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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
THE GRIP OF FREEDOM
By Herbert Quick
Msmber Federal Farm Loan Board

What the Imperial German govern.
nenf offered the farmers Of America
a lis ruthless submarine warfare was
lot the loss OF profits. but slavery 70
he saber-Eattler OF Potsdam. He pur.
posed 70 make as slaves BY murder.
ng the people who took our products
% market. BY all the laws OF civil.
xed warfare, commerce under q neu-
.ral nag was free from any hindrance
except the legal interference JUSTIFIED
BY war. But the Germans not only
stopped merchant vessels, they sank
them. Sank them without warning
without traee-the most devilish
thing war has seen since the savaees
scalped our ancestors and threw
screaming babies into the flames Of
burning cabins.
The German plan Of sinking mer.
chanf vessels without trace is based
on the murderer's maxim that dead
men tell no tales. II was exc
cuted by the massacre OF men. WON
en- and children. who. having CON-
mitted themselves to small boats in
the open sea after their ships were
torpedoed. we're mercflessIy raked
with gnnnre. and exterminated to the
last unprotected. unpltied eoal. These
are the murders that stain the hands
OF the Kaiser, his advisers and min
IONS These outrnges were perpetrated
on neutral vessels when all that civ
iliEed warfare gave the Germans
right 70 DO even with the merchant
vessel under a hostile flag. was TO
stop IL at sea and make 1t a prize Of
war.
To KIN the civilians on board. even
under a hostile nag. was nothing but
unmitigafed murder. And these muir
ders we're committed ia order that We
might be enxlnyedl Having the
right to take the sea with his feet.
but being afraid to do 40 for fear he
might lose Il. and being unable By
fair means TO stop the selling OF our
products to his enemies, the Kaiser
declared that ne would do it BY the /
foulest methods ever resorted to in
war. He declared the sea closed.
and that he would keep It closed, not
BY war, but BY murder.
To have submitted would have cost
ma dear ia prosperity but that would
have been the least OF our loss.
We should have had to grovel be-
fore the German government.
We should have had to accept muir \
gThls 10 shs second Of three articles. TIT
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

Optical glass equaling the pro-
duct Of European manufacturers,
from whom only il formerly could
be obtained, is now being produc-
ed for military use by the Bureau
Of Standards of the United States
Department of Commerce and sew
eral privately owned factories.
One shipment from the glass fac
tory in Pittsburgh, for use by the
Navy Department, contained $50
pounds Of high-grade optical glass
enough to provide lenses for
$50 binoculars.
Development in glass manufac-
turing in the United States has
been similar to that Of dye MAX
ing.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
swindler's Trick Takes Money
Sent 20 Soldier.

Relatives and friends Of several
soldiers in army camps have been
ricfimized by swindlers who wir-
I'd or wrote for funds under sol
dieFS names. In each instance il
was requested that money be sent
by wire waving Identification, or
l5y mail 10 general delivery, the
customary explanation being that
the soldier had been discharged
and would have no way Of geeur-
ing Identification, nor Of getting
mail addressed 10 his company.
The following is a typical tele-
gram, sent to the father OF a sol
der III q southern camp:
Have been discharged. Com
ing home. Going TO Atlanta thru
country tonight. Please wire me
$50 at Atlanta so ] may pay for
uniform and come home direct.
Wave Identification us I am not
known in Atlanta. Wire cash
quick so can get il tomorrow
morning. "
Before being complied with. any
request for money TO be sent un-
der such conditions should be veri-
fled By letter or Telegram 70 the
commanding officer Of the camp
in which the man whose name is
signed to the request is stationed.
War News.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
THE WAR, THE FARM
AND THE FARMER
by Herbert Quick
Membsg Federal Farm Loan Board

while Gerard was our ambassador
IN Berlin, the Kaiser said TO hIm one
day that be would sfand no nonsense
from America after the var.
DO you knew shat that meansf II
means that the Germans intend 20
suhingnfa this eountry II they come
ont Of this var victorious.
The German Imperial government
has preached the superiority Of Ger.
many % al the resi- Of the world an.
~ the German nation il drunk Nth
megalomanla One o. their great
writer's expressed the prevailing. Of.
nciai view IN 1908. when be wrote:
The Teutonle race Il called upon
70 circle the earth with its rule. 90 ex.
ploit the treasures Of nature and o.
human power. and 70 make the pas
slre races sersieng elements ln It's
cultural development Who-
ever has the characteristics o. the
Tentoulc race - superior All the
dark peoples are mentally inferior. be-
cause they belong 10 the passive
races The cultural value Of . nagion
IL measured BY the quantity Of Teu-
tonlEm Il contains~
Arc you one % the darker raeesf
Are you willing to be rated a. one
OF the servient elements" IL Ger.
Mays cultural Development
You began 10 be one OF the "aersi.
ent elements when peaceful people
we're slaughtered ns they carried your
produce to market Was Il because
,on belonged 10 a passive racer
This var ~ for the purpose Of say.
ing to that insane claim. wifh the
roar Of a hundred thousand cannon
NOR
Never since the Turks threatened
10 overwheim Europe vas the worsd
In such danger AZ now. Germany
must BE- defeated this year. uniess
We win. cur place In the world IL
lost, aud our history a. one OF the
'servieri elements begsns We must
nothing from the support OF
lhe war We must give cur soma, We
must bring forth food IA abundance.
We must give into the treasury Of tae
United States every cent We can
pare.
This summer the support Of the war
q 40 to the farmers: and Uncle Sam
ias never called upon the farmers IN
lalni
hrss articles BY Mr. Quickly
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

Cottage cheese is one Of the
most important meat substitutes.
II contains larger percentage Of
protein than most meats and furn-
ishes il at a lower cost. Besides
this It can be used In an infinite
variety of ways. For soup, sauce
or rarehit. mix with white sauce.
For salad, mix with 1t chives,
chopped onion, parsley, olives,
nuts. celery or pimentoes, and
serve with boiled or mayonnaisc
dressing. Cottage cheese put thru
a ricer makes an attractive gar
nish for other salads.
Sour milk cottage cheese Let
skim milk set in d warm place UNI
til sour, then set on the back Of
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

CLENM0RE-The fine, black shire
staiiion, win make the season at my
place, miles north and ] mile west Of
Nezperce, at slo, SIS and SEQ. He Is
an Al horse and papers may be seen
on application to Geo. Thompson, own
er.
CHoPART-The fine imported
French Draft Stallion, win make the
season at the S. L. Pcrrine ranch enc
mile north Of Mohler Terms-to ia.
sure. SIT; season, 1880; single SER
vice, 7.50. A great black stallion
and a foal getter. G. W. Ruiy.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

The farms % shln country could
carry tho waF 70 q victorious con
ciaslon even Il all the rest Of the na-
tiona should qalf. The rest wiil NOT
gait: but we eoald wln Il without
them Il we had % DO t. The farmers
% the ualted States can whiH Ger.
mnny. We can ship then with guns.
We can ship them VITA oar products.
Ne can ship them VITA our money.
EVER farmer 10 the unlged states
must remember that the var has a
nrag moFseage On every cent be has.
Ths last spare cent "a the pockets %
every farmer IN America should BE-
devoted to The ear.
The Kaiser began forecioalng bis
naoFtkaee On our farms when be a..
clared rnlhleas submarine warfare
The was = our answer 70 bis bill Of
foreclosure.
Our contribution u. nrsl. our seas
ana brothers for the trenches. sc.
cad. the last poand Of food products
which we can grow b. moblllAIng our
seAngY labor supply. utilizing the men.
women and chIidrea and the towns.
people about us. and third. money
for Liberty Bonds
Thls IL the crucial year Of the war
Our soldiers are at the front. hun
9Feaa Of thousands of them IN the
trenches. and million more ready to
40. The whoie bnraen Of esrryina on
our own part In the war, and Of aid.
log oar slater nations Ia arms. rests
90 sha United States Treasury.
II the treasury falls o. faiterw Or
nnea Itself unable 20 reapond 10 every
call upon a. The var IL lost 10 you
realize shafi
Your son. and al the natlon's sons
are relying On tho United States
Treasury 10 furnish things with which
fhes may aSht
Thelr lives are lost n the treasury
fails. Our coantgy IL lost " the treas.
uFy falls
Germany wins n the treasury fails
Therefore every cans you can rake
amd acrape together belongs 10 the
treasury, that our soldiers may come
back 10 as alive and victorious. This
i literally true. We can whip the
Germans with cur money: but not
with tbs money Ia our pockets or
aank accounts Il must 10 Into the
Unlged States Treasury In subacrsp
ions to Liberty Bonds.
FgAas 10 ths lass 81 q series 81
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

der as q thing against which We
could not defend ourselves.
We should have allowed this new
horror % become = part OF al future
wars. and have been responsible for
its Incorporation into international
law.
We should have proved that be-
cause the IRE which burns up our
farms usefulness is beyond the horf-
zon. We would submit to the kindling
Of ii.
We might have accepted the sew
enty cents for wheat and the six cents
for cotton. but We could not have
done it merely because we were
cunmanded to do IL BY SO doing
We should have accepted degrade
ton. We should have begun, after
winning our freedom in our own
revolution and establishing 3 union
on the foundation Of liberty ia tia
blood and tears Of our war hekwssn
the states. to knuckle under to aafoc-
racy. We should have haseIy yielded
up our birthright as Americans
Such a thought is int0Ierable. Peaes
at such price would not be peace.
but only a preparation for a future
revolt against subiugation. Better
any sort OF war: better var forever.
that that.
Whenever the time comes Tor new
sacrifices. let us remember that zee
fight. not for our Liberties tomorrow.
or next year or twenty years from
now. but for our freedom today. Not
for the right 70 live In the future, but
for the right to make a living this
year
German oppression had begun TO
pinch us before we entered chs war.
II we had not declared war. but had
accepted the conditions Of life ordered
for as BY the Kaiser. we should to-day
be poverty stricken people. Our
would be shut down. our
workmen unemployed, our psepEe
starving, our farmers ruined by the
poverty Of those for whose consunp-
ton they grow their crops Thare Is
loss and sacrifice In the war, but
here would have been far mere of
oss and sacrifice in accepting the
German terms. We should have lost
more In money than We have spent
a the war. but We should have lost
something far more precloas. We
lhould have lost our souls.
third to be published next week.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

The proper food for one man
may be all wrong for another. Ev-
cry one should adopt q diet suit
ed 20 his age and occupation. All
who have weak stomachs need be
especially careful and should eat
slowly and masticate their food
thoroughly. II is also important
that they keep their bowels reau-
lar. when they become constipa-
I'D or when they feel duh aud
stupid after eating. they should
take Chamberlain Il Tablets 20
strengthen the stomach and move
the bowels. They arc easy 10 take
and pleasant In effect. AT all drug
stores.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

BY using Nyals' Face Cream
and Face Cream Soap you can free
your skin from all black heads
and dark spots. When used to-
gether they dissolve all foreign
deposits in the pores and restore
the skin to its natural purity and
beauty.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
MARKET REPORT.

Pens and paper are stationery.
Cutlery is very duh. Cheese firm and
fairly active. Butter strong and in
clined TO be slippery. Whisky live
y and unsteady. Hops lively and ac-
tive. Gunpowder inclined to be ris-
lnR.--ExchanaA.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

"Mho will dare 10 weaken eur West
ern front by single troop Or . siaale
aun7"--0eorne clemenceaus pramlss
81 France. Dec. Is. 1915. u you fall
10 buy Liberty Bonds you will weaken
ehe 'front.'
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02
5000 Reward.

The GrangeviIle Electric Light
& Power Co. viii pay $50 reword
for the arrest and conviction Of
any person or persons found gull
" OF shooting or breaking insu-
lators on their power line.
z. r. Seholer, Supt.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

awe could not have endured such
maapsaslons and survived A. q self
respecting nstien Of free people" --
Secretary 81 the Treasury MeAdoo, "a
ear Francisco. Oct. II, 1917 Amerh
oau bleed calls ~ you. Buy Llhasty
m@Aa#
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1918-05-02

Flatbush-Ny nexk-door nelghbos
was taken sick last night
Bensonhurst-Too haa.
~Yes. we telephoned for the docles
but he couldn't come"
"How is he todayY'
-Oh. he's worse. The doctor cana
todayie
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26
cow NEEDS RESTING PERIOD
Some Animals Maintain Good MIX
Flow Right UP to CaIving Time
Rest Is important.

The dairying department Of the New
Jersey agricultural experiment station
recommends that the dairy farmer
should remember to give his COWS a
rest Of six weeks or more before they
freshen. Some cows may maintain a
good flow of milk right up to calving
time, and in such cases the dairyman
hesitates to dry them off for rest
period of several weeks. This should
be done, however,, and the cow well fed
so that she will be in good flesh when
she freshens.
The work Of producing heavy yield
Of milk for ten months or a year is
severe drain upon the cows strength
and vitality, and a period OF rest
should be given her to recuperate and
prepare for another lactation period.
If she finishes her milking period quite
thin in flesh, she should be given
longer dry period and more literally
fed. The loss Of what milk the COW
might produce during the dry period
will be made up several times over
by an increased yield during the fol-
lowing lactation period. A good rest
and liberal feeding preceding the date
of calving helps largely to bring about
q good yield during the following year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26
PITH OF THE
w A r NEWS

Frederick ViIiers, dean of war artists,
says a succession of drives like that
of the Americans and French would
be sure path to victory If carried
far enough to form bases for over
Whelming airplane attacks on the
Rhine cities and Berlin.
Approximately 100000 Americans are
engaged in operation on Marine.
The French and Americans have
gained from two to five miles every
where on the Is mile front between
the Aisne and the Marine.
The allies have reached a point men,
acns the most important German
railway centers.
Secretary Baker, confirming that the
Americans have begun big counter
drive against the Germans, says the
American offensive may continue.
Colonel Roosevelt is officially notified
by General Pershing that his son,
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt, is missing.
The message, however, holds out the
hope that Quentin may have landed
safely in the German lines and be
held as prisoner.
The absolute aerial supremacy OF the
French and Americans was of inVal-
liable aid. British squadrons COOP
Grated with the French and Ameri-
car fliers-
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26
June II, 1918
Dear Mother

Dear Mother
Received your and
Emma's letters Sunday evening
after supper. The envelope was
badly worn and at one place was
open. | thought the $40 was stolen
but when / opened it found the
check. I tried two different places
to have it cashed, but failed
They won't cash a check over here
unless a bank back in the States
has branch over here and it hap
pens that the N. Y. bank hasn't
any.
/ took your letter end went down
along the road and read 1t all to
myself. Then I read Emma's and
they both made me feel happy
Tell Emma ! will answer her letter
lin a few days.
got letter from cousin Lille
Brown the 9TH of this month, the
first one | received from the States
She writes a splendid hand and her
letters are always interesting.
You can have the Editor send
the papers to the above address
and if any changes are made / can
let you know. l am real anxious
TO read their interesting columns
again and especially Aunt Mary's
letters.
Yesterday was real cold rainy
lay and it is about the same today.
| have on my winter clothes so you
can imagine it isn't very warm.
We 90 out on long hikes and |
still feel so tired that | think all the
lnbricating oil has escaped from my
knee joints; but the great disad'an
tage / have is my big feet and it
seems as if they were still spreading
over a larger surface.
Mama, if you know any body
from around home that is over here
and know their address, please
write it down in your next letter
and maybe I can find them. l
would be glad to meet some of my
old time friends. | will try and
write again next week,so will close
for this time,
Your Soldier boy,
Prvt. Cyrus w. Colaw.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26
MILK SUBSTITUTE FOR CALF
Massachusetts Experiment Station
Recommends Feeding Mixture Cost
Ing Three Cents Pound.

Nothing is better than milk on which
to raise thrifty, growing calves,
whether they are intended for the
dairy, the feed lot or the show ring.
The ordinary farmer often finds milk
too expensive as a calf feed. The fol-
lowing substitute Is recommended by
the Massachusetts, Experiment sta
tion twenty-five pounds ground
oats, ten pounds linseed meal, five
pounds middlings, II pounds fine corn
meal, IL pounds fine blood meal, one
half pound salt. Total cost, three cents
g pound.
Prepare by adding one-half pound
of meal to two quarts Of boiling water
for each feed, At each feeding moisten
the meal first with little cold water
to prevent it forming Jumps, and then
pour on the boiling water, and stir
well. When this is cooled down to
the temperature Of milk fresh drawn
from the COW it is ready to feed,
It is better to let the calf have whole
milk for about q week, then gradually
Introduce little Of the milk substl-
tute for ten days or two weeks, when
you can cut out the milk entirely.
AS soon as the calf will eat, let it
have hay and a little Of the meal dry,
together with fresh water. Always
have the calf meal mixture mills
warm when fed. Have the buckets
clean and do not overfeed. A young
calf will usually begin to eat hay at
about three weeks old.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26

John R. Slaven, son of the late
Henry A. Slaven, tells of service at
the front. He is an orphan, and
writes to his friend and foster
mother, Mrs. Jennie Gum, at Van
derpool.
June 18th, 1918.
Dear Mother.
! received your letter
all O. X. and was sure delighted to
hear from you. | am ashamed of
myself for not writing you sooner
but if you will forgive me this time
l will try and do better from now
on. I suppose you realize that l
can't write as often as could when
l was in the States. am now
back in the rest camp for few
days; have been in the Trenches
eight days, and am glad to say |
came out safe and sound.
| would love to tell you more
about the country but we are not
supposed to write everything at the
present time. I am having real
good health at this time,
The weather is simply fine, we
are having but very little rain.
You were asking about Albert,
we are still tc gether, he is in F 20.
| sec him most eveIy day, | got
a letter from Willie Benson. Said
he was gettig along fine.
You wanted to know if was in
need of any thing like smoking
tobacco. No, lam glad to say, we
get all the smoking tobacco and
cigaretts we want and | have al
ways arranged to have a little
money on the side. thank you
Just the same, if l should need any
thing | would let you know.
Well | guess | have told yon all
the news | can at this time.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26
From Willie Benson

June %, 1918,
Dearest Mother;
I received your long looked for
an most welcomd letter yesterday
and it certainly did seem really
strange to get a letter from home
again, for they are so few and far
between, but nevertheless, am
always glad to get them, even
though l don't get all you write me;
for I never realized just what a
letter from home meant to me until
I came over here, and a few lines
can certainly make fellow feel
good, and he seems to take more
interest in everything for a while,
have only gotten one letter
from you that had been censored
and there was nothing taken out of
it. I don't know whether my let
tiers all get to you or not, but |
don't try to write anything that |
think is not permissible, for we are
not allowed to write anything per-
tanning to any military actions or
plans, so I am not permitted to tell
you what am doing, or in what
branch of service | am working.
You knew before I left the States
to what branch of service | belong
ed and what | expected to train
for. Am now trying to accomplish
what / started out for, but have
not quite completed it yet, but
think | will within a short time.
| have been getting the Recorder
pretty regularly for the past few
weeks and even though there is but
very little of interest in it to the
ones at home, it is quite interesting
to me and seems almost like let
ter from home.
I was somewhat surprlsed>to see
have such an oversub
to the third Liberty Loan,
but the Highland boys here feel
very proud that we have those at
home, who can't be at the battle
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-07-26

front themselves, but are willing
to do anything thew can for the
ones who are there and help send
more just at the time they are
needed most. that when
the crisis Of he wwld war comes.
that boys in U. s. Service will
prove themselves ready and willing
to 20 into the thickest of The fight
for Liberty and the ones we love so
dearly in the "Homeland", and
who are at the present time doing
all they can, in every way, to
make US comfortable and feel that
we are being helped in every posi-
ble way at home; and just a little
encouragement from home is worth
more than all else.
We now have an American Y M
G A representative with us who is
working very hard in our behalf
fie has already established a small
library and has some interesting
English and American literature at
our disposal and a few times has
heen able to get a few American
cigarettes for us.
+ ! don't know whether it is worth
while for me to try to get an order
signed for cigarettes now, for by
he time you could get them to me,
| might not be here, so l think we
had best wait until | am more
permanently located before | try to
get cigarettes sent me from home
Your Son.
Willie