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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
CLOSE THE GATE
AS YOU GO OUT

"Hello, Farmer Corntassle, l hope
you are going to vote for me this
fall"
Hello, Mr.. Congressman, you are
always as friendly as setter pup
around election time, but | laid off to
ask you why you voted against an
eight-hour day for Government clerks
in Washington"
"Well, neighbor, there were many
objections to that amendment. Tech
meal arguments were against it. 1t
isn't customary for the clerks to work
but seven hours, and, besides, lot Of
people got mad about it and said it
would hurt business in Washington"
"Then, Mr.. Congressman, l think l
shall have to vote for Judge Strong,
who says that he'll see that Uncle
Sam gets a full days work out of his
help. You took my boy and sent him
to the army. He wanted to go and
do mans work in this war and |
wouldn't have owned him if he hadn't,
but it left me mighty short-handed.
| can't hire no help, and yet / hear
you are taking thousands of young
people GOWN JneFe 10 washington anu
working them seven hours day.
You are asking us to speed up on
food production; you are asking the
mines and the factories and the rail-
roads to speed up--everybody but the
Government clerks. You are asking
US to pay taxes, too, and to buy Lib
erty Bonds. It's all right. We have
got to lick the Kaiser and win this
war. God knows when we gave our
boy, his Ma and me said Uncle Sam
could take everything else we had If
he needed it, but we amt speeding up
and submitting to high prices and 60
ing without help and paying taxes
and buying bonds for the benefit of
no Ancient Order of Never-Sweats in
Washington.
"Be sure and close the gate when
you go out, SO the calves won't gel
into the road. When you are out Of
job next spring, come around and
I'll put you to work planting corn"
W. P. BORLAND.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
AMERICAN AND
GERMAN EFFICIENCY

The searchlight of war has brought
out many interesting facts, and one of
these is that the Wanted German eff
cheney will not always stand the test
of comparison with American eff
cheney.
The Germans boasted of being the
greatest farmers on earth. Investi-
cation shows that in efficiency in ag-
riculture, measured by the products
per acre, America being graded 100
Belgium leads the world at 205; Great
Britain comes second at 1874; and
German third at 155; America comes
fourth.
But the better test is the man test
rather than the acre test, and here
America leads the world by over 2 to
/. Again grading America at 100 per
farm worker, Great Britain produces
43 and Germany Al. The American
farmer cultivates ~ acres, the Ger
man farmer but 7. With the aid OF
vast quantities of fertilizer the Ger
man produces more per acre, but he
produces at much greater cost pei
bushel and he produces much less
than half as much per man.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
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ison one steel corporation employs
100000 men, and one railroad 5000.
"Stars and Stripes" is the name of
the weekly newspaper being published
in France for American troops, under
the direction of the intelligence sec
ton. Practically the entire paper is
devoted to American news, including
daily radio report of about 1,400
words supplied by the Committee on
Public Information to the French
Government.
A new publication issued by the
United States Health Service is the
250-page book, prevention of Disease
and Care of the Sick" with supple
ment on first-aid work. The book has
two hundred illustrations, and covers
subjects relating to disease proven
ton, care and treatment of sick per-
sons, and emergency measures in the
treatment of accidental injuries.
In an announcement by the Food
Administration the cause for advance
in rice prices is attributed to the fact
that most rice mills have been running
to full capacity in order to supply the
demand for 100000 bags for Amer
lean and allied fighting forces. AS a
result the normal supply for home
consumption has been temporarily re-
duced. Lower prices are forecasted.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
FARMERS BOUND TO WIN

The record of farmers last year,
made in the face of obstacles, is
ground for confidence on their part
that with equal application and organ
ization they can overcome the diff
culties this year, according to Secre-
tary Houston. Unquestionably there
will be difficulties to surmount-dif-
ficulties in respect to labor and in re-
spect to fertilizers, both as to price
and quantity. Prices of farm ma
chinery, also, with other things, have
risen. In some respects the farm la
Dor situation may not be quite so diff
ficult as last year, although it will
continue to be especially acute in GER
tain sections of the country. The can
tonments have been built and there
will not be a renewal of urgent de-
mands in many sections for labor for
such work. The draft regulations pro-
vide for the deferred classification of
skilled farm labor. The population of
the country has increased somewhat
within the past year. The Secretary
of War has asked Congress for power
to furlough soldiers of the National
Army for agricultural service if neces-
sary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Airplane Motors Tested in ALTITUDE
Room" at Washington.

When the first Liberty motor was
ready to be tested it was taken to
Pixies Peak that it might be studied
while running under atmospheric con-
ditions obtaining at high attitudes
This difficulty Of bringing the motor
to the mountain is now overcome al
the Department of Commerce Bureau
of Standards at Washington, by bring
ing the mountain to the motor.
Airplane motors are now tested at
the Bureau of Standards in labora-
tory where various conditions CORE
spending to high attitudes and low
temperatures are secured. The en-.
CINE is'placed in an air-tight concrete
room, provided among other things
with refrigerator coils and a large
pump to reduce the pressure of the
air. By use of this apparatur motors
may be observed under conditions
similar to those of different attitudes,
which might otherwise be done only
by actual airplane flights.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
ALL ROAD MATERIALS
SHOULD BE TESTED

You shouldn't weatherboard your
house with soggy yellow pine, and
neither should you build road or
street with soft cotton rock for a
wearing surface. There is as much or
more difference in so-called "road oils
as there was in the various grades OF
oil used in kerosene lamps. The State
Highway Department takes the po-
sition that when the public pays for
road improvements of any kind, good
honest materials should be used. In
order to assist counties, townships
and districts in this connection, ar
rangements have been completed
whereby the testing laboratory at the
University of Missouri, located at
Columbia, will be used to test all
available road materials in Missouri.
Counties desiring tests Of rock, gray
ell, oils, or other materials used in
road construction and maintenance
are urged to communicate with the
State Highway Department without
delay.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
IRRITABLE
NERVOUS
Was Condition Of Indiana Lady
Before Beginning to Take
Card-u-i, the Woman's
Tonic. NV

Kokomo, Ind.--Mrs. H. Hankemeier,
Of this town, says: Hook so well, and
am so well, that it does not seem as If |
ever needed Cardui. But was not al
ways this way /. =. think have taken
dozen bottles 90. before my little girl
came.
was feeling dreadfully bad, had head
ache, backache, sick at my stomach, no
energy :. Il was very irritable, too, and
nervous.
Ibegan taking Cardui about 6 months
before my baby came. As q result alt
those bad feelings left me, and | just felt
grand, just as if nothing at all was the
matter, and when the end came | was
hardly sick at all.
Since that have never taken Cardui
at all :. 1t has done me good, and |
know 1t will help others, if they will only
try it."
Many womenhave written grateful let
tiers like the above, telling of the good
that Cardui has done them. Why should
It not help you, too? If you suffer from
any Of the ailments socommon TO women.
and feel the need Of a safe, reliable,
strengthening tonic, we urge you to be-
gin today and give cardui a fair trial.
Your dealer sells Card-u-i. EB-i0
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Two Prominent
Speakers Here

The following brief sketches will
introduce to the people of st. Fran
co.'s county two prominent men who
will speak at different points in the
county today and tomorrow on mat
ters of greatest moment to this coun-
try.
Charles S. Gresham.
Charles S. Crosman, member of the
Food Administration Speakers Bu-
reau, will speak at Bismarck this af-
ternoon, March 9Th, Pennington to-
night, and Flat River and Bonnie Terre
tomorrow night, under the auspices of
the County Food Administration and
Council of Defense. Mr.. Crosman is
one of the foremost speakers appear
ing in Lyceum and Chautauqua lee
ture tours before the American pub
lie in recent years. He was gradu-
ated from Harvard University in 1897.
In 1912 he made tour Of the world,
visiting Russia, Asia Minor and the
Orient. Since his return, he has lee
tured in the last three years before
100000 people. As member of the
u. S. Food Administration Speakers
Bureau, Mr.. Crosman has been thor
oughly drilled from first-hand facts,
gathered by experts of the govern
ment of the United States and by her
associates in the war, as to their food
needs.
The week of March 4th-10th is to
be devoted in Missouri to food
speaking drive in keeping with Pres
ident Wilson's urgent wish that the
people be informed of Americas war
needs through "the spoken work"
Mr.. Crosman is one Of six speakers
sent out from Washington, VINO will
tour the State during this period.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Food and Fuel Supplies Are Short iT
Many European Countries.

A Swiss commercial paper states
that there is a great shortage of coal
of all kinds, an insufficient supply of
wood for fuel. and small! reserves in
ellis ana grease throughout Switzer-
land. Fresh eggs have disappeared
from the market. Dry vegetables
are becoming more scarce. A pro-
ject to manufacture flour from pota-
toes had to be abandoned because suf-
icient supplies of potatoes could not
be secured.
In Holland coal and coke prices
have been advanced. In American
terms, the maximum price for anthra-
cite is about 500 a ton; coke, $40 a
ton; coal briquets, $25 a ton. Distri-
button is carefully regulated by cards,
in specified quantities. The amount
allowed, especially to residences, is
much smaller than in peace times.
New French food regulations for
bid eating houses to serve or consume
fresh or packed butter otherwise than
in the preparation of food. Curdled
or sour milk is prohibited as well as
cream and specified kinds of cheese
The making of pastries, biscuits, and
confectionery is prohibited. Only ir
dining cars, canteens, and railroad re-
freshmcnt stations may fresh or con
densed milk or cream be served after
9 in the morning, by itself or mixeG
with coffee, tea, or other preparation
No solid foods may be served be.
tween 8 and II in the, morning and
between 4:30 and $3.50 in the evening
When the price of meal exceeds
$1.20 the customer may be served with
not more than two dishes with OF
without vegetables, or more than one
small loaf of ordinary bread. The
bread is limited to about 1-2 ounces
All grain which may be used for max.
ing bread is reserved for human food
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Production of Rifles and Ammunition
Meets All Requirements.

Rifle and cartridge production in the
Unite States has developed in volume
and in quality on scale assuring the
satisfactory equipment of the Army,
according to a statement authorized
by the Secretary of War.
To achieve the rifle and ammuni-
ton production program the Govern
ment has expended or has obligated
itself to expend, during 10 months of
the war, $400, 000,0 900, and 200 officers,
$4,000 men, and 10000 women have
been engaged exclusively in the manu-
facture of rifles and cartridges. Two
Government plants and three private
owned plants are engaged in making
rifles and one Government plant and
nine privately owned plants are en-.
gagged in cartridge manufacture. Ord
nance experts in this country and ir
Europe are in agreement that the
United States army is being equipped
with two of the best three rifles in
the world.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
CALLAWAY COUNTY PLANS
ANOTHER ROAD DISTRICT

A road district under the benefit as
sessment plan to provide for the
hard-surfacing of the capital High
way" from Jefferson City to the Full
ton special district was agreed upon
at meeting held in New Bloomfield
Saturday last. This will be the third
district of the kind formed in Gala
way county within the past few
months. County Highway Engineer
Divers and the good road enthusiasts
in the Kingdom of Galloway are get
ting in shape to match dollars with
the State Highway Department in the
building of both east and west and
north and south roads.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
OvERSEERS SHOULD REMOVE
ALL ADVERTISING SIGNS

Highway Engineers and road over
seers in Missouri in many counties
have failed to carry out the provi-
sions of Section Ga, page AGA, Ses-
sions Acts 1917, which requires that
all advertising signs be removed from
fruit, shade and ornamental trees
along the public roads. The section
is mandatory, and should not be neg
lected. Business houses will find this
paper a better advertising medium
than the trees along our roads. Signs
along public highways are intended
to indicate directions, distances or to
warn against dangerous turns or
crossings.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08

Mr.. Lindsey, of Clinton, Mo-, is one
of the hardest war workers in Mis-
souri,. As chairman of the Henry
County Council of Deefnse, he initial
ed the Henry county plan of stamp.
ing out disloyalty through the me.
dunn of red, white and blue cards OF
warning to suspected disloyalists--s
plan so fair, so unique and so effec.
tive, as to merit adoption by the Gov.
eminent.
He has made numerous speeches in
every war campaign initiated by the
Government. He is of Kentucky stock
and a story-teller equal to any. Be-
sides being active in all war work, he
conducts a banking business in his
home city, Clinton, and is chairman of
the Board of Managers of the State
Hospital at Nevada He is a Chris
tian minister and has preached in
many pulpits of that denomination
In 1916 he was candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
A JUST AND LASTING PEACE

The essential principles that must
underlie peace, as stated by President
Wilson. should be constantly kept in
mind. They show the greatness and
unselfshnesss and justice Of Americas
war aims. Briefly, they are:
~ The final settlement of this war
must be based upon essential justice
and each particular case so adjusted
as will most likely bring permanent
peace.
62) Peoples and Provinces are not
to be bartered about as if they were
mere chattles and pawns in game.
(3) Every territorial settlement
must be made in the interest of and
for the benefit Of the populations con.
cerned and not by way of compromis.
ing claims of rival States.
az National aspirations must bt
accorded all the satisfaction possible
without introducing new OF perpetu-
ating old elements Of discord.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Reduction Of Fuel Used by Manufac.
turers is Plan of Administration.

The Fuel Administration is carrying
on a series of conferences covering
all industries which use large guam
titles of fuel, with view to learning
the requirements of each line during
1918. The industries themselves are
playing leading part in these dis
cussions. The aim of the Fuel Admin
istration is to arrive at a percentage
of production which, under the cir
cumstances, will be satisfactory to
the manufacturers and their work.
men, but which will not represent a
consumption of fuel for the manufac-
ture of supplies not needed during the
current year.
The order which has been issued
limiting the use Of fuel for the pro-
duction of window glass to SO per cent
Of the amount manufactured in 1917
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Men at All Camps Receive Instruc.
ton in Gas Defense.

At each cantonment in the United
States school has been established
where every officer and man receives
instruction in gas defense. The
American gas mask, similar to the
British, is as mechanically perfect as
the best experts have been able to
produce. The face piece, with glass
or celluloid eyepieces, is connected by
flexible tube with a canister carried
in a knapsack. The incoming breath
comes through the canister, which is
filled with several layers of chemicals
which neutralize or render harmless
the gas-laden air. Outgoing breath
passes outside the face piece through
a small valve.
The student in gas defense soon
learns to get his mask on in hurry,
six seconds being the standard time
when the knapsack containing the
mask is hanging at his chest in the
"alert" position. After intensive
training a gas attack is arranged.
The class is put in the trenches, and
without warning, clouds of smoke and
chlorine are liberated by the instruc-
tors, masks are hurriedly put on
alarms sounded, and sleeping men in
dugouts aroused. When the attack
ceases the trenches are cleared OF
gas, the air is tested, and permission
is given to remove masks.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Department of Agriculture Reports
Increased CONSUMPTION of Sugar.

The amount of sugar consumed in
1917 in the United States was about
1873 pounds per capita, according to
figures issued by the Department of
Agriculture. The average annual
consumption for the fve-year period
ending in 1916 was SAT- pounds per
capita.
There were about 1,5O0,000,000
pounds of commercial stocks of sugar
on hand August 31,1917, compared to
2,000,000,000 pounds on the same date
in 1916. New York reported the larg-
est stocks, followed in order by Cali
fornia and Louisiana.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Activities of Red Cross Described il
Statement by War Department.

Describing the American Red Cross
as body authorized to do everything
possible for the comfort and welfare
of the soldiers, and to make use of
such agencies as are authorized and
are in position to contribute to that
end in addition to the provisions made
by the Government, general state
men by the War Department outlines
certain approved activities:
To distribute sweaters, mufflers,
helmets, socks, comfort kits, etc.
To render emergency relief of ev-
cry kind upon request of an officer in
charge.
To relieve anxiety and sustain NOR
ale of soldiers who are worried about
their families at home, and to promote
the comfort and well being of these
families.
To conduct canteen service stations
for furnishing refreshments to SOL
diers when travelling through the
country; to furnish emergency relief
to the sick and wounded when en-
route and see that they are conveyed
tn hospital when necessary and re-
qucsted Gy commanding officer.
A representative Ct the Red Cross
may be attached to each base hospital
to furnish emergency supplies when
called upon, to communicate with
families of patients, to render home
! service to patients and such other as
sistance as pertains to Red Cross
work.
Plans of the American Library Asso-
citation include the establishment of
book and library service in Army and
Navy Hospitals in America and
France.
Exports of corn to Canada for feed
ing and manufacturing purposes have
been limited to those varieties and
grades which are not suitable for seed
purposes.
Divisional athletic directors who
have received commissions will ac-
company their contingents to France
according to the War Department
Commission on Training Camp Activ-
tiles. Boxing instructors will not be
sent with the troops, as at present the
need for these men is considered
greater on this side.
The Government is today the great
est employer of labor in the United
States, not considering railroad EN-.
ployes. In normal times approx
mately 100000 civilians are employ.
ed, and in the last year the number
has increased to 100000. In compar.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
With Hundreds of Men Learning t
Fly Accidents Are Few.

Records of the War Department
show that from the beginning of
training in June, 1917, to Feb. %,
1918, the fatalities at military avia-
ton fields in this country have been
81; 10 officers and 20 cadets killed in
training flights, and IL men killed in
unauthorized flights and ground acct
dents.
Since the training began in the
United States, student aviators have
flown considerably more than 100000
miles. Hundreds of hitherto inexper-
fenced men have been learning to fly.
Their early flights are under the guild
ance of instructors, and prior to these
flights two or more months are spent
in preliminary ground work. There
comes a time, however, when every
student aviator must take his ma
chine up alone, and every precaution
has been taken to reduce the num-
Der of accidents and safeguard the
aviator in his solo flights.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Gen. Pershing Wants Nine Pair Of
Shoes Year for Men Serving
i,, Eraura

Shoes a Year for Men Serving
in France.
Gen. Pershing has requested ship
ment of 1880 pairs of shoes for each
$4,000 men monthly, which is approx
imately nine pairs of shoes per man
per year. This quantity is in excess
of actual consumption and is being
used to build up a reserve for all
troops in France. When such sup
ply is accumulated, the quantity per
man will be reduced.
The Quartermaster Generals De-
partment now has on hand and due on
outstanding contracts, 7,564,O00 field
shoes and 7,873,000 marching shoes.
1t will be necessary to secure more
than a million additional shoes during
the year.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08

Russia is so badly cut up it will
take long time to pick UP the pieces.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Selective Service Boards in Oklahoma
Serve Without Paw.

Of the 261 members Of local selec-
tive service boards in Oklahoma, 81
per cent have served without pay.
The cost per man certified for SER
vice in Oklahoma was $1.57, less than
any other States, according to figures
made public by Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder. The cost of operation
of the selective-service law ran high
est in Delaware, $40 per man. The
average cost per man certified
throughout the United States was
$4.93.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-08
Weekly War News Digest.

is the result of one of these conference
es. A survey of the field indicated
that while not more than 100000
boxes of window glass would be used
in 1918, competitive conditions were
likely to result in an overmanufacture
of at least 100000 boxes.
It is through this system of limita-
ton, together with large economy in
the methods of using fuel, that the
Fuel Administration expects to sup
plement the production of coal this
year. 1t is hoped, as the railroads
strengthen their facilities, that it will
be possible to mine and transport a
larger quantity of coal this year than
last, but it is through these methods
of reducing consumption that repe-
tition of this years shortage is ex-
pected to be prevented.