The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-01-04
BRIEFS ABOUT UNCLE SANS WAR.
L. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT BRiE
roI Week Erding January TN,

The heaviest food contracts in tie
world have been let recently TO J OF
the great packing HOUSES Of the Uni
ted states.
Estimates show the Government
Printing ONE will uss lCQofoo"
pound, OF paper, costing about $4,000,
600, tljis year,
Men working in many coal mines
throughout the country voluntarily
cut down tile Christmas holiday t.
keep factory fires burning and. houses
! warm.
The War Trade Board IN granting
no licences tor the export Gl cummOd-
llies cCntslnlng wool which srs NO.
cessarl Tor tie mlhilary or naval u,e.
! of the United states.
Inc Posi- Orlicv DuptrLmoat has es
! taUnsuud cUustwls5 pttcoi-pusJ WdLct
! routes 10 ac,iutato service Tor lue
gdIltouueuls, NnIch viii lie operat-
! eu to reieyc war time railroad con
gest!On,
The working hours of clerks in thu
anterior Department banding d.
! " Washington nave been changed to
run from $40 TO t;ls Instoad eI tu
$50, 10 rcueNo congestion IN stree,
rditWay ears Oi tRu UYor rrgWGy., c.Ir,
cal.
tliers and ballunists, although su.
Ject 10 tho seioCtIre suIY.co lsW, uIay
examination at Une nearest aVidlIun
cAanlnlng BOARD. Monty my Officers
unuer 81 years Oi age are not now De
my accepted, eYcept u limited mum
Der Of graduates OF recognized ensi-
ncerlDg colleges OF others WAC CdlI
qualify as expert engineers. Aerld.
observers are not now ueins accepted.
The UOu a Administrator Changes
its rule prohiUiting bakers selling less
Clan pound ol bread 70 cUnsumers,
to prevent working II lIaIusinp on the
poor Of New IoIK, Iur>e pcup,t
many OF them iurelgners, nuH U,edo
lrom bIg ioaNe> -! tiIe pel.nJ ana .Nu
penny Snoe, ana Iidvo avU Iue HUuo,
20 buy ia larger Qu,ntitIos. Inu
weight reouiiements t"r BAKING ale
not cnansed. kOiIS arc llinItvu -
not less IMAM Lunue nor Hure Uuu"
) ounces odun.
Tie recently compielod naval a.
>ratt factory covers 5 scfes, tne uuiIu
lngs being 400 by 4pu Ieet. The kee,
OF the first fi>lng boat was laid ~ ua,a
aIter DuiIuing Wurk wds Uss uD. I,I,
pant. WITH equipment, uVsU dbuu,
sl,OU,OVo. lhere Is opportunity lo'
enploy menL a. the dIrGr..t i.co,r!
Iur ZOO sklIlod NurkilIeu IIuuI dIiliuo.
ever, lrdue. Women can SOW cove
ou tie wilsa anu perIor,u son'o ~.
UIe ilghtvI "oou workinx upeia,iuIls,
ana IL ~ expected mat seNefdI nun-
uieu woineu Nill DC enpIu!cu.
Army trucks for use III france IA.
uelns denvered 10 the Atlantic Sea
BOARD from interior storage depu,.
under their own power. ii the pah
is successful, the delivery OF the 80, 600
war trucks under construction undei
! their own power will release l5,W o
/ freight cars Which would be requil, d
| to transport them 10y rail II viii :
- proy.ue adequate oppu tun.ty 'cr
! he training Of an effective corps II
TRANSPORT drivers and officers, who
wlil reach france with IA minimum OF
training 10 be required, Wear and
tear on The trucks viii be Slight com
pared with the benefits derived from,
heir usa.
slIlnl4under American names ir
juc ,erg.ce oi the Uni, ed states a.,
100 Ger aan ships damaged 10y thtlI
crews pfi)r to their se!sure Dy tu'
Government when war vas decl1rrr
They add more than 5QoouN gross
mage o.Cts transport ana c4r-C i.,JI
in war service Cor the | lited STATE
There Is evidence that German cen
tral authority gave orders 'or damag'
60 these ships. So that none could ht
operated In less than Is months, anC
documentary proof that the enem.
believed much Of the damage to b.
irreparssble. In less than eigh
: months all the ships were in service
+ The former German liners. sailing
under distinctly American names, arr
} now fitted as troop and cargo ships
, Each is,conyertable to completed!
' equipp-7 hospital slip for return
voyage service.
MRrH rAI AnNlCnDY ROApD.