Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-11

loan system mas Deen 1ucltdsou 1IOA'
5 to 51A per cent, to apply to all appli-
cations which have not yet been ap'
proved.
Borrowing is done through eoopera:
tive farm loan associations organized
bv farmers, each association being
composed of 10 or more farmer-borrow-
ers and each group borrowing at least
$4,000. Up to December l the farm
loan board had chartered 1889 such CO.
operative associations.
Plan Entertainment. for Soldiers OF
Every Camp
Reports coming from southern camps
show the vaudeville shows, running in
tents, are crowding seating capacities.
With the Is government theatres at
the cantonments completed, the Com
| mission on Training Camp Activities
| will soon start several high grade the
atrical companies on the rounds Of the
camps. Each company will be out 10
| weeks.
Local committees in cities and towns
throughout the country will put on
sale "smilage' books the week Of
January 20 containing coupons good
for admission to the entertainments in
camps and environments. The books
are made in two sizes, to sell at 81
and SIS.
War Demands Broaden Work In Chem
istry
From the annual report of the Sec
rotary of the Interior:
"In this department we have during
the past year had glimpse Of the ex-
panding romance Of chemical study.
We have found adventure in the search
for the hidden secrets Of petroleum,
natural gas, and coal tar, of coal
smoke, and the refuse from hundred
furnaces and smokestacks. We appear
to have suddenly driven into a chemi-
cal age or perhaps it would be more
accurate to say that we have suddenly
realized that we are in such an age.
New explosives, new fertilizers, new
sources of power, Of food, new ma
terials for construction and destruc-
ton, new preservatives Of life, and
new agencies for the sweetening and
credit of the modern chemist, and as
a by-product Of this war we are to
have higher appreciation of this
branch Of science, and our genius for
discovery which has so greatly been
applied to problems Of mechanics will
find in analytic and synthetic chemis-
try field OF opportunity subject to
almost infinite expansion
An embargo has been placed on the
expectation Of butter, except to ma
tions associated with the United
States in war.
Christmas mail this year was 25 per
cent heavier than ever before, accord
ing to the postoffce department.. The
congestion was less, however, because
the packages were mailed earlier than
in former years.
All wooden Christmas boxes for
soldiers Of the expeditionary forces re-
ceived too late for shipment will be
returned to the senders if return post
age is mailed to the superintendent,
Railway Mail Service, New York, N.
".
Some of those Roosevelt followers
are persistent cusses. The Colonel not
being allowed to take volunteer
army over to France, they now want
him made secretary Of war. Why the
idea, it takes all Roosevelt's time to
tell what should have been done and
what ought to be done in relation to
the war without him holding an off,
cial position,
New Ulm Journal. The publisher Of
the Brown County Journal and New
Ulm Volksblatt has been asked by the
government to compile list Of names
Of those subscribers who have cancel
ed their subscription to these newspa-
pers on account Of their loyal attitude
towards our government, also list of
| those who have withdrawn advertising
patronage for the same reason. This
information will be forthcoming with
proper explanations with good meas
ure.
Catholic Bulletin: Nothing in life IS
battle is higher than a sterling charac-
ter, better than gold, of more worth
to the worlds market than the high
est university diploma, says The Cath
Ollie Universe. Now a good character
is the product of ones own faithful
efforts; it is a kind of house that ev-
cry one has to build up around him.
Good or bad, refined or coarse, char
acter is always being made as an es-
sential part Of the work of life, end
ing only when we cease to live, and it
leaves to our surviving relatives and
friends a sweet memory and comfort.
Levang's Weekly: Call a girl a
chick, and she smiles. Call woman a
hen, and she bowls. Call a young
woman a<witch, and she is pleased.
Call an old woman witch and she is
indignant. Call girl kitten, and
she rather likes it. Call a woman a
cat, and she hates you. Women are
queer! If YOU call a man gay. dog
it will fatter him. Call him a pup, q
hound or cur, and he will try to al
ter the map of your face. He doesn u
mind being called bull ora bear, and
yet he will object to being mentioned
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