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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

The will of the late Mrs. Birdie V
Cartmell, former resident of Wheat
land, this county, who died in Hagers-
town two weeks ago has been admit
ted to probate there. She leaves al
her property to her only child, Ma ICY
Lemen Mark Rebecca Jenkins, and al
her death to her children. If no chill
dren survive, the estate is left to the
Baptist Home Missionary Society.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Don't use harsh physics. The reac-
ton weakens the bowels, leads tc
chronic constipation. Get Doan's Reg
ulets. They operate easily. 30c al
all stores.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

All Ansco Films bought of Miller's
Pharmacy will be developed free OF
charge. This offer good until May l.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
Milford Slough,
For Thrush & Slough.

FOR RENT:-That desirable brick
house, with garage, chicken houses,
and other buildings for servants ETC.,
situated one mile from Harpers Ferry.
C. F. Wall.
just received, car load of bran.
c. F. WALL co.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise,
apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil-the
household remedy. Two sizes 30c aid
60c at all drug stores.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30


I will be in Charles Town on
Saturday, May 4th,
Call to see us in regard to a nice bug
gy or surrey for spring at our Repos-
tory in Charles Town. We pay trans
portation charges on wheels for new
rubber tires, and we do the work
cheaper than any firm in the country.
Write or call to see US. Through the
week Mr.. Adam Brown, of the Palm
Hotel is our representative and will
at all times be glad to show you our
various vehicles.
milford Slough,
For Thrush & Slough.
Have you seen those beautiful SAM
Piles of Spring and Summer Dress Ma
terials at Miss Julia Merchants, just
from New York, plaid, ginghams, en-
broidered organizes &c. A speciality
in Rain Coats. Call and see them.-
Adv.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Fleisher and Corticelli Yarns in
Khaki, Grey and other popular shades,
at C. T. Shugart's.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Onion Sets 10c quart
G. S. CALLAN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Will buy your lambs and wool at
highest market price, wait for me.
Shipping calves Saturday.
c. F. WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

4. sa1'op furnishes all kinds OF
koapi4. ra,,r..a..,l1 CroIl,,a -,
H.. I,.r..,......,..u
lannee. Farms aud dwellings
monthly or gnmr-r'y as request
Eaiy Bond i.-aei for administra-
n Executors
4 Oaoe sos Soul. Samuel G.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

WALL will have a Big Lot Sale
shortly. These lots will be sold on
easy terms, and it will be good time
to buy one for garden.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
DR.. FAN R N Ely
HAGERSToWN, MD.
DIAeh0ST!clAN

Specialist N Chrome Diseases
Acute diseases get wei Of themselves or
run INTO chronic form. There is always a
cause and you can not get wei Until the
cause Is removed. Cause and efecs IS the
great law Of nature. You know the effect
find the cause. Send me your name
and address and let me study your case.
Consultation Free
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Peanut candy and caramels fresh every
day at Brown Bros
Wep4y highest prices for horse hides.
Hyman Wiener.
A Modern Way Heating Plant to heat
70 il home. For sale BY W. Ralph Burns.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
/ 2 call before buying nipple
Ne can save you money.
C. H. EBY & co.

w Cali odN va AAtS-ASJ
C. H. EBY & co.
H. IoAN-Oa approved real estate
4 Afp.yto
JuHS i P0ETERFIl Id
4 Charles Town, ". Va.
4 Wiener is .ut4e market for cid
l. and non and j uk OF al kinds
ko-i1 GeMs- stleet.
sen the latest aud cheapest
i .uI leaitn policy. se- A. 6
!, sseu,, ofH,r 800 5. Samuel St.
EI buy anything you want to
Iii anything YOU want to buy.
c. H. EBY & co.
sul bids gwen free on all
tssd1g aud plumbing. W. Ralph
k5ous for hair, bows. sa4hes, grid
\ umines, al $. II. Lands,
4 Pharmacy has what you
VI them first
Esirre. .P,r-ne fire extinguisbers
blu necessities at the Jefferson
Bbout heavy homemade single
Be- our stock before buying.
4 c. H. EBY & co.
|Ssat Smoke gives your meat a
and prevents skipper7, does
.acbius Sold by ). Il Lands.
ph Burns install a Round Oak
beating plant u your home, This
We Your health and happiness.
fnsco Speedex Film and Ansco
kof lIllIer's Pharmacy.
Roud have a Pyrere Fire Extin-
NJ your home, it may save you
Il 0: dol ars For sale at lie
Gnog4
\ Carbolic Acid, 25 cts. the
4 Millers Pharmacy.
Psi cooEi1g utensils cheap at W.
Pms store.
wood, cement, ALT, sand, &C.,
Pm i Co
shopping hours lunch at Brown
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

MONEY TO LOAN-On good Sc
curity. Apply to
SPIRIT OFFICE.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

Several breeding bulls to sell.
C. F. WALL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30
Don't Forget
WALLS

ry lot and start Z ga-den, as
Food will get scarcer ali the time.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

FOR SALE:-Two adjoining gar
den lots, each so by $50 feet, already
fenced, on Bates Boom.
Lewis B. Walker,
Charles Town. w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-04-30

33rd!ectS III BJoo o9r nat national ailment,
/ lor strenctl nltters. Recon-
Y !, the bl65o |d9enlng digestion,
a'a5 a bottle bottle. At all drug
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
SURE WAY TO GET
RID OF DANDRUFF

There is one sure way that
never fails to remove dandruff
completely. and that IL to dis
solve 1t. This destroys 1t en-.
trely. To do this, just get about
four ounces Of plain, ordinary
liquid arvon; apply 1t at night
when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it in
gently with the finger tips.
BY morning, most IL not all, Of
your dandruff will be gone, and
three or four more applications
will completely dissolve and en-
tirely destroy every single sign
and trace Of 1t, no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will find, too, that all itch
ing and digging of the scalp will
stop instantly, and your hair will
be fluffy, lustrous, glossy. silky
and soft, and look and feel q hun
dred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any
drug store. IL Is inexpensive, and
four ounces II all you will need.
This simple remedy has never
been known to fail. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
TELLS HOW TO STOP A
BAD COUGH
Surprising results from this
homemade syrup. Easily
Prepared and costs little.

If you have q severe cough or
chest cold, accompanied with sore
ness, throat tickle, hoarseness, or
difficult Breathing. or IL your child
wakes up during the night with
Group and you want quick help. just
try this pleasant tasting home mad
cough remedy. Any druggist can
supply you with az ounces of
Pinex ESQ cents WORTHY. Pour this
into q pint bottle and fin the bottle
with plain graduated sugar syrup.
Thus prepared, you have a pint OF
really remarkable cough remedy
one that can be depended upon to
Give quick and lasting relief at all
You can feel this take hold of q
cough In q way that means business,
II 1oosens and raises the phelgm,
stops throat tickle and soothes and
heals the irrftated membranes that
line the throat and bronchial tubes
with such promptness. ease and cer-
tsnty that II 10 really Astonishing.
Pinex Is a special and highly con-
way pine extract and II noted for
its speed in overcoming severe
coughs throat aud chest colds. Its
millions Of enthusiastic users have
made u famous the world over.
There are many worthless imite-
ask for ~2k ounces
Of Pinex" with full directions ana
don't accept anything elsa. A guar-
antee Of absolute Satisfaction %
money promptly refunded, goes with
thfa preparation. The Finer Co.. ~
Wayne. Ind
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
TO REGULATE
HOTELS HERE

An ordinance regulating Taco
ma hotels, recommended by the
U. S. government and sent to Com
missioner Petit from Washing
ton, ID. c., for enforcement here,
was introduced at Wednesdays
session of the council.
1t provides for a 50 annual lie
ense fee for every hotel. A reg
lister must be provided, and every
guest must register in ink. All
couples of opposite sex must res
lister as husband and wife, and If
the hotel proprietor doubts the
truth of the statement, he has to
refuse them permission.
The same room cannot be rent
ed to more than one tenant be-
tween p. m. and a. m. A fine
of 500 and Jail sentence of 80
days is provided for hotel men
who do not comply.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
Brinq Murder CHARGE
By Ahern
hELpLESS HUMANS

degree murder schuchart
butcher City
nesday afternoon the Packing plant
employed
The arrest Immediately followed the Nichols
union butcher whom Schuchar stabbed with knife
the Feb
Nichols, who had Tacoma a O
strike a
heart He has lowering between
Wednesday afternoon at the Tacoma hospital
At the Of he
self defense after number of union strikers
on his
The police number of witnesses who
that Schucha the
stabbed him
first held charge first
1000 ball. Trial delayed pending Nichols
injuries.
Schuchart has employed in
4643 county jaiI and Prose-
cutting Attorney Remain is handling the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
TO SEE
MARINE
SERVICE

That students of the Washing
ton state free navigation school in
Tacoma are Immediately assigned
TO active service after completing
their course is evidenced by the
fact that II. Fl. Ellison, of Seattle,
q third mate graduated from Ia
coma. and J. r. Mitchell, junior
officer, are now aboard the for
mer German steamship Andelusia,
D 13,000-ton vessel.
i Three other students who re-
eently graduated from the Taco
ma navigation school, which is
operated Jointly by the University
of Washington and the U. s. ship
ping board, have been assigned by
federal authorities on an $500
ton steel ship just launched from
che skinner &C Eddy shipyards in
Seattle.
These students, now officers,
are Peter Hove and William X
Christianson, Seattle navigators,
and Arne Hsge. of Tacoma They
will help navigate the new Seattle
steamship ON her maiden voyage
10 Panama shortly.
) G. o. Jennings Of Tacoma, has
completed his examination fol
third mate after attending the Ia,
coma school and will in all proba.
bility be certified for service on q
shipping board vessel.
Three schools have already beer
established In this state to instruct
navigators to become officers in
the merchant marine. The school
in Tacoma Is the pioneer institu-
fion. The results here have been
DO satisfactory that the shippine
board established similar schools
In Bellingham and in Seattle
PORT. James A. Gould Is dividing
his time between the Tacoma and
Seattle schools.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
CAMPAIGN
FOR BOOKS

Because the the great need for
more books for the camp libraries,
the overseas transport service, and
for the men already in France,
the American Library association
will conduct a nationwide cam
paign to get these books during
the week of March Is under the
direction Of DR.. Herbert Putnam,
librarian Of congress.
Tacoma, with every other city
in the country, Is to be organized
for the work, and persons inter-
ested will meet at 1915 Friday
morning in the office of City Lii
brarian Kaiser to organize Taco
mas campaign. No money is to
be raised in the campaign.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
. STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

Thats what thousands OF stomach
sufferers ore doing now. Instead Of
taking tones, or trying to patch up .
poor digestion, they are attacking the
real cause of the ailment - clogged
Liver and disordered bowels.
! Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver IN a soothing, healing way.
When the liver and bowels are per.
forming their natural functions, away
noes indigestion and stomach troubles
II you have q bad taste in your
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor.
lazy, don't-care feeling. no ambition OF
energy, troubled with undigested foods,
you should take Olive Tablets, the
substitute for calomeL
} DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
preiy vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil. You will know them by their
olive color. They do the work without
gripping, cramps or pain.
/ Take one or two at bedtime for quick
relief, % you can eat what you like.
~ 1Oc and Csc per box All druggista
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14

with the American Bar association
and other associations of lawyers
turnout the country in matters
tending to the elevation of the
standards Of professional honor
and conduct of lawyers.
The committee Is also authoriz-
ed to inquire into any practices
or methods of lawyers In procur-
ing or transacting business which
may be regarded as prejudicial to
the welfare of the profession or
the community.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
CLASS, TILE and
CONCRETE MAKE.
SANITARY PLANT

Built at cost Of $4,000. the
Sanitary Public Market, one OF the
largest and most modern food en-
poriums in the west, will open on
Market street Saturday morning.
This new adjunct to the public
market district of Tacoma is To-
gated at 1106-12 Market street.
with a 100-foot frontage on the
Former municipal public market
bite.
y. M. Jordan of Seattle built
the market, starting work on 1t
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
LAWYERS TO
CLEAN HOUSE
Especial to The Times. !

SEATTLE, March 1.-THE Sc
attic Bar association at its quar-
terly meeting and dinner last
night in the Masonic club. adopt
ed an amendment to its bylaws
which authorizes the appointment
of a standing committee on profess
sional ethics.
The amendment, offered by Vice
President Marion Edwards, au-
thorizes the committee to take
original action and cooperate
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
Huns After Peace

WASHINGTON, D. c., March ia German move.
dangerous and hitherto mliary-made terms
apparently upon world dplomas believed
today
Rumors of indicate that win suggest retention Of
the plumber in the ambitions
In the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
Tacoma Fish Co. Fined
(United Press Leased yyire.1

SEATTLE, March 13Rathe than continue their
subsidiary agents under control Booth fisheries
federal court here this morning guilty
charges Of violation of the Sherman antitrust
aggregating $4,000.
The International Fisheries of the
involved.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14

only one "BRoMO aUININE"
name, LAXATIVE BROMO QUI-
NINE. Look for ,gnature of r. w.
GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14

,. o.s,.s;rsss.. j s .sc .. ,.ce san
II .. m; s11 m.; 1:so. 's:ao. $3.50.
1:go. $50. I. 7;so P; N, -.
M: ESQ, .i:s5. !. y, IS. q. ~ .. M n
1Trips direct to Soldiers Home
leaving home Is minutes before lsav-
ing Orting.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
Praises u. S. Sailors
SUnited Press Leased Wire.l

LONDON, March 13.Dr Mcnamara, financial secretary
speaking
profound appreciation of the gaantry Of the
IT, destroyer Parker
torpedoed hospital ship Genart - : =
Mcnamara referred particularly conduct
who jumped overheard and men,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
bareback Kills Three

Omitted Press Leased
WASHINGTON, ID. March 3D. men killed bv
practice shell which
navy department. announced late tov
The
EMMEIT JOSEPH SHIELDS Hannibal Nc.
VALENTINE PRZBYLSkI, fireman, Buffalo.
EROEIL WILLIAM MARTIN, attendant. Philadhluhi.
The Of the shell explosion not mentioned
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
Canadian a Suicide
Omitted Press Leased Wire. /,


MISSOULA Mont March 13.-Preferrng death HIS
hands to service in the trenches
Jean Joncas &c. French Canadian
today Yesterday he enlisted in the Canadian army
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-03-14
Want $500 Railr0aderS


UNITED Press WIre.)
WASHINGTON d. c., March 13.-Nine thousand,
additional railroad will
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-16
DEATH OF
L SETTLER
Pioneer keokuk Woman Died in City
Last Nisht-Came Overland in
the Early
Days.

Mrs. Mary Hamblin died at her
residence, 1O7 South First street, last
night at 9:05 o'clock. Mrs. Hamblin's
passing takes n of the oldest settlers
in Lee county. While she has been
failing for some time she retained an
interest in affairs and having a Won
derful memory for a person of her g
could relate many interesting stories
of the early days in Iowa even before
IT became a state.
Mrs. Hamblin was born in Washing
ton, Washington county, Pennsylvania
in 1888. When but a little girl her
parents came overland from Pennsyl-
vania TO what is now Wayne county,
Iowa. They later moved to Keokuk
and resided on a piece Of property To-
Gated by the old canal and were living
here when the canal vas opened in
1877.
Mrs. Hamblin is survived by a
daughter, Nellie Hamblin of Keokuk;
a sister, Sarah A. WEIGH Of Keokuk;
a brother John Baldwin of Seneca.
Kansas, and. three grandchildren,
Mary, Freddie and Beatrice Baldwin
of Seneca, Kans.
The funeral will be held at three
o'clock Sunday afternoon from the
residence at 107 South First street,
and the services will be in charge Of
Rev. Newcomb Of Westminster Pres
byterian ols-rch OF which Mrs. Hamb-
lin was a member. Friends are invit-
ed to the house, but the burial will be
private.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-16
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS IT MarGA l6.-Cattle
receipts 400; market steady. Steers
$8.00@13.75; COWS and heifers, $3.50
@11.75; stockers and feeders, $500
1850; calves, $7.50@13.00.
Hog receipts 5000; market steady,
&c higher. Bulk, S16.95@17.65; heavy,
$16.9O@17.1O; medium, $17.05@17.50;
light, $17.35@17.75.
Sheep-No market quotations; no
market.
st. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Mar. 16.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, 5000; market, steady; native
beef steers. $S.00@13.50; yearlina
steers and heifers, $7.00@13.50; COWS
s6.00@11.50; stockers and feeders
cows and heifers, $6.O0@10.OO.
Hogs = Receipts, 5000; market
steady; mixed and butchers, s17.50@
1900; good to heavy. $17.OO@17.50
rough, $16.00@18.25: light. s17.75@
1900; pigs, $14.50@17.75; bulk, $17.25
@17.9O.
Sheep Receipts, none; market
steady: ewes. s12.50@13.0O; lambs
$14.O0@17.40; n and choppers
s6.50@9.50; wethers. $13.O0@13.75.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, March 16.-Butter-Ex-
tras, 43c; firsts, 42hc; dairy extras,
41k @42c; dairy frsts, 4O@41c.
Eggs-Ordinary frsts, 35c; firsts,
36@26Ac.
Cheese-Twins. 24A@25c; Young
Americas, 26@27c.
Potatoes-Receipts 10 cars; Wis.
consins and Minnesotas. s1.25@1.45;
fancy westerns, S1.60@1.70 per scwt.
Live poultry - Ducks, 30@31c;
geese. 20@25c; ROSTERS, 31c; tur.
keys, Csc. s45-,a
New York Produce Market.
NEW YORK, Mar. 16.-Flour, dull;
easier.
Pork-steady; mess. $53.O0@53.5o
Lard-Easy; middle west spot,
$26.15@26.25.
sugar-Raw. dull: Centrifugal test,
$60.05; refined, dull; cut loaf. $685.;
crushed, $50; powdered, $3.50; gran.
ulated, S7.45.
Coffee-Rio No. Z ON spot, &C.
Tallow-Steady; city, 16kc; spec,
ial, tic.
Hay-weak; No. 1, s1.6o@1.7o; No.
3, s1.3o@1.4o; clover, s1.1O@1.5o.
Dressed poultry-Quiet; turkeys,
3O@3Sc; chickens, 26@40c; fowls, 30
oslo; ducks, L. l., 31@40c; live poul-
try. quiet; geese, 30@35c; ducks, 35c;
turkeys. 35c; roosters. 27@35c; stays,
&c.
Cheese-Weak: state milk common
to special, 16@26c; skins common to
specials, $4,000.
Butter-Dull, unsettled; receipts,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-16
This Is Space Set Aside In Cargoes
by General Pershing Of American
Expeditionary
Forces.
MEANS 100000 VOLUMES
These Will Be Shipped In Special
Cases Made for Transportation
and Viii Be Used
Over There.

WASHINGTON. D. c., Mar. 16.-I
there is a question in any ones mine
as to the value of the work which the
library war service OF the American
Library association is doing, it viii
be disposed of by an order just issuet
by General John j. Pershing, com
manding the American forces in
France. setting aside fifty ton o.
cargo space monthly for the use Of
| the association.
This means that at least m hun
dred thousand books will go to the
men in France every month, and this
| number will be very largely augment
ed by the innumerable small ship
ments which are being made. and will
! continue to be made on army trans.
ports. }t-l
Notice of General Pershing's order
is contained In a cablegram from DR..
NJ. l.. Raney, librarian Of Johns Hop
| kins university, who Is now in France,
as a representative of the A. l.. A.
library war service. DR.. Raney is
also organizing. as rapidly as possibis,
| the details of the work OF distribu,
/! ton. Every available existing agency
is to be made use of, to get the books
directly into the hands of the men,
dllQ SuCu ASW dSSllClcS as may nc
found necessary, will be established.
On this side dispatch offices have
already been opened at two embark
alton ports. One has been in opera
ton for about two months, under the
direction of Mr.. Asa Don Dickinson,
and a large number of books have
already been shipped. The other is
being organized under the direction
of Mr.. w. H. Brett, of the Cleveland
public library, and will soon be in
operation.
The books which are being sent
across are packed in specially built
cases, holding about sixty books each,
and SO arranged that when they ar.
rive on the other side they can be
bolted three together, forming a COM
pact six-shelf book case, holding
about $50 books. The intention is to
place at least one of these book cases
in every "Y" hut, Red Cross station.
knights Of Columbus building and
Salvation Army cabin on the other
side.
With the transportation problem
settled. the A i. A. is In position to
keep a steady stream of reading mat,
ter moving to France. The great
need is now for books, and beginning
MaTcn loLH, u naliCH-"iue uTlVe Is "
be conducted for the purpose of Sc
curing at least 2,000, 900 books by
gift from the American people. Every
library in the country is enlisted in
this drive, and its success Is as
sured once the public understands the
need for these books, and how much
they will lea to our fighting men
The A. L. A. will supplement these
donations by the purchase Of large
numbers Of technical and military
books, which cannot be secured by
gift, so that the libraries placed at
the disposal Of our soldiers in Francs
will be serviceable and well rounded
ones.