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The Jasper news., 1918-11-07
Daily Thought.

Strong reasons make strong actions.
Shakespeare
The Jasper news., 1918-11-07
Nobody Wants Them.

NOBODY Wants Ihem.
II see they are now renting shoes In
Germany" "Ah, indeed. I suppose
the kaiser would rent his cheap"
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22
SOLDIER In FRANCE
HAD HAPPY CHRISTMAS
Judge Stenger Receives Letter From
Nephew Telling How He Spent
the Day

Judge A. l.. Stenger has handed
the Tribune copy of letter re-
Gently received from his nephew,
Fred O'Hair, now located somewhere
in France Mr.. O'Hair's home is at
Waverly and the letter was one he
wrote to the people of that town.
The letter follows:
"Old Santa dropped that wonder
full Christmas box that you gave him
for me at my bunk on Christmas eve
and I didn't have my stocking hung
either, because if I had of put it up
l might not have found it the next
morning. You know when we sol
diers run short of anything we have
to get another some way or other.
Anyway, the contents of that box
was great and you surely knew what
fellow likes, as it had been a long
time since I had had any real Ameri-
can candy. All we could get in the
line of candy was bars of chocolate.
the kind they use for cooking in the
States, but there was enough
Hershey's in that box to last long
time and the home made candy and
cookies were awfully good too.
Everyone has been very kind to
us and we certainly were given a
CHEEKY Christmas even if we were a
long way from home. We had g
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

splendid dinner and certainly did
justice to it too, you may be sure.
All Christmas day I thought of my
friends in America aad wished /
could at least take one little peek
at them again, but it probably will
not be very long before I see you all
again, it does not seem possible that
I am so far away.
"All of the other Minnesota boys
here are getting along splendidly and
the best of all is that they are all
enjoying fine health and are always
cheerful:
GAIL of the men in the regiment
pitched in and bought toys, dolls,
candy, nuts and fruits for three
hundred orphans of French soldiers
who are cared for in a neighboring
city. They came to one Of the the
aires to be entertained by our noted
First Minnesota Field Artillery Band
and we had Santa Claus who passed
the presents among them. I certain
ly enjoyed seeing how happy those
poor little ''Frenchies" were, and
there were some awfully cute little
kids there and when any of us sol
diers would come in they could call
to us "Bonjour Americana" and
hold out their hands to shake and
we sure did and we're kept very busy
Many of the older people came to us
after it was all over and expressed
their appreciation by saying "Merci
Monsuier! Merci!"
Many thanks to you all and best
wishes for the health and happiness
of you ALL
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22
MORRIS LADIES EXHIBIT
CONSERVATION FOODS
Practical Suggestions in Miss Kee-
mans Address at Civic League
Meeting

A conservation meeting was held
on Saturday afternoon last at the
Commercial Club rooms under the
auspices of the Civic League. The
president, Mrs. S. J. Stebbins occu-
pied the chair, called the meeting to
order and introduced as speaker for
the day, Miss keenan, of the Agricul-
tural School faculty. The subject
for discussion was Sugar and its
Conservation"
Miss Keenan, said, eve had been
bombarded almost, for many months
with the word Conservation but
since it is a fact that the crops of
1915 were the poorest for many years
Conservation will be crying need
for months to come. Food is one OF
the three factors which will win the
war, and the time is here when the
food habits of our people must be
modified so that the needed and in
creased supplies may be furnished
our men and allies.
1--WE have learned to measure
our food values by calaries, as we
do cloth by yards or flour and sugar
by pounds, and if Il cups of corn
syrup or molasses contain as many
calories as 1 cup of sugar, one may
substitute either of these for sugar
and loose nothing in food values. The
sweet taste may not be exactly the
same but one can forego that. In
using corn syrup, however, as it is
a liquid, one must allow Il cup less
liquid in any recipe"
AS aids to conserving sugar Miss
keenan, suggested the removal of the
sugar bowl from the table; while il
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

might be an anarchistic act, yet it
would certainly save the sugar. An
other aid would be to use tea and
coffee without sugar, Experts de-
clare that the flavor of both is better
without sugar. Again little salt
can be used on breakfast food instead
of sugar, there being enough starch
in the oatmeal or other food with
out the addition of the sugar. Then
too. if the cake used is reduced and
fruits and vegetables substituted
the food values would be equally
we'll supplied. In the matter of cost
pound of sugar is valued or sells al
10 cents, corn syrup at cents, mo-
lasses at cents, honey at 10 cents
Miss Keenan's talk was much ap-
preciated by all present. She exhib-
tied various plates of candies, fruit
pastes, candied fruits, all made with
out sugar, but with corn syrup
These might easily be substituted fol-
sugar candies. Various plates OF
food were then exhibited by Mrs
Stebbins. These had been made by
women of Norris, who kindly gave
their recipes. The food was sam
pied by those present. The follow
ing cooks furnished the exhibit
Pumpkin pies, brown bread, white
corn meal biscuit, made by Mrs
Stebbins; rocks by Mrs. Ryhn; ging-
err bread, Mrs. Harris; sugarless cake
and dark cake, Mrs. John Walz;
Trilby cookies by Mrs. Stewart, all
going to prove that the new methods
of conserving are successful.
This meeting was the first of a
series to be held, one each month
The March meeting will be held al
the same place and a speaker from
the Agricultural school, St. Anthony
Park, is expected to be present, OF
visiting nurse. 1t is urged that
more women attend these meetings
and learn new ways to help in this
conservation movement to help wiz
the war.
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

You will find more of the leading
people of Minnesota registered at the
Radisson, than at any other hotel in
the Twin Cities. adv.
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22
S.A.SIVERTS, JR.,
City Manager.
REPORT OF AUDITOR

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Account and
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

BONDS
$25,0O0.00 due August 1, 1918
100000 due August 1, 1921
$4,000 due July I. 1926
SEWER, WALK, CURB AND GUTTER
CERTIFICATES
Issued in anticipation of the collec-
ton of special assessments
100000 due Oct. 1, 1913
100000 due Oct. /, 1919
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

PURITY SOOTLESS- 1.-THE Best Of
Best by Actual Test" Lampert
Lumber Co. tt.
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22


Total length Of concrete sidewalks
Length graveed
Length of street with curb
# road business
watts which lighting charge is $2048O
Storm Water Sewer
Number
Number of attachments sanitary
Norris, MINI, January, 1918.
SASIvERTS
City MI
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

OF THE CITY OF
FOR DECEMBER ssT 1917
Morris tribune., 1918-02-22

Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1918 ...........
Total levy for 1917 ...............
Total taxes received from County Treas
Total income from other sources
Portion of Managers salary borne by funoS
supported by taxation .................
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MARKET WAS FEVERIsH.

New York, Nov. Wall Street eX- lerienced one of the widest and most bewildering sessions in it's varied eX- 9erienCe today. the stock market re spending feverishly to un"onfirmed re- ports of the signing of the peace arm stice by Germany The financial com nunity accepted these reports and rave itself over to a deliriIm of bull sh enthusiasm.
 Practically all the leading stock is sues exception those of the distinc- tive iroup. made extreme advances ranging from to 13 points, the rise being largely retained at the very ac- tive close.
 In recognition of the desire of the rrokers to celebrate, .he authorities If the Exchange suspendcd operations 1alf an hour ahead of the regular pc "iod. but the press of business as represented by buying orders. was so great that fiaal transactions were not recorded util some fifteen minutes 'ater.
 Stocks opened at gains of 1 to 3 points. cables from neutral points tell ug of revolts and mutii.ies in the German army nd navy inviting furth- 2r extension of long accounts.
 Rumors of the alleged ratification of he armistice gained currency at mid day and expected little influence for a lime. except to cause further heavi- ness in the munitions and allied stocks
 Rails and oils were among the first fhares to make strong response, high elass transportationS mounting to the years best Yrices at gross gains of two to seven points. Mexican Petrole- ma rose almost 13 points and related shares ? to ,. Motors. coppers and peace specialties finished at net ad- vances of to points. Total sales amounted to 1.150,000 shares.
 Railway bonds gained one to four ner cent, various foreign issues 1 to , 1-2, but Liberty issues were barely firm. Total sales, par value, aggre- gated SIG. .300,o00.
 Old U. s. bonds were unchanged on call
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08

In three days he had put up, near the hut, as good ring as ever staged 8 championship bout. It has a we'll constructed platform, ropes arranged in the proper manner, padded floor and time-keeper's gong, They didn't say where they got the boards and nobody seemed to care because the officers who might have been 1dssy were too busy crowding into ringside seats for the opening per- formance. These are but two isolated incidents of what the Engineers do when their help is needed to keep the sport spirit alive.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
SPORTING NOTES.

Much has been written regarding the wonderful work of the American Engineers in France both at the bases of the United States Army and along the many connecting lines which hook-up the front lines with the sources of supply. There is, how ever, another side to their activity which is just as remarkable and praiseworthy especially since it is sratuitous and done after ordinary working hours. It is the preparing of fields or enclosures for the soldier athletes and without which it would be impossible to play or hold many of the games and contests.
 Stories of the helpful work of the engineers in this direction are con stantly being sent across the seas along the following lines. Recently a Y. M. C. A. athletic director with an engineer regiment in the center of France felt discouraged regarding
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
MEET OF INTERSTATE
 TRAPSHOOTING ASSN

New York, Nov. At the annual meeting of the Interstate Trapshoting association held here today the greate. par4s+of the session was devoted to a discussion of plan of future develop ment. An executive committee was appointed to arrange a new policy and plans for the organiza ton so that ann ateur trapshooters could be admitted as members. This would require a complete revision of the association s constitution and bylaws.
 The ne wcommittee was ordered to report on the best term of reconstruc tion 30 days hencN and the meeting adjourned until the expiration of that period.
 The following officers were select ed: T. H. Keller, New York, president; Fowler Manning, New Haven, Conn.,, vice president; Elmer F. Shaner, Pittsburgh, treasurer, and E. R. Sha- ner, Pittsburgh, secretary.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08

or players before they entered the service, as well as the converts to the national pastime among our own troops and their associates in arms, are typical of the dyed n-thewool crank at home. These are getting great satisfaction now from discus sion of past battles of the diamond and argument over the prospects of another spring. Indeed, baseball has caught on so well with the British French and Italian soldier that the first league of real international flavor is likely to flourish another summer.
 Indeed, the establishment of the American game in the battle scared fields of Europe is likely to have a direct bearing on the worlds series of 1919, in the opinion of Clarence 1 Mitchell, major league southpaw of considerable repute, who saw service with the Cincinnati and Brooklyn clubs of the National League.
 Mitchell as Prophet
 There will be a double worlds series next fall,' Mitchell has just written from France, for the pubic will demand it and the army and navy will insist upon it.
 CNci uSIe we ndHeH any uOuUI l about the wars end in plenty of time for the big leagues to start their schedules, but Uncle Sam IS time to get back in the game. That means that plenty of the best ball players of the two major leagues will still be in service. For months after peace comes and terms are be- ing arranged we'll be playing base ball in France while the big leagues | are playing at home. And the club that can win out in the army and 1 navy competition will be the best club in the world-at least the sol 'diers and sailors will think so. and that club will have to be let in on the worlds series if it asks the chance, as it surely will I only hope I'll show enough class to be counted in on the doings for those games will be something a fellow will think about and talk about for the rest of his life"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
NO FOOTBALL AT YALE THIS FALL

Reports that Yale would have no football team this season were con- firmed Wednesday by Lieut.. F. K. Hochler, director of athletics for the students army training corps, who said:
 "The athletic authorities of the army and navy units met with the university authorities and decided that no intercollegiate football con tests of any sort would be played even for the raising of charitable funds. Academic and military sched ules at Yale make it impossible to take any length of time for the daily practice so necessary in football"
 The announcement that Yale will not have any football this year of any kind is no surprise to those who knew what was going on. From the first Yale has not been in favor of putting a team in the field this season under the existing conditions, al- though the authorities have been anx- ious to aid in swelling the fund for war training camps.
 The reports which have found ample space in the papers to the ef- feet that Yale would play one or two games if only to help along the war work seem to have been stimulated from New York and Boston by sport ing editors. who had little to write and wanted to busy themselves with something in order to show they were on the job. Some of the so-called expert writers of amateur sports have been among the chief offenders. Whether they have been imposed up- on by anyone else is for them to say.
 Yale's stand against football is due to several good reasons. One is that it was considered dangerous to put an eleven in the field without the proper physical preparation. To send young men into such game as foot ball minus the long and special train ing required to harden them up would be inviting permanent injuries to the men, and perhaps fatalities.
 Still further the present Yale war training schedule is different from that at either Harvard or Princeton. Yale is training men for three arms of the national service-the infantry, the navy and the artillery, and they have no time to spare for football when they get through with their drills and lectures. In fact. it is said they are a pretty tired bunch. Some time ago a call for men for football was issued and nine responded, show ing that the men did not have the time to think of the great game this year.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
OVERSHOOTING A BIRD When Bird is Flying Straight

When Bird is Flying Straight
 Away.
 A bird may be readily overshot when it is flying straight away and perfectly level, i'll consequence of the line of aim being so very short
 The gun comes to the shoulder pointing but a few inches beneath the target. and if brought up quickly there is probability that it travels above the bird while the trigger is pressed.
 The problem of the shooter here is to start his line of aim sufficiently can erceive fair warning before the time comes to pull.
 Another shot often going high is when the bird rises to some little elevation and then drives away with a Towering flight before the aim is certain.
 One of the most troublesome shots in upland bird shooting is when the bird rises near the gun to a height of 25 or 30 feet and then goes off level. The natural inclination is to swing after him, unconscious that he is really going down toward the hori- zontal line and that the aim must, in many instances, be taken at least a foot low.
 Another hard shot is when the bird flies low and towards the shooter. The nearer the bird comes to you the fasterfaster the muzzle swings, and at that the bird either outpaces you or you jerk ahead blindly without any aim and kill only by accident. h. coming birds should not be fired upon when 50 feet or more away. Always hold under for such a distance otherwise it is almost sure miss un- | less the bird is rising.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
FOOTBALL BECOMING
 POPULAR IN PORTO RICO

New York, Nov 6.-Football not soccer, but the man to-man inter collegiate type has been started in Porto Rico and the soldiers are taking to it like ducks to water despite heat and sandy playing field that elsewhere would be considered too heavy for fast team work
 The First battalion of the S74th regiment started the football craze late in September by challenging the rest of the regiment. Neither side scored but two broken noses were re- ported among the casualties. This waH the first blood drawn by the war riors and it aGM&AucA 'Eeest to the life K the N TX the 373rd regi- ment has ka- game.
 As a resuH GEEeS interest in the football games the athletic director has added the sport to the regular program of play day" events for the troops. Thise is probably the first appearance of football in the tropics.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08

the ebuiIding of a fine wire-netting backstop and marking out the foul lines with flags. The job was done by the men after they had put in a hard day at their regular tasks. Practically the whole regiment as sisted at one time or another.
 With the baseball field in operation, it was decided to promote boxing. The drawback was that there was no place to stage bouts except the floor of the hut, and the men wanted to read Or write or listen to the music machine wouldn't stand for that Again the sergeant was consulted.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
STARS TO DESERT
 RASERAII AFTER MAI
INOEbNEE NF En WHH By JACK VEIoCK


 By JACK VEIocK
 With baseball pocked away in moth balls for the duration of the war and the stars of the game who are in the service migrating to France with their various units, the prediction that many of them will be missing when the game comes back grows stronger day by day.
 brought forth announcements of final retirement from a number of players among them Harry Hooper, Bill Rariden Ty Cobb and others. Many more decisions of this kind may be expected.
 Lavan Retires
 The latest player to announce his deefinite retirement is Dr. John La van, Washington shortstop, now known as Junior Lieutenant Lavan, |. $. N.
 Lavan said recently that he is through for all time. He is in the navy and he likes it. He is going to stick to it.
 I'll soon be going across" re- marked Johnny to friend in Chi cago. and as I like the navy I think l will stick to it. At any rate I have played my last game of professional baseball. That's final"
 Other Positions Appeal
 Many more players now in the various branches of the service will do as Lavan intends to do getting away from baseball will seem good to dozens of them, for getting into something else with a chance to make good after having served their most useful years on the diamond will appeal to the majority. Besides being able to make good in a new game" these players will find the diversion source of enjoyment
 A new crop of players-mostly youngsters-will come out with the return of the game, and the boys on the sand lots may find their dreams coming true much sooner than they ever dared hope before the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
centraIs Win from Stars.

Sunday at the fair ground the West Side Stars were defeated by the Gen. trals football team of Greeneville. The Centrals are composed of former play CTS of the Tigers and Academy last year and are very promising stars in their lineup. The CentralSiwill pra< tice hard every week night and expect to play the New London team Sunday at Mohegan park.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
,ntlook for sports. There was

outlook for sports There was no field fit for baseball, football or even basketball To relieve his mind he told his trouble to a sergeant. If it's a baseball field you want quoth the sergeant, we'll have it."
 A rocky, uneven and generally des- olate place upon which ball park could be built. The physical director thought that possible, after year S work something might be made of it. That was before he knew the Engi- neers well. It took just three days to skin" off the field, level it. roll it and put it in condition for play, even to
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
Billiard Tournament in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 6.-Augie Kieckhefer of Chicago, defending his title as three cushion billiard champion, tonight won the first block of 15O point match from Charles McCourt of Cleveland 50 to 23. The play went A innings. Kieckhefer's high run was 9. Me Courts was only 2.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
NEW WORLD SERIES GAMES IN MAKING

Our soldiers in. France take their play seriously as seriously almost as the grim work of clearing Europe of the Hun pest. Save for what use may be made of the occasional pleasant autumn day. the 1918 baseball season for the boys in o. D. has ended.
 Game Has Not Died.
 But those soldiers who were fans
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
WILLARD REFUSES TO
 BOX MISKE FOR WAR FUNDS

Billy AIiske was willing to pay his own expenses to Omaha and box Jess Willard, the champion a ten-round bout for the United War Campaign Fund, but Willard again displayed his frequent acts of cowardice by sending Promoter Melady a telegram to the
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
COTTON.

New York. Nov. 7.--Cotton futures opened steady; December 2a9O to 30.10; January 2s.S7 March 2s.sO; May 2S.50; July 2S.25.
 Spot quiet; middling 31.25.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08
MON EY.

New York, Nov. [. - Call money strong; high 6: low 6: ruling rate 6: closing bid 3-4; offered at 6; last loan 6.
 Batk acceptances 1-4.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-08

effect that he would not meet Miske but would do his bit at Texas Will lard's actions since he became the worlds champion have hurt boxing more than anything else.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-20
Stories of Famous Spies
BY Albert Payson Terhune


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