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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
A. Memorable Game.

Old Joe was talking as usual, for the
editication Of the company, and football
experience became the pet theme Il
shall never forget one final said he.
We were drawn-onc all-with about a
minnie to go, when ] got the ball. off |
went. passing man after man. till | got
within range, and then | paused can
hear the crowd shouting now. Shoot,
man, shoot Drawing one foot we'll back
l let fly, and the yell that went up-oh,'
with a sigh Of pain. well, Joe, did you
score" asked one inpatient listener.
Score? Cad! It took the missus fully
ten minutes 10 get the bed rail from be
tween my toes. Pearson's Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
Lived in Poverty, Though Rich.

Abjcct poverty in the midst of
riches was discovered ut Atherstone,
Warwickshire, England. Il short time
ago. When an aged widow who had
been living alone was removed to the
local workhouse, more than $500 in
gold and silver was discovered Sc
creted in her house. In n tea caddy
hidden under the bed was found nearly
$3.50, while another hoard included 10
soverelgns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18
Common Sense Decision.

fNcrgennes Enterprise and Nermonter)
Attorney General Barber has recently
made ruling that the state purchasing
agent can order and purchase Tor the state
anything that goes through his depart
ment without the advice or consent of the
auditor of accounts Mr. Barber held that
the law which made the purchasing agent
one Of the state officials gave him that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18

Cheese is sold for about five less per
cheese commands premium these prices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-18

authority and legal right. This is good
sense as well as good law Why should
the purchasing agent have his hands tied
by being obliged TO get the sanction OF
someone higher up? He will be much
more. apt to get results by acting on his
own initiative assuming the entire respon-
sibility for what he does 1t is a point
that should have been settled when the
office was established
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
Great Secret Gets More EGciting as # PrO0reSSeS.

"The Great Secret" which is be- ing run serially at the Coliseum, is gaining added interest as 1t pro gresses This picture started last week and was continued last night. The second episode started action exactly where the former one left off There is nothing impossible about the situations, and following the serial is like reading a contin- ued story in a magazine.
 In the second episode, Beverly Clarke and Strong are able to out wit the band and get the money from Beverly's uncle, but during the last part the band are placed in position to regain possession of the casket containing the wealth.
 In addition a special feature, "A Circus Romance" was also shown which deals with life under the big top and illustrates the happy life lead by these people, and the mar row minded bigotry with which they are treated by outsiders who do not understand them. The theme is g good one and well worked out in this picture. There is an excellent | love story running throughout the film and plenty of dramatic inter est.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
LoUe for Mam OUercomes Her Lifetime Training.

Nell Gordon is unfortunate in her ancestry-her father is a crook but she possesses rare qualities of resourcefulness and loyalty. Though she loves her father, she detests his associates, particularly one Bill Whipple, who is her constant suit or. Joe Durham, who does the scouting for the trio, finds a very likely bank in the prosperous town of Wheaton, the fact that a new bookkeeper is needed there opening way for the gang to get into the bank, as Nell is an expert. Work ing cn her love for her father, who is very sick man, Whipple and Durham persuade Nell to go to Wheaton and take the position.
 Boarding with the Reverend Dr. Singleton, Nell wins the confidence of Jim Brooks, the cashier of the bank, and of Tom Hoadley, his best friend and sheriff of the county. What the girl is working for, of
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27

thing common, used in clever way, would have answered the purpose much more convincingly This is attested by the ingenious manner in which a conspiracy designed to shift control of a great railroad is overheard and thwarted in the new Triangle KayBee release called The Raiders" The leading of the conspiracy in drawing toward him book to show his associates the holdings of the railroad unknowing- ly tips the desk telephone so the hook is lifted and the boy at the switchboard who has reason to be loyal to the man whose ruin is threatened, cannot help but hear, It is crucial situation, and it's handling makes "The Raiders" a film of real thrills.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
THEAT ATTR TONS General News of Local Theatres, Screen Stars
 and Features


ed by R. A. Walsh, who made "The Honor System.'
 Miss Cooper plays the role of Lady Lou, a girl of the great North west, who has inherited the hatred of her own father because of her mothers unfaithfulness. When she discovers that her father, Hatfield (Ralph Lewis), is cheating strang- CT (Monroe Salisbury in his gam bling hall, Lady Lou discloses the truth
 Hatfield fees from the town. He takes his detested daughter with him and leaves her to die in the snow. She is rescued by Conahan (Charles Clary), a trapper. The big fellow falls in love with the girl and though he knows nothing of her past marries her.
 One day the stranger whose for tune Lady Lou had saved at the risk of her own life, happens on Conahan's cabin. The trapper' s suspicious are aroused. Then Hat field himself comes to the place, and flauntingly says to Conahan: She's no better than her mother, who ran away with another man many years ago."
 Enraged by this revelation, Con ahan goes off into the forests There he stays while old Hatfield uses every effort to bring his daugh- ter to shame worse than the death he tried to bring on her | When the father is just about to succeed, Conahan is induced by the pleas of the village priest (Henry c. Barrow) to return to his wife He saves her from disgrace.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
SEMIPRO PITCHER OF
 SAN FRANCISCO SIGNS WITH PORTLAND CLUB

A signed contract from Henry Lay, San Francisco semipro pitcher has been received by Judge McCred ie, Portland magnate.
 Lay was recommended to McCred ie by Beef" Hennessey, who is act ing as the Portland owners repre- sentative in California in gathering up likely looking material for the team.
 Hennessey writes that Lay is 21 years of age, stands six feet in his stocking feet, weighs 1S0 pounds ant throws from his right side. Lay has won twelve games and lost five for the Sperry Flour team this sea son. He is a side-arm pitcher ant works and resembles Cack Henley the former San Francisco and Yer non pitching star.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
WRESTLING COACH HAS
 LONG ATHLETIC RECORD

Coach Jim Arbuthnot of the Uni. versity of Washington wrestling squad has a long athletic record to his credit
 He was very prominent In class athletics at the Kansas Horticultural College, where he starred as quarter. back in football and first baseman in baseball and guard in basketball.
 During the year of 190S-9 he WIS physical director of the old Aberdeen Athletic Club. At the expiration Of this period he went to the Portland Y. M. c. A. as assistant physical q. rector.
 He has spent the last seven years at the o. A. C., where as assistant professor of physical education he b. came boxing and wrestling inateuc- tor. He has been teaching at Lin coin High School since fall
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
SPOR R I s

Jack Dillon, once renowned "Hoos fer Bearcat," is through as fight CT, but Dillon is having no trouble keeping the wolf from the door. The when he was hammering the ambi tion out of the best of the light heavies and a great many of the heavies, seems to be carrying him right along.
 Dillon fought George Chip recently and even decrepit old George took 8 decision from the former mankiller But Dillon went right ahead and got braWls.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
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course. is the combination of the safe. but before she has a chance to get it, she begins to realize that she is in love with the cashier. On the very day that sine learns the combination and copies it, Jim pro poses to her and, after tremendous internal struggle, she decides that loyalty to the gang, and she sur reiders, concealing her identity-she had come to the town under an as sumed name.
 Becoming suspicious of Nell's de- lay in forwarding word to them, Whipples and Durham attempt to force her father to write note or dering her to act quickly, but the old man refuses and is shot The two crooks go to Wheaton at once and try to force Nell to rob the bank the night they arrive.
 She has undergone complete refor- nation and has even confessed her identity to Jim's friend and is plan ming to leave Wheaton rather than bring disgrace upon the man she loves. Now she discovers that her father has been murdered by the pair that is trying to force her to commit this crime and she decides to be revenged. Apparently con senting to their demands, she gets them into the bank, but not until she has warned the sheriff. Nell ie 1 wounded in the fight, which follows and when she awakens, finds her self in the arms of the man whom she had attempted to escape because
 she loved him. This is the briel synopsis of the story of "A Girl 1 Like That" in which Owen Moore and Irene Fenwick will appear to- | night at the Dream theatre.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
DICK HOBLITZEL MAY PLAY WITH MACkMEN DURING 1918 SEASON

Dick Hoblitzel, first baseman of the Red Sox last year, now recuper- ating at Parkersville, w. Va, from serious operation, is likely to go to Connie Mack's taflenders next Spring Boston fans believe that, with McInnis toiling at Fenway Park, there will be no need of Hobby and that Connie released Griffin, a young ster, only after being assured that Hoblitzel would be turned over to him.
 Hobby underwent an operation for hernia in the hopes of getting into the army, but his efforts were futile He was turned down by the army surgeons and will return to the dia mond.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
MORE FILING
 OF CANDIDATES
 FOR PRIMARIES
E. J. White of Douglas and P. C. Mccormack of WrangeII Declare
 Intentions.

E. J. White, of Douglas, owner of the Douglas Island News, today filed his declaration of candidacy for nomination as member of the Legislature on the Democratic tick et P. c. Mccormack, of Wrangell, and member of the last session of the Legislature, filed notice of de- claration on the Republican ticket. Both men are pioneers of Alaska and well known.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
McGRAW TOLD HE HAD ANOTHER JOHNSON IN IDAHO BUSH PITCHER

John McGraw, who has . pen chant for picking up youngsters. has been told that he has another Wal ter Johnson" in William Hubbell. It seems that Hubbell. ho will he gfv- en a trial at Marlinf has been per- forming great stunts in the wilds of Idaho around where Johnson first attracted attention. Hence, the coup ling of the names of the two. Wheth. CT there is anything in locality or operations remains to be seen. It is not clear now even whether Hub bell is right-hander or . south. paw.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
VERDICT FOR PLAINTIFF.

The jury in the case of Donohoe again Tjosevig last night returned verdict for the plaintiff when they found that an oral agreement for the performance of assessment work had been made between the plaintiff and defendant.
 The plaintiff alleged that writ ten agreement had been made and that later an oral agreement had been made whereby the defendant was to perform assessment work on the property for the plaintiff, Don- oboe, in return for legal services rendered by the said Donohoe. The defendant alleged that the written agreement existed, but denied the oral agreement and that they per formed the assessment work and then advertised Donohoe out. The jury found for the plaintiff and found that the oral agreement did actually exist. Tonight points of law will be argued before Judge Jennings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
Story of Cooper Picture Concerns Jife 1N .SnOm.

A mans struggle against a wo- mans past furnishes the dominating theme of "The Silent Lie," the great photoplay in which Miriam Cooper plays the leading role for the first time on the William Fox program
 and which was shown at the Palace last night It will be repeated to- night and tomorrow. It was direct
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
O'LEARY AND OTHER BOXERS GET INTO TROUBLE IN SOUTH

Johnny O'Leary, at one time a topnotch lightweight fighter who now is manager for Frankie Sullivan and Jack Labell, well known boxers, was charged with defrauding an innkeep CT in a complaint filed in a Port land court He is charged with de frauding the management of the Clyde Hotel out of $50.
 It is alleged he brought two fight
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
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ers--Frankie Sullivan lnd J1o 44b. ell-to Portland several weeA5 ago. It is asserted he promised the man ager of the hotel ti pay their room rent at the box office after the fight. and that while the manager was at the box office waiting for his money OLeary hurried to the hotel. secured their belongings and left the city.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
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Attractions Tonight

DREAM-0wen Moore and Irene Fenwick in "A Girl Like That, with two Animated cartoons. COLISEUM-Muriel 0striche in "A Circus Romance" with another episode. of "The Great Secret" and a Weekly.
 PALACE-R. A. Walsh in "The Silent Lie," with Lonesome Luke Comedy and a Travelogue.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27

The best materials used la tAe preparation of our foods. Area1e Cafe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
Fresh ranch sgg. st the A1sele

Your prescription ground b . tinted lens would be nice tor this snow. See Simpson
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27
WEE COYlE, CAPTAIN PUNlSHES HlMeELF
 FOR PulllNG WRQNE4W

Lieutenant Wee" Coyle. stationed at American Lake, remembered ss one of the greatest gridiron stars on the Pacific coast when he played under Dobie at the University of Washington, ordered his men on the drill grounds to present arms" st 'retretat" when he meant parade rest" When Wee" realised has mistake he acknowledged publicly before his men and then punished hifself by doing two days TX. F" which. in army parlance, Is ktchea police.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27

For the best fresh killed chicken, go to the Arcade.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-02-27

Beating tue Dictaphome.
 The dictaphone too often has been employed in the pictures when some
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04
MEAT PRODUCERS
DID FULL DUTY
increase in American Hogs viii
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION
government Justified in Stimulation
Of Pork Prosuction-sevenfsld
Increase Over Pre-. a.
War Exports.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION

through Increased production and
conservation We will be able this year
70 export seven times our pre-wnr
average exports Of pork products
win the heavy demands added In car
ing for the millions who have been
freed from German oppression, the
department Of Agriculture and the
tood Administration are justified to-
Gay In our every action Of stimulation
OF hog production. In the coming year
the greatest world shortage will be 10
fats, and pork will help to save this
situation. The efficacy Of the policy
OF stimulated production has built I'D
In this country supplies which will en-
hble us to supply very large part Of
The fat deficiency Of the world In
beef there must be a shortage in Eu-
rope, due largely to limited refrigera-
tor ship capacity. All freezer ships
available, however, will be filed by
America. Argentine and Australia.
The contribution made by the pro-
ducers Of this country to the war pro-
gram as applying particularly to AMI.
nal food products is Illustrated by the
following:
Reports compiled by the G. S. De-
partmcnt Of Agriculture Indicate an
Increase In cattle Of I0, $500 head
and 12,431,o00 hogs. These figures
were complied TO January last.
In this period there was decrease
in sheep OF $4,000 head. The indica.
tons are that this decrease will show
an increase. according to recent re-
ports.
Since January l unofficial informa.
ton indicates an Increase in hogs Of
not less than s per cent. and no,
more than u per cent. as compared
with one year ago, with an increase in
the average weight.
Following the request Of the G. s
Food Administration for an increase
In hog production for marketing in the
fall Of 1918 and the spring OF 1919 the
increase may yield not less than 1900.
0000Q0 pounds more Of pork products
than were available last year. With.
out this Increase the shipping program
arranged by Mr.. Hoover regarding an
imal food products would have been
impossible.
The dressed hog products during the
T three months ending September 80,
1917, amounted TO 903.l72,001 pounds.
while for the corresponding months of
1918 the dressed hog products tota!ei
1877 $50. 600, an increase OF over 31i,-
/ G00,000 pounds for the quarter.
! During the same period for 1917 the
records OF inspected slaughter OF
dressed beef showed 1,263,0l0,00
pounds as against l,4j4. 100000 pounds
for the three month period ending
September !, this year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04
COUNTY IS ST.
S. short YET


Custer County is 50, 800
behind her quota otWar Saw
ings Stamps. Speed up. On
account OF quarantine it will
be impossible to makea cav
vass from house to house
and visit each ranch. So |
am going to ask all of the
citizens who have signed
pledges to make good.-W.
\. CrisWell.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04
MUST Increase
FOOD EXPORTS
America Called on by End Of
War to Supply Added
Millions.
ECONOMY STILL. NEEDED.
Over Three Times Pre-War Shipments
9equired-situation in Wheat and
Fats Proves Governments
Policy Sound.
ECONOMY STILL. NEEDED.

With the guns III Europe sileneed.
we have now TO consider a new world
food Situation. But there can be no
hope that the volume Of our exports
can Re lIghtened to the slightest de-
gree With the cessation of iestiIities
Millions Of people liberated from the
PrussIan yoke are now depending
upon US for the food which will keep
them from starvation.
With food the United States made
it possible for the forces Of derfoc-
racy to bold out to victory. TO Insure
democracy in the world, we must con-
tinue TO live simply in order that we
may supply these liberated nations Of
Europe with food. Hunger anon.
people inevitably breeds anarchy.
American food must complete the work
Of making the world safe for democ-
raey.
Last year we sent II $50, 600 tons OF
food TO Europe. For the present year,
with only the European Allies TO feed
We had originally pledged ourselves 20
program that would have increased
our exports TO II 10000 tons. Now,
10 feed the liberated nations, we will
have TO export total OF not less than
100000 toas-practicaIly the limit
Of loading capacity at our ports. Re
viewing the world food situation, we
ind that some foods will be ot;ainabie
n Quantities sufficient TO meet all
world needs under d regime OF eco
ncmical consumption On the other
hand, there viii be marked world
shortages iU some important coinmodi.
ties.
Return &c Normal Bread Leaf.
With the enlarged wheat crops
which American farmers have grown,
and the supplies OF Australia, the Ar
gentine and other markets now acceS
sihle TO shipping. there are bread
grains enough 10 enable the nations 10
return to their normal wheat loaf,
provided we continue to mill -four at
high percentage OF extraction and
maintain economy in eating and the
avoidance Of waste.
In fats there will he a heavy short
age - about 5000. 10000 pounds = in
pork products, dairy products and
vegetable oils While there will be a
shortage Of about three million tons
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04

ITEMS ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW


L f. Gilbert, known to quite
a few OF our citizens, met with
death in Pahsama.oi last SUNDAY
afternoon when the Ford he was
driVlng became unmanagesble
and turned over, rinning him be
meath it. Death is believed 10
have been almost instantaneous.
Alex Sewell. former Challis
boy and a cousin Of Mrs. Ralnh
Baxter, writes from Baker, Ore.
gon' that he has just returned
from the front. Mr.. Sewell left
Challis June }, 1916 and enlisted
at Liverpool in the Royal Engi-
neers. After three years of SER
vice he was sent to England as a
csnvalescent and thence home.
arriving IN time to participate in
the great celebration on Novem
Der 1lth.
George Ellis was over from Ell
iis the middle Of the week Oh a
short business trip,
Mrs. John S. Malm received
the sad news of the death of her
mother at Butte Tuesday, A
sister of Mrs, Malm is expected
TO arrive here today The Mes.
senger joins Mrs. Mains many
friends in extending pathy.
Lynn Brothers Hospital has
been moved from Montpelier to
Pocatello. Idaho.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04
Americas Pledge Of Food
Gave Heart to the Allies
In Their Darkest Hour

Whatever Is necessary America will
send. That was Americas pledge 10
the interalied food council. And be-
cause the American food army had
hitherto made good they took heart
and went forward.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-12-04

In rich protein feeds FOR dairy ami
mails, there will be sufficient supplies
OF other feedstuffs to allow economical
consumption.
In the matter Of beef, the worlds
supplies are limited to the capacity If
the available rcfTigerating Ships. Tie
supplies Of beef in Australia. tie Ar.
gentinc and lie United States are suf.
fcient to load these ships There will
be shortage in the importing coun.
tries, but we cannot hope to expand
exports materially for the next months
In view Of the bottle neck in trans
portation.
We Will have suf. .ient supply Of
sugar to allow normal consumption In
this country II the other nations re-
tain their present short rations or In
crease them only slightly. For the
countries Of Europe, however, to in
crease their present rations to ma
terial extent TiIi neeessitate our shar-
ing q part Of our oxn supplies with
them.
Twenty Million Tors Of Food.
vi tHS NOffb <fl1tcEfE1
! will furnish rIore than GO per cent
The United StItrs, including the Wess
indies, will be called ui5cB to furnish
20, Clg,gC0 tons of food OF all kinds as
ccEl pared with ctS pre-sar exports CT
about 100000 tons
While we will be able TO change our
program in many respects. even .
aEuai survey of the world supplic<
comparison IL world demands shows
conclusFyeIy that Europe will knov
famine unless the American IscofI
bring their home consumption dow
TO the barest minimum that will Ilaln
tain health and strength
There are conditions of famine II
Europe that will be beyond our power
to remedy. There are sO,O00Oco peo
pie IN North Russia whom there Is
small chance of reaching with food
this winter Their transportation Is
denoralized In complete anarchy. and
shortly many of their ports will be
frozen, even IL Internal transport
could be realized
To Preserve Civilization.
At this moment Germany las Dot
alone sucked the food and animals
/ from all those masses of people she
las dominated and left starving, bur
( she has left behind her total wreck
I age OF social institutions, and this
mass Of people is low confronted will
absolute anarchy.
IL we value our own safety and the
Z social organization Of The world, If ws
value the preservation of civilization
itself. we cannot peTIlit growth Of TIL,
( cancer in the worlds yftaIs-
/ Famine is the mother Of anarchy
T From the inability of governments Il
secure food for their people grows
revolution and chaos. From an ability
10 supply their people grows stabiIiT!
OF government and the defeat of an
erchy. Did we Put 1t on no higIe
plane than or interests in the pro
lection OF our Institutions, we mus
bestir ourselves In solution Of thi
problem