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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01

TT was n welcome message that came
i from Washington o few weeks ago
when the Food Administration made
4 definite statement on the right and
wrong OF candy eating. Doubtless the
candy that we need not DEM our E,, Get
glad 10 find out just where they stood,
and Il is certain that the man. woman
or child with sweet tooth and p pa
triotic conscience was delighted At the
statement
ON the whole. the government sane
tions the eating Of 80 many kinds Of
candy that We need not deny out sweet
tooth 10 any appreciable extent. Per
haps even some Of the candies that the
Food Administration deems patriotic
viii disagree with the couscienccs ~
those who are trying to do everything
possible TO conserve our food supply.
In that case. these persons with over
developed cnnscienees can specialize 81
the candles that require no sugar
Chocolate. II seems, We have in
abundance. so the first group OF can
dies sanctioned by the Food Admins
tratiOn contains chocolate coated can
dies with filings that do not require
sugar Nuts and fruits Of all sorts.
dipped in chocolate. come under thi
heading and Of course the dried fruits.
like raisins figs and dates. that are
own sugar, crystalized in the drying.
may be used TO give a sweet filing 20
such candies. In this same first group
uncoated candies. like nougatines and
Turkish pastes. are included The bit
Ter chocolate is. Of course prefera bic
10 one that is sweetened
second group includes hard
boiled" candies, such AZ fruit drops
and stick candy. This candy is made
10 "a great extent Of corn syrup. IN this
second group peanut brittle and mo-
lasses candy, as well As glace nuts are
included.
The third is the marshmallow aroup.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
BUCKLES AGAIN.

fupkIes have come into their on E
gain.
That is 10 SAY, there are more buck
les in use this season than there hav
been for several seasons past and
therefore the shops show an alluring
display Of them for the home dress
maker 70 choose from. They come IN
black jet, and they come of course IL
foundation fabrics that may be GOV
cred with brocade or satin or what :
ever the material of the frock for
which thew are deaisned may be.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01
FEATHER HATS.

small toques are made OF curled o..
trich feather ends. They are charra.
Ing, il they are Of good quality and Z
they are worn with great fastidious
ness. 4 cheap one carelesly put on
suggests nothing more than a tousle.
head OF hair.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01

and the strain of the leash comes
under the chest and g Distributed to
both his forelegs. This must be very
much more comfortable for the dog
when he strains against the leash than
the collar. which brings all the strain
against his throat.
Although there are some dogs who
never need the whip and some fciu
to whip them but lightly is To crush
their spirits or 10 render them treaCh-
erous. there are other less sensitive
dogs-notabiy those Of the bulldog
family-for whom one really needs
some sort Of whip. The dog shops
show Whips that are very good looking.
and though stout enough TO infict n
really hard thrashing in case the dog
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-01

friend SO far forgets him
self as 10 deserve such
treatment. they are light at
the end and may he used
most softly. y dog, YOU
know. has great respect
for the whip with which
he has once been punished.
and IL is good idea 10
have a special whip for
young dogs. 1t proves as
ef'icacious as the old school
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-07-12
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 1917.

Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Roll called. Quorum present.
The minutes of yesterdays proceedings
were read by the Clerk and approved.
On motion of Supervisor Brown, supported
by Supervisor Long, the report of Deputy Sher-
if Yeider, relative to violations of the motor
speed law, was refurred to the committee to
audit sheriff's accounts.
Paw Paw, Mich, October lst, 1917.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Van
Buren, County, Michigan:
The Soldiers Relief Commission of said
County respectfully submits the following
financial report for the year ending October
lst, 1917:
BY bal hand from last report. -. 342.27
Reed from rolls for the year 1916 100000
Total ..................... $l,342.27
There has been paid to the townships Of said
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the officers of the County Farmers Federation,
concerning the salary of the County Agricul-
tural Agent, said committee to report at this
session of the Board Motion carried.
Whereupon. Chairman Coleman appointed
Supervisors Kirby. Chase and Pierce to act as
said committee.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Van
Buren, County:
Whereas, petition has been circulated and
signed, asking for the deepening widening,
and Strengthening of part of Paw Paw river
in said Van Buren, County, we, the undersigned
freeholders. liable to assessment for benefits
to pay the cost of deepening, widening and
Strengthening of said river earnestly protest
against the granting of said petition at this
time, when we are burdened with helping to
carry on the great war; in which our nation is
now engaged, and when our taxes will be
greater than many of us are able to bear. We,
therefore, ask that your honorable body do not
grant the prayer of the petitioners.
Dated October End, A. D. 1917.
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You will cause the above to be laid before
the Board of Supervisors of your county at
their session in October, 1917.
Please acknowledge Immediately the re-
ceipt Of this notice.
Very respectfully,
0. B. Fuller,
Auditor General.
Upon motion of Supervisor Brown, sup
ported by Supervisor Burger, the above report
was accepted and referred to the Committee on
apportionment.
On motion of Supervisor Kirby, supported
by Supervisor Burger the communication from
the State Librarian, relative to the creating OF
County Libraries was referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
Motion was made by Supervisor Slonaker,
supported by Supervisor Burge, that the COM
munication from the State Dairy and Food
Commissioners, relative to the appointment OF
a County Sealer of Weights and Measures and
the purchase of weights, lie upon the table for
further consideration Motion carried
On motion of Supervisor Doyle supported
by Supervisor Brown, tomorrow at eleven
o'clock was made a special order of business
for the hearing of proposition concerning
Liberty bonds.
June ! 5th. 1917.
County Clerk,
Paw Paw, Michigan.
Dear Sir
The amount due District No. J. Township Of
Hartford, for County Normal is as follows, for
the year 1916 and 1917:
Total paid instructors 100
Paid by State. 100000
Balance to be paid equally by Dis
trict and County ............. U5.OO
Yours truly,
John y. Stewart, Secy.
On motion of Supervisor Burger, supported
by Supervisor Kirby, the above communication
was referred to the Committee on Finance.
Motion was made by Supervisor Kirby, sup
ported by Supervisor Smith, that the Chairman
appoint committee of three, to confer with
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Motion was made by Supervisor Chase, sup
ported by Supervisor Burger that the above
petition lie upon the table for the lack of juris-
dicton. Motion carried
On motion of Supervisor Heagy, supported
by Supervisor Brown, next Thursday at one
O clock in the afternoon was made a special
order of business for the election of School
Examiner
On motion of Supervisor Bolinger, sup
ported by Supervisor Turner, the Board adj
ourned until tomorrow morning at 9 clock.
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Signed
George l.. Rich
George H. Jacobs
Samuel Smith
Alphonso Cross
Jas. w. Sheppard
S. H. Singer
Chas. Harrington
James Eagan
Will Sweet
J. H. Ensign
J. f. Wright
William |. Monroe
Harry A. Martin
John r. Brandt
May Lanett
Myron Sanborn
r. w. Adams
H. Towne
f. l.. Alderman
Arthur Huff
William A. Smith
Elmer Tyler
Charles Smith
Ed Cross
George Say
Robert Garrod
Will Wright
Arthur S. Boys
6. l.. Sanborn
Henry Lipp
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-07-12

Isaac Monroe
D. r. Towne
Libbie T. Hubert
Frank Clidden
V. Crowell
Ella D. Hazard
S. J. Orion
Henry Buss
T. S. MCGOWAN
Boone Ingels
c. J. Hubert
Holden Clark
Charles Sutherby
Fred D. Smith
]. Guy Hutchins
William II. Cronin
D. II. Small
Glenn Lane
l.. Burrell
George G. Hutchins
Harold l.. Monroe
A. E. Squier
Milton S. Tweed
John II. Wassman
M. II. Pugsley
F. A. Butter6eld
G. G. Grifen
William belong
c. A. Struble
{ w Small
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
NETS AND SUBMARINES
How Easily It Is to TangIe Up Under
Sea Craft

Anybody who has ever seen the
trouble that can be made for a steam
ship when rope, even though not
very long or very large, gets tangled
In It's propeller will wonder what hap
pened to the German submarine that
ran foul OF fishnet off Dover.
No craft probably owns margin
Of safety quite so small as does the
submarine, and hardly anything can
happen to 1t that does not produce
consequences serious or fatal. Now,
the nets used in deep sea fishing are
large. strong and heavy, but they do
not cost much, as war expenditures
go, and the little incident described
all too BRIEFLY in the war news SEEM
ingly suggests convenient and eff
fective means of reducing these much
dreaded little assassins to helpless
ness.
With a net once around her organ
Of propulsion a submarine would eth
er remain permanently under water.
which would be bad for her crew, or
she would have to rise to the surface
and remain there for considerable
time, within sight of the hostile
marksman, and that, too, would be
attended with most positive incon-
yeniences-Tit Bits.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
|LLNONO OpEQEWE PACKING co
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS

Warren, Henderson and Mercer
counties. John Eckhardt; La Sale
County, +. S. Griyey; Knox, Putnam,
Marshall and Stark counties, Elmer
Quinn; Livingston County Walter
SiXt.'
Directors at large-E H. Doud and
Henry Koenig.
. The new building contains every
modern Improvement and every con.
venience that pertains to packing
plants. AS well as being a practical
building for the purpose, it is airy.
light and fitted with up-to-date work.
ing facilities. 1t was built for dura-
bility and is entirely tireproof
The Offices are to be fitted with
every modern improvement and will
make ideal working quarters.
The company promises to be a very
important auuition to the commercial
life Of Ottawa. The plant was
brought to Ottawa through the in.
fluence of the Ottawa Chamber of
Commerce, switch organization has
done much toward making the com
pany success, and securing the To-
cation for the plant.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
NEW RAIL DEVICE !
TO PROTECT LIFE
TRACK TARGET INVENTED az
oHloAN TO GUARD WORKER
UNDER CARS ,p>s ~;
Lantern Attachment Makes Signal Ap.
paratus Useful at Night.

A new railroad safety device Is tho
track target or signal invented by q
railroad superintendent, George NJ.
Ferguson Of Lorain, Ohio, says Popu.
lar Science Monthly. 1t consists of a
lantern, a signal plate or target. sup
porting rod to which all are secured
by lock and chain, and substantial
derailer plate which is clamped over
enc of the rails Of the track.
Often workmen In railroad yards
must be under or between cars to
make necessary repairs. Ordinarily
a blue flag would be used as warn
ing signal to guard them. But it Is
far from being an effective means of
protection. In the case Of trains
breaking in two during switching Of
cars in the yard, or If hand brakes
are defective by reason of too much
slack In the brake chains, or il any
accident makes 1t impossible for the
brakeman to stop moving car be-
fore it runs into stationary car
where a workman Is making repairs,
a mere flag would not protect man
from injury.
The new track target not only gives
the usual visible warning, but will
derail the moving car If for any rea-
son its warning is unheeded.
The device may be carried about
readily, and the lantern makes 1t as
useful as a signal at night as by day.
The derailer has proved effective in
actual service A vertically extend.
ing flange guides the car wheel into
the grove in the derailer which
forces the car wheel off the track. A
lock and securing clamp are used
to fasten the derailer to the rail SO
that it cannot be disturbed.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
WOOD HALF AS HEAVY AS CORK
Balsa, From Porto Rito, Is Used for
Life Preservers,

A wood so light that it Is only hall
as heavy as cork is Porto Rico's lat.
est contribution to the commercial
world. 1t is known as Balsa wood,
the Porto Rican name being goano,
which is corkwood when translated,
while in Martinique the term applied
to it is floating wood.
Samples of Balsa wood have been
put on exhibition in the museum ut
the Missouri Botanical Garden in ST.
Louis, Mo, from which institution a
bulletin describing it has just been
issued.
Coated with paraffin to render Il
imperyious to water, Dalsa wood IS
now taking the place Of cork in the
manufacture of life preseryers, and
modern life RATS constructed entirely
of the Porto Rican product are being
made. Being extremely porous, Bal
sa wood acts as a natural insulator
against both heat and cold. Firelcss
NOthtlS HldOt VI IL stlc lDuIu " Ic
Quire no additional insulation, and a
piece Of ice placed in a box made Of
goano withstood the heat of an in
tensiyely hot day for five or six hours
recently, The United States govern.
ment already is using 1t for the con
struction of buoys used in the coast
service.
Up to the time ~ Introduction of
Dalsa wood, the scientific name Of
which is Ochroma Lagopus, a Mis-
souri, tree was believed to be the
liehtest wood grown This is the cork
wood, otherwise Leitnoria floridaua
Balsa wood weighs only about third
as much as Missouri corkWood how
ever, Cypress is four times as heavy,
Maple weighs six times, hickory near
ly eight times and ebony more than
ten times as much as Balsa wood
Prof John C. Clifford, in a letter to
the Missouri Botanical Garden writes
from Porto Rico that the Balsa trees
grow to be a foot in diameter ana
that there are no knots or other de.
feCts in the wood.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
Pola an Old City.

Pola was n Thracian colony when
the Romans swooped down and took
It In 17S i. c., and stormy existence
followed this descent Of the world-con.
querOrs. In 1870 It was virtually blot
ted out Of existence when the Genoese,
dnring forbears Of Admiral Christopher
Columbus, defeated the Venetuns in a
great sen fight off the port, and then
wrecked the town--and kept It out OF
the annals for century and hale
II came back finally and waXcd impor.
tnnt again and since 1915 was Austria's
principal naval hnrbor.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19

Within the next three weeks the
Ottawa Packing Company will be
opened for business in the new ce-
ment, brick and stone buiding
erected Immediately west of the We'd
ron Silica Sand plant, between the
Illinois and Michigan Canal and the
Rock Island Railroad. This plant was
erected at cost of $4,000, and was
built entirely in 1918.
The plant, when in operation, will
employ about sixty people, and will
have a capacity for handling between
800 and 400 hogs and seyenty-tiye TO
100 cattle a day. Experienced men
have been brought to Ottawa to take
charge OF the various departments Of
the packing plant. and these twelve
men and their families have already
moved here and are getting located
The rest of the employees are to be
local people.
Theirs is to be some cold storage
space In the plant as well as the ia
ciities for handling the meat and
shipping 1t out as soon as IL is re1av
for the market. Cattle are to be Sc
cured from as near around Ottawa as
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
WIRELESS STARTS AUTOMOBILE
Motor Set Going by Spark From olan,
Five Miles Away.

A number Of inventors have sue
ceeded In developing apparal Us
whereby boats are guided by wireless
telegraph. but the experiment was
tried for the first time the other day
with an automobile, at the Indiana
State Fair, and 1t worked. The mo-
tor Of an Overland Car was started
every five minutes by wireless
spark from the Overland headquar.
ters In Indianapolis, five miles away.
A complete wireless outfit consist
Ing OF motor generator, transformers,
relays and other paraphernalia was
Installed in the show windows OF tho
city sales rooms. This was connect
ed with an aerial on the roof of the
building and by stepping the alter
mating current up from 10 volts to
10000 volts the apparatus made it
possible TO send messages 300 miles.
The car on exhibition at the fair
grounds was fitted UP with a recely-
Ing apparatus and the necessary au-
tomato switches and relays for
throwing on and off the electric cur
rent of the starter and magnetic. An
automatic switch was regulated ia
as to allow the car to run for forty
five seconds, after which the magne-
to was cut off. The operation OF
starting the car was repeated at five
minute intervals.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures Of the experiment was the fact
that the entire operation of starting
the car was accomplished without the
aid of a human hand. A time switch,
installed in connection with the wire
less outfit In the city, controlled the
entire operation.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
NEW JAP ROOM Is FAD
Rest Apartment Set Apart for Guests
Who Are Tired.

The latest fad of the fashionable
hostess is a Japanese guest room in
the country house. The tired guest
Just arriving from warm and un.
comfortable journey. is ushered into
a dim. breezy cool room with floor
covered In Japanese straw blinds at
the windows, draperies Of Japanese
cotton toweling In blue bamboo and
white printing or pale green, printed
with white crysanthumums. The fur.
niture Is natural or green wicker, a
Japanese screen showing the remote.
Ice cool peak of Full as background
for gray storks and floating lilies Is
drawn across the corner on low
stand is a big imitation Hawthorne
Jar In the wonderful Imari blue color
and filled with pine branches or
ferns.
To most folk the idea Of Japan.
csc room brings a mental picture Of
red and yellow paper lanterns, an
open Japanese umbrella swinging
from the chandelier and punches OF
artificial cherry blossoms stuck in
vases. All these colorful decorations
are omitted from the Japanese guest
chamber, which Is In cool quiet
shades OF green and blue.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
IT'S BEST TO BUY HEAT
Product Rather Than Coal Itself to be
Considered.

Almost without exception the value
OF a coal is directly proportional to
the quantity of heat which 1t contains.
Yet occasional installments ara
known where the type Of boiler, the
setting, draft, crate area and other
factors may demand certain physical
conditions in the fuel that may take
precedence even over the actual heat
content,
But these cases are the exception
rather than the rule. 1t becomes OF
prime Importance, therefore to have
an accurate knowledge Of the heat
possibilities Of a given coal, and, In.
deed, this is made the principal ele-
ment In contracting and determining
the settlement price for Goals market.
ed on the heat unit basis. Popular
Science Monthly.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
FINDING TIRE PUNCTURE
Device Known as Detective Serves to
Locate Trouble.

An ingenius little device known as
detective" serves to localize pune.
lures In bicycle tires and can even
be used on automobile tires. 1t Is
no longer required to immense the
air chamber in water, this being Of
ten very inconyenient or even impos
sibe to carry out; neither is II nee
essary to remove the pneumatic tire
from the wheel for the small device
Is run along the surface until the
leak Is found
The detective" Is a small metal
box Of suitable shape whose under
side embraces the tire and here IS
closed by wire cause. Radically the
box Is divided into four or more com
partments and in each one Is q
small amount of very light down
which the slightest wind causes to
fly up. When brought upon the loal;
the pressure of the air acts upon the
down, and this locallzes the leak at
Scientific American.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
ELECTRIC CURRENT
IS FLESH REDUCER
APPLICATION OF POWER AND
USE OF SAND BAGS ELM.
MATE FAT
Loss Of Two Pound Daily often Reg
lstered by Process

Exercise reduces flesh: horseback
riding invigorates the liver. and heat
cures rheumatlsm--old wives max
inns, all. And the modern santa
rum which makes a speciality OF do
ing the old fashioned things In new
ways has solved the problem of cur.
ing these common but unpleasant all
ments by a scientific adoption of the
old wives principles, says Popular
Science Monthly.
The fleshy ones long since discov
cred that exercise and diet reduce flesh
on the face and that, If grimly per.
sisted in, the rest Of the body will
ultimately respond. Science has de-
vised a means Of concentrating the
exercise on the spot desired This Is
done by applying the electric current
direct to the too fleshy spot by means
of adjustable electrodes.
The current is painless but very
powerful, causing violent and irresist'
ible twitching, which continues as
long as the electrodes are applied,
To Increase the work performed by
the current and thus augment the
benefits derived, bags of sand are
placed over the part Of the body
which Is being treated. The effect Is
the same as would be secured by
heavy exercise in this particular spot
The patient perspires freely and
the flesh seems to melt away. There
Is no discomfort and little fatigue,
while the results are very gratifying.
q loss of two pounds daily often beinS
registered.
Horseback riding for the possessors
of torpid livers, amongst those who
lead sedentary lives, is provided In
the modern santarium by an iron
and leather mechanical horse. A
morning ride on this always willing
steed does much toward relievlns
pluggishnoss of tie liver circulation
Neuralgia and rheumatism cases
are also among those which come In
large numbers to sanitarinms foi
treatment. Diathermacy, in otheI
words, heat penetration, has been
found exceptionally successful. The
pleasant pastime Of drinking gallons
of litha water at a fashionable re-
sort is now supplanted by direct ap
plication of heat blast machine
This heats the air electrically and
at the same time drives 1t with force
through funnel The heat can thus
be applied to the painful region s9N
planned of by the patient.
An abdominal kneading machine
much used in sanitariums and pri
vate hospitals Is operated by hand
The patient leans heavily against
knoblke compressors, and. by turn
| ig a crank himself operates the ma
chine. The abdominal massacre IS
thorough going and improves the di
| restion of the patient.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19

possible, and in this way the charges
eor shipping will be Galuoed. and
many other overhead expenses will
be greatly lessened.
The Ottawa branch of the Illinois
Cooperative Packing Company was
organized in the fall of 1918, and a
great many Ottawa and La Sale
County people are stockholders III
the concern. The capital stock is
$5000t0 Many farmers have in
vested their money in the company
and will raise and sell their cattle
entirely for this packing plant The
officers and directors are:
f. II. Doud, president
John Eckhardt, first vice president
Lyman Benton, second vice pres'-
dent
Henry koenig, treasurer
c. W. r. Thelen, manager.
Roy Wiley. secretary.
Directors Henry County, Lyman
Benton, George Broman; Whiteside
and Lee counties, Ernest Toppert,
Bureau County, j. G. Dremann; Kan
kakee, Grundy and Kendall counties.
Charles w. Burkhardt; Rock Island,