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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08

the work of the departments farm
labor work In single states or two or
more adjoining states. These farm
help specialists will cooperate directly
with state agencies, central and local
employment agencies rOf the United
States department of labor, and with
the county agents and community farm
help committees which will be charged
directly with meeting labor needs In
their special localities.
The farm help specialists through
preliminary labor surveys will en-
deavor to ascertain in advance the
prospective needs for extra labor in
each community. They will work with
state and local agencies to supply Ia.
Dor deficiencies from local supplies II
possible, or from the nearest point
where labor can be secured outside the
community in need Of assistance. All
local sources of labor first will be
drawn upon and only when the fullest
possible utilization Of local labor
proves inadequate, will labor be
brought In from outside. In cases
of necessity, however, through the de-
partment of agriculture and the depart
ment Of labor, arrangements will be
made for interstate movement Of help,
In which the department of labor will
cooperate In obtaining extra labor for
farm purposes from the populous COM
munitieS,
1t is pointed out that the farmer in
need Of labor should proceed as fol-
He should report his need to
his county agent or to a member of the
community farm help committee. If
possible, his need will be supplied from
lists of men available in the county.
If local labor is inadequate, the cOun-
ty agent or committee will report to
the state farm labor specialist, who,
in cooperation with the state officials,
will draw on the nearest available Ia
Dor within the state.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
Club Boy Purchases Farm.

Willie Johnston, a member Of sew
eral of the boys agricultural clubs in
Coal county, Oklahoma, has made
enough money for his mother, since
his fathers death, to buy a farm. At
the same time he has been helping
other boys of his neighborhood to grow
better crops. Maybe there Is q les
son In Willie JohnstOn's experience
for other boys-whether on the farm
or in town-who would like to enroll
In club work. Ask your county agent,
the state agricultural college, or the
United States department Of agricul-
ture to tell you how ,Ou can enlist in
such service and make money.
In the fall Of 1915, when his father
died, Willie was left to support: his
mother and five younger, sisters. The
family was farming rented land and
had no money with which to buy a
home. Willie was fourteen years old.
Early in 1915, W. T. Yoakum, the oun
ty agent, had enrolled him in the Corn
club, and that year he won a prize
at the county fair.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
SPECIALISTS TO
AID THE FARMER
Country Divided Into Divisions to
Handle Man Power.
SOLVE FARM LABOR PROBLEM
Subject Which Agricultural Depart
ment Has Given More Thought to
Than Any Other, According
to Secretary Houston.

The farm labor problem has pre-
sented and continues to present many
difficulties, Secretary Houston said the
other day. It is n Of the two or three
subjects to which the department has
given more thought than to any 9TH
ers, he said, not only since this coun-
try entered the war, but for many
months prior to that time. There has
been before the farmers the question
Of retaining a sufficient number Of
year-round skilled laborers and also
Of meeting the urgent needs at the
planting and harvesting periods. Farm
r in the neighborhood of cities,
where there has been great redirection
of labor and capital. and also where
the environments and other special en-
terprises have been under way, have
been greatly embarrassed, Secretary
Houston said. 4
Labor Survey First.
Constructive effort, according to the
secretary, is needed along several
lines, which may be briefly stated as
follows: A systematic survey Of the
farm labor situation to ascertain the
possible needs of farmers and to deter
mine ways Of meeting them, the pro-
motion Of fuller cooperation in the
utilization Of labor among farmers In
the same community, the further de-
velopment Of machinery for assisting
In the transfer Of labor, making avail
able labor which heretofore has not
been fully or regularly utilized, the
releasing of men for agricultural pur-.
poses as far as possible by replacing
them with women, the largest possible
production and the fullest use Of farm
l~abor-saving machinery.
To cooperate effectively In the farm
labor problem with the United States
department Of labor, state councils
Of defense, state commissioners of ag-
riculture and labor, and other official
state and local agencies concerned
with supplying needed farm labor, the
department of agriculture has d.
vided the country into four farm labor
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
Was Solely Self Educated.

Thomas Lincoln. Abe's father, had
little use for book learning" When
Abe began to show that Unsuitable de-
sire for knowledge which characterized
him throughout life his father COM
planned that he was wasting time"
meaning that he should employ the
time occupied in study to various du-
ties about the farm. 1t is certain that
Abe could not write-and possibly
could not read-when his stepmother
came to take charge of the Lincoln
home. She it was who fostered the
boys desire to learn, and she managed
to have him and his sister attend
school, such as it Was. Abraham Lin
coins school days added together
would not make a year in the aggre-
gate. But his reading consisted of
everything in print that he could lay
hands on, and in this way he picked
up a fair education.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
Later he was picked up by a federal

Later he was picked up by a federal
ambulance corps and placed on a
stretcher. He believed himself to be
dying. and. oh, how terrible lot to
be able to bid his mother gOOd-by !!
Mother he cried. ooh, mother !"
A tall, spare man in citizens ap-
parel heard the wall and directed the
carrier to put down the stretcher and,
kneeling beside it, asked tenderiy:
"What can l do for you, my boy?"
"You are a Yankee. You will do
nothing for me. l wish to send a
message to my mother, but it will
never reach her."
"Glve me your message, and l prom
Use you that l will send IT for you"
The next morning Mrs. Fitz Hugh
heard of the battle and knew that her
son had been in it. While she was
wondering what might have been his
fate n man rode up to her and gave
her n message stating that it had
come by flag of truce.
Starting for the front at once, the
anxious mother succeeded In bringing
her boy home. He lowered for some
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
EXPERTS TO AID
"WooD INSTEAD OF
COAL" MOVEMENT.

Ten experts Of the forest serv-
ice, United States department
Of agriculture, have been assign
ed to cooperate with the
fuel administration to relieve
the fuel. shortage in the eastern
states. They will give their at
tention to ways Of increasing
the use Of firewood, in order to
lessen the demand for coal.
They will demonstrate to farm
ers and other woodland owners
methods of cutting by which
firewood can be obtained with
the best results to the timber
growth. Plans for securing and
distributing firewood will be
worked out. It Is hoped to es-
tablish municipal wood yards at
various places and to decide
upon satisfactory methods for
utilizing waste from sawmills
and other woodworking plants.
A special appeal will be made
through directors Of extension
work in the various states to the
farmers to cut wood this winter
while other work is slack.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
lABOR-SAviNG MACHINERY
TO CONSERVE MAN POWER.

One of the important meas
ures urged by the department of
agriculture to help meet the Ia
Dor needs this year Is the largest
possible production and fullest
use Of farm l~abor-saving ma
'chinery. The department has
actively interested itself in Sc
curing priority for raw mate
rails used In the manufacture of
farm implements and also in Sc
curing favorable consideration
at the hands Of transportation
committees to provide facilities
for moving the materials to the
manufacturers, and the COM
pleted products from the manu-
f%acturers to the distributors and
also to the farmers. Both those
dealing with priorlties of mate
rails and those dealing with pri-
critics Of transportation have
evinced a complete willingness
to assist. This Is indicated by
the fact that the priOrlties CON-
mittee Of the war Industries
board gave raw materials need
ed for farm implements a posi-
ton Of preference over all ar
ticles except those urgently re-
quired for military and naval
purposes, and that the trans
p%OrtatiOn committee took steps
to secure the prompt movement
Of the raw materials and Of the
manufactured articles.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
Sayings Of Lincoln.

No man is good enough to govern
another man without that others CON
sent.
The Lord prefers communicating
people. That is why he made so many
of them.
If danger ever reaches us. it must
spring up amongst us. 1t cannot come
from abroad.
I have been driven many times to
my knees by the Overwhelming convic-
ton that / had nowhere else to 90.
Probability that we may fail in the
struggle ought not to deter us from
support Of a cause we deem to be Just.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08

Euery man is said to hare
his peculiar ambition. Wheth-
err 1t be true or not, | can say
+ for one, that | hare no other
so great as that of being truly
esteemed of my fellow men,
by rendering myself rorthy
of their esteem.-Lincoln.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
"What Can I Do for You, My Boy7"

time between life and death. then be-
gan slowly to recover. Not long after
this Richmond was evacuated by the
Confederates, and President Lincoln
went down there from Washington.
When he was riding through the street
on which the Fitz Hughs lived Allan
was propped up in an easy chair on pill
lows, and his mother pointed out Mr..
Lincoln to him.
"Oh, mother" exclaimed the boy.
."What Is 1t, Allan?"
Hes the man who comforted me
when l was carried off that dreadful
battlefield. and he sent you my mes
sage"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08

divisions: ~ New England and
Northeastern states, (2) Southern
states, (3) North Central states, and
(4) Western states.
Federal Cooperation With States.
Each Of these divisions is In charge
of a representative of the department
Of agriculture, known as a supervising
farm help specialist, who s~upervises
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
WOOL NEEDED FOR SOLDIERS
Entire Crop Of United States Will Be
Required to cIothe Army Pre-
pairing for France.

1t requires the wool from 20 sheep
to make. the clothing and other equip
ment for n soldier. Ten soldiers
fighting in Europe will take the en-
tire wool production from a flock of
200 sheep. To clothe the great army
this country Is now putting in the
Geld It win . up the entire wool
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08

crop Of the United States. More
wool must be brought, from abroad or
produced at home. Which will it be?
The more feasible plan is to produce
1t at home, because there is also a
shortage in other countries.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-02-08
Muddy Surroundings.

A stable with muddy surroundings
Is not pleasant, to say the least. Some
of this condition can be remedied BY
grading to quickly carry away surface
water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16

Crasselli Chemical Co. Crider Coal Sales Agency Hardie-Tynes Mfg. Co. Hammond Byrd Iron Co. Hopson co. W.) & Son Ing salls Iron Works Jefferson Fertilizer Co. Jefferson Lumber Co. Jemison R. E. & l. Co. .Goslin Foundry & Mich. Co. Kilby Frog & Switch Co. Raul Lumber Co. Lathrop Lumber Co. Martin Biscuit Co. Matthews Electric Supply Co. Moore & Handley Hardware Co. Monroe-Warrior Coal & Coke Co. Morris Plan Bank of Birmingham Myer Candy Co.
 National Hide & Wool Go. National Coal & Coke Co. Oden-Elliott Lumber Co. Pine and Cypress Mfg. Co. Perfection Mattress O. Pizitz, Louis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16

Advance Lumber & Coal Go. Acme Lumber & Coal Go. Aetna Coal Go. Alabama Company Alabama Home Building & Loan Co. Alabama Mill & Elevator Co. Alabama Power Co. American Cast Iron Pipe Co. American Trust & Savings Bank American Lumber & Export Co. Bank of Alabama Bank of Ensley
 Barnett Lumber Co. Beck Candy Co.
 Birmingham Waterworks Co. Birmingham Realty Co. Birmingham Hide & Tallow Co. B. R. L. & P. Co.
 Birmingham Ice & Cold Storage Co. Birmingham Trust & Savings Co. Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Birmingham Fuel Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS COMMIT TEE dto the o

Plosser-Knecht Grocery Co. Pratt Consolidated Coal Co. Red Eagle Coal Go. Robinson, J. B. & Co. Roden, B. F. Grocery Co. Saks, Louis, Clothing Co. Shook & Fletcher Supply Co. Snider, C. C., Cigar & Tobacco Co. Slo.s-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. Shelby Iron Co. Southern Car Wheel Co. Southern Coupon Co. Standard Lumber Co. Steel City Lumber Co. Steel City Chemical Co. Stockham Pipe & Fittings Co. Thames, J. R., & Co. Taylor Wheeler
 Tennessee Mill & Feed Co. Tyler Grocery Go.
 Traders National Bank Union Cotton Oil Co. Walters Tonge Lumber Co. Wood, w. D., Lumber Co. Young & Vann Supply Co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16
June 28th-National War Savings Day

every will this and buy stamps bet the hundred Stamp that day. the Government will 425 million dollars
 pledge five times that Our quota for the through the sale of War Savings Stamps this
 blown Let's not wait until full frnle Let's make mT to get that night let's be able ourselves "Wen much but have at least shown the mothers boys that am behind e and have sent an answer the Kaiser that WI" make him and hmk.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16

Every child going
  that effect than maeme Cemanys future policy
 Let this answer-et person great pledge Stamps Let's sinking ships killing to
 Let's in history National w. S Day. Let's and Land resolve Stamps War Savings Certificates buy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16

I 'rmingham Machine & Foundry Co. Birmingham Hide & Tallow Co. Bell Lumber Co. Batterton Coffee Co. Bonnyman-Nor Coal Co. Brilliant Coal Co. Collins & Co. Coffin, HI. w. Connors-W Weyman Steel Co. Continental Gin Go. Cosby (W. M.) Flour & Grain Co. Crane Company Crawford, E. B. Crawford-Vaughan Boiler and
 Locomotive Works Crescent Coal Co. Dickinson-BakerL Lumber Go. Donnelly, J. w. Doster- -Northington Drug Co. Drennen Motor Car Co. EIcar Motor Sales Co. Estes Lumber Co.
 Farmers & Cinners Cotton Oil Co. First National Bank
 Fowlkes-Scvier Ins. Agency
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-16
What Will Be Your Answer

OH Many ships with the bottom of the Atlantic victims of German blood that and at home be afe Necand not tenufh
  he is waiting o roma anMeE
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
CEMETERY SUNDAY.

As is we'll known, on the third
Sunday of September in the Diocese
of st. Paul commemeEtion is made
Of the faithful departed, 1t is
customary on this day for Catholics
to visit their local cemetery and
there to offer up prayers and pious
supplications to Almighty God for
the repose and refreshment of the
departed. If it be a holy and whole
some thought to pray for the dead,
surely the wide devastation through
out the world today calls for re-
newed prayer and entreaty for SO
many persons who are suddenly
hurled into the presence Of their
Judge
Prayer for the dead is coeval with
Christianity. It was practiced by
the Christians in the very first
century Of the Church. 1t affords
not only suffrage for the departed
but also consolation and strength
for the living. Whether or not you
have deceased friends or relatives in
your local cemetery, it is consonant
with the deepest principles of Chris
tianitY that. you repair thither. and
in unison with the body Of the faith
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Clean Shows Demanded
w AR DEPARTMENT BARS I'M.
MORAL SONGS AND JOKES.

The government has barred from
the stage of the Liberty Theatre in
Camp Meade, Md, cantonment and
from the stages of the theatres in the
other cantonments in this country,
songs with immoral suggestions, smut
ty jokes and other jokes which while
apparently harmless have hidden
sting in them-iokes which leave the
poison of discomfort and suspicion
and worry in the minds of men and
cause them to fret about affairs at
home.
Some weeks ago the War Depart
ment heard complaints regarding such
songs On investigation it was found
that some of the songs. and jokes were
the elimination of the letter-writing
propaganda by which lying tales were
told to the men of conditions at home,
tales limiting of suffering and worse.
The department has cancelled a
contract with a successful entertain
err because she began to insert smut
ty stories and immoral suggestions
into her show The War Department
will not stand for the slightest ten
dency towards unpatriotic entertain
ments or suggestive or immoral jokes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
WHY ANOTHER LOAN?

When the immortal band signed
the Declaration Of American In
dependence they subscribed to
the principle that all men are born
free and equal and should be al
lowed legitimate freedom in the
pursuit of happiness. That, in
substance, is the essence of dcmoc-
racy.
Now that this principle has
been challenged it behoOveS us to
stand by our belief and to prove
the truth Of our convictions.
How has this principle been
challenged? The rights Of peace
full nations have been disregard
ed; the temples of religion have
been Wantonly destroyed; human
lives on peaceful vessels have
been snuffed out; women and chill
dren and old men have been out
rageously rayished, tortured and
murdered; inviolable treaties have
been torn to shreds; helpless
wounded on ship and in hospitals
have been bombed and slaugh-
tered. All this constitutes a chal-
lenge to our democracy which
condemns and abominates each
and every one Of these outrages.
It must not be thought for a
moment that the defense of our
liberties rests solely with the
army and navy: the duty of de-
Tense lies heavily upon every man
and woman who enjoys the bless
ing Of freedom. There is no es-
Gaping this logic. Freedom is not
free: it must be bought and paid
for, either through the activities
of armed force or through the
sacrifice and cooperation of those
who bear not. arms. The duty and
obligation of cooperating with
those who are actively engaged in
our defense clings to every indi-
vldual who desires the enjoyment
of freedom. No exception can be
made. Each one must do his or
her share in furthering the cause
Of liberty
The chief means to this end, as
regards all those outside the
armed forces, consists in subscrib-
ing to the fund which is essential
to the maintenance of our public
defense. The concrete form Of
that duty is found in the purchase
of a Liberty Bond. Few there are
who caAnot to some extent help
in this way. He who refuses to do
his share according to his means
lis unworthy the very liberty
which allows him TO ROMAN il
l,..x -, n 4 r. 4 Ia f,,no
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
$500 CHAPLAINS
LARGE NUMBER OF PRIESTS
WILL BE REQUIRED.

So far sixty-siX priests have gone
into war service from the Archdio-
cese of New York, and altogether
there are now $50 priests serving
either as commissioned or voluntary
chaplains under Bishop Patrick J.
Hayes, chaplain general of the Roman
Catholics in the American army and
navy. The Bishop has been asked for
$500 clergy.
Bishop Hayes recently dispatched
six priests to serve the American
army now in Siberia. The recent
edict from the War Department grad
ually withdrawing voluntary chap
lains in camps and posts in this coun-
try will make a difference for a time
in the Catholic war work, but it is
expected most of these priests within
the age limit will be commissioned
and sent to France, while those be-
yond the age limit will be assigned
by the government authorities to duty
in the United States. o.E g..
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
THE IRISH COLONEL
MASS OFFERED IN PUBLIC
SQUARE.

The presence of so many Catholic
soldiers from the United States frank
ly protesting and practicing their re.
ligion has not been without effect
both on the authorities and civilians
of France. The French were not
aware, they are often heard to say,
that there were 80 many of the good
Catholics in America" And they have
had their little laugh over "the affair
of that Irish coloner' who had Mass
offered for his regiment in a public
square, in defiance of governmental
prescriptions. When he announced
the Mass, as the story goes, he was
politely informed that it could not DOS
sibly be celebrated so publicly; where
upon he ordered the regimental flag
to be unfurled, remarking that wher-
ever the Stars and Stripes foated
there was freedom of worship.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Loyalty OF Luxembourg
GRAND DUCHESS SPENDS TIME
IN CONVENT.

The results of the elections in Lux
umburg, where general election was
held, are in every way favorable to
the Catholic and the Allied causes.
Twenty members were elected of the
Catholic Right Party, the Socialists
only secured eight returns, the Lib
erals four, the Labor Party three, and
the Independent Clericals two candi
dates.
Luxembourg is loyal to the Catholic
Church and is the same towards the
Allied cause, although being in the
grip of Germany she can do very little
to express her feelings except suffer
Her young Grand Duchess suffers
with her people, and refuses the over
lures of the various German prince
lings of Protestant faith who have
been forced upon her at the kaiser's
orders since the occupation. She
spends much of her time in favorite
convent of her little kingdom where
she is free from molestation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14

The noted Tim Healy once ut
tered these words in the House of
Commons: Il would rather that
my children understood their re-
ligion in preparation for the eter-
nifty that is to come than that
they should be rich, prosperous
and educated in this world. |
care little for your so-called edu-
cation. But there is one thing
that | and mine have a grip of,
and that is belief in the Christ
to come and belief that our
children, whatever their distress,
whatever be their misfortunes,
whatever be their poverty IN this
world, will receive a rich reward
if, listening to the teaching of
their faith, they put into practice
the lessons they receive in Cath
Ollie schools. " as -