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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-09
The Time for Action

Contestants their friends should every effort
their records grow large possible Just
when exhausted may be the turning
point making your favore winner a prize
worth hundreds Of dollars.
The great value Of the prizes and the honor and public
attaining important factors being
worthy of consideration Just five days in which
times been changed within hour Empires have been
unmade in single fearful hour and the result
of this campaign is likely TO be decided by what is
pished in these five days The valuable prizes hanging
waiting to be pucked by those who have the energy
and the determination to win them.
Only those who run to the end ever
hope prize. The is not always to the swift.
the battle to the strong, but is by the The
you know beat the hare because 1t kept going 1t
rested neither night day until the goal reached Vic
tory the spurer but the slayer The Free
TraderJournal prizes for the and who
the to the very end. We all of us, nearing the
stretch the place that tries the mete everyone who
the campaign Of any sort nature whether be
boat campaign Of any kind The remaining time
will test the mette of the young ladies gentlemen who
are anxious to win prize
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-09
Gigantic Vote Value Ends 8 P. NJ, April Il
Attention Readers!

Did it ever occur to you that
you could do a great deal for
your friends in the big contest.
1t would be an easy matter for
you to pay up your subscrip-
ton for a period Of one year
and get a few of your friends to
give you their subscriptions.
Bear in mind, some day you
may ask a favor. The world is
always out to boost a booster
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-09
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HIGH SPOTS IN The CAM
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Camp ulIg.. ues Noiues. lJ. To
see some ut the BOYS here performing
De- prluk> ul childhood DAYS such as
leap frog, hop skip and Jump and
lamp the rope lends another color tc
army lie They an participate in
these games. even to the officers. It
ieyelopeS the muscles, builds up the
body and makes the soldiers healthy
and strong. it is an done out doors
which enhances It's physical value.
Despite the games antiquity he boys
get the same amount OF enjoyment
from them they did in earlier life
the exercises are approved by the
medical officers otthe camp.
Camp LosI. Huston TeX-'IIow
would you like to bee In a trench and
notice 4 big mortar Shell that you
could plainly see eome hurting to.
wards You? The speed OF the pro
iectiie is not too fast for the eye and
YOU have been taught from experience
when it hits it bursts into a thousand
>pIin,ers and slIyers This is what
he soldiers here are being instructed
- guard against They mus learn to
prepare themselves for the shock and
seek refuge in secluded inches when
thax. r,raa
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-04-09

five divisions 1u "a front Of b ire miles,
WAS stopped last week. with complete
success: only in one place Was me
German line advanced. and then only
10 depth OF less Than 4 mile on
marrow front
North of Albert Jbe British a1-
vance bea, 5d repeated and vicious
attacks without bending.
French Line IS Firm
Near Hortdidisr the French with
drew a short distance 10 strong posi-
lions The enemy is nowhere within
nine miles Of Amiens, he is sill three
miles distance at his arJbest point oil
advance from the main Amieus-PaFis
railway. the cuumg OF which would
bring MIN no real victory The best
nr0of OF his discontinue is the use
tha, he is making OF minot incidents
Tor window-dres SING purposes
A short time ago in the course o.
the steady advance Of the British
army in Palestine. il small force was
thrown across the Jordan To emf the
retired from Z he wateriess waste
through which the railroad runs and
reioined the army. This retirement
was advertised by the Germans as q
triumph for -he Turks. who are III
legged 20 have thrown the British
forces back over the Jordan
Gain is Without Value
similarly the Germans are sloa'.
inc today over the capture of Pierre
mande ana FoImebr1y. in the neigh
borhood Of Chumy and the forest oi
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

Every well formed, well matured
err is considered valuable for seed
purposes when grown upon a strong
stalk It Is well to note whether
the stalks about It are strong. Ears
rbat grow very high or very low upon
the stalk should he discarded for
their undesirable position. Those
about hlp-hlgh with a tendency to
land tip downward are preferred.
Well selected ears are nearly cyl
ildrical and of medium size. Rows
are straight and close together, we'll
carried out over tip and butt. Ker-
nels are uniform in size and shape
slightly wedged or keystone-haye a
good depth and medium rough inden-
tation, fltting close together. A largo
clear germ indicates strong vitality.
About twice as many ears should
he selected IN the field as will b3
needed to plant next seasons crop.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

additional restrictions now placed
upon the use OF sugar has put the
caudy industry on a basis below that
Of any other manufacturing industry
in the country. In point of hard
shin the manufacturer has already
suffered greater prlvatlon than indiy-
idual houscholders.
As the war progresses and the
economic situation is coming more
anG more home to the people of this
country, unselfsh patriotism and n
recognition of the vital Importance OF
/ eep,ng factories going and everybody
at the work at which he can produce
the most is leading people to realizl
that industry must be helped oyel
these conditions just as individuals
lust be helped over them and the
thoughtlsss outcry against sugar re-
strictions in the home is becoming
more and more rare.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

scended or been swallowed into the
stomach.
An X-ray examination clearly
showed the ball in the intestines
But instead Of removing 1t by an
operation the surgeons decided to
await the course OF nature and see II
The soldier would digest the rifle
ball And this he did. One OF the
surgeons remarked that the chances
of such a thing happening were less
than one in a million. but a colleague
added that the chances we're far less
than that as he could not recall any
like case In the whole range Of mill
tary surgery.
Many of the French pollus under
American care were in the wards of
the Daughters of the American Con-
,ederacy, with the beds marked with
the names of the well-known south
ern figures, such as Stonewall Jack
son, Senaor Zebulon Vance, General
Joseph Wheeler of Alabama.
When the big dietary kitchen was
inspected later there was a savory
smell of American dishes and dain-
ties being prepared for the wounded
men, and one of the surgeons cheer
en the cooks with the remark, Your
disbes do more good than all our
medicines And this is literally
true, for these American wounded do
not want foreign food but long for
the simple old-fashioned dishes OF
home, like boiled custard, matted
milk, egg-nos and bread and milk.
So that even in the food American
cooks are doing their share, and
down to the last detail the Ameri-
;snism of the big military hospital
3 proving a blessing to the Ameri-
can manned and wounded who have
have come back from the front.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
GENERAL NEWS ISSUED
TO ORDER FUEL SUPPLIES

Within the next 60 days tighten
ing up OF transportation and with 1t
necessarily q curtailment Of fuel
shipments is anticipated by Fuel Ad-
ininlstrator Holmes OF Oregon. For
this reason he is again issuing a
general call upon all stockholders
and manufacturers to order supplies
now, while the weather is good and
transportation lines open.
Although more than 60 per cent
Of the householders in Oregon have
already stored their fuel, many for
various reasons are delaying the mat
ter. They will, as a result, find
themselves without fuel in numerous
cases when cold weather sets in.
A survey of the industrial plants
Of the state show that Oregon's coal
needs have increased $4,000 tons
over last year. The added quota
must be supplied because the indus
tries, for the most part, are engaged
in war work.
Dealers throughout the state arc
behind somewhat in deliveries, but
are rapidly catching up, particularly
those who handle coal. Wood deal.
ers in some cases are five week be-
hind in deliveries.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
AMERICAN "TIN HAT"
is OF GREAT VALUE

Paris.-The case of one American
marine who went through hail OF
shrapnel and machine gun fire at
Cant!gny and is now convalescing
from a wound in the great American
military hospital at Neuilly, in the
Paris suburbs, seems to have demon
strated that the American field hell
mot, commonly called by soldiers, the
tin hat" is a thoroughly reliable
article when put to the supreme
test.
The marine owed his life to his
tin hat" and the peculiar qualities
or its steel in giving slightly without
scattering. In the midst of the ac-
ton he went down with ball strik-
ing the top of his helmet and pres
sting down to the skull. He was
lrcught back, along with the helmet
which showed a deep indentatioh
apout the size of half baseball IL
vas this indentation which had
pressed down to the scalp; making a
wound which required trepaning
but there 1t stopped, and the metal
CT the tin hat after giving to the mis-
sl until its force was spent, nan
stopped it in its deadly flight
straight toward the brain. The tre-
paning operation was only slight ana
the marine was we'll on his way to
recovery.
The indented helm was preserved
not as a souvenir, but to be forward
I'd to the ordinance experts at wash
ington to show them the good qual-
tiles of Their helmets. 1t is said that
hard and brittle STEEL which would
have resisted without giving, would
nave been shattered to bits by the I'M
pact and the ball would have gone
straight through the brain.
In the adjoining ward a stalwart
young marine who had been in the
same Cantigny first stood at atten-
tjon with no apparent sign OF wound
But the surgeon feeling the boys
throat, nodded approvingly and then
remarked that this was one of the
most remarkable cases that had ever
come under his observation, ana
probably the only case of the kind
on record. a bullet had struck the
soldier in the left side of the neck
and had gone through to the gullet'
where 1t stopped, and had then de-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
MUST USE LESS SUGAR; q
ALLIED NEEDS GROW
Americans Asked to Use No More Than
Two Pounds Per Person
Per Month.
Shortage May Last Until Beginning of 1919,
When New Sugar Crop Arrives.

The sugar supplies throughout the
country, in homes, stores, factories and
bakeries, are at low ebb; the produc-
ton from the American beet and
Louisiana cane crops have been dlsap-
pointing; the yield In Porto Rico has
likewise been smaller than antlclpat-
ed, and the inability Of the United
States and the Allies to secure sugar
from Java and other distant sources
on account Of the imperative call for
ships for the movement Of troops and
their supplies has materially reduced
the supply from such quarters. Added
to this already difficult situation, the
quantity needed by the Army and
Navy greatly exceeds earlier esti-
mates; we must send large amount
to France and Italy to take the place
Of the great volume lost through the
German and Austrian lnvasions, dur
Ing which much peet land was over
run and many factories destroyed; we
have to supply certain quantities to
neutral nations under agreements; and
finally over fifty million pounds we're
lost recently through submarine sink
ings of our Atlantic coast.
The Food Administration Is conf
dent that the american people, with
the record Of wheat savings behind IL
having by voluntary savings sent llO,-
100000 bushels of wheat TO the Allies
after practically every bushel had been
exhausted from our normal surplus,
will with the same spirit save the
sugar situation OF the world.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

After making careful survey OF the
world sugar situation the U. 5. Food
Administration has asked the Amerl-
can public to USE NO MORE THAN
TWO POUNDS OF SUGAR PER PER-
son A MONTH until January /, 1919.
Increased sugar demands from the
Allied natl0ns-whcre the present sug-
ar ration Is already reduced to the
lowest possible level-and the need OF
keeping our army and navy supplied
are two of the leading causes OF the
curtallment Of Americas sugar ration.
Americans are requested TO make
two pounds OF sugar per person (half
pound a week. serve for all sugar
uses I'm the househOld-lncludlng cook
Ing and all sugar served at the table.
Public eating places, as well as
housewives, will be required TO limit
their use Of sugar 20 two pounds for
every ninety meals served. In the
L. S. Food Administrations cafeteria
at Washington, whore employees Of the
Food Administration take their noon
meal, one pound Of sugar is used for
every 100 meals served.
The U. S. Food Administration Is
confident that the American public will
heartily agree to reduce household use
of sugar here to q level more nearly
equal TO the present restrictions
among the Allied nations
The situation which the United
States faces in its efforts to maintain
a fair distribution of sugar to the Al
lied world IS as follows:
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
FOREIGNERS BECOMING
RAPIDLY AMERICANIAED

Since America has been drawn into
the world conflict, the Amerlcaniza-
t!on of foreign employees Of the B. F.
Goodrich Rubber company, at AK
ron. Ohio, has made rapid strides. a
special educational department has
ieen installed in the Goodrich plant
70, the sole purpose of teaching Eng
lish and the principles Of American
ism to their employees who represent,
ever 90 different nationalitles and
races.
More than 1900 foreign employees
enrolled in the Goodrich Americani-
zation classes during the past year.
Of this number about 1000 were
taught a working knowledge of our
tongue.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
RIGHT SEED SELECTION
WILL HELP CORN CROp

The best way to get good seed
is to grow 1t at home, says b. f..
Shehan. of the o. \. c. experiment
station. The best time to collect it
IS before danger of killing frost, and
the best way by going through the
field with n sack selecting the choic-
est and best matured ears.
1t Is within the power of the grow
er to select corn that will mature
year after year before frost. The
.wo greatest causes of immature corn
are too large varieties and varieties
net adapted to the climate and soil.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
L. 5. NEEDS PEACH
SEEDS FOR CARBON

The need of conserving peach
seeds or pits, apricot pits, plum pits.
prune pits, hickory nuts, walnuts and
lutternuts for use in making carbon
for gas masks is urged in a state
ment issued by the gas defense di-
vision of the United States army.
Some idea of the magnitude OF
these needs is afforded in the an
rouncement that 800 tons a day of
this raw material is being used anI
that the demand is increasing.
The gas defense division advocates
that schools, libraries, department
stores and banks be used for the coll
lection of pits. Final instructions
will be issued to Red Cross leaders
as to bagging and shipping.
Phone lob orders TO the Tidlugs.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
How?
Candy Taking the
Place of Alcohol

There the my and supplied their men
and whisky.
But today while recognizing supplying heat for the
system alcohol the thng-ha on the con-
rary sugar supplies syst with carbohydrates.
So candy is supplied berally TO soldiers.
Leading American chocolate candy essen
food for soldiers.
The departments draw large supplies OF
candy These requirements run into the hun
dreds thousands of pounds
On example the Atlantic squadron carrying
LIQUOR aboard had its various ships $4,000 pounds OIL
sailors.
The acid putt Gg candy down FOOD-a food
which supplies the body with fuel
Many physicians claim that candy will suppan the
candy is becoming firmly established and recognized
alcoholic drinks declining Right along with the increase in
whisky drinking tn tremendous increase in the recog
milton of candy food.
whisky would bolster them up now
of bodily fuel and energy
wonder what would be the substitute Tor
supply the People have found that
the real bod W fuel supplying carbohydrates
sugar enjoyed by many people when made into food
recognize food productand milk food prod
productand and fruits and ans
products the chief ingredients of candythn
logically combination Of all these products bound to be
a wholesome nutritious food?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
Use TARTAR EMETiC TO
DESTROY NELLOWJiCKETS

When yellowjackeis build their
nests about dwelling houses they can
he destroyed In two or three days D.
setting near the nest a poison bait
maze by d.c5olyng four grains OF
tartar cmetic in a tablespoonful CT
not water and adding % cup Of
strained honey Put a teaspoorfui
Of this m.Xture near the entrance OF
the mes. and replenish as often as IT
e used up. The poison attracts bees
0nd should be used with cara where
bees are present.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

In normal times the candy industry only per
cent of the sugar used per capita in this country Right
now this amount has been cut squarey in two.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
SUPPORTS CANDY INDUSTRY

With The amount of sugar allowed
10 each person per month out Of two
pounds for household use, not only
.he state food administration, but the
federal food administration in Wash
ington, y. c., are being flooded with
INQUIRIES, rs to why the individual
should be cut down on sugar and the
candy industry. still be permitted to
operate.
In reply to these questions, the L..
{. food administration in a recent
telegram points out that the problem
cefore the fcod administration is to
see that the amount of sugar ayaila-
lie is so divided and distributed that
every one who has need for sugar
viii get as much as Possible but that
the distribution will be On an equita-
lie basis.
The food administration realizes,
of course, that everyone feels his in
Cividual sacrifice most and the house
wife who is giving up part OF her su-
gar requirements feels Il keenly Just
as the big factories with hundreds Of
thousands of dollars invested in ma
Ch'nery and plant feel it. And when
Zig factory is tied up for want OF
sugar. then the people who are en-
p!oyed in the factory and who have
spent many years in learning that
particular trade are out of work and
so the hardship is passed to them. In
addition to that, there are the hun
drcds of people in the retail store
throughout the country who have all
their savings invested in their stores
and If they arc unable to secure rea-
sonable supplies then their business
IS hurt to the point where they have
hard time making their business
ray. For that reason, ii is felt by
many people that a personal sacri-
flee in the household is probably not
so vital as the too-great a restriction
placed upon an industry q which af-
fords a living to many people.
Then there is another reason WHY
the food administration is giving the
candy industry some sugar. At pres
ent the sugar allowed the candy in
dustry is only half of the old time
normal requirements and the re-
striction is making the candy factor
les scratch gravel" to keep going.
If tie fifty per cent now being given
10 the candy factories were taken
away and given to individuals for
household use, the food administra-
ion finds, through figures, that the
total elimination of the industry,
which is the 3Sth largest in the Uni
ted States, would mean that there
'ould be less than five ounces
luonth, which is less than teaspoon
ful a day for the individual, Pa
trictic, reasonable minded people
With these figures before them are
Quick to appreciate the fact that it
would be selfish to demand the des-
tructlon of a great industry, employ
ing hundreds of thousands Of people
IN return for a spoonful Of sugar a
day. The L. S. food admministra
tion does not believe that the slight
Eain, in sugar for the individual
would compensate for the injury done
an established industry. The first
restrictions on the use of sugar were
placed on the confectioner and the
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
SUGAR EXPORTS SMALL
TO NEUTRAL NATIONS

Only 797 tons Of refined sugar were
shipped from America to neutral ma
tlons during the first five months Of
this year. This amounted to only 80
per cent Of the total exports to all
countries. Mexico received more than
half the amount we exported TO neu-
trails.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

Uncle Sam is asking you to help
him by getting your fuel now. Early
ordering makes it possible to relieve
freight congestion during the winter.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29
EVERYNLiN'S PLEDGE

America shall win this war;
o Therefore. will work, | will .
Q save. | viii sacrifice, I will en- :
q dure, will flght-cheerfully '
o and to my utmost-as II the "
o outcome Of the struggle depends {
o upon NE alone
9 :
900 @ 900. crff &: 8 :
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-08-29

Have you got your winter fuel?
The storms begin in less than sixty
days.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-19
PLAZA

There's only one vaudeville show in town this week. and that opens to- day at the Plaza theatre, with an en- tirely new collection of some of the best acts of vaudeville.
 First comes a "Bachelor's Ro- mance' an exceptional oriental fan tasy, which is supreme for its new ness, originality, beautiful girls and cleverness. It brings with 1t mar velous stage settings, beautiful scen- cry and girls who are not only beau tifuI but who can sing and dance to perfection. The cast is a large one and the act is sure to please all lov- CTS of music and artistry.
 On the screen "A Mortgaged Wife, '' one of the most thrilling dramatic dramas that have ever been screen ed tells a story of marital difficulties. Playing in the picture is large cast of well known and popular stars. Walsh and Edwards have new and original sketch Have a Heart" It is comedy that is bound to make you laugh with a plot that keeps you guessing from the start to finish. Brown and Demont, comedy, singing and talking comedians will be heard with new line of jokes and dialect | that will make one keep their ears open for fear of missing something because when they start they go some To close the vaudeville bill The Jennings, a pair of well known jug l glers will give a demonstration ot some of the latest and newest jug 1 gling feats that have never been seer here before.
 Gaumont weekly with an entirely new reel of pictures that help describe l the news stories that you read in the newspapers will end vaudeville and photoplay bill that stay the least is exceptional for it's variety, diversity and cleverness, which will be showr at the Plaza theatre the last three 1 days of this week.