everything needed 10 at hand and ready
to use.
Az tin cans may he scarce
I. Can for home use In glass or stone.
ware containers.
y. Reserve tight-ssaling containers
for canning. Put ZIP jams, jsliies.
preserves and fruit juices in glasses
or bottles sealed with cork or pApor
and parafin.
8. Concentrate products, especially
SOUP mix lures, 10 that each con.
tainer will hold a. much canned
food and as little water as possible.
4. Dry such vegetables ~ corn,
string beans, navy beans, mature
lima beans, okra, etc. Pickle or
brine suitable vegetables in crooks.
s. Make your fields or home gardens
produce dry beans, peanuts, roy
beans. cabbage, potatoes. and root
crops that can be stored in pit or
cellar.
Don't have an empty contafner
in your netghborhood next fall
U.S.Department Of Agriculture
WASHINGTON, D. c.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

Health and good humor are to the
human body Ike sunshine 70 veGsta-
don n-Massilloa.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

What has become of the old-fesh-
ioped little girl who used to have her
ears pierced 20 she could wear ear
ringer
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

Subscribe for The Herald and send
Il 10 your eastern friends.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

The Family Food Pledge Campaig.
ia in full swing. and from now until
November 4th the watchword will b.
save yourself and get others to do II
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

send The Herald to your eastern
friends.
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

: SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1917
The Meeker herald., 1917-11-03

MARY c. C. BRADFORD,
Captain.
ALICE LAMBERT RATHBORNE,
Adjutant
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-31
A YEAR OF SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS

Because of conditions created by the war the closing
year has necessarily been one of conservatism. Hut. in
the city of Grand Forks and the territory adjacent. it
has nevertheless been a year of substantial progress. The
business activities Of this territory depend largely on the
production Of farm crops and the prices received for
them. In both particulars this section has been favored
This section of the northwest escaped the unfayorable
weather conditions which cut down production in many
other localities. and in the Red River Valley especially
the average grain yields approached those of bumper
years. Prices of all farm products have been high. The
consequence is that here the revenues for the year have
been much larger than usual. and this has greatly in
creased the purchasing powers Of the community. in
spite OF the sharp advances in general commodity prices.
Buying has been done freely, though not lavishly.
and because Of the conservatism that has been shown in
all circles, and the demands that have been met for funds
for patriotic purposes. the net additions that have been
made to the permanent wealth Of the community have
been far above the average. In this our people have
been fortunate. and in the course which they have pursued
they have also been wise. From the standpoint OF bust
ness results We have every reason to look back upon the
closing year with satisfaction. and forward with conf
dence and hope.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-31
Trade Ban TO Aue
Germany; Wilson'S VieWs
Are Argued in England

enough territory Of u own in that
region to develop, but think how it
could be used as Il submarine or cruis-
err n destroyer baSe and of an army
that might be trained from it's native
population. Surprising there is no
real change in he German spirit. we
in returning this territory be
arming the enemy with a most Ian
gerous weapon to use against our
selves. If there We're real disarna-
ment this danger at all events might
be written off.
Must Fight On.
So. Mr.. Spender sees nothing to do
but to fight on until there is a change
of heart in Germany, and it is because
he believes this may be aided by 9TH
err means than simple fighting that he
favors the "se of the economic arm.
He would have a clear and definite
statement of the Allies war aims pre-
pared, and would have it made per-
fectly plain to such Germans as would
listen that the Allies are determined
TO use the whole Of their economic
power against them, so long as they
prevent the rest of the world living in
peace and security. But he would al
ways let them understand that this
pressure would be relaxed Just as soon
as they themselves consented to aban-
don their m%ilitaristic dreams and ac-
tiOnS.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-31
The German
Soldiers Prayer

(From Chicago Herald.)
The German soldier fell upon his
knees i
And prayed and as he. prayed his
words were. these:
20 God. our unconditional ally,
Ruler and Kamerad. who from IN
'',1'ewest with delight the progress Of
our arms,
The ruined villages and wasted
'The starving people we have taught
Children we murder, girls we violate,
BLESS this poor instrument of thy
great will;
o Heavenly Kaiser, teach me how to
IF have faltered, with too little
Have torn the baby from its mothers
breast,
"Or spared a wounded captive, par
don, Lord!
Soon by Thy grace my strength has
been restored,
And L nave helped to praise Thy
holy name
Once more with poisoned shells, and
a and flame
Great God, who lowest all things
German, See,. ,
l would not hide my Utmost thoughts
from Thee.
There have been times at Verdun.
Lens, Cambria.
When thou hast yelled Thy purpose.
l pray
Thou wilt make clear Thy will to
Haig and Byng;
What they have done Of late seems
disappearing.
But let me not complaint; Thou
knowest best,
Thou, last Of our great allies, self
confessed
each in his turn our chosen kamer-
The Turk. the Bulgar, and now Thee.
o God!"
The soldier rose. .And did God hear
his prayer?
No one can tell; the kaiser was not
there.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-31
WHERE BRITAIN WAS PREPARED

1t is a matter of common knowledge that Great
Britain was unpreparcd for war when the explosion ot
1914 took place. Her navy had, of course, been MAIN
tanned as a continuation of the settled policy of a century
but her army consisted Of only about $50, 900 men, with
no trained reserves upon whom to draw Neither mad
she equipment with which to supply more than her small
regular army. Those facts alone are sufficient to dispose
Of the oft-repeated German statements that Great Brit
ain forced the war.
But in one respect Great Britain was supcrbly pre-
pared for war. At the close of the Franco Prussian war
in III there was sufficient recognition by British states
men of the possibility of Great Britain becoming in
volved in a continental war to bring about the enactment
OF laws making possible a course of preparation which
would place the entire transportation of the country at.
the disposal Of the government in an EMERGENCY. Through
all the years that have followed commissions have been
at work preparing plans, modifying them, and substitute
ing others for them, in order that if the need arose the
railroads of the country could be taken over FOR the
service of the government and operated instantly in that
service. In 1912 these plans had been put in such form
that they were not considered to be in need of further
amendment, and from that time on each railway man
aser in the country had in his safe a confidential. sealed,
IN it he was told exactly what to do, the trains to be
moved, their starting points and destinations. and the
entire schedule of running, if war came.
On August 4, 1914, the day when war was declared,
the managers opened their instructions and PROCEEDED
to carry them out. There were to be carried to South
ampton, the port of embarkation for France, $50 trains
carrying 100, 900 men and 1900 trains carrying NUM-
tons, horses and general equipment, and in addition the
Territorials, the local volunteer forces, were to be col
lected from all over the kingdom and carried to their
training camps. This was all done without a hitch. and
without deranging the ordinary business of the roads
except that in a few cases sections of line were closed
for a few hours. Trains arrived at SOUTHAMPTON at in
tervals averaging twelve minutes, and practically every
train arrived on schedule time, was unloaded and moved
out of the way of the next to arrive. The British e-
peditionary force crossed the channel. landed in France
and was marching into Flanders before the Germans
knew where it had landed or what its numbers were.
The world knows what a glorious record was made
by that little army which was literally cut to pieces as
1t obstructed the advance of the German hosts, Had
the army been Of adequate size, and the transnorta tion
facilities equally we'll organized, in all probability there
would have been no war. Germany depended on British
unpreparedness, just as she has depended on American
unpreparedness. But in the matter of transporta ton
the British arrangements were perfect.