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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
DIsINFEcTIoN OF. HENHousE
Structure Should Be Thoroughly
Cleaned Out and Sprayed at
Least Once Every Year.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.)
Once a year the poultry house should
be thoroughly cleaned out and sprayed
with n Of the coal tar d~isinfectants
or given q good coat Of whitewash
containing s per cent of crude car
bolic acid or creosol. Unless the ex-
terror is painted, a coat of whitewash
will help preserve the lumber and give
a neater appearance to the building.
Spring is one of the best seasons to
clean up and whitewash the poultry
house. A well-made whitewash is the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
MEETING THE
EMERGENCY
By VIVIAN M. MOSES
OF The YRi0ntes

When H. G. Wells called the present
war the war of machines he had in
mind the vast quantities of engines of
war used at the front-the ordnance,
both large and small, the bomb-mor-
tars and mine-throwers, gas-projectors,
airplanes and tanks employed in the
actual fighting. But there is another
sense in which this is the war Of ma
chimes even more truly than that in
which the great British novelist used
the term: for On the machines in the
shops and factories of the allied ma
lions depends an allied victory-on
the machines and the men who drive
them.
AS has been the case with each of
her allies, the United States since 1t
entered the war has had to increase
stupendously the output of it's machine
shops. This result is being accom-
plished by the erection of new plants,
by the enlargement and increase in fa.
cilities of the shops already engaged
In he production Of war products, and
by the conversion to this purpose of
plants previously engaged in other
work. The problem Of multiplying the
shops to work in is a comparatively
simple !; more difficult is the prob
lem Of supplying the skilled workmen
to fill these shops.
Obviously we cannot quadruple our
skilled workmen by the old methods of
apprenticeship and training fast
enough to meet the nations needs.
The old method has been found want
ing. 1t consisted in taking the raw,
unskilled laborer into the shop, start
Ing him at the simplest work that
could be found. and letting him fight
his way slowly and painfully to the
status of a trained mechanic. 1t was
a method which wasted the three pre-
cious elements, time, material and
man-power.
New Way Was Found.
The trimming accomplished by pri-
vate and public vocational and tech
nical schools brings far better results.
but produces too small a quantity Of
skilled mechanics t meet the emer-
gency.
France found a new way. Great
Britain has adopted it. And now
America must get in line-is already
getting in line. in fact, with gratifying
results. For the new method is swift,
is sure, is comparatively cheap. 1t
turns the grocer boy or the school
tencher into a skilled mechanic with
equal facility. It is the method Of
the shop training school.
Shop training schools are now main
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
THELANDARMY
{. OF AMERICA
<Women % Farm Hands,
By JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS
II OF The V1euantes

II had to hire them for my farm be-
cause I couldn't get men. . . Neigh
boring farmers who borrowed some of
them later hated to admit. that they
were more efficient than man workers,
but had tot"
The farmer who wrote those words
employed 25 girls last summer to get
In his crops, some Of them girls from
the Seasonal trades" out Of a Job,
others students or college graduates
out for a vacation, but few, If any, of
them experienced farm hands. He
made two important discoveries. First,
that they were good workers. Second,
that this kind of work was good for
women, and as this farmer is none
other than Doctor Sargent, the direc-
tor Of physical training. he ought to
know.
He adds that he did not have q
chance to try them at.plowing or heavy
work, though they can do that too, but
at other kinds of farm work he found
them in all ways the equal and in some
ways the superior of men. They do
not average as strong as men, though
in proportion to their weight they are,
but they made up in care md thorough
ness what, they lacked in "heft," and
they did not loaf on the job when the
boss was not looking. Women are
nearly always more conscientious than
the superior SEX"
Has Come to Stay.
The Woman's Land Army of Amer
lea is still a new thing in most parts
of the country, but it has come to stay
and the 0ne the farmers Of America
get that idea through their heads and
live down their old-fashioned preju-
dice against this ~"new-fangled notion"
the better for them and for the coun-
try. Every man released from the farm
means one more man for the army
or for other war work not done by
women.
A year ago almost every farmer in
the country shared this impractical
and unpatriotic prejudice. Such preju-
dices die hard. All our prejudices
about women die hard. I will give an
amusing Illustration. Last summer q
number of units" were employed in
various parts of Westchester county,
New York. A "unit' means a squad of
woman workers "a gang" we might
call it., if they were men) who live and
work together under the charge Of a
competent older woman experienced in
agriculture, a. sort Of forewoman who
manages the whole outfit, which in
cludes their own cook and food and
bedding. The farmer does not supply
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29

anything except the wages and pos
sibly a. place to put ~ a few tents.
The farmers wife has no bother or
extra work In the matter at all. Well,
every n Of these units. In Westches-
ter county made good. and there were
exactly as many surprised farmers in
Westchester county as there were
units. At the end Of the season each
employer was asked, "Will you m
ploy woman farm hands again next
year2" Each farmer made exactly the
same reply. Eyes, III can get the same
women"
Each thought that he had happened
to have the luck to get the only good
bunch of girls! Sly, shrewd fellows,
those farmers! For 1t seemed to them
quite obvious that women as a class
could not be good farm laborers. A
perfectly natural prejudice. Men as q
class have always had the same GER
tainty that women could never be good
at anything Outside Of the home" I'M
til they went out and made good at
everything from voting and doctoring
to driving ambulances, and even at
fighting in the trenches when the ne
cessity arose over in poor betrayed
Russia.
Kept Island From Starving.
American farmers, however, are the
most enlightened in the world. Per-
haps it will not take them so long to
get the idea into their heads as it re-
quired to beat it into. the British brain.
In England, even after the scarcity of
farm labor had become more acute
than 1t is here now, the "woman's land
army" movement a almost blighted
by masculine prejudice until the gov
eminent became alarmed and turned a
clever trick. Prizes were offered at the
county fairs for public competitions
for woman workers in various depart
ments of farm work. This aroused
considerable curiosity and created a
great deal of discussion. The question,
however, was not whether girls could
do farm work, but which girl could do
it best! Big crowds gathered. Bets
YER made. Rivalry ran high. And
when 1t was demonstrated before the
astonished eyes Of the British farmers
that these "farm lassies,% us they now
affectionately term their "farmerettes"
over there, not only knew their job
but were experts at it, the prejudice
broke down and the country was saved.
The woman's land army of England,
now 100000 strong, has kept the island
from starving. This patriotic fact has
been publicly acknowledged in parlia-
ment.
There are already II states Of the
Union organized under the Woman's
Land Army Of America, and in New
York alone 5000 farmerettes are regis
tered for this season. 1t is q fine pa
triotic service. a good thing for the
farmer who can thus get good sober,
Industrious laborers ut a cheap rate,
good thing for the girls, who can
thus get a wholesome outing as well
rs fair wages, and the best thing Of all
for the nation, which needs food and
needs men, and needs them at once.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
May Be Developed in Georgette
in Any Desired Shade.
Same Design Might Be Used for Wash
Dress, Using Printed and Plain
Wolfe or Silk Bingham.

The smart little frock shown in
sketch. designed for q young girl. may
be developed in georgette in any pre-
ferred shade with landings Of en-
broidered Or plain satin. Small wood
en- beads edge the satin band on the
Russian blouse peplum, on the sleeves
and at the neck. This same design
might be used for a wash dress, using
printed and plain wolfe or checked silk
gingham with plain color chambray
or handkerchief linen.
For the ha]f-grown girl whose fig
ure is not sufficiently developed to
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29

tanned by most of the larger metal.
working plants engaged in manufac.
ture of war products. They are spaces
set aside for this purpose alone, and
equipped with machines of every
type used in the shops proper. An ex-
pert mechanic especially selected for
his aptitude for this work is in charge
In each of these shops, and under him
other skilled mechanics act as teach
ers. Here are received the raw or un-
dertrained applicants for work. They
are assigned to the types Of work to
which they best seem fitted, and quick
~ and practically instructed in this
work at the very machines which they
Will have to operate in the main shops.
They work with the materials and on
the actual orders upon which the shop
is engaged and the product of their
labors becomes a part of the output Of
the shop. They are paid a fair hour
~ wage as learners, and this wage in
creases as the skill of the learner en-.
ables him to increase his output.
The results obtained in these shop
training schools are almost beyond be-
lief. The ideal conditions under which
a raw man is taught to handle his ma
chine enable him to become a skilled
mechanic in q small fraction Of the
time formerly consumed in the old
method under which he picked up
knowledge bit by bit in the shop from
such other workmen as had time to
help him.
Mechanics Are Needed.
For example, here, in a New Eng
land shop, is a grocer's man, after a
weeks training, operating his milling
machine effectively, and reading the
blueprint related to his work. Here.
! n an Ohio shop are three girls for
merly employed in a department store:
they are o operating heavy hand
turret lathes on work requiring great
precision; and the length, Of their
training required variously from
three to ten days.
Here is a particularly capable wom-
an" says an expert from n of the
L4A
greatest American war factories. VISIT
ing another shop (speaking of one
who was probably a teacher). "How
long have you been here?" he asks this
product of the shop training school. 81
came yesterday" replies the woman.
who is working a great turret-lathe.
America needs skilled mechanics.
and needs them greatly. The shop
training schools will supply this need,
quickly and efficiently. To the en-
ployer they offer the surest method of
supplying. the trained operators with.
out which his machines cannot turn.
10 the individual seeking employment
or willing to take u place In the swell
ing ranks of those providing the
sinews Of war for the American gov
eminent. the shop training schools
provide the opportunity for becoming,
without undergoing a long period Of
training or probation, skilled mechan.
les. worthy of and receiving the won.
drously high rates of payment which
trained labor is commanding.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
Devil Blue Is Latest.

Devil blue is the latest choice made
Tor neckwear accessories. Whether
the color itself has a special charm or
not it doesn't matter; the popularity,
of the French soldiers, who wear the
Inform from which it takes it's name,
started the craze for the color.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
The styllshIy dressed women deIjoht
In having this navy blue satin gown
with q Iooss panel weighed with fringe.
Renovates SILK Embroidery.

Silk embroidery may be cleaned with
a camel-hair brush dipped in spirits,
Of wine and rubbed over the embroid.
cry. The brush should be frequently
rinsed in some spare spirit to remove
the dirt. The embroidery need not BIZ
removed from the garment it trims
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
Purebred Fowls Best.

If you are raising scrub chickens,
YOU certainly are not making near the
mount that you could Il you had pure
bred fowls.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
ouIneas GAINING FAVOR.

. Guinea fowls are growing. in favor.
as a substitute for game birds, with
the result that guinea raising Is be.
coming nor profitable.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
Genius and Taste.

Genius ano deIe.
To say nothing Of its holiness or
authority the Bible contains more
specimens Of genius and taste than
my other volume in existence.-Lan-
loe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-08-29
SOME LAWS OF THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.

LESSON TEXTs-Luke 6:3o-ss; z1:1-4.
GOLDEN TEXT-Remember the words
Of the Lord Jesus. how he said. 1t is more
blessed to give than to receivo.-Acts 20:
IS.
DEVOTIONAL READ1NaEn CORN.
thians 9:6-15.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERs-Luke, 1879; Romans 1873: IL
Corinthians s:6-15; Hebrews 1876; Ezra I:
"a; I Chronicles 29:1-5.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
ANNAPOLIS BECOMES
BONE DRY SATURDAY
Wet Goods Traffic Must Stop in
Naval Academy Town.

Annapolis, Nd, March n.-Annapolis
will be a completely ''bone-dry'' COM
munity when the edict OF Secretary
Of the Navy Daniels formally becomes
operative at 4 o'clock on the afternoon
of the coming Saturday.
Not many persons Of the city fully
appreciated the drastic provisions Of
the order Of the Naval Secretary until
an official copy Of II was received by
Rear Admiral Edward W. Eberle. su-
perintendent Of the academy. today.
Not only will all the saloons. hotels
and clubs be compelled to close down
business at the hour stated, and the
shipment of "wet goods" to Annapo-
lis, which is well within the five-mile
zone outlined in the order. be prohibit
ed. but it is also apparent that 1t can
not be brought into the city from other
communities.
The authorities Of the academy win
it is understood. aid the officials a
the Department of Justice at Wash
ington in carrying the provisions OF
the order into effect. The Secretary'f
order has been issued in printed form
and copies of II will be generally dis
seminated. Proprietors Of saloons o.
other establishments concerned will, oi
course. be the principal recipients oi
the notification.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
eM Good Morning, Judge"
TNW Human Interest Stories of DINO, BY By
NJ Police Court Happenings. PERKINS
BY
RUDOLPH
PERKINS

/ that night and had three too many
nips from a bottle.
Before he left, Sonny borrowed q
razor from this friend.
OF course when Sonny got out OF
the house, he was so drunk that he
didn't know he was drunk.
Here was q fine combination, a
drunken man with a dangerous
weapon, almost as bad as a Ger
man with a suit case full of bombs.
II he hadn't stopped and worried
| the cop with his troubles he could
| have gone home. and no one would
have ever known that he had a
Z razor.
Nevertheless Sonny has a good
record. He has never been in trouble
before that we know on.
But he had to pay q fine any way
for being soused-S10 for that. and
the court suspended a $50 fine for
carrying the razor.
Paul PerIoins Pies.
Never again will Paul Byers steal
another pie.
The last one he swiped got him into
trouble externally and internally.
This plea pie made especially to
| SdlCu Fdul-WdS TepOSlnB III lne VIII
dow OF a Greek lunchroom.
On the surface It looked like an or
dinary pie-but inside it was full CT
common ordinary brown laundry soap.
But of course Paul didn't know a
thing about this. Otherwise he would
not have bitten.
For a long time some one had been
swiping pies and the boss of'the lunch
room thought up this scheme to catch
| the thief.
Paul did a very slick trick in steal
ing this pie-no one knew it until a
doctor came around to see him. He
had swallowed a big hunk of it before
| he got wise to what hs-was doing.
When the cop came around to see
the sick man the mysterious disap-
pearance of all the other pies was ex-
planned. Paul confessed-his tummy
hurt so bad that he would have con-
fessed anything.
There was only one charge against
him. however, and the court only fined
him S-the unchroom boss suggest
ing that the soap pie had done more
good than the fine would.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
ENCOURAGE POLAND
IN INDEPENDENCE
Allies Will Distribute Messages to
Keep Up Morale.

The impIacable attitude of the Poles
towards Germany and Austria is to
be encouraged by a distribution
through Poland Of the declarations Of
President Wilson. Hoyd-George and
Foreign Minister Pichon of France in
favor of a Poland really free and in
dependent The Polish National or
ganiZation In France and the United
States is preparing the plans.
Failure OF the German plan to un-
dermine Polish morale Is believed GER
tain by the group OF Poles here headed
by Ignace Paderewski- Polish troops,
whether in the Teuton or the Russian
armies, they say. win never agree to
a Poland subservient or divided The
people are to be encouraged in their
persistence by leaflets droped from
airplanes bearing these three declara-
tons.
President wilson: "An independent
Polish State should be erected which
should include the territories inhab-
tied by indisputably Polish popula-
ton which should be assured q free
and secure access to the sea-"
II. Pichon: THE Allies wish an in
dependent and indivisible Poland with
all guarantees for its free economic
and military development"
Lloyd George: I'VE believe that an
independent Poland is an urgent ne
csssity for the stability Of Western
Europe"
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
WILSON FOR OVERMAN
BILL AS DRAWN UP
President Emphasizes Desire for
War Direction Powers.

President Wilson has set his face
firmly against any change In the
Overman bin. In conference yester-
day afternoon with Senator Overman.
he insisted on his desire to have the
bill passed Just as It was originally
drafted. Particular emphasis was
placed by him on his desire to pos
sess the omnibus powers Of war di-
rection, against which opposition to
the measure II concentrated
Prior to the visit of the North Caro-
lima Senator to the White House, the
judiciary committee, OF which he Is
chairman, had been in session all
morning in a futile effort to reach an
agreement. Senator Overman declar-
ed that he sought the appointment
with the President on another matter,
but admitted that the Overman bill
had been discussed. He found the
Chief Executive adamant In oppost-
ton to any compromise.
The President took the position that
he could not foresee what changes in
governmental agencies, what consoh-
dation and coordination might be
necessary, as the war proceeds He
wishes to be able to bring about this
alteration whenever he feels it neces-
sary.
There Is question in the administra-
ton whether the President has not
already the power he desires. Never
theless, he wishes the sanction OF
Congress-
He has already created agencies,
such as the War Council and the War
Industries Board. Some Senators have
an idea that these boards. are
not absolutely legal without such an
act as the Overman bill to back them
up.
Senator Overman Is very hopeful of
his bill He thinks it Will be report
ed with only minor amendments, In
very short time.
1t was fought again. however, IN
committee yesterday morning. Sena-
tor Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, proposed
an amendment confning the reorgan-
ization to the War and Navy depart
ments, and providing that the FEEDER
al Reserve Board and Interstate Com
merce Commission should not be dis
turbed. II was referred to the spe-
ciaI subcommittee, which Will report
Wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
First Woman Librarian
For Any Training Camp

The first appointment OF a woman
librarian to a training camp hospital
library was reported yesterday by the
American Library Association, co-op-
Grating with the Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities. Miss Olga Wyeth.
former librarian of the University of
Illinois. will go to Camp Wadsworth.
Spartanburg, s. c., to take charge of
the library work in the camp hospital.
a trained woman librarian is to take
charge of the work in the hospital at
Camp Upton April /. and the medical
officer in charge of the hospital has
asked that a woman librarian be ap-
pointed to Camp Doniphan.
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
W.S. S. SELLERS
CAUTIONED TO
FILLIN NAMES
Warning Issued for Protec.
tion of Stamp Owners
{ Against Theft.

Director D. ). Callahan. OF the Dis
trict War Savings COMMITTEES, has
issued the following instructions to
authorized agents for the war saw.
ings. stamps:
SAiI selling agents are again eau
TONED against issuing Certificates in
blank. All postmasters. banks and
other agents should write in the
name Of the purchaser at the time
Of purchase, as by 30 doing the GER
tiheate Immediately becomes non-ne-
gotiable and offers some protection
to the owner against loss by theft.
It Is advisable for the government
and for the owners, that all certin-
Gates be handled In this manner. al
though absolute protection for the
owner can be obtained only by regis
tration Of the certificate at the post
office.
May I urge you TO further this
work in every possible manner. doub-
ling your efforts each day. even as
The Washington herald., 1918-03-12
SHIP WORKERS
FROM N. Y. ASK
BIGGEST RAISE
Yard Employees Represent
atives Before Wage Ad-
justment Board.

Representatives Of shipyard em-
ployes In the New York district, at
the first session yesterday Of the
hearings before the Shipbuilding La
Dor Adjustment Board to establish =
wage scale for that area. demanded
a greater increase than has been ask
ed by, any other district. and higher
wages generally than were granted
on the Pacific Coast. the highest
award thus far. As much a. 100 per
cent raise Is asked by some trades
In some yards.
The contention is mainly that the
increases are necessary to meet the
Increased cost OF living and are Justi-
fled because they approximate the
general scale Of the same crafts In
private work in the same area. That
the demands are greater IN the yards
on Staten Island. Long Island and
along both shores Of the Hudson
than they were from the men under
the decisions already rendered In con-
tiguous territory, the Deleware-C -Ches-
apeake district and the South Attain
tic and Gulf coasts. Is due to the
fact that the shlpyard crafts In the
vicinity Of New York are more
strongly organized and the union
scale there has raised wages much
beyond those paid on governmental
work In the shipyards which are not
union yards.
The employers will present their
side of the case today. They will not.
however, pay the increases that will
be granted: the government pays chs
cost Of its own awards. Among the
labor men who submitted their de-
mands yesterday were:
Fred Paulitsch and Richard Patter-
son. Sheet Metal Workers. Long Is
land; W. II. Kelly. Coppersmiths'
Union. New York City; w. J. Walsh,
Electrical Workers Union No. 3; ].
l. Ferguson. Pattern Makers, New
York City; Bernard Kelly, Interna-
tional Moulders' Union; H. w. Brown,
Machinists. Newark; Hugh Y. Reilly,
Machinists, New Jersey; WI. Dick
son, Blacksmiths. New York City;
John NJ. Ryan, Blacksmiths' Helpers,
New York City: George Wallace, Am
algamated Society OF Engineers; John
Hanley, Building Trades, New York
City; ]. ]. Collins and Visitor Buhr,
Painters, New York City; II. r. Step
han, Shipfitters, Port Richmond, N.
Y; F. L Clark, Electrical Workers,
New York City; c. B. Christensen.
Riggers and Machinery Movers; D. A.
Carlyle, Iron Workers; Thomas Rock.
PAYERS and Rammermen; w. II. Fall
lon, Plumbers, Jersey City: p. ]. Hol-
land, Steam Filters and Helpers,
Hudson County. N. j.; Joseph Byrne,
Plumbers, Newark.