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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-28
OVER 30 THOUSAND
AMERICAN DEAD
GEN MARCH GIVES OUT CASUAL.
TY FIGURES TO-DAY
FIRST TROOPS FROM ABROAD
viii include Some Iowa Units, but
the RaiIbow Division viii Re-
main with the American
Army Of Occupation.
(By Carl ID. Groat)

Washington. Nov. 23.-More than
fifty thousand American soldiers have
died during the war. Nearly one hun
dred and eighty thousand more were
wounded.
These figures were given out today
by Chief of Staff March in his weekly
conference with newspaper men, in
which he indicated the Thirty-fourth
Division was among those stated for
an early return to the United States
The First Troops Home.
According to his report the Rainbow
Division and the Eighty-eighth diyis-
ion which trained at Camp Dodge,
viii not be among the first TO return.
Demobilization of our forces abroad
has been carefully studied this week.
As a result Gen. March has author
lied General Pershing to send home to
the extent of available transports,
such units as are not needed by the
armies Of occupation.
The Total Casualties
These branches are the railroad ar
tillery. army artillery, gas tank and
air service forces, and skeletons of
such divisions which have been used
in replacement.
The full statement of casualties
shows:
Killed and died of wounds 36,154.
Died of disease 1851.
Died, unclassified 2,204.
Wounded 179,625.
Prisoners 2,163.
Missing. 1,160.
Total, 23e,117.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-28

Rome, Nov. 25.-Italian troops have
occupied Onnesbruck and Landeck in
Austrian Pyronne just outside OF the
SPECIAL zone provided in the Italian
armistice.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
IS THERE a SANTA CLAUS?

The Chimes.
Some people scorn the idea. These
are not the little children. Sour
crown-ups, rather, or boys and girls
who claim to have discovered Santa
to be simply member of their fam
lily, and not -whiskered, jolly
fellow who drives reindeer, and
comes in on Christmas Eve by way of
the chimney. One does not like to
take sides; yet some do take sides,
and with n certain fierceness. They
say that children should not be en-
couraged to believe in Santa; it puts
them in possession of faith they
must later lose. Poor Santa! 1t
seems too bad that anybody should
hold prejudice against him, and
should try to Danish him from our
hearts and our homes. Has he ever
done aught but good to single soul?
Perhaps he is not the man he is some
times represented to be; who of us
is? And it may be that he does not
20 about driving reindeer-in n sleigh
at all, though il any child says he
does. I shall not contradict him.
Whoever he is, or however he goes
about, he is the spirit of Christmas
who puts consuming joy into the
hearts of little children. and by his
pleasing surprises and his revelations
of thoughtfulness and love fills the
day with a warm radience for all.
Sorry will be the year, when he walks
no more among us!
II. w. Mabie, genial essayist though
he ordinarily is, speaks with unwont-
ed sharpness on this point in his
essay, "Christmas Eve" where he
says: "He who does not see in the
legend of Santa Claus a beautiful
faith on one side, and the naive en-
bodiment of a divine fact on the
other, is not fit to have a place at
the Christmas board. For him there
should be neither carol, nor holly,
nor mistletoe; they. only shall keep
the feast to whom all these things
are but the outward and visible signs
of an inward and spiritual grace"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
Death us Mrs. Gruber

At her home on Elk Ave on Sat
urday morning. Dec. 21st, occurred
The death of Mrs. Sebastian Gruber
of dropsy and heart trouble Mrs
Gruber had been ll'for some time
and her death was not unexpected.
She has resided in Crested Butte
for The past thirty years, having
come here in the year of 1888. Be
sides her husband, Mrs. Gruber leaves
to mourn her death two sisters, Mrs.
George Beitler and Mrs. Anton Belt
Ter. both of this city. Also a broth
er in Germany. Short funeral SER
vices were held at the cemetery by
thu Rev Wm. Kipp.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

A food map of Europe today shows
not single country In which the fu-
ture does not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only small part which
is not (Rpidly approaching the famine
point With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
3 even In the Ukraine, with stores accu-
mulated on the farms, there is famine
in the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand In different reia-
tiOn from the other nations to the peo-
pie of the United States. America has
for four years maintained the small
war ratiOns of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs, which. with those
of Serbia. must be included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
Ter during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
work there. The moment the German
armies withdrew from her soil and she
was established once more in her own
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

Northern Illinois, or the fertile belt
along Lake Michigan with the Sand
Belt OF Adams and Marquette Coun-
ties in Wisconsin to sense the differ
ences in ability to pay for good
schools.
The Bill before Congress provides
S5O,0O000O annually 'for the improve
ment of public schools of less than
college grade, with the definite aim
of extending school terms and of
stimulating state and local interest
in improvings through better instruc-
tion and graduation and through con-
solidation and supervision, the rural
schools and the schools in sparsely
settled localities" An equal amount
by the states would provide s100,0O0,-
900 annually. The fund is to be dis
tributed on the per teacher basis, and
amounts to SS0.34 for each public
school teacher employed.
Colorado has 6,573 teachers and
would receive from Congress $685.
074.S2.- An equal amount by the state
for these purposes would make avail
able S1,156,14964 for the PURPOSES
mentioned in the Bill,
The Bill provides that no State
shall share in this fund unless it has
at least twenty-four weeks of school
in each district. unless it enforces an
adequate compulsory school attend
ance law, and unless it provides that
"the basis language of instruction in
the common school branches in all
schools, public and private, shall be
the English language only"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
BOOKS NEEDED FOR
MEN IN HOSPITALS

"Thore are tens of thousands of
wounded men in our army hospitals
and every returning transport and
hospital ship brings more thousandE
MANY of these men will be in hospft-
ais for months, some of them for a
year or more, before they are suffici-
emily recovered to be discharged
from the army.
"These men need books. They need
books more than they need almost
anything else except surgical care
and nursing"
Herbert Pullman, Librarian of Con-
gress, who is General Director of the
Library War Service of the American
Library Association, thus directs at
tention to an opportunity for service
that is open to every one. For the
books that are needed for our men in
hospitals and those in camps await
ing rehabilitation are the books that
are on the book shelves of almost
every American home.
"What these men need in reading
matter is good current felton," said
DR.. Putnam "The American Library
Association has supplied and is sup.
plying technical and educational
books by thousands to meet the in
sistent demands of our men in uni
form for that class of reading matter.
These books have to be bought, and
almost all of the funds available for
the Associations Library War Service
are required for this purpose and for
the maintenance of the service.
''For fiction and general literature
we have to depend largely on gifts
from the public. Since last spring
more than three million gift books
have been placed in the hands of our
soldiers and sailors. Books wear out,
and these books have been widely
scattered among the camps on this
side and overseas, so now we have no
reserve supply of good fiction to
draw on for the pressing need of the
moment, which is in the hospitals
and the Rehabilitation camps.
every good recent book that can
be spared from anyone's personal
book shelf will find its wav quickly
into the hands of some soldier or sail
or who needs mental relaxation and
recreation if it is taken or sent at
once to the nearest public library.
| Every public library in the United
States IS a receiving station for Lii
brarv War Service and books received
are forwarded as speedily as possible
to the hospitals and rehabilitation
carons
"There is no better way to make a
Christmas gift to the men who have
been wounded in our service than to
give books"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
CHRISTMAS HYMN

Sing, Christmas bells!
Say to the earth this is the morn
Whereon our Saviour King is born;
Sing to all men-the bond, the free
The rich, the poor, the high, the low
The little child that sports in glee-
The aged folk that tottering go
Proclaim the morn
That Christ is born,
That saveth them and saveth me!
Sing, o my heart!
Sing thou in rapture this dear morn
Whereon the blessed Prince is born!
And as thy songs shall be of love,
So let thy deeds be charity
BY the dear Lord that reigns above
BY Him that died upon the tree,
BY this fair morn
Whereon is born
Tho Christ that saveth all and me!
Eugene Field.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

seat of government the little nations
first thought was to express her grati-
tude to the Commission for Relief In
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such a map for Ameri-
cans because there is no present indi-
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem il she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou-
BILE centers.
England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to'mect immediate
needs, but their future presents seri-
Gus difficulties, The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun-
Sweden and Denmark
ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already In the
throes of famine, and 100000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
help. Before another spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die.
This applies as weH to Poland and
throughout the Baltic re-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

We're your boys blamed for cut
ting clothes line? Well, if they
weren't you were lucky for at least
seven boys were accused of cutting
and taking one line last week, how
ever, the line was found later, in the
yard where it had fallen when cut or
broken as the case may be, Many>peo-
pie do not consider that their very
own boys will some day be accused
of some things they have never done.
Better to 'look before you leap"
when it comes to putting blame on
an innocent party.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

gions, with conditions most serious In
Finland
Bohemia. Serbia, Roumania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering heavy
toll of death. The Armenian pOpula-
tion is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine is near. AL
though starvation Is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur-
key are In the throes of serious strin-
gencies.
In order to fulfill Americas pledge
In world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be ham
died through our ports. This means. at
the very least minimum of 10000 900
tons compared with 100000 tons pre-
war exports and 11.S20,OOO tons ex-
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war to the European
allies.
If we fail to tighten the black spots
on the hunger map or IL we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see in other parts of
Europe repetition of the Russian de-
bacle and our fight for world peace
will have been in vain.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
Tho Equalization of Educational Op-
portunities Within tho States

The per capita wealth is very un-
even in the different states. In
North Carolina it is S726.35. In Ne
vada it is s4,135.35. For the country
as whole, it is S1,712.77.
The population back of each teach
er employed in the public schools is
also uneven. In Iowa, there is one
teacher for population of sl.52 per-
sons. In Louisiana, there is one
teacher for a population of 24O.O1.
In the country as whole, there is
one teacher for a population of 1881.
The wealth back of each teacher
also varies in the different states.
In Mississippi, there is a wealth of
S119 271.8S for each teacher. In Illi-
nois, there is wealth of S437, ,491.5
for each teacher. In Nevada, it is
s67l, l,815.56. For the United States
as whole, the. figure is $3.50, ,754.08
per teacher
A tax of two mills on each dollar
OF wealth in the United States would
equal the salaries paid to all public
school teachers of the country. To
equal the salaries of teachers in
Idaho. "A mill tax is required. In
Pennsylvania, a tax of LAP mills
would pay the salaries of all public
school teachers.
Similar computations may be made
for the taxing units within any given
state, be they county or school dis
trict. Consequently, the schools with
in given state vary almost as much
rs do the schools of different states.
More must be done to equalize taxa
tion within the states to insure
equally efficient schools in all dis
tricts. The movement must be toward
larger distributable fund raised by
statewide taxation and distributed
in Proportion to economic and educa-
tional need Compare Lancaster and
Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania, the
Missouri River Valley and the Ozark
region Of Missouri, Southern and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
BAKERS ON THE GRILL
STOCK RAISERS DID WELL
Denver, Colo, Dec. IL, 1918.

Denver, Colo, Dec. II, 1918.
Stating that the big bakeries of
Denver, whose product is shipped all
over the state, are slipping one over
on the public by putting on the mar
ket odd-sized loaves of bread, such
as a fifteen ounce loaf instead Of
full sixteen ounce one, Robert j.
Grant, executive manager of the
United States food administration
for Colorado, has called a hearing
of all the baking firms involved.
Under the food administration
bread making regulation only loaves
weighing twelve ounces, sixteen
ounces or multiples of the same may
be sold.
That to the stock raisers of the
west belongs the credit for the Amer
lean nation being able even to con-
slider the meeting of Herbert Hoo
vers shipping program for meat pro-
ducts is the belief of the U. S. Food
Administration for Colorado.
Latest reports received from the
department of Agriculture indicate
that the increase in hogs this fall
and the coming spring will yield not
less than 1,60O,OOO,O0O pounds. Of
pork; that the increase in pork for
the quarter ending September 1918
is known now to have been S76000,-
600 pounds over the same quarter
last year; and that the beef increase
for the same period was 91,OOO,O00
pounds.
The increase in head of livestock
is estimated in hogs and beef at
from eight to fifteen per cent. Hoo
ver's shipping program however calls
for the sending over of sixty-six per
cent more meats and fats than last
year so that the world meat shortage
is still acute and the necessity for
strictly curtailed meat consumption
in America is still urgent,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
OUR DISTRICT MAKES
SPLENDID RECORD

The State Headquarters of the War
Savings Committee are today in re-
ceipt of letter from the headquar-
ters in Kansas City of the Tenth
Federal Reserve District, to the eff
feet that this District, which in
cludes Colorado, is second in the
United States in the sale of War Saw
ing Stamps per capita. The Twelfth
District, which includes San Francis
co, is first with a per capita of
S1307 while the Tenth District has a
per capita of $500. However, as
there is only a difference of seven
cents per capita in the sale it is be-
.lieved with little extra effort on
the part of everybody that this ma
jority can be changed in favor of the
Tenth District. Everyone is urged
to buy Stamps this month to their
utmost and put Colorado and the
Tenth District at the top of the list.
This would be great for Colorado
considering that the Seventh Dis
trict, which includes Chicago, is fifth
with per capita of s10.75, the Third
District, which includes Philadelphia,
is eleventh with a per capita of $6.99
and the Sixth District, which includes
New York, is twelfth with per
capita of $6;4O.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

Do you know that if we had S35
more, we would have enough to adopt
an orphan, for a year-S6o. Don't you
think it would be fine if Gunnison
County Sunday Schools could adopt
one of those poor orphans for year?
Other places are doing it and receive
letters of Thanks from the child ov-
er there. Shall we do it or have all
contributed who wish? i want to
send all of our contribution in by
tho first of the year. You will note
have only slo0 outside of Gunni-
son How about the rest of the
COUNTY? MRS. GRANT rutland,
County Leader.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RELIEF

Dear People of Gunnison County:
have been much pleased with the
response you have made to my appeal
on behalf of the Sunday Schools of
our county, for the Armenian and Sy-
rian relief fund.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
PIANO AT SACRIFICE

We have stored near Crested Butte
u high grade piano, which, for imme-
diate sale, will be sold at tremen-
dous sacrifice. Terms to responsible
party. If interested write quick for
particulars to THE DENVER MUSIC
COMPANY, Denver, Colo. 49-6t
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

DR.. Geo. Sullivan moved into his
now dentist parlors and then took
the train for Gunnison to spend
Xmas at home.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

Mrs. X. h. Mace and son, Frank,
spent Friday at Hillside ranch.
w. L. Underwood was an arrival
from Gunnison on Fridays train.
ID
Alex Campbell is back at his old
stand, clerking in Taylor's store
o. ]. Burns is suffering from Sc,
we're attack of rheumatism this week
Miss Mary Arnott is helping the M.
l. Roth store during the holiday
rush.
Miss Evelyn Mccarthy is employed
at the Colo. Supply Co. store this
week.
r. H. Mace is coming down from
Smith Hill to spend Xmas with his
family.
Clifford Moberly who spent five
days in quarantine at his home here
is out now.
Joe Kochevar family who have
been in quarantine for the past two
weeks are out now.
o
Mrs. R. F. Mckinley left Thursday
for her home in Canon City where
she will spend the holidays.
o.
Al Arnold went to Gunnison last
Wednesday evening on the extra,
coming back the following day.
Rev. VIM. Kipp came up from Gun
nison Saturday to hold funeral SER
vices for Mrs. Sebastian Gruber.
Little Harold Songer went down to
Gunnison Monday to spend Xmas
with his mother, Mrs.-Max Koletzke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Snellar with
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mills. came in
by sleigh from Cement Creek, Sat
urday.
Mrs. George L. Miller and Rev.
VIM. Kipp returned to Gunnison on
Sunday after the funeral of Mrs.
Gruber.
Mrs. Zula Pedroja and Mrs. Loyce
Gibson went to Gunison Sunday to do
some Christmas shopping, returning
Monday.
Mrs A. F. Decker has been spend
ing few days this week with her
daughter, Mrs. Carl Bergman at
Hillside ranch.
Her many friends will be glad to
hear that Mrs. P. j. Morgan is able
to be up and about again. William,
the baby, is quite sick tho yet.
Mrs. Kathrine Mahoney returned to
her home in Gunnison Sunday, after
having spent a pleasant week with
her daughter, Mrs. John Yoklavich.
Mrs. Ida Moffitt came down from
Irwin last week when the mine
closed there. She is moving in the
rooms up over the Robinson Lumber
Co. store.
Mr.. and Mrs C. j. Diel are spend
ing some time in Denver before COM
ing home from Fredonia, Kansas,
whers they have spent the past year
on their farm.
VIM. R. Gulliford had three days
extention to his furlough. He
left Friday, intending to spend
one day in Denver before returning
tn Camn Funston Kansas
DIR. George Sullivan is having the
rooms formerly occupied by DR.. o.
A. Dram, fitted up as dental office.
H. T. Smith is doing the work and it
will be very comfortable when fin
ished.
We regret very much that we made
mistake last week and announced
the death Of Mrs. Albert Lovett. Truth
of the matter is that Mrs. Lovett is
not dead at all and it was her hus-
band who died. Both had the flu
but Mrs. Lovett is much improved
at this time. We supposed the re-
port was reliable, having come from
friend of the family here.
Altho there has been no church
services nor Sunday school here for
the past six weeks the children OF
Crested Butte will get their usual
treat from the C. F. & I. Co. There
is box of candy for each child in
C. B. The u. C. church will distri-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
Not M..h. Ey.n a. That

Willie Simson-"My, but / thought
you were great deal bigger than
you are" Featherstone-"Wh gave
you such an idea, Willie?" "Why,
sister said that all you did was to
take up roaW. Life.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

If in want of anything try an adlet
IN the Pilot 1t will bring results.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

Mrs. R. H. Mace and son, Frank,
spent Friday at Hillside ranch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
Local and Personal
Mrs. George l. Miller came up,
from Gunnison Saturday.

George Kapusin is in Gunnison on
his way home from Texas.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

w. L. Underwood was an arrival
from Gunnison on Fridays train.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

PURCHASE W. s. .. STAMPS
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26

Alex Campbell is back at his old
stand, clerking in Taylor's store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-07


ROOMS, two; modern; furnish ed !:
light housekeeping; no children /;
11o Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-07
St. Louis Livestock.

Chicago, Aug Hogs. 1000;
market mostly - TO zoe higher;
big packers buying spaEiugIy and
trade very slow in common pack
ing grades Butchers 1859: light
-s.50G1S-95, packing IS.00019.g0;
rough 17.7561S.0O; bulk Of sales
l825019-S5; pigs, good and choice
II75d 1880
Cattle, 5000: market dull: no
notable changes from yesterday;
calves steady to zoe higher; com
non and medium 1O-G0N15-00.
butcher stock cows and hetfers z
GI450; Gamers and cutters 6.00O
ZOO; stockers and feeders. good,
choice and fancy 1000M13.0O; in
ferior, common and medium 900
1000; veal calves, good and choice
I675G17.50
Sheep. 10000; opened fully
steady, supply late getting in;
choice native lambs sold 1850.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-07
Notice of Final settlement.

Estate OF JOln MIInor LusIer, de-
ceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Charlotte Custer,
administrator OF said estate, has
this day filed her final report and
settlement as such in the probate
court of Rock Island county, and
hearing on said report has been set
for Aug. II, 1918, at 10 o'clock a. m,
at which time persons interest ed
may appear aGSAl make objections
thereto, and if no objections are filed,
said report viii be approved at that
time and the underSi Rued will as k
for an. order of distribution, and upon
making such distribution VIII ask
to be discharged.
Rock Island, Ill. July %, 1913.
CHARLOTTE CUSTER,
Adm nistratrix.
Stafford. Schoede q Stafford. at
torneys.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-07

SERGEANT Edward Durbin,
Chamer0n. w. Va; James McCor-
mick, Cbeltenham, England: John
Schrang, Hoboken, y. J.; Joseph