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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11

fIpret. at oct er fcrite Gang De bal
feet ener bort ON, of 2ptet ba'
saaet giennem Sorben oper noeel
iterre Strrfning. Straalen pIeie,
at ioripinoe, iaairort Den Ieoes mel
/ Soroen.
Srmnins beb Sama saaet nb
Zen itore 09mnius ooer Soma 3ipel
mar Sonlu baobe ben CITE oS. gipe'
eiter for ben itore @onomasie / 81
ben, % itore S~trptnineer nebeniol
bIcp operipsmmeoe, iamtioig ion
be lem iorifieuige SernbaneIinier
Der giennenitiGrer bette Giitrift
mere eIer minbre iattes no al @irf'
ionbeb. s Observation-Disclosures oq
andre @pgnineer / Iana itob Ban.
oct ire SOB oper @iiloet, % Der bar
Sormere / Sama, @eltton % / De
noroIige GeIe al Toipeibief og Soma
Gountner, Scr maotte brrge @aooe
Tor of fomme no pao fine Mqre.
&ocf SSlanb Tnsingertog fra Wtin-
ncopoIi9 gif lent Snsbag Iften al
Sporct neb Wnnlcp, men fun 90
qoQebetierten foin LET tiGifooe. Ieo
@eIe Blaine 'too Tonoct i en- Gpboe
al TO 500 oncr Chicago & Hortb
@eitern @nnens Spor. Soma Rioer
por Ell WaiI breb, % Sen qif meb Ell
@ri,'en, Der minoebe ON NorgeS
6oSieinlb.
Solbat / Camp Dodge brbrrs.
Sergeant Garl u. Itfinion al glen.
coc, Wtonona County, al aonrponi
No, 3506e Sniunteri Camp Dodge,
ontoge5 at bare ben isrlte Wtnno /
9lmcritos rationale Irnt6, Der bar
mootaget BET Certificate OF Werrit",
'om arigaoepartementet bar bellut.
tet at l0itebe til omerifanlfe Col.
batter % Sismrnb, Der uoniier ipr.
Liz Sopperbeo % Naoolnarbeo.
Oct 0ofnment, iom Mtfinion mi
bar mobtaaet, er ioripnet meb Yrp-
iibcnt Wilion5 Sorbogltuper % er
unoerteanct al arigSminiiter @ofer,
@enerolaOiutont WcGnin % Sberit
s. $. Brice iom 0ipiiiousfomman.
ber. Get bar lu,oer Gnelicrne Den
23oe Mpril, at Sltfinion uomerfebe
fig. Gn ironif Sfiicer 9no Huber.
pi9llina i at fo'tc Naonhoronoter ira
Stnitcr0ropcnc, ga noaet off gait
mch Den tpn0tc 8rnrot % Den ire.
'ell0e Slrntc brTnbte TrnnIfmnnocn8
Sonnb. San loo @ranotcn ioloc og
bar De molt9c SoIbotcr / Sfptter
qropcnc al toQc @enenc iot, inmtioig
Tom ban ieQtc 81 bag Ell Smorei-
nina al @reiten. @ronotcn ruQeoe
ben ioran Sergeont Ntfin'on, %
omenbitient bcn bebbringenbc Dom.
be ga huobc nrret tprot / flerc &C.
flnber, inn toa ban bcn og fniteoc
ocit u6. @ranaten e~rplo0cre0e et
Gicblif otter at bore forlnlcn no al
SerQcontenS Sp1,ber o. ircmbragtc
ct Hean al Stoollplintrer liQe l,ber-
for Sfpttcraranen. Bar 8ronotcn
iorbIcoct / @rcitcn.. niIbc bel, bare
orrbt flere Manb, paaitoo Siiite-
rcrllc.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11
Wi@ieam.

Smscm ferc Sranfere. Grono
&apiOs aeelp Snititl,t, ct al Gan.
bets itprite M~nitalter for @~ebanoling
og SelbreoelIe al Granfere, far for
rige llge maattet liiffe fine Sere, ba
Sranfere life lrneer inbfanbt fig /
ct tiIltrpffeIigt initial. It Sorbllbs.
lopen MI er traabt frat / Wif)igan
har ogloa bioraeet noeet ill., at ben
for ioa bIomitrenbe Snbilitri meo at
beIbreoe froniif 9srit MI iaa iulb.
itpnbig er sbelngt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11
@isecmIm.
(St u1nitilf Nrufniuosftl

st mpitiif Srnfnimsstilfrloe. 81.
get al Garl 9imberg, Ell Glore bel
fienot Wano / ga Crosse, ianbtes
Der ON Gogcn / en- Sig al Slooen
NOR hans Stem. SilfPlbet 6etrag-
tes iom meget mnitiif, % nprmere
ltnoerieeelier bar iperfiat.
@iengangere. &uooIph Sanfs,
en- Suloonpprt / Ga Grosie, blcp
iorrige llge arrciteret paa Inflage
for at baue f%orbrlibt Jig moo ben
feberole Srore ON "brnnOelSS"
Wanbog iioite Sinter. Som itiueOe
Galtion for at afpente Sogens III
ocre l1bpifling.
Sat fin Meofanse fnmit 0laS.
Sobn Sd)mitt, Ell al ben tplfe Set.
lers llnOeriaatter, er peo Netten |
Wtaoilon bIepen iopmt fem Mars
Sengiel for at bare gipet Ell Wano,
Der beianot fig / 6Gnilet iamnlen
rneb ham, fniiit @las | VfaOen.
Sfmitt tilItob, at ban bapOe ta9et
@laslet no al lit llbr, fnlilt Oct /
Smaobiocr o9 orpslet olsle | ltf
Meoianges SrofpIt.
S~anoclsiirma / Green Ban multi
terct. Gennesien 60, 8rocerpbano-
lere / Green &ap blep iprri9e nge
mllfteret 500 al Statens Wfaoao'
miniitrator, Mtognus SpenIpn, for
at bape operteret Sueoenel tillalgs.
Teneene blep operlellOt Green gap
Heoe aors Organization. 20 Wfeue.
iirmaer / Sibfoib er iumtiolg mo.
faIot ior Observation-Disclosures % be.
ororeoe til at inoifrrnfe line Salg
al Speoenel.
Yruflamatiun pm OCEAN Smn.
oaps". Set iiolte Sfriot taget al
@isconiin til at plnoe &rigen er at
iororone TO iaafalOte "Sean Sun-
bays, bporpau Senter ifal lpiles
iiteoetior Den panlige Senoagslteg.
Get er Statens Soriparsfommis'
lion, ion bar llOiteot Oenne Erofla-
nation, o. ofui1te Senoag iamt
Den 160e Sunni er De Gage, oa mdll
peo openn0pnte Electromagnetic
poer nof Ell Yino til BET tpife Wfilt.
turpploes Sigfllte.
@isiisiippihuScn itiser ier sob.
@auoitanoen / Mti5iiSiippiflooen bar
Ben 6tc O&. itcget ier 600 peo ga
Grosie ion1 6elgc al bet npIig ino'
truiue iterfe &egn, % mango al
Dem, Ser por ilpttct no til line Som.
m~erboliger paa Serne nrr Spen,
maatte / al Salt isge trpgeere Ste'
Ser. Suiiinber Icres so og Wais
er cSeIagt, oe Observation-Disclosures
paa Be IoOtliagenbe Sauneeange err
ilpttet oper I'll DC trpg9ere men ltoet
i~rugtbare Saffeifraaninger.
%il fprbsic Spurppgnstartcm. Oct
Ter BELT no til. at Waoiions 9efolf.
Ming inoen fort Sib pil bare at be-
tale 6 Gents Tor at fiere mco Spor'
uoenen. Sa Observation-Disclosures Ir-
beibere forIeoeu forlanete ct Cons
paolTs l~narenoc I'll Sc bpierc Griier
paa observation-disclosures, blep Der ira.
ret Dem, of Sarteu maatte forbsies
frr Der funSe blipe Gale ON ncee,l
YaaI9g. On NnIraninq / oenne Met.
ming pentes / bisie Gage at biipe
inbienbt I'll Sernbanefonmisiionen.
aalu irlses for $500. llnoe-
Den Nationale fulfilling af Soliiem.
Srieiian ap9e / Wilmaufee, er 2oro
Hetberlano &ag Apple blepen iolst
for $500. Get err en- Ter Maane.
Ser eammel aaIp, Der b9rer bette
ipriielige 9aun, % Of Sen osiaa er
al forrem Slpar ipneS Of iremeao
al, at Der iioite Iiinit al bens Stom-
! table inobeiatter Hapnene &ap apple
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11
WDMtaMd.
Seitefipb tilialas / Great TaQs

Manor q. s. Souief al 8reat 0ols
bor befienotgiort, at Seitefieo pilbe
blipe tilioIgs paa @peltS Wtarfeb mi
iioitc Ssrbag. Salget f%ontroQereS
al Spen, % bpab 6ortieneite Der
bliper oper Be pirfelige llbgiiter uil
tilfoloe oct Heoe aors.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11
S4tmois.
&rloia Mmmnnitiunsfabrif / Ghi.

TGIotg OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I Ebts
eagp. Ser melOtes officielt iibite
Sreoas, of Ell ammlnitionsfabrif,
toitenoe life minore erb 61a Winion
Collars, bill oprettcS / Chicago. ga.
brifen ifal blipe iitano til at lepere
10000 al be iurrcite Bomber oaa,
Zig. oa Sen pil ifofie SpsfeliGttelic
for 5000 Eerloner. Get bill blipe
2anbets ~itorite InlrD for 5iIpirf.
ming al Itsrre &alibcrs TroieftiIer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11
Wtimmc1ota.
Omnibnsfiprcr nnocr Mnflaac.

uNuC NUllNWC.
GorI Mfltellcr, Ser fiertc Ben Onni'
bus, icm poaficrtcs al ct Scrnbore-
fog, buorpco ilcre Sfolcbsru pco
@ornuT brpbtes. err al Carlton
Gountn @~ronbiurp Iat UNDER Inflq.
&c for Wanoornb. Get bar Iio'te
&Inter, at openuppnte lllpffe bpno.
tc. % aiercren lnucs life ot bape
onpenht hen ~neoncnnige Snriiatiq.
hco for ban fierte iub poa Sporet.
NnninetonS Tarmcrc lpuer $t0,-
600. &c ilclte al BENNINGTON Goun-
tp5 Sormere har Iopct at noe PIP
linaen al ct bis Stnffe 2onb I'll oct
Neoe &orS, % GoiintpetS Ngronom,
Der bar blltlprt III / 0cttc Nrbeloe.
ropportercr M. at Sen biotiI loneoc
NpIina pil bclrbc Tia I'll ouer So
900. Elcre Sopnibip5 bar Dog
enNnM life meIht liz. % mon mente,
al meo ct eobt Inr uilbc Eenni1g
ton Gou1tn@ Tnrmcre forlfe fomme
til at noe benimoo $4,000 til oct
Rpoc aorS.
Mtiliuanfcc. @ancne Sicncitc / 81
Iur. s.. 2. &inoruo, ser / belle 81
Ior bar pUret AiebeIlmco / WfiI-
noufee-9oucn@ %erfiteb / Mtinueo-
polls, nooc iioitc Sor@oaq lit Stem
ocritcO$, 2iuorrlo por icot / ariItin-
Mo for rs Nlor ijocn % fom iprit
til Nocf S9Iouo. Sn.. bpcr ban bIep
Qiit mco MiiIS Giua Sriif. I'll
Yfluneopolia TOM han ! 1881 % por
mi eli al MtiImnlfcc @orcnS pIoitc
%etcraner. San c'terloocr ia Gnfe
"a ire 0rtrc, Ncnic "a Sernic 9inS.
rms iomt MrS, e. 9orion, ale DO.
cuoc / W~inneaucIjS.
st Mcrfcopen / Mplcbncn. 40.
IltiuTIelct | minneapolis latte Sors.
0a9 ct Srpoa ooer Gcren, ioet Der
o. por bengaoet 56 Elmer iben at
noaen Nutonlobil bar melot ltioolen.
gtogct %laooant er life hPnbt iibelt
Iittonlpbilen TOM ! o.minbeligt
Srig. Som Heael beitgaor Ger life
et eueite 0e9n u0en OF eli cher Here
IutoS "laoreS" eler iporIsit Tor.
Ipinoer. Men mat lpuea oaiaa /
bette SilfGlhe at bare taget lin Mon
igien. ibet Ser SorSoog I'ten inber
nreeet fort Sio bIep i~iioolet ire Ma.
finer. Men Srsooa oor oog belt
90 boIbeut ct Wterfeopen.
Staten bar 11a Million tinaans.
StatSfusierer &enrp Shines befienbt.
gioroe iorleoen. at ban I SSlIi Maa.
neo bill bape benimoo 112 Ninion
Collars, Der fan ubloanes iii SfoIe.
oiitrifter, &pmml,uer % andre Of.
ientlige Sreaniiationcr. Ser err BOG
alerebe beoiIset me 2aan al oisie
Wenee til ct @elsb al henlmoo en-
wflaion Dollars, % Iniseuinaer
I'll et lieneuoe geIcb penter poo 0e.
banbIine al peofommenoe Stats.
autorIteter. Statens ~Sruit 6unbs"
logier M IS Wfilioner Ionora %
reanes meo bpob Stnten bar tiIoobe
peo Sole al 2ono, iaa tiger Gum.
men I'll S7L MIlion Cellars.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-06-11

Mpurbcaos GltN Nall brGnot.
Gitu Sou / Woorheoo neobrrnote
Not iii Sreoaa unber miSt1nfelige
Smit0noiabeber. Ser pnnitaaeS, at
@ronomanoitabet fcrIt ubfaloteS PED
iolif Nlorm pa at Gitp San laa
blcp antGnbt. Gnbel ioropgtiae IN.
lie @rene, huorai Here poa Napircr
ira ct tibIigere tpif aoniulat, er mn.
set unocr Ell llbbusbpeuing / @pen.
&ngpriicn uppe / S2.07. Toa
3ornmarfcNet / Minneapolis betol.
teS ser iioite Srebag op til $2,0l
sr. guibeI for Hug. Sire Sage
isr iplstes Rueen paa iarrme Msar-
fec for St.65 % afiluttcoeS Den
0aas aften meb $t.67. Siber par
Triien iiaois icaet opoper. Stis.
ninaen iaeoes at ifripe liz ira, at
Observation-Disclosures bar fiebt &u9'
meIsoplaa / eitIiee Sper. paa iafnme
2iS Tom ser igicn err fisbt for 10
filming. Stianinacn merfebes og'
ioa poo 9ramarfebet ibet $140 pr.
@uibel betaItes for behite SIass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
THE SfAY-AT-HOMEs

The girls they left behind them do not sit
With idle hands and grieve the hours
away,
Nor seek forgetfulness in ohattering
play;
But, capable and strong and Keen of wit,
They learn to pillow and cook and nurse
and knit.
Keep books and bees; and fearless. brave
and gay,
Defend their men from worry and dis
with eager, blithe. undaunted woman's
grit.
Mother and sweetheart, sister, daughter,
wife
Banded together by sacred trust,
And working with one leal, accordant
mind
To serve with all their zest of love and
life
Those whose victorious strength and ar
dor must
Depend upon the girls they left be-
hind.
Charlotte Becker in Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Military Training for Boys
Illinois Lads Who Go to Farms Next Year VIII Be Uniformed
and Go Out as Companies

An of closely
lied branch the
Illinois help raise the age
produced
fall schools
and below
enrolled They will then be uni
80 with company In
of
smaller
combination The school division Will
executive head.
machine The companies
will feed
machinery
1919 will be radically different from
companies Each
with all summer head.
the and the country director
of Will or the
O
volunteers will fee
instructor and the
Of needed
will determine the number companies be assigned to the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Soldiers of the Air Who
Have Given Up Their Lives.

The first man to lose his life in an
airplane accident was Lieut.. Thomas
L. Selfridge of the United States sig
nal corps, who was killed in Septem-
her, 1908, while flying as passenger
with Orville Wright at Fort Myer, va.
The next fatal airplane accident oc-
cured nearly year later in France,
when Eugene Lefebvre was enrolled
as one of the martyrs to the conquest
Of the air. Since the outbreak OF the
war, of course, brave flyers without
number have given their lives to their
respective countries, and list of them
would fill pages. The first and per-
haps the only woman killed in an air.
plane accident was Nine. d. Moore.
who lost her life at Etampes, France.
in 1911.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Great Demand in Vienna for
Watchdogs and Prices Have
Been Raised in Proportion.

The increasing insecurity of life and
property in Vienna has brought about
q great demand for good watchdogs.
according to the following interview
with an official of the Vienna Animal
hospital, printed in a recent issue of
the Neues Wiener Journal:
ut is fact that persons frequently
come here early in the morning seek
ing dogs before our Office hours begin.
Most of them are wives of business
men, foremen, professional men and
others, who have been called to the
colors, but there are also women who
have learned that we have nice dogs
for distribution and, consequently,
come looking for these faithful and
trustworthy guardians, especially in
view of the wholesale robberieS and
the sinister activities of numerous
gangs of youthful thieves. AS you
know, close watch has to be kept
over the power belts in the factories
to prevent their disappearance, as is
also the case with lumber in the yards,
and all kinds Of goods in the stores
and warehouses.
"Many women, whose husbands are
at the front, are afraid to stay alone
and wish at least to have a watchful
animal with them to give warning OF
the presence Of strangers at the door,
through growing or barking. So the
dog has become a much desired ami
NAL. People willingly pay the 81 tax
and don't seem to worry about the
problem of supplying the dog with
food if they can thus get keen-eared
and loyal guardian. Such dogs are
very dear now A Doberman' costs
from 500 to 5000; shepherds, up to
sf2O; coachdogs, up to $40; fox ter
riers, from SIS to $40, and rure-blood
.Dackel' from $12 to 500 Greyhounds
and poodles, on the other hand, have
gone out of style"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
BEGIN CHRISTMAS
SHOPPING NOW
Citizens Urged to Observe
Six Rules

Every patriotic citizen is expected
by the council of national defense.
Washington, to cooperate with the
merchants as follows:
1. Spread Christmas shopping over
the months of October, November and
December. Do not wait. Start now.
2. Shop during the early hours of the
day.
3. Buy useful gifts (this does not ap-
ply to toys).
4. Send before December all Christ
mas packages which must go by mail
er express.
3. Avoid giving bulky articles, ii
they must be sent by mail, freight or
express.
6. Carry home your purchases when
possible, and do not request special
deliveries.
The above rules must be carried out
10 that man power will be released for
war work and transportation not con-
gested.
These rules are the outcome of an
agreement between the merchants of
the country and the war industries
Board. The commercial economy adj
ministration of the state council of de-
Tense is charged with the duty of car
Tying them out. The public must help,
SO begin your Christmas shopping now,
and remember the rules.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
The air in a tightly closed building

The air in tightly closed building
soon becomes laden with impurities
from the breath Of the fowls and from
the filth that accumulates. To breathe
this air over and over again is to take
back into the system many of the i'm
purities that the system is trying to
throw off. AS the oxygen of the air
becomes exhausted it can give less and
less heating elements to the body Of
the fowl and gradually the fowls pow
er of resistance to cold is reduced.
Unless there is sufficient ventilation
to keep the air reasonably pure the
house becomes damp and in time
moisture collects on the walls, which
in cold weather turns to frost. These
are some Of the reasons why sufficient
ventilation should be provided at all
times and why the hen houses should
not be closed tightly at the approach
Of cold weather. Drafts, however,
must not be allowed to blow on the
fowls, particularly when they are on
the roosts at night.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Thousands of Girls Cut OF
Long Hair and Contribute It
to Country for War Purposes

AS proof of the sacrifices women are
willing to make when their sentiments
or emotions are aroused, it is related
that thousands of girls, both in Ger
many and France, cut eff their long
Nair and contributed it to their coun-
Try for war purposes, says the Poo
ule's Home Journal. The instance is
not the first of its kind recorded in
history, however.
An interesting example OF similar
devotion comes from northern Japan
where great temple was in progress
NJ erection. Immense timbers were
being hauled from the mountains to be
placed in the building, and the work
was delayed by the frequent breaking
Of the ropes. At length an edicf was
issued calling on the women to give
their long hair which could be woven
into ropes of sufficient strength for the
purpose.
So generous was the response TO the
edict that two ropes were woven, one,
It is claimed, WAS IL inches in ciream-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
First Automobile Patent
Taken Out in France Fifty
Years Ago BY Pierre Ravel

The first automobile patent was
taken out in France so years ago by
Pierre Joseph Ravel, says New York
World. His patent covered "a steam
generator heated by mineral oils, to
be applied to steam lOcomotion on or
binary roads" Ravel constructed a
small Tilbury and fitted it with his new
engine, which developed three horse
power. Ravel seemed ON the verge of
success, when the Franco-Prussian war
began and upset all his plans for the
time. Later. he built several motor
cars In which petroleum was used for
the direct generation of motive power
by burning 1t under special conditions
in connection with certain quantities Of
air. Later George B. Seldom in Ameri-
ca and Johannes Spiel, in Germany,
simultaneously carried on experiments
that eventually resulted in the auto
mobile of today. To Selden, however,
belongs the credit of applying gasoline
to motorcars. as the plans of the Ger
man contemplated the use OF keEo-
sene to supply power.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
FRUIT PITS MAKE A HIGHLY
POROUS CHARCOAL WHICH
ACTS AS FILTER TO GAS MASK

elbow does the government make gas
masks out of peach stones?" is ques-
ton that every school pupil has asked
of puzzled parents since the schools
have begun the collection Of peach and
plum stones to fight German gas.
The answer is that the stones are
not made into masks, but are trans
formed into charcoal that is used i'll
the masks.
The American Chemical society in a
bulletin explains the matter in this
way:
material for making the best grade OF
absorbent charcoal ever produced; and
the charcoal is used in the respirator
for absorbing the deadly gases in the
inspired air.
.HOw does charcoal act? In the first
place, it is exceedingly porous. 1t is
produced, by roasting wood, dried
blood, or other organic material, and
this, roasting decomposes. the material
into two parts, one of them gaseous,
which passes off from the retorts, and
one of them solid, which remains be-
hind as charcoal. Every minute cell
of the wood and every part of cell
gives up some Of the gas during the op-
Grafton and thus leaves minute pores
all through the material. Thus the wood
charcoal that we know is very bulky
for its weight and contains innumer-
able fine pores. Now this highly por-
Gus charcoal has a remarkable prop
erty of absorbing certain kinds of sub
stances.
'In the gas mask contaminated air
passes through layer of highly ac-
tive carbon before it reaches the
mouth, and the poisonous material IS
absorbed. 1t is apparent that the moro
active the charcoal is, the more the
absorbing power can be packed into
the small box on the front of the mask.
Now all charcoal from all sources IL
not equally active. Hence, before char
coal was used successfully In masks q
very active form had to be produced.
And it was found that the hard, dense,
compact substance of nut shells and
fruit stones formed the most con-
densed and actively absorbing char
coal. The pores Of the charred mate
rial are infinitely fine and numerous
and hence given volume of the car
bon will do far more work than the
same volume Of other kinds of char
coal"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Montana Farmers Are Badly
In Need of Water on Land.

"Water on our lands during 1917
and 1913 would have meant thousands
Of dollars to this country, to the farm
ers, and to the city people," the ex-
ecutive committeeman in charge Of ir-
rigation in the Flathead county farm
bureau, Montana, writes. The Flat
head county farm bureau is deter
mined that the drought conditions Of
the present season shall not be repeat
ed and has made irrigation one of it's
major lines of work for the year. Diff
ferent localities will handle the prob
lem in different ways. Irrigation in
this valley will make it possible for
the farmers to change from straight
grain farming to the practice Of di-
versifed system employing live stock
as well as the necessary crops.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14

In the studio of Mrs. Laid of the
American Red Cross in Paris. Mrs.
Laid is shown working on mask for
a soldier whose face was mutIated In
the war, his bravery having cost him
his eyesight.
shells. Mrs. Ladd is the wife OF DR..
Maynard Ladd, medical adviser OF the
American Red Cross, but her work has
nothing to do with medicine.
In many hospitals, Of course, plastic
surgery is doing much to build up shat
tered faces. Mrs. Laid, however, finds
her subjects among those whom the
surgeons cannot help. They are SOL
diers whose faces have been so shot
to pieces that they present a hideous
spectacle, one which their friends and
relatives prepare to shun. The suf-
fererS realize this and become very
unhappy and sensitive and are inclined
to hide themselves away from their
fellow-beings. Mrs. Ladd has become
greatly interested in the work OF Cap
tain Derveut, who improved on the
gelatine and rubber formerly used, and
made metal masks. 70 make these
masks, Mrs. Ladd takes plaster cast
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14
Old Boots and Shoes Used
To Make Useful Articles.

The old boots and shoes that are
cast into the dustbin have consider
able value. They are soaked in water
to remove the dirt, all the nails and
threads are picked out, and the leath-
er is reduced to thick pulp, from
which wall papers, screens, etc., are
made. The finer the original quality
Of leather the better it takes the
bronze and old gold Of the designs
which make these hangings things OF
beauty. Bookbinders and framemak-
ers also know the value Of this pulp,
and carriage builders press 1t into
sheets which are Invaluable for the
roofs of the most luxurious vehicles.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-11-14

Diplomats among the marines in
France have eliminated one of the hor-
rors of being hero, the Washington
Times states. The announcement was
casually made in a report from marine
corps headquarters, describing the
winning and award of Is French war
crosses to members Of the American
legion, known to the Germans as devil
dogs. To be blunt about it, the news
is this: mo longer do French officers
kiss on each cheek an American who
has won the croix de guerre. Instead
the officer comforting the honor pins
the bronze decoration to the left breast
pocket of the hero and then shakes his
right hand.
AS yet the official files of the marine
corps have not disclosed the name of
the diplomat who brought about the
change in French tactics in dealing
with American heroes. 1t is under
stood, however, that he is an officer of
the United States.
According to the information at
hand, the first occasion upon which
the French adopted the Misunderstanding
tactics of the American as an express
sion of esteem was in May, just few
weeks after a company Of marines
sent in to relieve detachment of their
pals had driven off a storm battalion
of Germans who had tried to stampede
them.
TIE men were ordered TO section
of woodland to receive their hard-won
war crosses. A blare of trumpets