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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09
Home Demonstration Agent

At meeting of the Farm Bur
3Aeau Directors, Friday, April 28th.,
\ it was unanimously voted to place
\ home demonstration agent, in
n connection with food conserva-
n ton work in Harrison County for
a three months beginning about
N May 9th. This lady will represent
\ the Iowa State College of Agricul-
4 ture, United States Department OF
\ ,Agriculture and the Harrison
County Farm Bureau cooperating
We will have, had practical ex-
perience and special training all
saalong the line of food conserva-
q ton in the household, and should
4 be of valuable assistance in the
n county during the fruit and vege-
sAtable canning season.
III There are now in Iowa, forty
III three such agents and they have
II met with the very best of success.
BBAThe Government pays the salary,
!, and all that is required is for the
county to pay travelling expenses
\. and groceries where demonstra-
jtions are given. The work will be
A under the supervision OF an adj
u visory committee composed of
X citizens of Harrison County and,
X in turn they will select one woman
n from each township to act as a
n Chairman. She in turn will ap-
NJ point her committee representing
n the rural districts and the cities.
y, The lady will be available to the
n cities and county. She will give
II practical demonstrations on food
/ conservation canning, drying, etc.
u The women of our country to-
day are confronted with one OF
the biggest problems that they
4 have ever come in contact with.
The scarcity for wheat has made
bread problem and the untold
good that can be derived from the
home demonstration is hardly con-
y ceivable.
4 This lady will be here with her
\ headquarters in Logan and we
4 know the people will get the spirit
4 of the movement and make the
Fl three months more successful
than the two weeks campaign OF
n last year..
Il Potatoes help to take the place
of wheat. The larger use of pota-
toes will mean more. wheat for
n export to our allies.
a r.. X. Bliss,
State Extension Department
II W~r = ms...n. yIy~nA Al
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09
Volunteers Wanted

1t is becoming increasingly
more and more lifficut to secure
\ nurses for The care of the sick a!
home. How can this need be sup
piled. unless our young women
b are willing to prepare themselves
for the assumption of some of y C
burden? 1t is planned to organize
) such of the ladies from young " '
manhood to middle age into class
es f9H the purpose of studying un-
= DEF The direction and teaching OF
the home physicians as much of
the simpler parts Of the duties of
pa nurse as will enable them to
minister to the sick, either SOL
der, or civilian. Provision has
Nbeee under which any woman who
faithfully nd earnestly devotes
herself to the course of study
@that has been outlined may, after
passing a creditable examination
by an examiner under the appoint
\ ment of the government secure a
certificate of proficiency in the
work undertaken. To this end and
J, in order that it may be known who
in the community are willing to
undertake.; such a course those
wishing to enroll are requested to
register their names with Mr..
Hugh Tamisiea at The public lib
!. rary and as soon as a sufficient
number shall have so registered to
form class steps in the fulher
organization will be taken.
ZEE. Lusk, M. ID.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09
Wedding Near Dunlap

Dunlap, May Z, At the country
home of j. II. Morton, a wedding
occurred last week at which time
their daughter, Martha, was uni
ted in marriage to Mr.. Albert Pro
fDasco. The young couple will
make their home on the groom's
farm south of town. Both are yer,
popular.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09

A gold star was added to the
City service flag this morning in
honor of Julius Muller.
Mrs. Guy Mahoney of Chadron,
is expected this evening for a few
days visit with friends and rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Daniels are
celebrating their fortieth we'd
ding anniversary today.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Skinner of
Council Bluffs, were overnight
guests of the George Richardson
home.
Mrs. VIM. Messer was an Om-
aha visitor today.
r. L. Pierce received badly
injured instep and ankle when a
heavy piece of iron fell on his
foot.
The funeral of Howard Mathena
was held yesterday afternoon,
from the L. D. S., church and the
burial took place in the Old Town
cemetery. The out of town relati-
yes and friends in attendance
were, Mrs. Fred Beatie of Hart
ford, Kansas, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A..
johnson and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Mathena from Sioux City, w. E.
Hirst from Magnolia and Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Clothier of Dow City.
Mark Graham was up last eve
ming from Ft. Omaha, calling on
relatives and friends.
Miss Laura Matthews of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, of the Civilian Relief
department of the Red Cross was
the guest today of Mrs. X. l..
Price, civialian relief officer of
the local order.
John Demo returned home this
morning from weeks visit with
his broher in st. Louis, Mo.
Phil Getcher was business
passenger to Omaha today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09

First Harrison 'codnty Boy e
Make Tho oroat Sacrifice

=
Word was receivedglate Monday
evening from the war department
that Julius Muller had been killed
in action May 1st. No particulars
were given out but it is presumed
that the action took place in the
neighborhood of Amiens for the
unit to which Mr.. Muller belonged
had served their time in the tren-
ches some time ago land it is
thought he was among the Ameri-
can troops helping the French
stem the German hordes in their
great drive.
With twenty-four other young
men from this city, Julius enlist
ed while a recruiting officer was
here and was sent to Fort Logan,
Colorado, and then TO Fl. Bliss,
Texas. They stayed there but a
short time when they entrained
for France where they were the
first American troops to land,
twelve of the twenty-three enlist
ling having been assigned to the
10th Inf.
The 10th Infantry has probably
been harder hit than any other
unit as they were the first in the
trenches and it was from this reg
iment that the first Americans
killed in France, were taken. Merle
Hay, of Glidden, the first man to
fall in France, belonged to Com
pany +. 10th. Inf, the same COM
pany as Julius. II has been under
stood that all of the squad to
which he belonged was either kill
ed, captured or wounded but JUL
ius. happened to be on detached
duty at the time and was not i'm
the trenches when the raid was
made.
| Julius was good soldier, abso-
lutely fearless, willing to do any
thing that his superior officers
told him and conscious at all
times that he was fighting for the
right and for his home. His loss
will be keenly felt, not only in his
home but also in the regiment to
which he belonged. The entire
county extends its sympathies to
the bereaved parents as there are
but few homes in the county but
that have some member of the
family in the army and no one
knows but that their home may be
the next bereaved.
Julius Frances Muller was born
in Missouri Valley, Dec. 80, 1898,
and was "a years of age at the
time of his death. He has lived
here all his life, graduating from
the High School in 1912. After his
GRADUATION he worked for Road
master Roland for some time and
was attending Creighton Law col
lege at the time of his enlistment
while in high school he was one
lol lnc most active members OF
the debating team where he made
Ian enviable record for himself.
On May 10, 1917 he was enroll
ed in the armed forces of the Uni
ted States and had served his
country nearly year when it was
decreed that he should lay down
his life for humanity.
He was an active member of the
knights of Columbus lodge of this
city AMI devout church member.
His Immediate family consists
of father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. j. Muller, four sisters
and one brother beside large
circle OF friends.
S
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09
Johnson-Iia,ns

Friends here have received cards
announcing the marriage o. Geo
w. johnson of his city to Miss
Edna ljams, which took place u!
the home of the brides parents:
May 5sth., at Normal, Ill.
The happy couple will return
here tn e last of this week anc
will ma Ike their home in the KEEL
logg cottage on South Eighth st.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09
The G. ,unty Liberty Loan FIao

The County Liberty Loan Flag
was hoiated over the city hall this
morning 1t is the regulation Lib
erty Loan flag but it has two
stars sho1 wing Harrison County
subscribed more than 200 per cent
over it's gu, ota.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-05-09
In Memory Of the Late Lamented
AMI Loved Julius Muller

Weep not, sorrowing parents, weep not
Your darling Julius is not dead,
But sleeping, sleeping on the breast of God
In His mercy, He has cacl him.
To his glorious sphere on high
Where in Heavenly Bliss you'll find him,
That happy day. is drawing nigh.
immortal julius thou hast trumphed
Der the Kaiser and savage foes,
And the Great Jehovah loves thee,
Calls thee from this world of woes
Weep not, sorrowing parents, weep not for Julius
Earth can claim him now,
Angel hands have wreathed his circlet
Angel hands have crowned his brow
Angel bands have reared his throne,
Angel bands have borne him upward,
Radiany to his Heavenly Home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-17
Makes Much Of Little

Patient--DoCtor, why does
small cavity seem so large to the
tongue?
Dentist--Just the natural ten
dency Of the tongue to eXaggerate,
l suppose.-JGdge.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-17

Willie Wiliis-What' a second.
story man." mamma?
Mamma Willis-Your father. II
I don't believe the first one he tells
he always has another one ready.
Life,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
A DOCTORS CONFESSION.
By H. Arlington Bruce.

n TR. ROBERT S. CARROLL, North Carolina
lVI specialist, has written really helpful BOOK
~ - for nervous people, The Mastery OF Ner-
vousness" In its opening pages DR.. Carroll
makes this interesting statement of medical belief:
THE truly intelligent physician recognizes
that than half his work is directed to the
overcoming of functional not organic, diseases
HE also recognizes that his multiplied and
complex efforts to relieve patients one-half of the
beneficial effects of his treatment is due to con-
scious or unconscious suggestion.
He will tell you that the large majority of the
medicines he prescribes produce change what
ever in either the quality or the action of the
tissues of the body. The effects of the majority
of medicines producted upon the patients
mind.
And in many of the other means used by ply
sicians for treatment electricity, hydrotherapy,
etc., the benefits are largely the result of mental
suggestion"
People who are nl-particularly people who
feel themselves i'll most of the tme-Will do well
to ponder this frank confession.
They have been taking medicine. Perhaps
they really need medicine.
But the chances that what they need most
of all is dieting, rest or exercise and mental treat
ment that will give them more cheerful outlook
on life and develop in them a resolute will to be
we'll
. The chances are too that If they are not get
ting this treatment the fault is their rather
than that of the doctor who has been treating them
with drugs.
Again and again doctors have said to me:
"Often we are really compelled to write pre-
scriptions unnecessarily. People who do not need
medicine at ALL insist our giving 1t to them
eff were to refuse, they would feel that we
do not know business, and would go to some
body else. Or they would dose themselves with
patent nostrums.
'It seems to be impossible to get people to un-
derstand that in many cases they have within
themselves healing powers which Will cure them
without the aid of any drugs" ...
And the more frequently doctors in general
voice the sentiments candidly uttered by DR..
Carroll the sooner the public will be educated as
to this important truth
The outcome of such education, to be sure, VIII
be damaging to certain interests.
It will put the patent medicine fakirs out of
business No longer will find it possible to
amass wealth and through their wealth gain $50
cial prominence" by preying on the suferings and
credulty of unfortunate fellow beings.
And only those doctors will be able to remain
in the medical profession who can practice mental
as well as physical therapy, and discriminate close
" in the of drugs
But the general health of every community
will be vastly improved. Which is indeed a con-
summation devoutly to be sought.
downright, 1918, by The Associated Newspapers.(
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
ANYTOWN.
BY DR.. Frank Crane.

by LII. frank OIdHS.
There are thousands of towns throughout the
United States. Each one is capable of doing lot
to help win the Few, If any are utilizing
their resources.
Here's the situation in Anytown.
You have, say, one thousand town lots Eight
hundred OF them are occupied by store-buildings
residences, lawns or gardens. The other two hun
dred vacant.
The vacant lots are, some of them full of
weeds and rubbish and altogether eyesore
If they carefully cultivated they could
be made to raise vegetables enough to supply the
town, perhaps more than enough
You have also enough idle labor lying around
which if applied to these neglected spaces of land
could easily cultivate them.
There are, for instance, the old men, who can
not do any prolonged work, but could spend
half-hour daily in the garden. Then there
are the women, such as the housewives and young
ladies, for whom a little while working in the
ground of mornings would be ideal exercise and
amusement
Then there are the school-children over twelve
years of age, every one of whom would, If rightly
managed, be glad to join the army of land-workers
a half-hour daily.
Why not bring these twoforces, land and labor,
together?
Why not organize a town-army made up of
volunteers to undertake to put all the soil of the
town under cultivation and thus help win the war?
cry vacant and unusued lot. Divide each lot into
plots 20 By IL feet square Apportion one Of these
plots to each volunteer in your townarmy, to tend
it, weed it. and keep it in shape.
Have the whole organization under the control
of a committee of three. Let this committee get
in touch with the state board of agriculture the
State university, and agricultural
pert to advise and direct the work, so that no
wasteful experiments be made.
Buy all seeds and supplies a community.
through agent, and sell all products the
same way.
Make it a pure democracy, everybody's bust
ness Hold meetings and work up enthusiasm.
Realize that Anytown also do its bit and help
the government
1t can be done without charity big capital or
such thing simply organizing
shall do his part.
1t would make your town beautiful, take away
its ragged unkept appearance, and give it air
Of prosperity and attractfveness.
It would be the best advertisement your town
could have. Strangers would be drawn to
and live and buy property in such successful ap-
pearing town.
Possibly you might include some of the suburbs
Trees and fruit bushes might be planted
The roadsides and corners could be beautiful
The whole town could be made practically park.
1t would look neat, tidy, and different from
its present appearance as boy looks after he has
washed his face and put clean shirt.
A clean, thrifty looking town makes clean, law
abiding, prosperous ideas. A dirty, ramshackle
town breeds buns.
Let your motto be: Every foot Of land IN this
town shall be fruitful or beautiful
Thus by act you help feed our army abroad
and increase your own civic self-respect and hap
piness
Copyright 1918 by Frank Crare-)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
OUIPS AND OUIDDITTES

A story illustrative OF the changes In methods
Of warfare comes from soldier in France who
took a German officer prisoner. The soldier said
to the officer "Give up your sword" But the
OFFICER shook his head and answered 81 have no
sword to give up. But won't my vitriol spray, my
oil protector, or my gas cylinder do as Wel?
They both protested to be interested in science
and they were discussing their favorite topic at
the club one night.
The practice of medicine has certainty
changed" remarked the older man. When I was
Young the doctors used to bleed their patients"
Huh! | don't see that they have changed In
that respect" replied his friend skeptically
Pop" inquired little Clarence Lilywhite, what
am a millennium?
'sho" said his parent, "doan' 20 know what
a millennium am, child? It's jes' about de same
as centennial, on'y it's got mo- laigs."
Alexander H. stephens, vice president of the
Southern Confederacy, and who after the Civil
was repeatedly elected to congress from Georgia,
was an exceedingly thin One day there fell
under his observation a newspaper item saying
that he weighed ninety pounds. In reply he wrote
a letter to the editor of the offending journal de-
handing an immediate retraction. Il will not be
sIandered in this manner he protested; my
weight is ninety-four pounds The former vice
president himself editor with habit of
writing very long articles for his paper In Georgia,
and the contemporary which had made the un-
welcome statement regarding his weight refused to
retract it for the reason, he said that ''Mr.
Stenhens must have had one of his editorials in his
pocket when he last tried the scales. This would
account for the difference of four pounds between
the two figures"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
For the BOgs at the Front.

Weekly monthly savings invested in fifty
dollar Liberty Bond will allay the suffering and
conserve the lives of many scores of soldiers. 1t
will buy bandages for more than five hundred
wounds, the army surgeons tell u.s. it will render
four hundred operations painless it will pro-
vide first aid packets for one hundred and sixty
injuries; and lit will the safety of one hun
dred and thrty-nine soldiers from lockjaw." Think
of these things when you hear read an appeal
for your help in carrying the new Liberty Loan to
success. Think of the hundreds of thousands of
American boys who fighting lover there,
fighting and suffering and dying that your country
and your home may continue secure and free. II
they could reach out to you and ask for aid III their
hours of pain and want, would you refuse them?
Would you not go any length of labor and sacrifice
to get and give them what they asked? Have no
doubt that they ARE calling for your aid, though
you do not hear them in their BATTERED trenches
three thousand miles across the sea. The time
has come for to thinking of Liberty Bonds
chiefly investment, albeit they are the sound
est and among the most profitable of all invest
ments. The time has come to think OF Liberty
Bonds primarily our best means OF sustaining
and cheering and speeding on to the victory the
boys who standing between us and the Huns
That is the only attitude worthy of the heroic sacri
fees they making for us. And it is the only
attitude that will win the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Meat AS War S6ne1U.

In saving that an adequate supply OF beef Will
prove one of the major factors In winning this war
Dwight B. Heard former president of the National
Live Stock Association, states truth Whlcn mas
been vvidly illustrated in the history of nearly all
wars Bread and meat the great lines or de-
tense behind the army the great sinews OF support
for the fighting men and producers by whom victory
is achieved It is of the utmost Importance, there
fore, that the countrys energies and resources De
applied as efficiently possible to increasing the
supply of food animals and the output of feedstuHs
on which that increase depends
Especial emphasis is placed on the Importance
of increasing the production of hogs. The current
Review of Reviews Interestingly comments in this
connection
Pork constitutes more than one-hah Of
all the meat products in the United States and
it is the mainstay of the ration of the labor
ing man and the soldier The decrease In the
number of hogs in Allied countries has been
very great and is expected to continue at an
accelerated rate Our exports OF pork prod
ucts are now sixty per cent larger than in the
pre-war period the increase consisting en-
tirely of meat and principally Of bacon {.
Hogs and poultry afford the speediest means of
increasing the meat supply and thus offer the
readiest profits to the producer. Pork, moreover,
can be so easily cured and packed that 1t is par
ticularly desirable food for expectation. In view
of these facts together with great nutritfve value
of pork the Department of Agriculture is urging
an increase of at least fifteen per cent in the num-
Der of hogs this year.
Georgia can contribute largely to this need. In
fact there is no part of America more excellenty
suited to the raising of all kinds of live stock.
Farmers are assured of a profitable market for
every pound of meat they produce this year, and
for wears to come AS matter of both self-inter-
est and effective patriotism they should exert their
utmost efforts to supply the meat which is so es-
sential to the winning Of the war
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Doing the Thing That Cannot Be Done

Somebody said that it couldn't be done.
But he. with a ChuCkle replied,
That maybe it co6dn't-bu he'd not be one
Who'd say so-till he'd tried.
So he buckled right in--with the trace of a grin
On his face. IF he worried he hid It.
He started to sing, as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done-and he did IL.
Somebody scofed: ooh, you'll never do that,
At least--no one ever has done it,;
But he took off his coat, and he took off his hat
And the first thing knew he'd begun it.
With a lift to his chin--and bit of a grin,
Without any doubling quit it,
He started to sing-as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell .you-it cannot be done
There are thousands to prophesy-faflure;
There thousands-to point out-one by one
The dangers that wait to assail you
But Just buckle in-vith bit of grin
Take of your coat and go to it; just start In to
sing
AS you tackle the thing that cannot be done
And-YOULL DO 1T!
Boston Transcript
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
The Flour Supply.

most commendable patriotic spirit has been
manifested by the people of Georgia in reporting
excess -four to the Food Administration in accord
ance with the order issued week ago. \
In fact there has been such general COM
pliance with the order that the Food Administra-
ton finds sufficient supply on hand in the
state to warrant a suspension of imports for
given period.
The Food Administration limits -four to six
pounds per month per person. Any family with
more than thirty days supply figured on this
basis is required by the order to report the excess
to the Food Administration in Atlanta. IL does
not follow that the Food Administration will then
take away the excess supply from the family
porting it, This is not the purpose of the survey.
II is intended merely to find out what quantity of
-four the people have hand
Thus it develops that Georgians have enough
-four TO run them while, although ii is not shown
that people are boarding any excessive quantities.
and hence the state will be able to get along with
out imports for period to be fixed by the Food Ad-
ministration thereby releasing large volume of
-four for the use of the soldiers the battle line
Nothing in the war has illustrated the spirit of
the people in a more admirable light than the man
neT in which they cooperating with the Food
Administration, all the way from the individual
to the large dealer. And the Food Administration
has repeatedly proven itself alert in protecting the
peoples interests where prices and distribution are
concerned,
Nations used TO secret diplomacy should be
careful how they deal with other nations whose
methods are open and above board.