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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
EIGHTY ARE ENROLLED.
Mechanics Of City Show Willingness &c
Aid Government.

Eighty mechanics OF the city already
have enrolled in tho United States pub
lie service reserve. expressinga willing
ness to enter civilian service with the
government. A. c. Burgess has been
designated to enroll men in this county,
and has made arrangements with the
local recruiting station to be at the
station each evening after o'clock to
enroll men who may want to enter the
government employ. Men not Of draft
age, from 1S to 81. and from 81 to 40,
are wanted.
Should there be men who wish to
enter a motor mechanics regiment now
being formed for service in France
they may make their ARRANGEMENTS at
the recruiting station. The govern
ment will enlist these men in the army
For the public service reserve, how
ever. there Ia no enlistment for army
service. but rather an expressed will
ingnees to accept government civilian
employment at specified wages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
NEW TIME CARD FEB. I.
Street Cars WIN Make Last Trip One
Hour Earlier, Except Saturday.

Owing to the shortage Of coal and
the desire Of the fuel commissioners to
save coal, we will, beginning Feb. l.,
shorten our street car service one hour.
The last car will leave Center and Main
street for the soldiers home at TO-: SO p.
NJ; for North Third street at 1O:45: for
South Third street at 1923: and the
last car to the fair grounds will leave
Center street at 10: 81, Saturday nights
excepted, when cars will leave Center
street one hour later than above sched-
ule. This order is temporary and will
continue only as long as the shortage
Of coal makes it a necessity. On nights
when there are attractions at the the
alter the cars will wait until after the
show. Iowa Railway and Light Com
pany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
Rev, Mr.. Linn to Sneak Herr.

Rev. James P. Linn. formerly pastor
Of the Presbyterian church, who Is in
charge of Y. M. c. A. work at the base
hospital, Camp Dodge. will speak at the
weekly meeting of the high school bible
classes at the Y. M. c. A. Wednesday
noon. Rev. Mr.. Linn will speak on life
at the camp. The meeting Of the
classes were not held this week on ac-
count Of the father and son banquet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02

. program Ct the Christian church
Sunday evening.
John Boyd 10 seriously III.
The band enjoyed its annual banquet
In the NJ. w. A. hall Tuesday even
ing.
The Liscomb schools are in session
six days each week. This will close
school three weeks earlier in the spring
and allow the boys to help to get in
the crops.
Mrs. J. o. Gould has been visiting
at the Ben Smith home in Toledo.
Harry Early, Of Iowa Falls. was in
town Thursday. He has bought
large stock farm east OF Chicago and
will move In the spring.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
THIRTY.TWO ENLISTED.

Twenty-Five From County Join Army
in January-Three Recruited.
Thirty-two were recruited for the
army by the regular army station in
this city in the month Of January. OF
that number twenty-five were from
this city and county. Three recruited
late in the month left Friday night for
Fort Logan, Colo. They were Harry
70. Otte, 400 May street, coast artillery,
Raymond r. Gilgen, Melbourne, coast
artillery; and Thomas z. Shugart,
Union, medical corps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
KENYON PROMISES FOR MARCH.
Iowa Senator Agrees to Speak Hero in
tho Spring.

While at Ames, where he spoke re-
Gently, Senator w. S. Kenyon arranged
with the committee Of the Searchlight
Club to speak in this city in March.
Serator canyon had agreed TO spoa&
here while in iowa to keep a speaking
engagement at Ames, but he not<1ed
the committee that It was necessary
for, him to leave Anes at once and re-
turn to Washington. He promised that
while in Iowa on speaking trip in
March,, before the third liberty bond
campaign opened, to deliver an al
dress here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
MARRIED..
Cauqhey- eentIy.

Harold f. Caughey. Of this city, and
Miss Esther NJ. Bently, Of Boone, were
married by Justice 9. Il. Peek, at his
office at o'clock Friday afternoon.
The couple will live on a farm north
west of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
SWANSON SAILS FOR FRANCE.
Former Postal Telegraph Operator
With Engineering Corps.

Manager J. NJ. A. Mack, Of the Postal
Telegraph Company's office In this city,
is in receipt of card from Victor A.
Swanson, Of Kenosha, Wis, a former
operator in the employ Of the company
in this city. mailed from New York
City Jan. %, in which he stated that
he was sailing the following day for
France.
: Swanson was employed here for
about three years, prior to June. 1916,
and was quite we'll known. He Is n
member Of Company F. 107th United
States engineers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-02
Bids Wanted.

Bids wanted for furnishing milk to
Iowa Soldiers Home, on contract to
begin April I. 1913. For particulars
enquire at quartermaster's office. Iowa
Soldiers Home
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
Third LIBERTY
LOAN PARAMOUNT
The One Thing That the
People of the United
States Must Not be Swer.
we'd From at Present Time
is Third Liberty Loan.

Nothing should be permitted to
stand in the way of making the
third Liberty loan a success. It Is
the paramount issue before the peo-
pie at the present time. All other
war work should be temporarily drop
uation. Better to be penniless than
been subscribed Idahos quota of
$s,600,000, Every man or woman
who can afford to invest In a bond
of this issue should promptly and
without the urging OF argument sub
scribe. The time has come in the
national crisis when the loaning of
money to ones country Is not ques-
tion of investment, not a question of
accommodation, not even optional.
IL is mandatory duty-one that
every patriotic American owes to the
government whose freedom OF speech
action and institutions he has en-
toyed. The United States MUST win
the present war. Nothing less than
victory means there will be an under
mining OF these sacred things enjoyed
by Democracy
The atrocious deeds OF the Ger
mans, now the common enemy OF the
United States, are of such brutal
and beastly character as to awaken
the people to the dangers of the sit
ped until II is assured there has
to permit such fiends to gain even
the semblance of victory in the pres
ent war for Righteousness. The bay
oneting of women and children and
crimes more unspeakable, OF which
the Huns are guilty, should be con-
vincing to the most hardened that
nothing but smashing defeat will
bring those guilty to justice. The
purchase of Liberty bonds will help
to do this. Money to finance our
country and its allies Is Just as nee
essary as ammunition for cannon,
Our soldiers are In the front
trenches Offering that which Is dear
est to them all--THEIR LIVES.
They are fighting for the sacred fire.
sides of not only their own country
but downtrodden Belgium, ravished
France, crushed Serbia and Poland,
overrun Italy and threatened Eng
land. II they can make this saeri-
flee there is no one at home who
cannot do their bit by keeping them
there with Liberty bonds until justice
and right prevail.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
Letter From Burtt L. Berry.

Somewhere in France, March IL,
1918.
Dear George :-'Tis a cheerful OLD
world-the sun has been shining for
two consecutive days, and to one
who wnows his France In the cold
grew days of winter, that's the most
surprising and cheering thing In all
the world. OF the things that you
would be interested in and that l
love to write about, there is nothing
permitted. The censor has instruct
cd ma that we must not write about
those things at all We mustn't even
describe the scenery. But | can tell
YOU that we are in beautiful OLD
town where the buildings were be-
ginning to lose their first new look
when Chris started out on that long
to be remembered voyage that To-
Gated home for you and me. The
streets are paved with cobblestones
that are so old that they are all worn
round and a wagon going over them
rattle like Sucker creek at flood.
have heard the big guns boom
and though l can't tell you where
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
DRESSEN LOOKS
GOOD TO DETROIT
SPORT WRITER'S

The following Is clipped from the
sporting page of the Detroit News:
When Frank Nevin and Hughie
Jennings arranged with the owners
of the st. Paul American association
team to purchase Leo Dresser, Joe
Finneran and Bert Ellison, they Sc
cured three OF the likeliest looking
recruits the Tigers have had in sew
eral years. Every one of the trio
handles himself like real ball player,
and the Tiger boss is fairly confident
that all of them possess enough
ability to make the Detroit club this
year.
Dresser, of whom most is expected,
is no novice at the game, although
still young in years. He and Bobby
Jones were teammates in the old
Union association, which was made
up of cities in Utah, Wyoming and
Montana After leaving that league
Dresser went to St. Paul, where his
work attracted the attention OF not
only the Tiger scouts, but several
other major league clubs.
Dresser is not much smaller than
Geo Burns in height, but appears to
be several pounds lighter than the
former Tiger first sacker. He is a
wiry built fellow and appears to
have a lot of strength Dresser Is a
left handed batter and thrower and
has the earmarks of a good first
baseman. In the practice sessions,
50 far, he has hit the ball hard and
far. He gets down to first in a
hurry and from his record in the
association he travels the rest of the
way in the same hurried way. His
fielding leaves nothing to be desired
He covers lot of ground and handles
ground balls as well as most Of the
initial basemen in the league.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
men CALLED FOR
SECOND DRAFT
Nine Men From Elmore
County to Report For
Country's Service at the
Lewis Training Camp.

The first call for the second draft
has been issued from the office of the
provost marshal general, for 10000
men. 500 of whom are to come from
Idaho. The quota for Elmore county
is nine and the following men have
been called to report on the 26th OF
this month to be forwarded for induc-
tion into the service at Camp Lewis.
Voris Roscoe Botkin, Leonard Pa
cini. Robert Lee King, James Albert
O'Neill. Walter b. Denton James
Edward Estabrook, John Arthur
Hammond. Robert Lee Gregory, and
Joseph Lotus Jolly.
Voris r. Botkin was member OF
Co. B., of the Second Idaho, and was
discharged for disability last sum
mer while the company was encamped
st. Mares. He tried unsuccess-
fully to enlist when the regiment
was Stationed at Boise, just prior to
their movement east. The new regu-
lations for the draft make his going
possible at this time. He Is q
brother of Lafe Botkin, the first
member of the regiment to die in
France.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
INDEPENDENTS
WIN ELECTION
Vote Last Saturday Was
More Than Four to One
For New School District.
Directors Appointed.

The election for the purpose OF
determining whether or not an inde-
pendent school district should be es-
tablished in Mountain Home drew
out a fair number of voters last
Saturday The Independent dis
trict carried by vote OF $50 with
only SIS cast against 1t. The votes
were canvassed by the county COM
missioners Monday and trustees for
the new district appointed.
The trustees are c. B. Faraday.
Roscoe Smith, Ed. Weaver, Worth s.
Lee, S. s. Eckstein and o. K. Cannon,
the two last named being for the
short term ending In September.
The establishment OF the new dis
trict, the lines of which are identical
with district Number six, will bring
a number of changes in. the govern
ment in the schools, few of which
will noticeable to the outsider. II will
permit the permanent establishment
of van routes for bringing in pupils
from distant part of the school terri.
tory, will make II impossible to d.
vide the district and will make the
district actual custodian of It's own
money.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13

| am convinced that when we go up
front we will be in the thick Of it.
Such of the boys from home as are
here are all we'll and having a good
time. You can buy all the wine
your pay check permits and once
in a while some of the fellows in
the company slop up little too much,
then they get the guard house; but
its only, the compensation of life
because they are always the bloated
plutes who cleaned up in crap
game. / don't get into that much,
only have seven and half left out
of my pay after the insurance, bond
and other obligations come out of It,.
But that Is forty-five francs, and a
franc will go as far here as two
bits will in Boise. 1t used to be
better than that but prices went up
as soon as the innocent middlemen
began getting acquainted with us
fellows.
The boys are singing a new song,
read the words and then you can
figure out the tune yourself:
"There goes the call for reville,
| love to hear 1t summon me,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
Vacancies in Faculty Filled.

At the Red Cross meeting last
Tuesday splendid reports were re-
ceived from sewing and knitting
auxiliaries, also from the Juniors.
Members were urged to attend the
meetings now as an effort is being
made to complete enough work by
July 1st so that the rooms may be
closed during July and August. The
Royal Neighbors' benefit dance netted
$48.35 The tennis club donated
$19 while the Honor Scroll and w
b. Browns billiard tables increased
the funds by $175.O0.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13

cent of the average monthly amount
purchased in the four months prior to
March |.
8. Manufacturers using wheat prod
ucts for non-food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
6. There Is no limit upon the use OF
other cereals, fiours, and meals, corn,
barley, buckwheat, potato -four, ct
cetera.
Many thousand families throughout
the land are now using no wheat prod
ucts whatever except very small
amount for cooking purposes, and are
doing so in perfect health and satisfac-
ton There is no reason why all Of
the American people who are able to
cook in their own households cannot
subsist perfectly well with the use of
less wheat products than one and one
half pounds week and we specially
ask the wel-te-do households in the
country to follow this additional pro-
gramme In order thai we may provide
| the necessary marginal supplies for
those parts of the community less able
TO adapt themselves to so large a pro-
| portion of substitutes.
In order that we shall be able to
make the wheat exports that are alb
solutely demanded of us TO maintain
the civil population and soldiers of the
allies and our own army, we propose
to supplement the voluntary co-opera-
ton Of the public by a further limita-
ton of distribution, and we shall place
at once restrictions on distribution
which will be adjusted from time to
time to secure as nearly equitable dis
! tributlon as possible. With the arrival
of harvest we should be able to relax
such restrictions Until then we ask
fog the necessary patience, sacrifice
and cooperation of the distributing
trades.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13

To effect the needed saving of wheat
we are wholly dependent upon the
voluntary assistance of the American
people and we ask that the following
rules shall be observed;
/. Householders to use not to exceed
q total of III pounds per week of
wheat products per person. This
means not more than IL pounds of
lctory bread containing the required
percentage Of substitutes and one-half
pound of cooking flour, macaroni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
breakfast cereals all combined.
2. Public eating places and clubs TO
observe two wheatless days per week,
Monday and Wednesday, as al present.
In addition thereto, not to serve to
any one guest al any one meal an
aggregate of breadstuffs. macar0ni,
crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat
brea kfast cereals, containing total
of more than two ounces of wheat
-four. No wheat products TO be served
unless specially ordered. Public eat
ing establishments not to buy more
than six pounds of wheat products for
each ninety meals served thus con
forming with the limitations requested
oY the householders.
8. Retailers to sell not more than
one-eighth Of barrel of -four to any
town customer at any one time and
not more than one-quarter of barrel
to any country customer at any one
time, and In no case to sell wheat
products without the sale of an equal
weight OF other cereals
4. We ask the bakers and grocers to
reduce the volume of Victory bread
sold, by delivery of the three-quarter
pound loaf where one pound was sold
fore, add corresponding proportions
in other weights We also ask bakers
not to Increase the amount of their
wheat -four purchases beyond 70 per
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
Funds Raised for Red Cross.

Last week the Board of Trustees
filled the vacancies in the grades
by electing Miss Beth Brown of Kan
sas, and Miss Ziebarth and Miss
Louise Ziebarth Of Minnesota. In
the High School, Miss Margaret
Graves has resigned to take better
position, Mrs. Jane Thackray whose
husband is serving in France, intends
to take up Red Cross work for next
year and Douglas Ream is In the
First Class in the draft, so will
probably not be able to return
These vacancies have not yet been
filled.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
America Consumed 100000 Bushels Monthly.
From Now Until Harvest Must Use
Only 2l,OOO,OOO.
RATION PER PERSON is Il POUNDS
OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY
Military Necessity Calls for Greater Sacrifice HereAied
Bread Must Be Mantained-Our Soldiers and
Sailors to Have Full Allowance.

If to furnish the Allies with the necessary proper
ton of wheat maintain their bread from now until the
next harvest and this military necessity we must reduce
monthly consumption to 21000000 bushels month as
against normal consumption of about 100000 600 bushels
so cent of normal consumption This the stua
ton forth by the u S. Food Administration at ashlng
Reserng margin for distribution to the army and for
special cases, leaves for general consumption approximately
1 pounds of wheat products weekly The Food
Administrators statement continues Many of consumers
dependent upon bakers bread Such bread must be durable
and therefore, requires larger proportion of wheat ducts
than cereal breads baked in the household Our and
navy require full allowance The wetodo population
make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat
products than the poor In addition population in
the agricultural districts where the other cereals abun
dant skilled in the preparation of breads from these
other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations
With improved transportation conditions have avail
able surplus of potatoes We also have the spring months
surplus of milk and have ample and oats for human
consumption The drain and barley substitutes has
already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
Commissioners Put up Money.

At the monthly meeting Tuesday
the county commissioners appropriat-
ed sum not to exceed fifty dollars a
month to pay the expnses of the
county council OF defense. There are
about fifty membrs of the council In
Elmore county and heretofore they
have paid a monthly assessmnt to
meet current expenses,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
KAISER ACH VOT PIKERS.
SERVICE
DOING BIG WORK
AT GLENNS FERRY

The following extract from letter
from Rev A. l. Wood to Mrs j. W.
Caldwell, head of the red cross work
in Elmore county, is interesting in
its showing of what is being accom-
pIished in the field of canteen work
by the Elmore chapter, After the
receipt of the letter the chapter au-
thorized the expenditure of $25 a
month in canteen work at the Ferry
with regard to the canteen work
here as you are no doubt aware /
have been appointed Commandant or
the Canteen work at Glenns Ferry
Although | have been appointed to
this position from headquarters at
Seattle from the Director of the Bu-
reau of Military Relief | have not
received any Instructions regarding
uniform or badges for workers, nor
did Rev. Bush, who has charge of
the division, mention that fact. Mrs.
Murnan has handed me your card
and leaflet regarding oath, etc, we
have a strong committee organized
and working and in the past few
weeks have met all trains carrying
troops, giving them postal cards,
cigarettes, tobacco cookies and
doughnuts So far we have given in
the rough figures 80 cans of tobacco,
$50 cigars, 100 dozen hot doughnuts,
800 postal cards, 500 packets of
cigarttes and papers. 35 boxes of
aples etc, all of which were much
appreciated and we have received
the thanks of many Of the boys per
sonally by letter and from the troop
train commanders, all the latter
have talked with and they have had
not afult to find with the method
which we have adopted.
I'VE are now going to give up
the refreshment part of the work as
we are not able to tell very definitely
the number of troops per train and
so we shall make more of the smokes
etc. ! have Just received authority
to obtain from the r. r. particulars
of trains etc, this we do not make
public until half an hour before the
trains arrive but in a railroad town
il is known long before the half
hour as many of our people leave
here for Huntington to bring these
trains in. The trains coming the
other way are usually known only
to myself
1--WE have very definite instruc-
tions and these are being followed
out by me in every detail shall
be glad to have the authority you
speak of to admisister the oath to my
immediate committee and to hear fur
ther from you regarding the
uniforms.
II would like to know also If the
chapter can help us in the line OF
tobacco and cigarettes, opened
packets. will not be received of either
tobacco or cigarettes, the seal must
be intact otherwise many Of the
troop train commanders have refused
to allow the members Of the regiment
to accept them, although some are
not so strict. We have at present a
badge made locally and upon the ad-
vice of the divisional director Rev.
Bush to show who are authorized
to give these articles away. Maga-
zines have been given by the hundred
and many books, all Of which are
good providing they are In good con-
dition and suitable, our trouble has
been to make people understand that
we do not want ladies magazines.
Our present badge has the words
Canteen Service upon it and this is
similar, believe, to that used in
Weiser"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
John Brady Comes for Prisoner.

John Brady. who is a guard at the
penitentiary, came here last week
and took Chas Sandusky to the pen.
Sandusky pleaded guilty and drew
a sentence of seven to fourteen years
from Judge Ensign.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-04-13
| love to get up mornings too,
| do. | do-like HI, | do.

w. lihC wv
Capt Van de Steeg has been pro
NOTED and has left the company, it is
in temporary charge of the Lieut..
Captain was a good Scout and had
got so he seemed like home and we
boys miss him and his gentle ways.
The second Idaho band pulled into
camp few days ago, and we sure
did welcome them home. They
played the same old music that they
had in Boise last summer and Friday
evening we staged dance with about
150 couples present, in honor Of their
homecoming. OF course there were
no girls but by tying khaki hand
kerchief around a soldiers arm and
naming him Genivive you can still go
en- and dance. And we sure enjoyed
the old band.
(This letter will be continued next
week.
-BURTT l.. BERRY.