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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

Our exports since 10 country .
+ catered the war have justified q
; statement made by the Food Ad-
ninlstrstioa shortly after its con .
caption, outlining the principles
, aad policies that would govern j..
, the solution Of this coxntry's .
+ food problems.
THE whole Foundation Of de-
, mocracy," declared the Food Ad- i.
, ministratlon, "lies in the indi- !.
, vidval initiative Of Its people
, and their willingness to serve the .
, interests Of the nation with COM
? plete self effacement In the time +.
, sf emergency. Democracy q .
+ yield to discipline. and W can j..
; solve this food problem for Y .
+ owa people and for the Allies In !.
+ this way. To have doae 80 VIA
: have been 4 greater service than +.
+ our iDmediate objective, for We
: have demonstrated the rlghtful- /.
+ ness OF our faith and our ability
+ to defend ourselves without be-
; ing Prussianized." &.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
FAITH JUSTIFIED

= FAITH JUSTIFIED I
= BY EVENTS. 4
- -
= I do not believe that drastic 4
+ force need be applied to main I
+ tain economic distribution and Z
+ sane S of supplies by the 4
= great majority of American peo- I
= pie, and / have learned a deep I
= and abiding faith in the intelli- I
= gence Of the average American 4
+ business man, whose aid we an I
+ ticipate and depend on to RENE I
+ dy the evils developed by the 4
+ war.-Herbert Hoover, August I
= 10, 1917.
- 4
a Z
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28
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 any hardship from it; that
we all are better in health and spirit
and better satisfied with ourselves be-
cause Of our friendly self-denial.,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

1t vas given to the women Of this
country to perform the greatest serv-
ice in the winning of the war vouch-
safed to any ONE 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 womanhocd Of
a whole nation served humanity in it's
profoundest struggle for peace and
freedom.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

Food control in America held the
price Of breadstuffs steady, prevented
vicious speculation and extortion and
preserved tranquility at home.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-11-28

Sending to Europe 141, 900 bush
els Of wheat from a surplus of appar-
emily nothing was the outstanding ex-
plot of the American food army In the
critical year of the war.
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY
WOMEN EVER HAD.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Keeping Books Aids Farmer
in Ascertaining What Part
of Living Comes From Farm

(By he United States Department of
AgricultureJ
How many people know just what
1t costs them to live? Such infOrma-
ton is extremely valuable, especially
If the makeup of the cost is known,
both as to money cost and the other
factors. To the farmer such data
should prove valuable, indeed, espe-
cially in determining what part of his
living from the farm.
If the accounts have been complete
ly kept, the household expenses are
easily assembled from the cash rec
ord, inventory and record of supplies
used. Nothing In the realm of figures
is more likely to astonish the average
farm family than a summary of the
household costs. The farm furnishes
the family a house to live in, milk.
butter, cream, eggs, pork, fowls. fuel,
vegetables and fruit, and often a great
many other things. Yet the farmer
often does not think of all these un-
less they are set before him. If he
breaks even on the year he is likely
to think there is no profit in the BUSH
ness when, in fact, he may have been
living much better than the average
city business man of like education,
attainments and capital.
All these things may have to be
seen to be believed, but a well-kepf
set Of records, by adequate handling.
can be made to show them.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Money Orders Good in France
They Are Drawn on the ~. S. Army Postal Service" and
Only Domestic Fees Are Charged

How to send money to a soh5ier in France in case of need, las puz-
zld man parents and relatives Of members of the American Xpeditonary,
forces. There are several ways, but a certain and easy n is to u.s. United
payee. Here is the way to DO it, according to an official statement by Post
master w. e. Garlic of Chicago:
money orders issued in the United States payable to members of the
American expedfionary forces are made out OF domestic forms precisely tn
same as if they were drawn on offices in thisc country and domestic fees only
ire charged therefor. Such orders are all drawn Q n U. S Army Postal
1.-THE orders are, of course, delivered to the remiters to be mailed Dy
them to the payee precisely the same as any other mai would be addressed.
1t is necessary, however, in any such case that the remiter furnish tn ful
military description of the payee, that is. the company regiment n branch
of the service to which he is attached.
"There are many branches of the I. S army postal service md a money
order drawn thereon is payable at ny of them. 1t should Q explained, no"
ever that the postal service in France has been miitarfzed, which means NAT
the distribution of the mail has been taken over by the military utnWlle
The post office department attributes n pouches the mai in the United
States, but the war department carries it OF its transports and distributes
1t to the soldiers abroad The entire administration Of te money order
service still remains, however, under the post office department.
"Ihe secretary of war has explained that owing to the fact that tn
military units werem moving constantly from place to place. he changes being
concealed rom everybody except the particular commanding officer, 1t was
necessary to let the mail follow the distribution of supplies. No doubt thu
soldiers at the frcnt to whom a money order is delivered will turn the order
oyer IL the company mail orderly to have it collected and the amount thereof
given to him. This Office vas informed some I'M ago tat te payments were
made in France in the money of that country"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

writer in the Christian Science Mon
itor. They are part and portion of the
wild nature about them. They ask for
little else but leisure undisturbed. or
for so little Of toll that it leaves long,
quiet hours for lettering over the hills
OF sitting in the sun, for the enjoy
ment OF evenings spent in long drawn
out and often witty conversation.
They have little and desire little.
Those groups of tiny whitewashed
cabins that form the villages fall as
naturally into the landscape as do the
great gray and brown powders on the
hills With walls a foot and a half
thick and a matched roof they can
withstand the worst Of winter storms
and in summer remain cool and airy
with open door and slow-burning sarf
fire.
The true Irish village is composed
of cabins When, in a place, buildings
rise to two stories and attain to slate
roofs, then, properly speaking, that
place assumes the dignity .bf a town,
although the life carried on within it
differs little from the life that is led
in the villages.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Tomatoes and
Cyclones
Storms as Defined by the u. S.
Weather Bureau

Weather men define a tornado as q
violent windstorm, with rain or hail,
thunder and lightning. in which the air
masses whirl with great velocity
around a central core, while the whole
storm travels across the country in a
narrow path at high speed. The thun-
der and the whirling motion have CIV
en- rise to two theories Of the deriva-
ton of the word, as to whether it is
derived from the Spanish tornado" a
thunderstorm, or from the Latin storm
are" to turn.
A cyclone, in the definition of the
weather bureau, is not necessarily a
windstorm of great velocity, but rath-
er a widespread storm that moves with
no great speed. It's width may cover
several states. This cyclone, or area
of low pressure-indicated as Slow on
the weather map-gives conditions es-
Sential to tornadOes. Many cyclones
never develop a tornado, but a tornado
never develops without the cyclone,
and almost invariably the tornadoes &C.
cur in the southeast quarter of the
low area. About 100 cyclones pass
across the United States each year,
moving in a general way from west to
east. They are of great benefit be-
cause they induce movement of surface
air from the south and southeast, and
the rainfall that makes the great in
terror valleys a rich agricultural region
is dependent upon these southeriy,
misunderstanding winds.
Practically all of the cyclones of the
warm season give rise at some time or
place to thunderstorms or hail or vio-
lent winds. These winds may be vio-
lent enough to cause destruction, but
unless they have the whirling column
of air they are not tornadoeS In the
East it is not always easy to distin-
guish the funnel-shaped cloud, but the
lay of the debris after a storm will
tell whether there has been a twist
ing motion. F.
Tornadoes almost invariably move
in an easterly direction and generally
from southwest to northeast. The av-
erage length of the path Of destruction
is about % miles, and this path may
not be continuous, if the funnel cloud is
not in contact with the earth during its
whole course. Sometimes it rises and
goes for a considerable distance before
descending again.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Dental Truck Is Provided
for the United States Army.

The government has recently been
Dresented with a dental truck which
Is remarkable for its completeness and
the ingenuity Of Its design. 1t is illns-
trated in an article in Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. Attached to either
side of the body and mounted on
frames that fold up. jackknife fashion.
are tents that can be opened quickly
when the car is at rest. These are
used as living quarters for the men in
charge and for professional work. One
Is equipped with a portable dental
chair and an oil heater.
The body of the car is equipped with
a regulation dental chair. a gas,admin-
astering outfit, spacious cabinets for
instruments, a washbasia. thirty-gallon
water tank, rotary pump. etc. .Acety-
lene gas is Supplied from compression
tanks for lights, a heater and a braz-
ing torch. Storage batteries supply
current for auxiliary lights, a dental
Inthe and an electric engine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
NATURE LAVISH TO IRELAND
Marvellous Beauty Of Emerald Isle
Largely Due to Vivid Colorins
of Moss and Heather.

Ireland wears her beauty unseiI-con-
sciously. She owes it all to nature
She yves 1T to the VIVID Color
ing. of luxuriant MOSES thai nang
damp and glistening, from ner rocks
to the thrusting spikes OF rugged goio-
en- gorse and stains of purple heatner'
For both gorse and heather love Ire
land and grow where they can n a
foothold from mountain top to valleys
end. Wild thyme spreads itself IN pur-
nle carpets over the hills and lines the
borders Of the bogs, SO that, at ones
every step, it's sweetness nils the ar.
Untouched from years end to years
end, the land maintains its spirit OF
a careless beauty, its luXur1ance
of hardy growth, its wild prodigallty
Of color under skies of peculiar and
striking clarity.
Ireland's happy, happy-go-lucky, po-
etc country people maintain an exist
ence that is similar % the existence
Of the growing things, observes q
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Traumatic Shock, Harvard
Medical Expert Finds Far
Most Deadly in Trenches

Men rarely die of shell shock but
they have been dying at the rate Of
10000 a year in the English and
French armies alone as a result of q
far more deadly form of shock-trau-
matte shock, says the Atlantic
Monthly. In fact, the latter is usu-
ally fatal when skilled assistance Is
not at hand. DR.. William T. Porter
of the Harvard medical school has
been sent into the front line trenches
in France to study this strange enemy
in action. Traumatic shock, he found,
usually follows a serious fracture Of
a major bone like the hip bone or
multiple wounds through the sub-cu
taneous fat layer.
BY experimenting with injecting
olive oil into the veins Of a cat DR..
Porter developed symptoms identical
with those appearing in cases Of
traumatic shock, confirming his belief
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Gardeners Have Difficulty
in Getting Weather That Is
lust Suited to Their Crops.

No sort of weather is good for gar
Rens or gardeners, laments a writer in
the London Mail.
IN fine weather everything, except
weeds, stops growing. The ground is
too hard for the hoe; the grass is too
wfry for the mower. The one idyllic
and painless job of the amateur gar
dener is embittered by the instructions
of his gardening books. "Never start
watering" they tell him, until crops
show urgent signs Of needing it." When
he has examined his crops and decided
between honest distress and mere ma
lingering, he reads again. Don't water
100 much, it is fatal. Don't water too
Attle, it is worse than not watering at
all. When once you have started water
ing you must go on watering" 1t is
this sort of garden technique, ferment-
ing like yeast in the fevered brains of
amateur gardeners, that accounts for
eases of mental breakdown among con
yerts TO this terrible hobby.
Wet weather is as disastrous as fine
weather for gardens and gardeners.
Everything grows too fast and the
weeds grow faster still. The ground be-
comes too heavy to be hoed the grass
becomes too long for the mower; the
gardener becomes too rheumatic to
work. Mixed weather is still more dis
astrous. Everything in the garden that
Mixes fine weather fails because it Is
not having enough drought. and every
thing that likes wet weather fails be-
cause it is not having enough moisture.
And the weeds, if possible, do a trifie
bettes than in other weathers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

that fatty globules are released into
the veins by certain wounds and these
gradually clog up the hairlike capil-
Iaries of the brain until circulation
ceases. Then began an interesting SCI
ries of experiments in the front line
trenches in which DR.. Porter tried the
experiment Of giving carbon dioxide
to freshly wounded men to prevent
shock. The poilus were delighted
with his tests and crowded around
eagerly to watch the operation.
All of these details, together with
many keen and humorous reactions
of a trained observer in the war zone,
are set down In DR.. Porter's recently
published little book, "Shock at the
Front" In fact, one well known
critic insists that the book. far from
being a mere medical treatise, is
rather "a glimpse of the war dOne in
sharp stroke by a physician who has
as pretty a technic with the pen as
with the scalpel"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Around the World.

Ohio farmers have been plow-
ing by moonlight and tractors.
Spain is discussing a project
to tunnel under Gibraltar strait.
New York, New Jersey and
Minnesota ban German in pub
lie schools.
New York magistrate the 9TH
err day sentenced an auto speed
er to a spanking.
Army chaplains are being
trained in a.. school in Camp
Zachary Taylor, Kentucky.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

accuracy. The veteran was passed up
by the other National league clubs
and retired.
Manager Bezdek of the Pirates
signed Archer to coach the pitch
ers this season. Archer o o proved
that he could catch and throw as well
rs in former campaigns. with the re-
suit that Bezdek is playing him regu-
1arly, while the other. Pirate catchers-
Schmidt. Wagner and Fischer-are sit
ting on the bench. If Archer doesn't
break down there isn't a doubt that
he will help the Pittsburgh pitchers
and also will steady the whole team.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
New Asparagus Strain.

A new strain of asparagus that Is
larger, more uniform and more produc
tive than the old varieties and in adj
dition is highly disease-resistant, has
been developed through ten years OF
work by a plant breeder in the bureau
of plant industry, Introduction of the
new strain is expected eventually to
setamp. out the *rust," a destructive dis
ease athat swept over the country q
few wears ago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Living on Vegetables.

There is at least n family in
England which can snap its fingers at
Lord Rhondda and whose members are
not to be found in food queues. The
head of the family recently wrote to
a London newspaper that himself, wife
and family of four have lived for IA
weeks wholly on raw vegetable salads
made of grated turnips, carrots, pars-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
A New Excuse.

Jimmie had gone to bed way up the
dark stairs and into his scary black
bedroom. Shortly thereafter his moth
er heard him call in a frightened voice,
"Ma, I wisht you'd come up here"
She went up.
"Ma, won't you keep the light burn
ing in here? I-uh-it's so dark l can't
see to Sleep"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

tobacco. well cured, offered the afable statement that 1t wasn't Wuh
uuatah" She had bought one "ls mont for seventy-hv cent an IL was s.
chafy that before she could tunner roun' twarnt nothing a uDD
sideways at that-an' that's the Lawds trufe.
"Did you soak it overnight in a bucket of sailed water to tougnen tn
straw? That makes a broom last three times as long. And maybe IL Wor
sideways because you let it stand on its own weight instead OF hanging II o
the handle"
Laws. honey, you knows huff bout brooms to be their W mother, don
you? Huh, huh! None, deed, chile. l nevah hearn the Word aDou
nusin' brooms Iker that, an I'm oIr huff to reclec' when Shumman conn
marchin down u road. But, femme tell you, W e amt nir OF is to- OLE
OF unity to fuse good advice, an I'm gwiner soak de mex broom e goo
Lawd sec fit to SEN me-yes, honey, OATS me-. But I don't know whar In
yer gwine to git good money to throw away o n a broom. Theys a dollar
TODAY an putty soon they'll be gnn' high enough to jump ovah the moon
huh. huh" 4#4
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

nips, beets, cabbages. etc.. together
with fruit salads, toast and porridge
and says that they are all much
healthier as a result. They use mel
Their tea nor coffee, and grow their
own vegetables, and so may be regard
ed as the most independent family In
England.-New York World
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

T"1H. Cmt U: III n5 H0 1UOT
If you don't hurry" But the sympathetic waller didn't want 20 hurry.
"The poo thing looks a if he had broken his leg-Wont it be awful IL
they have to-You haven't got a bit of pity in you, jimmie Biank
"Never yu mine what 1 haven't got! o come along with the basket
before you miss Sans al A nan that's been working sine before sunup
want his hot coffee" l
"You don't NEAR to stand there and tell me that you haven't gt a
thermos bottle for Sar-as good a provider as he is? Why, L Woudnt heM
of letting m of my boarders eat a cold hnch-notm me! L got a thermos iu
every last one" -
mo, maam I haven't got no thermos bottle and lemme tell you some
thing. The more yu honey up a man the harder h e is to get along wlh'
got a rasher of bacOn@' -
fought to be ham,. Bacon grease is n % sort OF food to give a man
weather like this. I sent my men off this morning with plenty OF nam, a
tomato apiece, four slices of buttered bread, a wedge OF pie n nor
coffee, for all Of em except old Ben, who likes his tea IL Del IL L was "
your place Sam would get all the hot coffee he wanted"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

WHY TIC gTVdIVSI dIIIIuUt oHO Ht'
ever been able to attain is the cobweD
district this side the sky, where the
sweeping has to be done, but-these
are startling times and the first thing
that witch knows she will be topping
the cow record, because that is where
the price of brooms is soaring today.
A woman bought one and paid a
dollar for it without one word OF
complaint because the ground is need
ed for wheat. Another woman, an
ANCIENT soul with q kin the brown of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Archer, National Leagues
Star Catcher, Comes Back
With His Old Time Speed

Jimmy Archer, once the National
leagues star catcher when he played
with the Chicago Cubs, is doing a re-
markable comeback stunt in Pitts
burgh.
Archer was released by the Cubs
last year because a bunch of crippled
fingers prevented him from throwing
30 bases with his former speed and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Save the Babies

INFANT MORTALITY s something fnghtful. We can hardly realize that
| of all the children born in civilized countries, twenty-five per cent,
\ or nearly one-quarter, die before they reach ne year; thirtyseven
per cent, or more than one-third, before they are five, and one-half before
they re fifteen!
We do not hesitate to say that a timely use of Castoria would save
many of these precious lives. Neither do we hesitate to say that many
of these infantie deaths IN occasioned by the use of narcotic preparations.
Drops, tnctures and soothing syrups sold for chidren's complaints contain
more o. less opium or morphine. They are, in considerable quantities,
deadly ponons. In any quantity, they stupefN retard circulation and lead
to COMPOSITIONS, sickness, DEATH There an be n danger in the use of Cas-
toria if it bears the signature Of Chas. =. Fletcher
as it contains no opiates O narcotics of any kind. UEZ-Z
Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of Na<HENEZM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Warm Bed Helps.

Sir William Gull, the distinguished
English physician, announces that an
electrically heated bed seems to dlminr
ish the number and percentage OF "a.
tai pneumonia victims.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

too strong on that
talk about 1t
wasn't money we
e suing for,
but the principle
OF the thing
"Why 500"
1.-The jury saw II
in that light. evi.
IDENTIFY. Gave us
eight cents dam
ages"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08

Shipping around the corner when an
upflung hoof caught in the harness
and sprawled him on the street. The
driver jumped out and, assisted by a
~passer-by, unbuckled the animal from
n shaft. And then a crowd swarmed.
One of two women pausing on the
fringe of the commotion began voicing
a sympathetic wall:
"Oh, the poor horse-the poor
hOrse!"
You better be thinking of poor
Sam! Come on. He'll miss his lunch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
wornout Feet.

"You ought to be ashamed Of your
self. A man like you ought TO be in
the army instead Of q tramp begging
from house to house"
ST tried to get into the army, ma'am,
but they wouldn't take me"
"Why not"
"Flat feet, ma'am. I broke down
nv arches walking away from work"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Too Considerable.

"That's a fine stenographer you
have"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Cumrox. "But
she's too deferential I never pretend
ed to be any great scholar, and some
times she fatters me to the extent OF
trying to initiate my style OF spell
ing"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
Ministerial Advertisement.

Squib-Our new minister certainly
had a sense of humOr.
Squab-What's he went and done?
Squib-Put a sign on the parsonage
reading, "Spirits Rectified."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-08-08
SMILES O ALL

Not a Thing.
"The youngsters think they're smart
with their new Dances"
swell, Uncle Josh?"
"Ill admit they do give you a good
excuse for hugging a girl, but at that
they amt got nothing on the old-fash-
toned kissing games"