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market. They also tend to correct
many abuses prevalent in the past,
such as cutthroat methods adopted by
mills to secure supplies and indiscrlmi- I,
nate moving OF wheat to terminals. !
For all practical purposes the wheat
business of the country is apportiOned,
and whenever possible mills are sup,
piled from wheat in the territory near
est them. This policy has for an OBJ
ject the saving of waste in transpor-
tation. In another way saving is
made: Formerly large quantities Of
undergrade wheats have been difficult
to dispose of on account Of unco-ordi-.
mated purchase of the competing mills;
but under Uncle SANS domination
each bushel Of wheat must now 90
somewhere and the poorer wheat will
move just as freely as the more de-
slrable grades.
Limiting Miilers' Profits.
The Illinois miller who received the
carlot containing our bushel Of wheat
milled 1t promptly and shipped its flour
to port for expectation. The miller
was permitted by the Food Admins
tration to make fair profit, not ex-
ceeding maximum of 25 cents per
barrel on the -four and a maximum
profit Of so cents per ton on the feed
stuffs left over. All mills. however,
must furnish at regular intervals to
the Milling Division full statements of
manufacturing costs, which are scru-
tinized carefully. The derivatives Of
this wheat the miller sold for domes.
tic consumption, as the policy of the
Government is to keep In the United
States all available feedstuffs in order
to encourage livestock production.
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per cent NnUPF tHe SHme
period in 1916. In September. October
and November, under the supervision
of the Food Administration, -four pro-
was IA per cent of the same
period in 1916. What this means in the
great national situation, with depleted
domestic -four reserves and clamoring
foreign buyers, can hardly he over
emphasized, when movement of wheat
into primary markets has been hardly
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-04-04
Parcel Post to France Restricted

Notice received. from Washing
ton, d. G.. on April 1, reads as fol-
lows:
Parcels for members and indi-l
yiduals connected with the Amer
lean Expedtiionary Forces in En-!
rope shall not be accepted for
mailing unless they contain SUCH
articles only as are being sent by
written request of the addressee,
approved by his regimental or
higher commander or an execu-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-04-04
Observation-Disclosures

Miss Christie House, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. House west
OF town and Mr.. Edward REDEEM
haugh, son of MIR. and Mrs. w. S.
Rcdenbaugh OF Logan. were mar
ried Monday. April 1, in Omaha.
Following the ceremony he young
people departed on a ten days
wedding "Trip to Chicago. The
happy couple are both we'll known
in this county and have host of
friends glad to extend congratu-
lations. They will make their
home i'll Logan.
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the Grain Corporation was making a
large purchase for the Allies and was
utilizing its knowledge of available
stocks by having on the Job trans
portation strateglst-Edward Cham
bers, vice president Of the Santa Fee.
Mr. Chambers was assisting the Food
Administration and has remarkable
"way with him." Even before he was
called to assist Mr.. McAdOo, the Direc-
tor General, his suggestions to the rail-
roads had q wonderful effect in dis
couraging their hesitancy as to finding
available cars and in clearing up con-
gestions that looked as though they
never could be uncongested.
How Uncle Sam Keeps the Whip
Ease in getting the needed cars was
one of the advantages enjoyed by this
particular elevator after signing the
voluntary agreement which coded to
the Grain Corporation the right to con-
troll storage and direct shipments and
sales of all wheat bought by the pro-
pretor.
While voluntary, this agreement 10
almost compulsory since railroads give
priority recognition to Grain Corpora
ton requests for cars; and elevators
or mills outside the official fold must
"rustle" for themselves. In return the
Government guarantees the elevator
proprietor against losses and protects
him in every way as to price and pays
him rentals for all storage space requl-
hsitioned by it.
All elevators, local and terminal.
must take out licenses or face shut
down. What Is the power of the H.
cense? 1t requires the operator to lay
ness dealings. For the time of the
war the elevator becomes public util-
ity and Its proprietor must furnish in
formation as to his business at any
time when required by the Grain Cor
poration. Each week he must make
and mail reports showing the amount
of wheat, rye, or their derivatives, pur-
chased, stored, and shipped.
| Under present license terms, the IL
censee can keep on hand for only 30
days, unless he obtains special per-
init, any stocks of these grains or
4! their derivatives. He Is also forbid
den to contract for the sale of any
product which can not be delivered
within 80 days after the contract ia
made.
How the Wheat Was MiIled.
Away went our bushel of wheat on
Its Journey to the terminal, where 1t
met other bushels of wheat from all
parts Of the territory that fed this
market. There 1t was regarded for
special requirements. marked for i'm
mediate milling and rolled on to a
large mill in Illinois. The miller
bought the wheat from the Grain Cor.
poratlon. for each miller in the Unit.
ed States is under liccEge also, and
most Of them have fillede out another
voluntary agreement which binds them
either to purchase all supplies from
the Grain Corporation or under its di
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half that of year ago, or 1OO,OOOOOO
bushels less. 1t was nothing short of
master strategy.
The total number of bushels pur-
chased by the Grain Corporation from
the time it commenced activities to
February is 97,276,l45.59. Arranged
by months, the purchases in bushels
we're: September, 7,841, 209.2O Octo-
her. 1889 ,84659; November, 3O.92O,-
O74.26; December. 21,458,249.O6. and
January, 1858, 966O8.
During July and August our -four
exports were about the same as in the
same two months Of 1916; but in Sep
TENDER, October. and November. the
deportation was 50 per cent larger
than year ago. So the Grain Cor.
poration has discharged our obliga-
lions to the allies. and restored our
-four reserves. which is the larger AZ
Uect of tho question.
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Logan, Iowa,
Jan. isLh.. 1918

The board of supervisors of
Harrison County, Iowa, met pur-
suanl to sadjournmcnt. All mem
hers present.
On motion the county auditor
was directed to enter on record.
the following certified copy of a
decree of the United States Dis
trict Court, which was filed in the
office of said county auditor on
the 18th day of January. 1918:
I'm The District Court of The
United States For the south
ern District of Iowa, West
ern Division.
Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul
Railway Company, Plaintiff, VS..
Mosquito Drainage District of
Harrison County, Louis Erik
son, j. E. Van Scoy, and A. b.
Hosbrook, individual members
thereof. defendants.
parties, this cause is brought On
Decree. Case No. lOl5 Equity.
Endorsed Filed Dec. ls, 1917.
VIM. G. Macarthur, Clerk Enter
Journal IS" Eq. page 81.
Now, to wit, this 18th day of
December. 1917, by agreement of
parties, this cause is brought on
for final hearing before this court
in session at Des Moines, Central
Division of this District, and the
Court being fully advised in the
premises. il is now adjudged, or
dered and decreed that certain
assessment made on or about the
First day of February, 1916,
against the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul Railway Company for
Fourteen Thousand ($l4, 000.00)
Dollars on account Of the estab
|lishment of Mosquito Drainage
District OF Harrison County, anil
the building and construction of
the improvements therein con-
ltemplated which assessment wa 5
lappealed to the District Court CT
L
ton for removal was removed to
this Court. is hereby reduced to
the sum of Ten Thousand lS10,-
100000 Dollars with interest fronl
the 10th day of January, 1915,
unless paid prior to that date.
Ii is further adJudged. ordered
and decreed that the equitable
portions of the costs OF said Mos
quito Drainage District and the
drainage improvements made
therein is in the sum OF Ten
Thousand (SlO,0OO.0O Dollars,
and no more, and that all OF said
assessment in excess of the sum
Ot Ten Thousand Dollars is here
by cancelled and SET aside and de :
lclared void.
IL is further ordered, adjudged
land decreed that the defendants,
the Board of Supervisors of Har-
Prison County, the County Audi
/ tor of said County, and the sale
; Mosquito Drainage District oil
said County, be and they tire here
by directed and required to cor
rect the assessment against the
Chicago. Milwaukee and st. Pau
, Railway Company upon the as
sessment rolls, sheets and levy o.
) said Drainage District, and tC
lplace the same thereon at $4,000
90. with interest after January IL
tn, 1913 at the rate provided by
law, unless paid to that date; anG
that in any and all future assess
ITO be Continued)
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fR1NG last July and Au-
gust, While Congress was
wrestling with itself to
produce ii food admins
tration, and there was
no Grain Corporation.
flour production In the
principal centers was IS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-04-04

HESE schedules arrang-
ed for the various
markets are veritable
price dams" to pre-
vent the overlooking
Of the stream Of
wheat at any single
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tive officer OF the organization
with which he is connected.
"A. S. Burleson,
Postmaster Gen'l.
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IS; :: e: s.:
o0A ~ without special consent
being forbidden. the mill
operatives became curious and made
inquiries. This wheat was part Of q
large supply which the Grain Corpora
ton had brought into the United States
to aid in keeping the American mills
running.
There was another reason. Domes-
tic wheat was not moving from the
farms as freely as the millkrs needed
1t, and shortage forced the mills to
Operate at great disadvantage and,
according to them, at higher costs.
The last Journey stage Of our first
bushel, although considerably changed
in Its form, was to go as -four to port
under rush orders. It now had right
!of way over all other classes Of freight
Except other munitions Of war. Con-
sent of the War Trade Board being
obtained, it was loaded on ship and
passed safely through the submarine
field to France, where 1t succored the
hungry.
We started out to follow the travels
of two bushels of wheat from the farm
Ito their points of consumption under
war condition with the o. S. Food Ad-
;ministration in control of the market
ling. l have previously discussed the
Journeys of these two bushels from
the farm to the elevator at the country
point. Here they parted and one of
them passed on to terminal. and
from the terminal to a mill and from
the mill to seaboard. There 1t went to
France for consumption.
THE Other RusheI Of Wheat Starts
Travelling.
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NV us to the other bushel
of wheat. A certain
Georgia miller, in need
of supplies, notified the
Grain Corporation and
received permission to
h,,,, ~, Tho on ,onhoA
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Selling Wheat to Government.

BOUT 20 days after tho
farmer brought in his
wheat there came a re
quest to this elevator for
a carload to be purchas-
ed by the Grain Corpora
ton. So one of our
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wheat bushels was poured into a car
which miraculously had appeared on
the siding at time when car shortage
was troubling the entire commercial
world. Inquiry might have shown that
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sample on to the st. Louis zone agent
for test, which verified his Judgment as
to grade. He then went about his usu-
al duties. cleaning the grain, filling his
bins, and shipping out as regularly as
he could in maximum carload quanti-
ties, In order to economic the use of
cars in time of congestion. He was
careful to keep his records very
straight as to dates and quantities of
wheat purchased, on hand, and shipped
out. for the Grain Corporation requires
weekly reports and full details Of
transactions.
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wheat would bring at Eve different
markets II shipped from Maryville.,

Under these conditions the proprietor
would probably sell ut st. Joseph or
Chicago, according to his inclina ton.
The table further, illustrates the
equalization of prices and Indicates to
what extent the miller is protected
when buying wheat In any territory.
Through this plan determinations
against the producer, the miller, and
the consumer are eliminated 80 far as
1t seems humanity possible under q
plan Of such tremendous proportions.
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Fees advanced by county and
refunded ....... 1926
Sheriff's uncollected fees. 80
Fine H A Scarf .-..--.-... 5000
To correct errors in last re-
port fees advanced by Co.
in case of State of Ia. VS..
IA Could. .............. 2.o3
Total ... .....75O.44
'Fhe board approved the report
of l.. j. Irwin clerk of Sheriff's
fees received by him for the 4th.
quarter, 1917, the amount of said
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fees being s328.7O.
On motion of Supervisor Hos
brook, the following resolution
was accepted:
Resolution
Whereas, w. n. Jones, ct al, the
same being more than ten (10)
frccholders, have pctitioned and
recommended the establishment
OF IL public highway and the vaca-
tion of The present highway, as de
scribed in said petition; and
Whereas, it appears to the
board of supervisors that the
change recommended by said
freeholders is mcritoriolls, and
Should be investigated therefore,
Be it resolved that A. w. Gain
es, county engineer, be and he is
hereby directed to investigate the
said proposed change and vaca-
ton; and the said engineer is fur
'ther directed To report his find
ings to the board of supervisors
and to accompany the same with
necessary plats.
Roll Call:
HosbrOok, yes
EriNson, yes
Van ScOy, yes
The board continues the mat
Ter of making the semn-annual
settlement With the county treas
urcr till January 18TH 1913.
The auditor was authorized and
empowered To issue refund war
rant i'm he sum of S3I.l9. in fav-
or of b. M. Gillerson, on account
OF double assessment. See 1915
assessors book, Magnolia Town,
page T.
On motion the board adjourn
ed till January 18th, 1918.
Rca and approved this--day of
-----l9iS.
AITEST::
j. Nj. Albertscn Auditor
j. II. Van Scoy,
Chairman.
Logan. Iowa,
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UR delay in getting this
wheat started across
the world was occa.
stoned by the uncer-
tain Judgment Of the
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Milling Canadian Wheat.

i HILE our bushel was
being milled a carlot Of
wheat reached this mill
from Canada. Importa-
ton of Canadian wheat
} without special consent
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fees being s328.7O.
On motion of Supervisor Hos
brook, the following resolution
was accepted:
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1918-06-21
SALZER TERRACE

n s-bdrsi.ion Of SNA oFo~4
IeI aaenen+ r~srk sns ~ ~ ne e9.lef IL LEX rossQ
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04
Endorsements Of the Plan

Harrisburg, Pa, January 10, 1919
The Harrisburg Telegraph.
Harrisburg, Pa,
Gentlemen:-
We are sending the posterettes broadcast
that you have had published for the Har-
risburg Telegraph posterette campaign ana
l want to say to you that he plan appeals
to me as being an enterprising and prac-
tical way to assist in advertising throughout
the country the many attractive and indus
rial features of Harrisburg, and II ought
to help in spreading the fame of our city
throughout the land.
We will be glad to put these stamps On
all our out of town letters.
Wishing you all success in this enterprise.
Yours very truly,
ROBERT b. REEVES,
Gen. Secretary Y. NJ. @ A.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04
CHANCE OPENS FOR
REGISTERED MEN

CONTINUED from First Page.
Army, will be allowed to go to their
local boards and volunteer for serv-
ice. Such applicants for voluntary
enlistment through induction must
qualify for the skilled service they
are to render before they will be in
Quoted.
Many Branches Open
Photographers particularly are
needed in the aviation section of the
Signal Corps, and $50 skilled photo
graphers from this district are Of
fered the chance of enlisting and
carrying on their civilian occupa-
tions while in the service.
Other branches of the service held
open to the draft registrants through
special rulings to-day are as follows:
Four hundred general engine and
automobile mechanics and machine
repairmen are needed in the aviation
section of the signal corps.
One hundred gunsmiths, typewrit-
er and other instrument makers, re-
pairers and general mechanics, are
needed, also for the aviation sec
ton.
One hundred chauffeurs, automobile
truck drivers, are required for the
aviation section. One hundred stem
ographers are needed for the same
service.
Varied Trades Open
Fifty wireless telegraph and tele-
phone operators, and ordinary tele-
graph operators, are wanted for the
aviation section. The men who en-
list for these Various phases of the
aviation service will be sent imme-
diately to Kelley Field, San Antonio.
Texas, by their local draft boards.
At Ellington Field, Olcott, Tex,
1856 awning and canvas workers are
needed at once. These men may be
inducted by the local boards.
Twenty inspectors of gas masks
or chemists, are needed to take up
their duties in the medical corps
They will be assigned to duty in the
Gas Defense Service at the Hero
Manufacturing Company, Philadel-
phia. To qualify for this service the
at least one year of commercial ex-
perience.
Must Be Qualified
Only white men, registered for
the draft and qualified for general
infantry service, will be accepted for
these branches of the service. The
local boards send the men to the
| training camps as soon as they are
inducted and wire their inductions
to the state headquarters in order
that the required number are not
overinducted.
A number of branches of the serv-
ice heretofore open to the regis
trants have been closed. The Spruce
Product Division, Aviation Section,
and the Bricklayers' Division, avia-
ton section, are no longer open to
the draft registrants. Men who have
already been inducted for this
branch of the service, but not en-
trained, may be sent out to the
training camps, but further induc-
tions will not be accepted from this
date.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04

Harrisburg Pa, January is, 1918.
TO THE PUBLIC:-The Harrisburg Tele-
graph is now running an industrial and civic
campaign with their posterettes for the pur-
pose of boosting the City and developing
the industrial and civic conditions thereof.
Having Investigated the matter and be-
leving it to be a good thing, because of its
far reaching effect, l. as the Chief Magls
trate of the City, heartily endorse this cam
paign.
Very respectfully,
D. L. KEISTER, Mayor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04

an old Chinaman, specialiZes in the
gentle art of smashing rocks with his
head. He places a stone in the mid
die of the street, takes deep breath,
leaps into the air and lands gently
but firmly hcadforemost on the rock.
The collision invariably skaters the
stone.
This oddity is only one of many
strange things recorded by the Howe
cameras in remarkable five-year
Photographic trip through China,
which takes the Howe tourists into
the secret corners of the Celestial En-
pire, including the famous forbidden
City of Pekin.
The new Howe program also num-
bers a picturesque and comprehensive
tour through Alaska, a visit to Coney
Island by day and night; a thrilling
mountain lion hunt in Montana. and
intimate views of Uncle Sans gigan-
tic war caterpillar tractors in action.
Animated caricatures and film nov
elites, typical of the Howe entertain
ment and immensely popular with its
patrons, will be freely interspersed
throughout the program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04
.AMl)sSeMGlCS'
ORPHEUM

ORPHEUM
Tuesday, matinee and night-Gus Hill
offers Hans und Fritz"
Friday and Saturday, with daily natl
nees, March and - Lyman II.
Howe's Travel Festival.
Monday, night only, March 11-Rein-
old Warrenrath and Sara Lemer.
Wednesday, matinee and night, March
13 - Special return engagement of
the seasons dramatic success, THE
Thirteenth Chair"
MAJESTIC
High Grade of Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
To-day Return showing of Norma
Talmadge in The Secret of the
Storm Country"
Tomorrow = Return engagement of
Clara Kimball Young in Shirley
Wednesday and Thursday-Earle Will
lams in "A Mothers Sin"
Friday and Saturday = Alice Brady
in Her Silent Sacrifice"
REGENT
To-day and tomorrow = Jack Pick
ford in "The Spirit of IL"
Wednesday and Thursday = Wallace
Reid in "Rimrock Jones"
Friday and Saturday - Dorothy Dali
ton in "F'lare-Up Sal"
VICTORIA
To-day and tomorrow - Theda Bara
in "Du Barry"
Wednesday and Thursday - Parent
age-A Message"
Tomorrow the curtain of the. Or
pheum will raise, disclosing our little
friends, Hans
"Hans und Fritz" und Fritz" and
Opens mt the all their merry
Orpheum Theater relatives in a
feast of songs,
dances and the merry prank3
introduced by the two mischievous
youngsters, who are known to all
readers of the comic pages of the
daily papers. Hans und Fritz" are
best known for their rough treatment
of their uncle, Heine. OF course, their
aunt comes in for her share of
troubles caused by what happens to
Uncle Heine and der Captain. Gus
Hill, master producer of cartoon
musical shows, is sponsor for this
one, which he has sent on tour with
a company, of singers and dancers as
well as q horde of vaudeville artists,
who do their bit wherever. a lull in
the performance permits of their intro
duction. Hans und Fritz" will be
offered with a singing. and dancing
chorus of goodloolling girls and manly
boys, who have been selected for their
ability to both sing and dance. Special
matinee for the children.
A lot of interest has already been
evinced in the return of Experience
to Harrisburg, where
"Experience" it is booked for the
Coming Orpheum Theater for
the entire week of
March IS. with the regular Wednes-
day and Saturday matinees. The play
by George V. Hobart. has been known
all over the country as the most
wonderful play in America" and 1t
would seem that it had well earned
this title, with it's phenomenal record
of nine months in New York and two
return engagements since; seven
months in Chicago, five months in
Boston, and five months in Philadel-
phia. The Messrs. Elliott, Comstock
and Gest are bringing to Harrisburg
the big New York cast and produc-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-04

Harrisburg, Pa, January 25, 1918.
Harrisburg Telegraph
Harrisburg, Pa
Gentlemen
Your project to advertise Harrisburg by
the use of pictorial stamps has our hearty
endorsement and we believe it of excellent
value in impressing other communities with
the fact that ours is a good town to work,
play and live in.
May you succeed in getting many Of
our business houses and industries to use
this plan as there are institutions in the
town whose activities go beyond our own
borders.
Yours very truly,
HARRISBURG SHOE MFG. CO.