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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
BIG CORN CROP
is NOW MOVING
More Than 5000 Million Bushels
Raised in 1917-GiVeS
Big Surplus.
SAVES WORLD FOOD SITUATION
America Beginning Greatest Corn Con-
sumption in History, Using Cereal
In Many Delicious Dishes.

Corn, Americas greatest cereal crop,
is now moving rapidly to market.
More than 5000 million bushels
30 bushels for every man, woman and
child In America-were raised in 1917.
1t was mighty crop. The actual in
crease is about 500 million bushels.
And this extra store of grain is COM
ing on to the market in the nick of
time, since the American wheat sur
plus has been sent to help feed famine
threatened Europe.
Just as it happened in the Colonial
days, the War of the Revolution, and
the Civil War, corn has actually be-
come the nations mainstay.
In the entire list of Americas food
commodities there is no item that is
better than corn. In buildings, bread,
corn pone, and as hominy combined
with meat or eggs, corn is without a
peer Housewives are fast learning
the large number of delicious dishes
that may be madefwith corn and their
families are beneiting by an increas-
ed use of the cereal. Corn, more than
any other cereal, contains all of the
elements essential to maintaining life
and health.
In order that the fighting men
abroad and in the army camps at home
may be fed, and in order that actual
famine may be kept from the nations
associated with America in the war,
the citizens of America are finding
corn products delicious and palatable
on "wheatless days" and glory in the
fact that "wheatless days. here mean
more wheat for the war worn allied
nations in Europe
England, France and Italy must be
fed from Americas great storehouse
They will get some corn-especially
Italy-but most of their grain ship
menrs must be wheat Their ability
to use corn is small compared to the
facilities they have for using wheat
And it Is the opinion of officials in
Washington that the present is no time
to try and change the eating habits OF
Europe.
Americas greatest use of corn will
be in the form of corn bread and corr
meal, mixed with wheat in the making
Of leavened bread.
Mixed with so per cent. wheat flour
corn meal can be used in bread max
ing, producing a loaf more nutritiou
than bread baked with wheat alone
It is a fact corn millers will verif
that dozens Of the large American bak
crs have been successfully using corr
flour in bread making for severa
years.
Hominy grits. served at breakfas
with a poached egg, or eaten at an
other meal with meats or gravy, is ar
other use of corn that will become un
usually popular during the war.
Corn syrup to sweeten corn cakes
and corn oil for use in all kinds
cooking, are two more products tina
are already welcomed in thousands
American homes.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
UPSALA

Jan. 29.-Albert Ahlstrom was a
Holdingford visitor Saturday.
lick Anderson and liver Olson were
Little Falls visitors tuesday.
Willie Anderson, who is employed in
Elm Dale, spent Sunday at his home
here.
Roy Anderson WAS a visitor at the
c. Carlberg home Thursday.
Gust Stroman was a Holdingford
visitor Saturday.
Alex Stein was a BoWlus visitor on
Saturday.
John Anderson left last week for
Brainerd, after short visit with rel
atives and friends.
! Reuben Monson arrived here last
week from Minneapolis, where he has
been employed.
! Ben Anderson left last week for the
, twin cities, where he will make short
| visit with relatives.
! Ernest Stein returned home Satur-
day from Miles City, Mont, where he
has been employed.
! Clarence Stroman left last week fol
| Aberdeen, S. D., after a short visit
with relatives and friends at this
place.
! Miss Florence Berg left last week
for Brainerd, where she will make 9
short visit with friends and relatives.
Nels Amren left Monday for Mime
apolis, where he will make short visit
with relatives and friends.
The Farmers Shipping association
shipped carload of stock from Bow
]us to South st. Paul Monday.
Ida Ryberg left Monday for Mime
apolis, where she will be employed.
Otto Carlson delivered stock to Bow
lus Monday to be shipped to South St
Paul.
Miss Bertha Stein returned home or
Saturday, from Minneapolis, where
she has been employed.
| Miss Estella Erickson left last week
for Duluth, where she will be employ
ed.
Axel Bergman and Joe Heisick arc
at present making a motor sled and
they expect to have It ready in short
time. It is going to be larger than the
one they had last year.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
ICE TOBE SAVED AS A WAR
MEASURE

War demands for ammonia have
increased 80 greatly as to threaten
the 1918 supply of artificial ice. All
branches of industry and especially
rural populations are urged, there
fore to harvest large crops of nat
ural ice this winter.
An important benefit, resulting
from country icehouses we'll filled
with natural ice, will be the ability
of dairymen and farmers to ice per-
ishable product shipped to market.
Information on ice houses and
various means for storing ice, may
be secured from the United States
department Of agriculture.
The surest and most satisfactory
means of providing ice for the warm
weather of 1918 is to harvest and
store plentiful supply of natural
Gle at once.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAYS:

Food saving is in its essence the
daily individual service Of all the
people. Every group can substi-
tute, and even the great majority
Of thrifty people can save little
land the more luxurious elements
Of the population can, by reduc-
ton to simple living, save much.
This means no more than that We
should eat plenty, but wisely and
without waste.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
RED CROSS WORK FOR VOTING
FOLKS CLUBS

ToAAO NAO %
Farm boys and girls and town
boys and girls in Minnesota's indus.
trial clubs and Little Citizens leaq-
ues will all be doing Red Cross work
soon. 1t is predicted that the child
rem in every school in the state in
Guiding even the little rural schools
will be organized to lend assistance.
The reason is that Red Cross work
has been assigned the boys and
girls clubs of the state as their
sewing project for the current year.
Youngsters below the fifth grade
will have one class of work, those
higher up will have still more adj
vanced work.
This plan, adopted in Minnesota
first, was developed by Mrs.
Nj arg ret Baker Of he
agricultural exten sion divi-
sion University of Minnesota,
and Miss Annie Shetland,
state supervisor of rural schools in
the office of the department of edu-
cation. T. A. Erickson, state leader
of boys and girls club work pre-
diets very large enrolment and it
is expected that many of the boys
and girls will become members of
Junior Red Cross auxiliaries.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
Gle at once

Mrs. Gust Hall was pleasantly sur
prised by about twenty-five friends,
at her home Friday afternoon, the oc-
casion being her birthday anniversary:
A fine lunch was served at the close Of
very enjoyable afternoon.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-02-01
EvADE RIGID FOOD CONTROL
Food ls Bought In Germany surrepti-
tIously In Violation Of Auto
cratic RULINGS.

Even the autocratlc food control of
Germany has been powerless to pre-
vent surreptitious sales, according to
semi-off1cial reports reaching the Unit
ed States food administration. Illegal
sales Of butter are being made in Ger
many at prices ranging from $1.75 to
1925 a pound. Eggs sold contrary to
the German, food regulations are
bringing 10 to Is cents apiece, accord
Ing to these reports. And bacon or
ham 10 bringing from 1925 to 1925
Pound
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
ABOUT DOGS.

Mayor Stewart has had posted a
notice to the effect that all dogs up
on which license has not been paid
on June s will be- killed by the, po-
lice, If found upon the streets. To
some certain extent che mayor is en-
tirely right but wesfear the authori-
ties may go beyond their powers in
killing a dog without notifying it's
owner, IL the owner is known. 1t Is
generally customary to impound
stray dogs, that is, dogs.sfound
upon the streets without license
tags, for twenty-four hours, and in
some cases, forty-eight hours; in the
meantime notifying the owner, If
not being claimed and tax paid he
is shot. The News has not before it
a copy Of the code of the city and .is
not familiar with the ordinance in
question, but the safety of the man
who promiscuously kills dogs who
enjoy appreciative owners is in dan
ger. Legislators, since the memory
of man runneth not to the contrary,
have feared for their political heads
and refrained from passing laws that
would bring about a parting between
the hound dog and his owner.
However, we anticipate no trouble
in enforcing the ordinance in Lam
caster for the man who cares any
thing for his dog will offer no OBJ
jections to paying the tax. May we
hope this new effort toward law en-
forcement in the city will not suffer
the fate of the bran-new resolve re-
Gently to stop speeding on the city
streets and the unnecessary noise OF
the muller cut-out.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
THE NEWS IN FRANCE.

The. LANCASTER News wishes that
every Lancaster county boy either in
France or in training camp in this
country gcoulu get the paper regu,
'larly. We know how these boys
yearn for news from their home
town. They want to read the little
items about the people they know
only few of whichseansbe written
in a letter. Many parents are glad
to send the paper to their boys, but
The News is going to make II easy
for them to do so. Every parent of
a boy with Pershing's forces or at
camp who is subscriber to the pa
per and pays for year in advance
at the regular rates, will be permit
ted to send another copy of the pa
per to his son for the same period
without additional cost. This offer
VIII remain open indefinitely or un-
til every one of the Lancaster boys
is put on the mailing list.
This is an opportunity The News
believes will be appreciated both by
the boys and by the parents and we
hope every one will take advantage
Of it. The News hopes to get in
touch with number of the boys.
both in France and camp who will
write letters for publication fire.
Quently to let the folks at home
know as much of what is going on
around them as the censor will per-
nit.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
SCISSORS AND PASTE.
Crecl's Foolish Reply.

Greensboro Daily News.)
1t would be interesting to know
what President Wilson thinks of the
retort George Creel is reported to
have made to two questions address
ed to him in New York last Sunday
evening. According to press dis
patches Mr.. Creel was asked:
What is a loyal heart?"
Have all the members of con-
gress loyal hearts?"
To which Mr.. Creel is quoted as
replying:
II don't like Summing, and I
won't explore into the hearts of CON
gress."
Obviously, Mr.. Creers words we're
designed to excite contempt in the
minds OF his hearers for congress.
This chairman OF the committee on
public information betrays eager
ness to retailiate against members of
congress who have attacked him.
His comparison of the members Of
the national legislative body to
dwellers OF the underworld really
constitutes a grave reflection upon
Mr.. Creel. 1t seems quite possible
that charges might be preferred
against him under the provisions OF
the recently enacted sedition bill
which sets forth that. during the
war, one may be imprisoned for ut
tering "scurrlous" or abusive" Ian
guage "about the form OF govern
ment of the United States" or "any
language intended to bring the form
of government OF the United States"
into contempt, scorn, contumely or
disrepute."
1t should be remembered that
congress is a vital and important
part OF the form OF government OF
the United States" 1t is also well
TO remember that when Mr.. Creel
speaks his words assume an official
character because OF the admins
trative post he occupies. At the
same time IL is unlikely that the
statement attributed to Mr.. Creel
will tend to increase the respect OF
the people for his efforts to tell
Americans what they shall speak
and read and write and how they
shall think during the period of war
Surely. If George Creel is to re-
tain his position. a coach should he
provided whose duty 1t would be. in
so far as possible, to prevent him
from embarrassing the> government
whose official representative ha is.
OF course, the simplest plan might
be IN abolish Mr. CraaI '>-.->-,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31

ished With the utmost rigor: but the
onense is not in the same class with
desertion. 1t Is not so contempti-
bic, or despisa ble.af There are con-
ditions under which the best of SOL
diers might, fall asleep even in the
knowledge of sure death. But if
there has been any corruption or
rottenness in connection with air
plane production; If those RESPONSE
Die for speeding production have de-
hberately delayed matters in order
to get greater profit for themselves.
70 say nothing of advancing the in
terest OF the enemy. there is no pun
ishment that is too severe for them.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
Lever Doing Wrong.
(Chester NeMs-l

The following article appeared in
recent issue OF the Abbeville Me-
dunn and was written by Mr.. f. C.
Horton, editor of that paper, who
IS temporarily located in Washing
ton
1T seems that Congressman Lever
fas received rather cold recep-
ton" as, far as the press of the state
is concerned. II Is pity,AI think
that he has seen fit to run nov. \ He
is more needed where he s,.and
could do more good there, and Sena-
tor Tillman can do more good where
he is. / hope the congressman will
vet decide to withdraw and stand
for reelection to the house.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
THREE-QUARTERS OF
MILLION FOR ARMY
3s Continued From Page IL

be away from home on that date ar
range for his registration immedi-
ately.t.
Anyone who Is sick on June 5 and
unable to present himself in person
at the office of the local board NAV
send some competent friend. who
may be deputized by the clerk to
prepare his card
Any person in doubt as to where
he should register should consult
the local bard in the place where
he permanently resides, or he NAV
-optain the desired information from
the office of the mayor If he lives In
"a city of 10000 population or over.
Ior in the office of the county clerk or
parish clerk II he does not live in n
city of 10000.
Ii is not anticipated that many
will be delinquent. 1t is hoped that
none Will be, but for those who do
fail 20 perform their duty congress.
has provided a very heavy penalty.
Failure to registev on June s consti-
tutes a misdemeanor punishable by
imprisonment for one year, and NAV
result furtherHrore. in the loss OF
valuable rights and PRIVILEGES and
immediate induction into military
service.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31

country is at war and IL Is necessary
for every man to do his duty. All
good citizens should come across ac-
cording to his ability. We believe
that 800 is a fair subscription for
YOU, payable any time between now
and October first. We do not want
to make this a public affair, so we
suggest that you make a subscrip-
ton as indicated. We want no
slackers in Chester. This is the
easiest way out. We are making
no threats, but il you continue to
live and practice in Chester II is for
your interest to give this your at
tention before the close of the drive.
Red Cross War Fund Committee:
A. NJ Aiken. Chairman,
Geo. r. Dawson,
NJ. r. Clark,
r. r. Hafner,
B. T. Byars.
A. o. Lloyd, Secretary.
Chairman Aiken. in the course of
a letter to the Chester Reporter,
said:
ITO my mind this Is very sus-
picious leaving. Everybody knows
the talk that has gone the rounds
about DR.. Koser being a German
spy. l never took much stock In
that talk, but / do know that he is
a German sympathizer. and IL his
Kaiser had called on him for many
hundreds Of dollars he would have
promptly responded and the public
would never have heard of his sick
dependents" d
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
is the price for cotton"

as the price for cotton"
One chief reason for letting the
fixing of prices for cotton distinctly
alone, the ProgressivesF gives
as follows: ..F F
81 If the present or future prices of
cotton are suficienty high to lead
the South into the fatal error of an
'over-production of cotton, prices
will become so low that reaction
will occur and the production of
cotton oil, large and essential food
product, linters, meal and lint, all
essential to the nation and the sue
cessful conduct of the war. may fall
so low as to become nothing short OF
a national calamity. This is doubly
dangerous at present, because of the
high prices for other farm products,
which offer great inducements to the
farmer. Cotton and its by-products
are of such vital Importance to the
nation, from the standpoints of food,
clothing and munitions. that no
shortage of the crop should be risk
ed"
In view Of the conditions which
may arise, the producers of cotton
should be giving the subject serious
consideration, for while the South
asks no favors and will do her duty
in any emergency. she must be pre-
pared to present and assert her
right to a fair price should the nee
essity for stabilizing the prices Of
cotton arise at any time during the
period of the. war.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
RECKLESS DRIVING.

The Greenwood Journal says
there is but one remedy for reckless
driving of automobiles land that is
TO forbid any person from driving
car unless he has a drivers license
issued by the city" Theoretically.
that is happy solution of the prob
lem of handling the constantly in
creasing number of motor cars in the
towns and cities, but in practice it
is but a short step toward abatement
of the nuisance. Trouble will null
.tiply under such system through the
issuance and non-issuance of the
license and the selection OF a man
or board to pass upon the qualifi-
cations OF an applicant. In fact,
qualifications may be found CON
cealed under embarrassment and of
ten magnifed by boldness. Fact is.
few men are qualified to Judge the
qualifications of another, and the
system proposed by the Greenwood
paper, which is not new by any
means, provides an admirable chan
lei for the workings of spite and
No new laws are needed
to prevent motor accidents; what is
reeded is rigid enforcement OF those
already passed, and the cumbersome
and varying regulations OF the diff
ferent towns and cities eventually
will force state legislatures to pass
general automobile laws which will
deprive motorists Of all the pleasure
now enjoyed About the only laws,
really worth while. affecting driv-
ers of motor vehicles are those pro-
viding against speeding and requir-
ing driving to the right If these
were rigidly enforced. the number of
accidents would be minimized, be-
cause these reckless practices are
forerunners of more serious ones
There Ought to be some way to
prevent the passing of automobiles
.cn the highways. especially where
the passing has no desire to go
faster, but merely goes around to get
out of the dust made by the car
ahead and so that he can throw
dust upon it. But just what can be
done in this particular, The News is
not in position to state. The Green
wood paper says mo person should
/ be allowed to drive an automobile on
a crowded thoroughfare unless he is
an experienced driver" and in this
the Journal is entirely right. but no
additional legislation or town or city
ordinances are necessary to enforce
such regulation. An inexperienced
driver on a crowded street is driving
in careless or reckless manner and
could be handled as such.
/ The way to put a stop to reckless
driving is to enforce the law-that's s
the way to abate any nuisance.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
FINING COTTON PRICES.

Filming COTTON PRICES.
so far as we can learn" says the
Progressive Farmer. the desire to
fix the price of cotton exists more
largely in the north and east than in
the cotton producing section.c From
the public expressions of those who
would fix the price of cotton it seems
evident that their desire to do so re-
suits from their belief that cotton is
now selling too high"
1t has become a custom in some
quarters to bring up periodically the
question OF price-fxing for cotton
and bill has been introduced in
congress to fix the price at 20 cents
the pound. In the natural course of
events, the people who are eager to
fix a standard price for cotton are
those who are not producers of cot
ton; not unlike the man who doesn' {
like oyesters. Ask him if he ever
ate them, and he will say no. 1t
would seem, from what the Progress
sive Farmer says. that those who
wish to fix the price OF cotton are
those who know nothing about il.
The News takes no stock for or
against the proposition, though fav-
Oring always the interests of the
farmer. We confess. in this particu-
lar instance that we do not know
what the farmer wants. However.
il strikes us that il the price OF cot
ton is to be fixed. ii should. as the
Progressive Farmer says. be fixed by
the producer, not the consumer. The
cost OF production of cotton has ad~
vanced in proportion to other pro-
duction costs and at present is per-
haps 1-2 times that for the decade
before the United STATES entered the
war, with "a. scarcity -of fabor ], even
at high prices. 'Hfhe average price
of cotton for the ten years from 1907
to 1916, inclusive. was 11.S cents.
The stabilizing OF the price of one
commodity naturally tends toward
the stabilizing of prices OF other
commodities. and the Progressive
Farmer thinks that IL those in au-
thority think it r. ssary for the
welfare OF the nation, or to help in
winning the war, to regulate. sta
bilize or fix the price OF cotton,
there will be no general or serious
objection on the part OF the cotton
growers. "They only ask that a fair
price be set, on a parity with the
prices OF other products. or in line
with the prices already set for wheat
wool, etc. Then 1t figures: "If the
same increase in price is to be put
on cotton as was put on wheat, we
have 11.Sx2 SS6-2s.s7, or, approx
imateiy II cents as a fair price foa
sniddIing tnston. II the increase
TO be c''yen to wool, t8s<e1 j
have x2s.5 cents
lE( u
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
PRESIDENT WILSON
TALKS TO CONGRESS
Continued from Page IL
ed at.
Perhaps Till November.

Mr.. Kitchin said he did not see
how the bill could become a law un-
til about November I. Speaker
Clark said IL there were joint ses-
sions of the house and senate COM
mittees congress could get away by
October.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31
DesertiOn,
(Yorkyille Enouir

(Yorkville Enquirer.)
e-'I2esertion is n military crime that
is deserving OF nothing short of
death. Sleeping on guard duty is an
offense that must necessarily be pun
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31

, Whatever Nh pretext. men should
be slow to surrender the slightest
sfraction of thor individual rights.
The brave and hoble have died that
he should poss&s them and once lost
they are rarely recovered. A little
ink spread blythe sullen spirit of
despotism may tign away that which
cost rivers of, blood to acquire and
which even rivers of blood may not
regain.-E. V: Goetit.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31

"South Carolipa and politicsless
years are rank strangers" says the
Greensboro News. Yea, Bo. We
grow as good crop of politics as of
cotton, but it doesn't pay as we'll.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-05-31

:. Three cents a mile is not so bad
after all if you have any assurance of
reaching your destination safely and
speedily.