The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-08

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telegraph purposes are connect
ed also with the telephone sys-
TENS the farmers will have the
value of their telephone con-
nections doubled several times
over. This is merely one in
stance of the advantages which
public operation-and the public
ownership which is bound to
come-will bring to the family
wanting to telephone or tele-
graph. H
Fewer Sick in Army Camps.
Although thousands of young
men from civil life are being as
sembled at the various army
camps in the United States ev-
cry week the army medical corps
is successfully meeting the task
of decreasing the sick rate. The
most recent report shows a
slight increase in pneumonia, but
cases of other more serious di-
seases are becoming less.
just now every effort is being
made to devise new methods for
combating pneumonia and meas
les. It is believed that better in
struction to the men in their
choice of wearing apparel and in
the tricks of preventing the con-
traction of colds after exercise
will do much toward reducing
the number of pneumonia cases.
Measles, however, still appears
to be popular.
AS yet no toxin has been dis
covered which is fatal to the
germ of measles. AS matter
of fact, out of the hundreds of
cases of measles reported for
the week ending July 19, only
one proved fatal.
The southern and southeast
ern camps show the greatest
sick rates. Closely following
them are the two embarkment
camps in Virginia, where the
men who are to be left behind
because of illness are sorted out.
The southern camps have an av-
erage of about 26 men in the
hospital to every 1000 in camp.
The southeastern camps have
27,, the eastern ID, the north
eastern IA, the central 13, and
the western 18.
Sneak Off From Congress.
Congress being in a state of
intermittent adjournment, it's
members are holiday-making
and there are more senators and
congressman out of Washington
than at any time in many months
Their wives talk glibly of return
ing "about August 20, at the
close of the recess" but neither
senate nor house has officially
adjourned until August 20.
AS a matter of fact they are
meeting every third day, just
often enough to keep themselves
alive and to prevent certain par
ticularly conscientious solons
from going home to look after
their fences. The sessions last
only few moments, but some
body has to be on hand to 90
through the motions of CARRYING
on business. 1t is likely that the
president put his foot down on
an adjournment and this species
of camouf1age was developed to
get a little hard-earned rest.
Equal Pay For Women.
The new assistant chief of the
new woman's bureau in the Unit
ed States department of labor,
Miss Mary Anderson, is the first
trade union woman appointed to
an administrative office in a ma
tional executive department.
For 18 years Miss Anderson,
who is of Swedish birth, worked
as a stitcher in Chicago shoe fac
tories. During much of that
time she was president of the
Chicago Boot and Shoe Workers
local.
Miss Anderson expresses her.
self strong in favor of writing
the government labor standards
into all government contracts.
The greatest problem of all the
new bureau will have to deal
with, she says, is the problem of
securing equal pay for equal
work by women and men. In
scores of factories, according to
her observations, women are
now doing mems work for less
than men are paid.
Watch the Income Tax.
If the income tax returns of
the farmers make q better show