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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
FORCE STRICTER
FOOD ECONOMY.
Wsa|Iess and Mestsss Days VIII bt
Mandatory, Instead Of Voluntary. To
Stop Waste Evil.

Washington, Jan. 15.-Stricter
economy of food is to be required
of the American people by new laws
put in the making today in con-
gress.
Food Administrator Hoover has
approved them, and they are expect
ed to pass promptly as supplemental
to the present food control act.
Wheatless and meatless days and
other economies necessary that Am
erica may help sustain her co-belig-
Grants would become mandatory by
law instead Of voluntary, as at pres
emit. Such new laws, the food admin
istration holds, are very necessary to
protect the millions of loyal Ameri-
cans cooperating in food saving
against the wastefulness of a few
individuals and of public eating
houses which are said to handle pro-
badly so per cent of the product.
In the Senate the administration
bill was introduced by Chairman
Lever of the agricultural committee,
who made this statement explaining
it's provisions:
1.-THE food situation the world ov-
err is acute, and demands upon us
are growing each day. With dis
rupted labor situation, production is
approaching IT'S maximum, and the
vital question therefore is one of
conservation Of food stuffs. We
must strike at the waste evil The
administration has undertaken to do
this through voluntary agreements,
and has succeeded wonderfully well
both in saving and in stabilizing
prices, but there is a percentage Of
recalcitrants who constitute the fly
in the ointment of the whole situa-
ton, and these we have not been
able to reach by appeals to their
patriotism. We propose to reach
these under the bill which Senator
Pomerene and I are introducing to-
day"
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
Fulton

Fulton
Residence, water per month soc
Business House, water soc
Lights, per K. W. -----lOc
Thus it will be seen that a print
ing office in Dresden pays $18 per
year for water, while a printing Of
flee in Martin pays only $40. And,
mind you, this is Martins advanced
rate, published last week. Martin
charges &c per K. W. for electricity,
while Dresden charges Ice per X.
W. seven cents more than Martin
and 3 1-2c more than Mckenzie, Sha-
ron and Gleason, and &c more than
Fulton, all of which plants run all
night, while ours closes down at
midnight.
1t is claimed the plant was losing
money under the old rate. Why?
Why is the Dresden plant losing
money, when the Mckenzie plant is
making money on a much lower rate
and operating all night? If the ex-
pense of operating the Dresden plant
is too heavy, cut down the expense
or close the plant.
One way to economic would be
to cut out about half or one-third the
street lights in town. Anoher sug-
gestion is to force all users of city
water to pay for it. Where two or
three families are using water from
one hydrant, force all to pay for it.
If that doesn't help, then close
the plant. The new water and light
rates are out of reason, and this peo-
pie can't pay them,
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
ENTIRE COUNTRY is HELD TIGHT
IN GRIP or TERRIBLE BLIZZARD.
AGED MAN DROPS
DEAD AT GARDNER

Mr.. Tom Lakewood, about 65
years of age, dropped dead at his
home in Gardner on last Wednes-
day,
Mr.. Lakewood had been a suffer
CT from pellagra for many months.
However, his sudden and unexpected
death was q great shock to his fami-
~ and friends, Mr.. Lakewood had
been a resident of that community
for long number of years. He was
an honorable, upright citizen and
held in the highest esteem by his &C
quaintances. He is survived by his
wife and several children.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE coolest
weather experienced in the United
States since 1899 tonight extended
from the Rocky mountains to the At
lantie coast and from the lakes to
the gulf, Zero temperatures were
registered almost as far south as Biz
mingham, Ala, while in North Da-
kota the thermometer went to 80
degrees below zero and it was only
- degrees higher in many parts OF
the middle west.
The cold wave was accompanied
by a high wind in many sections,
while in the west there was heavy
snow, which blocked railroad traf-
fic in several states on both sides
of the Mississippi river.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
y. 5. DestOyerS' Depth
Bombs Keep the Kai-
Sers U-Boats Dodging.

zone of our submarines shot
heavily laden steamer of 5000 tons
out of a convoy. A violent enemy
counter attack followed. The des-
troyers left the convoy and followed
the submarine, and in the course of
few minutes dropped 80 water bombs
around the spot where the U-boat
was supposed to be submerged.
Luckily they failed to hit her, and
our U-boat escaped unscathed. =.
1.-THE same submarine was previ-
ously followed by two airplanes from
midday until evening and pelted with
% bombs, but escaped"
The same newspaper contains an
account of submarine cruiser which
had a narrow escape from destruc-
ton in the explosion of a munition
ship which she torpedoed from too
close a range. The steamer, runs
the account, blew up "with ter
rifle defamation, wrapped in col
umn of flame, and the next second
the flames disappeared and the
steamer was gone" a.
The force of the explosion upset
the submarines steering apparatus
and did other damage, but the crew
finally succeeded in effecting repairs
so that the U-boat managed to get
into port.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
Coolest Weather Experienced Here in Nearly
20 Years. All Industrial and Commercial
Operations at Standstill.
IS DEGREES BELOW ZERO SATURDAY.

this to have been the severest long
spell of bad weather ever expert
enced in this section. Fires were
kept going in most homes all Of Fri
day and Saturday nights. Stock has
suffered greatly, but fortunately,
this immediate community had an
abundant supply of fuel, and there
was no suffering on this account.
Some points in the extreme north
west report temperatures as low as
80 below zero, but reports are that
the big snow all over the country has
saved the wheat crop and a big yield
next summer is thus assured.
Mondays Commercial Appeal
says:
"For the first time in 43 years the
Mississippi river at Memphis has been
frozen across. During the early
hours of Sunday morning watchmen
on the j. T. Harrahan bridge report
ed a complete closure of the main
channel. The rest had been frozen
for days previous.
The Comm Appeal states that
the river was used Sunday as
skating rink by a dozen or more
skaters.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18

Increasing in intensity and severi-
ty with each succeeding day, until
the climax was reached last Friday
night, when, following day of con-
tinual snowfall, the mercury went
as low as 10 degrees below zero, the
storm king bore down upon us in all
it's fury on Tuesday of last week,
when a two-inch snow fell. Wednes-
day was very cold day. Late Thurs
day afternoon snow began falling,
continuing throughout the night, un-
til depth of eight or ten inches was
reached. On Friday morning, about
10 o'clock, another big snowfall be-
gan. Snow fell all day until sun
down. accompanied by stiff north
gale. 1t was bitter cold Friday af-
ternoon and night, and on Saturday
morning, with 16-inch snow on the
ground, the government thermome-
ter at Martin registered Is below
zero, while Bobbitt's, at Dresden,
showed 16. Ill
There WAS ND school here on Fri
day, and all business was at stand
still, Only one Of the Dresden rural
carriers uads his full rOute-Her-
schel Johnson--the others being
forced to tern back after getting out
of town, on account of the deep
snow. Sterling McCuan and Tom
Campbell made most of their routes
on this day On Saturday none of
the local carriers even attempted
making their routes, on account of
the intense cold and deep snow, the
latter being drifted to such depths
as to make travel unsafe. We I'M
derstand none of the other carriers
of the county made their routes on
Saturday, and nearly all business
houses closed early All business was
paralysed. The weather remained
intensely cold all day Saturday, but
Sunday brought moderation, snow
falling again late in the afternoon.
Sunday afternoons snow turned
to sleet and then rain, both falling
Internationally throughout the night.
Monday brought some moderation in
temperature and rain fell all day,
accompanied by thunder and light
ming. The Dresden high School had
few pupils on Monday, but no
school was held on Tuesday, school
closing fo- the remainder Of the bad
spell.
Nearly aD sshoSR Of the county,
both town and rnra, were suspend
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
EXCESSIVE WATER
AND LIGHT RATES
Consumers Complaining. Rates Here arc
Higher Than in Surrounding Towns.
Comparison Of Rates.

Water and light consumers in
Dresden are paying from 80 to 100
per cent more for water and light
than charged the consumers of Nc
Kenzie, Martin, Sharon, Greenfiel,
Gleason and Fulton, as will be seen
from figures given below.
For instance, Dresden's rate is,
for water, (residence) $2.75 per
quarter, and the rate here for cleo
tricity is 16c per X. w. At Martin
the residence water rate is So per
quarter, and for electricity it is &c
per X. VIE less thanthe latter in
Dresden; and down to as low as &c
per X. W. for electricity t Martin
Further: In Mckenzie, the resi-
dence water rate ic 75c per month,
or 1925 per quarter. For lights the
rate in Mckenzie is IL lie per K.
W. And we understand the Nc
Kenzie plant is paying a nice divi-
dend.
Citizens Of Dresden naturally
want to know why they are charged
so much more for water and lights
than their neighbors in all nearby
towns, where the plants are run all
night, while the Dresden plant is
closed at midnight.
The light rate at Fulton for resi-
dences and business houses is only
10c per X. w., and water is supplied
residences for SOC per month.
The rate charged in the various
towns near Dresden, including this
town, are:
Dresden
Residences, water per quarter $3.75
Printing Office " 3.75
Lights, per X. W.-------------16c
Mckenzie
Residences, water per quarter 1926
Business House " " 800
Lights, per K. W.---------12 1-2c
Martin
Residences, water per quarter $500 |
Printing Office 200
Lights, per X. W.-------------9c
Electricity down to 4c per K. W. for
500 X. w.
Sharon
Residences, water per quarter 1926
Buriness Houses 2.25
Lights, per K. W.----------12 lie
Minimum lights for residence 6Oc
per month.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1918-01-18
Death of Aged Lady

Mrs. Gillian, about 65 years of
age, died last week at the home of
her son, Mr.. Mack Gillian, near Me-
ridian, after a long illness.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.

After dinner / tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
end learned another maxim of the
trpncbes-'It can't be done" 1 slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified to
900 him throw into his dixie four or
FIVE double handfuls of mud. Then he
nourpd in some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
thought he was taking an awful risk,
SupDosing the cook should have seen
him, After half an hour of unsuc-
opssful efforts I returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover. and returned to the billet.
Pretty soon the cook pOked his head
in the door and shouted: Hey, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie -
| protested that ! had wasted half
hour on it already, and had used up
my only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With a look of disdain he ex-
claimed BLOW me. your shirt Why
In - didn't you use mud?"
Without a word in reply I got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most Of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. 1 used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and 60 with the quartermaster to
draw coal. got back just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
Of hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and
returned it to the coOkhOuse, and went
back to the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
| had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door Of the billet with: "Blime me, you
YankS are lazy. Who in - a-goin' to
draw the water for the mornin' tea?
Do you think I'm a-gOin' to? Well,
I'm not" and he left. l filed the dixie
with water from an old squeaking well,
and once again lay down in the straw.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
GERMANS SUFFER
TERRIFIC LOSSES
First Week of Great Battle De-
scribed in Detail.
HER0ISM OF THE BRITISH
Retiring Slowly to the somme, They
Exact Awful Payment for Every
Foot Gained by the
kaiser's Hordea.

London.-Details Of the first week
Of the great battle in France show
that, while the fighting has been more
severe than In any previous offensive,
there has been no cause for pessimism.
The German losses have been ter
Remember This. "
Here is a point that you ma F.
want to know. Our bows +
France are on a latitude iusn
about the same as Lake SupeIt
Tor, and they are exactly qual
ter of the way around the worl
from us. When we are eatisb
dinner, they are eating suppe.e
At six O'Clock here it is midnigha
over there, and when we are
sleeping soundlv at midnight
they are just getting out of be .
for the pew dav. IS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
CHAPTER VII.
Rations.

Just doing off; Mr.. Lance Corporal
butted in.
In TOmmy's eyes a lance corporal is
one degree below a private. In the
cOrp0raIs eyes he is one degree above
q general.
He ordered me to go with him and
help him draw the next days rations,
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening, from each platoon or
machine-gun section, a lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw ratiOns for the following day.
The quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant is called, receives daily from
The orderly room Captains office) a
sup showing the number of men en-
uued to ratiOns. so there is no chance
o, putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter and the platoon noncom, but
The former always wins out. Tommy
says the quarter" got his job because
lie was q burglar in civil life.
Ihen l spread the waterproof sheet
On the ground, while the quartermas-
-sFS batman dumped the rations on it.
Inc corporal was smoking a flag.
gaTrled the ratiOns back to the billet.
me corporal was still smoking a flag.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
nA FEaEEA Watson e. Coleman, Wash
ia len y ington; DC; Books free: High
"Tricks in All Trades.n
VIII help this condition

Every transforming company has as
not the least important part of its
equipment a pair of followed coconut
shells, which, in the hands of the stage
mechanic, sounds more like a horse
than horse itself. Now that most of
our melOdrama comes to us through
the motion pictures, along comes an
imitator of Gathering hoofs to be at
tached to stationary organ. 1t is
operated from the keyboard by lever
or button. With the aid of a swell
box, the sound can be made to swell
or diminish.
The device consists of six cups, the
upper three of which are secured to
the bellows and the lower three of
which are mounted on a solid base.
To operate them, the organ player
presses a key which causes the first
cup to come down with a thud, fol-
lowed in quick succession by the other
two cups. There is no break in the
action. The cups are made of maple.
The inventor is Harold A. Valkenburg
of. Oakland, Cal.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
I'm THE SPRING

will be the great test of a life and death
struggle on the Western front In the
everyday walks of life, it is the spring
time that brings i'll health. One of the
chief reasons why the rundown man
finds himself in a bad state of health in
nearly all his hours for the past four or
five months penned up within the walls
of house, factory or Office. 1t is the rea-
son for our diminished resistance-that
is, lack of outdoor life, coupled with
perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer-
else, insufficient sleep, and constipation.
In other words, we keep feeding the
furnace with food but do not take out
the "clinkers," and our fire does not burn
brightly. Always keep the liver active.
There is nothing better for health than
taking an occasional mild laxative, per-
haps once a week; such a one as you
can get at any drug store, made up of
Mlay-applee, .jalap,> aloes, ,(sugar-coated,
tiny, easily taken J, which has stood the
DR.. Pierce's Plea.ant Pellets. But for
the "Spring Fever" the general rundown
condition, the lack of ambition, the
"blues,' one should take course of
treatment every spring; such standard
tonic as DR.. Pieree's Golden Medical Dis
sixty-cent walls. Watch the people go
Flooding along the street. There's no
spring, no vitality A vitalizing tonic such
as this vegetable extract of Dr. Pierce's
gives you the power TO force yourself into
action. The brain responds to the new
blood in circulation, and thus you're ready
to make fight against stagnation which
holds you in bondage. Try it now! Don't
wait! Today is the day to begin. Gain
little pep" and laugh and live. q Vim and
vitality are the natural out-pouring of a
healthy body. 1t does not spring up in a
night Try this spring tonic, and you gain
the courage that comes with good health.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03

How l envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died, and / real
lied that the first requisite of nom
commissioned officer on active service
is diplomacy. There were 10 men in
our section, and they soon formed a
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out, "Rations up"
The quartermaSter sergeant had
given slip to the corporal on which
was written list of the rations. Sit
ting on the floor, using a wooden box
as table, the issue commenced. On
the left of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six leaves of fresh bread, each loaf
of different size, perhaps one out of
the six being as fiat as a pancake, the
result of an army service corps man
placing box of bully beef on it dur
ing transportation.
Three tins of jam, one apple and the
other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda onions, all diff
ferent sizes.
A piece of cheese in the shape Of a
wedge.
Two one-pound TIM of butter.
A handful of rais:ns.
A tin of biscuits, or as Tommy calls
the11 ''jaw breakers"
A cHttle of mustard pickles.
The "bully beef" spuds, condensed
milk, fresh meat, bacon and "Macono-
oh 70 wit
vegetables and greasy water), had been
turned over to the company cook to
make stew for next days dinner. He
also received the tea, sugar, salt, pep
per and flour.
Scratching his head, the corporal
studied the slip issued to him by the
quarter. Then in a slow, mystified
voice he read out. "No. 1 section, ~
men. Bread, loaves, six" He looked
puzzled and soliloquized in a musing
voice:
"Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see,
that's three in a loaf for fifteen men
well, to make It even, four of you'll
have to muck in on one loaf"
The four that got stuck made howl,
but to no avail. The bread was dished
out. Pretty soon from a far corner OF
the billet, three indignant Tommies &C
costed the corporal with:
"What do you call this, loaf of
bread? Looks more like sniping
plate'
The corporal answered:
swell, don't blame me, didn't bake
It; somebody's got to get it, so shut
up until l dish out these blinkin' ra-
tions."
Then the corporal started on the
jam.
"Jam, three tins-apple one, plum
two. Nineteen men, three tins. Six
in tin makes twelve men for two tins,
seven in the remaining tim
He passed around the jam, ana
there was another riot. Some didn't
like apple, while others who received
plum were partial to apple. After
while differences were adjusted and
the issue went on.
Bermuda onions. seventeen"
The corporal avoided row by say
ing that he did not want an onion, and
I said they make your breath smell, so
I guessed I would do without one too.
The corporal looked his gratitude.
Cheese, pounds, two"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
Too Many Prunes.

Portland, Ore.-Prune growers say
that before the war closed the mar
ket. the chief buyers of Northwestern
and California prunes was Hamburg,
Germany. Now, with that market
closed, the growers are trying to find
other markets to take care Of the big
surplus Of their crop that boarding
house residents will not eat.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
War on Maqpies.

Denver, Colo.-Colerado has de-
clared war ON the maybe.
Walter B. Fraser, state game and
fish commissioner, is directing the cam
paign. He terms the maybe ''the Hun
of the bird world" declaring they serve
no useful purpose, and apparently are
bent on only one mission-disturb-
ing the peace.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-04-03
Time to Watch Them.

The sagacious old New York Her
aid says there IS no gallantry in poll
tics. oh. yes, there is, but when the
politicians begin to act with gallantry
the chances are they are getting ready
to bamboozle you or slit you in the
back.-Houston Post.