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The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
That W. S. S. Pledge

What IL a w. 8. s. Pledge? A
promise to buy q certain number Of
War Savings Stamps by certain
date, not later, in any event, than
December 3lst.
The good people of Rio Blanco
county pledged about $4,000 over the
county quota, but here is the year
almost gone and we have bought
over 10000 less than our quota, or
about ~, 1000 less than we pledged.
Folks that pledge 10 no good II not
redeemed. Never before has your
country needed your financial help
worse than now. Don't forget your
pledge. Buy those stamps at once.
Why wait until the last minute Of
the last day? Let us get ''over the
top" and get our name on the Honor
Roll of counties that have taken
their full quota Of War Savings
Stamps.
Yours for duty,
WAR SAVINGS COMMITTED,
JOHN r. CLARK, Chatham.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
kept PLEDGE
TO SEND BREAD
American Nation Maintained Al.
lied Loaf Through Sell
Denial at Home Table.
AvERTED EUROPEAN DESPAIR.
With Military Demands Upon Ocean
Shipping Relieved, World 10 Able
- Return to Normal White
Wheat Bread.

Since the advent Of the latest wheat
crop the only limitation upon Ameri.
can exports to Europe has been the
shortage Of shipping. Between July
and October 10 we shipped $3.50. 3d.
bushels. II this rate should continue
until the end Of the fiscal year we will
have furnished the Allies with more
than 237, 500, 600 bushels of wheat and
flour In terms of wheat.
Tho result of Increased production
and conservation efforts In the United
States has been that with the cessa.
ton OF hostilItles we are able to re
turn TO normal wheat diet. Supplies
that have accumulated In Australia
Argentine and other hitherto inacces
slble markets may be tapped by ships
released from transport service, and
European demand for American wheat
probably will not exceed our normal
surplus. There 10 wheat enough avail
able to have 4 white loaf At the com
mon table.
But last year the tale was different
Only by the greatest possible saving
and sacrifice were we able to keep q
steady stream Of wheat and -four NOV.
Ing across the sea. We found our
selves at the beginning of the harves,
year with an unusually short crop.
Even the most optimistic statisticians
figured that we had a bare surplus OF
20,O0,0OO bushels. And yet Europe
was facing the probability of bread
famine-and In Europe bread ia by far
the most important article in the diet.
All Of this surplus had left the
country early In the fall By the FIRST
Of the year we had managed to ship a
little more than $1,000. 900 bushels by
practicing the utmost economy at
home-by wheatless days. wheatiess
meals, heavy substitution Of other
cereals and by sacrifice at almost
every meal throughout the country.
In January the late Lord Rhondda.
then British Food Controller. cabie,i
that only II we sent an additional 49,
100000 bushels before July could he
take the responsibility Of assuring hi.
people that they would be fed
The response Of the American PEG.
pie was $1,000 900 bushels safely deliv.
cred overseas between Januaty / and
July I. Out Of q harvest which gave
us only 100000 bushels surplus We
actually shipped 141.000, 900 bushels.
Thus did America fulfill her pledge
that the Allied bread rations could be
maintained, and already the American
people are demonstrating that. with
an awakened war conscience, last
years figures will be bettered.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

+ Our exports since - country
+ entered the war have justified q
+ statement mnde by the Food Ad-
+ minlstratiOn shortly after its con-
+ ceptIon, outlining the principles .
+ and policies that would govern
+ the solution Of this country's
+ food problems.
+ 1.-THE whole foundation Of de-
+ mocracy." declared the Food Adj
+ ministration, tiles in the indi-
+ vidual initiative Of Its people :
+ and their willingness to serve the
+ interests Of the nation with COM
+ plete self effacement In the time
+ Of emergency. Democracy can
+ yield to discipline, and we can
+ solve this food problem for our :
+ own people and for the Allies In .
+ this way. To have done so will :
+ have been a greater service than .
+ our immediate objective, for we :
+ have demonstrated the rightful- .
i. ness of our faith and our ability
+ to defend ourselves without be
+ Ing Prussianized." :
i.
i. f. i. + + + + + i. i. I. + + + + r + I.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
GREATEST OPPORTUNITY
WOMEN EVER HAD.

1t was given to the women Of this
country to perform the greatest serv-
Ice in the winning Of the war vouch-
safed to any women in the history OF
the wars of the world-to feed the
warriors and the war sufferers BY
the arts of peace, the practice Of sim
pie. honiely virtues the womanhocd Of
a whole nation served humanity in Its
profoundest struggle for peace md
freedom.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Have you any children? demanded
the Colorado Springs landlord. Yes,
replied the would-be tenant solemn
ly, six, all In the cemetery. Better
there than here. said the landlord,
consolingly, and proceeded to exc
cute the desired lease. In due time
the kids returned from the cemetery,
whittier they had been sent to play.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
Stomach Trouble.

Before I used Chamberlain's Tab
let's doctored a great deal for sto-
mach trouble and felt nervous and
tired all the time. These tablets
helped me from the first, and inside
Of Q weeks time had improved In
every way" writes Mrs. l.. A. Drin-
kare, Jefferson City, Mo.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Doctor-Your throat is in a very
bad state. Have you ever tried gar
CLING with salt water? Marine-"Yes,
I've been torpedoed six times and I
am now on my way to Salt Lake for
my health"
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
Mrs. lsley's Letter.

In q recent letter Mrs. d. w. Isley
of Litchfield, ILL.,, says, ~ have used
Chamberlain Tablets for disorders
OF the stomach and as . laxative,
and have found them quick and
sure relief" II you are troubled with
indigestion or constipation these
tablets will do you good"
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Them newspapers" complained
the politician, enlarged me with
boxing the knee to Baal and never
met the guy in my life."
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
Evaporation Of Water.

8NupVFAu0H " "AsSV'
A scientist In Europe has figured
that q particle Of water evaporated
from the ocean Is condensed and re-
turns again In ten days. but that II
remains there 8, 400 years before being
svaporated again.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Sending to Europe 141,OOO.OOO bush
els of wheat from a surplus of appar
emily nothing was the outstanding ex
ploit of the American food army In the
critical year of the war
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
Arabian Bridal Pre.snts,

Arabian Bridal Pressnts. ..
Among modern Arabians the bride
groom makes the bride presents. which
are sent a day or two before the nup-
tials. As soon as the bride reaches the
bridegroom's house she makes him
presents of household furniture. .
spear and tent.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

As rule when an old-tlmer ID
signing for the Good Old Days he 10
really signing for the Good Old
Nights.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

First Balloon Ascension.
The FIRST balloon ascension IL said
to have been made by Pere Berthold
Guzman. Portuguese priest, In 1870
or 60 years before Mongolher.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Uncle Ebsn.
"Poverty." said Uncle Eben. "ain' no
disgrace, 'ceptin' when man would
rather put up wifi 1t dan work."
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

DR.. J. P. Riddle, specialist In dis
eases OF the eye, ear, nose and throat.
Glasses fitted. Glenwood Springs. II
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Millionaires and Hoboes are the
only two classes Of men who can A.
ford to look seedy.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

It makes fat chested girl green
with envy when she notices how =
corn-fed girl can fill sweater.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Regular oquall.
my wife's felines and Fidoes prac-
tically rule our house." "A case Of
reigning cats and dogs. a. It were."-
Boston Transcript.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
sTARBIRD 4 BLISS
Big Beaver Ranch, Meeker, Colo
Cattle branded ~ anywhere on animal
with waddle on the nose. Also own w
Agriculture Stands First.

NDrJcVItUrS 0IAUus pUeSs
Al the head Of all sciences and arts.
at the head Of all civilization and
progress. stands not militarism. the
science that kills. nor commerce. tn
science that accumulates wealth. but
agriculture, the mother Of all indus
Try and the maintainer Of human life.
James A. Garfield.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

You can contract cold now as easy
as earlier In the season. Check and
cure it by using Strehlke's BROMO-
FEBRIN.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

The Liberty Loan Amry will con-
tinue its campaign during 1919.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
FIRST CALL TO FOOD ARMY.

This cooperation and service
, ask of all In full confidence
} that America will render more
} for dag and freedom than king
} ridden people surrender at COM
} pulsion.-Herbert Hoover, Au-
gust 10, 1917.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Enthusiasm First Necessity.
Nothing great was ever achieved
without husiasm.-Emerson.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

A year ago voluntary food control
was q daring adventure In democracy /;
during the year an established proof
Of democratic stficienc-.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
U. S. HEALTH SERVICE
ISSUES WARNING
Increase In All Respiratory Dis.
eases After the Influenza
Epidemic Probable.

influenza Expected 70 Lurk for Months.
How 70 Guard Against Pneumonia.
Common Colds Highly catehine-in,-
portanes Of suitable ciothIno-couid
Save 100000 Livss.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21

Copies Of this poster can be OBJ
tanned free Of charge by writing to the
Surgeon General, U. 8. Public Health
Service. Washington. d. c.
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
THE MEEKER HERALD
JAMES LyrrLs. EDITOR AND psopa,rros

Entered in the Meeker. Colorado, pnstonoc -
secOndclaas mail matter
The Meeker herald., 1918-12-21
Suitable Clothing lmpertan.

tiOn of colds, pneumonia and other re-
spiratOry diseases Is carelessness or is'
norance Of the people regarding suit.
able clothing during the seasons when
the weather suddenly changes, sitting
In warm rooms too heavily dressed or,
what Is even more common, especially
among women. dressing so lightly that
windows are kept closed in order to he
comfortably warm. This Ia q very In.
furious practice.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
Montana.

Anaconda Copper Company declared
the regular quarterly dividend of So
share.
Mining and smelling are at the top
of the list in the Vests great indus
tries. In addition, oil production comes
under the head of mineral develop
ment
Copper mining companies paid out
to their stockholders during March
dividends approximating $20,00O,0OO,
an amount lower than in December
and also under year ago. In those
months disburs ements were S23,870,-
5S8 and $21, ,264,834 respectively. Dur
ing the first quarter of this year cop
per share dividends Appropriated
$37,700,O00. In comparison with other
quarters this shows as follows: Quar-
ter ended March, 1918, $36,717,447; De-
ended March, 1918, $36,717,447; De-
cember, 1917, $3S,737,247; March 1917,
$45,362,926; March, 1916, $29,537,1 100.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
New M exico.

The recent ore found on the Bearup
property in the Mogollon district has
widened to several feet in width.
Active development of oil fields at
Oscuro has been undertaken by new
company capitalized at $250,000.
The McWhorter Oil Refinery has
purchased six acre lot south of Hag-
erman on the railroad and broke
ground for 25-barrel plant.
Chino Copper Company's production
for the quarter ending December 81,
totaled 2O,266,715 pounds as against
21,287,000 in the previous quarter
The Mogollon Mines Co. made ton
mage record for March. The Com
pany is now refusing custom ore and
confining milling to it's own produc-
ton.
The State Corporation Commission
has received for filing the articles Of
incorporation and certificate of non
stockholders liability Of the Tucum-
Carl Oil & Gas Company, which will
develop oil lands. The company is in
corporated for $4,000, divided into
$4,000 shares of 81 each.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
WE MUST HANG TOGETHER
(By THEoDosIA GARRISON of the
ViqiIantes.)

Said Benjamin Franklin of Pennsyl
vania, putting down the pen with which
he had just signed the Declaration Of
Independence:
"Gentlemen, we must all hang to-
gether or assuredly we shall all hang
separately"
In single phrase he combined an
epigram, a warning, a declaration of
faith and incidentally framed a motto
for the present generation.
The value Of team work for the ma
tional good is unquestiOned the value
Of the individual beyond the share he
contributes to the general power is neg
ligible. This undenied fact, acknowl
edged by everybody and more often
quoted than applied, waited to be dem
onstrated in it's entirety by the Imper-
ial German government, who, after it's
fashion, lost no time in claiming it as
personal discovery, marking it with
the "Made in Germany" stamp and
promptly christening it deficiency"
Mind you, it is the German govern
ment that has made its people efficient,
and that by the simple and direct
method of the brutal overseer who
ashed a gang of slaves into the per-
feet workmen that produced the 100
per cent result he desired.
The individual who with all his heart
wishes a certain thing accomplished
doesn't have to be whipped into his
work, and the difference between slav-
cry and freedom, between autOcracy
and democracy, lies in that individual
himself.
"The nation" says President Wilson,
needs all men, but it needs each man,
not in the field that will most pleasure
him, but in the endeavor that will best
serve the common good"
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used so successfully for fifty-one
years in all parts of the United
States for coughs, bronchitis, colds
settled in the throat, especially lung
troubles. 1t gives the patient good
nights rest, free from coughing, with
easy expectoration in the morning,
gives nature a chance to soothe the
Infamed parts, throw off the disease,
helping the patient to regain his
health. Made in America and sold for
more than half a century.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
Colorado.

In March, 1917, the output of the
Cripple Creek mines reached 67,467
tors, worth $1,044,O52.
Frank Jackson and Otto Arps have
secured a lease and bond on the old
time Hudson property, Red mountain,
near Ouray.
The Beaver and Belfast, situate i'm
mediately west of the town Of Iron
ton, is in a big body of lead ore at the
present time.
The Fink and Casson lease from the
Caroline Company, on blocks 3, and
IA of the Ajax, on Battle Mountain, is
shipping again.
Cripple Greek reports that produc-
ton from the Modoc incline shaft dur
ing March reached six cars and the
grade was close to $50 ton.
Georgetown, Clear Greek county, re-
ports that the actual production Of
molybdenite ore and the milling Of
same is now definitely under way at
the Urad mines in Daily district.
Peter Peterson of Hollywood, lessee
of the Petral Gold Mining Company,
operating through the Squaw Noun
tain tunnel. on the southwestern slope
of that hill, is loading out carload
shipment. Peterson is mining this ore
from the Guess lode, and a recent trial
shipment returned values of four
ounces gold or $84 to the ton.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06

work for me and know it will help
others if they will give it fair trial."
Mrs. LIZZIE COURTNEY, 108 9th Ave.,
West, Oskaloosa, Iowa. ..
Why will women drag along from day
to day, year in and year out, suffering
such misery as did Mrs. Courtney, when
such letters as this are continually being
published. Every woman who suffers
from displacements, Irregularities, in
flammation, liberation, backache, ner-
vousness, or who is passing through the
Change of Life should give this famous
root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, a trial: For
special advice write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The result
of its long experience is at your service.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06

fastened together by a saddle Of two
1 by 6-inch boards.
There should also be board nailed
across the front to help hold the sides.
AS a framework for the back, 2 by f.
inch pieces are placed upright 2 feet
from each side and nailed to the floor
and sides. A crosspiece is put in feet
from the floor. The back boards are
nailed to- this framework and to the
sides. A guard rail should be placed
across the back the same as on the
sides. The sides should be fastened
firmly together so that no storm will
blow them down. The cracks should
be covered with batten. Guy wires
should be put in place to keep the
house from blowing over if in an ex-
posed position.
For Fattening Pigs.
The A-type house is very good for
a few fattening pigs and may be used
to house a SOW and litter in warmer
climates. In sections where cold win
ters are experienced the front should
be closed in. This will make a good
shelter for SOW and her spring litter.
If the front is to be closed this should
be decided before the house is built.
This is necessary for two reasons.
First, provision for ventilation should
be made, which can be done by insert
ing three or four 6-inch pieces Of by
finch material at the apex and spiking
the sides firmly to them, thus provid-
ing series of Pinch spaces for venti-
lation. The saddle-boards are raised.
Second, the insertion of the blocks to
provide for ventilation will change the
angle at which the boards for the
back are cut.
In building the front proceed the
same as with the back. The door
should be % inches by 3 feet. If the
front is closed the window in the front
should be on hinges so that it may be
opened to give ventilation.
If the weather is severe at farrOwing
time, one or two lighted lanterns hung
in the top of the house will make 1t
quite comfortable for the young pigs.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
MOVABLE HOUSES
SUITED TO HOGS
A-Shaped Type Especially Adapt
ed to Beginner in Swine
Business.
GOOD IN SUMMER AND WINTER
Front Can Be Closed in Colder Gil
mates-Afford Needed Shelter for
Sow and Litter-Lanterns Will
Supply Heat.

Movable or colony hog houses are
especially suited to the needs of the
farmer just starting in the hog busi-
ness and also for pig club members
who are doing their part to help the
10 per cent increase needed in hog
population. These houses, especially
where the winters are mild, will meet
all the needs of hogs for shelter both
from the hot sun of summer and the
dampness and storm of winter. They
can be moved from field to field as
the pigs are changed from one grazing
crop to another. Their use makes it
easy to keep the hogs healthy, as the
house can be moved as soon as one
place becomes unclean.
A-Shaped House.
Two types-the box-shaped house
and the A-shaped house-are described
by specialists Of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture in a recent
publication. This article deals with
the construction of the smaller or
A-shaped shelter. The A-shaped house
shown in the accompanying illustra-
tiOn and plans, is 8 feet wide and 6
feet from back to front. The fOunda-
ton is made Of three runners Of by
4-inch material or straight poles. A
floor of 1-inch material is nailed to the
three runners. Pieces 2 by 4 inches
are nailed along the outside of the
floor to keep the sides from spreading
at the bottom.
The sides are built on the ground
and then set up. Each side is made of six
1 by Pinch boards 8 feet long. These
are held together by two 2 by 4-inch
crosspieces, one about 9 inches from
the top and the other about 31a feet.
About 10 inches from the bottom of
the sides 2 by 6-inch piece is nailed
edgewise and braced at the ends by
blocks as shown in the Illustration.
This piece will act as guard rail and
prevent the SOW from laying on her
pigs. The two sides are set up and
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
(By GELETT BURGESS of the Vigil
antes and the Prophet Isaiah.)

w NGEE DOhGESS OF the vigil
antes and the Prophet Isaiah.)
Yes, l, too, saw them, many I saw,
indoors and out, at the theater and
at the rink, knitting, oh no, not khaki
gray, but the gay colors of frivolity,
knitting pink and yellow and white;
knitting sweaters, sweaters, God help
them, for their own soft shoulders.
Yet in the trenches of France our
soldiers are shivering, shivering, freez-
Ing for gray, gray, GRAY!
And thou saidst, I shall be
a lady for ever: so that thou
dldst not lay these things to
thy heart, neither didst re-
member the latter end of it.
waste makes want and want makes
woe! Does not England already know?
1t has gone from Spend to Save from
Scrlmp to Starve. Do you know,
oh careless daughters, that there even
the garbage cans are inspected for
waste ?Cthat one is fined for throw
ing away a slice of bread?
Yet here often more food is wasted
at one dinner than would feed a fam
lily. Yes, wasted today-but what Of
tomorrow?
Upon the land Of my people
shall come up thOrns and bri-
ers; yea, upon all the houses
of joy in the joyous city.
Ice cream sOdas and cakes and con-
fectionery, hats, bags and hosiery
do you, too, watch and wonder how
the young girls fling away the fu-
ture?
Yet, still uncared-for, the orphans
of France and Belgium, Serbia, thou
sands wait suffering to be fed. And
OUR Orphans-when the great shock
falls-shall they, to, not need all that
we can save?
Therefore hear now this,
thou that are given to
pleasure, that dwellest care
lessly, that sayest in thine
heart, I am, and none else be-
side me; I shall not sit as a
widow, neither shall I know
the loss of children.
1t is so easy to dO-tO save. 1t Is
so hard to do-to supply what prodi-
gality has squandered. 1t is so sim
pie to do-to lend what we save to
the government that our neighbOr's
fate may be averted or diminished.
Now, now, NOW! Must our slug
CARDS, male and female have to go to
the ant to take heed-to comprehend
how, if each lays up grain of prOvi-
sion against want, the whole hill shall
be saved?
Many days and years shall
ye be troubled, ye careless
women: for the vintage shall
fail, the gathering shall not
come.
Every cent selfshly, thoughtlessly
spent, robs sufferers abroad, robs our
soldiers, robs our own future. Every
cent patriotically lent to Thrift cam
paign or Liberty Loan, brings peace
nearer-nearer
Rise up, ye women that are
at ease: hear my voice, ye
careless daughters; give ear
unto my speech.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
GET THIS CIRCULAR ON
MOVABLE SWINE HOUSES

Proper housing is important in
increasing hog production. Good
houses reduce the amount Of
feed consumed and prevent
losses from exposure, especially
with the early spring litters.
movable Hog Houses" circular
1O2, office of the secretary of ag-
riculture, just published, tells
how to make two types of mex
pensive hog houses-the box
shaped and the "A"-shaped kind.
Write for this publication.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
Wyoming.

Forty wells have been contracted
panies are pushing operations.
The new we'll Of the Producers and
Refiners' Corporation, on it's Hudson
property in the Lander field, is re-
ported as keeping up a steady pro-
duction.
Land containing glass sand depos-
it's, lying east of Lowell, has been filed
on with the expectation of erecting Il
factory for the production of glass
products.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06
Arizona.


Bisbee reports Old Silver Butte
mine showing samples of wire silver.
Inspiration Copper Company de-
clared it's regular quarterly dividend
of 81 share.
Alpha Mine, Pima County, struck
ore 1854 ounces silver and 22.7 per
cent gray copper.
Calumet and Arizona annual report
for 1917 shows gross earnings of $780,
1886, with net income after all de-
ductions of $6,628,5OO Production all
metals during year amounted to So
353, ,140 pounds.
Shannon Copper Company reports
for the eight months ended Dec. 81,
1917, net profits of $184,968, after de-
Quoting $1O4,251 on account of strike
and $23,076 deficit of Shannon Arizona
railway, but allowing for depreciation,
mine depletion, exploration and other
charges.
The Benson signal., 1918-04-06

oW LII poAAASo ~ "
nothing seemed to
do me any good. A
friend advised me
to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's V Vege-
table Compound. /
did so and got re-
lief right away. /
can certainly re-
commend this valu-
able medicine to
other women who
suffer, for it has
done such good