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The Washington times., 1918-02-19
SHOVE GOOD PRICES
IN IHQUSAND.CITIES
Reports rove cOst,OfTWea-
ty:Nine, Articles in. Washing
tor. Below Average.
BREED.&ND.SuGA Mist

Aeo6rnnE rtsTreoortS TO he United
stAtsS Food Administration for the
week ended February 8. tEenJ-ntne
principal articles OF food cost less IN
Warrington than the average cost IN
1000 cities and towns. al the forty
sight states being represented In the
cities and towns reporting.
The reports, as tabulated by the sta
hsccal division OF the food admins
Hr1tion, show averages for the United
states and state averages. and in addi-
Sion 4 number of city averages are
EtTen- OF the latter, only St Louis
lhoWs an average for the twenty-nine
articles lower than that in Washing
ION. Baltimore IS higher and SO are
The averages for both Maryland and
Virginia.
compGrisonnf Prices.
ETtable appearing in The star shows
Detailed prices in Washington com
pared With other cities. with Mary
land and Virginia and with the United
states "a whole. Total costs Of the
Fventy-nine articles. in the quantities
<nd at the prices given. would be as
district Of Columbia, ys.s7s: aysrur.
5or U1tted States. $9,377: Baltimore,
$3.50; average for Maryland. $3.50:
average for Virginia. $3.50: PhiIadei-
PhiG, 4lo.206: New York city, SIO,52s:
ESoston: s9,s2l; Chicago. $500, and st.
Louis, {9,16s. ~.
IWashInEton's| total is pulled down
considerably by the fact that the peo-
DIE here appear to drink cheaper tea
and conee than IL drunk elsewhere. No
state or city reports bread as cheap as
tt1e Warrington price OF 81 cents n
bound. and the average for the. United
StHtes Is 10 cents.
average Of sugar-cOst.
'WGshington's price OF . cents-ror
EuEsr Is the lowest except in CalIfor.
MA with s.s cents; Chicago. 81 cents;
The Illinois average, IS cents, and the
state OF Washington. which matches
ans citys Scent price.
In comparison OF retail prs Of
this week with those OF Ia: IA
shown that increases occurrc, ten
GOOD articles. while fourteen c, ,di-
ties decreased in price. No chan. oc-
leurred on rice, canned tomatoes, SAL
mon, sugar. bacon, ham. round steak.
uard.. milk and oleomargarine.
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v. s. s. WAR CRY
NOW "SELLIT
TO THE MARINES"

Tell 1t to the marines is out of
date
sell ii to the marines. is the cry
at least as far as war savings and
thrift stamps are concerned.
Top honors were won bv the quar-
termaster's department at marine
headquarters here last month in the
sale OF war savings and thrift stamps
announced the District war savings
committee today.
Other departments o. the marine
corps are today fighting hard to
wrest the laurels from the quarter
masters department This friendly
rivalry has resulted in some remark
able showings In less than a month.
an average Of more than so worth
or stamps has been sold TO every
man in the Quartermaster's. adjutant
and inspectors department at head
quarters. and this months sales prom
Use To outshine these results.
In the first ten days OF the cam
psign the per capita average for the
entire corps was more than 80 cents
not 81 much in itself. but rather
remarkable when one considers that
these half dollars were coming from
$50 month salaries.
The entire corps has taken up the
W. s s. campaign. From MAnagua
to Picking and from Guam to Dion
Eapo. there is not a marine station
where stamps are not on sale, but
right here in Washington the fight
is the hottest.
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AVIATOR AND BRIDE
JOURNEY IN PLANE

NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-Had friends
wanted to throw rice or old shoes
at Lieut.. Lawrence B. Sperry. naval
aviator. and his bride, as they liter
ally mounted on the wings OF Love-
and flew 10 Massapequa, Long Island.
today. they would have required anti
aircraft guns.
For the couple honeymooned back
to the aviators station from Gov
ernor's Island. where they were mar
ried by an army chaplain. by aero
plane. the same way they came.
The bride. Miss Winifred Allen. OF
New York. wore airplane breeches.
natty aviation blouse and a cap.
The bridegroom Is the son OF Elmer
a. Sperry. gyroscope inventor.
When war interfered with an ex-
tended honeymoon trip. the aeropIane
excursion was decided upon.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
A Child Doesn't
Laugh and Play
If COnStipated
Look, Mother! Is tongue
coated, breath feVerish and
stomach sour?
california Syrup of Figs"
can't harm tender stomach,
liver, bowels.

Mother! Your child isn't natural
" cross and peevish. See II tongue
IL coated: this is a sure sign the
little stomach, liver and bowels
need a cleansing at once.
When llstlesS, pale, feverish. full
OF cold, breath bad, throat sore,
doesn't eat. sleep or act naturally,
has stomachache, diarrhoea, remem-
Der, a gentle liver and bowel cleans
ing should always be the first treat
ment given.
Nothing equals "California Syrup
OF Figs" for children's ills: give a
teaspoonful, and in a few hours all
the foul waste, sour bile and fer
mentinE food which is clogged in
the bowels passes out OF the sys-
tenn, and you have a well and play
full child again. All children love
this harmless, delicious fruit laNa-
tive" and IT never fails to effect a
good "inside" cleansing. Directions
for babies, children of all ages, and
grown-ups are plainly on the bottle.
Keep It handy in your home. A
little given today saves a sick child
tomorrow, but get the genuine Ask
your druggist for a bottle Of Cali
fornia Syrup of Figs" then look and
see that IL is made by the Cali
forniG Fig Syrup Company"
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
MUST PAY SERVICE
CHARGE ON SMALL
BANK ACCOUNTS

The District OF Columbia Bankers
Association today announced that,
after April I, persons with checking
accounts in Washington banks which
show a balance OF less than 800 at
any time during the month will be
required to pay a service charge OF
80 cents a month to cover the cost
of handling the account.
This was determined at a meeting
last night by the unanimous adoption
OF a resolution which had been offer
ed at the December meeting. The
association takes the view that the
handling OF checking accounts OF less
than 500 is a convenience to the de
positor and a loss to the banks and
trust companies.
The resolution was offered by a
special committee consisting OF H. II.
Mckee. chairman; s. ]. Henry. and
b. \. Bowles. Mr.. Henry submitted
figures showing that Washington
banks are now rendering service on
small accounts at a loss OF about
$500, 900 annually. There are at least
so 900 such Improbable accounts in
Washington, estimated Mr.. Henry.
During the discussion it was point
ed out that such charges for service
are now made in practically all OF
the large cities, and that recently,
because OF greatly increased cost OF
operation, many banks in smaller
cities have been forced to adopt
similar measures. A letter was read
from one large trust company saying
that 1t was opposed to making such
a charge.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
Is YEARS OLD, CHARGED
WITH DRY VIOLATION

\ prisoner. seventy-eight years old.
! Is among the FIVE men scheduled TO
appear in Police Court today charged
with being drunk in dry" Washing
ton. He was arrested wandering aim
IcSsly near the First Precinct Police
Station. 4 crowd was following him.
Ny name is Mike HefTerman, and
In all right" he said. when ar
rested. Il never go 20 Baltimore" he
added, Washington is good enough
for me-
The other prisoners are William
smith. thirty-two years old, colored;
John Roberts, forty-eight, colored:
Henry !. Hopkins. thirty-seven, and
Stanton Howard, thirty-seven.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
BOLSHEVIKI SIMPLIFY
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS

PETRoGRAD, Feb. 19.-The divorce
mill. which had been shut down for
the past several years, due to rigid
laws affecting divorce. is again in full
operation, following the action OF the
Bolshevik government in simplifying
the proceedings.
In mis- city alone $4,000 applications
for divorce are pending, and the new
laws are said to have cauaed the filing
by wholesale of divorce petitions
throughout Russia.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
SCHOOL BOY BEATEN;
TEACHERS FACE CHARGES

HAMMOND. Ind. Feb. discharged
with beating Carl Leslie. a pupil. Pau
MussoIlman. superintendent OF the Cam.
den schools. and George Barnes a teach.
er. arc at liberty today under bonds.
They are accused OF beating the boy
to make him confess a theft Leslie "a
said to be in a critical condition. Threau
Of mob violence against the teacher
were made.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
why HAIR FALLS OUT

Dandruff causes a feverish irrita-
tiOn Of the scalp. the hair roots
shrink, loosen and then the hair
comes out fast To stop falling hair
at once and rid the scalp Of every
particle Of dandruff. get small
bottle OF DandeTine at any drug
store for a few Cents-pour q little
in your hand and rub well into the
scalp. After a few applications all
dandruff disappears aud the hair
stops coming cut.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
DEALERS FILLING OUT
COAL MISSIONARIES

Retail coal dealers throughout the
United States today were filling in
missionaries which will help the
Government forestRll fuel trouble
next winter.
The questionnaIres. sent out by the
National Retail! Dea err Association
will give in tabulated form complete
information as to local fuel suppliea,
demand. and all relative conditions.
The Washington times., 1918-02-19
HALF OF WORKERS AID ARMS.

or 100000 industrial workmen
in the United States. 100000, nearly
half are today modified behind the
army. working in war or subsidiary
factories. according 10 William Black
man, OF the shipping board.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15
Southwick Items

Nels Longteig and family have
moved to the John Phillips farm.
The farm was recently vacated by
Mr.. Stout, who has changed his
location to the farm owned by
Chas. Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Given Mustoe are
the parents of a fine baby boy, born
Nov. 9th.
VIM. Stump has had some repair
ing done to the roof Of his house.
Miss Ida Souders is0elping Mrs.
John Phillips with household dut-
les.
Dannle Ziemann tells us that the
Kaiser has started ON his long trip
that the Devil told him he would
take. We believe Dannie is correct,
for all three church bells and the
school bell were rung and Old Glory
hoisted.
John Stalnaker has purchased a
new $500 range for Mrs. Stall
maker. One good thing calls for
another, SO Mr. Stalnaker has decid.
ed to build new brick chimney
in the kitchen.
Miss Edith Farris is home from
her school at Mountain Home.
Miss Margaret Fisher is here
visiting friends.
The sick people of this neighbor-
hood are reported to be improving.
Edwin Wetmore and Marion Nc
Clelland are stationed at Mare
Island, Cal. The boys say they
have not caught the flu" yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Belts tell US that
their son Homer is sick in a hos
pftal somewhere in France, but was
receiving excellent attention. "a
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15
Announcement

In announcing our advent into
business we need no introduction.
Having lived in this community
over thirty years and having met
you constantly in business way
during the past fifteen years, we
feel that any admissions on our part
are unnecessary.
Since we bought Messrs. Compton
& Son out we have practically
doubled the stock and new goods
are being added every day. Event
ually ours will be one of the most
complete stocks of groceries in this
part, of the country. New lines Of
merchandise will be added as con-
ditions may warrant.
Have now been open for business
two weeks and, although handicap
ped by an incomplete stock and
many other Inconvenience incident
to starting off, the volume of busi-
ness already done would do credit
to much larger store. 4
We believe there is room in Kend-
rick for just such store as we in
tend to conduct; store outwardly
much like other stores, but conduct
ed on methods and principles that
are generally denounced by mer-
chants as impractical.
We will not revolutionize the
store business in a few weeks or a
few months, but we expect our
presence here to be known if by no
other token than the comment of
those who would rather we were
not here.
We are under very little expense
ask US if you would know the
exact amount, no one else knows
and very small margin of profit
will keep the wheels going round.
We can buy where anyone else can
buy, as much and as cheaply.
| To maintain that we will under
sell everybody on everything all the
time would be an insult to your
intelligence. 1t can't be success
fully done as you know, but we will
sell for less more times than we
will ask more.
1t is the average that counts, and
straight through the line our aver
age price will save you money.
We know that hard work, court
eous and efficient service, fair and
honest methods and the support of
a host of loyal friends will make
this business a success.
Proud to be Americans, we are al.
so proud that we are "Potlatrh Pro.
ducts" raised in the Potlatch on
Potlatch beans, of which same we
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15

have, as boys and young men, held
our share, and here in the best
town, in the best section of the
best state in the best country in the
world, we have decided to come out
for yours truly" and if we are
up to the usual Potlatch standards
our success is assured.
Here all our interests are and it
we stand, we stand among you as
one of you. If we fall you'll have
us with you anyhow, for the beans
will still have to be hoed.
We invite you to help make this
"Potlatch Products" store sure
enough home product.
Here is to you and to us and the
whole Potlatch country including
the beans.
Harry and Hugh,
{ Stanton Bros.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15
their new home on Texas ridge.

their new home on Texas ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McCay and
children will soon be here from
Oregon, they will also move to
Texas ridge.
Lester McGraw finished bean
threshing for this season, Saturday
evening.
I A large number stopped their
various kinds of work Monday to
join in celebrating the long-to-be-
remembered day of Peace, in Kend-
rick and Deary. The ring Of church
bells was heard far and near.
The A. w. Jones family have been
on the sick list but are improving
at this writing.
Red Cross Report.
Amt. in bank Oct.l' $655.56
Expenditures during month
Mrs. Whittier,
49,. Moscow, goods. 1l.4s
Williamson's Store so
Amt. in bank Nov. l. $643.6 &c
Mrs. N. E. Ware, Treas.
Johanna Hooker, Secretary.
Tie following shipment was made
to Moscow headquarters during the
month"; boys suits, 3 pairs knit
ted mems socks.
Mrs. Otto Alber. Chairman Mill
tary Relief Committee.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15
Big Bear Ridge

Miss Maude 10y spent last week
visiting friends in Lewiston.
Mrs. Leonard Davis of Leland is
visiting her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Chas. Elliott.
Ernest Harrison has invested in
an Overland car.
Miss Eda Harris of American
ridge spent last week with ber
sister, Mrs. r. w. Bigham.
Ira Altig and Frank Whitcomb
autoed to Moscow Wednesday,.
Word reached here that Einar
Bruseth. had been wounded while
in action in France. He is the
first to be on the casualty list from
this vicinity.
Mrs. W. G. May and children will
leave this week for their new home
in Helena. Montana. The we'll wish
es of their many friends will fol-
low them in their new home.
Mrs. Lewis Aas and daughters,
Vera and Edna of Deary spent last
week with relatives here.
Luther May made business trip
to Spokane last week.
DR.. Rothwell was called on the
ridge Saturday. owing to the i'll
ness of James Huffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. W. Bigham and
sons autoed to Moscow Wednesday
George Pearl, the infant daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. George Eacker
died Tuesday, and was laid to rest
in the Wild Rose Cemetery Wednes-
day. The bereaved parents have
the sympathy of the entire commun,
lty.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. l.. McGraw and
daughter, Miss Inabelle moved tc
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15

latch country. 1t weighed over
nine pounds, which 1.is nothing re-
markable, but it was the freakiest;
knottiest, Earliest, wartiest, bump
lest pile of spuds the writer ever
saw. When the tubers were all as
sembled, much in the manner in
which they grew in the ground,
they looked liked a pile Of small
POTATOES, but in reality they were
five Siamese triplets composed of
several pairs of twins each. They
might have amounted to something
but they were too prolific to do
well.
Mrs. Harry Stanton went to Mos
COW Thursday to spend the day with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph B. Knepper
this week purchased the M. E.
church corner lot on the hill for a
residence site.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Fenton and
two children and Dick Fenton were
taken i'll with influenza the first of
the week. All are getting along
nicely except Howard who has a
very severe attack. He has had
high fever for several days but it is
hoped that his condition will inn
prove very soon.
E. H. Dammarell, president of
the local Red Cross will receive
Christmas packages for soldiers at
the Kendrick Store. Remember
each soldier gets but one package
and it has to be sent through the
Red Cross under specific directions.
If you do not understand the mat
ter thoroughly it will be well to
communicate with Mr.. Dammarell
in regard to the rules governing
shipment. He has the cartons on
hand which must be used shipping
presents.
John Wade has been quite i'll
with an attack of quinsy and tonsil-
itis> for the past week. He is get
ting along nicely however, and eX-
poets to be out again the first of
next week.
Attorney A. H. Oversmith was
an arrival in Kendrick Thursday to
transact business.
John Woody returned Thursday
from a few days visit at Moscow.
Cecil Emmett who went to Mon
tana last week to look at land there
returned Thursday.
Rosebud Brown has been keeping
war scrap book for the past year
or more. 1t contains clippings Of
many of the events of the war
pictures of prominent officers who
took part in the war and letters and
articles concerning the local boys
who were in the service. 1t will be
a valuable book in years to come.
There are a number of cases of in
fluenza in Kendrick this week hut
no serious cases except Howard
Fenton, who has been very i'll. An
accurate list is rather hard to pro
cure as there are number of cases
that have not developed decided
symptoms. Following are those
who are i'll with the disease: Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Fenton and two
children, Dick Fenton, Ruth and
Helen HeIpman, Henry and Andy
Hill, Miss Bernadine Plummer and
Mrs. Coffee.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15
Night Work Discontinued

Nineteen out of twenty night trips
made by the doctor could be avoid
ed if people show the proper consid-
Grafton for his welfare. 1t is also
a great advantage to the sick person
to begin treatment before night
comes on.
As a matter of personal protec-
tion, / have discontinued night
work, excepting confinement cases.
DR.. R. c. Faust.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15
N. P. Time Card
EASTBoUND

No. 3l2 to Spokane 9:05 a. m.
No. 314 to Spokane = 1:36 .. m.
WESTBOUND
No. 81 to Lewiston l:36 p. m.
No. 313 to Lewiston 9:05 p. m.
The Kendrick gazette., 1918-11-15

Strange advice but judged from angle
advice We the Famous Zero right
here the where the wool grows proud
them, they made to
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
Los An1eIes Letter

One always looks forward for the
old home paper, when they are so far
away. l wish you could all enjoy the
bright, warm sunhsine here. Yester-
day I was down to the beach listening
to the band play out Of doors, where
there were thousands of persons on
the pier, and on the beach. and peo-
pie bathing in the surf. It is hard to
realize it is December. The poinsettas
are just in their beauty now, and are
very abundant and beautiful. The
country needs rain very much. l have
only seen one cloudy day in six
months. The town is filling up fast
with tourists, and apartments are hard
to find On meatless days the markets
are closed, but the fish markets are
kept very busy selling fish.
There is a fine of one hundred dol
lars to a person selling wheat bread
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03

wound over the stomach and no seri-
Gus results are feared. The person who.
fired the shot is not known.
An aged man, scantily dressed, was
found unconscious lying on the ground
on East Wilson street, opposite the
Northwestern depot at Madison late
last night. He was taken to St Marys
hospital. The police and hospital
authorities have been unable to learn
his name.
J. M. Hubert of Delton was in Bara-
boo on Thursday and reports the muss
created by the Baraboo youths in the
village was one of the most exciting
things that has occurred in the place
for long time. The disgraceful af
fair started in the dancing room when
the boys began to sing, the odor of
Kilbourn booze being expelled as they
gave vent to discordant sounds. When
invited into the street the fun really
began. One youth was pushed through
a window in the s. S. Squres store and
other property was destroyed. Mr.
Hubert save ore Delton young man
pEISO CUpOL SSNSh Va t1tC Dbl ANU DOy
into a heap and landed on top of them
All this has resulted in lot Of fines in
a Baraboo court and caused as much
talk y the village as when the blind
pig WAS dynamited some years ago.
Carl D. Jackson, chairman of the
railroad commission, Madison, yester-
day sent teegram 10 Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo assuring him that
the board will cooperate with him in
his work as director of the railroads
Of the United States, to which posi-
ton he has been appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson. The government took
over the control of the roads at noon
today
The wind came down from the north
on Thursday afternoon, bringing with
it temperature below zero. Twelve
below was the report this morning.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-03
s Singleton street.
Eureka Springs, Ark.
An Episode

The other day | met a worthy man
who asked me if I believed Jesus was
the Son of God. | answered that I
did not know, but thought that all
mankind, in a ctrtain sense, were
the children Of God. He Immediate
ly referred me to Ananias and his fate
Now, granting that God was never
outwitted by a devil, or made a mis-
take, but that all things are as God
make mistake in making man, and
had to devise an expedient to remedy
it, seems doubtful to me.
Now, friend, we are in harmony on
all moral questions and determine to
live a temperate, true and worthy life,
but difference Of opinion is natural.
No one can destroy individuality.
Think a moment of a world where all
are exactly alike. 1t would become
like a stagnant pool. The great glory
of life is it's harmony of variety. The
church, as it is called, is divided into
itself the only true version Of Chris
tianity. And some of them believe all
the rest are en- route for hell. Yet it
is really only natural variety. Do you
know there is a rapidly growing reli
gious sect among the Mohammedans
that do not believe in Mohammed or
Jesus, whose sole central thought is
"All life is lOveF' Think a moment
what that means and see if it does not
cover the whole question Of all life;
then tell me that it is the road to
hell Men must differ. Read ancient
history and learn of the wonderful
cities and works far outdoing in
grandeur our day, and all before Jesus
was born, and then try to declare that
they had no moral character or true
life Now, friend, it is your privilege
to believe as you do, if it helps you.
Do you think you would become a hor-.
rible nightmare Of sin and depravity
without it? Tell me, if you can, why
the Christian world is now fighting
the fiercest battle against itself that
the world has ever known?
Religious ambition of Germany, be-
lieving she is ordained Of God to rule
the world, is the central power in it,
and it stands a mighty menace to true
liberty and advancement. So the
world must fight Virtue is it's own
reward. Evil destroys itself or what
ever it touches.
BENZ. SIMONDS.
BarabOO.