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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18


Before training the volunteers some
method should be devised for ascer-
tanning whether there is demand for
the woman workers in the kind OF
work they are preparing to undertake
This information could be obtained
from the state agricultural college and
the state farm help specialist en-
ployed by this department. Great
care should be exercised not to pre-
pare women to go on farms before
there is an actual demand for their
labor.
After completing the training, the
women should not be sent into the
localities where they are to work until
some one has preceded them to make
arrangements for their housing and
to determine the basis of wages, etc.
In most instances the living quarters
would consist of camping outfit, as
such quarters as they might obtain In
the community would be the least de-
sirable Of those in the community.
Generally it would be desirable to have
one person in the group who would do
no farm work, but would act as gen.
eral chaperon and matron and would
see to the domestic phases of their
living and welfare.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
NEW AIRPLANE BULLET

bullet in daylight as well as in dark
ness, and thereby allow the aim Of the
machine gun to be corrected, was in
troduced.
At the outbreak Of the war, further
information was promptly gathered
from the allies and this subject was
studied by those responsible for this
work in the United States. OF course,
on account of the difficulties of the
problem, none Of the special bullets
possessed by any country is entirely
satisfactory or what might be termed
perfect" in operation.
The bullets developed by the United
States ordnance department have been
tested on land and from airplanes to
see If there is any difference in their
performance when fired from quickly
moving airplane in the upper atmos-
phere and when fired on land.
These tests indicate that the United
States has developed class of special
cartridges with a performance fully
equal to or surprising that attained
abroad.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
MUST TAKE CARE OF HORSES
Army Regulations Require Thirty Min
utes to &c Devoted to Each
Animal.

Seattle, Wash-Soldiers at Camp
Lewis, Wash, are struggling with new
regulations recently issued by the
headquarters Of the Ninety-first divis-
ion, giving complete directions on the
care OF army horses and mules.
'The physical condition Of horses
and mules" says the bulletin, de
ponds first on their feeding, second on
their groom and third on their general
care. Ordinarily the grooming counts
20 per cent in the condition Of horse
or mule.
GAS a rule, each animal should be
groomed few minutes before exer-
else, this being particularly necessary
on those parts touched by the equip
ment. Grooming should be strenuous
" and Lot carelessly DONE"
Detailed instructions call for two
minutes grooming on "belly and back, "
two and one-half minutes on left side.
two minutes on knees and hoofs. two
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
Three Towns Behind the Lines
in France Hold Great
Stores.
BAKERY SYSTEM A FEATURE
Forty Shipments of White Bread Made
DaiIy-AII Facilities Being En-
Iarqed-One Town Is Stor-
age Center.

Behind the American Front in
France-Less spectacular than the
continued arrival of American troops
and their occupation of definite front
sector, yet in its way quite as lmpor-
tant for their success, has been the
steady development of the system OF
keeping them in the myriad supplies
they must have.
Keeping pace with the increasing
training camps there has grown up a
storage, transportation and distribu-
ton system that not only accurately
and efficiently supplies the needs of
all our soldiers but is continually be-
ing enlarged against future needs.
Neither troops nor supplies can come
too fast for it.
The various functions Of the system
bakery, refrigerating plant, ware
houses for clothing, non-perishable
foods and similar supplies, and the
main distributing plant--are located
for convenience sake in three towns
or cities situated respectively at the
three corners of an obtuse triangle,
and front so that supplies can reach
the furthest points in "a hours.
Bakery Is Great Industry.
No link in the chain between "a port
in France" and the American front u.s.
perhaps, more interesting than the bak-
cries.
The supplying of the American
l.Lo l.
become great industry and is growing
all the time. The few bakers origi-
nally here have grown into companies !;
the relatively small daily quantity Of
bread turned out in July has increased
to scores of thousands of pounds, and
entire shiploads of flour are arriving
weekly and are being stored away in
warehouses with capacity of millions
of pounds as reserve against the
arrival of still more troops.
The American army first took pos
session of a huge bakery in central
French city, formerly operated by q
German, and having capacity for
storing 100000 pounds of flour, in adj
dition to a not inconsiderable daily
output of bread from its coke ovens.
These making the arrangements
knew that the time would soon come
when the city bakery would be mad
equate, SO they went outside OF the
city and leased from the French tract
of land consisting Of several thousand
acres, upon which the conventional mil
itary wooden shacks soon sprang up
and where there is room for an In
definite number of additional field bak-
cries as the need may arise.
BY the time the city bakery had
reached its capacity the shacks were
fully equipped with the very latest in
baking machinery.
Spur tracks have been constructed
out to the field from the city, and over
them carloads of bread leave each
morning and afternoon for the training
camps and the front.
Each baking company has for some
time been exceeding the limit of 10000
pounds day and has been turning
out from $4,000 to $4,000 pounds. The
men, 101 to company, work in two II
hour shifts. Their product, chiefly
great, round, hard-crusted loaves. con-
stitutes about forty separate shipments
that arc made daily-by train, motor
truck and horse-drawn vehicles.
The bread is supplemented by bis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
FIRM OFFERS ENTIRE OUTFIT
Contractors Willing to Give Services
and Complete Roadmaking Out
fit to United States.

Pittsburgh.-The firm of James III.
McQuade &; Co., g Pittsburgh contract
ing firm, mas offered to the govern
ment the services of father and two
sons, together with complete road
making outfit, to be assigned to duty
anywhere, at home or abroad, during
the period Of the war at a nominal
cost of 81 year.
While the tender practically means
a cessation Of the contracting firms
business, James McQuade, the head of
the firm, said 1t meant nothing more
than a desire to rally round the col
ors in what they considered their best
capacity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
BRITISH GIRLS STUDY RADIO
To Be Used on Land Stations When
Efficient, Later in coastwise
Shipping.

London.-English girls are taking
up wireless telegraphy. The Marconi
company has started a special school
for training women In wireless tele-
graphy at it's North Wales station. AT
present the company Is taking only
women of experience in Morse teleg.
raphy, but this is only a temporary re.
striction.
The course deals with slip reading
punching, record reading and the gen
eral duties Of a wireless station. The
girls will be drafted to land stations
when efficient and will go on night duty
in rotation.
1t Is not proposed to extend the use
Of women to ships for the present, but
if this is to be altered it probably will
apply only to coastwise shipping.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
New Lioht on Anarchism.

It was at our last meeting in Tifiis
that the indomitable optimist threw
new light on his anarchism.
"Kropotkln, Reclus and myself were
sitting together in London once, dis
cussing our theories. We were TAX
ing a great deal Of satisfaction in the
thought that we were anarchists, who
recognized no rights of coercive gov
eminent.
"Rut." he added with smile, II said
TO them: ''There Is one government be-
fore which we gladly bow and whose
petty expressions we willingly endure.
You forget our wives Maynard
Owen williams. In Christian Herald
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

work for me and know it will help
others if they will give it a fair trial"
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9Th Ave.,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. -
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published Every woman who suffers
from displacements, irregularities, in
fammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who Is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia =. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, Q trial. For
special advice write Lydia z. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. . The result
Of its long experience is at your service.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
AUSTRIAN FOR AMERICA
FIRST, LAST-ALWA


Greensburg, Pa.-Peter Dor
Zuk, an Austrian shoemaker, is
for America first, last and all
the time. He was sent back
from Camp Lee because of phy-
steal disability.
Before going to camp Dorzuk
invested all his savings, amount
Ing to several thousands of dol
lars, in Liberty bonds. He also
made a will bequeathing "any
and all properties or money or
whatsoever Of value I may have
or possess at the time Of my
death to the United States gov
eminent"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

London.-Lieut. Gobind Singh has
the Victoria Cross and he earned II,
He is a Rajput from India and he IS a
brave man. Three times he dashed
into what seemed almost certain death
and he escaped without a scratch, al
though the horses were shot from I'M
der him. And furthermore he dcliv-
cred messages which perhaps saved a
battalion from determination. There
is no prouder Indian in Great Britain
or France than Lieutenant Singh. Ii
is nothing unusual to see soldier sa-
lutte when he passes -just out of adj
miration.
Braves Barrage Fire.
1t was at Cambria that he went
through the bullet-swept areas to de-
liver his precious messages. The Off
Ger In command of his battalion felt 1t
imperative to send word to the gener-
al staff, and volunteers were asked for.
There was no other way to communi-
cate. Lieutenant Singh offered his
services. He mounted horse and
Jared forth into No Mans Land. Five
others had volunteered and been killed
in the rain Of machine gun bullets from
the German lines, but few hundred
yards away. Singh galloped at full
speed into the region of death. He is
skillful rider and his charger was ex-
perienced A short distance away his
horse fell under him. The Indian fin
ished his trip Of 600 yards afoot.
The message required reply and he
volunteered to deliver it. He sailed
forth on another horse and with his
body glued to that animal he plunged
ahead with the machine gun fire again
playing on him. A second time his
horse was killed. He finished this
journey also on foot running as swift
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

Embarrassing stunts" by student
aviators may seem foolhardy to the
average civilian, but the knowledge
of them will save many lives in aerial
battle, according to Lieut.. Col. Charles
e. Lee of the British Royal Flying
corps, who has been startling WASH
ington for several days with seemingly
impossible feats in the air. Colonel
Lees demonstrations have done mucn
to lessen the criticism in official WASH
ington that student flyers have peer
killed because of foolhardy Tricks
rather than in straight flying at Amer.
lean training fields. "The so-caileo
danger of flying lies not with those
who do stunts Ill the air." says Colonel
Lee. "but with those who cannot &c
them. Unless a pilot can turn his ma
chine any way and every way at any
time in order to maneUver for posltlon'
all the straight flying in the world VIII
not help him when he has fight.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
Woman Honored by French.

Cincinnati, O.-An Ohio woman,
Miss Jeanne Emma Morhard, has re
ceived the badge of the Legion of
Honor from the French government in
recognition of her work as head of
the Belgian relief fund in Gin
cinnati. For % years Miss Morhard
taught French at Hughes High school.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

minutes on head and neck, three
fourths of a minute on hind legs and
the same on fore legs. Total time
for the left side is given as liz min
utes. Total time for the complete an
imal is stated at 80 minutes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
ao Helmet der Kaiser. :,

Columbus, GA. unique sign has
been tackled above the counting room
door in State Auditor Donahey's suite.
1t bears the rumeral "2," then q pic
ture Of helmet, and then the words
"der kaiser" reading ''2 helmet der
kaiser"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

Springfield, Ill.-John DAMS, a
Springfield coal miner, has his second
set of naturalization papers. They
were issued after he proved the first
ones were eaten up by mouse.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
IN MISERY yz,ps
Mrs. Courtney Tells How She
Was Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Oskaloosa, Iowa. -"For years was
simply in misery from weakness and

awful palnS--a II q
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. I
did 80 and got re-
lief right away. I
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine TO
other women who
suffer, for it has
done such good
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
WOMEN WORKERS
need TRAINING
Essential Points Given for Con-
sideration by Department
of Agriculture.
URGE CAUTION In PREPARING
Volunteers Should Be Organized in
Units and Provision Made for Their
Own Living Quarters-Matron
for Each Unit.
URGE CAUTION In PREPARING
PRELIMINARY TRAINING

If it becomes necessary in
case of an acute farm labor
stringency to accept woman vol
unteers for farming operations
other than the lighter ones to
which they are accustomed, some
sort Of preliminary training will
be necessary to utilize the large
class of woman volunteers from
the cities who are unfamiliar
with farm work. This article
points out some suggestions and
precautions that should be TAX
en- into consideration in prepar-
ing women for these tasks. The
suggestions given here have been
obtained in q study Of this prob
lem by specialists of the United
States department Of agricul-
ture, both in this country ana
in other countries. Many of the
suggestions are based on the ex-
periences Of England, which has
trained and is using SOO,OOO
women on farms.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
Make FARMING a Business.

A young man who is now starting to
farm needs to know his business.
Through farm management demon
STATIONS the county agent can show
him his labor income, that is, what
he had left Of his receipts after paying
expenses and allowing for interest on
the investment and can show him
how his labor income compares with
those of the most successful farmers
in that community. The showing will
help him make study Of his farm
business and to determine upon
changes that should be made to make
it more profitable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

Women should not be trained to go
on farms before there is an actual
and imperative need for their services.
The department of agriculture hopes
that it will not be necessary to employ
women in heavier lines of farm work
than they have been accustomed to
doing. If, to save the food harvest,
women are needed in the heavier
operations and the development and
training Of unskilled woman workers
appears advisable, the following points
should be taken into consideration:
No woman should be accepted who
is not at least eighteen years of age.
The wisest policy would be first to
register those women who are willing
to undertake this kind of work, having
them indicate their previous training
and experience, kind Of farm work
they desire to take up, and length of
time they can devote to it.
Two Weeks Training.
Before going on the farm, the
women should if possible undertake a
course Of training extended over two
weeks or more under skilled instruc-
tor. This course might be given at an
agricultural or woman's college, agri-
cultural schools, or on farm donated
by some patriotic individual as a prac-
tice farm. In some instances the
course might be under the auspices
of the extension division of the agri-
cultural college. Care should be taken
that no institutions are built up to
perform functions that might be per-
formed by institutions already in
existence.
This two weeks of training would
give opportunity to eliminate those
not physically able to endure farm
labor, and also those whose mental
makeup is such as to make them
unavailable. 1T would also give them
sufficient skill so that they would be
acceptable to the farmers. Such ex-
perience in obtaining woman laborers
as has been had indicates that the
farmer usually is not willing to take
woman farm workers into his home,
and therefore the women will have to
be organized in units and provide for
their own living quarters. This fact
restricts the types of farm enterprises
in which the women will be able to
engage to such as are very intensive
in character, and highly localized.
The types of farm enterprises of this
kind would be such crops as apples,
peaches, grapes, onions, cabbage, pota-
toes, Strawberries, etc. The training
should be such that when the women
went to the farmers they would have
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

dEARM,zkv0TES

What about that farm desk and a
farm name?
The potato thriyes best in cool, hui
mid climates.
A long pair of rubber boots will pay
or themselves on every farm.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

Rapid cooling of a liquid produces
fire crystals; the slower it changes
form the larger the crystals.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
Ambiauoua.

did they try the new play on the
dog?"
"Yes: 1t was bowling success"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
Slams FALL.

"March came in like lamb"
"Not this year. 1t came in hike a
meatless day."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18

Maybe we are getting back to the
good sensible ways of doing things.
1t is good to plan well, even if we
can't work it all out as we would
like.
Get a supply of formalin on hand
for treating potatoes and grain for
seed.
The time to apply phosphorus Is
when the crop is just ready to star
growth.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
When Your Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy

No smarting = just Rye Comfort g cents %
NUEINE EYA RBMEDY Co., CHICAGO
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-04-18
Ascertain il Needed.

at least sufficient skill to be acceptable
to the farmer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-25
ARREST LAWYER FOR
OBSTRUCTING DRAF 7

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 25. - Isa-
dore Feibleman, a prominent In
dianapolis lawyer. was arrested
Thursday afternoon on a warrant
issued after the return of a federal
grand jury indictment charging
him with conspiring TO obstruct the
United States in its military prep
arations. His arrest is one result
Of a grand jury Investigation into
the CONSUMPTION work in the eighth
division OF indianapolis.
The indictment charges FEEBLE
man went TO A Joseph Schur, a
federal appeal agent for the divi-
sion. held a conversation with Schur
which is not related, and later
Schur recommended the exemption
Of a certain unnamed Resistant
Feibleman is then alleged 10 have
paid Schur $3.50. Schur was arrest
ed several weeks ago and is now
awaiting trial
Louis Barnett and Ben LIGHTER
man. indicted in connection with
the eighth division draft cases. also
were arrested Thursday afternoon.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-25

are not so dark after all. In look
ing over the list Of worlds cham
piOns we find six Americans who
are wearing boxing crowns. And
though the field of aspirants 10 the
various titles is far from being as
strong as it might be, there are
some titles which are in danger.
If Jess willard can get in shape
to highland if Jess Will fght-the
chances favor him TO retain his
crown. Fred Fulton is the best Of
the heavyweight contenders, and
Willard has no Immediate reason to
fear him.
Mike O'Dowd. the middleweight
champion, has two formidable chal-
lengers in Mike Gibbons and his
brother. Tommy And Harry Greb
also ranks we'll up in the list of
middleweights.
Ted Lewis, welterweight cham
pion. has. Jack Britton, ex-cham-
pion of the class, and Soldier Bart
field on mis- trail Benny Leonard
can find plenty of challengers, fore
most among whom are yelling,
White. Cline and jackson. Kid
Herman. banty king can see the
shadow of Johnny Ertle in his wake
If he looks for it. Johnny Knbane,
the king of the featherweights. is
about the only champion who can
find no worthy opponents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-25
EXPECT HYDROPLANE
RECORDS TO BE BROKEN

DETROIT, Jan. 5.-Sportsmen
who are arranging for the national
motor boat races here this summer
seem confident that with good
weather conditions the hydroplanes
will shatter the records made last
year at Minneapolis.
The gold cup defender, which is
TO be built for the DetrOiters, will
travel IS miles an hour, or the club
members will be keenly disappoint-
ed. In fact they already are pre-
dieting that the only boat which
will be able TO give their new boat
a battle is Whip-po-Win, Jr., the
24-fOot hydroplane, owned by Al
bert L. Judson of New York.
Detroit enthusiasts have accept
ed as true the reports that the Jud-
son boat did 80 per" on Lake
George last year They assert, how
ever. that the speed was made un-
der perfect racing conditions and in
mile sprints.
It is understood that the cup de-
fender which is being built al Ago
nae. Mich. Will be SO constructed
that it will be able to speed through
normal seas one OF the problems
which speed-boat builders must
take into consideration is the al
legged difference of 10 miles i'm the
speed of a boat under extremely
favorable and fairly good weather
conditions The modern S0eed boats
skip over the top of the water after
the fashion OF a fiat stone skipping
the surface.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-25

International News Service:
NEW YORK. Jan. 25.-In times
of peace a year seldom passes in
which boxing mpionships do not
change hands.
The year 1917 saw i've new cham
pions crowned. four of whom were
Americans, and 1917 was scarcely
year of peace for the United
states. So there may be some new
title holders in the realm of pug
dom before 1918 fades away. pro-
viding boxing continues to flourish
as well as it did during the u
months that have gone.
With many of the countrys best
boxers engaged as boxing instruc-
tors in the military training camps
of the country, much of their time
will be taken up with the new
quotas Of soldiers for the draft ar
my which will be constantly stream
ing into cantonment camps But
in nearly every case the boxers en-
gagged as instructors can obtain
leave of absence at almost any time.
and each and every one of them
will be in the best Of physical con-
dition. Each one should be ready
TO enter the ring for a battle over
the ten or 2O-rOund distance on at
least two weeks notice
So the chances for some rafting
good ring battles-if boxing lives on