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Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
Wanted to Know.

Mother-Freddie, haven't told you
that if you mock at the peculiarities
of others you may grow just like
them.
Freddie-Say, ma, do you suppose II
l mocked at the elephant long enough
I'd ever get SOS l could pick up ap.
pies over the fence with my nose?
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
Welcome Change.

Mrs. Knott Nssk-Aooording TO the
style books, Henry. the loop Ii to re
place the button on certain dress fab
rios.
Knott Meek-0reati
Mrs. Knott Mssh-Why are you 20
pleasedf
Knott Nsek| am tired Of button.
Ing up gowns and I have always want
Cd TO loop thA loopi
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
THE REASON.

Riggs-I understand that you en-
courage your son to practice on the
cornet.
Griggs-Yes, sir. He's only been
playing two months-but today I
bought the house next door to me for
one-half of it's value.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
Parental DUTY,

"I'm afraid my son will detect my
duplicity," said Mr. Ohlsport.
"I'm so frequently compelled to
chide him for his lack of proficiency
in his studies when l am secretly
yearning to congratulate him on his
fine football work
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
WAR PORTIONS.

Don't worry about wheatless days
and wheatless meals. Take the total
abstainer's pledge and cut 1t out alto
xether as thousands of patriotic
Marylanders have already done.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
A Common Type,

Behold the shiftless, lazy man
Who makes no effort to advance,
And yet he bawls as loud g he can,
"Alas, I've never had q chance"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
Communal Cooking Is Urged.

How long shall we have to wait be-
fore communal cooking becomes COM
mon in every class of society? the Lon
don Chronicle asks. The need of some
system of catering on these lines con-
stitutes the felt want Of the moment.
In residential neighbOrho0ds In every
town, in every village throughout the
length and breadth of the land there
is an opening for supply kitchens
worked on really practical business
lines, where well cooked food of the
plain and wholesome variety could be
bought at reasonable prices-all ready
to serve or merely requiring to be
heated up.
Not only would such a system ma.
terially help to solve the servant diff
Guilty, but it would insure an enormous
saving in COAL in labor, In time and
money-to say nothing of lessening the
waste of food that is so flagrant
scandal in hundreds of homes today,
while at the same time it would set
Ifree numbers of woman war workers.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
COLCANNON.
(Omcial Recipe.)

Mix one cup of mashed potatoes
and one cup of chopped greens to
smooth paste; add a tablespoon OF
fat, salt, and paprika to taste; place
in baking pan, cover with mashed po-
tatoes, brown in the oven and serve
very hot.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-06-06
When Money Talks.

When Money Talks.
"All the salespeopie in Paris seemed
to understand Mrs Cumrox. She
must speak French fluantly."
mo, not fuently. Adluently."
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Postmaster General Burlcson adTis'
ed the public service eommlnsion by
telegraph that he has made effective
an OF November ib an Increase Of
wages for tclcphonc'ope en-
ploycs OF the Pacific Telephone & Telc-
graph company and asks the commits
sion TO make ita forthcoming order
Increasing tho telephone rates Iitro-
active 40 that the rates will also apply
m Of that date to cover the Increase
In wages II was pointed out that
under the statute the commission has
no power 10 make rates retroactive
under the public utilities Law and that
part OF the poamaster'gencral's rc'
quasi apparently cannot be granted.
II was also pointed out that the post.
maStcrEeneral apparently Is laboring
under the assumption that the commits
Aion'p hearing on the increases will
he purely perfunetory In character.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
kept PLEDGE
TO SEND BREAD
American Nation Maintained A.
lied Loaf Through Self.
Denial at Home Table.
AvERTED EUROPEAN DESPAIR.
With Military Demands Upon Ocean
Shipping Relieved, World 10 Able
TO Return TO Normal White
Wheat Bread.

Since the advent Of the latest wheat
crop the only Limitation upon Amerl-
can exports TO Europe has been the
shortage Of shipping. Between July
and October 10 we shipped 65.9S030J
bushels II this rate should continue
until the end OF the fiscal year we viii
have furnished the Allies with more
than 237, ,500,0 600 bushels Of wheat and
-four In terms of wheat.
The result OF Increased production
and conservation efforts In the United
States has been that with the cessa-
ton Of hostilities we are able to re-
turn 10 normal wheat diet. Supplies
that have accumulated IN Austraila.
Argentine and other hitherto inacces-
sible markets may be tapped by ships
released from transport service, and
European demand for American wheat
probably viii not exceed our normal
surplus. There is wheat enough avail
able to have a white loaf at the com.
mon table.
But last year the tale was different
Only by the greatest possible saving
and sacrifice were we able to keep q
steady stream Of wheat and -four NOV
ing across the sea. We found our
selves at the beginning Of the harvest
year with an unusually short crop.
Even the most optimistic statisticians
figured that we had a bare surplus Of
20.000.000 bushels. And yet Europe
was facing the probability Of a bread
famine-and In Europe bread is by far
the most important article In the diet.
ALI of this surplus had left the
country early In the fan. By the first
of the year we had managed to ship
little more than $4,000, 900 bushels by
practiciDg the utmost economy nc
home-by wheatless days, wheatIess
meals, heavy substitution Of other
cereals and by sacrifice at almost
every meal throughout the country.
In January the late Lord Rhondda,
then British Food Controller, cabled
that only II we sent an additional 75.-
100000 bushels before July could he
take the responsibility Of assuring his
people that they would be fed.
The response of the American peo-
pie was S5,0O0,000 bushels safely deliv-
cred overseas between January / and
July l. Out Of harvest which gave
US only 20,000,000 bushels surplus we
actually shipped 100000 bushels
Thus did America fulfill her pledge
that the Allied bread rations could be
maintained. and already the American
people are demonstrating that. with
an awakened war conscience, last
years figures viii be bettered.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
PROVED SPIRIT
OF DEMOCRACY
Voluntary Basis Of Food Saving
Showed Heart of America
Beat True for Freedom.

To the voluntary service and sacri-
tce of the American people must be
attributed the continued health.
strength and morale Of the Allied ar.
niles and the civil populace.
Upon this spirit Of service and sac
riice will depend Enrope's fate in the
months TO come. In the past year we
the magnitude of which is almost be-
yond comprehension. But with the
new demands that have come, with
the liberation of nations freed from
German oppression. our exports must
be almost doubled Instead OF II 800.
600 tons, we must ship twenty million
tons of food TO Europe in the coming
year-as much rs can be pushed
through our ports.
II the Allies had not been fed by
America, II would have been impos-
sIble for them TO maintain their de
fense against Germany.
Meeting this world need. on purely
voluntary basis, the American people
have conclusively proved that democ-
racy Is a success ano that In time OF
need 1t will rise to its own defense.
II there were no other accomplish
ment to Its credit the very fact that IT
has shown the strength OF democracy
has in itself more than justified the
existence of the Food Administration
In the eyes Of the world.
Less than four months after the
United States declared war the United
States Food Administrators expressed
his determination to meet Americas
food problem on a basis of voluntary
action and reiterated his confidence
that awakened democracy would prove
Irresistible.
"Mnny thinking Americans" said
Mr., Hoover, land the whole world
have been watching anSiously the last
four months in the fear that demo-
cratic America could not organize to
meet autocratlc Germany. Germany
has been confident that 1t could not be
done. Contrary proof Is Immediately
at our door. and our people have al
ready demonstrated their ability to
mobilize, organize, endure and prepare
voluntarily and efficiently In many d.
rections and upon the mere word OF
Inspiration aside from the remarkable
assemblage Of our Army and finances"
The history OF the Food Administra.
ton has clearly shown that the trust
of those who put their faith In democ-
racy has not been misplaced.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
SAVE 100000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHlNG
Farmers. Urged BY Food Adn'lnlssrs'
tlon, Provide Seven Extra Leaves
Of Bread for Every American.

by adopting cleaner threshing meth
ods and by literally conbing harvest
heids 10 gather grain formerly vast
ed. thrcshermen and farmers OF the
United States this year saved fully
10000 600 bushels OF wheat. estimated
na equivalent TO about seven one'pound
loayea OF bread for every person In
tho country. This result. accompanied
by corresponding savings OF barley,
oats. rye and other grains, is shown by
reports from 50 grain states 10 the u.
4, Food Administration. Other states,
although not prepared 10 furnish deH'
mite figures Of conservation IN the
grain felds. report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement.
accomplished In scarcely six months
time, was In direct response 10 re-
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked farmers and thrcshermen
10 reduce harvest losses from about
an per rent.--the estimated average
In normal times--to the lowest posi-
BILE minimum. Country grain thresh.
Ing committees carried into every
grain growing community the official
recommendation for accomplishing
the results desired.
In numerous Instances drivers Of
racks with ieaky bottoms were sent
from the fields TO repair their equip
mcnt and frequently hnd order thresh'
Ing MACHINES were stopped until the
cause OF waste was removed, But In
proportion TO the number of persons
engaged In gathering the nations grain
cron, cases OF compulsion were com
paratlyciy rare. The Food Admins.
tration freely attributes the success OF
the grain thrcshinc campaign TO pa
trlotlc service by farmers, thresher
men aud their crews, Incidentally
grain growers Of the United States are
many millions Of dollars I'm pocket"
as result OF the grain saved.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

More than $4,000 was realized from
the tar sale held In Portland In the
interests of the waverly baby home.
Petitions are being circulated ask
Ing that Glen r. Metsker. district At
torney for Columbia county. be re-
called.
The 3sd annual meeting OF the Ore
gon State Horticultural society viii
be held in Roseburg December 8, 8
and 7.
Work OF dcmobilizlng members OF
section D. of the s. A. T. c, at the
Oregon Agricultural college. began
Monday.
The Oregon Baptist state convention.
which was scheduled TO meet in Port
land last month. has been postponed
until October. 1919,
DamoblllEation of the Students
Army Training corps unit in the Uni
versity of Oregon began Wednesday.
and the university will return to It's
pre.war status,
A second wave OF the Spanish In
fiuenza. which surpasses the first, is
sweeping over Klamath Falls, In spite
OF the fact that the restrictions had
not been removed,
The scissors. last OF fleet OF 20
auxiliary powered vessels built at
Portland for the French government
by the Foundation company was
launched Thursday
J. d. Farrell. president OF the o.'W.
r. 4 N. railroad. has been appointed
by Governor withycombe as a member
OF the state fair board to succeed Mrs,
Edith Tozier Weathered,
Nineteen horses we're burned to
death when fire destroyed barn at
the Chemawa Indian school. Several
set of harness and 1000 bushels of
grain and so tons OF hay added to the
loss.
In one check for sSo.SS7SS. benefi.
Charles under the estate Of the late
Theodore B. Wilcox, of Portland, paid
the inheritance tax for that estate,
The total valuation of the estate was
$2,S92,4S4.
Total bank deposits In the state as.
gregated S22e.Ssl, ,703.44 November /,
according to a statement issued by
Superintendent OF Banks Bennett.
This Ia an increase from August 81,
1918. OF s2s. .2s5,24
The death OF John Olson, contractor,
Of Portland, was the only fatality re-
ported TO the industrial accident com.
mission out OF 4S0 accidents, reported
for the week ending November 2s, In
elusive.
The woman's dormitory at the Eu'
gene Bible university was destroyed
by fire and the matron and IS girls
escaped In their night clothes by cut
ting the screens on the sleeping porch
and passing through them to safety. ,
Life insurance companies will be
called upon to pay out something like
$500, 100000 In extraordinary losses
because OF the influenza epidemic, ac-
cording TO a statement issued by In.
surance Commissioner Harvey Wells.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.

The marvel Of our voluntary food
saving, now that we are getting re-
suits" is that no one ever actually
suffered ony hardship from Il; that
we all are better In health aud spirit
and better satisfied with ourselves be-
cause Of our friendly self.dcnlal.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
FIRST CALL TO FOOD ARMY

This cooperation and service
ask Of oil IN full confidence
that America viii render more
for fiag and freedom than king
ridden people surrender al com.
pulslon. Herbert Hoover. Au-
gust 10. 1917.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
SPAIN AND ENGLAND REPORT
INCREASE IN TUBERCULOSIS
AFTER INFLUENZA
EPIDEMIC.
U. S. Public Health Service Warns
Public Against tuberculosis.
One Million Cases Tubercu-
losIs In United States--Each a
Source OF Danger.

Influenza convaIssesnts should Have
Lungs Esaninsd--colds Which Hang
On Often Beginning Of tuberculosis.
No Cause for Alarm II tuberculosis
10 Recognized EarIy--estsnt msdl'
einsa Not to 20 Trusted.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY
WOMEN EVER HAD.

II was given to the women Of this
country to perform the greatest serv-
Ice In the winning Of the war vouch-
safed to any women in the history of
the wars OF the world-to feed the
warriors and the war sufferers BY
the arts Of peace, the practice of sim
pie. homely virtues the womanhood OF
a whole naticn served humanity In Its
profoundcst struggle for peace and
freedom
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

In no other nation is there 80 willing
a sense Of voluntary self.sacrIhce as
IN Amerlca--thnt was shown In the
abstinence from wheat
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
Our exports since lis country

/ Our exports since lis country |
+ entered the war have justified !
+ statement made by the Food Ad- I
+ ministration shortly after Its con- 4
: ception, outlining the principles 1
+ and policies that would govern |
I the solution Of this country's 1
I food problems
+ "The whole foundation Of de- 1
+ mocracy," declared the Food Ad- 1
: ministration, 'lies In the. indi- I
+ vidual Initiative Of Its people, 1
+ and their willingness TO serve the !
+ interests of the nation with COM 1
!. piete self effacement In the time. :;
+ of emergency. Democracy can 4
7 yield to discipline, and we can l
: solve this food problem for. our I
|. own people and for the Allies In /
this way. To have done so will I
: have been a greater service than I
+ our immediate objective, for we I
: have demonstrated the rightful- I
: ness of our faith and our ability !
: to defend ourselves without be- I
: ing Prusslanlxed." Z
+ + + = = = = + r = *+r%%%
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Sending to Europe 141, o,000 BUSH
els Of wheat from surplus Of appar-
entity nothing was the outstanding ex.
ploit Of the American food army In the
critical year of the war.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Find more wheat II cnme; more
pork, Il came; save sugar, Il was done.
SO Americans answered the challenge
OF German starvation.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Food control made sufilciency from
shortage, kept the rein on food prices,
gave tho nations full strength exer'
else.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Good will rules the new world as
fear governed the old world. Through
sharing food America helps make the
whole world kin.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Food control In America held the
price OF breadstuffs steady, prevented
vicious speculation and extortion and
preserved tranquility at home
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
Beware tuberculosis after In.

Beware tuberculosis after In.
nucnEa. No need 10 worry II
you take precautions In time.
Don't diagnose your own con-
diiion. Have your doctor exam
Inc your lungs several times ut
monthly intervals. Build up your
strength with right living, good
food and plenty Of fresh air,
Don't waste money on patent
medicines advertised 10 cure III.
berculoAla.
Become a fresh.alr crank and
enjoy life.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Starvation by Germany challenged
all the world; food conservation In
America answered the challenge.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

Food conservation In America has
been the triumph OF individual devo-
ton to the national cause.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

"Abovc all do not trust IN tho mis-.
leading statements OF INSCRIPTIONS
patent medicine takers There IL no
specific medicine for the cure Of tuber.
cuiosla. Tho money spent on such
medicines is thrown away; Il should
he spent instead for good food and do
cent living"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

President Wilson and party have,
sailed for Europe on the steamer
George Washington.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
NEWS NOTES

The newly completed $4,000 con.
crete bridge. Just erected across Hood
river by the state highway commits
sion, has been thrown open to traffic.
The bridge is approximately 500 feet
long. II replaces an old steel bridge.
Following the usual custom. the
Hood River Apple Growers associa.
ton sent to Chicago a refrigerator car
loaded with gift boxes OF fruit sent
by Hood River residents to friends
and relatives In that city and points
OF the Mississippi valley.
At his own request Warden Murphy,
OF the state penitentlary, retired Sat.
urday and was released from his bond
In the interim before Robert l.. Stew.
ems. the prospective appointee, takes
charge. Deputy Warden Burns will
have control at the institution.
After a conference between Chair
man Miller, OF the public service com
mission, and officials OF the Spokane,
Portland & Seattle Railroad company.
the road has decided TO suspend Its
order for a reduction in the passenger
service schedules between Astoria and
Portland.
Much uncertainty prevails at Marsh.
field regarding the numbering business
and the closing down of several indus
tries indicates that operators are going
carefully until new bearings are estab-
lished. These re.renehments have
thrown between 800 and 400 men out
Of employment.
Oregon dealers buy fish, delivered,
at an average price Of III cents
pound, retail 1t at It's cents pound
and make an average profit of S4,2
per cent, according to a survey OF fish
market conditions of all states. re-
Gently compiled by the United States
food administration.
Railroad telegraphers and agents Of
the o..w. r. & n. lines, through action
OF their general committee convened
in Portland, rejected the wage and
working award announced November
16 by Director.General McAdoo and
authorised the calling of nation
wide strike vote, II necessary, to OBJ.
tain their demands, In general, the
demands are for wage increases.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

nre ofien the early signs OF tuberculo.
- Plnce yourself nj once under tho
,urr ~ u competcnt physlclnn. Tuber.
rulosis IN rurabIe In the enrly stages.
Patent Medicines Dangerous In Tuber.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

The gas.defcnsc division Of the
chemical war service has informed o.
d. Center. director Of college extension
at the Oregon Agricultural college.
that the collection Of nut shells for gas
masks should BE- discontinued at once.
Shipments OF less than 10 tons at
shipping points should not be forward.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

In a telegram pointing out that the
action OF the Emergency Fleet corpor-
alton In suddenly eancellIng a large
number OF shipbuilding contracts has
created a decidedly serious situation
in Oregon. Governor withycombe has
appealed to President Wilson, asking
that he intervene and that the con-
tracts be reinEtated.
Reedsport, the city of sawmills,
claims to have received the first COM
mercial lumber order following the
closing Of government work In spruce,
white cedar and fir lines. The order
come to the c. Mcc. Johnson mill. The
mill is asked by Seattle lumber com
pany to hurry out an order Of 1000.
900 feet OF fir. TO be shipped by rail.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06

One million reports received from
army camp surgeons by Surgeon.Gen.
eral Rupert Blue show that Oregon,
as represented by its men who we're
sent to army camps, had a cleaner bill
of health than any other state in the
union. Only so of per cent Of the
men going into the army from this
state we're afflicted with social dis
ease,
District No. IL, as the Oregon dis
trict of the wooden ship division OF
the Emergency Fleet corporation is
officially designated, is to remain In
dependent of the North Pacific div
ision, or Washington district, accord
ing to official word received to that
effect. The district is TO continue un-
disturbed until the termination of
wooden ship construction for the gov.
ernment.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1918-12-06
Danger signs.

The Surgeon General warned espe-
chilly against certain danger signs,
such as decline" and "colds which
hang on"
These, he explained, were oftensthe
beginning Of tuberculosis. "If you do
not get well promptly, II your cold
seems to hang on or your health and
strength decline, remember that these