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Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
VIII Urge Retired Farmer
To &c back on land

Retired farmers will be urged tc
get back on the land and work te
feed the soldiers, even though they
may not need to work for money
this is the plan that the federal
government will adopt in adopt ir
Ter to meet the present labor
shortage.
"Many retired farmers are perfect.
ly Indifferent to the food shortage,
declares ]. C. Scott, recently ap.
pointed Farm Help Specialist, Elk.
tension Service, State College oil
Washington.
They have enough money to keer
themselves and their families com.
Portable, and forget that their sire
myth, knowledge and experience
ought to be as subject to draft as
The men of draft age.
There are numbers of men over
thirty-one WHO are simply loafine
today-they won't work as long as
they can live without working
These men are badly needed on the
farms, and there ought to be some
way of taking them there
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
WEEKLY WAR NEWS.
Federal Loans to Farmers Reach
Nearly 10000, 900.

Up to December 1, $29,824,655 hac
been paid out to farmers on 5 pei
cent long time loans, according to
report covering the operations OF
the IL Federal land banks. The tota
loans approved, including those clo
sed and those awaiting verificatior
Of title and other formalities, is $105
136,529.
The interest rate under the farm
loan system has been increased from
5 to 51a per cent, to apply to all ap
plications which have not yet beer
approved.
Borrowing is done through CO.
operative farm loan associations or
ganized by, farmers, each association
being composed of ten or more far
mer-borrowers and each group Dor
rowing at least $4,000. Up to De
cember 1 the far mloan board hae
chartered 1889 such cooperative as
sociations.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
PROPER FOOD STORES

Care must be taken to see that the
1ives have proper food stores. Food
With large percentage of gums,
which may cause rapid accumula-
lion of excrement in the bees, are
undesirable, but may be corrected
by inserting frame of honey in the
middle of the brood chamber after
brood rearing has ceased. Another
remedy for undesirable stores is to
feed about 10 pounds of syrup
made of parts garnulated sugar to
1 part of water. In either case
when such food is given after
brood rearing has ceased, il will be
placed by the bees in positions most
available for immediate use, and the
poorer food stores saved until spring
when they may be used safely.
AS long as the temperature of the
air surrounding the bees is maintain
ed at about 81 degrees and no other
Irritating factor is present, the bees
live so slowly that very little food is
consumed, the colony being almost
in dormant condition. A normal
colony of bees thus protected and
feed, not only will endure six mon
tbs or more of CONTINENT, but have
sufficient vitality left to be useful
when spring comes.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
THE BUYERS CREED
Some Good Reasons for Every One
To Examine and Auuly.

Some Good Reasons for Every One
To Examine and Auuly.
In q recent issue Of the Trades
man appeared the following state
ment Of reasons why citizen
should buy in his home city. In
one of the cities of the smaller class
this motto has been posted in street
cars and in moving picture shows:
a BUY AT HOME
Because my interests are here.
Because the community that is
good enough for me to live in is good
enough for me to buy in.
Because l believe in transacting
business with my friends.
Because / want to see the goods.
Because / want to get what / buy
when pay for it.
Because my home dealer "carries"
me when am run short.
Because every dollar I spend at
home stays at home and helps work
for the welfare of the city.
Because the man / buy from
stands back of the goods.
Because sell what produce here
at home.
Because the man I buy from pays
his part Of the town, county and city
taxes.
Because the man buy from gives
value received always.
Because the man buy from helps
support my school, my church, my
lodge, my home.
Because when i'll luck, misfortune.
or bereavement comes, the man /
buy from is here with his kindly ex-
preston of greeting, his words of
cheer and his pocketbook, if needs
be.
Here / live and here / buy.
l BUY AT HOME; DO YOU?
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
RIPPLING RHYME s

There are million luckless Jays
who are observing meatless days
six times week or more; deserving
men, who lact the price to buya pork
just off the ice, at any butcher store
And countless people go their way
who find some thirty wheatless days
in every month in every month that
flies; hard luck and sickness and
despair have stripped their humb-
lie larders bare of dougnuts, loaves
and pies. And they must heave
a sickly smile when they observe the
buoyant style in which we make our
boast, that once week, with martyr
zeal, we cut out mutton, pork and
veal, and shoe away the roast. And
they must shed a weary sigh when
we inform the passers by how we,
with courage high, eschew the loaf
of snowy bread, and fill ourselves
with brand instead, and make the
corn flakes fly, Cheer up!The worst
is yet to come! Before the voice of
the war is dumb we may be eating
hay, we'll doubtless know what grief
is than, and wish we mint observe
again the old time meatless day.
For meatless days don't represent a
'acrafice to any agent in this, my
1eighborhood man passes up the
red meat" dish to eat a turkey or
fish, or something just as good.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Registered Men May be Induced into
Air Service.

While men registered. under the
selective-service laws are not being
accepted at recruiting office for en-
listment in the Aviation Section OF
the Signal Corps, they may be in.
duced voluntarily into service by
their local boards if they are physi-
cially fit, sufficiently skilled, and
not required to fill the current draft
quota. They will be sent to Camp
Kelly, Tex, for distribution into
trades, training, and formation into
squadrons, with ranks and salaries
running from $50 a~rnonth as pri-
Yates to $81 month as master sig
nal electrician, food and quarters
provided by the Government.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
GERMANY's PRICES.

Germany has cut terrible holes in
her testile industries by taking mer
from them for munitions work; she
has seemingly allowed such things
as ;dry.goods to- climb without re
'stfiction probably on the theory thai
this will act as the greatest check
on the use of these commodities
Worsted cloth formerly sold at IL
cents: yards now sells at $3.50; hall
wool stuff formerly SO cents, now
S5.76; sateen formerly 20 cents, now
$2.88; sewing cotton formerly q
cents, now 22 cents; wollen stock
ings formerly 66 cents, now $3.50;
cotton socks for infants were u
cents per dozen, now S11.52; ladies
chemises were 81, now $16; shoe
laces are twenty times higher than
before the war.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Examinations Find Bug Is Per Cent
of Men Wear Shoes That Fit.

Figures from examinations made
by Army and civilian shoe experts
at Army camps show that only a.
bout Is per cent of the men wear
shoes which fit properly. OF tn
several groups of men examined 2.
per cent wore shoes one-half sizf
short, 26 per cent wore shoes II full
size short, and per cent wore shoes
2 sizes short.
Reports ascribe the high proper
ton of misfits to the inclination OF
men to choose shoes too small, faults
of method and supervision of fitting
insufficient numbers of narrowe!
and larger sizes, and incorrect mark
ing of sizes by manufacturers.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Plan Entertainment for Soldiers of
Every Camp.

Reports coming from southern
camps show the vaudeville shows,
running in tents, are crowding seat
ing capacities. With the 16 Govern
ment theatres at the cantonments
completed, the Commission on Ira
lining Camp Activities will soon start
several high grade theatrical COM
panies on the rounds of the camps.
Each company will be out about Is
weeks.
Local committees in cities and
towns throughout the country will
put on sale "smileage" books the
week of January 28 containing cou.
pons good for the entertainments in
camps and cantonments. The book.
are made in two sizes, to- sell at 81
and IS.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Liberal German Press Denounces
Pan-German Aims.

A radio message from Lyons
France, to the committee on public
information quotes an editorial from
the Frankfurter Zeitung of Decem.
Der 8. The Frankfurter Zeitung is q
liberal eDgan with large circula-
ton throughout the German Empire
1t is quoted as saying:
"The German people desire in NO
sense whatever that the opportun-
ity presented by the favorable sit
uation on the east front should be
used for realizing on the west front
the vain dreams of the annexation
fanatics of Pan-Germanism."
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
School Children to Tag Coal Shovels
January 80

The Fuel- Administrator expect
school children throughout the co
untry to. do the tagging work OF
Tag-your-Shovel-Day" which ha'
been ste for January 80, planning tt
make it school holiday.
9 In this extra effort to save tn,
coal for war purposes the Fuel Ad
ministration will ltryNto get at ag OF
every coal shovel in the country. On
the face of each tag are the words
Save that shovelfnl of coal a da.
for Uncle Sam" On the revers'
side are hints for saving coal.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10

The family pig may regain his
place in the prior when towns abol-
ish their swine exile ordinances.
Certainly a well fed pig will furnish
more sausage than all the poodles
and angora cats that ever cleaned
the dinner plates, and when proper
ly manicured me might be accepted
as companion in any society.
A small boy interrupted talk on
Pig Clubs with the following: 81 had
good Duroc Jersey pig-pen, this
year but / could never find no pigs
to put in IT,
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Call for Bricklayers for Work in
France Goes to Boards.

The first requsition under the new
selective-service regulations is for
bricklayers. In sending the call to
the Provost Marshal General asked
for 1000 men to fill an urgent need
Of the armies in France.
Only white men are wanted. They
report to the aviation section, Sig
nal Corps, Kelly Field, San Antonio,
Texas.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10

An embargo has been placed upor
the expectation of butter, except t
nations associated with the Uniteo
States in war.
Christmas gifts for the expedit
oinary forces aggregated $50 ton
Hundreds of thousands of pounds
of turkeys, purchased in eastern
markets and refrigerated on tn
ships, together with great quantitie
Of cranberries, sweets potatoes ant
mince meat went to the forces over
. seas. In the United States ever,
camp was supplied with fresh tur
key and the usual Christmas access
cries.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Stereoptican Slides Being Prepared
to Show America at War.

To aid in supplying suitable ma
terial with which to illustrate ser.
mons, lectures and school work, the
division of pictures, Committee M
Public Information is preparing Of
ficial stereoptican slides showing
Americas participation in the war.
These slides will be made avail.
able soon for general use, at nom
inal charge to cover cost.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
The Y. ". C. A. Arc
Improving Conditions

The Northwest campaign Of the
Young v oInen's Christian Associat-
ion National War Work .ouncil to
raise $144,O00 in the states of Oregon
Washington, Montana and Idaho,
will take place during the week of
January 21 to 9th. That sum is the
districts quota of the $4,000, 600 fund
required by theAssociation for its
needs Hostess House at army camp
for housing and improving the con-
dition of girls and women in war
employment and for its work among
the women in the war zone.
The active campaign for funds
will be open with a sectional war
conference early in January at Ta-
coma, Washington to be followed
by state meetings in Montana, Ore
gon and Idaho. To these meetings
will be invited the leading women
who are prominent in the various
communities, engage in club, civic
and religious work. Mrs. r. C. Nc
Credie, president of the Washington
State Federation of Women's Club,
member of the Washington State of
Health and director Of the Nat
ional Federation of Women's Club
is now travelling in the Northwest
tern states, making preliminary ar
"angements for the drive, which will
be later organized by prominent nat
ional workers. This week Mrs. Nc
Credie is in Montana. Amoung the
national secretaries, women prom
inent in the activities of the Young
Women's Christian Association thr-
oughout the country, are Miss Cert
rude Griffith, county secretary for
the same district, who will organize
idaho and eastern Washington and
Eastern Oregon. Miss Helen Bar
mes, of the National Headquarters
Staff, who will have charge of the
campaign in Montana, to be assisted
by Miss. Ruth Depnen of Los Ang-
eles, MissSade Johnson of Los Ang-
eles,s w. Ex Ass.iiInnigration. works
er who will have charge in Western
Washington.
Miss Gretrude Griffith is a spe-
cialist of the National Board of Girls
work, and is in touch to an unusual
legree, with Notwithstanding the
lives of the young girls, on which
social worker. and for time was
head Of the Christopher House in
Chicago. For the past two months
she has been in the field at Tacoma
where she organized 1900 girls.
Miss Helen Barnes is another one
IF the outstanding secretaries of the
IY. w. C. A.. She was formerly nat
onal secretary for Australis, and is
now in the finance department of
the National staff.
Miss Grace Maxwell has been city
secretary for the Northwestern field
or five years, and is a graduate of
he National Y. w. C. a training
school for secretaries. Miss Sada
Johnson attained distinction through
her immigration work at Los Ang-
les and Miss Julia Lee, who has had
successful experience organizing fl
lancial work throughout the coun-
try.
n
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10

The Federal Trade Commission
has garnted to three American firms
license to manufacture and sell two
drugs which heretofore have been
controlled by enemy aliens under
american patents.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10

All wooden Christmas boxes for
soldiers Of the expeditionary forces
received too lat for shipment will
be returned to the senders if return
postage is ni,jled to the sup
erintendent, Railway Mail Service
New York.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1918-01-10
Must you Pay Tax
on Your Income?

Washington-The time has arrived
for every American subject to the in
come tax division of the wal revenue
act to figure up his incoU'e and file
his return. Ii he is unmarried and
has net income of $1,000 or more,
family and his net income Is $4,000
or il he is married OF the head Of a
or more, he may pay the tax. His
return must be In the hands OF the
collector Of internal revenue in the
district in which the taxpayer lives
or has his principal place of bus.
mess before march 1, 1918.
The man who thinks to envade
this tax is making serious error.
Failure to make correct return
within the time specified involves
heavy penalties.
met income" means gross income
less certain deductions provided for
by The act. The law defines income
as profit, gain, wages, salary, COM
missions money "r MS equivalent
from PROFESSIONS, vacations COM
merce. trade, rents, sales and deal
ings in propertA. real aud personal
anu INTEREST from investment except
.'clcs' l'oin sovernHcMt OonQss OF
state, municipal. township or county
conas' Income iron sefVice as gu-
:ss-S. ":s - = M I
80. :. -, sSI - ~ ...s,,. sS' 80, - "a Ia
- -. .s.a,s - M oas "''' ~o~' ''''
"ost "ste - Fet Cent
The normal rate OF the tax is . per
cent on net income above the am
cunt OF exemptions, which Is $4,000
~ the case OF 9 married persor, or
mead OF me iamily and ". .O0U IA fhc
ease OF single person. A married
person or head OF family u allow
% M sdu.siona, e.ep.,on ~ e.Vo
ior cAch dePenaenA cnaia u nnuer
s.snsesn Years q aee o5 incapapie
3. ssssg.Asls0t1 s.,sg 0erssss ftecsAyea.
AHe taxpayer isconsaoeEea 20 DC .ne
heao Of iaihi1y II ne Is acIuafiy
supporting one OF more persons
cioseiy conhec.eu 's' VIII n.lli ny oioou
80. -.
]. L.., -. ., -.
~
~
DeDts ascertainea 10 pc "oftniess
ana charged OH Wllnln the year and
taxes paid2 except income taxes ana
:. -. "s'o.a1s ~. ~. 4o". De.. 40
are ueuuc.,Dle: ness anu o'nel
poiA's "a 'ne iiioo14 .aA sec',on ~
'ne ~a, ,evenue az. ~ni De 1iy "a
pia.neu Wy revenue s oii4cei "no
N'i' vis'' every c''ai'S III me n.'e"
's's ~ meei. ''s'''s'' @'ai'A ,,ia'
10 ..io ASSIST YAK payers Al i'aAiiis
ou. 'lleli ie'ul nS'
Officers to Visit Every Locality
Notice to their arrival IN each To-
''ailtv VIII De gwen III apvahce tnro-
ugh the press, banks and post offices
They Will be supplied with income
tax form copies ot winch may De
obtained also from collectors OF IN
ternai revenue.
The bureau of internal ;,evtnuc i.
seeking to impress y. Or l,,.i sons si.3>
i"ct TO the tax the fact that failure
/, see this official in no way relieves
them of the duty imposed by law to
file their returns within the time
specified.
The penalty for failure 10 make
= returns on time is a fine of not
less thai, 500 nor .nore than sl.u0O
md in addition so per cent of the
Vt of the tax due. For MAXIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
GAS MASKS PRODUCED
EQUAL NEEDS Of army
Gen. Sibert Reports Shipments
From q. 8, TO France Made ct
Regular Intervals.

Production Of gas and gas masks
In the United States has reached the
point where shipments In great
quantities are being made At regular
intervals. according to MAJ. Gen.
Sibert, chief Of the chemical warfare
service.
Enough masks are being produced
to supply all the needs Of tho Ameri-
can forces. During the past year
large quantities Of gas masks and
other protective supplies for Ameri-
can troops were obtained from the
British.
'strategical In Scope"
The use Of gas in modern warfare
has developed 30 rapidly. Gen.
Sibert said. that it has now become
''strategical In scope" The Germans.
he said. in the spring Of this year in
creased the use Of that force, having
evidently accumulated great supplies
through the winter.
The allies were able to meet that
effort. tho general indicated. and are
added that tho gas mask being manu.
featured in tho United States was
BITTER than that used by any other
army.
Decrease in Gas Casualties.
Improvement In the protective
equipment Of the allies has resulted
in a marked decrease in gas casual
ties. 1t was stated. and close watch
is kept on the enemy to prevent him
springing a surprise In this warfare.
"The nation that hasn't the facili-
ties for manufacturing gas and for
applying 1t to its adversary 10 at a
terrific disadvantage in q modern
war;" Gen. Sibert declared.
1.-The United States had all the
necessary raw materials. but lacked
the machinery for producing poison
gas in quantity. However. the sit
uatton now has been mot"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
Republican Women to Be Active.

CHICAGO. September 7.-Women
are to take an active part in the man
agement Of tho republican party in
the future. The republican woman's
national executive committee. to act
tee to plan ways ana means to insure
the fullest possible participation by
republican women in the party's at
fairs. has been appointed. As follows:
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. Illinois, chair
man: Miss Mary Garrett Hay, New
York; Mrs. Florence Golfers Porter.
California; Mrs. w. A. McCarter. Kan
sas: Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston,
Washington, and Mrs. Raymond Rob-
ms. Illinois,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
WILL MOBILIZE NEGRO LABOR,
Dr.. q. z. Haynes Charged With In
creasinr Industrial EfIloiannv

Steps to mobilize the negro iaborers
Of the United States and render them
more efficient in agriculture and war in
dustriss ars being taken by Dr.. George
p. Haynes. Director Of negro economies
for tho Department Of Labor.
DR.. Haynes' drst move was to hold
number Of states, including Ohio,
Georgia and Kentucky. AZ Q result Of
those conferences. state advisory COM
mittees are being appointed. In addi-
ton to these committees, federal SUPER
Vsors Of negro economics have been
named for Ohio. Virginia. Illinois, Mis-
sissippi, Georgia and Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
BoLsHEv1K ACT PROTESTED.
Russians Here Condemn Killing Of
British Attache in Petrograd.

Russian army and navy officers in
this country have expressed their con-
demnatfon Of the killing Of the British
naval attache in Petrograd by bolshe-
vik soldiers in a telegram to the Brit
ish embassy intended to be trans
mitted to the British foreign office.
Tho telegram is signed by President
Col. Sidork, Vice President Capt.
Touchkoff and Secretary Vishnevsky
Of the volunteer association Of the
Russian army and naval officers in
the United States, at New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
SON OF LORD READING
GETS CROlX De GUERRE

viscount Erleigh, only son Of Lord
Reading. British Ambassador to the
United States. has been awarded the
croix de guerre by the French govern
msnt for gallantry in action. He had
been decorated previously by the British
government with the military cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
FOR ORDNANCE SERVICE.
Gen. Williams Announces Appoint
maut Of Three Assistants. !.

Maj. Gen. williams. chief Of ord
nance. has. announced the appoint.
ment Of Brig. Cen. Louis J. Herewith
% special assistant in charge of
tanks: Brig. Gen. John 7. Thompson.
retired, az director OF ordnance train
ing in addition to his duties ~ dtree.
and Capt. 8. e. Blunt, as employment
supervisor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08

per cent In the value Of the small
available stocks.
The situation 10 one Of utmost grav-
possible that there will be . shortage
Of coal, which will result In the forct.
BILE closing Of many factories, with all
sorts Of unpleasant consequences for
the workers. Under these conditions
helmina has had dlmculty In finding
cabinet ministers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08

deficit Something must be done to
help them or service. in many in.
stances. cannot be furnished much
longer. Conditions in Washington arc
bad. but they are worse elsewhere.
Receivership already IL being talked
Of for the New York Railways Com
pany, but this step will not be taken
except as q last resort"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-08
Louden May Come Here.

The foreign secretary Will probably
be Jonkheer van Karnebeek. burgo-
master at The Hague, while the PRES
emit foreign secretary. Loudon. will be
sent to Washington as minister. The
new government will find itself before
the most difficult situation Q Dutch
cabinet has ever faced. especially on
account Of the famine which threatens
to occur in the coming winter.
The food situation in Holland, ow-
ing on the one side to huge and
forced exports Of foodstuffs to Ger
many and on the other side to the
lack of shipping facilities. Is getting
worse every month. The rations are
admittedly too small for the laboring
people to live on, while other people
must go through the ruinous process
Of securing food at fancy prices.