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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-08
NUMBER
H. S. COMMENCEMENT
WILL BE NEXT WEEK
Exercises to Be Held in High School
Auditorium Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The Programs.
NINE PUPILS TO BE GRADUATED.

Next week will be Commencement
Week in the public schools of Pleas
antville. The exercises will all be
held in the High School auditorium
beginning at 8 p. M, and programs
have been arranged as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING Exercises of
Eighth Grammar Grade.
America.
Inyocation-Rev. Dewitt c. Cobb.
Address of Welcome-Elma McCon-
nell.
Patriotic Essay-School Life and
Patriotism-George Mckinley.
Recitation-The Name of Old Glory
Frances Ambruster.
Piano Solo-Polonaise, Chopin
Virginia Carr.
Patriotic Tableaux.
Solo-Keep on Hopin'-Pearl Steb-
bins.
Four Minute Men-Esler Helms,
B~ernhardt Albrecht, Stella Mayhew,
Earl Booze.
Music-To Thee, o Country.
Presentation of Class-Mr. Francis
H. Budd.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Honor Pupils. No. l School-Bern-
hardt Albrecht, Frances Ambruster,
Esler Helms, Nellie Hornbrook,
George Mckinley. No. 2 School
Elma Mcconnell, Pearl Stebbins, May
belle Coleman, Edith Brooke, Earle
Booye.
Tuesday-class Day Exercises of
High School.
Professional.
Introductory-"Ode to Poets, o.
Shanghnessy-Hannah Rainear.
Tennyson-His Life and Personality
Herman Schiller.
Music-Sweet and Low, Tennyson-
High School Glee Club.
Selections from Tennyson:
(a) Lady of Embellishments Ris-
ley.
(b) Lady Clare-Ida Collins.
(c) Siege of Lucknow-Regina Coul-
ter.
Tennyson-The Interpreter of His
Age-Walter Moeller.
Music-Crossing the Bar, Tennyson
High School Glee Club.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Carly.
Pictures from The Idylls of the King:
(a) The Fair Beginners of a Nobler
Time.
(b) Elaine with Launcelot's Shield.
(c) King Arthur at the Joust.
(d) The Forgiving of Guinevere.
Music-Dainty Maiden, Tennyson-
High School Glee Club.
Glass Will-Clarence Scarborough.
Glass Roll, 191S-Armenia Risley,
Hannah Rainear, Regina Coulter, AIDE
laide Carly, Ida Collins, Clarence
Scarborough, Herman Schiller, Walter
Moeller, Curtis Adams.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Exercis-
es of High School.
Professional.
Invocation-Rev. Bennington Cor
son.
Address of Welcome--Curtis Adams.
Essay-Federal Control of Public
Utilities-Tda Collins, Second Honor.
Music - Summer Fancies = High
School Glee Club.
Grafton - Disarmament Clarence
Scarborough, Third Honor.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of I'm
Productive Regions-Herman Schiller.
Va~ledictorian.
Music-Our Country-High School
Glee Club.
Address.
Music-Smugglers - High School
Glee Club.
Award of Prizes.
Presentation of Class-Principal of
School.
Presentation of Diplomas-Dr. Vim.
Whitney.
Honor Students-Herman Schiller,
Ida Collins, Clarence Scarborough.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-08

HOMES SOLD ON EASY TERMS.
T. B. Wootton, %uccesso to Campbell
G Wootton, 10 N. Main street.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-06-08

MORTGAGE MONEY and applica-
tons. T. B.. Wootton. to
& Wootton, 10 N. Main ST.
The evening herald., 1918-01-29
New Mexico Quota
OF Savings Stamps
Set at 81, ,000.000

s.teiAt cossssro.stset 20 rsr sfPA1o
Santa Fc y. NJ. Jan. 2Nt-Thc soc
retnry of the United States treasury
has appointed the following commit
tee to handle the war sa?ings cam-
paign in this state.
" f. Lindsey governor ur Sew
Mexico
Antonio Luycru, secretary OF state.
j. II. Wagner. superintendent OF
public instruction
HallCu Eaynolds. state director.
Herman e. ilfc,d assistant state
director.
The following mcmIcr- ~ the state
committee have been named by Secrc-
tarv McAdoo as cha.rUacn of their re-
spcctiyc counties.
Berualiilo-Guy l.. Eogers Alhu-
uuerque Chaye--- nathan Jana. tos-
well. CnlfnN ~ y blackwell. Ration
'urp AleXandcr Ship.oN CLOVIS
De ruea-9 j Read, Fort summer
bona Ana W. \ sutherland. -.
cruces. Eddy J. r Joyce. Carlsbad
Grant " H. Murray silver 'iy
iuHdalupo-I T.. EubcrsoI, Santa
Rosa Lca--J r. Eoycs. Lovington
The evening herald., 1918-01-29

SHOOTING ON sinking lake for e NUM-
hor OF wears We would urge ,h, Iu.
diam service tu grant the said 'hHwl
rod and gun club os wcll a. the o..
cdrilla k,Hctuury association. 1 lot.D
ou the remaining bake or lakes. and
Whereas The state game nud fish
departments the Sew Mexico game
proi"rtIN" association. the Ic5nli.
sanctuary association tho Chlma rod
aud gun club. and the state council
of national defense. stand ready and
WILLING to assist in AN, uussihlo way
Goo make the bird refuge effective ut
the earliest possible date. therefore,
ilo % Resolved That the represent
1rNcs ui the organizations respectfully
request that the department OF ugri-
culture iu cooperation with the do
pHrtmcut Of Indian affairs take prop-
,p action FOR tho immediate establish
mont of national hitd refuge At
Shrinking lake, and that copies of this
r'solutior bc forwarded to the honor
able secretary Of agriculture. the hon
nrlhlr commissioner of Indian affairs.
and the honorable secretary uf the in
'otlor
r. ROrAULT, Dr.
State Game Warden.
FRANCIS GGIptN.
Vice President Jicarinn Association.
\. X FISHER.
Field Hoprcscntntivo T.. s. biological
survey
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600 5000 5000 20
o UNIVERSITY NOTES. q
q 100000 10000 600 q

The university Coyotes are giving
u party next Saturday night at 80
20 students Of the university who are
residents of the university dormitorics
and fraternity houses. This club is
not the old coyote club which flour
ishcd the first part ~ last year, hut
which passcd ont Of existence in tho
latter part Tho hin students are
assured q fine good time n they At
tend
Dr. RnNd Returns.
Dr. David u Boyd who has been
absent from tho university lately ON a
trim to various high schools in Union
county. returned 10 Albuquerque sun
day night. Dr Boyd was ON the hill
yesterday and today
Fred sabin Returns.
Frcd Sahin who uttenfed tho uui-
versity last year, ana who has heou
engaged in war farming near Topeka,
Kansas. this summer, has returned tn
Albuquerque As yet Mr Sahin has
not registered in the university Fred
b. STAYING at tho sigma Chi house.
ON the hili az present
New l,csisupni,
y a. Glasebrouk bin clerk M Wells
Fargo, registered IN the uniyersity
this morning for some special work
outside of working hours
Schedule for Mirage Pictures.
\ partially complete schedule for
pictures of v1rious student hpds
groups and fraternity rrrn' hH.
arranged for ths r..r
uaaE and mart .I ...# r....... ...
The evening herald., 1918-01-29

Tho result was distinct victory for
the warden and for the New Mexico
pum, protective, association. who have
been striving for several months to
prevent Stinking lake becoming pu.
waite property through lcusc Co the
JicarIllu association. and Who huN"
carried forward the movement p" have
it 4vi aside a, % refuge ana breeding
ground Tor game birds tor the welfare
uf the huut-mrn ot the cutr" Nrw
McNiru. Colorado section.
Present nt the conference Wa.
Francis Guuiu. uf Colorado Springs
prominent colorado Htortsman nu'
u member aud officer of the Jicarillu
SANITARY association. Mr. Gilpin. Ji-
ter hearing the fucN sot forth 10y the
game warden and other New McNi.
cans having the welfare uf Euoi
sportsmauship iu mind. agreed that
the bo-t thing 60 he done with stink
ing lake is 10 keep II from falling into
private control. and tu make it 90
refuge. % b. known Co hc one ot the
best natural breeding grounds tor
game birds in the southwest
The United states government
through the biological! survey and
the Indian department VIII hc asked
To take the proper action Tor the sDt-
ting aside Of the lake as e refuge
Present al the conference were Mr..
Rounult Dr H. * Fisher Washing
ton. United States biological surNc,
pr John ~ clark. ~ Albuquerque.
president OF the New MeNlro game
protective association, j. 5. Lirou. AZ
huuuerdue. predatory animal in-pcc-
tor FOR the biological survey Frank e.
Pooler Albuquerque, acting district
forester. Walter shepherd. oi the for
est service. Arthur T. Carr. OF the
Chama rod and gun club; Charles
I Springer OF the state council of do
fonse. Mcssf7i piper and Stonicr Of
the biological survey. chief Deputy
| Game Warden Vacth nld Deputy
/ Game Warden p'L"arN
I The following resolutions were
/ passed and will he sent To- the depart
ment Of agriculture ana the commits
. siuner Of indian affairs.
whereas. These organizations J.
/ believers n bird conservation. Jdvu,
? cate that this lake be made national
! bird refuge, to hc maintained and
/ improvct as breeding ground toi
migratory birds hy aud for the geucr-
Z al public and
Whereas. The said representative
r are ready 10 discuss amy rcs~outhi,
special proyisos which the lndiai
service may wish to suggest m rccop
milton of the Jicnrilla Indians W,
L q
specify on this point. and
whereas The Chamn rod and rul
club has enjoyed the privileges ~
The evening herald., 1918-01-29

Lincoln George l.. ur..a .rHzezo
Iuua Frank Nordru D,wug
Nua g. " West v.. Mound
u,kinlo, e. W Dut.. Gallup
otcro -c p. Mitchell Nm. ..uo
qua, J. \. FOWL, Tu. Espo-
uu'a Roosevelt - "a .I oldham
Portable. SiuduyH' -.U..I..
Ii,rmluIo san Jun NII II H
~ammuns. Farmingtu". s.. H...
HERMAN e.. Ifald o.. N.... rIr.
o. Fc-L A. Hugh,- .H f'.
si,rrs D. :. McTaNi-h. H...l ...u.
Taos %. g. Randall T... Iuuu
Al. G.. Johnson. Cl1' Com IIuU.,.-
e.. J.: Davenport Erc. Valencia
John Becker jr, licl'n
IL is understood iuf' several ad-
ditional members Will Hp added e.
the state commute Within o. few
wceks. that the orrIH....nu ot each
county is being rapidly ...ioctod. aud
that the sale uf Wal ..u4s stamps
ANA certificates h. meeting with n
hearty and patriotic response from all
sections.
The s.. .OoO. 600 quul f.r Ncw Mex
tco seems large eel lfst Wuught.
however IL must Uu remembered
that the ratio is q uniform one for
each state In the uuIu" b. e.. $50 per
cupital uf population Sew Mexico
sunscrihcd her quota tn The first and
second liberty loans, anl .hc can reach
her war savings quot uuly through
uWakcplng every man. woman au
child iu our great commonwealth Co a
sense Of personal punsihiuty in
financing and winnius ,h, war.
While Il Is true tha, the plan of the
United states treasury BOZ, issuing war
savings stamps WAS g. make an oppur-
tuu.ty for children and small carnefr
tu invest their nyins. the field b. il
40 way intended 10 b, limited To- them
MANY savers cannot accumulate f-'
per capita In the allotted year, but they
can "Do their bit" iu becoming an rN'
ample ana inspiration ,o l1rge business
interests and people OF means 60 invest
in this form of war loan In proportion
tu their wealth.
/ Don't leave H tu rae children
The raising of 5000 100" 90 this st"t'
g. not childs play, nu' iuil sizes
mans job
War savings week viii begin ot
Thrift SUNDAY February >. W
expected that the dUv, during tht
week will enlist l0O.uuu.Uoo sueScrip
or, ln the United state. ana that Nev
Mexico viii furnish 51o.uoo uf thes'
savers
Thrift sumps and certificate stamp
may bc obtained az AN money "rd'I
pnstonices. banks. Wells farsn office
and ~ many OF the department stores
Save money ana save lives, u"
savers aud servers can and VIII VII
the war
The evening herald., 1918-01-29
OPEN n0STRILS! EMO
A COLD or CATAHRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed In.

Count my Your cold loo n'Id "r
catarrh disappear Your clogged H"
trils will open. thv air passoses ~
YOUR head will clear and sou 'au
breathe freely No more suuf'InE
hawking. mucous discharge, dryncs'
or headache; no struggling for breath
at night
Got q small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply a
little Of this fragrant antiseptlc cream
In your uustrils II penetrates through
every air passage of the head, southinr
ana healing che swollen or inf'amei
mucous membrane, giving You iusia"'
relief Head colds urd catarrh yielt
like magic. Don't stay siuffed-up 1nt
miserable. Relief is sure.
The evening herald., 1918-01-29
Governor Will be at
Sheepmen's Meeting

Governor Lindsey viii bc here for
the annual meeting OF the Sew Mex
leo wool growers association. He has
accepted an invitation 60 attend the
opening session ON March Is
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
REALTY TRANSFERS

Deeds.
T.. W. Stahl to NJ. Schikora, $40.
Lot I and E 1-2 Lot 8, block Athe-
ma.
E. J. Davis, administrator. to G..
Clements. $4,000. 1-2 n IL NE Ia
NV Ia section 3, township 2 north.
range 80.
J. F. Hesseltine to A. s. Black, ST.
fract tract near Milton.
Ed Noble to II. s Noble, 81. n IL
Lot 9 anr lots 10, II, block 22s' Res.
Add.
c. I. Cleveland to w. J. Furnish,
$35OO. SW IA NV Ia Sc IA section
80 and E IL NV IL NV Ia. section
30, township 4 north. range 20
Gotlop Schwank 10 Grace stephens,
$4,000 Tract IN NV IA Sc IA sec
tion "a. township, 8 north, range 80.
w T. Rigby to r. p. Fletcher, 81.
Lots 4, ;, s. 9. TO-. IL 10 IN Block 14s
Res Add. TO Pcndleton.
NJ. $. Schcikora 70 ID. w. Stahl, $40.
Lots 4. s. block 8, kinks addition.
Athena.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES

ality and without fear. A true
newspaper does not refrain
from publishing news because
ut may offend friends or peo-
pie of business or social pres
.tige. A newspaper is public
servant under obligations it
cannot lightly lay aside. Very
frequently a newspaper will
publish news it would prefer
not to print. But it is in duty
bound to give the public the
facts. Men who are not thus
ready to serve the public with
Ifaithfulness and integrity
should not be in the business.
There is nothing more contemp-
itible than a newspaper that
suffers from news cowardice.
Such a paper is not true to its
mission and should not be toll
Grated.
! These remarks have applica-
ton to no particular case or
controversy but are to make
clear a point that is often
raised. The East Oregonian
may be far from perfect but
lit does adhere consistently and
with impartiality to standards
lit knows to be right and just.
1T maintains its self respect. It
plays fair with the public and
with individuals be they rich
or poor, high or low. The con-
tinuous and unquestioned su-
Ipremacy of the East Oregonian
in its field proves that its course
is approved.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02

has lost its food buying power and
the non Bolsheviki Russians are in a
desperate condition.
An the wholesale and retail es-
adjustments have been nationalized
and by putting Bolshevik committees
in charge of all residences. NJ. lin
ivieff. the food administrator has ef-
fected a cOmplete secret services sys-
tenn of food. The transport of food
into Petrograd is under close supervi-
sion, cutting off the last source avail
able to nom BoIsheviSi.
The friction between Zinovieff and
the Moscow authorities continues.
zinovieff insisting that the northern
commune should be Independent.
The Bolsheyiki are executing many
prisoners and are making no at
tempt to conceal that such action has
been forced upon them in order to
conserve food.
The British narrator saws the Boil
shevik strength in Petrograd, as we'll
as in Moscow, has increased since
the attempts on Lenines life and the
advances in the Volga region, largely
because of many Russian Liberals
believe that they must choose between
the Bolsheviki and the extreme re-
dictionaries, as none of the faction
leaders in the center show strength.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
AMUSEM ENTS
"NIY SOLDIER GIRL"

An Inspiring Musical Spectacle.
/ When the brilliant musical spectacle
MY Soldier Girl" makes its initial
bow before local theater-goers at the
Oregon theater Wednesday night De-
oember 4th, the reason for the sue
cess of this popular musical play wiz
impress itself upon the auditor at
ence There is action both in music
and dialogue from the rise to fall OF
ithe final curtain. Scenic beauty and
gorgeous costumes delight the eye and
tuneful melodies are aboundant. II
requires more than money or hard
production as is to be seen in my
Soldier Girl" The excellent cast and
bewitching beauty chorus help to
make the performance complete while
the tunefuI music is tower of
strength. since it is of the sort that
makes the head nod and the fot tap.
There are four scenes in three acts,
opening on the Roof Garden of the
New York theater, during the final
sanza The second act takes place
at Colonel stones home near an Av-
iation Fled Miami, Fla, while the
last act a tableaux showing a reso-
late battlefield Somewhere in
France"-an impressive scene dis
sofying into he4Goddess of Liberty,
and the perforrnapce closes with a
wonderfuIiy clever flag effect of cos
Tunes libei1y forever.
= III
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
DEAD HORSE FLESH
FOUND IN STREETS
FOOD OF RUSSIANS

LONDON. Nov. 29.--Dogs and men
Iare. battling in PetrOgrad for the
flesh Of horses which drop dead in
the streets. according to British
business man who has just arrived in
London. He escaped from Petrograd
early in November.
The Bolshcvik government, he
said. has announced since the recap
ture Of Kazan. simbirsk and Samara
that they would have grain enough
TO feed the soldiers. sailors and their
own partisans throughout the winter.
They would not issue food to any
other persons. As result money
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
28 YEARS AGO
(From the East oregonian, Decembe

(From the East Oregonian, December
,, 1900
The UmatiIla Indiana will hold big
dance Christmas to celebrate the holi-
day.
Judge Fee feft today for Baker City
to hold the Baker county term of
Little Clifford Salisbury who re-
cited Paul .!Revere's. Ride. and Lii
liam Epple. who recited The Three
Lovers were the winners Saturday at
the declamatory contest. Each was
presented with handsome gold med
al. The, receipts were $50. out of
this $40 will be available for the school
library.
License to wed was issued by the
county clerk today to w. r. Taylor and
Miss Nellie Leeper.
Elbert Mcmillan and Miss Annie
Fitzsimmons were married at Weston
Sunday by Justice Powers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
THE GRAIN SUPPLY
NJ OMMERCIAL stocks of
" wheat reported in a sur

4 NJ OMMERCIAL stocks OF
" wheat reported in a sur
vey made by the De-
partment of Agriculture as of
November 1, 1918. amounted
ito 274, 925, $40 bushels, as COM
pared with 1876, ,997,839 bush
els reported on hand in a SINH
liar survey for October 1. These
Figures refer to stocks actually
reported and do not represent
the total commercial stocks of
the country, nor do they in
,clude stocks on farms. The
stocks reported for November
We're held by u, ,53S firms
elevators. warehouses, grain
mills and wholesale dealers
their holdings being more than
two and one-half times the
stock held by them a year
earlier. the actual percentage
being 264.4 of the 1917 stock.
The commercial visible sup
ply figures, as published by the
Chicago Board of Trade for the
nearest date November 2,
1919 show 22,6O4,000 bush
els of wheat as against ID
908,000 a year ago, and the
Bradstreet fig
ures for 1918 show 1882, 900
bushels for 1917. A very
great relative increase in the
commercial stocks of wheat on
November /, this year, as COM
pared with the same date of
last year is shown by these fig
ures, as we'll as by the results
of the more extensive survey.
The commercial stocks of
other cereals reported for No
vember l, 1918, according to
the Department statement,
were as follows: Corn, II, 7,123,-
1874 bushels; oats, 79,775,204
barley, 34,462,597
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02
AN AMENDED DoxoLocY.

= Praise cod from whom all !
= blessings flow. !
: Praise Him all creatures here
p helow' :
= Praise Vim for Wars victorious :
= let hyihns n praise for Peate :
= ascendl
= Praise God for Principles of :
i Risht
.. For which our heroes dared to :
> Praise Him for armies strong !
and free,
, That overthrew autocracy.
. Praise God for setting Nations .
For promise of World Liberty; !
, Praise God our dear flag is un- :
+ furled
, To right mems wrongs and feed !
4 the World!
: Praise GOD for every blessing
Here in this life. with hope of !
Heaven,
= Praise Him above, We Heavenly :
: IIostf
: Praise Faher, Son and Holy :
> Ghost N. n. B.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02

~ n the question of govern
w ment ownershop of util.
tiles as with most other
questions the sane middle
groud is the hest. The man
unalterably opposed to govern
ment ownership has views that
are obsolete and unsafe. On
the other hand the man who
wonla go to- the opposite. ex-
tre9ne is equally unWise. In
some lines of business and in
dustTy government ownership
is the only possible course if we
are to have the. results the
country needs. The war has
proven this. The reconstruc-
tion era will further emphasize
the fact. The country cannot
afford to take up with those
who oppose every form of gov
ernment development and
ownership anymore than can it
afford to go to the extremes
advocated by the socialists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02

Hard Catastrophe whose blood is
pure are not nearly so likely to take
hard colds as are others. Hoods
Sarsaparilla makes the blood pure;
and this great medicine recovers the
system after a cold as no other medi-
cine does. Take Hoods.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02

bushels; rye, 15,12S,1S5 bush
els. These stocks represent
the following percentage of the
corresponding stocks on No
vember 1, 1917: Corn, 272.7
per cent; oats, 1859 per cent;
barley, 1921 per cent; rye,
I22 per cent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-12-02

The influenza is about play
ed out in Pendleton, the ban is
lifted, school work resumed
and business may be conduct
ed as in normal times. 1t is
time to be happy but careful.
S-s-s-S-~-~O~O~S~~
Eastern Oregon farmers
and stockmen who made money
during recent years will now
seek good towns in which to
have their homes and head
quarters. Right this way gen
tlemen is the biggest and best
town of its size in the world.
~~~e~~a~~~S~~
1t is not compulsory to shop
early but it is the way to do If
you want to get the best results
for the money and time eX-
pended.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-01-10
important to Mothers
Prices of Monkeys Soaring.

Who would think that the European
war would have anything to do with
the price of monkeys? Well, it does,
and great deal, too, says the Popular
Science Monthly. The price Of monkeys
has gone up with food, paper, shoes.
etc, to the despair. of the pathologist
and to the sorrow of the hurdy-gurdy
man. The causes for the sudden cor
ner In monkeys is the closing of the
worlds principal Wild animal market
at Hamburg, Germany, and the lack of
shipping facilities. Not long ago the
Psychologists of the national public
health service at Washington wanted
a dozen South American monkeys for
experimental purposes. They appealed
to every wild animal dealer in this
country, to the zoos, and to the sailors
in port, and finally purchased six at
S19 each.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-01-10
TIMBER NEEDED FOR FRANCE
Virgin Forests of Vast Area in Africa
May Be Drawn Upon for Sup
ply After the War.

France is beginning to figure out
how to meet an anticipated shortage
in lumber and firewood after the war.
The destruction of forests by she'll
fire and the heavy demand for lumber
for barracks and road construction
combine to make deficit of 100000
cubic feet annually.
Beyond the range of shells, on both
sides of the front, the military
woodsmen's axes have drawn heav-
lily on timber from the North sea to
the Swiss frontier. The consumption
of lumber will increase during the war
at the rate of 100000 cubic feet
year; and for several years after peace
is made, the demand will continue for
the repair and rebuilding of devastat-
ed regions. r~ :,
The solution of the problem is con-
sidered to be a question of transporta-
ton, and of forest exploitation in the
colonies. Specialists have calculated
that French equatorial and western
Africa, Madagascar. Guinea and Hin
do-China possess $4,000 square miles
of virgin timber land, which could
amply supply France, and several 9TH
er countries with fuel and lumber.