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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19
Council Proceedings

Council Chamber, City of River
Falls, Sept. Is, 1918.
Regular meeting of the common
council.
Council convened at 8 O'Clock p.
m.
Mayor Smith presiding.
Roll call of officers:-
Aldermen. Mccormick, Ostness and
Bartholomew, Sutherland present.
Minutes of previous meeting read
and approved.
Finance Committee report h
following claims approved
GENERAL FUND
A. c. Ramberg salary $3.50
G. E. Pratt In. Election 800
w. S. Arm strong {" 800
John Larson 500
D. w. Kline clerk 800
L. H. Clark 8 90
Robt. Reynolds, bal. to Ellis. 500
o. M. Hanna, bal. clerk B 90
I'D. Boals, In, ret. and postage 4.03
Lutte Mckee, primary 800
Stephen Browell !" 800
w. Campbell clerk 800
Coley Krauth 800
VIM. Scroggie 500
James Dunn 800
Central Lbr. Co. lumber .35
Nelson Bros. memorial day ex. 3.25
w. S. Oligney, team to fire 90
G. w. Chinook, Jr., sprink. 1440
Ed Ellertson, salary $3.50
cash paid lab. 3 90
G. w. Chinook, Jr., st. labor SOTO
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19
OBITUARY

About IL p. m. Wednesday Sep
TENDER 18th, 1918, Mrs. John Dunn
passed into the Great Beyond, after
a brief illness. And her death was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-09-19

Geo. O'Connor I" 800
Tom Hanson i" 800
E. E. Nash i" 1900
Knute Wiaen . go IS
Mat. Ellertson j" 29.7O
Ray Roehl pipe for rail 24.6O
]. M. Chinook, hose 500
$3l1.48
UTILITY FUND
N. w. Elect. Equip, sup. 176 SO
W. S. Oligney, ex., freight 5.98
Pierce Co. Tel. Co.. message I.35
F. V. Williams salary 5000
E. E. Buck salary 81. so
A. Renter 1000
Jas. Sweet . 1000
]. w. Patterson salary $3.50
H. Kreuger $3.50
A. w. Stiles, envel. stamps $3.50
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
HOW CORN Is UTIL LIED
Numerous Products Are Manufactured From
the Raw Material sp
the Raw Material

pounds
and related products various food products alcoholic
is uneuaed
and butter Because its high starch
in
of in
has been due
corn CROP.
Of
percentage med
prices BY far the
corn win the dry stalks either
or as To the
med
form In which
Importance to the industry industry
tne sections where While the so
mas become less familiar sight almost section where corn
New York and New England 1t largely other states the
corn belt and in the central Eastern
dishes South hoecake
cornmeal with without cooked
Its equivalent thin
cooked with either puddngs
Hes poultry dressing
to
usually given meal made from yellow although the
called
Sou England households since colonial
days Indian pudding cornmeal milk and
England Thanksgiving s
portions of the kernels miled
hominy
dinner
material from which products
ucts include articles both suitable and suitable
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

(By the United States Department of Agri-
culture)

Owners of back yards in cities and
towns are asked to do everything in
their power to help the meat and egg
supply by raising small f1ocks of poul-
try in back yards. Farmers are re-
quested greatly to increase their farm
focks of hens so that 100 on every
farm will be the average for the ma
ton.
The following statement regarding
the poultry needs is taken from the
official agricultural program for 1918
issued recently by the United States
department of agriculture:
Poultry production should be in
creased greatly, especially in back
yards and on farms, where waste ma
terial is available and the purchase of
expensive grains and other material is
not required.
increased poultry production may
be attained most economically by early
Matching; by combining mother hens at
least ten days after the chicks are
Matched; by reducing losses on ac-
count of rats, weasels and thieves, and
from cold, damp conditions; by thor
ough sanitation; by discouraging the
marketing of early-hatched pullets as
broilers; by eliminating non-producing
hens and keeping good layers through
at least two laying seasons; and by
the poultryman raising his own feed
as far as possible"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

The last efforts of the designers in
two influences. One of them is the
adaptation of styles to silk fabrics-in-
Guiding several novel weaves-and the
other proclaims the conservation of
wool, carried to it's limit, in suits of
cloth for, ordinary street wear. The
result is a great difference in style
between suits of silk and suits of WOOL
The wool suit must repress all ambi-
tioHs in the direction of embellish-
ments that use up cloth and must even
curtail the length of coats and width
of skirts. But the suits made of silk
are under no such obligations. They
may be as ample and elaborate as the
designers ideas.
The maker of the little cloth suit
pictured has accepted the inevitable
gracefully and, 1t appears, has used
something less than the allotted four
yards Of goods. But he has managed
to put lot of youthful style into it.
The short coat has plain, unshaped,
body gathered into wide belt, and a
mere reminder of skirt in the narrow
peplum. There is a narrow shawl col
lar open to the belt and plain sleeves
with no cuffs. Narrow silk braid bind
ings and bone buttons tell the brief
story of finishing touches. Plain as
the skirt is, it is cleverly draped and
finished. Two tabs, bound with braid,
are set on at the sides and each has
small, slit pocket In 1t.
Pongee can never lose the allegiance
of women. The handsome model, for
a dressy suit, is made of pongee in the
natural color and betrays the work
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

of personal panic; but it is Very nat
ural, and even very proper, that every
battery commander, the director of
every military. store and depot. and
the leader of every body of troops
which is not definitely ordered to re-
main, should have the individual Ge-
termination that his particular COM
mand shall not fall into the hands of
the enemy.
''The artillery officer firmly resolves
that he will save his guns at all
costs; the heads of the supply depart
ments are in charge of valuable stores
which their army needs for its very
existence and which would be of great
aid to the enemy if captured, and the
troop leader naturally argues that it
would be futile to allow his men to
be cut off when a general retreat has
been ordered. Sd il the organization
of withdrawal is left to the discre-
ton of the people involved in it, as
1T has to be when the whole thing has
not been deliberately arranged before
hand, confusion is almost inevitable"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Take Tip From Old Mother
Nature When in Doubt About
Time to Plant Your Garden

From the United States Department of
~ Agriculture)
By watching the processes of moth
er nature and taking a tip from her,
the home gardener who is not certain
when he should plant his seeds may get
some valuable information. Garden
specialists divide vegetables into two
classes - warm temperature and
"cold temperature" vegetables. When
peach and plum trees are in blossom,
they say, it is time to sow in the open
ground such seeds as lettuce, radish,
parsley, beets, turnips, cabbage, car
rots, peas, and onions. The wrihkled
peas should not be planted until later,
as they are more likely to rot in cool
ground than are the smooth varieties.
When the apple blossoms fall it is
time to plant the heat-loving vege-
tables, such as cucumbers, beans,
sweet corn, pumpkin, and squash.
This is said to be an old but excellent
rule.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

From Red Cross Briefs, published
in Atlanta the following inspiring ac-
count of Red Cross work in France is
taken:
The national headquarters of the
American Red Cross in Washington
has just received a report from Major
Perkins, Red Cross commissioner to
France, on the work of civil relief
and restoration done in France during
the month of February.
During this one month, substantial
aid was given to over a hundred thou
sand French refugees, repatriates and
other war sufferers. This number in
Guided about twenty thousand persons
in the devastated areas, seven thou
sand, five hundred repatriates in prov
fnces and nearly six thousand under
nourished Paris school children. More
than twenty-five thousand people were
given hospital care during this one
month, including thousands of repatri-
ate children at Evian, and about a
thousand tuberculosis patients in Paris
who were given supplementary ra-
uOnS daily.
Work is now being conducted by
the Red Cross in SO French cities and
villages, not including the Friends
unit which has q relief stations, or
the Smith College unit which works
in IL villages. Nine civilian hospitals
with total capacity of more than a
thousand beds and 46 dispensaries give
care to children, tuberculosis patients
and refugees.
Grants of money to French organ
tzations during the month totaled
more than half a million francs, and,
in addition, large quantities of cloth
ing, food and household goods were
distributed.
The Red Cross now has staff of
400 workers in France, &c having been
added during February.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Sudden Retreat of an Army
Is Often Reduced to Chaos
And the Resultant Disorder

Moving a great army is an affair
of timetables. There is room for only
certain amount of men and mate
rial on the roads and railways at one
time, and every man and every
wagon above that maximum becomes
a factor of confusion and retards the
movement of the whole mass to a
dangerous degree" writes G. Ward
Price in the Century. 1.-THE sudden
retreat of an army is often reduced
to chaos, first, because a thoroughly
worked out plan of general retirement
exists but rarely in the strong-boxes
of any general staff, and, secondly,
because in the absence of a timetable
drawn up in detail and strictly en-
forced, the elementary principle of
self-preservation leads every unit of
the army to put itself ON the road
just as quickly as it can get trans
portation. This is not to say that
confusion is an invariable indication
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

top growth of perennials. The most
commonly used smother crops are ali
falfa, buckwheat, soy beans, millet,
sorghum and bur clover Some weeds!
are more susceptible to this treatment
than others. Bermuda grass may bel
eradicated by continuous suecessionE
of smother crops. Alfalfa, where It'll
succeeds. well, is the most effectiveI
smother crop, largely because it conf
bines frequent clipping with the
smothering effect 1t may be relied
upon to reduce greatly or even to Grad
icate entirely most perennials except
some of the grassy weeds. In the CASE
of smother crops, as with pasturing,
the principal value is to weaken theS
root systems of perennials, which fa-I
cilitates the work of cultivation which
is to follow.
Moving or cutting.-Cutting off re-
peatedly the tops of perennial weeds
with a mower, scythe or other tool
may sometimes be used to advantage
This is of most use on pastures, road
sides and other uncultivated places tt
has been found that moving twice "a
year for two years will eradicate the
fern brake, one of the bad weeds of
pastures in New England and New
York
Smothering With Building Paper and
Other MateriaIs.-Where perennial.
weeds occupy very limited areas it is
often practicable to prevent further
spread by covering the infested area
with building paper, taking care to lap
over and weight down the ends so as
to exclude all sunlight. Building pa
per suitable for this use normally may
be obtained at from 1925 to 81 per-
thousand square feet, or S97 to $172
per acre, depending on it's thickness
Manure, straw and other materials
are also employed for this purpose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

General Pershing has just called
on the army medical department to
accept 100000 convalescent uniforms
made by American women and offered
to the army. The general points out
that the medical department is buy
ing in the open market pajamas, oper-
ating gowns, bath robes and GONZALES
cent suits while the Red Cross stands
ready to supply them. He tells the
surgeon general at Washington that
the work of the Red Cross is of i'm
mense value in keeping up the morale
of the army, and that it also releases
labor for use elsewhere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Foch's Name Not Teutonic;
Almost Rhymes With Hush

Numerous inquiries have been re-
ceived regarding the correct pronuncia-
ton Of the name of the new generals
simo of the allied armies.
On paper Foch seems Teutonic, saws
the Chicago Herald, and suggests
throaty gutturals of the kind that are
no longer popular in the civilized
world. But the name is pronounced
as If it were spelled Fosh, with short
80" like 'uh," and almost rhymes with
''hush." This is on the authority of
LIE Courier des Etats Unis, French
daily newspaper published in New
York.
General Foch is Basque from the
Pyrenees, not an Alsatian. All Basque
names terminating in "ch" have the
soft SSH sound instead of the Ger
manic cultural.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
The Sky Garden.

The great sky is garden fair. @
And in the velvet gloom,
At night, among the meadows there,
The starry flowers bloom.
Forget-me-not and violet
Are stars so very small
That often one must look and look,
To see them there at all.
The lovely rose-star blossoms near
The sunflower bold and bright;
The buttercup and daisy stars
Wink saucily all night.
The red moon is the gardener
Who tends the starry lawn,
And smiles benignly DER 1t all
Until the break of dawn.
And so they blossom all night through.
And never, never die;
These myriads Of flowers
In the garden Of the sky.
Boston Transcript.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

TIMELY WORK WITH POULTRY
Houses Should Be Thoroughly Cleaned
and Sprayed in Endeavor to
Get Rid of Parasites.

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment of Agriculture.)
Chicken houses should be thoroughly
cleaned and sprayed, and an effort
made to get rid of all mites and lice,
as these pests affect the fertility of
the flock, cause hens to leave their
nest, and kill young chicks. Breeding
stock should be carefully selected and
well housed and fed, in order to insures
large Matching and strong chicks.
Ample nests should be provided for
both the setting hens and the layers
Care should be taken to protect chicks
from rats and from becoming chilled
as result of getting wet.
Eggs should be gathered regularly.
whether they are to be used for hatch
ing or are to be Sold The dirty eggs
and the eggs that have been set upon
for one or more days which are sold
to local dealers, result In lower price
to the farmers and are costing them
thousands of dollars month. Sell only
clean fresh eggs and insist that yourf
neighbors do the same.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
WOOL DEMAND is INCREASING
Production in Peace Times Is Only
About so Per Cent of Amount
Used by Mills.

prepared by the United States Depart,
ment Of Agriculture)
War has given the sheep and wool
industry stupendous task. The wool
produced in this country furnishes only
about so per cent of the amount used
here by wooden mills In peace tines,
the war has increased the demand for
wool, and Of course accentuates our de-
pendence upon supplies from foreign
countries. The war has further i'm
creased the perplexity of the domestic
situation by making unavailable GER
tain supplies which exist in other parts
of the world. To equip 100000 SOL
diers and clothe them for one year
would require the entire quantity of
wool grown annually in this country,
even If 1t We're all suitable for milita-v
use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

many and many thousands of dollars
would wander away from the turn
stiles.
The 'aces'' are the biggest assets the
magnates can boast of, and if you will
lamp the rosters of the sixteen major
league clubs you will find at least one
player on nearly every roster who fig
ures as the real drawing card of the
team on the road.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb is the greatest
drawing card in the business. He is
worth more to Detroit on the road than
all the rest of her players put together,
for the fans in rival towns go out large
1y to see Cobb, unless the Tigers are
up there fighting for a pennant, and
the rabids in small towns within easy
riding distance Of the big league cities
never miss a chance to be on the Job
when Cobb is billed to cavort at the
ball park. So Cobb alone is worth
thousands of dollars to Detroit at the
turnstiles in the course of a season.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

prepared by the United States
Department. of Agriculture)
Produce what you eat and eat
what you produce. Whether you
have a 40-foot lot or a 400-acre
fertile farm make it produce
food. With a garden well filled
with vegetables, you can great
ly reduce the cost of living, en-
joy some of the best forms of
food, relieve transportation and
conserve other foods, such as
wheat and meat. which are need
ed for our soldiers. Having a
garden is one way folks who
stay at home, can help win the
war.
Farmers Bulletin 937, recent
ly published by the United
States department of agricul-
ture, gives complete directions on
making a farm garden and tells
in detail how to grow each of
the common garden crops. This
bulletin is free-write to the
department at Washington, d.
c., for copy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

of experts in every particular. The
skirt has panel at the front and back
formed by plaits that are not pressed
pie enough; but there is nothing simple
about the coat. 1t is the creation of a
master designer who was able to carry
out an elaborate inspiration. It's skirt
is made in pointed panels of uneven
length and large and small covered
buttons serve to ornament it. The
print and button ideas appear again
in the cuffs. A suit like this gives its
wearer the assurance Of being well
enough dressed whatever the demands
may be.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Baseball "Aces" Magnets
When En- Route and Help to
Keep TurnstiIe Spinning

The ball club that has to worry along
without a playing "ace" is back num-
Der as drawing card on the road.
The outstanding stars are the faces"
in the big show, for their names are
kept before the public, and the fans go
out to see them perform. Without
them in the lineups of big league clubs
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

state highway, running from Prescott
to the Grand canyon. Water is taken
from what is known as Montezuma's
well, 400 feet in diameter and SO feet
deep, except in one spot, where no bot,
tom has been reached at 500 feet. Lime
In solution is carried by the water, and
the sides of the ditch have been pre-
served by the petrification of the orig
fnal earth.-Marine Journal.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
A Bad EXCHANGE.

"Jagsby had a fine cook who com
manded big wages. Now she has an
other job where she works harder
than ever, does Homework, and wash
ing in addition to cooking, and gets
very poor pay"
"Why doesn't she give the poor job
up for a better one?"
"She> can't. He married her."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
A VOGUE for White.

Quantities of delightful models,
both imported and domestic, are de-
veloped in white-white wool, white
silk, white linen and white cotton
and both the oyster white and ivory
white are featured as well as the clear
whites. In heavy creepy tissor of oys-
ter white there are some admirable
frocks and three-piece costumes, and
the deep ivory whites are combined
in especially felicitous ways with old.
blue and Chinese blue.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Luncheon Favors.

Cut favors for a luncheon are little
hats made of silk or ribbon. The brims
are old-fashioned round pin pads and
the crowns small stuffed pincushions
fastened to them. Make them to
harmonic with the color scheme of
the luncheon, trim with tiny ribbon
roses, and put row of colored pins
around the edge.-Woman's Home
COMPANION.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Brief and Breezy.

1t is usually the bottom dollar
that counts.
! Strong butter is a poor apol-
ogy for weak coffee.
Happiness is often the price
of being commonplace.
To do right is easy when sin
ceases to be pleasure.
Love is a word of four letters
except in a breach of promise
suit.
Without decision of character
no man or woman ever amounts
to much.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Waistcoat Jackets.

Rare is the jacket that buttons
straight down the front. Sometimes an
Elton jacket is made in this way, but
toning from collar to waistline with
out revers to break the simple small
boy suggestion of the Elton, but most
of the short jackets are slashed away
at either side of the center front Ito
save valuable fabric) and the space
is filled in by waistcoat of contrast
Ing material. These waistcoats make
the shor". open jackets very smart,
and one may have several waistcoats
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
The Tea-Hnur ErockS.

Tea-hour frocks for the most part
are built from supple silk jerseys and
soft satins. Some of the newest
fancies heralding the happy days of
spring are of the most ephemeral
transparency. AS adornment billowy
frills of tulle dyed to match the negli-
gee in coloring are much in favor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Expecting Too Much.

Rankin-If / ever have to fight in
the trenches hope I can have a per-
iScOpe.
.Phyle-Yes, the things are mighty
handy to look through and see if the
enemy is near.
"Are they only to look through"
Eyes. What did you think they
were for?"
Gee! I thought you could stay
safely out of sight and shoot through
the things"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Critics Opinion.

"How did the critics treat you,
dear?' asked the wife of the man who
had just had play produced.
''Treat me? They didn't. / treated
them.'
"What did you do, dear?"
81 took 'em out between each of the
acts and blew 'em to drinks and ci,
gars."
That's good. And what did they
say then?"
'"Rhat my piece should have been
divided up into more acts"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31

to give variety to single suit; one
waistcoat, for instance, Of pale tan
cloth, another Of white pique, still an
other Of satin embroidered in colored
silks. OF this type is delightful little
model Of dark blue tricot serge.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Prehistoric Irrigation Systems.

The remains of irrigation systems
that date back to prehistoric times,
when the valleys of Arizona were in
habited by highly civilized Indian
tribes, are still In existence. One of
the most famous of these is on the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Kid Lininqs.

Bright colored kid Innings are a
feature of some of the new gloves.
Deep violet and rose and green, they
are Facings, they should more cor
rectly be called. The colored part is
turned back over the outside of white
in @ wide cuff.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
FOR A LAUGH
. seossssssosess
His Greatest W.

His Greatest Work.
"Now, little girl, you say your father
is an inventor"
"Yessum.''
"Tell the class what is the most i'm
portant thing your father ever made?"
"A livin' for the family, MAN,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
just the Difference.

Irene asked her playmate, Rose,
why she put an apron over her dolls
new dress, and Rose replied that she
put it on to keep the dress clean. Irene
then exclaimed, "Why, / always put
an apron on my doll to hide the dirt"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Twenty-one Meals, However.

Her Dad-Why, hang it, girl, the fell
low only earns fifteen week.
Herself know, papa, but week
passes SO quickly when you're fond of
each other.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-05-31
Nonsense to Her.

She failed to
laugh at one of his
alleged jokes.
"My dear, / fear
you have no sense
of humor."
SIT h e r e. s no
sense to it," de-
clared his wife.