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The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
Jones Reaches France
In u.s.. Medical CORPS

The following is taken from letter
written Prosecuting Attorney Donley
by Lieutenant VIM. Jones. former Col
vile physician now in France with the
Medical officers reserve corps:
AT the present time I am at base
warm and the weather is fine, but en-
pect to be sent to the front during the
next few weeks, perhaps this week.
have not been fortunate enough to see
my brother at all since 7 have been
over, but hope to soon. Also hope to
see some of the boys from around Col
VILE.
cover here people do not seem to
entertain any notions that this Is go
ing to be over very soon. 1t does not
seem possible that country could
suffer as this and one of the other
allies l have seen, have. Black is the
common color of dresses and long crepe
wells on the heads of the women de-
note what the war has done for them.
However. they are very brave and are
as confident today that the Hun will
be driven back and be made to pay for
his destruction.
SIT is now the 23d of February and
I have not had letter since Christmas
Mail Is held somewhere 7 know, as
there surely would not be such long
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
Ten Commandments
Have Had a Revision

President Wilson is about to sign a
the most liberal legislation in protec-
ton Of a nations fighters ever known
1t is good enough. strong enough to be
called the national ten commandments,
and is, in effect. thus:
Thou shalt not evict for non pay
ment of rent. a soldiers dependents
under penalty Of $4,000 fine.
Thou shalt not cut off n soldiers life
insurance because of delayed pre-
miums.
Thou shalt not foreclose a mortgage
on n soldiers property.
Thou shalt not take away a soldiers
home on which he has made part pay
ment.
Thou shalt not sell soldiers prop
erty because of his failure to pay taxes.
national state or local.
Thou shalt not settle law suit
against a soldier during his absence.
If a soldier sue. the courts shall post
pone action until he can attend to it.
If a soldier have a mine. or timber or
farm claim, assessments on which are
over due. 1T shall be held for him.
Honor thy soldier and thy sailor, that
thy days may be long in the land of
liberty.
No man hath greater love than he that
offereth his life for the worlds sake,
and it is commanded that neither law
yers, nor the loan sharks nor the gath
erers of tithes shall fattel on him.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.
Tuesdays porkless days.

Mondays and Wednesdays. wheatless
Each day, wheatless evening meal.
Noodles, spaghetti. macaronI, wheat
cakes and breakfast foods made Of
wheat are not permitted on wheatless
days or for wheatless meals.
Victory bread or rolls containing 90
per cent substitutes, and pies, pastries
cakes, sweetbreads containing one
third sub bstitutes, permitted on wheat
less days or wheatless meals.
Sugar service limited to 3 cubelets or
two medium sized Jumps, or equal
amount granulated.
Do not serve to any one guest at any
one meal an aggregate of breadstuffs,
macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cak es
and wheat breakfast cereals contain
ing a total of more than two ounces or
wheat -four no wheat products to he
served unless specially ordered public
eating establishments not to buy more
than six pounds of wheat products for
each ninety meals served, thus con-
forming with limitations requested of
the householder.
Encourage use OF potatoes by charg
ing smallest possible price. making
them free when possible, Use as large
proportion Of potatoes in bread as pos
sible.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30

time elapsed Every day I look for
some and will be very glad when some
arrives.
I'VE are getting plenty to eat,
though 1t costs quite bit to feed over
here. ! wonder how a nice mess or
those trout from Sheep creek would
taste tonight. Gee. ! wish that l could
be with YOU and go again this year,
but | will wait for your letters and In
them tell me of all the sport you have
had. There are no such things as fish
over here that I know anything about.
1--WE had a dance last night with
about 125 couples present. 1t sure did
seem good to meet so many Americans.
Nearly all the ladies were in the army
over here as Red Cross nurses. I wish
you could see this part of the country.
1t is so ld-fashoned. The ladies' wear
old lace caps of wonderful design and
wooden shoes on their feet.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
Letter from the Rear
Proves to be Unusual

Dear Editor: Every day ] see letters
in your paper or in others from boys
"over there" and ! wonder II the people
in their thoughts of the boys cover
there" don't sometimes forget that
there are boys "over hcre?" Now, II
you will publish letter from boy
"over here" your readers might like to
peruse 1t as novelty.
7 can't begin mine-"After being on
the brinv for several days. we arrived
safely somewhere in England and now
are somewhere in France etc. ETC."
in the unenlightening style which
sounds like they give them all carbon
copies of a letter to send home. but 7
can say:
After being on pins and needles sew
eral days here somewhere in Colville"
! at last have had the courage to write
to your valuable paper. hoping that
some young ladies in Colville will read
1t. | want to know if We fellows "over
here" don't deserve a little attention,
too. 7 want to know what the fair
maidens of this town would do If there
weren't a few young men left i'm town
for them to dance with, to carry things
ally useful to them. We may not he In
service. but we are at their service.
I want to tell the girls here that
there are often good reasons beside
fiat or cold feet for "A fellows not be-
ing in the army or navy and they had
better not give all the fellows here the
icy stare and spend their time knitting
for some khaki-clad young officer that
right at the minute I am writing this
Is taking lessons in French from
mademoiselle with artful ways.
AS the fellows "over there" write, I
am afraid 1 will get in Dutch with the
censor If say all I should like to- but
please. girls, remember the fellows
cover here" and somebody start re-
lief auxiliary or something for our
benefit.
In your Service,
Somewhere in Colville."
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
Hand COlOred
En|argements
Picture Frames and
holdings
Kodak developing
and supplies
Smiths Photo Studio
North of First National Bank Colvins

able to adapt themselves to so large a
proportion of substitutes in order thar
we shall he able to make the wheat
exports that are absolutely demanded
Of us to maintain the civil population
and soldiers of the allies and our own
army.
We propose to supplement the vol
untary cooperation of the public by a
further limitation of distribution ana
We shall place at once restrictions on
distribution which will be adjusted
from time to time to secure as nearly
equitable distribution rs possible. With
the arrival of harvest we should be
able to relax such restrictions. Until
then we ask the necessary patience,
sacrifice and cooperation of the dis
tributing trades.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
u. S. Food Administration

Herbert C. Hoover. administrator.
Charles Hebberd. Spokane, state ad-
ministrator.
j. c. Harrigan, Colville
Stevens county food administrator
LOCAL CHAIRMEN.
Al ,ddin. NJ. X McTigue.
Addy, A. w. Anderson.
Clayton. L. o. Neidert
Daisy, s. ]. Kilgore.
Hunters, Mrs Elias Nelson.
Kelly Hill, Miss Belle Mounts, Boyds
Kettle Falls, Mrs. o. Il. Lesser.
1-aurier, w. G. Campbell.
Marcus. Mrs L. r. Stutsman.
Meyers Falls, Mrs. A. L. Swanson
Northport, +. NJ. Turner.
orin, T. c. Bell.
ringdale, Mrs. s. +. Frazier
ALLEY, Nick. Edwards.
Narclsse, S. Mcdowell, Colville. r, D..
/.
Leadpoint, Mrs. Thomas Sherlock.
Marble, l.. s. Smith.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
FOOD DEALERS

Sell pound OF substitutes to every !
pound of wheat -four.
Sale limit 40 pounds Of wheat flour
to one person. Crews, cookhouses or
persons requiring more than 40 pounds
at time. must secure permit from T.
C. Harrigan, Colville. county food adj
ministrator.
Substitutes for wheat flour are bar
ley, buckwheat corn, feterita, hominy,
oats, oatmeal potato -four, rice. bean
flour, (whole wheat, graham and rye
-four are not substitutes)
Where potatoes are desired as a part
of the substitute, four pounds of pota-
toes shall count as ! pound OF substI-
tute
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
IN THE HOME

Wheatless evening meal each day.
Wheatless Monday and Wednesday
each week.
Porkless Tuesday
Whole wheat, graham and rye are
not substitutes for wheat, nor are most
breakfast foods and pancake fours.
Save wheat, save sugar. save pork
fats.
Householders to use not to exceed Il
total Of one and one-half pounds per
week of wheat products per person
This means not more than Ia pounds
of victory bread containing the re-
quired percentage of substitutes, and
about one half pound Of cook ing Hour
macaroni. crackers, pastry, pies cakes
and wheat breakfast cereals all COM
bined
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
THAT BIC RED CROSS AUCTION SALE

NOT MANY dogs have ever had
THE EXPERIENCE of the Scotch Col
lie
AT THE RED CROSS auction Saturday
WHO BELONGED to fifteen different
OWNERS within half an hour and
EACH TIME he changed masters
MADE A DOLLAR for the Red Cross.
HE COULDN'T HAVE been bought
BOUGHT HIM from a widow
HIGH UP in an office building and
THE DOG was so good natured
ABOUT TT ALL. that he was turned
loose
TO.CHOOSE his own master at the end.
ONE BANKER tried to show
HIS FINANCIAL judgment by buying a
QUART OF CHERRIES at twenty dol
ANOTHER bought an old harness for
THE SAME PRICE. so 1t is no wonder
BILL BUCKLEY, the veteran auction
eer.
SHOUTED "O-O-OH! I'm going
CRAZY" and said "Now I'm beginning
TO LIKE YOU" when a loaf of
WAR BREAD sold for FIVE dollars.
THAT AUCTION sale was the most
PAINLESS WAY of extracting money
FROM A CROWD that I ever saw
BOB HUGHSON was so hypnotized
THAT WHEN he woke up he found
HIMSELF the possessor of
A BABY BASKET that he had
FRANTICALLY been bidding for
BERT NICOL became the proud owner
of
A NEW meerschaum pipe and
WINGHAM cornered the beef market
BY BUYING two calves, while
A LADY who thought the goats
WITH THEIR pretty ribbons would be
SUCH SWEET PETS saw them go to
A. j. WERNER and called out
"OH HE'S GOT my goat"
SEVERAL MEN got to the sale
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30

JUST IN TIME to be handed over
SOME TRASH their wives had
BARGAINED FOR and told to make out
a CHECK for it and see that it got
FOUND their way back to be sold
again,
BECAUSE hubby failed to see the fun
IN PACKING them home.
JIM PETTY was there
BUYING BUTTER at seventy five cents
PER POUND, and he paid two dollars
FOR A PLANT which he said looked
like
SHEEP SORREI. but at that
HE SHOWED as much taste as some
OTHERS DID, and I want to say If
btCNLE was going crazy
WITH RECKLESS bidding, that
HE WAS SANE enough to keep the
mob
FROM PUTTING up his own dog to be
AUcTIoNED OFF
THAT RED CROSS cake with its
SCARLET SYMBOLS on white icing
AND THE RED. white and blue back
ground
LOOKED PATRIOTIC and it did
ITS SHARE and made about fifteen
dollars.
AND THE FARMERS did their share,
and
so DID THE auctioneers, and so did
NEAL LEDGERwOoD who had some
job
KEEPING TRACK of all the cash.
AND so DID the women and the girls
WHO SERVED the lunches inside and
DAGGY'S VERY PRESENCE helped
TO MAKE 1t u success although
HE HAD A COLD and couldn't use
HIS VOICE, and so with everyone
DOING HIS BEST in the good
OLD COLVILLE way. no wonder
THE RESULTS WERE $3.50 to fill
THE EMPTY TREASURY of the
RED CROSS
BY Miss Print.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1918-03-30
EXCESS WHEAT FLOUR

Every resident OF stevens county Is
asked to send word to the county adj
minlstrator regarding excess supplies
of wheat -four In the hands of families
or individuals. The quantity. kind. age
and condition should be specified 4
compilation is being made of this. so
that in case of emergency the county
administrator may know the exact sup
piles in the county
The county food administrator has
received instruction to promptly handle
offenses against the rules and regula-
tions of the food administration, par
tlcularly boarding cases, and has been
instructed to secure a food committee
of one person from each town In the
county members of this committee
with the county administrator to keep
Informed of conditions. and upon APP
parently reliable reports to serve
notice on alleged offenders to appear
before the committee and show cause
why prosecution should not be made.
Cases of proved wilful violation viii
be turned over to the federal author
tiles, and other cases may be either
reported to the state food admin
istrator for his action, or decided by
the county committee as the case war
rants The county food administrators
has announced that his regular corps
of local food chairmen. selected In the
various towns in the county. will con-
sttute this committee, these local
charmen already having signed their
oath of Office.
The saving of wheat and wheat prod
ucts has now become military NO
cessty" to cut consumption to one and
one-half pounds of wheat per person
per week II America is to meet the de-
mands of allied Europe. Many families
throughout the land are now using no
wheat products whatever except very
small amount for cooking purposes and
are doing so in perfect health and sat
isfaction. There is no reason why all
of the American people who are able
to cook in their own households can
not subsist perfectly well with the use
of less wheat products than one and
one-half pounds week. and we es-
pecially ask the wellto-do households
In the country to follow this additional
program in order that We may pro-
vide the necessary marginal supplies
for those parts Of the community less
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
EAST MOLINE

Mrs. Vincent PARROT is visiting
with her husband Sergeant PARROT
at Camp Dodge.
Nevin club will meet Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Lee Cramer.
Miss Florence Sarginson has
been visiting her grandmother at
Alpha, Ill.
Plymouth circle will meet Thurs
day afternoon All ladies are urged
to attend.
R. F. Haddick visited in Sher-
rard Sunday.
Miss Mary Fitzpatrick Of Rural,
Ill, is visiting at the Stephen Dor
mady home.
Mr. and Mrs. w. F. Potter mo-
tored to Geneseo Sunday.
Mrs. Dell Farwell, who has been
visiting at the Woodruff home, re-
turned to her home in Geneseo to-
day.
Plymouth choir will practice at
the home of Alma Adams Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Lea Haddick is visiting with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ d.
Tomlison of Cable, Ill.
Miss Gladys Haemer is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Ed Snyder of Dav-
export, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
GIVE BIG AMOUNT
TO AID BELGIANS
CRIPPLED IN WAR

Even though Moline has the
reputation for having one OF the
largest Belgian colonies I'm the
United States, Belgians in East
Moline believe that they have out
classed the Pillow City residents OF
Flemish descent in the total
amount of funds which both groups
contributed 70 during their cele-
brations held last Sunday.
This morning check for
$13399I was sent from East Mo-
line to New York, where # viii be
turned over to the fund for dis
abled Belgian soldiers. Such
huge amount collected during one,
day was entirely beyond the cXpec-
tations of those in charge OF the
festivities and they feel certain
that this is the largest sum col
lected at any one Belgian ceIebra-
ton in the United States last sun
day. The sum was gained by main
tanning concessions on the Celcbrd-
ton grounds and by individual
contributions. The committee in
charge OF the affair desires to
thank all who helped swell the
amount.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
KING CHARLES TO
SELECT CZERNIN
DESPITE BERLIN?

London, July 24.-According to
reports from Vienna, published in
Berlin, it is probable that Emperor
Charles will ask Count CzeTnin, the
former Austro-Hungaria foreign
minister, to form a new Austrian
cabinet, says an exchange telegraph
from Amsterdam.
The conservative press of Berlin
is urging the German government
to give Austria a hint that for her
to make Count CZernin premier
would not be acceptable to Ger
many in view OF the counts last
speech in which, they point out, he
insinuated that Germany's war
AIMS were no longer of a defensive
character.
In accepting the resignation of
the Seydler cabinet, Emperor
Charles said he took such action
because the premier had pointed
out that he could no longer COM
mand a majority in the lower
house The emperor added, how
ever. that the difficulties were en-
tirely personal as between the pre-
mier and a political party which
had not assumed an attitude OF OPP
position to the state, but, on the
contrary, would support another
government pursuing the same
general policy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
SAYS EPIDEMIC
is GREAT JOKE
Whole Affair Conspiracy To Get
People To Burn More Gas Ac-
cOrding To One Citizen.

According to reports made to
Commissioner A. c. Stouffer Of Mo-
line today a certain man is circu-
iating a story to the effect that the
typhoid fever epidemic is in reality
joke and not at all serious. The
report says that he even stated
that people are not IL and the
whole affair is a conspiracy to get
people to use more gas. By this
statement he means that the Or
ders to boil water and milk re-
quire the burning of more gas. The
report will be traced to its source
in an attempt to stop its further
circulation.
With six Nnore cases in the last
"a hours and a total now of 1876
instances of the disease in the city
such a statement would be prepOs-
ferrous and it is hard to see who
would be, so ldisinterested in the
city's welfare. as TO start such a re-
port. The SIX new cases were re-
ported during yesterday afternoon
and this morning not a single new
one came to the notice of the health
physician. This, it is said, is the
first CLEAN of hope that the plague
may be slightly abating No other
deaths from the disease have bGen
reported One patient who was TAX
en- i'll June 80 is reported to have
recovered.
1t is announced that restaurants
and soda fountains that insist on
serving unbOiled water will be de-
prived of their water supply alto
gether. An inspection of soft drink
parlors, restaurants and similar
places has not vet been undertaken
but will be in the near future ac-
cording to city officials.
H. J. Sjoblom, acting chief en-
gineer for the department of health,
is investigating the relation be
TWEEN factory and city mains. Com
missioner StOuffer declares himself
in favor of the Immediate severing
of city and factory mains inasmuch
as this may be partially responsible
for the epidemic
Two cases of scarlet fever were
reported this morning and one of
them was removed to the contagi-
Gus section of the city hospital.
Five cases of scarlet fever have
been reported during July. WhOop-
ing cough still is prevalent in the
city, too, it is said. three deaths
during the last few days having re-
suited from the malady If proper
iy cared for whoOping cough is not
serious, according to physicians but
I ii neglected it is sometimes fatal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
TAKE ISLANDER ON
SPEEDING CHARGE

True patriotism demands Obedi-
ence to laws Of city. state and ma
ZION. Magistrate Frank Gustafson
told II. Martin. 20 years old. OF
Rock Island, this morning in Nc
line police court. The magistrate
had preceded his speech on patri-
5tism by filming Martin IS and
costs on a charge of speeding and
SO for contempt of court.
You ralk about your PATRIOTISM
and yet y0u violate the laws Of the
state OF Illinois" Numbered Mag
istrate Gustafson. You say yOu
are patriotic and YOU insult the
court OF the people of Illinois. II
y0u are d true patriot you would
obey the laws and conduct yourself
according to law. Martin pleaded
that he was engaged on a patriotic
duty when arrested. When fined,
i is said. ne took the nancy from
his pocket and threw it at Mag
istrate Gus-aIson with a vile, in
sulting remark. The SO fine for
contempt OF court and the lecture
followed
c. c. Mcdonald and Earl Crimes
were fined s. and costs each on
charges Of speeding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
ORDERED TO REPORT.

NJ. H. Lyon, 1922 Seventh avenue,
Moline, recently commissioned a
first lieutenant in the United States
army, has been ordered to report
to the commanding officer at Fort
Robinson, Neb., the first part of
next week.
Marvin Lyon, the lieutenant's son,
who is an enlisted man in the navy,
will complete the three weeks pre-
liminary training course at the Uni
versity of Chicago this week, and
is expected to return to Moline for
a short visit. He will enter a school
for ensigns, but as yet has not been
assigned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
FRENCH ACT SAYS
GENERALS ARE TO
BE RESPONSIBLE

Paris, July 24.-Drastic punish
ment will be visited upon officers
OF the rank OF general for ueglj-
gence and noncompliance with or
ders under a new bill which was
introduced in the chamber of dep
uties yesterday. The bill as pub
lished provides that any general
commanding a force in the presence
Of the enemy, who by negligence,
noncompliance with regulations or
Gisobedience OF orders, fails TO aC-
complish a task assigned to him,
or who loses or jeopardizes troops
entrusted to him or those he is
charged to support or who loses a
position he is ordered 20 defend.
may be punished by dismissal from
the army and imprisonment from
two to five years, if the fault is in
excusable. A reduction in rank
also is provided for by the bill.
Accused generals have the right
to appeal their cases to the court
of cessation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
N THE THICK OF 1T.

George W. Titus, formerly
clergyman of Mishawaka, Ind. is
now serving as a Y. NJ. {. A seq
retary in the midst Of the shrap-
mel fire on the western front. He
has been attached to an advanced
hospital unit and acts as stretcher-
bearer as well as spiritual adviser
of the man. He is loved by the
soldiers for his herOisIh and self
sacrifice, and when the hospital
was ordered to move they feared
the loss of Titus so greatly that
the colonel demanded of the Y. M.
{. A. that Titus remain, saying NJ
was considered a permanent mem
Der OF the unit.
This regard is typical of that
shown to all the secretaries with
the fighters on the mobile front
To a Y. n. c. A. girl worker who
cheered up the soldiers in an ad-
vanced dressing station, the
wounded men said:
You are the best medicine we
ca
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-07-24
SHOE IMPORTANT
PART OF EQUIPMENT

Behind British Lines in France
There are few things in the per
sonal equipment of soldier more
important than his shoe. As soon
as a man becomes accustomed to
marching long distances, only one
thing limits his endurance, and that
is bad feet The condition of
his feet depends almost entirely on
his boots
In France, the soldier meets the
hardest test Of all for his feet when
he makes the acquaintance of the
cobblestone roads, and it is here
that the value of comfortable shoes
of the heaviest type and in good
condition is realized most keenly.
The veterans and nOn-commission-
ed officers say that chafing is al
most always the fault of mans
socks, which should be changed as
often as possible, and occasionally
sprinkled with foot-powder, which
is found in every British private's
knapsack.
In wet weather, old soldiers say,
a man should always have a dry
pair of socks in his pack.
After a few weeks recruits begin
to know their feet better, to under
stand their peculiarities and sus-
capabilities. so they can guard
against their weaknesses. If there
is anything radically wrong with a
mans boots, he has plenty of op-
portunity TO complain, either at the
frequent kit inspections or at the
more frequent foot inspections.
AL the news all the time-The