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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-22
TO SEND BODIES HOME.

The War Department announces that
In the future the Government will ship
the bodies OF all soldiers in active ser
vice who die in any OF the army camps
IN this country 10 a national cemetery
or TO their homes, in the event OF death.
The original law applied only to officers.
The new law not only includes enlisted
men. but provides for an attendant 10
accompany the body.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Prepared
especially for
the readers Of
Mountain
Home

treatment Of the wounded is that
under the management Of Miss Kath-
leen Park of New York, at her cha
teau of Annel. There she has worked
almost since the very beginning of
the war. When the battle for the
fort of Malmaison was in progress
the hospital dealt with considerable
number of wounded who We're first
bandaged on the battlefield and then
brought down the River Aisne on
board barge fitted up as floating
hospital.
Miss Park has working with her In
conjunction with the French military
surgeons a number Of American ply
sicians, who all participated In the
handling of the French wounded dur
ing the battle of Malmaison. Also,
she has with her several American
trained nurses and helpers.
Among the doctors Is George de
Tarnovsky of Chicago.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Americans Are Doing Wonderful
Reconstruction in Devas-
tated Section.
LIVE IN RUDE BARRACKS
Miss Anne Morgan and Her Co-Work.
ers Share in Primitive Life While
Carrying on Labors Among
Destitute People.

New York.-Miss Margaret Steven
son, co-worker of Miss Anne Morgan in
devastated France, has just arrived in
this country with the first direct news
of the reconstruction work already nc
complished by this American Fund for
French Wounded unit composed of ten
American women. Miss Stevenson told
of the 81 villages they have partly re-
habilitated, of the 5000 acres of land
they have had cultivated, the hundreds
of refugee families they have clothed
fed and installed in houses they have
furnished; the classes they are running
for children who have run wild since
the beginning of the German occupa-
ton, and of the community center they
have established at Blerancourt, In the
heart of the ravaged region.
Live In Rude Barracks.
1--WE are living in rude wooden bar
racks built on the ruins of the old
Chateau Of Blerancourt," said Miss
Stevenson. "Our barracks are fur
nished with the same implanted fur
niture and plain iron beds that we
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Frogs Fooled by Mark Twain Trick

Long Prairie, Minn.--All you have
to know to catch frogs is how far a
frog can Jump--and just little bit
more. Dave Harpold and w. r. Smith
proved this when they marketed 49,
900 dozen pairs of frogs legs in 30
days.
First they captured the champion
jumping frog of Maple lake and meas
ured his jumps for distance and alti-
tude. Then they dug trenches just
little wider and little deeper than
the champions best marks.
Then they sat down and waited till
the trench bottoms were covered with
frogs. Once in the frogs couldn't get
out
But occasionally some new champi-
on came along and set better marks.
The men were in quandary. TO at
tempt 10 deepen or widen the trenches
would have been fatal to a large per-
centage of their frog population.
Then Harpold, who is literary per-
son, solved the problem. Having read
his Mark Twain thoroughly he did the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
True Hospitality.

Entertaining has become word
which we associate with labor. This
Is deplorable state of mind, observes
writer, and II Is to be hoped that
greater sincerity In hospitality will de-
velop rs we feel the need for rigid eco
homy pressing closer and closer. Let
us invite only those whom we honestly
desire to have as our guests. And let
us entertain them unostentatiously and
as Is fitting to our circumstances and
20 the times. II is the association and
companionship far more than the
spread" that we might give them that
the right sort of friends will enjoy.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Horn of Natural Rock

"King Alfred's Horn" is the name
applied TO n great shapeless block Of
stone In the Vale of Berks, England.
II is pierced with q number of holes.
BY applying his mouth to 1t and blow
Ing as into horn, the practlced per-
former can produce weird. booming
sound, said to be audible for dis
lance Of six miles. The story goes
that King Alfred used this natural
horn TO summon his forces for a great
battle, fought In the immediate neigh
borhocd.- Popular Science Monthly.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02

Mrs. g. NJ. King of East Orange,
N. j., whose recipes for pumpklnless
pumpkin pie and meatless mincemeat,
as distributed by the national emer-
gency food garden commission, made
her famous overnight. The recipes
were first tried on 500 marines on an
army transport. They pronounced the
Hooverized fare O. X. and called for
more. Mrs. King Is spending the win
ter at Daytona Beach, Fla, and will
return home in time to plant war
garden.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
WAR SURGEONS WORK MIRACLES

conclusion of the fighting and the
treatment of all the wounded show
that 90 men out of every 100 brought
to the hospital recovered from their
hurts.
Speed important Factor.
Speed In collecting the wounded IS
the greatest factor in bringing about
this progress.
Americans have had much to do
with the speeding up of the ambu-
lance service, for their ambulances
have been present at every point
where fighting has been severe, and
their work has been highly praised
by the army commanders.
One instance of American effort in
providing for the accommodation and
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Man knlts Model Sweater

Muncie, Ind.-The model sweater of
all that have been made for American
soldiers by Red Cross workers in Mum
Gle Is one knitted and turned in for
shipment by Edward Pfeiffer, city
fireman. The garment has been placed
on exhibition. As his name indicates
Pfelffer is German in ancestry, hut
that's ALL he told the Red Cross
workers. The firemen in all stations
now are knitting and making trench
candles.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
DOING MUCH TO RESTORE FRANCE

give to the peasants. The heads Of
our unit, Miss Anne Morgan and Miss
Anne Drake, share with us in this
primitive life. They are up at seven
o'clock in the morning, tidy up their
I huts, help with the dishes, and then
/ are off about their duties visiting the
refugees, finding out their wants and
helping install them in temporary
shelters. Both Miss Morgan and Miss
Dixie speak French as well as they do
English, and they have entered deeply
into the lives of the people. Some
thing approaching normal village life
has been restored to the communities
under the care of the American Fund
Unit" Miss Stevenson says. "The
French government has placed this
unit In charge of the Aisne and Som
me districts both of which were sys-
tematically devastated by the Ger
mans.
Our unit Is militarized and works
directly under the French army"
Miss Stevenson explained. Through
the military authorities, Miss Morgan
has obtained valuable aid. Soldiers
on eight-day leave from the trenches
are put, under her direction, to help
rebuild shattered homes and plow the
neglected fields. There are no able
bodied men or women left In this part
of France. When the Germans re-
treated they swept the civilians before
them. All who were able to work for
them they kept behind their lines the
nonproducers-that Is, the feeble old
people and the small children-they
have allowed to return. These are the
refugees, the people we have to help
make homes for and make self-support-
ing.
Wonderful People.
"They are wonderful too, these old
people" Miss Stevenson went on.
"They return to their destroyed homes
worn out with suffering and hardshps, |
but no sooner are they on their beloved |
soil again than they seem revitalized, |
filed with energy, and the desire to re-
store all that has been destroyed. They !
build one-room shelters for themselves
from the ruins of their once comfort
able homes or else their government |
puts up small demountable wooden
houses for them. These we furnish
with everything they need to start
home life anew-beds, bedding, chairs,
kitchen utensils, and we supply them
With clothing and foodst~ffs. Every
hing that Is sent to us from America
We give them without cost, but the
stoves and kitchen utensils that we
)uy In Paris we sell for two thirds the
'ost. They prefer to have 1t so, and
hey pay any way they choose--ln
work or vegetables. The first thing
hey do when they reach their homes
s to start a garden, and many of them
ave been able to support themselves
his way. Others make their living by
washing for the soldiers. These are
III very old people, remember, aged
men and women of seventy-five and
ven eighty. They walk from villages
niles away TO get help from us, and
hey wheel great loads of supplies on
some eight or ten miles
yer cobble roads.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
STUDENTS ASK FOR
"H00VERIZED" MENU

Athens. Ga.-Two hundred
and sixty-fve students of the
University of Georgia have pre-
sented a petition to the director
OF their "beanery," the co-opera.
tive Denmark Hall, asking that
the menu be Hooverized In the
latest approved conservation
method. They ask for one
wheatless day each week, three
dinners each week with only
corn pone served MS bread and
other edibles boosted by the food
conservationists. The petition
ends up with this injunction:
swat the Kaiser on the bean.
Sign this fellows !" and they did.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Incredible Feats Performed Every
Day in Treating Soldiers
on Battlefield.
mine. 1ENTHs PULL THROUGH
Percentage of Losses Among the
Wounded Striking Tribute to the
Skill of Surgeons--Speed
Important Factor.

French Front.--Almost incredible
feats have been and are being accom-
plished every day of the war by the
surgeons who treat soldiers wounded
on the battlefield. These remarkable
feats have increased in frequency, us
the stricken men are more quickly
gathered In by the ambulances and
brought to the field hospitals for surgi-
cal Intervention.
AT the beginning of the war 1t was
not always possible to clear up bat
tlefield of the casualties in less than
three or four days, and on many occa-
sions wounded men waited even long
er before their injuries could be han
died.
The result of this was that large
numbers of the wounded succumbed
from gangrene or blood poisoning. or
were rendered so feeble from loss of
blood that they were unable to under
90 operations that were vitality neces-
sary. 1t was at that time regarded
as a satisfactory result when 60 per
cent of the wounded brought into the
hospitals recovered eventually from
the injuries
Nine-Tenths Are Saved.
This percentage of losses among
the wounded men would at present
be regarded with horror by the mill
tary surgeons, who now reckon with
perfect assurance on saving about
nine-tenths of the wounded men COM
ing under their treatment. During
the battle of Flanders the percentage
of recoverles among wounded men
brought to the hospitals amounted
TO SO.
This striking figure was still fur
Their improved on the occasion of the |
recent battle In which the French |
wrested from the Germans the fort
of Malmaison and caused them to
evacuate the Chemin des Danes after
throwing away hundreds Of thou
sands Of the crown princes best
troops In the effort to retain it. The
French surgeons reports after the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02

obvious Calaveras county thing. He
took all the more ambitious frogs and
illed 'em with shot. This settled the
jumping stuff then and there. Owing
to the high price of lead, all the shot
was salvaged when the frogs were
butchered.
Some local frog fanclers propose 10
save the cost of digging trenches by
feeding shot promiscuously till the
frogs can't jump at all.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02
Married $4,000 Couples.

O~O%O1O~O ~O%O%O%C
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-02-02

Grown Point, Ind.-Harry B. Mich
olson Of this city, familarly known
as Judge Nick, has married $4,000
couples since he has been justice Of
the peace
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
the RED CROSS
IS REAL SERVICE
ev FRANK MORRISON,
Secretary American Federation o.
Labor,

q ~
Secretary American Federation OF
Labor.
The work Of the Red Cross Is not
confined to our boys on battlefield OF
in hospital nor amidst The ruins OF Bel
cium and other portions Of devastated
Europe. One of its great activities Is
any necessary aid to the dependents OF
members of Americas military forces.
On the battlefield the Red Cross pre-
sents an heroic figure. In America,
removed from destruction and death,
the Red Cross steps silently to the
side Of the father and mother whose
boy Is lover there" and who need coun-
sci and aid.
No service 10 too small for the Red
Cross. II allotments from the govern
ment or from their son are delayed. or
information on the governments war FISK
insurance IL wanted. h Red Cross 10
both counsellor and friend. 1t enters Into
he home in the true spirit Of charity
secrecy.
But first and foremost our soldiers IN
neld and hospital must be given the moss
attentive care possible. Nothing we car
do will equal their share in this move.
ment for world democracy. and the Rec
Cross presents an opportunity for US 70
play our part in this great drama by
contributing to the extent Of our ability,
The Red Cross appeals to organized
workers because Of ite n quality
service.
Behind Red Cross service IL an on
nobling charity that 10 not defaced ps
cost marks, a democracy that personnel
Jenerson's great principle OF equality ant
Q religion that IL beyond sectarian'sm.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
MAKE SOLDIER FEEL He
IS As GOOD AS EVER

Men disabled In the service who are
returning from the front and who ind
It hard at first to see their way to-
ward earning a livelihood are q spec
cial problem for the Red Cross. Un-
der the Smith-Sears law q fund Is ap-
propriated to re-educate every dis
abled man who will take the opportu-
nifty to make a living. 1t is felt thai
such men are likely to be weakened
In their resolution to keep their sell
respect and find real work by the mis-
taken charity Of hero worshippers. wl'
will forget them once the first Hush o.
war enthusiasm Is over Here the sup
port of the disabled mans family mus
be enlisted, for in the last analysis II
is the mans family who will be the DE-
termining influence In his %rehabllita
ton. The relatives must he braced ''
meet the situation-to make of them
selves for the man a bulwark agains
encouragement and weakness.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
THE ILLUSTRATION
IN SHERIDAN COUNTY


Rev. F. E. Henry, returned last
Saturday from a trip to Plentywood
in the interests of the churches of
that vicinity. While away he was in
several towns of our %neighboring coun-
ty and had a good chance to observe
the "flu" situation. Schools and
churches have been open for several
weeks and there seems to be no more
sickness than in Valley county. In
Plentywood, where the school enroll
ment is $40 there were but three ab-
sentees and school had been in session
for four weeks. The floors are spray
ed nightly and all precautions possi-
BILE taken.
Two deaths occurred a month ago,
one a high school boy, but work con
tinued and no spread of the disease
occurred. The hospital there is full
of out of town patients. Bainville,
Medicine Lake, Froid and Dooley,
other places that Mr.. Henry visited
are in the same condition, while Ante
lope, the only town where no school
had been held, had more children sick
than any other, many times larger
In the meantime, Hinsdale, where the
lid is on as it is in Glasgow had had
a fresh outbreak.
1t would seem from these compari.
sons that school sessions were not re.
sponsible for the spread of the disease
but, if anything, prevented it.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
NEAT PRODUCERS
DID FULL DUTY
lnefease IN American Hogs viii
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION.
Government Justified In Stimulation
Of Pork Production-SevenfoIo
lnerease Over Pre-.
War Exports.

Through increased production anu
conservation we will be able THIS yeaI
to export seven times our pre-"aE
average exports Of pork products.
With the heavy demands added In car
ing for the millions who have been
freed from German oppression, the
Department Of Agriculture and the
Food Administration are justified to-
day in our every action OF stimulation
Of hog production. In the coming year
the greatest world shortage will be In
fats. and pork will help to save MS
~situation, The efficacy OF the policy
Of stimulated production has built up
IN this country supplies which will en-.
able us to supply q very large part OF
the fat deficiency Of the world. In
beef there must be q shortage IN Eu'
rope, due largely to limited ~refrigera'
tor ship capacity. All freezer ships
available, however, will be filled BY
America, Argentine and Australia.
The contribution made by the pro-
ducers of this country to the war pro-
gram as applying particularly to anil
NAL food products is illustrated by the
following:
Reports compiled by the o. S. De-
partment of Agriculture indicate an
increase in cattle Of 10,23S,OOO head
and l2,441, 900 hogs. These. figures
were compiled to January ! last.
In this period there was a decrease
IN sheep Of $4,000 head. The indica-
lions are that this decrease will show
an increase. according to recent re-
ports.
Since January l unofficial informa-
lion indicates an increase In hogs OF
not less than 8 per cent. and moi
more than Is per cent. as compared
with one year ago, with an increase In
the average weight.
Following the request of the o. 8
Food Administration for an Increase
in hog production for marketing in the
fall Of 1918 and the spring Of 1919 the
increase may yield not less than LOGO.
100000 pounds more Of pork product
than were available last year. With
out this increase the shipping program
arranged by Mr.. Hoover regarding an
imal food products would have beef
impossible.
The dressed hog products during tn
three months ending September 30
1917, amounted to 9O3, $4,000 pounds
while for the corresponding months o
1918 the dressed hog products tota]e'
1871, $50, 900, an increase of over 314
100000 pounds for the quarter.
During the same period for 1917 tn
records Of inspected slaughter Q
dressed beef showed l,263,O0O,O0
pounds as against l,454,OOO,OOO pound
tor the three month period endin
September l, this year.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
SMILES AND TEARS GET MIXED

Two little stories came to the Ec'
Cross headquarters from over the seas
a short time ago. One was a story OF
bravery that brought the tears, and
one a tale of tears that brought smiles.
The first story vas Of a soldier VIII"
asked for a light. He was in bed, and
a cigarette was between his lips, plnc-
ed there by the nurse after she had
finished spreading his blanket up
smoothly. At his question. she turned
and gave him a box Of matches ant!
hurried on, then remembered that the
arms beneath the blankets were with
out hands.
Nurses have TO be without tears, but
there were tears in her eyes as she
turned to strike the match and lig'
the cigarette for him.
"Quit that" he said. "they were good
mits, and they helped get three or four
Germans before l lost them. bur they
amt worth crying about. SO ,hcre!'
And the tears story that brought
smiles? Well, that was the story of II
big, husky. colored man. who sat read
ing. and the Red Cross worker at the
canteen saw that he had tears running
| down his cheeks. She was curious IL
know what ne might be reading and
was astOnished when she looked over
his shoulder to see that II was the
| ranteen cook book.
He smiled through his tears as he
saw that she was watching, and said,
sheepishly, "You sure must eNcus me
ma'am, but this here book done max.
me blamed holncsick. lin 'shamed 1.
make a baby oulen mallse'f, but this
makes me think o home"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
PAUL KIRK DIES
IN GREAr'FALLS
Passes Away at Deac0ness Hospital
In that City After An Opera
ton for Appendicitis.

Mrs. La Rene Kirk of Opheim came
in Tuesday from Great Falls with the
body of her 1~9-year-old son, Paul, who
passed away at Great Falls with per-
itonitis following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Paul Kirk was born at Billings,
Montana, and the greater part of his
life was spent in this state. He was
we'll known in Glasgow as he attended
the local schools several years ago
For the past year he has been in Ne
braska and registered there last Sep
TENDER in the 1918 draft. Having no
claims for exemption he expected to
be called into service soon and came
out here in the fall to visit his mother
and other North Country relatives.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Kirk and
her son decided to spend the winter
in Great Falls and so moved to that
city, where Paul was taken suddenly
i'll only last Thursday.
The funeral services were in charge
of Rev. F. E. Henry of the Congre'
gational church and were held at the
cemetery Wednesday morning at II
o'clock.
The deceased is survived by his
mother, Mrs. La Rene Kirk, two sis
tiers, Mrs. w. O. Brathovde and Mis-:
Mildred Kirk, all of Opheim. Mr.. ant
Mrs. C. C. Clark Of Glentana, uncle
and aunt of the deceased were down tt
attend the funeral.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13

You can tell a real patriot by the
way he c%ooperates. Cooperation be-
tween employers and wage arner
makes good times.
The road to good times is by every
one now being patient and helping in
the change from war work to peace
work. Whatever was true before the
war it certainly now is to the interest
of all to cooperate in every way.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
RED CROSS WOMEN
CITED FOR Braves

American m at Epc-nay, soutl
Of Rheims, have been cited in an Orde
Of tn day for remaining at their pos'
In an American Red Cross cantecn II,
der bom%tardment for six day
Throughout this battle they continu.
to feed and care for wounded.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13

Next year there will be a large acr-
cage put into crop and many farmers
will be seeking farm hands to help
plant that crop. Every farmer in
Valley county should get acquainted
with the Employment Service and the
work it is accomplishing, so when the
time comes when hands are needed,
they can advise the superintendent at
once and receive service,
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-13
WHAT RED CROSS MEANS.

+ Y"nr membership in the grca,
+ American Red Cross means ii.c
+ motlnring of those little children
+ made lesolate by the invasion of
+ the liua. Mrs. Lars Anderson in
+ her recent book on conditions
+ over there says: ut is the poor,
+ homeless, motilerleSs kidi.e, that
+ somehow make all the other Dor.
+ rors of war fade away into dis.
+ ance. These frightened. crying,
+ dying, innocent children, who do
+ not know what 1t is all about
: they wiring your heart dry"