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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
HOW TO MAKE POTATO FLOUR

1t Is easy to make the potato -four.
Wash the potatoes, boil until tender,
and remove the skins. Force. while
still hot, through a potato ricer on to
drying trays. These trays may be
made of Stats of wood covered with
cloth or wire screening held in wood
en- frames; indeed, any tray that will
let the air circulate freely from under.
meath as well as around the tray may
be used. Clean cheesecloth should be
spread over it before ricing the pota-
toes on the tray. Place the loaded
trays in the blast of air from an cleo
trio fan. if you have one, or in a warm
over with the door ajar. When com
pletely dry, grind to the desired fine
ness in a hand mill such as is found
in many homes for grinding home
grown grain. A coffee mill may be
used, or a food chopper. using the nut
knife. If these do not grind fine
enough, rolling with a rolling pin and
sitting several times will help.
1t takes three pounds of unpeeled
potatoes to make a little over half a
pound of potato flour, so if you have
to buy potatoes you should reckon
costs carefully. If you have potatoes
that will go to waste otherwise, say
them in the form of potato -four.
You can use either the commercial
potato -four or the homemade product
to greatly reduce the use of wheat
-four in cakes, cookies and breads.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
TO THE WOMEN OF AMERICA

An authoritative statement from of
fetal Washington again impresses up
on the women of America the fact
that they have never been called up
on before TO bear so great a burden
"a the coming months Will impose
upon their courage, and their con
stancy.'
1t is interesting to note hat though
women's part in all the war activities
is emphasized, first place is given to
the matter Of food production and food
conservation and women's share in it.
The message reads in part: The
women of America must see to it that
the nations producing power is not en-
feebled by the draft made upon it to
strengthen the fighting power.
They must produce food by work
ing gardens, by raising chickens, by
doing farm service where they can or
by helping and encouraging those who
dc it. They must aid in the kitchen,
conserving food by wide economies,
canning, drying, preserving, picking
and preparing food in accordance with
the Food Administrators program
watch their local dealers, buy local
produce in preference to shipped goods
and resist the temptation to hoard.
America is today |rationing the
world. Without our food supplies the
Allies could not fight for US. They
are suffering priyations. The food
that we save for them is not a saving
Of money. 1t is a saving of life. 1t
it worth more than its weight in gold. -
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
WOUNDED DO NOT LACK PLUCK
Continued from Page u
Harold Anderson,
S31st Aero Squadron.

The boys are so eager for service,
and so afraid of being considered
slackers, that every call for volunteers
is responded to with alacrity. If it's
a call for volunteers to go over the
top, everybody answers Here" One
of our boys was left wounded in No
Mans Land. The captain asked for
two men to go after him. Every man
who heard the request stepped to the
front. One day a captain asked for a
volunteer to perform the duties of
c~hiropodist. The boys looked at one
another and hesitated. Finally one
lad stepped forward, when the follow
ing dialogue occurred:
$50 you are a chiropodist, are your"
That's right, sir" responded the
soldier.
Are you a professionals"
We'll, no, sir, not exactly, sir"
Have you had much eXperience?"
"Not so awful much, sir"
But you feel capable OF taking the
job"
Il do, sir"
you seem quite eager about it,"
yes, sir, I'll like to do it,"
DO you know what a chiropodist
is%"
mo sir"
A captain led his company into a
trench over which shrapnel was burst
ing. There was an annoying whistle
of bOsche bullets from behind a pile
of debris in front, and he was told
to clean out that nest. He placed his
men, went into the observation post,
returned and directed rapid fire on sew
eral points.
Fine, boys, fine." he yelled. You've
flushed the covey. See 'em swarm!
You're the straightest shooters in the
army. Now on the left again. Good"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
WOMAN AND THE HOUSEHOLD

duction to such a science that with
less than one-tenth of our area she
produces five times as many potatoes
as we do in the United States.
Nevertheless, with this immense po-
tato supply. she doles out her potatoes
TO her people, afraid that they will
waste this valuable vegetable if she
allows them to have too many at a
time on hand.
Last winter in Berlin the potato ra-
ton per week per capita was Z pounds
101a ice Until the possibility of
getting rich wheat supplies from Rus
STA opened up, there was considerable
agitation throughout Germany for a
larger potato ration, for the German
hausfrau knew if she could put plenty
Of potatoes on her table her family
would never miss the lack of bread.
England, too, has learned that she
cannot afford to slight this nourish-
ing, if unbeautiful vegetable. Per
haps it's the Irish who have taught
her that with plenty of potatoes she
can bear her lack of meat and wheat
cheerfully.
SO England, like Uncle Sam, is do
ing all She can to encourage a greater
production of potatoes next year and
to teach her people to eat this veg
etable freely in place of bread.
In a recent Potato Bulletin gotten
out by the English Food Ministry the
following suggestion and recipes are
given to the patriotic English house
wife. They are equally applicable,
however, to American housewives who
are patriotically making potatoes fig
ure more prominently on their tables
than ever before in order to do with
less bread.
Potatoes this English Potato Bull
letin warns, should never be peeled
before cooking. Everyone who peels
a potato today is doing an unpatri-
otic thing in wasting the nations food,
and is directly helping the U-boats to
starye us out.
"The best part of the potato lies
next to the skin, and ever thin peel.
ing wastes 8 to 4 Inc in every
pound. Potatoes should, therefore lex
cept for such dishes as Irish stew al.
ways be boiled in their skins. If baked
in their Jackets, a layer of the best
wasted"
The bulletin also urges the English
housewife who must put up lunches
for her children or husband to eat
away from home to use cold cooked
potatoes in her sandwiches in place
of bread.
The following is one Of the most
popular recipes taken from this Eng
lish Potato Bulletin:
Deyonshire Drop Cakes-1R lbs
cold cooked potatoes, Il pint milk. {
OF. margarine, 8 OF. grated cheese, sal
and pepper Mash the potatoes ant
mix in the cheese. Put the margarine
and milk into a u pan and heat
Then mix thoroughly with the pota
toes. Season with salt and pepper, and
place large %spoonfuls of the mixture
in separate piles, like drop cakes on
a creased tin. Bake in a quick over
10 to Is minutes, or till a golden color
Wv. s. S.-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
POTATOES LOVER THERE"

One of Frances greatest losses in
the enemy's spring offensive has been
1000 acres of land sown with pota-
toes by her soldiers behind the line.
Germany this capture to
the German people with as much ac-
claim as if each one Of these acres
had been a gun, for Germany does not
have to be told the value of potatoes.
She, herself, has reduced potato pro
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
CHEESE DEMONSTRATION

Through the Food Conservation
Committee. the ladies of Brookings
Will have the opportunity of attending
a demonstration showing many diff
1erent ways of using cottage cheese
IN substituting for meat. An expert
from the Home Economics Extension
Division will give this demonstration
at the City Library, Saturday after
noon, June 29th, at $3.50 p. m.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
HOW TO USE CHEESE

There will be a demonstration at
the Home Economics department at
State College, on Friday afternoon,
June 2Sth, at 3:45, by Miss Sidonia
Hast, government expert, on the uses
Of cheese as a substitute food. Every
one who is interested is invited to at
tend.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
BOYS IN TRENCH AND CAMP
Continued from Page u

| am very lucky in getting to write
you this letter as the "Y" is packed
full. l am being bumped SO much l
can't write decent. l will write you
again in a couple Of days when we
are settled, so don't worry. l lost, or
rather e stole my pen and l
will have to buy another mex pay day
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
Harold A.

Somewhere in England, May 26th,
191S.-Dear Folks: have written you
three or four times already, but most
of them have been returned to me
by the censor. 1t is a very hard prob.
lem to write and tell you any news
and not have it cut out by the censor
| have not received any mail at all
from you folks. but expect a batch
most any day. 1t sure would seem
nice to hear from old home, sweet
home. | received the Register just
the day before we sailed and put it in
my barracks bag. We didn't see our
bags for some time, only received
them the other day and | sure read
that old paper, every word Of it. Keep
on sending it as it is well worth the
price to Inc if ] only receive a few OF
them. But the soldiers here that have
been in France tell me mail accommo-
dations over there after you are set
tied are very good. | hope SO at least.
This is surely a wonderful thing for
US 10 see the world as we are and
wouldn't miss it for all the hardships
full. We take hikes and go to old his
torical places that interest me very
much, as | can remember most of them
from my English history. The Eng
lish are very careful to preserve these
old places and we see many old trees,
some called "yule" trees, are as old as
1000 years. You know the old Eng
lish archers used to make their bows
from these trees. | wan to go over
and see some other old places but
don't think | will be able to As we
can't get very long passes. | wish
could tell you Of some of the old
places and things | have seen but that
would be giving our location away
But you can wait till | come home and
then l will tell you all about it. Later
| VIII send you some money and
want you to send me tobacco and can.
dy if we are allowed to. but that will
be after we are settled.
Have not met any Brookings boys
yet, but expect to soon. Well I must
close. Please write soon. | am well
and happy, everything fine and hope
this finds you folks the same. With
love. Your son,
Harold Anderson,
S31st Aero Squadron.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27

if / can. We get very much mixed up
on our money and don't know what
to do with it. You see we can't spend
it until it is changed and l can't get
mine changed until noon. We can
buy most any necessity in the Y. M.
c. A, but as | have no English money
| can't get anything. l have eight
months pay coming so when pay day
comes | will be rich in England.
The houses are very Queer-like our
fats and very pretty. The trees are
the most beautiful | have ever seen,
large and very spreading. Our camp
is in a large meadow with long grass
and | like the place first rate. Well,
| must close and clean up. Will
write you again, tomorrow if still
here. Address my mail to A. K. r.
S31st Aero Squad.
Tell everybody hello. Did you re-
ceiye the card mailed aboard ship?
Did the pictures and pins show up?
Too bad if they didn't. Well good
bye. Write as often as possible and
| will get at least a few.
Harold A
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-06-27
OBVIOUS

Girls, If you'll Hooverize you'll re-
duce and you'll find 1t easier to make
both ends meet.-St. Louis Star.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-15

At right-President
Poincare, with cane,
inspecting Chateau
Thierry with Gen.
Degouitte and the
Prefect to plan res
toration of the city.
Copyright. Western
Newspaper Union.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02

ON July nev SUGAR regulations re-
firicting consumers 10 rot eHceedinS
three pounds % rngar per psrson per
nouih acaf into effect Retailers can
rurrta-s only ths amount % sugar
hat they have sVsaEef in the past
anf can Esii oliy o. rluauusrs fer or
4irary toz.s;ie -3n m2uQR- an,sss
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02

Nashville. Tenn.--"rbe important
feature Of the now wheat aal -four
regulations announced today" explain
ed DR.. ~. a. Morgan. federal food ad-
Inln.siratnr Of Tennessee. is that the
yrioe az which mills must buy whast
IL no longer qyed. The mills ear TOW
compete 3" tho purchase 81 wheat.
paying whatever price tley dr'lso. but
iimitsi ID the prices ~ whlrh they
mnsi sell their flour and min feed.
The agreement between the Mills spi
the milling division of Tho i0o3 ad-
mir.gtIat'on no longer rsisis al iu.
stead OF tho prices beng GIca on
whsat the prices Of the finished pro
duct have been fixed by the food ad
migisirst'on.
In effect tsa gpTr rnucut. through
the United states Grain Corporation.
guarantee ihst vheat will not sell az
a less fl-ure ~ csfts.n terminal points.
That is dose m It's way: To gil.n
corporation wlE buy al OF tfs wheat
offered y ai the prices named. Necss.
saIiiy tA- mills must pay sursialiif.i.
tbs price or more ~ order 70 obtain
wheat
~ sffnflifdl fIifEAs que 70 Ahe Efaa
tustns'It. tie farmers % Tennesscs
will receive sCle .ist more Tor theli
wheat than thr oafalned under The
old schedule The price % wheat Is
fixed ~ certain terminal points. the
price the farrier receives being that
price les The colt cf tsan-ror'stior
etr
There o. nC yefy material chang.
n the price ~ floer. but ~ have 10
yet had fhs time -us opportunity q
vors olt g. frh. ia'e 81 Gorr e-f rn,
fee prices fs- .I ~ tLc cor1iies Il
the atstr. TIE - very elrsia
done. 90 ust fIf1 the fsii sus -.
consume ulI O.. I've fir tfc-tne.f
Atavery early .fa fh.s Office f-rr "a
60 F48l.f - t,a E.-r'r ~ Trr-n..
q sfnfr.rrt at vi frrr lT1
f.sa fh ..i5 teI f. refaH s1sa.i.rH H
TIER r-l rH.T.r.. r ri't
iur frfr l. Fefr
arfrfss sfli rHlr ri frr cost %
rsTf f..T .s tr..H- rsh TIE Vr.re
th.f haze Oh rl dErirT tfe us
ssassn
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
/ Local and Personal

Buy War Savings Stamps.
Several of our boys on the fir e.
ing lines are taking the News.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Harrison is very sick at present.
Mrs. Valta Mayes and baby are
numbered among the sick this
week
The little infant Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daily Arnold has been Sc
riously i'll for a few days.
Mrs. A. F. Hopkins spent por
ton of the week with her broth
er, Daily Arnold.
Wright Harrison, of Rogers
vile, visited his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. T. ]. Harrison Saturday.
James McNieI, who spent a few
months in Kansas. returned
home last Saturday, '''
Hon. Grant Jarvis, o. Wash
ington ID. c., is visiting his broth
AZ and sister. Senator l.. G.. and
Miss Matte Jarvis of Sneedvilie
Wilson Greene, of Luther, as
sumed charge of Rural Route No.
/ till his brother, Robert returns
from the u, S. Army.
All parties owing a store ac-
count to James Seal & Son of
Sneedville Tenn, must come at
once and settle same or account
will be placed in officers hands
for collection.
Hon. Sam r. Sells, M. c. made
speeches at various places in
Hancock County last week in the
interest of his reelection TO the
office of Congress in tho First
Congressional District of Tenn
essee.
Merchants can get blarks for
use under the u. S. Food Admin
istration Laws at tho News Office
or by mail upon receipt of the
price.
Sugar Pledge Home Canning
.25O-sl co; 5OO-s1.5O; 1000
50 25: 5OO0-Sf0. Egg Gambling
reports at the same prices.
Egg Gambling Certificates 1 cent
each or 70 cts per 100.
Buy War Savings Stamps.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
LIKE Es0TNER
USED TO MAKE
Khaki Clad Boz With q Lump IN
Throat Welcomes Homo
COOKING.

Imagine your boy or tOop tEGln
bound for some United States seaport
where transport lies ready TO tako
him and his rgimcnt "over there"
lie never felt healthier o. HIS llfe-in
body. IN mindl " he hnds moments
when his thoughts begin to race back
toward you, wondering what you are
doing. Gun you blame him if occision-
ully something Jumps IN his throat
shout as comfortable az Billiard baiif
Ard then the train grinds 90 n stand
stlll. Some one yclls. Zig eats; oh.
boy - ~ several Red Cross uniforms
ash out IN the crowd ON the station
platform. For here IN Red Cross
emergency cantecn. Here he can get
coffo~ good, hot coffee sandwiches.
candy. tcbaccn. fruit. postal cards and
almost anything that he may have for.
gotten.
Does Il help his spIritsf Does itf
Does Il cheer him 20 get these snache
Of good home tasting food served by
women like those IN his own familyf
Probably the most valuable part Of the
lktfl NFWrN NNAtAFFh 80 ~ ." 49,
effect Of the smile aud cheer from the
women who ere IN charge. Soldiers
write frequently such messages as the
following. indicating their sppreciar
tiob OF this branch 81 Red CreW
work:
The Red Gross of Chicsfo met %
with coffee. sandwiches and post carda
\ hore the Montana women sre oI do
inr the same Chicago sure Is q big
city and plenty OF pep Join the RED
Cross and help the boys who have vol
unteered their lives"
There arr row more than 500 Of
these Red Cross cantsens or refresh
ment units located ~ The important
rsllroad centers In the United States
Every commander Of troop train has
a lisi u these cantecuS - that he can
caIl upon the Red Cross for thls serT-
,ce 90 these ststie~l en- routs-
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
WAR INTELLIGENCE
COMMITTEE MEET.

At a meeting of the War Intel
ligence Committee for Hancock
County, held July 9th 1918: On
motion T. J. Harrison was elect
ed Chairman and John Livesay,
Secretary; the organization was
further perfected by electing the
following members, TO wit:
1st District. G. B. Wolfe, Idol.
= End +" C. C. Cantwell, r.
w. Drinnon, Treadway.
3rd = John Palmer, Spear
Ferry, We.
4th >" DR.. r. A. Doty, c.
w. Snodgrass, Kyles Ford, Tenn.
5th +" G. M. Collins. Sneed
vile, ]. T. FISHERMAN, K.'es
Ford. Tenn.
9th " T. j. Harrison. a.
I. Drinnon, John Llyesay, WHEY
Cantwell, Sneedville.
7th A" Richard Burk, S eed
vile.
Sth I" Or. G. C. Sum?ter,
W. a. McNiel, 4. J.. Palkey,
Hoop, Tenn.
9th " James A. Louthern,
Sneedville, Tenn.
10th 4" n. r. ButtrN Lu-
ther, ]. w. Rogers, Lee Valley,
Tenn.
18th J. T. Alder, Miss Maryy.
Rankin, Sneedville. Tenn.
18th " W. j.. Brcedipg.
Ewing, Va.
T. j. Harrison, Qb.t
John Livesav, S3e. i
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02

Buy War Savings Stamps.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
ENJOYED THE SCENERY
OF THE OLD WORLD.
Some Where in France. .
June 20, 1918. -:

Some Where in France.
June 20, 1918.Ss
Dear Mother:
] am we'll and enjoying tho
scenery of the old world. Hope
this letter, with the news Of my
arriving safely will be of much
pleasure to you. You need not
worry about me in the least. l
think we viii have the Huns lick
! ed before a great while and then
| will return home with good
news and tell you of my. exper-
ience in Europe.
am still with Co. B. 18th. M.
A, Bn. / think most of the boys
enjoyed their trip across the At
lantic, Although our fare was not
the best owing to the fact that
there were a little overseventeen
hundred on the boat. Since |
have crossed the pond 1 have
been in Liverpool England, also
London Dover. ! have seen the
English Channel and the Irish
Sea. We stayed a little while IN
Calias, France.
France is a beautiful country,
but the people are behind time in
most of the modern methods.
Their farming implements are
altogether different from ours.
They are very rude made tools.
The people ride in peculiar TIVE
wheel carts drawn by only one
horse. Their trains are very much
smaller than ours and not near
as accommodating as ours. Their
dwelling house and barn are un-
der the same roof. They are
built of brick and covered with
til ing. Sometimes the roofs are
thatched with straw. The build
ings are generally enclosed by
strong brick walls. The French
are not very sanitay. They live
more like rats than people.
nm not on the firing line vet.
bu, at night 1 can hear the big
guns roaring. And IN the after
noon | see our allies going over
to visit the Huns in the airplanes
So will close, hoping 70 hear
from you real soor. You must
write me real often,
Your son.
Roy f. Hatfield.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02

I'VE aks hobsfl. tsat with a raed
selling price we may be ahlo TO more
effectively enforce the regulations
against profiteering upon the part OF
flour retailers"
Farm Machinery.
Realizing the necessity for increas
ing, through the use OF machinery,
man power on tho farms of Tennessee.
10 meet the demands OF war and war
industries. the farm power and ma
chinery committee OF the federal food
administration met on Monday Mt tho
office of .haoph ". Judd. chairman, ~
plan a campaign TO encourage the pu"
chase by farmers OF more labor saving
devices As one OF tho primary steps
IN this direction n was recognized that
the farm implement dealers OF Ten
nessee should be organized and
brought into closer relationship with
the food administration and other war
agencies. to the end that a patrio'lc
campaign 90 encourage tho use of labor
SAVING devires might be promoted.
n Is planned TO use an organization
OF tho implement dealers as sort ~
auxiliary of the food administration.
Just as flo grocers. bakers and other
organizations arc being used. u ~ ex'
pected that as the result ~ this move
ment not only will the farmers he Inn
pressed with the need Tor machInery.
hut tie dealers will he encouraged 10
order for tho next season m adequate
.luppiy ~ implement ard tools for crop
making u was reported to the com
mittee that IN several counties Of the
state he supplies 81 certain labor saw.
inr devices had been inadequate for
fhe demands and. owing 10 freight con.
reaffnu aud other car ra these de
rcirueirs could not be promptly made.
20 prevent recurrence OF this situa-
fion VI ho one % the main objects Of
thr activities OF this committee
u is particularly planned 10 eneour-
ago tho purchase of farm tractors
on the market that vii 70 far toward
solving the labor shortage ~ used on
the farms There are many other Ia
bor saving devices that can be used
20 ssyo ran power. The food admin.
isirsti0n. recognizing that tho labor
prol.cm on tie farm IL going TO grow
more rather fhan less acute a. the
saf srogresses. and for that reason Is
,r,inR IN every way possible e. IN
rfcsse the efficiency and productive
nrss of the limited man power IN food
frs ~iRg
Or Colby A. colyn,bla.
DR. Everett Colby. Of the United
~ fes Foo1 Administration. Washing
Io7. viii be one - the chief speakers
g the Midiie Tennessee farmers con.
senf,un 10 he held a. Columbia on July
Is. - and sS. DT Colby mas bad no
tatte career - p lawyer. business fnaa
art political leader He has vizlted
several % the wzrring nations and
comes Eith . message from the people
cVwvreaa
Sugar Reeulatlons
on July ! new sugar regulations re-
ftricting consumers 10 rot sHcee1ins
three pounds o. rngar per psrson per
mouth aeaf into effect. Retailers can
rurr tare only ths amount % sugar
hat ihcy have avenged in the past
anf can Esli oliy o. rlu1uusrs fer or
lfrary to--erti. a 4u.tiQR- aniess
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
TO MEET UEMAkBJ
!. OF THE WORLD WAR
PLAN CAMPAIGN FOR rEHNES5Es
FARMERS FOR PURcAk5E
OF MACHINERY
RECOMMEND FAR ii TRACTORS

Many Laborssviro pevi.es Can q
used to Save Nan poger--prohablt
That implement Dealers win pc
orsanizes az Auxiliary OF Food Ad.
nilnlstratlen.