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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21
NO WASTE IN ARMY CAMPS
Conservation and Reclamation Dlvl.
sion Obtains Maximum Utilization
Of All Materials.

One of the most insidious pieces OF
German propaganda which the govern
ment has TO combat appears In the
form OF rumors concerning excessive
wastes of all foodstuffs and supplies
in our army camps and cantonments
A glance at the work Of the conserva-
ton and reclamation division Of the
army readily establishes the falsity
of these reports.
The aim Of the conservation and
reclamation division is to obtain tho
maximum utilization Of all materials
of service, to reduce the waste OF
these materials to minimum, to de-
stroy nothing, and to dispose Of all ma
terial useless to the army at the great
est profit possible.
No restrictions are placed Upon our
soldiers appetites. but the highest care
Is exerted TO prevent the soldier from
taking more on his plate than he wants
lin other words, much of the food
that formerly was lost through care
lessness Is now saved The recama-
ton officer and his assistants in every
camp and every cantonment are re-
sponsible for the separating and the
classifying OF kitchen waste, produced
In the preparation and serving Of every
meal at the mess the object Of this
careful separation and classification
of Kitchen waste is to prevent vast
age.
The division also has active charge
Of farming and garden operations for
each camp and cantonment. The prod
uce raised is used In ratlonlng troops
and providing animals with forage.
No men AT for active duty are re-
quired to assist in this agricultural
service. y The quartermaster general
Of the army has n much more efficient
plan, for he has this work done by in
termed aliens, enemy prisoners, con-
scientious DIRECTORS and military prls-
oners. or our own enlisted men only
those physically unsuited for service
overseas or partially disabled are as
signed to this agricultural work. lis
believed that aftersa few months OF
outdoor york, many Of the men now
unfit viii so improve physically that
they will become fit for transfer to
fighting units Thus the army will
reclaim men as well as materials and
supplies.
The boys at the front and at camps
and environments In this country also
are setting standard In conservation
and reclamation which Is magnificent.
They are doing their utmost to see
that every penny invested In the cause
Of democracy, through Liberty Bonds
and otherwise, is utilized efficiently.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21
opal" Syetem Works Well.

That the pal" idea of having some
one write to the soldier Is making
big hit with them, is evidenced by the
receipt Of many letters at the council
OF defense office from soldier boys.
The feeling that the pal" system is
doing much good is borne out by let.
tiers received from various sections OF
the country. Not only do the boys
appreciate letter from home but they
are put In contact with persons near
the cities where they are located and
in that manner are entertained and en-
large their circle of friends.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21
| was accepted, worse luck.

At 9:45 that night we reported to the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up in semicircle around him, and he
addressed us as follows:
"All l want you boys to do Is to go
over TO the German lines tonight, sur
prise them, secure q couple of prison
ers, and return Immediately. Our ar
tillery has bombarded that section or
the line for two days and personally l
believe that that part of the German
trench is unoccupied, so just get cou-
pie of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right, in an I'M
dertone, whispered to me:
"Say, Yank, how are we going to get
couple of prisoners If the old fool
thinks personally that that part of the
trench is unoccupied, sounds kind OF
fishy doesn't 1t mater"
had funny sinking sensation in
my stomach, and my tin hat felt as II
it weighed about ton and nay enthusi-
assn was melting away. Old Pepper
must have heard the sergeant speak
because he turned In his direction and
in laundering voice asked:
what did you say?"
The sergeant with scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling,
smartly saluted and answered:
Nothing, sir"
Old Pepper said:
well, don't say it so loudly the next
time"
Then Old Pepper continued:
"In this section of the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine guns which our artillery in the
last two or three days, has been I'M
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21

ing his money on LOUD clothes and
other luxuries to such an extent that
he seldom had a cent 10 apply 10 any
worthy cause, such as the care of his
family or the upkeep of the church.
AS a result OF Heber's regularity in
blackslldlng, therefore. for a dozen
years or more the church folks never
baptized him. They just sort of let
him slide along, and, when immersion
day finally arrived he usually was
out behind his trotting horse, at n
cock fight, or at some other place
scarcely fitted for converts.
Finally, though. the church authori-
ties got tired of Hebers professions
of faith and their subsequent fiatten-
ing out, and when the next revival
started, along In the spring, and ne
began to show signs of interest, they
advised him that his confession would
be received only with the understand
ing that immersion should follow Inn
medlately. He thought the matter
over for three days and then agreed
to Join that night and be baptized
without delay. And, sure enough, he
arrived bright and early, and, when
the going got good he joined up for
the thirteenth time.
Baptized Him In a Flood.
Unfortunately, just as the meeting
started, terrific storm arose and the
subsequent cloudburst flooded the
country, Coal Creek, where the baptiz-
ing was to take place, being particu-
larly swollen. This situation made
the baptizlng somewhat dangerous.
but the authorities agreed that 1t was
their only chance to get Heber, so,
after church, with the repentant sim
ner in tow, and armed with lanterns,
they filed down to the creek for the
baptizing.
Stories differ as to how Heber, just
as he was being immersed escaped
the officiating pastors hands, some
saying he wriggled out and others
maintaining that he slipped, but, any
how, he disappeared In the darkness.
Daylight found him perched In a
sycamore tree, mile down the creek,
In the center Of whirlpool that was
worth a mans life to attempt to In
wade. Hence, we had to leave him up
the tree for three days until the water
rnceled
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21
Got AIono Without Metals.

The cliff dwellers knew nothing Of
the use of metals. Their knives we're
made from the bones Of the deer,
highly polished and very sharp. Their
household utensils consisted Of pot
terry jars and casks made Of iber and
covered with substance resembling
modern varnish. Although the earliest
cliff dwellers we're prehistoric, cave
livers have existed In almost every
age Of the world
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21
Height Of ignorance.

A fond parent noticed his youngest,
a boy, in very animated conference
with a number of other boys and a
young woman and that evening In.
CURED of the boy what all the excite
ment was about. "That was my
teacher" said the boy, "and we were
trying TO explain the ball game to her.
She couldn't understand burned
thing. | just don't understand how
she ever got to be school teacher"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-21
WHY l4s vowed sacrlfiees.

When the resculng party finally AZ
rived at the base of the tree, IL was
surprised to find Heber raining down
plug tobacco, drinking liquor, dice,
stickpins, fancy rings and other trink-
cts on which ne had squandered his
money, and declaring loudly that there
was no sacrifice he would not make In
the future for the good of the church
and the protection of his soul. Nor
did he descend until he had stripped
himself Of everything that he could
reasonably spare and little bit more.
"Well, Heber,p BIZ Boggs, the post
master said, after shaking hands with
him, ~ certainly was impressed wth
your spirit of sacrifice. Why was 1t
that you never did that beforei"
"Why, thunderation, mani" Heber
exploded, II never was up tree like
that before"
And there you are. When before
were we, as patriotic citizens, up q
tree as we are this year?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
PREPARING aARRAcx SITES.

of deer, and is very inferior in point
of odor.
The musk deer has a wide distri-
button over the highlands of Central
greater part of Southern Siberia, and
extends to Kashmir on the south
west and Cochin China on the south
east, always, however, at great ele-
vations-being rarely found in sum-
mer below 500 feet above the sea
level. and ranging as high as the
limits of the thickets of birch. rho
dodendron. and juniper, among
which il conceals itself in the day
time. II is a hardy, solitary. and re-
firing animal, chiefly nocturnal in
its habits, and almost always found
alone, rarely in pairs. and never in
herds. 1t is exceedingly active and
sure-footed, having, perhaps, no
equal in traversing rocks and preci-
pitouS ground; and il feeds on moss.
grass, and leaves of the plants which
grow on the mountains among which
il makes its home
Most of the animals of the group
TO which the musk deer belongs have
some portion of the Vutaneous sur
face peculiarly modified and provid-
ed with glands secreting some odor-
Gus and oleaginous substance spec
tally characteristic of the species.
The situation of the specially modi-
fled portion of skin is extremely va
rious, sometimes between the toes.
as in sheep. sometimes on the face.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
RECKON THE VALUES

DEAR MISS fA1RfAN:
have been going about with
young man for year and he has
asked me to break off corresponding
with a former sweetheart now in the
Army. Recently, he has ignored me.
While I love him, | would like you to
advise me in regard to continuing my
correspondence with my soldier boy.
o. II.
How much do you love the sweet
heart whose commands and requests
YOU are discussing With me? How sim
cere do you consider his feeling for
you? How much did your friendship
with the soldier mean to you@ Figure
out the actual values of the situation.
do not quite understand the sem
tence in which YOU tell me how your
lover is ignoring you. | don't like
jealousy nor tendency to be tyran-
nicaI and issue orders. On the other
hand | do admire man whose atti-
tude toward the girl for whom he
cares is one of kindly guardianship
and of unwillngness to let her harm
herself by association with people of
the wrong sort.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
CYNTHIA.

| am heartily out of sympathy
with your accepting any COM
mands" from this friend of your
fiance. Either you or some mem
Der of your family ought to write a
dignified little letter to the man you
were planning to marry. Tell him
that you feel he owes you an eX-
planation of his conduct; that the
letter from his friend puzzled you,
and that you are unaware of any
thing that has come between YOU,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
WRITE TO HIM
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:


| am nineteen and engaged. y
few days ago 1 received letter from
a friend of my fiance Ca married
mani saying that l should break off
the engagement at the wish of my
fiance and return the ring without
asking any questions. Now, Miss
Fairfax, do you advise me to return
the ring or wait until my fiance calls
at my home and offers an eXplana-
tion? He has proved that he loves
me. so l cannot make out what
it all means.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
Tihct prinrlnnl Mnrkct

Practically all Of China's musk
comes from Tibet through the
SZechwan frontier. the chief markets
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

being Sungpan and Tachienlu, the
former being by far the more i'm
portant. Sometimes, when the road
from Sungpan to Chengtu is unsafe.
owing to brigards. part of the musk
will be taken south and marketed
in Tengyuch to so to India. This
happened to a considerable part of
the output in 1915. when $500 oun-
+ COS out of total of 25,S67 were
so shipped. The value of the 1915
musk crop was S266.000 gold. In
1916, some 26,l6O ounces. valued at
10000 gold, were shipped. De-
cause of its commanding position in
I the perfume industries. France has
{ been the largest purchaser of China'S
musk. the United States being sec
ond; but In 1915. the United States
forged ahead and bought more than
a quarter of the entire output.
; Good musk is bought for 10 times
+ it weight in silver at Sungpan. and
/ at Chunsking for $ TO % times. so
/ there Is heavy profit somewhere.
Small supplies are brought out to
various points along the Luncan
road, where every coolie seems to
/ have some about him. and the inns
reek with the SiCkly smell The
musk Is brought down in its pod.
/ and the best kind is recognized by
nice brown color. and in its pure
state by its overpowering stencil:
pods with grayish or dull-colored
musk are rejected. 1t is retailed by
one one-hundredth Of an ounce. but
1t is adulterated more thah any other
alticle in the Chinese market.
Fair in Tenth Moon
Ey far the largest herds of musk
deer are to he found on the southern
shores of the Koko-Nor. and the
supply of musk there cat TaochouA
Is larger than the quantity that
comes through SurSpan. In fact.
great quantities of musk do not come
10 SunEpan at all. but are sent east
TO Nuchow, in Honan, where a fair
is held in the ninth and tenth moons,
many of the Sungpan traders visit
ing this place. At Tachienlu musk
Is the most valuable export, prac-
tically every hong reeking with it,
and nearly all the Tibetans who come
from the far interior bring some
with them. The price of medium
musk there Is IL times its weight in
silver.
Musk is a--secretion of the male
musk deer. Three kinds of musk.
are distinguished in commerce. the
most important and valuable being
the Chinese or Tongkin musk, i'm
ported principally from Shanghai.
II is put up in small tin-lned. silk
covered caddies. each containing
from two TO three dozen pods
These are generally adulterated with ,
dried blood, fragments of leather,
leaden pellets. peas. etc. so that
often little more than the smell of
the original tenant of the pod re-
mains. The Chinese pods vary
greatly in value according to quail
ity and genuineness. Some musk
collcGted from the Western Hima-
layp is exported from India. 1t is
much less priced than genuine Tong
kin musk. The third variety. known
aS Kabardine. or Siberian musk, is
exported from Central Asia by way
OF Russia. 1t is in large pods. said
30 be yielded by a distinct species
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
BY associated Press

New York, March 2S.-Wall Street
Stocks We're strong at the opening
OF to-day's market, New Haven being
the conspicuous feature at an in
itial gain of SIS on the decision of
the government to help the road out
of its financial difficulties. Other
rails, notably coalers, Union Pacific,
southern Pacific and ST. Paul, pfd..
were responsive TO moderate buying.
lndustrials, including war shares,
averaged substantial fractional ad-
vances but shippings and motors lost
ground. a general reaction set in be-
fore the end of the first half hour.
Liberty bonds eased slightly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE

| Philadelphia, March 2s. - Wheat =
SO. !? ], soft. red, s!,Ss: so. :. red. g
| No. q soft: red. g. %.
Corn - The market is steady; No.
3. yellow. sL95 a 1876; No. 4. yellow
s1.9091.92.
oats = The market is firm;
No. 2. white. s1.oGqi.O6lA; No. D.
Bran - The market is steady: sof'
winter. per Ton. s46.5oG47.OO: spring
| per ton. $4,000 a $500.
! Butter The market is firm;
western. creamery extras 4ici
Eggs-Market lower: Pennsylvania
and other nearby iirsts. free cases.
SlO.95 per case; do, current receipts
free cases. $10.65 per case; western
extras. firsts free cases, S10.s5 'peI
case: do. firsts. free cases, Sl0.65 per
case: fancy, selected, packed. 4Og 42c
per dozen.
Cheese-The market is lower; New
York, full cream. choice to fancy 22@
Refined Sugars - Market steady
powdered. s.45c; extra 5ne. sranuIsi-
! ed. 7.45c.
Live Poultry - Market :. steady;
| ROSTERS. 3Sq42c: young. STACEY roost-
/ ers. 32635c; old roosters. S0@ 32c;
spring chickens. 2S@24c; ducks.
Peking, 4Gg !2s; do 1ndSan y dse R9nesr reese
nearby, 3s@40c; western. 3Sd40c
Dressed Poultry - Steadv: turkeys.
nearby. choice to fancy. SO ~ 4yc: 90.
! fair to good, 32 a SIC; do. old. 81 q 3Sc;
do. western, choice to fancy. 81 g SSc;
do. fair to good. 32W a6c: do
old toms. soc: old. common;
soc: frozen fowls. fancy. So sec; good
to choice, 32@33c; do. small sizes.
esq soc; old roosters. &c; frozen
broiling chickens. nearby. $40 42c'
western 40n42c: frozen roasting
chickens, 2Sm35c; ducks. nearby, Esq
32c; do. western, 2SQ32c; geese. near
by. rs a Csc: western. 25@27c.
Tallow The market is weak
city prime. in tierces. 16hc; city
special. loose. lie; country. prime. Ice;
dark. 15L 615%c: edible. in tierces.
17h 61Sc.
Potatoes - Market firmer; New
Jersey. No. /, per basket, 4o9 zoe (s3
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
STOCKS STRONG
AT OPENING
New Haven Conspicuous Feature at Initial Gain on h
Decision of the Government to Help Road
Out of Financial Difficulties

bso; New Jersey. No. =. per basket
20 a 4oc; New Jersey, per 100 lbs, s1.75
l.S5; Pennsylvania. per 100 lbs.
SI.'o q l,S5; New York. per 100 lbs,
Sl.eod 40; western. per 100 lbs. SLIGO
q1.7O.
Flour - Firm; winter. 100 per cent
1,0Hf. ,0oHf SlO.I5 a 11.50 per barrel: Kansas.
sUV per cent. flour. s1O.75p11.50 per
esarrel; spring, 100 per cent. flour.
1880 a 1l.50 per barrel,
Hay Market fr,,,. ti,uotbv
NO. l, large bales. $31.OC TS2.OO per
s9Ln s9n no S29.00 q 5000 per ton; No. 8.
81 5o;oo q 2EOO per ton; sample. S2I.OO@
, rS.uu per ton; no grade, $1L0@19.00
o. Siover = Light. mixed. $4,000
SSV'e0 per ton; No. /. light. S27.5O@
SSS,oO per ton; No ., light, mixed.
f24. so a $3.50 per ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28

you cannot conceive why he could
have let an outsider write you a
letter that hurt YOU so. Tell him
that you have no thought of trv-
ing to hold him against his will CIR
OF attempting to make him do any
thing he no longer desires to do.
Ask him to either write to you or
come and explain his sudden change
OF hearts; tell him that since he
wants to be free. he shall be free.
but that You feel strongly (aad
know that after thinking it over he
Will agree) that it is only fair cor
you to know what has changed him
so. You have rights i'm the mat
ter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
"OUTVYITTING THE HUN"
THE WARS GREATEST STORY

Lieut.. Smiling Pat
O'Brien, of the British
Royal Flying Corps, born
I'D Momence, ILL.,, and a
veteran American avia-
tor, is the hero of war S
most astounding air and
land adventure.
In August 1917, after bringing
down one of four Hun battle
planes which he was fighting
singly. he himself was shot
down and fell from a height of
5000 feet back of the enemy
lines.
He came to- a prisoner in a
German hospital, sound in
body, but with German
bullet in the roof of his mouth.
From the moment of his re-
covery he planned his escape
and his revenge. Weeks later.
when eighty-fve miles into
German territory and on a Ger
man prison train, speeding at
thirty-fve miles an hour, he
jumped through an open
window.
With the wounds in his mouth
re-opened, his face mutilated,
his eye closed and his ankle
sprained by the fall, he began
his crawl through Germany,
Luxembourg and Belgium to
safety.
He en- dured unspeakable
agony, Outguessed and out
witted the Hun at every turn,
and after seventy-two days
dug under the 10, 1000 volt wire
at the border and passed
emaciated and three-fourths
starved into Holland and to
freedom.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
MUSK Is MOST
POWERFUL ODOR
Secretion OF Male Deer of Pc
culiar Species Is Very
Valuable

Musk is one product Of world
commerce in which China practically
enjoys monopoly-not large one.
To he sure. since the annual output
is at best only some 100000 gold.
but the procuct itself is worth many
time its weight in silver, and for
that matter. sold as well. in these
days of high exchange, says the Far
Eastern Review, Chungking.
About one-half OF the total output
stays in China and is used especially
10y the Cantonese in compounding
pills that form the best known rem
edy in the Chinese pharmacopaeia
for Asiatic cholera. The Chinese
also use musk to keep moths out of
furs and clothing. and rs perfume.
the odor being quite popular in the
better grades of perfumery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
CHICAGO CATTLE

thicago. March IS. - Cattle = Re-
celpts' I2,0OO; steady. Native beef
steers. SS.60d 4.65: stockers and feed
ers, SI.1OM ll.60; cows and heifers
1880 a 1l.90; calves, s1O.5Od16.25.
sheep : Receipts 5000: strong
SSnhesep' $ll.4Oa 1875; lambs. s14.75G
Hogs - Receipts. 10000: slow
Bulk of sales. S16.S5dl7.iO: light
SI6.soQ ! so; mixed. Sl6.6O6l7,55,
heavy, S16.6O O017.2O: rough, sI6.00S
1925; pigs. Sl2.75Ml6.6O.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
NEW YORK STOCKS

Chandler Brothers and Company.
members of New York and PhnadeI-
phia Stock Exchanges North Mar
ket Square. Harrisburg: 1886 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia; 81 Pine street.
New York-furnish the following
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-28
Advice to the Lovelorn
ny BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Is HE WORTH KNOWING.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAN:
About three weeks ago | met a
young man at an amusement place to
which both he and | so frequently,
but not together. lie is well man
rered and refined The fact is that
he is married, but does not live with
his wife. He has no children. l have
learned of his marriage from him
self. but | know nothing of his mar
ried life. I would like your advice
as to whether 1t would he proper for
me to keep an appointment with him
and continue our friendship. He is
10 and has been married since last
ANXIOUS.
When man marries unhapptly ard
later meets a fine girl for whom he
cares seriously they have a real prob
lem to solve, a real tragedy To face.
But when a la-year- old "youngstcr'
"a mere chld-with a record back
OF Kim of a marriage at Is, comes in
to a girls life, she would do well to
stop and think. Is such a boy worth
knowing? If he is emotional weak
willed, unstable and without any real
loyalty in his nature ii wouldn't do
much good to know him even Il he
were single. His foolish, headlonS
marriage may not prove these things.
am not in position to judge, but
want YOU 10 nut yourself in position
to Judge. When girl goes about
with a married man her reputation is
generally forfeited This boy sounds
like the sort of headlong, impetuous,
changeable youngster who would not
he able to protect you either from the
world or himself. You must proceed
very slowly and carefully. II you
have a brother or father. or mother
let one Of them investigate. You are
/ drifting into dangerous position
when YOU form a friendship such aS
lyou suggest. Take soundlnSs ano
chart your course before YOU drift
] IN