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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21

there with an infected knee and re-
ceived the best of care.
What She Saw in Hospitals
! know something of hospitals.
took a nurses training as a girl.
married a member of my hospital
staff. and | have been for many years
constantly in touch with hospitals.
During the first year of the war
visited the hospitals of France and
England. Since we went into war !
have, with the avowed intention of
seeing for the women of America
that our boys are to be well cared
for in every possible way. visited
many training camps and camp hos
pitals.
There are conditions to be remedi-
| ed As i reported TO you very re-
Gently. the failure or supplies has
been serious matter There are not
enough women nurses. The quarters
of both nurses and doctors must be
enlarged in many cases. The percent
age of a serious illness has been low
in the cantonments Il am not speak
ing of the camps). but the percent
age OF mild contagious. which always
occur when men are brought togeth-
er in mass. and of heavy colds. and
bronchitis has been high. The result
of sending men with heavy colds for
few days into the hospital has re-
suited in rather higher figures than
| the seriousness of the situation would
otherwise justify.
OF cruelty and indifference | have
found nothing On the contrary.
have found the medical STATS of the
hospitals both efficient and humane
ical men of these national army hos
pitfalls are volunteers. who have cheer
fully relinquished the results of years
of labor to give their services to the
country. that they are of the best we
have. as all volunteers are. that the,
are willingly undergoing deprivation
and hardship to take care of oul
boys, it is wrong that the country
at large should misjudge them. Th'
best specialists of the country have
placed themselves at the disposal Of
the army medical department, an(
ninety-nine out of hundred men il
the drafted army are receiving bet
ter care than they could afford. under
the best circumstances. to receive a
home.
Nursing is on the same high plane
Again we find volunteers highly skill
ed and carefully trained women VIII
, have taken the small pay and tn
, discomforts OF army life that the
may serve where they are most need
: ed.
- Wards are large and airy. Bed
. are comfortable | have found e,
I quisite cleanliness everywhere. More
: over. have found cheerfulness. Foo
, is good and plentiful I have e.
A amined storerooms and kitchens. an
I watched the diets being served Ill
$ der the direction OF woman dieti,
!. ian.
!. Says More Nurses Are Needed
!. do not like the Orderly" sy
TEN. There should be more trains
l. nurses. AT present the wards whel
e there are no serious cases are manal
+ ed by ward master. an enlisted ma
d world. he is not always efficient. TT
n lack of nurses is serious one, al
It could be remedied probably by {
J. appeal to nurses to volunteer. b
II here again Is the serious question
's the iii at home-the same viii
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
ADOPTS WAGE SCALE
Idaho State Farm Bureau Meets at
Gooding and Adopts Maximum
Scale to BE Paid for Labor
During 1918

The Idaho state farm bureau, an
association Of the presidents OF the
various county farm bureaus OF Ida
ho, representing over 5000 leading
farmers in the state, met in Good
ing Thursday, with the labor commit
tee of the State Defense Council and
the director of farm markets to dis
cuss the farm labor situation for
| 1918. The following recommenda-
tions TO the farmers of the state were
unanimously adopted and every citi-
zen was urged to recognize their i'm
portance:
I. Wage Scale for Harvest Hands
or Help.-It is the earnest recon-
mendation of the state farm bureau
that harvest hands or extra help en-
ployed by the day should not be paid
more than 80 cents an hour or SO
for day of % hours, with board and
that maximum of As cents an hour
be paid such hands for every hour
above that. with the understanding
that time will be taken out for delays
caused by storms or acts of provi-
dence. 1t is further recommended that
one dollar additional be paid such
hands who board themselves.
Monthly Wage Scale-It was the
unanimous recommendation of the
state farm bureau that for general
farm work, where hands are employ
ed by the month. $50 a month, with
board, be the maximum wage to be
paid during 1918. 1t was provided
furthermore. that married men who
board themselves be paid $50
month. with suitable lodging.
3. Wage Scale for Expert Irrigat-
ors-For men specially engaged as
expert irrigators, it was recommend
ed that these be paid not to exceed
SIS a month and board.
4 Prices to Be Paid for Potato
Pickers-Growers of potatoes are
urged not to pay more than 5 cents q
sack of 120 pounds for picking pota-
toes. said price to include board.
| w mere plChtIS DOdTQ themselves IL
is recommended that not more than
cents a sack of 120 pounds be paid
). Fruit and Beet Harvest-Com.
mittees have been appointed to con-
slider the wage scale for machine and
engine men and for picking fruit and
harvesting sugsr~bcets= TheirsgscQm-
mendations will be considered i&ter
by the state farm bureau.
q. Idle Labor.-It was the sense OF
this meeting that every effort be di-
rected to the continual engagement
of all itinerant and idle labor
Throughout the year and that every
one be urged to develop public senti-
ment to that effect. IL was further
more recommndd that the movement
TO close the pool halls. at least dur
ing the time when labor was scarcest.
be indorsed.
| Nearly every large agricultural
county in southern Idaho was repre-
sented at this meeting.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
The Third Liberty Loan

The third Liberty Loan drive is not
far distant. and Idahoans will be ex-
pected to do their part In raising
the states quota just as they did for
the first and second loans. Ii neei
occasion no surprise " the quota for
the third loan is greater than were
the quotas for either of the first two.
The people generally and the county
councils in particular snouId prepare
early TO meet the obligation the Ma
tion finds itself obliged to request
them to shoulder. Men alone cannot
fight the present righteous war a
free people is waging against an en-
emy that champions the most cruel
atrocities and reviles the sacred insti-
tutions OF civilization. Money and
more money must be poured into the
Golfers of the government that vast
supplies may be purchased and 9TH
er objects accomplished that gold
makes possible.
The matter OF purchasing from the
government Liberty bond is as nee
essary for those not In the first line
OF defense as II is to send the flower
OF the country to the battlefelds.
No Idahoan can longer shirk this
duty Many of them are now car
rying bonds taken on the first and
second issues. They will be asked
to take some on the third issue
Those who have not taken any bonds
will be urged to do their bit in the
next drive. Every council in the state
should make plans early to check W
on former bond drives in their re-
spective counties to ascertain the ex-
tent of the holdings of each individ.
ual No man in Idaho, who car
possibly AFFORD to make the invest
ment. should be without Liberty
bond after the third drive is com
pleted. Idaho can we'll afford to coir
the famous French watchword o
verdun. They. Shall Not Pass" into
1--WE shall Not Fail"
L lQdnO tndil man 10 ~ w. Dh' -
president OF the First National Banl
at American Falls. Within a few
days he will establish state headquar
ters In Boise and proceed to perfec
the preliminary organization. Mr.
Davis was chairman of the secon'
drive. He has named the same exc
cutive committee to assist him In tn
third. The state council will worl
in cooperation to make the drive
success. County councils will co-or
! dinate In the work.
The members of the executive com
, mittee for the drive are: K. M. Hoe
vr. secretary; Crawford Moore, Mont
B. Gwinn. F. F. Johnson and j. v
Robinson, Boise; K. M. Ehrhard
, Lewiston; ]. C. Blackwell. Parma
, Ignatz We'll. Standpoint; James F. M
g Carthy. Wallace; John w. Hart, Mel
an; c. E. Bowerman, st. Anthony
Russell G. Hit, state bank commi
sioner; Joseph Hansen, secretary
the state council oil defense.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21

'%S't' eDftf ~ - ti maps uO
woman is America is better qualified
than Mary Roberts Rinehart, famous
writer and novelist, to reassure the
mothers of American soldiers that
their sons are being well cared for
In the army cantonments.
Her letter. read TO the Senate In
vestigating committee by Secretary
OF War Baker. should convince every
woman of the land that the boys who
will do the fighting for world demos-
racy are being given the same careful
attention that they would receive at
home.
Herself the mother of a soldier, .he
wife of doctor and trained nurse
in her girlhood. Mrs. Rinehart. is
competent to judge whether tha-sto-~
les of wholesale mistreatment are
true or not. She says they are not
true. She does not speak from hear
say. but from personal knowledge.
having just completed an inspection
tour of the military hospitals where
every facility was given her to find
out the truth.
Mrs. Rinehart suggests that more
women nurses are needed. but on the
whole, declares that the army base
hospitals are the equal in equipment
and in every other respect of civilian
institutions.
Here is Mrs. Rhinehart's letter:
Hon. Newton ID. Baker.
Secretary of War.
My Dear Mr.. Secretary:
have just been reading that trag-
ic letter from an unknown father.
read by Senator Chamberlain during
the present Senatorial INVESTIGATION.
Its sincerity cannot be questioned. As
mother, and as the mother of SOL
dier, | feel as every one must, the
deepest grief and sympathy with the
parents of that dead boy
Like every other mother in the
country | want these cases known.
II want to be assured that they will
be known. | want drastic punish.
ment applied to any man. of no mat.
ter what rank, who is found guilty
of negligence in the care, physical or
moral of our boys. ! want immediate
remedy of conditions that require {
remedy.
But do feel that some step shoulc
be taken to reassure our women JUS
now Ii is only fair to them. 1
is cruel to allow every mother in tn,
country to judge the medical car'
that will be given to her boy whil'
in the service, because here and ther'
In the chaos of our readjustment
men have been given responsibiutie
they are unable or unwilling tolful
Ali. That we have such men is nor
$ than a national misfortune. rha
e they have been placed in posi- ion
y of trust Is national calamity Blu
y the mothers of the country slpul
e know in fairness to themselves tina
e the number of such inefficienE
l. small We will not rest, we wumer
y until they have all been removet
h But that, | know. will be at onc'
II must be at once.
| have son in an army chtor
Ie ment. He enlisted as privatd II
r would receive, If he became i'll, sxac
rs ly the same treatment as any pthe
,r enlisted man in our new army An
A. should have not only no hesihtio
lie In placing him in the cantot tmei
es hospital. but | should do II with al
a solute confidence. AS math pr
fact, he has already spent few da.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
FREIGHT RATE VICTORY WON
lnter1nountain Territory Win Fight
and Are Now After Congress for
Permanent Relief

A signal victory was gained by the
people OF the Intermountain territory
In the recent decision OF the Inter-
state Commerce Commission compel
ling the Railroads to equalize the Pa
cific Coast and interior freight rates
Almost from the completion of
our transcontinental railroads. the
freight rates to destinations each OF
Pacific coast points have been made
by adding to the rate from the point
of origin to the coast, the rate from
the coast to the inerior destination,
inhibiting what Is known as back
hauling of freight. In other words
It was cheaper to haul freight from
New York to Portland. Oregon,
thence to an Idaho destination, than
by shipping direct from New York to
said Idaho point.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has said this practice must be
stopped for the present. due to the
fact that there is no reason at pres
ent that will excuse the railroads
from making fair and non-discrimin-
atory rates on west-bound trafic. The
excuse In the past for making lower
rates to the Pacific coast than to Ida
no points. has been the competition
OF the railroads with water carriers
operating from the Atlantic to the
Pacific coast around the southern
coast OF South America. and more re-
Gently through the Panama Canal.
Th war has diverted the ships into
foreign trade. and we at present,
have no ships engaged In coast to
coast traffic. The Interstate Com
merce Commission has said on the
return OF water competition. they
would again permit rates that are
less to the Pacific Coast than to the
interior. Organized effort is now be-
ing made to stay the hand OF the In
terstate Commerce Commission from
again sanctioning this discrimination
A bill has been introduced In Con-
gress prohibiting lower charge for
a Aonk a maui, Whth
is most important legislative act
for future development In Idaho. II
this act becomes a law. our State will
then develop upon a fair and equal
footing with our neighbors-Oregon
:. and Washington. twill stop the
railroad from giving lower rates &c
the Pacific Coast people than to the
people OF the interior west. These
rate determinations are evident Oh
both west and east bound freight
Nearly everything consumed In Idaho
pays a higher rate from the east thar
is paid by the people on the Pacific
Coast. Many commodities are as
sessed higher rates to Chicago ant
other eastern points from Idaho thar
from Oregon and Washington.
Freight rate discrimination hal
retarded the growth and develop
ment OF Idaho more than any othe
factor, and the time has now COM
when her voice should be heard II
the councils OF the nation.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21

|. is reported from Berlin that n
trust is being formed for handling all
motion-p picture films.
Secretary Lane has recommended
bin for the further protection of
OF men engaged in the present war
who prior to entering the service
had Initiated claims on public lands.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
According to a statement by Il

According to statement by the
manager OF the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. the Shipping Board now has
716 shipways, OF which 312 are for
wooden ships and 404 for steel con-
struction. The program calls for the
construction in 1918 of eight times
the tonnage delivered in 1916, at n
cost OF more than $1,000, 900, 900.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
WANTED

100 Jerome women who will
agree to make two OF the hospital
shirts a month. The Jerome wo-
men are falling down badly on the
Red Cross sewing. II we cannot
get guarantees TO make these
shirts we will have to acknowledge
our failure and refuse to send In
our pllotment. The Red Cross
work is more important today than
IL has ever been.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21

]. II. Smith, state engineer. has
resigned his position, because. he
says. the appropriation given him by
the last Legislature vas trimmed by
Governor Alexander to a point where
he could not successfully handle the
work in his department. The govern
or accepted his resignation Saturday
afternoon. II becomes effective March
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
faces the medical profession and the
civilian hospitals.
One hospital | know we'll. 1t is

faces the meulcal profession ana tne
civilian hospitals.
One hospital / know we'll 1t is
typical of the other cantonment hos
pitals 1t is under the same Army
Medical Department direction as the
others, and It is only right to assume
that conditions there are representa-
tive. The same rules govern all the
hospitals. The same sums are spent
on them. The same system is follow
ed. The food is the same, the sup
plies, the medical staff. and nurses.
And l have never seen better war
hospital than the one at Camp Sheri-
dan. | will go further, and say that
in its operating rooms, its X-ray de-
partment, its eye and ear depart
ment, its nose and throat depart
ment. its dental department; in short,
in its facilities for caring for every
emergency and every weakness. it
will bear comparison with any civil
fan hospital.
And what is true of the base hos
pital at Camp Sheridan is true OF the
others.
] have watched the development
of the war hospital system from the
beginning. when / saw It first on pa
per in the Office of the Surgeon Gen.
eral up to two weeks ago. / have
watched because it was a vital mat
ter to me. / had husband and son
in the service. l am like the other
women of this country. | would be
content with nothing less than the
best. And | feel that we are on the
way to the best.
For knowledge and Reinsurance
1t has not, come yet, although al
the present moment ] would willing
ly trust any member of my family
In such emergency. in any one of our
base hospitals. We need more sup
plies, We need more nurses. and en-
larged quarters for them. Sixty OF
even eighty nurses. divided into shifts
of eight hours each, is totally insult
| ficient for a thousand men. We need
even more physicians and surgeons
Although the STATS are very large
the medical department in each hos
pital is working to its maximum.
But what we need, as a nation, is
something more than this-we need
knowldge and reinsurance There /.
no need in this country for discont
ed resignation. l would suggest thai
a committee of representative and
unprejudiced citizens from the near
est city visit each of these base hos
pitals, and thoroughly inspect, anc
that they publish in their local paper,
the exact results of their investiga
| tions. Let them go alone to tall
with the patients. the nurses, tn,
doctors. the ward masters. And le
them tell exactly what they find.
The women of the country mus
know the facts. They have the righ
to know them. 1t rs not fair to le
them believe. as many of them nov
do, that the great and humane Amer
ican people is not caring for the mel
who are to fight to save them w,
are preparing against the inevitable
losses of war. 1t is not fair TO lie
any of us believe that there is useless
death. and we are wasting lives W,
would die to save.
And il is not true.
Faithfully yours,
(Signed) Mary Roberts Rinehart
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21

To meet the shortage of small sill
yer change In Norway large issue
of 1-crown notes (at normal ex-
change the Norwegian crown is worth
26.s cents United States currency
has been put in circulation.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
Extend Time for Filing Income Tax

While Mr.. Wheeler. deputy intern
al revenue collector. was In Jerome
he received notice to the effect that
the time for filing <eturns OF the
income and excess profits tax had
been extended to April 1st
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-02-21
Excellent Conditions at Military Hospitals
Mrs MARY ROBERTS RINEHART SOL
DIERS-sAYs MOTHERS THEIR SONS
ARE WELL CARED FOR-MORE NURSES NEEDED

there with an infected knee and re
ceiyed the best of care.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
CHILDREN'S SOIREE.

The children's dance which will be
glvcn at the armory tonight marks the
closing of the series of lessons which
Miss Joseph, of Columbus, has been
sring in Americas. The evening will
be given over entirely to the child
rem and Their friends The public is
cordially invited to attend. The fol
lowing program will be given:
Ramo-virginia Lipscomb.
Mignonette.- Elizabeth Council.
Playfulness. Alice Harold and
Harriet Rylander.
Flag Dance-Marjorie Cargill.
Iechnique-Aesthetic Glass.
Daisies. Charlotte Turner.
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FRIDAY-Mrs. w. d. Moreland will
yente1 lain her bridge club at ten o'clock
at her home on Hill street. Mrs,
John Council will be the Red Cross
Bridge Clubs hostCss at four o'clock
at her home on Lee street. Miss Nellie
Worthy will entertain the members of
the graduating class at four o'clock.
Misses Margaret Everette and Mary
Belle Green will be joint hostesses at
an evening prom party.
SATURDAY-Mrs H. c. Davis will
entertain in the morning, honoring her
niece, Miss Nellie Worthy Mrs. Fur
low Gatewood, Jr., will be hostess to
the Young Matrons' Bridge Club.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
SOCIETY
CONDUCTED
by
Mrs. 4. B. Allen
Of Phone SO
Res. Phone 466
THINGS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
MRS. MORELAND'S PARTY.

Mrs. w. D. Moreland entertained
the Matrons' Bridge Club delightfully."-
this morning at her home on Hill
street. Mrs. Moreland's attractive
home was decorated lavishly with
sweet peas and pink roses. Among
those present were: Mrs. w. A. bod
son, Mrs. Charles Council, Mrs. Shell
ton Harris, Mrs. Richard Dessesaure,
Mrs. l. J. Kalmon, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs.
Franc Mangum, Mrs. r. e. McNulty,
Mrs. E. D. Sheffield, Mrs. Marshall
Hurt, Mrs Ralston Cargill, Mrs. Sam
Willis, Mrs HI. B. Allen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
Attention, /. o. O. F.

There will be called meeting Sat
arday night at o'clock, at Masonic
Eall. Work in initiatory degree. All
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
PROM PARTY,

Misses Marguerite Everette and
Geraldine Payne are joint hostesses
at party tonight, honoring the mem
bers Of the graduating class. Roses,
lilies, sweet peas and coreopsis in
bright colors are used as decorations
throughout the house and punch and
sandwiches will be served. About
sixty guests are invited.
Miss Marion o. Dunnell, Of New
York, will arrive today upon visit
to Miss Maud Sherlock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
RED CROSS CLUB.

Mrs. John Council was hostess to
the Red Cross Bridge club at a love-
ly party this afternoon. Sweet peas
and hyderangeas in delicate pink and
blue were used with charming effect in
the living room where the tables were
placed for the games. Those presnt
were Mrs. j, E. Mathis, Mrs l.. F.
Grubbs, Mrs. w. D. Moreland, Mrs.
Ralston Cargill, Mrs ]. E. Hightower
S. H. Mckee, Mrs. D. R. Andrews,
Mrs. J. l.. Sparks, Mrs. l. j. Kali
mon, Miss Martha Wheatley, Mrs. c.
U. Rogers, Mrs. Tracy Cunningham
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-05-17
MISS WORTHY'S PARTY.

Miss Nellie Worthy entertained the
senior class of the Americas High
school this afternoon at Up links
party. Sweet peas and lilies were
used in crystal bowls and wall pockets
and sprays Of pink gladiolas filled the
swinging baskets in the veranda where
the tables were placed. Delicious
punch and sandwiches were served.
Only the class members and the teach
ers were invited. 81
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-05-17
GERMANY KEEPS
ALIVE PLAN TO
CORNER EUROPE
ny Carl. ID. GKOAr
THifcS Press Correspondent

WASHINGTON. May is.-Ger
many. seeking TO gobblc up Russia.
Ia also sull cilnginE TO the old Mlttel'
Europa idca-
The thought that she has aban'
don~d that scheme OF running n bio,
OF Teuton domination across tho mid
die OF Europe was disprovsd today
b. official diapa tciies received amen,
the recent iiohen-oiisrn Hapsburs
conference AT the German great
headauarteru.
The conference resulted In A..
engagements for putting Austria more
under German subsection than ever.
I, WIS significant from the fact
that Austria has been going thru n
period Of serious war atrosH. Now.
she and Germany will work more In
unison that II. German war lords
Will force her 70 DO their bidding
ruthlessiy. according 10 official inter
probation here.
Foundations were laid whereby the
dual economic affairs will be rcgulat
ed 80 as 20 realize the plan OF Nit
tel-Europa"
II was definitely stated military
convention win be signed. whereby
Austria wifi have a stronger military
obligation than under tho old treaty.