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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
WHY SUGAR is RESTRICTED.
Many People Do Great Deal of Kick
ing About the RESTRICTIONS.

A great many of our people do a
great deal of beefing about the re-
strictions placed upon the use of
sugar, by the United States govern
ment. Of course, none of us mean to
be disloyal in the diatribes launched
against the government, but as a
matter of truth what we say with
relation thereto savors of pro-Hun
sentiment so much that it is only
the forbearance of the government
that we are not cited before United
States commissioner to answer for
our talk" And it would serve US
right, too. TIE situation with re-
spect to sugar is clearly set forth in
brief editorial in the Sioux City
Journal and We trust that every per-
son into whose hands this paper falls
will read it:
Occasionally we hear some per-
sons complaining about the restric-
tion on sugar and wondering why
they cannot have all they want. They
could, if we had ships to spare to
carry it. The island of Java, belong
ing to the Dutch, has great quanti-
ties of sugar stored up waiting for
ships to transport it. Both England
and America would like that sugar if
there was any way to get it. But
neither country has the ships to
spare 1t takes from four to five
months to make the round trip.
While ships are so urgently needed
to carry troops and war supplies they
cannot be, spared to carry sweets.
For thirty years sugar has been
plentiful and cheap in this country,
$50 cheap that it no longer paid t0
lproduce it, and many Of the great
sugar plantations of Louisiana and
Mississippi have been raising cotton
or have been cut into small farms u
grow general crops. However, there
is still some sugar cane grown in
Louisiana, about enough to produce
250,OO0 tons of raw sugar year
This amount combined with the 500.
900 tons of beet sugar makes VI
about onerfourth of the sugar usual
lily consumed in the United States
And this 6ne-fourth of our require
ments in peace times, about 1000,
GOO tons of refined sugar, cannot BIZ
taken away from us. And If al
outside supplies should be cut of
we could manage to get along upor
what We raise ourselves, which
would give twenty pounds a year t.
every man, woman and child in thu
country. This is only little les:
than we are permitted to use now
The remainder is made up by al
occasional cargo from Cuba or Port,
Rico. The greater portion of the raw
sugar produced in the West Indi;
Islands now goes to France and Eng
land, who formerly got their supp
lies from Germany, beet sugar, anC
from Java, cane sugar.
So, when anybody complaines be
cause the sugar bowl has been re.
moved from the table, let them re.
member that our ships are taking
food and other supplies to the SOL
diesrs in France; and then ask them
selves which is more important
whether our soldiers should be fed or
whether they should have two Jumps
of sugar in their coffee instead OF
,one?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

Those in favor of issuing bonds
for electric lighting system purposes
will make a cross (X) mark in the
square following the words For the
issuance of bonds" etc.
Those not in favor of issuing
bonds for electric lighting system
purposes will make cross (X) mark
in the square following the words
against the issuance of bonds" etc.
At said time and place all of the
legal voters of said Town are hereby
notified to appear.
This notice is given by order of the
Council of said Town, pursuant to
Sections 720 ct seq. and to Sections
I1306-b ct seq. of the Supplement to
the Code of Iowa, 1913, and a
Sufficient petition with the requisite
signatures In accordance Herewith.
Dated at Ridgeway, Iowa, this lS
day OF September, 1913.
JAKE JACOBSON,
Mayor of the Town of Ridgeway.
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Try Our Want Column.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Thought He Was Regular soIdit

/
Thought He Was Regular Soldier.
One. of those unusual circun1-
stances that is apt to occur in the
best regulated families, or govern
lments, came to light this week when
Arthur Schmidt, of Denver, returned
home from camp. In July, when
large contingent of men was called
to the colors, Arthur was on the re-
serve list. He was notified to report
for roll call, but between the time
he was notified to report and the day
of roll call his case had been taken
up by the district board and he had
been placed in class 2 instead Of
class /, so he was not eligible. But
on the day set for roll call Arthur
reported. His name was not called,
but through a misunderstanding he
boarded the train and went with the
rest of the boys to Camp Pike. A
few days later a relative called on
the local board and asked If the
members of the board knew anything
of young Schmidt's whereabouts.
They were Of course ignorant of his
whereabouts, but the relative in
sisted that he had gone to Camp Pike
with the other boys; so the board
wrote to the camp and received word
that Schmitd was there. About two
months later the board got word that
! it had wrongfully indicted the young
man into the service. TO this they
replied that If he had been so in
Quoted Into the service the induction
had been done at the end Of the
route. Recently, with his company,
he was sent to the Atlantic coast
and supposed he was on his way for
overseas duty, but when the officers
went to look into his record they
discovered that he was not a member
of the United States army and that
he had been in training all these
months without even being soldier.
So he went home to discover that he
was class man instead of reg
ular fighting soldier.-Waverly Re-
publican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Stories of Barbarism True.

Kansas City Times: 'The hard
est things of all was to have to come
back to America before it was
over" declared Private, Edward
HUM of ST. Charles, Mo-, at the
Union station last night. Private
Hunn's left arm was blown off at
the shoulder by German hand
grenade at the crest of the great
American wave that licked up the
Hun fertilization of Belleau wood
last June.
Il heard, from his own lips, the
story of a blind American soldier
who lay in the same hospital with
legs were shattered by shell and
as he lay helpless on the ground a
German soldier picked his eyes out
with a bayonet point. Hours later
our men found him lying helpless.
After seeing and hearing things like
that, it is no wonder all the Yank
asks it to get at grips with such in
human fighters" ~
Private HUM, who is only %
years old, related graphic story
of the capture of Belleau wood.
'Belleau wood was an impene-
trable tangle, closely grown over
with shubbery, interlaced with barb
wire, and filled with machine gun
nests. After the artillery prepare
ton, my company went over the top.
We lost our captain early in the
fight, and in a short time were with
out leaders in the thick of the wood.
1T was every man for himself,
behind rock, stone and trees-in
fact, anything that offered cover.
We got caught once in direct ma
chine gunfire, and suffered eighty
eight casualties in few minutes.
A Hun threw a hand grenade at me
from twenty PAGES, tearing my arm
off. / hid in a shell hole, and al
most caught it again, when | was
buried by an impact of a shell that
failed to explode. After two hours
I walked back to the first aid dress
ing station"
Private HUM told of the captur-
ing Of twenty-six machine guns by
his regiment, and the finding of the
gunners chained to their guns and
marksmen tied in the trees.
Those who surrendered were
taken back. If they showed fight
they got the bayonet," he said.
II owe my life to the Red Cross
who looked after me with all the
care could have received in the
finest private hospitals. The loss OF
my arm, while it was hard at first,
is really little to give, after all. !
will return to a great reclamation
hospital at Washington where l will
receive a new arm and be taught a
trade.
You can count on the boys stay
fng with the game until it is over,
and over in fashion that will pre-
vent Germany from ever again being
a menace to the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
MADE HIT WITH BAKER.
American Army Captain Cans GOOD
Graces by Swearing

With the American army in France,
Most of the prisoners taken by
General Pershing's forces were meek
and lowly. While they were being
checked an interesting incident de-
Iveloped. A youthful American cap
tain was interrogating the boches
and classifying them. Weary rom
loss of sleep he was impatient when
he knew the Germans were lying,
and he used strong language. Telling
about it, he said:
IT saw little fellow in civilian
clothes standing under the tree smil-
ing at me. / thought he was one OF
your correspondents and went on
cursing the damn stubborn boches.
II looked again and he still was smil-
ing. / went on about my business,
cussing some more.
when he was thru smiling the
man stepped up and said:
Good work, captain I am Mr..
Baker, secretary of war;"
II forgot to salute and just shook
hands. Guess he must be a good guy.
Anyway, he knows damn well I can
cuss."
Secretary Baker talked to a num-
Der of prisoners himself without re-
vealing his identity. They told him
the Americans had been overwhelm-
ing in numbers and just took them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

For selling -four and sugar at ex-
cessive profits ]. Kulla of New York
City was given the alternative of pay
ing $25, 900 to the Red Cross or go
ing out of business entirely.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

Five rice jobbers of Louisiana paid
a total of 1922 to the Red Cross
when it was discovered that they
were making resales within the
trade.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

For profiteering in -four Savan-
nah, Ca, company paid $1,000 to the
Red Cross.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

Against the issuance of bonds in
the sum of $4,000, for electric light
ing system purposes,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

For the issuance of bonds In the
sum of $4,000, for electric lighting
system purposes,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Thursday. 49,. -. Oct. IL
Thursday. ....... Der. 81
At WinneShiek Hotel
Hours 10 a. m. to . p. m

Hours 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Remember Mr.. Fisk made visits
to DEBORAH for over 20 years and
his many patients urged him to ar
range for visits again. Over 10000
citizens of N. Il. Iowa are using his
classes with absolute satisfaction.
You cannot consult anyone better
about your eyes.
Consultation Free. No Agents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
corah citizen shows you wha

TO do.
Mrs. d. A. Lee, 500 e. Main ST.,
says: Il think hard work il my home
weakened my kidneys and caused
my backache. I had constant pain
in the small of my back and l found
lit hard to do my housework. / had a
tired, drowsy feeling AID was mis-
cradle in every way. used three box
,es of Doan's Kidney Pills with good
results"
Price Coo at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Lee had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
1T is SERIOUS.
Some DEBORAH People Fail to Realize
the Seriousness of Bad Back.

The constant aching of bad back,
The WEAKNESS, the tired feeling,
The pains and aches of kidney ills
May result seriously If neglected.
gerous urinary, troubles often
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

-Try Our Want Column
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

Our Want Colann.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
DRIVE BOCHE BACK !
TO OLD 0EFENSES
DENBURG LINE, WHERE THEY
MAY MAKE FINAL STAND.
Allied Forces During Past Week Have
Made important Gains, Capturing
Thousands of Teutons and TAX
inQ Quantities Of Guns.

Paris--The German army is being
rapidly driven back to the old linden
burg line, where it Is expected Il final
desperate stand will be taken in an
endeavor to stop the onrushing allied
forces.
The Hun forces are exhibiting signs
of having lost their earlier enthusiasm
and there seems to be general feeling
Of depression and gloom, as evidenced
among the prisoners captured And
many prisoners are being taken, as
well as so many guns that all count
has been lost.
On some parts of the northern battle
front the British have reached points
thousand yards from the old Hinden-
burg line, which seems strongly held.
In addition to crossing the Albert
Bapaume road at many places, the
British have made progress southwark
for a considerable distance with the
cavalry operating in front of the in
fantry
In the engagements of the last week
the French have captured Lassigny
and have driven deep wedge to the
north with it's base on the line Ribe-
court Soissons. In the fighting the
French have taken about 10000 prison
ers and more than 200 guns. They have
placed Noyon In a pocket and have out
tlanked the enemy positions along the
Vesle river.
While these operations were In prog
ress the British, who had been held up
temporarily in their drive south of AL
bert, launched an offensive north of
that place which has been successful
In every way.
The Germans have counter-attacked
frequently in the last few days, In an
effort to wear out the attackers and to
hold positions which are the mainsfay
Of the German right flank in the Pr
rcardy salient. Once these positions are
lost, the Huns must go back beyond
Bapaume and Peronne to the Hinden-
burg line. Already Bapaume is out
hanked to the north, where the Brit
ish have taken Ervillers and are near
st. Leger.
Since July Is the allies have taken
about 10000 prisoners, and of these
about 10000 have been captured in the
last week. Although no accurate count
of light and heavy cannon captured has
been made public, the reports made
from day to day would Indicate that
the allies had taken between 1900 and
1900,
During the week the Germans raided
the American positions along the Vesle
in order to ascertain, no doubt, wheth-
from that direction. In Lorraine the
Americans wiped out Il sharp salient
apexing into their lines when they
captured the town of Frapelle, .intlict-
ing heavy losses on the foe.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Annual School
Meeting & Election

Notice is hereby given that on
Tuesday, the 3rd day OF Sept.
1918, the Annual School Meeting
and Election, in and for Indepen.
dent School District No 2 Of
Oakley. Cass,a County, Idaho.
will be held a the School H ouse,
III said district.
At l O'Clock PM. of said day
a SAID School House, meeting
will be held to select a Judge and
a clerk of election, and to tran
sact such other business pertain
ing to school interests as may
come before the meeting
The polls will open one hour
later, to wit, at 2 O'clock p M.
and remain open until 5 O'Clock
PM OF said day.
Two. School Trustees will bt
elected for three years in place ol
Chas. l.. Haight and Geo. H.
Severe, whose terIp of Office will
then expire.
MOI E-"None but actual resi-
dent freeholders and heads OF
families of said district shall vote
at such election.
This election will come on the
same day AS the Primary election
and we urge all to come out and
vote at this election of Trustees
GEO. n. SEVERE,
Clerk OF Independent School
District No. 2.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
NOTICE.

The Annual M | "A Convention
will be held in the Cassia Acad-
envy Sunday, September 1st AN
Stake and Ward M La. Officers
are requested to be in attendance "A
and an invitation is extended to
all interested in Mutual Improve
ment work. A public meeting
will be held in the Tabernacle at
7.3O M. Members OF the Gen
eral Boards from Salt Lake City
will be present. All are invited.
EDW. H HALE.
Stake Snpt. M M la
LENA B. PRICE.
Stake Pres. Y.L Mia.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
HUNS EXPECT INVASION.
German Retirement in West MAKING
Worst Possible Impression.

London. = The German population
along the Rhine expect an allied inva-
sion, in the opinion of Dutch woman
who has just returned to Amsterdam
from small village near Bonn, on the
Rhine. In a statement to the Amster-
dam correspondent of the Daily Ex-
press she said:
1.-The impression gathered from what
Il saw and heard in Germany was one
iof real despair. The German retire
,ment in the west is making the worst
possible impression.
''The idea that German soil Is to re-
main inviolate has disappeared COM
pletely Many families are preparing
TO leave for central Germany.
'.The ravages of allied aircraft are
simply terrific. When you read, There
was some material damage 1t means
that whole streets were torn up, with
IL heavy casualty list to complete the
picture"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
HUN PRISONERS
ARE DEPRESSED
CAPTURED OFFICERS NO LONGER
TALK OF CRUSHING ENGLAND
TO THE EARTH.
They Are Now Aware That the Amerj-
can Army Has Assumed Very For
m'dablc Proportions and That
Allies viii Surely Win.

London.-The demeanor OF hundreds
OF German officers taken prisoner re-
Gently Is In striking contrast with the
attitude of officers captured during the
British retreat last spring. Then Ger
man officer prisoners We're arrogant
and meant to crush the British to
earth, but now they are depressed and
very anxious. They appear very will
ing to talk and the tenor of their CON
versation may be summed up as fol-
lows:
They say Germany entered the war
with enthusiasm, but this has long
since disappeared and the struggle has
now become an economic one with
Great Britain
They admit that Germany is in prac-
tically hopeless condition, both eco
nom1cally and from the man-power
point of view and ask whether Great
Brltian cannot now consider Germany
sufficiently reduced to be no longer a
: dangerous trade rival or whether the
allies intend to crush her altogether.
In the latter case. they say, Germany
will be forced to fight to the last, but
they make no effort to conceal their i'm
preston of what this means for the
1atherland. They say they believe
there is every disposition to evacuate
Belgium and Northern France and even
negotiate the Alsace-Lorraine question.
they are generally unanimous In
agreeing that annexalions thus rar
made and the Best-Litovsk peace
treaty were a great mistake but think
they cannot withdraw from Russia In
the present condition of affairs there.
They are aware that the American
army now has assumed very form
liable proportions and there is gen
eral admission Of the seriousness of
this factor.
The submarine campaign they cannot
refer to without gestures Of impatience
Captured non-commissioned officers
attribute recent German defeats to the
inefficiency Of their air service and
more especially to the inexperience and
lack of stamina of the latest recruits
who are most inadequately drilled and
trained and who are physically in
capable Of sustaining the heavy strain
of defensive warfare. The mere pres
ence of these new recruits, they say,
produces in a company a demoralizing
effect upon the older men because it
indicates to what straits Germany must
be reduced to employ such poor mater
ial.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
SPURN SPANISH THREAT.
Crisis in Relations With Germany
Intensified BY Attitude.

Basle.-The crisis between Germany
and Spain over the U-boat controversy
has been further intensified by Ger
many's reported non-acceptance of
Spain's protest against the continued
German submarine offensive on Span
ish shipping. In that protest Spain has
threatened to confiscate an interned
German vessel for every Spanish ship
hereafter sunk by U-boat. Germany,
according to the official Norddeutscher
Allgemeine Zeittung, has declined to
accept the Spanish position.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Attorney F. B. DOTSON
for Probate Judge.

F. j.. Dotson is on the Repub
lican primary ticket for the Office
of Probate Judge. The people Of
Cassia County are fortunate in
having an active lawyer offer his
SCI lvicesfor thisimportantcounty
office. Mr.. DotsOn has the re-
putation Of being absolutelo on
he square, and with his legal
experience should make a good
Probate Judge.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
ANNOUNCEMENT

As Candidate for County Aud
itor and Recorder at the coming
Primary Election, September 3.
| hereby pledge my support for
the success of Republican princi-
pies and candidates.
Respectfully yours.
Adv c. E. Strong.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Bows Used in Front Lines.

Paris.-The wounded all tell the
same story-that the seasoned German
soldier is brave and dirty fighter
when supported by machine guns, but
that the forces Of old men and boys
which the Germans sandwiched into
the first lines to meet the first blow
of the Americans faded away quickly.
That the enemy's man-power is waning
rapidly, the wounded say, is indicated
by the large number of mere children,
almost, and aged men. Boys of IA
years have been captured.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Notice Of Candidacy.

J hereby announce that my
nomination has been duly filed
with the County Auditor and
that | am a candidate for the
ofic- c' County Treasurer and
Ex Ofhcio Tax Collector for Cas-
sia County to be voted for 1T the
Primary Election. September 3,
1918.
EDITH BOWER,
Adv Present Deputy Auditor
and Recorder.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Hjoher Prices for SUGAR.

Neutrality-suspicious. for a slight
ly higher price for sugar were fore
cast by the food administration August
% in announcing that the sugar equali-
zation board in order to minimize in
equalities between prices of the old
and new crops, will purchase all sugar
at the old price and resell to the hold
ers at the new price. The increase to
consumers, it was said, will not amount
10 more than cent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Green River Distniery Burned,

Owensboro, Ky.-Fire starting at the
plant of the Green River Distilling
Co. here, destroyed the entire plant,
Il loss well in excess of $3 600 900. The
whisky alone was valued at 81, $40, 900,
and the loss to the United States gov
ernment in taxes is approximately
S6,7500 900.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30

A package containing Percale,
Silk Stockings and other articles
between Oakley and Churchill on
Monday. Finder please notify
Herald Office.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
Deserter sIays Forest Ranoer.

Salt Lake City.-News has been re-
ceived here from Moab that Forest
Ranger X. Il. Mellenthin met instant
death at the hands of Ramon Archu-
letta. draft deserted, and two Mexican
companions when he attempted TO ar
rest Archuletta on Pine bluff. All three
of the Mexicans have been captured.
Archuletta was seriously wounded by
Mellenthin.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
EDITH BOWER
ANNOUNCEMENT

Moses Smith OF Marion, Idaho,
announces himself as candidate
before the Primaries, for the
Office OF Assessor of Cass:a County
on the Republican Ticket.
ADV MOSES SMITH.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30

The local Red Cross workers
made another shipment of
% Children Dresses
Is Children's Aprons
IA Children's Petticoats
26 Pajama Suits
2 House Dresses
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30
NOTICE.

The Red Cross Annual Meeting
will be held at the Fourth Ward
Chapel Monday evening. Sept.
2nd. at 8 PM. Public requested
to be present
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-08-30

Amsterdam. = Czecho-Slovak and
anti-Bolshevik forces have reoccupied
the town of Kazan, on the river Nolga,
says a Moscow dispatch to the Weser
Zeitung of Bremen.