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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-11
WOOLEN GOODS SECTION

'In the wooden goods section alone the cooperation of over 300 mills was in- volved and the following items give some idea of the extensive character of the op- erations: There have been purchased over 100000 blankets, 20000000 yards of overcoating and over 30,0O0,000 yards each of shirting flannel and suiting. involving an expenditure of over $345 000 900. In cot ton goods the department had contracted for 250.000,00o yards of various cotton cloths
 The aviation section of the signal corps on the first day of April 1917, consisted Of 65 officers and 1120 men. Mr Baker said. On the first day of January, 1918, it consisted of 800 officers and 32, 120 men.
 This division of the war department was charged by Congress with the ex- penditure of an appropriation aggregat- ing for 1918 s744,0oo.oO or five times the 1915 appropriation for the entire war de- partment.'
 The engineer department, for which in 1917 $53,000000 was appropriated was charged by the 1918 appropriation with the expenditure of ss9O 0O00oo, or about FOO per cent. increase.
 There have been organized, trained and equipped technical troops of forest CTS, stevedores and railroad construction and operation men, aggregating about 10000, many of whom have been oper- ating in France for some months" he continued.
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nearly one-tenth the 1918 appropriations for the war department alone.
 "Of the total war department appro- priations for 1918. $S 2O0.0O0,eO0 was for the ordnance department. of which contracts amounting to $1,677, ,00000O already have been placed.
 Many of the classes of ordnance mate rial required to be designed specified tions drawn and contracts let were who'll ly unfamiliar to the country's normal military practices. The trench war ma terial alone involves commitments of $262 000. 900, Mir. Baker said.
 For the quartermaster generals depart ment in 1918 $S.0lSI00O,c0O was appro- priated, or 8 sum more than four times as great as the 1915 appropriations for all governmental purposes.
 "On the first day of January, 1918, nearly two billion dollars of the appro- pri0tion had been obligated by contracts or disbursements" said the secretary. This business involved accounting, de- terminations of standards. prices, quan- titles and the creation of new manufac- 4t,r Fno
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-11
EXTRA FOR FOREIGN SERVICE

Enlisted men. if serving in a for eign country, receive 20 per cent in- crease in pay computed on the base
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-11
BAKER MAKES OUT
 GOOD CASE FOR
 WAR DEPARTMENT
Continued from Page One)

December, 1917, the regular army con sisted of 10,25o officers and 475,0oO en- listed men; the national guard of l6,o5l officers and 4o0,s0O enlisted men; the na- tional army of 4S0,0o0 men and the re serve of s4,575 officers and 72,750 enlisted men. In other words, in nine months the increase has been from 9524 officers to i00,S56 officers, from 2o2,Slo to l4ZS'ooo
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
THOMAS BAKER, SR,
DIED TUESDAY P. N.

Tuesday afternoon, Thomas Baker,
Sr., one of the early settlers of Cass
county and one OF its Oldest residents.
died suddenly of pneumonia at his
residence at 0l9 Thirteenth street So.,
Fargo, N. Oak.
He was born in Glover, Vermont,
Aug. 4, 1927. November IL, 1857, he
married Sarah B. Elliott, who sur.
wives him at the age of eighty-four
years. He also leaves surviving
children Harry Baker, Mocoasin,
Mont; Mrs. Harry Mccoy, Minot;
and Mrs. W. H. Sabin, ST. Ignatius,
Mont. Roy 7. Baker and Julius r.
Baker (now in Rrance) OF the Thomas
Baker, Jr., Co., Fargo, sons of the
late Thomas Baker, Jr., are grand.
sons.
Mr.. Bakers family was among the
early settlers of Keene, and his faith
er, Thomas Baker, one of the first
settlers of Glover, Orleans county.
MIR. Baker engaged extensively in
farming and fancy stock breeding in
Barton, where he had one OF the
largest and most valuable farms in
northern Vermont BE disposed OF it
in 1879 and came to Tower City in
March, 1880, with his family, where
he engaged in farming until 1886. In
that year he removed to Hope where
he was In business until 1916, when
his advanced years compelled him to
retire, and he came to Fargo and
resided with his son, Thomas Baker,
Jr., until the latter's death two years
ago.
Mr.. Baker was at one time q men,
Der of the Vermont legislature; held
numerous town Offices. His complete
faculties we're retained until q few
months ago when his memory failed
to some extent. He was q great stu
dent of history and current events
and took deep interest in ell public
questions, and was man of superior
attainments, judgment and character.
Mr.. Baker was lifelong adherent OF
the Congregational church.
Besides the children above mem
toned, he leaves numerous grand
children and several great grand
children and among other more dis.
tant relatives in this ofty ore Mrs.
B. F. Spalding, Mrs. N. A. Lewis,
E. D. Baker, and G. II. Baker, nieoea
and nephews, and Fred Baker, Per.
ley, Minn., . nephew.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
BRoADLAwN AND COLGATE

Mr.. Snethen and family spent Fri
day evening at MIR. Zahter's.
Meryl and Edna Pope and Myrtle
Brace we're guests ct Glen Braces
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Epping and
son, Charles, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Pope were Sunday visitors Ut Carl
Freyberg's.
Jas. Young and family spent Sun
day evening at the Mccoy home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustine visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. ST. John Friday and
Saturday.
Fred Pope and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Freyberg spent Saturday even
ing at Glen Braces.
Maurice, the oldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. s. M. Grimwood, is quite sick
with scarlet fever. Quite number of
the people around Colgate have had
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
SCHOOL NOTES

The program committee of the liter.
ary society of the 5th and 9th grades
put on very good entertainment last
Friday afternoon in honor of Daniel
Webster's birthdap. the 18th of Janu-
ary:
Rsading-'Life OF Daniel Webstep''
MISUNDERSTANDING. Ralph Bergman
Recitation-''How Paderewski Plays
the Piano" ............R Ruth Fulmer
Victrola. ... Selection BY Paderewskt
Soag-"Eskimo" "...................
Francis Warner, Adele Greenwood
Rsading-"Dsniel Webster's First
Spesch". "..........:.. Evelyn Bhred
Reading-"Cupid and Psyohs".
..,............... Ethel Weaver
Recitation-''Jimmi Talks of War"
...... ..................Zoe Bowen
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
Health Conservation

Many people make the error Of
looking upon health as crude pos
session that Nature bestows now and
again IN defiance of her own laws.
True, from time to time, we meet
splendid specimens of manhood and
womanhood who apparently resist
unusual hardships in an environment
which would not seem conductive to
good health but in Nature nothing
thrives, in the long run, for which
proper conditions are not provided.
Every violation of the laws Of Ma
ture makes an impression on the vi.
tslity OF man, who loses his resistance
at every blow until the injury is so
great that it becomes manifest to our
grosser senses.
The maintenance of health is today
based upon both science and art. For
tunately 1t is within the reach of the
vast majority of our people and the
man or woman who realizes the value
of self control has learned the first
principle.
Appreciation of the things most
worth while never comes from an ex-
cessive indulgence. A rational life is
fairly certain to be an important fac
tor in health and happiness. Many q
man or woman whom Nature has en-
dowed with an unimprsssive physique
has cultivated and maintained q de.
gree of bodily health sufficient to in.
sure him q rationale and pleasure
BILE life. On the other hand, many q
physical giant has so presumed upon
Nature's endowment as to wreck that
most precious of gifts-a good con-
stitution.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
(Items for last weekly

Items for last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Brace visited at
G. W.. Freyberg's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Haugan and son,
Fredrick, Myrle and Dean Brace and
the John Hangar family, spent Sum
day evening at Fred, Pope's.
Miss Catherine Ray spent Saturday
and Sunday at the home of her friend,
Hazel Mclean.
Miss Edna Pope spent Saturday
night at the Wyborny home.
John Haugan returned from Fargo
Saturday, where he has been having
some dental work done.
Mr.. and Mira. Augustine visited at
j. A. Braces Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Haugan and son
visited at the Dresher home in Page
last Thursday.
Mrs. Mclean spent few days OF last
week at the Burner home In Blabon.
Miss Margaret Pope is suffering
from an attack of tonsilitis.
]. A. Brace and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. Freyberg visited at Fred Pope's
Tuesday evening.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
LljvERlIE

N. G. Veile and Lewis Nelson at
tended the Grain Growers Convention
ct Fargo.
Miss Ella Larson visited at the
home Of Mrs. Andrew Rasmussen
Sunday.
A framed sepia picture of "The Old
Poets" snd . large framed picture in
oolors of can Afternoon on Lake
George" were recently hung at School
No. 3.
Konrad Birkhaug, who Was en-
ployed in this community Q few years
ago, and who graduated from James
town college last June, enlisted for
Y. M. G. A. service and is now In
London, England.
Rosld Peterson, of Lancer, Sask.
Canada, arrived last week for visit
with his relatives here.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
BLABoA LOCALS

c. D. Psrkman went to Fsrgo Mon
day evening to consult a doctor.
Miss Jusnita Carney was . Hops
visitor Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Sell spent Sun
day ct Swensons'.
]. B. Oxton and family were visitors
st ]. @. Walters Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emanuel LinRren
were calling on relatives in town the
past week.
Mrs. Art Holt was Sunday visit.
OF st NJ. T. LangsEsr's.
Miss Juanita Carnie entertained
Misses Leisman, Cooper ana Torger'
son Saturday evening.
Miss Aagot Rasen called on the
school Tuesday.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
Prefers chanherlaln's

SIN the course of Q conversation
with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s
representative today, we had occasion
to discuss in general way the merits
of their different preparations. At
his suggestion I take pleasure in OK
pressing my estimation of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. have q fami-
~ Of six children and have used this
remedy in my home for years. con-
slider it the only cough remedy on the
market, ss I have tried. nearly all
kinds. ."-1arl @. Ross, Publisher
Hamilton County Rspubliean.Nsws,
Syracuse, Kan.-Adv.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24

IL seems next to impossible" de.
clared Miss Barber, ito make young
women of this country awake to the
Importance Of this nursing work, to
make them know how serious is the
need for nurses now, both in our
camps and cantonments and in France
and to appreciate the necessity that
will exist for trained nurses after the
war has ended.
Hundreds of young women are
anxious to join the nursing service
but they are not prepared. They
hestitate to enroll for three years
training provided in this state, de-
claring that in three years the war
will be over and there will be no call
for active service, they will have
wasted their time in training.
"Such il absolutely not the ease.
No one knows how long this war will
last. 1t may last three years more.
We all hope and pray that 1t will not,
but it 1t should this country would be
drained of every nurse and there
would be none to take the place of
those who had gone.
Gwen if the war should end tomor-
row, the demand for nurses would
still increase for the next five or even
ten years. All the devastated areas
of Europe must be rebuilt and recon-
structed. This work must be accom-
plished by Americans. There will be
tens of thousands OF poverty-stricken
people, crippled men, and orphaned
children who will need medical atten-
tion. This must be furnished by Red
Cross nurses. can think of no more
splendid work than this and nurse.
who enroll for training now will be
the women who must bear the brunt OF
this great task.
"They may enroll for training in
any accredited school for nurses.
The Red Gross does not train nurses
but accepts graduates from any &C.
credited school. There are no short
courses in nursing that will admit the
graduate to the Red Cross ranks
Much of my correspondence is devot
ed to correcting the prevalent impress
sion that there are short courses
available for young women desiring
to become nurses.
"rhere are none. The three year
course is the only course that will ad
NIT nurse to service with the Red
Gross in this state. Nurses who en-
roll for such courses now however car
be assured plenty of actual service
after their graduation.
"Many women write concerning
courses in nursing aid. That is 9
valuable course of training for wo.
men who must do what they can to
take the place of nurses from this
country who will be called to the
front but there is little OF no demand
for such graduates in Europe. There
women who speak the language and
know the customs of the country are
much preferred for such service and
the nursing aid course does not admit
graduate to the full rank of Red
Cross nurse.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24

the war ends for at least five years
the demand will continue to increase
for trained women who can do their
part in the reconstruction Of devasted
parts of France, Belgium, Roumania,
and Serbia.
These were the statements made to-
day by Miss Edith Barber, director
of nursing for the Northern Division
of the Red Cross:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
RED CROSS NURSES NEEDED

There are not enough Red Cross
nurses now to supply the demand
from the government. Every month
that the war lasts increases the de-
msnd for nurses and decreases the
number available for service. After
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24

Personal Word to the Readers of The Pioneer
The United States will rush soldiers France hs fast
as possible 1t announced in latest dispatches
North Dakota boys already there is believed that
million American soldiers will be in France by spring.
The task OF getting enough food to France and England
is even now taxing the available shipping facilities the
utmost Every nook and of every ship is filled
capacity Every American soldier added in France
one more mouth to feed and adds these difficulties.
You can help win the by using corn, OATS rye
and barley In place of wheat Wheat and flour can be
packed away into smaller shipping than almost any
other food of equal food Use corn and save wheat
for the soldiers Try this receipt which recommended
by the Food Administration:
CORN DODGER
cups meal 2teaspoons fat
teaspoon salt 34 cups boiling water
Pour the boiling water the other materials Beat
WELL When COOL form into thin cakes and bake 30
ues in hot Make IA biscuits These crisp little
biscuits good with butter or gravy. Eat them with
your meat and vegetables.
E. f. LADD
Federal Food Administrator.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24

Readine-Humorous Selection.
................. Marion Egan
Resolved, that the winter
slide is better than the summer
slide. Administrations Rey-
nolds, Kenneth Joslyn. Negative
-Bennie Berg and Albert o Brien
Minister'S Call". .....
Observation-Disclosures. .... Zoe Bowen
"Star Spangled Banner" ........All
Mrs. Wheeler and Miss Horton,
acting as judges in the debate, decid-
ed in favor of the Affirmative. This
is our tlrst attempt at debating and
as it was lots of fun we hope to have
more of them.
Ruth Fulmer and Evelyn Ehred are
out of school on account of illness.
Adele Greenwood went to Fargo.
Mr.. Brewster and the boys finished
the slide and 1t is ready for use.
The girls knitting club met in the
domestic science room last Friday az
ter school.
The country children enjoy the hot
lunches.
Several of the children in our room
are buying thrift stamps.
The sixth grade had a sleigh ride
last Tuesday night.
Our next program committee is
Quinton Olson, VIM. Eckart and Ed.
| Stewart.
The fifth and sixth grades played q
basket ball game and the fifth grade
won. The lineup is as follows:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1918-01-24
per year, 5 Cts. peF copy
RED CROSS REPORT
MAKES FINE suQllv llvlI|Il6

uSlU OstOOO UktSVHp
MAKES HuE SHOWING
The following report Of the
Hope Branch of the ataata Qoun.
ty Chapter of the American Red
Cross should be read by every
person in the community % they
will know what the organization
is doing. The Branch was organ
lied less than seven months ago,
on June Goth, to be exact. Since
that time the members have been
working hard and their record
to date for work completed is Z
good one.
Certain classes of work have
not been ATTEMPTED, such M sur.
gical dressings, but seysralmem-
bers are receiving instrnctipn In
the cities at present and will be
able to teach the work to others.
Surgical dressings are needed
in unlimited quantities.
In the matter Of funds up to
the present time, they have been
ample, the receipts being over
$4,000. But more are needed to
keep the work going. The bal
ance on hand is only $247.91 and
this will not 20 far when it comes
to purchasing material, espsoisl-
]y woolen yarn for socks and
sweaters, etc. at about 81 per
pound. A good plan is for every
member to give q stated amount
each month. This provides q
regular income and makes easy
payments for the giver.
The following is a list of the
articles which have been complet-
ed and shipped to division head.
quarters at Minneapolis.
144 pairs Knitted Socks
% pair Wristlets
"a Sweaters
144 Sheets
1923 Draw Sheets
101 pairs of Pillow Cases
181 Towels
107 Wash Cloths
76 Tray Cloths
33 Napkins
II Pajamas
Is Canvalescent Robes
II pairs Bed Socks
10 Bed Shirts
13 Handkerchiefs
25 Comfort Kits
8 pieces of Linen
4 Strings Gun Wipers
In addition to these the Branch
has made and furnished IS Com.
fort Kits for the Boys leaving
the county and has sent thirty
Christmas boxes to the camps.
The following detailed state.
ment shows where the funds
we're secured and how they have
been used.
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Announcement

WE ARE now located in our
~ new garage and ask you to
come in and see us.
We will open our repair shop
February LIST, and Mr.. w. P. Coop
er will be in charge. This depart
ment will be complete in every
way with the latest time-saving
machinery.
We have opened storage bat
terry charging and repairing station
and now working in this branch.
Will say that we have man as
good as any in the state.
Our stock of repairs and acces-
sories will be complete. If you
are going to run new Ford this
summer you had better come in
and give us your order now for
we can get cars now if we have
orders signed.
FULLER LAND co. GARAGE
Ford Agents.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-20
Special Playing Cards Now
For Subjects of the Kaiser

German war enthusiasm has found
vent in the Punishment from Berlin
of the conventional playing cards and
the substitution of specially printed
packs, says a writer, in which the ira
ditional kings, queens and knaves have
been superseded by portraits of war
celebrities, such as, for instance, the
kaiser and the crown prince, linden
burg, Won Kluck and Tirpitz.
The idea is not exactly new, SINH
lar patriotic packs" having made
their appearance in 1901, during the
last Franco-German war. These are
now valued by collectors.
Many years later the kaiser had a
number of so-called 'royal packs"
printed, from his own designs, at the
German government playing-card fac
tory at Altenburg, near Berlin. One
of these, now in possession of King
George, bears the portrait of his grand
mother, Queen Victoria, as queen of
hearts. The kaiser figures as the king
of hearts, while to the pope is allotted
the kingship of spades. By a pretty
bit of irony the knaves are represented
by four leading European statesmen,
Lord Beaconsfeld, Britain's then pre-
mier, being knave of clubs.
The Adair County news., 1918-03-20
Government Lessons Reach
Millions of the Boys and
Girls in United States

Machine industry and community
life are the special themes in the series
of lessons on the war, recently issued
by the United States bureau of educa-
ton, department of the interior, and
now being studied by a million or more
school boys and girls of all grades
throughout the nation.
The bureaus series Of lessons Cd
Community and National Life" as
they were termed by President Wilson.
in his original announcement to the
schools, have now reached their third
issue. Recent issues dealt with the
organization of modern industrial life
as compared with pioneer days, the eff
feet of war on commerce in nitrate,
the war and airplanes, production and
wise consumption, and similar topics.
The idea of teaching the principles OF
conservation underlying successful
prosecution of the war originated with
the food administration, but the plan
has now been taken over by the bureau
of education. Prof. Charles II. Judd
of the CnsSersity Of Chicago, with the
The Adair County news., 1918-03-20
Families in England That
Have Long Records in the
Service of Their Country

The town clerk of Henley-on-Thames
has had the name of Cooper since
TIT. Whether it has always been a
ease of son following father is not
clear, but the law firm of Cooper has
always during that period supplied the
town clerk, London Tit-Bits remarks.
Everybody knows that the name of
Butler is one to conjure with in Devon,
but not everybody knows that a Butler
has been Observation-Disclosures that
may be-of Creditor cathedral church
for upward of 20 years without
break.
Everybody at Hitchins knows the
Hobbs family. They are the perennial
postmen of the place. Their great
grandfather carried the letters long be-
fore penny postage was dreamed Of
and the letter-carrying business has
been done by Hobbs ever since.
Parliament can supply few snch
The Adair County news., 1918-03-20
emit sharing in deepest realities of

cent sharing in deepest realities of
life.
A The graduate of a good school
+ steps at once into regular profes-
sional life and work with an assured
livelihood. No weary struggle to get
q foothold-to show what1she can do
The hospital has carried her over that
stage. Her work is ready and waiting
for her If she successfully completes
her training.
2 The student is at no expense for
- tuition, board, lodging, laundry,
uniform, ETC., in the great majority of
schools. Only a few schools charge a
tuition fee, for preparatory course.
The student is also cared for in i'll
ness.
q Salaries compare favorably with
y salaries of other trained women.
In some fields they are higher than
the average. Especially is this true
of teaching and administrative work
either in institutions or in Public
Health Nursing. Opportunities for ad-
NduCSuHcHt az u1ctAy anu olCculIy III
creasing.
Choice of Training School.
(a) Be careful in choosing train
ing school Be sure that it's diploma
will enable you to register in your
state.
OBJ That its educational standards
are good.
(c) That it offers thorough training
in medical, surgical. children's and
maternity nursing.
Cd That the housing and living
conditions are such as to ensure the
health and welIbeing of students.
(e) That the working conditions
are modern and the hours reasonable
(f) That the general standing of the
school and it's graduates is good
Where any doubt exists on this point
further advice should be sought
through officials of the State Nurses
Association or the State Board of Elk
aminers.
Addresses and further information
can be obtained by writing to the Blu
reau Of Nursing, Lake Division. Ameri
can Red Cross, Garfield building
Cleveland.