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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
More That 100000 Pairs
of Shoes Needed for Army
Many for Pershing Warriors

Although the war department now
has on hand and contracted for total
of IL, 437, 900 pairs of shoes, Secretary
Baker announces that more than 1,OOO.-
600 pairs of shoes will have to be OBJ
tanned for the army this year. This
is made necessary by the building up
of adequate stocks of reserves. both in
France and in this country.
General Pershing, having in mind
the length of time shoes are expected
to last the men in France, has re-
quested shipments Of 1880 pairs of
shoes for each $4,000 men monthly, or
approximately nine pairs of shoes for
each man annually. This quantity is
in excess Of actual consumption, and
when a reserve supply is built up the
quantities will be reduced.
For troops in this country after the
first issue Of 100 per cent, II per cent
q month is required for upkeep, and u
per cent as a reserve stock. At the
embarkation concentration camps $50
per cent is the ratio for equipping a
given number of men with 1925 per cent
as the ration for reserve stock. In
France the upkeep is placed at IS per
cent for given number of troops, with
Is per cent for the reserve supply.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
One Man Delegated to Rename
Over $1,000 Sioux Indians

To make the Sioux Indians Inherit
ance Of land more simple and secure,
the United States government commits
stoned DR.. Charles A. Eastman to re-
name more than 5000 with their fam
nv names. The task was a hard one,
says the San Francisco Argonaut.
Where possible Doctor Eastman kept
the original Sioux name Of some MEM
Der of family, as In bestowing the
name "Matoska" meaning 'White
Bear" on the family Of that chief.
The hardest task was In finding new
names for the absurdities Of Indian no
menclature. 'Bobtailed Coyote" was
a young Indian who has come to pre-
fer himself % sRobert T. Vol" .
After a long struggle with "Rotten
Pumpkin" Doctor Eastman at last Ne
corded the owner Of the name on the
tribal records under the noncommittal
title of Robert Pumpkin"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
"Lord of the Sun and Moon, ).
Great Magician and Great
..:. 1hief"-A Monarcifs Title

The youthful shah Of Persia has an
amazing array Of titles, ranging from
shah-in-shah, (king of kings to such
poetical attributes as ''The Rose of De-
light" EThe Branch of Honor" and
sThe Mirror of Virtue;" while his ma
jesty of Arracan used to be proclaimed
as emperor of Arracan, possessor Of
the white elephant and the two ear
rings, and in virtue of this possession
legitimate heir Of Pegu and BEahmal
Lord of the twelve kings who place
their heads under his feet"
Somewhere in the wilds of Afghanis-
tan there is an Ameer who boasts of as
many high dignities as there are days
in the year, among them being:
s"The sovereign of the universe, whom
God created to be as accomplished as
the moon at her plenitude; whose eye
glitters like the northern star; king
as spiritual as ball is round, Who'
when he rises, shades all OF his people,
and from under whose feet sweet
odor is waited" But perhaps the most
remarkable title any monarch was ever
proud to own was borne by the king OF
Monomotapa, whose praises were sung
by his court poets and musicians as
Lord of the Sun and Moon, Great Ma
gician and Great Thief"
Another striking example of royal
dignity is that of the former emperor
of China, whose recent coup d'etat
ended in such failure. He was hailed
by his subjects as ''The protector OF
religion, whose fame is infinite and OF
surprising excellence exceeding the
moon, the unexpanded jessamine buds
and the stars, whose feet are as ira
grant to the noses of other kipgs as
flowers to bees, most noble patron and
God by custom"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Female War Workers Among
Cardiff's Busy Night Throng

At no hour of the day or night is 1t
now possible to walk along the main
streets of Cardiff without meeting
women war workers. Even in the
small hours of the morning they can
be seen trudging through driving snow
or sleet or cropping their way in the
thick fog. states the Cardiff Western
Mail.
Some of them do not get home un-
til well after midnight. Others, such
as tram conductors and drivers, set out
for their days work soon after four
In the morning. BY 8 a. m. large
number may be seen in any part of the
town walking briskly to their allotted
task.
Postofice employees finishing work
after midnight IRE taken home In q
taxi, but the others cannot even get q
tram ride.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
With 4. 1enedietion.

A private had received from England
a gift Of q new pair of wooden socks,
and put them on joyfully on the MORN
ing before heavy march. He was
soon limping, but got no chance to
take his boots off till the end Of 20
mile day. Then he got the socks of.
and found in the toe of one q piece
Of stiff writing paper, on which he
could just read the words, written IN
q childish hand:
"God bless the wearer of this pair
of sOcks!"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Hotel Manager Puts Ban on
Bones and Meat for CANNES

Bones at 40 cents each and chopped
meat at 50 cents a portion for aristo-
cratic dogs have been cut from the
kennel menu at the Hotel Majestic,
notes the New York American. The
Hooverization Of this hostelry is now
complete, according to the manage
ment.
Recently there were many dogs In
town seeking the blue ribbons at the
Garden show. Copeland Townsend.
manager, served notice that eatables
would not be supplied for dog con-
sumption at his hostelry.
"Many sweets and meats and milk
are purchased for blooded dogs" he
said, IN explanation. This food Il
needed here and BY the allies. Even
the bones that are given to dogs are
In demand.
II understand q conservation dog bis
cult Is being manufactured. If this Is
30, the problem will be solved, but I'M
less it is, some other means must be
found to supply pets with food"
Six Of the dogs at the Majestic were
Poms. They are owned by Miss Es.
telle Kelley Of San Francisco. who Is
said to have purchased them from Q
destitute Belgian prince In Paris.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
$uez Canal.

One Of the greatest engineering prof.
ects Of the world, the Suez canal, was
formally opened AZ years ago. The
canal cost $1OO,O0O.OOO. The festival
given by the khedive in commemora-
ton Of the opening of the canal cost
$23,OOOOO, or q fourth as much as the
canal. Cairo was gaily decked for the
event, which was attended by the en-
peror Of Austria, the empress Of
France, and many other high person
aees. TIE engineering work Of the
canal was under the direction Of the
great French engineer, De Lesscps.
The canal Is So miles long.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
American Mills Are Urged
to Manufacture Peanut Oil;
Good Market for By-Products

It is possible with the use of i'm
proved machinery for cleaning, she'll.
ing and pressing peanuts, to make a
high grade of oil in American mills
which is we'll suited for use in cook
ing. according to the United States de-
partment of agriculture. Before the
war cut off practically all imports of
French and Dutch peanut oils, the
United States was importing nearly
100000 gallons a year at an average
price for all grades, including soap
stock, of more than half that of
edible olive oil. Specialists of the de-
partment state that American oil mills
should prepare to make this oil at
home both to utilize the large peanut
crop and to Increase their profits.
Peanut oil mills. the specialists say,
should be located where the farmers
can probably grow the Spanish type
Of peanuts, which are high In oil con-
tent and have less shell than the larger
Virginia varieties. The mills should
be equipped with peanut cleaners, and
all the nuts, after going over screens
to remove the stocks, stones and other
trash, should be thoroughly secured.
For the by-products obtained in the
manufacture of peanut oil there is a
growing market especially for the
press cake, which stockmen now real
ize is very high-grade cattle feed.
There is also a demand for flour made
from hull-less peanut cake for human
food, and there is no reason why it
should not become popular article
In human sustenance, the specialists
say.
With the manufacture of high-grade
peanut oil for cooking and shortening,
the manufacture of hull-less peanut
cake for human food and peanut-hull
cake for stock feed, the millers can
utilize oil of the peanut crop to best
advantage.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
N.: N~f~tlQ
Home Made Solution Makes
PaSteurized Cream Whip.

People who use pasteurfzed cream
often have trouble In getting their
cream to whip. This Is due to the
substance called viscogen, being de-
stroyed by heating. This trouble can
easily be remedied by adding q small
amount Of homemade viscogen, which
can be prepared rs follows:
First dissolve two and q half parts
sugar IN five parts water.
Second, dissolve one part OF quick
lime in three parts water.
Mix the two solutions and let stand
. few hours. Siphon Oh, or pour OF,
the clear liquid. and what Is left is
an excellent substitute for vfscogen,
which with proper care, will keep
for a long time. Use about . tea
spccD:-.l for . pint e cream.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

himself still the military genius of old,
starvation forced his retreat.
And so it will be in all ages and
for all times. A well-nourished body
means victory, whether in civilian or
military pursuits, while hungry per-
son can neither fight nor work.
This country has been asked to save
wheat, meat, fats and sugar. Why?
Wheat Is the grain most easily trans
ported. It takes up less space and
does not spoil. Europe knows nothing
of handling cornmeal, and, even If she
did, it would do her no good, because
corn easily spells. Wheat does not.
The sugar shortage In Europe has been
caused by lack of transportation, hence
It IL up to America to get this neces-
sary food to them IN our own ships and
from our own supplies.
Fats are vital In making ammunition.
such as nitroglycerin. and In keeping
the soldiers in warmth-producing food.
The chief reason why SO much stress
10 laid upon the saving of pork II be-
cause It IL the easiest kept and con-
tains nourishment and fat. Pork prod
ucts. such AZ bacon and hams and
shoulders, may be kept for an indefi-
mite period, whereas other meats will
spoil unless they are kept upon ice.
Refrigerator ships cannot be had, ex-
cent In limited numbers, hence 1t is de-
strable to transport only those supplies
which take up the least cargo space
and with the minimum risk Of spelling.
No man OF woman in this country
would refuse q starving person a slice
OF bread, but this Is, indirectly, what
We are doing. The allies are holding
hack the German hordes while the
American armies are preparing. Yet
these people are In want; their chill
tlren are suffering from lack of proper
foods and n we refuse to give up
come Of our pleasures Of taste that
their sufferings may be relieved. we
are placed IN the same position as one
who has plenty yet win not give to
xhe hungry. -,
Already we have shipped to the n
lies our surplus Of wheat and now all
future shipments must come direct
from savings from our daily consump
tiou. II we fail In this we will have
sacrificed thousands upon thousands
Of lives to our taste and greed by pro.
lonsing the war. BY getting food to
the allies we enable them to hold Ger
,many until American troops get On the
fighting front, and once they are
there. victory Is in sight
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

Barred Rock Prize Winner.
He was fourth exhibition eoekerel
at the 1917 Missouri Slope Poultry
show, at Bismarck, N. d. with ~
cockerels In his class. Owned by w.
w. Davenport, MeHenry county, North
Dakota.
They are active birds, largely non-sit-
ting, and do not as a rule DO well in
close confinement.
The Mediterranean breeds are Leg
horns, Minorcas, Spanish and Anda'
lusian. They are small, of excellent
type and noted fer the large number
of eggs they lay.
The Leghorns are typical and the
most popular of this group. They are
hardy; feathers lay snugly to the
body; weight is three to five
pounds.
The American races contain what is
generally known as general-purpose
fowls or dual-purpose fowis. The
Orpington is IN English breed, the 9th
ers are all Of American origin. Among
the most popular are the Plymouth
Rocks and other Rocks, Wyandottes.
Rhode Island Reds, etc.
In the Asfatics. we have the Cochin
China, the Brahmas and the Lang
shangs. These are generally speaking
the meat breeds. The French IS rep
resented by the Houdan; the Dutch.
by the Hamburgs; Indian, by the Corn
ish and White; the English by the Or
pinpton. the Dorking and Red Caps.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

The people people work with best are Of
ten very queer;
The people who are peoples kin quite
shock your first idea;
The people people choose for friends. your
common sense appall;
But the people people marry are the
queerest folk Of all.
Milk and Milk Dishes.
The value of milk for the growing
family can never be too often express
cd. In these days when feed for the
cattle costs so much more than
formerly, when labor is higher and
very scarce the dairyman must raise
his price Of milk or go out OF busi-
ness. Milk at - to Is cents quart
is cheaper food than meat. Cut down
on other foods but never on the milk
for the family, for IN it are the growth
determinants or growth stimulants
which are so essential for q good body
framework and healthy blood. The yolk
of egg and good butter are also rich tn
this growth stimulant. A growing child
should have If possible three glasses
Of milk per day, even when eating the
usual amount Of solid foods found in
vegetables and cereals. milk is not a
beverage, 1t is food.
Milk with eggs IN the form Of Gus
tards is one of the best, most whole
some and easily digested desserts for
young people.
SKINNED milk may be bought cheap
" and IS 4 most nutritious food, lack
ing only Tn fat, which may be supplied
in other ways.
For cream soups skinned milk may
be used, and egg added to supply the
lack Of fat with butter and flour used
in the binding makes it is as good as
whole milk. Cold skinned milk may
be given the children at meals for their
drink in summer and hot in winter.
If plenty of good butter Is supplied
the child will be we'll fed. Cheese in
various forms may be used tn the place
of meat; as souffies with macarOni in
cream sauce over toast, in cream po-
tatoes or escalloped potatoes and In
many other dishes which will occur to
the house mother. A simple and
wholesome supper dish which IS easy
to prepare is the following:
Spread the required number Of slices
of bread with butter, place In shall
low granite baking pan. cover each
slice with a thick layer Of finely cut
cheese, or grated cheese may be used
If It Is dry, then pour over enough
milk and eggs to cover the cheese.
Use one egg for every cupful Of milk
used, add salt and dash Of cayenne
pepper, then bake until the custard
is set. Serve hot.
A glass Of hot milk for the restless
child upon going to bed will often
prove most soothing. Milk is too val
liable q food to be sighted or cut out
of the diet because Of IT'S COST. 1t will
be far better to cut down on the meat
and buy more milk.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

: During the 1915 opposition Of Mars
the northern snow cap Of that planet
extended about 1SS miles farther south
than In the previous opposition. In re-
porting this observation Prof. W. H.
Pickering suggested ths 1t would b
interesting to see whether cold WIN
ter ON Mars would be followed BY q
cold winter on earth. Apparently this
was the case, rs the winter Of 1867
seemed to have been considerably cold
er than the average In both EuroDe
and MISUNDERSTANDING American.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
For the Poultry Grower

We have in this country 1O4 vari-
cites of domestic fowls which have
been described and recognized as
standard breeds. There are various
classif1cations. Among these are such
terms as fancy and practical; eggs
and meat; according to their place of
origin, etc.
For instance, all Of the recognized
breeds are said to be practical except
the bantams and games which are
said to be fancy or ornamental.
Under the so-called egg breeds are
grouped most Of those that originated
around or near the Mediterranean sea.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Wise and Otherwise.

Absence makes the heart grow
fonder, and We'll admit that
the farther off some men are the
better we like them.
In the days before the tele-
phone how did father manage
to get word to mother in the
afternoon that he wouldn't be
home for dinner.
A lot of valuable time is
wasted in Boosting.
One of the things most of
us need to make up our minds
to is that the other fellow is
just as patriotic as we ourselves
are.
How tender homegrown let
tuce looks in the catalogue pic
lures!
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

hClOIy VI OcACOIs
When Napoleon
made his great
drive on Moscow,
he accomplished
his military OBJ
jective, but he
, went down to de-
feat because he
could not keep
open his lines of
c O m m unicatiOn.
Italy lost a quar-
ter of o million
men to the Teu-
tons a I e w
months ago be-
cause of hunger.
Napoleon's food
ran 8 hort; his
soldiers hungered
and, while he had
II u ssia on her
=
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
PRAYER OF THE ARMY MEN

At the going, when we stumble up tho
gangway to the ship.
While we wish, and curse the wish, that
we could stay;
On the channel. as we watch the yearn-
ing cliffs of England dip.
Help US. Lord. to hide our sickened hearts
away!
On the marches-oh the marches with
the blisters on our feet,
When our kits weigh not much less than
half ton,
And our one idea of heaven is a place to
sleep and eat
Give us strength. Lord. I'LL our tnlEty
miles are done! -
Through the weary. starlit vigils when we
guard the sleeping tents,
When they huddle gray behind US In the
gloom,
Bid US challenge every phantom that our
fear of death invents:
Keep your ears alert to hear the creep
ing doom!
In the trenches, with the bul1et-ridden
earthworks squirting dust,
And the peering rifle muzzles splitting
flame:
In the sweating bayonet charges. with the
thrust and wrench and thrust,
Hear, US when we, dying. call upon Thy
name!
In the winning, IN the losing, In the
Be we victors or the holders of defeat.
Keeps us mindful of the honor OF a. ma
ton that we bear;
Let our souls, Lord be above the 1ate we
meet! 49,.
Kenneth Proctor Littauer. in Leslies.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Do You Know That

There IS no fat in potatoes.
Lard is nearly 80 per cent fat.
Butter is practically pure fat.
The fat of plants is contained
in the seeds.
At least a third of the bOdy's
food should be fat.
Cocoa is the only popular bev-
erage which has fiat"
Body fat is Of three kinds
stearine, palmitin and Oleine.
A lOin of mutton has more fat
nutriment than any other joint.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Drat the Cat.

ST at m a n
ought to be ar
rested! He threw
a lump Of coal ut
u cat!"
"Are you going
to tell the s. p. G.
Az"
mo, I'm going
to tell the fuel
commissioners"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
SOME SMILES
Serious PLIGHT.

"Smith was telling the other night
Of the awful trouble he had one time
when he was shipwrecked In getting
away from man-eating shark"
eyes, but did he ever tell you how
he succeeded in lodging his wife when
she was after him for bargain hunt
ing shopping trip? 80
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Vernacuiar.

"Why did you discharge your cool? -
"She said she wouldn't be repri-
manded."
did she express herself to that eff.
fectr
Eyes, but what she really said was,
Il won't take no sass often nobody
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

Fifteen years produce flower
anced
might cultivated into something
experiments Antoine Winter
shade Of pink red yellow" and all the
orchid vaegad varieties have resulted
producing white Nlycanna about $4,000
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Quick Success.

"Weu," said inc
young lawyer. Il
pleaded my first
suit yesterday,
and won it."
"You don't
say!"
Eyes; congratu-
late me, old man {:
I'm engaged to
Miss Rich"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18

4 In MI China there are about 40
newspapers, and Of these only about
Affy have good circulation. =.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Out-Hooverizina Hoover.

Out-HooverizinQ Hoover.
"Are you doing anything to econo-
mize on your pleasures?"
"Oh, yes; I've cut out my wife's
matinee trips and the children's
movies"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Saving
Foodstufs
Bv MRS. LUTHER BURBANK
VIE Of Noted Plant Scientist

In all ages the pientifulness Of
food or its shortage has meant
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-04-18
Mothers Cook Book

's~S~s'S~E"s~s''5's'5''s'5 :
The people people work with best are Of
ten very queer;
The people who are peoples kin quite
shock your first idea;
The people people choose for friends. your
common sense appall;
But the people people marry are the
Queerest folk Of all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-20
SOLDIERS GREAT READERS

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence.)
PARIS, Nov. 30.-With more read
ing time on their hands than ever be-
fore now that the fighting has stopped,
the American Expeditionary Force
which required a million books a
month. will devour literature at a
much more staggering figure. The
book shelves of every Y. NJ. c. A. hut
are polished daily by the constant re-
turn of books rea and the taking out
of new books, and the difficulty is in
supplying rapidly enough, according to
Burton Stevenson, head of the Ameri-
can Library Association.
What the soldiers like best in the
way of reading is reported back to Mr..
Stevenson through the Y. NJ. c. A,
the Red Cross, and the other organiza-
tons among which the books of the
American Library Association are dis.
tributed, as we'll as through letters
straight from the soldiers themselves
His forecast of what they are going to
want was cabled back to the United
States the other day, in the following
order for books:
Need Immediately 1000 each ele-
mentary, advanced arithmetics, geom-
%etries, trigonometries, chemistry
books. physics, agriculture, stock
breeding, forestry, business methods,
accounting, commerce, banking, law,
hECDlleCLuTe. Two nunuTeQ edCn
bookkeeping, poultry raising. Re-
quests pouring in show tremendous
demand for technical, educational
books. Recognizing warehouses to
expedite distribution"
Fiction continues to be read by the
army. In spite of Its more serious
trend of mind. at the rate of hundreds
of thousands of volumes a month. Mr..
Stevenson said. Kipling and Service
are still the favorite poets OF the
American soldiers. Among the re-
quests that came in during the past
week were two for ordinary primers
or A B G books, from American born
men who are finding their first oppor-
tunity to study their own language in
O. foreign country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-12-20
GreasIno the Ways.

Said the n~ear-cynic: "You can say
whit you please about elbow grease
being necessary for success, but the
oily tongue has got 1t beat a thousand
ways"