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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
BRITAIN IMPROVING E
LOT OF THE BLIND
Many, Reforms Under Wa
y Through Creation Of Special
= q Commission.

London.-A great Improvement ID
being made BY Great Britain In her
methods Of caring for the blind. This
not only applies to the care Of blinded
soldiers but to oil classes Of sightless
persons throughout England and
Wales. Scotland and ireland.
More than three years ngo com.
mittee was appointed by Herbert Sam.
uel. then president Of the local gov
eminent board. to study the situation
Of he blind and recommend methods
for improving their training and en-
ploymcnt. ,s. ,-s,
In the FIRST place II was found that
the government should Establish cen.
trail control organization for all exist
Ing agencies Of voluntary help. which
could be fur better utilized II centrally
controlled. It II proposed to set w
} a separate department In the ministry
Of health which will be devoted ex.
cluslvely to the general care and super.
vision Of the blind.
The cruz Of Britaln,s ,prOblem r. the
inadequacy OF workshops, which the
committee recommends should be
doubled, hrst by extension of the pres
ent shops and second by the cOnstruc-
ton Of new and modern establlsh-
ments. Even the sale Of the hnndl.
work Of blind persons has been neg.
lected, and q. plan Of cooperative sell
Ing Is to be formed. augmented by a
cooperative plan Of buying and dis
tributlng raw material.
At present there are not sufficient
funds available, md In due time fur.
ther grants from the government are
to be placed ut the disposal Of the cen.
trail authority. S. q y u n .3
The employment OF blind teachers In
the elementary schools II TO be eff.
fccted whenevpr possible on account OF
their adnptnbillty to such an Occupa'
ton and also because It IL necessary
to give preference to blinded teachers
over those with sight or partial sight
A detailed register OF blind children
Is TO be started In order to establish n
careful system of following up each
cnse through the medium of paid visit
Ors. Wherever blind person enters
upon a professional life the govern
ment intends to see thnt there Is no
lack Of financial assistance ut the
stnrt. srr. -I 49,,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
war BREAD COSTLY TO
BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Every year the British government
pays 500, ZOO, 900 toward the cost Of
that nations war bread. That 10 the
principal reason why English bread
prices are lower today to the consumer
than ID America. incidentally the
British bread 10 much poorer than the
American. HAZE ssj
Great Britain has taken over I'll
home grown grain. bought at an arbi.
trary price. and all imported wheat
bought II markets Of the world ct pre-
vailing prices. This IL turned over to
the mills by the government 1t price
that allows the adulterated war bread
loaf Of -Four pounds to self at 10 cents.
The two pound loaf costs 0 cents. and
tfe one pound loaf sells for 8 cents
10 milling, however. IL per cent.
moe -four u extracted from the wheat
than in America. And there Is com.
pulsory adulteration Of 20 per cent.
and an allowable adulteration Of 80
per cent. trr
Compared with American bread, the
Britlsh product 10 only about 65 per
cert pure at ito best.
In France. under conditions some
what similar, but with q larger extrac.
ton, tho four pound loaf sells for 10
cents. JF.l c-.r' SD tev,, t,y sr
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
WHEAT.coRN YEAST BREAD.

81 Wheat-corn bread 10 more nutritious
than bread baked with wheat hmir
alone. Thousands Of American fam.
lilies today are using this mixed -four
bread, and In 90 doing are enabling
America to provide more wheat Hour
for the allies. Here's q tes;ed recipe
for this bread: Take one aud half
cups Of milk, water or n mixture Of
the two; One-half cake compressed
yeast, one and a half teaspoons salt,
one tablespoon sugar, one tablespoon
Of fat II desired, one cup c"rumeal
and two cups wheat -four.
Put one and half cups ~ water.
the cGrrneal. salt, sugar AMI fat (if
used) into Il double boiler aud cook
twenty ninutes. The water IL SUM-
'cient only to soften the meal II little.
Allow the meal to cool TO about the
temperature Of the room and add the
-four and yeast miyed with the rest
Of the water. Knead thoroughly.
make into loaf, place In pan Of stand
ard size, allow 70 rise until nearly
fills the pan and bake A. or 10 min
utes. 1t Is hardly practicable to use
n greater percentage of cornmeal than
this even In emergencies. for bread SO
made differs very little from baked
mush. Less cornmeal can be used
and in sucn \ case the general meth
cd given above may be followed.
II IL possible to make a yeast raised
corn bread without frst cooking the
cornmeal. In this case not more than
one cupful OF meal should be used to
four cupfuis Of flour. In other re-
spects the bread Ia mixed and baked
- 10 the sbo,s recipe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
GROWING Of Trouble.

Annoying troubles, noxious weeds
TINT they are. must have the elements
OF ordinary life or they will fade away
and die7-a receptive soil In which To-
grow. the moisture Of ones own tears
us well AS the tears of us many other
good people rs can be induced TO cry,
and the gentle sunlight Of sympathetic
nttention.--St. Paul Pioneer Press. e'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
WATER WORKS EXTENSION

Sealed proposals will be received
by the undersigned until February
%, 1918. for the construction Of a
six inch pipe line approximately
1900 feet long, with accessories,
according to plans and specifications
ON 'ils In my office. fr ssss f5st
7 .. ,t.si EUGENE SCHAUB.
Engineer.
Logan. Utah. ADV. u
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14

concluded that the proposal which
has been accepted W the sugar com
panies was fair and equitable. and
that a vigorous campaign, for beet
acreage. based upon this proposal.
should be carried on by the bureaus.
I'm placing this grave responsible
ity upon the shoulders Of the dele.
gates the members Of the bureau, as
stunned the equally grave responsible
ity Of supporting and backing up the
final decision Of those delegates. This
responsibility was discharged in a
|splsndid fashion by the. delegates. Il
Is now up to the membership of the
bureau to discharge in equally fine
fashion the responsibility they as
sumed. VI Z .lt} G4 " /
"The state Farm bureau stands
pledged before the nation to produce
the sugar the nation needs, and ev-
cry farmer is expected to discharge
this responsibility with the same en-.
thusiasm and fidelity that his son or
brother is displaying In the trench
es." 49, .a, o.t ,stst
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
has Romance pied2

Has war killed romance3 Willie
Norman Of Duffy, w. Va, wrote his
name on an egg shipped from his
fathers farm few days ago along
with the Information that he desired
= nice nttls wife," The only answer
received was from Q heartless woman,
whe wrote: You poor boob"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
Small Potato Patch.

II everybody followed the example
Of A. LamOe Of Two Huibors, Mimi,
potatoes would not be selling now at
So per bushel. In front Of I.amOe's
home, between the sidewalk and the
street, there Is such a nice patch of
potatoes that gentleman named Hoo
yer would be much delighted II he saw
ity. The patch Is 4 by "a feet and will
yield about four bushels of spuds.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
FACTS ABOUT THE ,r
SUGAR SITUATION

Some idea of how iavishly the
United States is using sugar. com
pared with her associates in the war
may be seen from the following:
England is now giving her people
per capita 2 lie pounds Of sugar n
month. whenever Il IL possible for
the government to furnish that,
much. The French and Italians are.
allowed only ITO pounds a months
whereas the comparable per, capit,u
household use of sugar In the UNI
ted States for 1917 was about 4 3-x
pounds. s't ep
Germany. with by the far the.
larger part Of sugar beet growing
sections Of Europe in her control IL
giving her people a ration Of 26 to
IS ounces per month or about one
Icuucc yer uuy.
The problem OF growing sugar.
teither cane or beet touches only @
limited number OF American farm
ers. yet the sugar question IL one to
be seriously considered in every Am
erican home. Our annual consump-
ton per capita. including both house..
hold and commercial use. has adj.
vanced from about Sc pounds In
1900 to ~ pounds in 1915; and In
1917 It was 81 pounds per person.,
The extravagant use of candles and
soft drinks in this country consumes
no tnconsiderable amount. ~ y
Great Britain produces no sugar
Prior to the war she obtained two
thirds Of her supply from the Teu-
tonic powers. The crop-in France
has been reduced from SOC. 900 tons
to one fourth or one fifth Of this
normal amount. Italy is now re-
duced to two fifths Of her pre-war
sugar crop. ,5a 30 ,r,N.a 43
As an, inevitable result our asso-
ciates In this war have to look to
the Western continent for their main
supply. Where they drew 400. 900
tons from America and the West In
dies before the war. last year they
received between four and five times
as much. They also secured In 1917
about 400. 900, tons from the East
indies. ". ''''s'a ~ 'a'a'a 7s's'.Aef ss
II we In our homes can make 4
ldollar's worth q sugar last . fourth
longer than usual II VIII help to re-
lieve the critical French and Italian
shortage. give us plenty for ourselves
| and avoid a further drain on our
short shipping.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
4 Used First sewIno Machine.

The first woman In America to use a
sewing machine died at Winste,i, in
Connecticut, nj the age of eighty-six.
She was Miss Elizabeth Kilbourn, who
III IN" iiili"s was n teacher In a pri-
waite .srEool at New Hartford When
!.iiaS Howe WAS. experimenting with
his Invention. he asked her To help
him ani 81 to her fell the honor of
being The first TO use the new machine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
The Difference.

Everyone who enjoys nature thinks
that tile principal thing to the tree Is
the fruit, hut In point of fact the prin.
clpal thing to 1t is the seed. Herein
Hes the difference between them that
crente and them That enjoy.-Nletz--
sche. ta ft
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
AN INCREASED sn..
BEETACRllEl!:A;G'1E!'

lions a. between beet growers and
manufacturers. \ S3IpJ 50. u
President E. @. Peterson Of the
Utah Agricultural coilege,dn an inI
terview following the conference
summarized. the situstion- in .a-splsa-
did tribute. He said. The agree
ment between the farmers and the
sugar companies on the price Of
beets again demonstrates that the
spirit Of cooperation which alone
made possible pioneer settlement In
Utah still exists in the hearts Of the
people. 4
THE farm bureau directors de-
serve great credit for the leadership
which they demonstrated. The sugar
companies very emphstically demon
strated their willingness to share the
: 81 ! =.
profits which have come to the In
dustry. The whole state deserves
in that Il has avoided
rancor ,and strife. and now in this
important matter faces the nation
unitedly in the interest q greater
production production rt2 urt .IHT
while in a sister state a public
commission is wrangling over the
matter, Utah has solved 1t without
outside help and is ready now to en-
Enthusiastically plan for sugar produc-
ton as never before.
Every farmer now, within the
Probabilities Of his resources of land,
Machinery. and labor, should figure
on ~ definite enlargement Of hts
acreage. The labor problem. while
undoubtedly needing serious atten-
ton, should not deter farmers from
a larger acreage. We must get la
Dor somewhere. ,,L o..
'''Only a few states have sugar
factories, therefore the call for SUI
gar which the world is making must
be answered by only half a dozen
states or so in the union. Utah must
seize the opportunity. 1t may never
come again. While. 1t will mean
profits. 1t means also something
much hotter than profit. 1t means
humanity" ae o
i, d. d. Mckay. President of the
Utah State Farm Bureau who has
labored diligently upon the subject
said: pe @
The, various sugar companies OF
the State supplied the convention
with a great deal Of data which has
gone over thoroughly by the dele
gates before q decision was reached.
After comparing and digssting these
figures thoroughly the eon1entiss
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14

Heel Not TO Bear weight.

The weight Of the body must never
DO borne ON the heels. IN walkings
the leg Is thrown forward from the
HIP, knee acting In harmony, heel
touching the ground first; hut the
weight should be SO quickly trans. I,
ferred to the ball Of the foot that the
heel makes no noise. One who walks:
noisily Is always walking incorrectly
and OF course cannot he graceful. i
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14

FOR many weeks, the press reports
lrom the east and elsewhere in tie
United States. also from our asso-
ciates In wnr in Europe have carried
pathetic APPEALS to the sugar produc-
ing areas esking for RELIEF against
sugar shortage. Utah has not failed
to sense her responsibility in the
crisis. ...... 49,.
The U. 8. Food Administration has
sent press dispatches. letters. post
srs and personal representatives into
the sugar beet growing districts.
The call has not been In vain. The
growers. through the Farm Bureaus.
recently held a conference at Logan
where four days and evenings were
spent in faithful. fair minded effort
to arrive at y fair basis on the price
Of beets. The sugar company rep
resentatives offered a vast amount
Of detail information relating to the
cost Of manufacturing sugar. In
open conference with the growers,
they. Laid all Of the cards on the
table. face up" as one delegate put
It. Every one present showed tho
right spirit in their efforts to ar
rive at fair and equitable basis.
Never before were such vast interests
so closely affiliated Ia Al endeavor
to rach unbiased soonoluslons. Every
body wanted to respond to the
governments eau and yAsn the nsst
ing adjourned. ne. Srowsrs dsterini
ined to join with the field aaperin-
tendents Of the .angar companies and
aid them in contracting increased
acreage.
GAS q
The growers found that their cost
Of growing 1eets had increased very
much above the normal cost.
One manufacturer told of the in
crease that his factories had to
meet. Bags which formerly cost nine
cents each cost IS cents for the
1917 campaign. For the 1918 sea-
SON his company had contracted tho
same bags at 20 cents per bag and
since the contvsct Ms placed, the
price has advanced to 81 cents
Another manufacturer told Of
coal tslackl which formerly cost
the factory I7s cents per ton. that
had increased in price to s2,s5 per
ton. On the fosmsr price. the fuel
cost meant 2s cents per, bag Of SUI
gar; with the increased price. the
fuel cost amounts to u cents per
bag Of sugar. Il vas sr hssyt to
heart conference which Marked an
important spesA y ssssRssss!yS 4 =;
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14
NEW STACKER TRICK FAILS
Nan Ties Himself In Knot to Escape
Army Service. ...,a.

han Ties Himself In Knot to Escape
Army Service. .,.,a.
q He ambled, hump-shouldcrch. into
the headquarters OF board So ut Den.
yer.
"Tm Ellis London, and I claim ex.
emption," lie announced.
"Whyf" inquired the chairman.
Z "Because I'm only 4 feet IL inches
tall"
But when the doctors compelled FL.
lis to unwind himself they decided he
must have used his own feet rs q
measuring unit, for London had length
ened himself until he crowded the
siX-foOt mark.
Anyway, got plenty Of people de-
pending on me, ana can prove It," ho
flung back when he had been accepted
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14

Fools the PIekpecissts.
An automatic clampIng device pre-
vents q wallet falling from a mans
pocket and even will defy pickpockets
who do not know how II 10 operated.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-02-14

Logan. Utah.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
CONTINUED Next Issue)
Bomb on Florence H?

PARIS, April 23.-CTueSday.)-Ine
blowing up of the American steamship
Florence H., off the coast of Brittany,
is believed to have been due. says the
Radio Agency, to a bomb placed on
board before she left the United States,
so timed as to explode when the vessel
reached port. Owing to a fire on board,
the news agency adds, the bomb eX-
ploded prematurely.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
about II ounces per week.

about IL ounces per week.
OF -four we normally eat about Is
pounds a month pes capital We are
asked to reduce the consumption now
to 6 pounds per capita per month.
OF corn we normally eat about 3.5
pounds a week. We are not asked to
restrict ourselves in the use of this
cereal in any particular. In fact, we
are asked to eat larger quantities OF
corn in order that we may materially
reduce the consumption of wheat flour
to a positive minimum
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

M Hen darkness comes you realize
Wv that, at any rate, he won't be
back that night. and you hope
for telephone call from him teIl1ng
of his whereabouts.
If the night passes without sign or
word from him, he is reported miss
ing, and then you watch for his cas-
ualty to appear IN the war office lists.
One day, perhaps a month later, a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

into her confidence. Judging from the in
formation they got. or failed to get
from me-
At any rate they gave me up as a
bad job. and ! was ordered to the Off
GERS prison at Coutrai, Belgium.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
Treating a Case of Thrush.

J. Is. p, Matthews, Ga, writes: ] would
like TO know how to treat a mules foot for
the thrush My mule stamps in the stall,
especially in rainy weather, and | think this
Is the trouble.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

A case Of thrush may be treated as
follows Poultice the foot to soften the
parts. Next trim away the edges of
the cleft 50 as to get at the seat of the
trouble. Swab and cauterize the part
carefully You may use for this pur-
pose butter or anthony. Any other
liquid caustic fill answer as well. Use
the caustic once and then dust calomel
into the cleft once each day. This tends
to dry up the discharge and in most
cases will cure the disease The shoe
should of course, be removed and frog
pressure given. If a horse or mule sut-
fering from this trouble is to be work
ed bar shoes should be put on. Re
member that to make this treatment eff
fective il is necessary to keep the foot
clean and dry. When the animal is
debilitated give only good nourishius
food Tonic condition powders can some
times be used TO good effect.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
CHAPTER v.

<ROM the intelligence department
X / was conveyed to the officers
- prison camp at Courtrai in an
automobile. 1t was about an hour s
ride My escort was one of the most
famous f1iers in the world, barring
none He was later killed in action, but
l was told by an English airman who
witnessed his last combat, that he
fought a game battle and died a nero $
death.
The prison, which had evidently been
a civil prison of some kind before the
war. was located right in the heart
of Courtrai The first building we ap-
preached was large and in front OF
the archway, which formed the main
entrance, was a sentry box. Here we
were challenged by the sentry, who
knocked on the door; the guard turned
the key in the lock and ! was admit
ted.
We passed through the archway, and
directly into a courtyard, on which
faced all of the prison buildings, the
windows of course being heavily
barred. After l had given my pedi-
gree-my name, age, address, etc.-I
was shown to cell with bars on the
windows overlooking this courtyard. i
was promptly told that at night we
were to occupy these rooms. but ! had
already surveyed the surroundings
taken account of the number of guards
and the locked door outside, and con-
cluded that my chances of getting away
from some ohtre place would be no
worse than in that particular cell.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
The interpreters

They had here interpreters who could
speak all languages. One of them was
a mere boy who had been born in Jer-
sew CHy. n. j., and had spent all his
life in America until the beginning OF
1914. Then he moved with his folks TO
Germany. and when he became of mill
tary age the Huns forced him into the
army. / think if the truth were known
he would much rather have been fight
ing for America than against her
l found that most of the prisoners
remained at Coutrai only two or three
days From there they were invariably
taken to prisons in the interior of Ger
many.
Whether it was because ] was an
American, or because I was flyer. l
don't know, but this rule was not fol-
lowed in my case I remained there
two weeks.
During this period Courtrai was con-
stantIy bombed by our expert airmen.
Not a single Gay or night passed with
out one or more air raids. In the two
weeks I was there I counted twenty
one of them. The town suffered a great
deal of damage. Evidently our people
were aware that the Germans had a lot
of troops concentrated in this town;
and besides the headquarters staff was
stationed there.
The kaiser himself visited Courtrai
while 1 was in prison. / was told by
one of the interpreters, but he didn't
call on me, and for obvious reasons
couldn't call on him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
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Limitations on Consumption Of Ger
tain Foods

&. 81. y, Monroe, Ga, writes: I would
like 20 know how much Of the following
articles Of food are supposed 10 eat:
Flour sugar and corn.
The normal consumption of sugar in
the United States is about 90 pounds
per capita. We are now asked 20 use
only an ounce and a half per day, OF
three pounds per month.
The normal consumption Of meat is
Beef S2.5 pounds; mutton, : pounds
pork, 1885 pounds: other meats, D.:
pound; or a total of i 35 pounds pei
capita per aunum. We are asked to cut
down the consumption of meat by 2
minimum Of one ounce per day. We
could probably cut dCwr our conSump
ton by quarter OF pound per day
and still not miss Z, thereby saving
an abundance for our allies abroad.
OF fats we eat 3.42 ounces cay
We are asked TO cut this down L
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26
Aroused Curiosity

= AS ! had no hat, my helmet being
the only thing l had worn over the
lines, l was compelled either TO go
bareheaded or wear the red cap or the
Bavarian whom l had shot down on
that memorable day. 1t can be mag
ined how l locked attired in a British
uniform and a bright red cap. Wher-
ever 1 was taken my outfit aroused
considerable curiosity among the Bel
gians and German soldiers.
When l arrived at prison that day /
still wore this cap, and as i was taken
into the courtyard my overcoat covering
nv uniform. all that the British offl-
GERS who happened to be summing them
selves in the courtyard could see was
the red cap They afterward told me
thew wondered who the big Hun was
with the bandage on his mouth. rms
cap 1 managed to keep with me, put
was never allowed to wear 1t on the
walks we took. / either went barehead-
ed or borrowed a cap from some other
prisoner.
At certain hours each day the prison
ers were allowed to mingle in the court
ward. and on the first occasion of this
kind I found that there were eleven Of
ficers imprisoned there beside myself.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-26

Growing Long Cotton on Uplands.

r. NJ. Pulktun. y. C., writes: lf Sea
Island cotton Is worth so much more per
pound, why does not every farmer plant il
instead of the common 6indt Can il be
ginned in the common gins: Would it
grow i'm this section of the state?