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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
PROTECT FOOD RESERVE
AGAINST DAMAGE BY FIRE
Needed for Future-Suggestion
for Fire Prevention.

Farmers are the only large handlers
of food supplies upon whom the Gov
eminent depends, entirely without SUI
pervision by inspectors, to guard their
holdings against losses by fire; and
in view of the supreme Importance of
guarding this seasons stored crops,
farmers are asked to consider destruc-
ton or spoilage of food through fire
as misfortune to the Nation and the
Allies as well as personal loss to
the holder.
Prominent among the many sources
of fire in rural districts are lightning,
defective flues and stoves, spontane-
Gus combustion, carelessness with
matches, incendiarism and sparks
from chimneys and locomotives.
Effective means of fire prevention and
control are understood by the major
ity of property owners, but particular
attention is called to the Importance
of removing inflammable trash from
the vicinity of buildings, and to ade-
quate equipment in ladders and buck
cts when more modern equipment for
extinguishing fires is lacking. Prop
erly installed systems of lightning
rods and conductors are suggested as
protection against lightning. The para
mount thought is to save from loss
not only farm buildings, but the food
they contain.
With its increasing drafts of sol
diers or munition workers, the world
will be short of farm help and conse-
quently will produce less and less
food. If this years harvests prove
abundant, it will be necessary to store
all possible grain for future need.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
ICE VALUE FORBIDS
NEEDLESS WASTE.
Demand For Ice Rises With the
Mercury and Saving Is
Necessary.

Ice is of such assistance in hot
weather in preserving food and admin
istering comfort that every reason
able effort must be made to see that
families and important industries re-
quiring it should be supplied with their
legitimate needs this year. County
food administrators are going to as
certain from time to time that the
amount of stored ice in their commu
mites are reasonably sufficient for the
demand, and the public can also help
in insuring an adequate amount by
avoiding wasteful habits in using ice.
Common Wastes in Commercial Use.
Commercial users often expose
crushed ice on their counters, use
great cakes as a window advertise
ment, or fail to protect from the air
the ice that is being used behind their
bar or counter
Ice cream makers sometimes furnish
crushed ice free I'd, those who buy
their ice cream, and haul crushed ice
around in their wagons where it is
badly protected.
The practice of shaving ice for sa-
looms, restaurants, and soda fountains
should be curtailed. The ice broken
up melts fast and is likely to be too
abundantly served by those handling
it. Less ice would be required if it
were broken up as needed.
Do not put warm food into a refrig
orator. Let it cool first to the temper
allure of the atmosphere.
See that the trap through which the
meltage passes out at the bottom of
the ice box is kept in place. This trap
is liable to become lost or broken in
which case a constant stream of warm
air will flow into the refrigerator.
Do not open the doors of the refrig-
orator more than Necessary as every
time they are opened the cold air
pours out and the warm air that takes
it's place is cooled at the expense OF
ice
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
Iceland Mills Potato Flour.

Iceland is preparing to handle her
excess potato crop by installing pota-
to milling machinery SO that the po-
tato starch can be used as partial
substitute for wheat. Shortage of ship
ping with consequent curtailment OF
imports has made it impossible to
maintain her wheat supplies.
Next year the potato crop in Wis
consin will have greater value
through the increased demand for po-
tato starch for food and for CONNER
cial work in the stiffening of textiles
and paste for paper hangers besides
the consumption in ordinary cookery.
At present the only potato flour mill
in this state is in Polk county.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
Use Syrup in Canning.

Sugar in canning does not aid in
keeping fruit although it does improve
it's flavor While the State Food Ad-
ministration has granted Is lbs. at a
time to home Gamers according to
the certificate system, it should be re-
membered that commercial syrup can
take the place of part or the entire
amount of sugar in preserving.
In place Of 1/3 cup of sugar and 2/3
of water, reverse and use 2/3 cup of
syrup and l /3 cup of water in making
the syrup in which fruits are canned.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
EveryOne's Bit of Wheat is
Sent to Grain Corporation

The several thousand bushels of
wheat received by the Wisconsin Food
Administration are sent to the Grain
Corporation at Chicago where it will
be forwarded for shipment abroad.
Coniscated wheat and voluntary Of
ferings by grocers, housewives and
farmers of their extra supply of wheat
make up this shipment. Farmers are
thus enabled to sell small lots OF
wheat at a proper pirce, for patri-
otto cause, and at time when wheat
is badly needed. All small millers are
being encouraged to grind all the
wheat they can. The success of these
shipments shows what can be done
when Americans do their bit. No
contribution is too small to do some
good.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
College Gives FOOdless Banquet

The juniors and seniors Of GrOuche
College in Baltimore turned their an
nuaI banquet into food1ess affair and
sent the money which would have been
spent on the food for the Belgian Re-
lief Fund
Church and other organizations
which are in the habit of having sup
pers in connection with their meetings
would save an important amount of
wheat, meat and sugar by adopting
this policy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
FOOD QUESTIONS
ANSWERED

Whenever you are in doubt, don't
hesitate to write to your county food
administrator or to the Wisconsin
Food Administration and ask ques-
tons. Pamphlets from Washington
called Food Questions Answered"
have been sent to federal administra-
tors, and, judging from the variety and
number of the items it contains, un-
doubtedly your question will be an
swered there too.
AS old Socrates said, che does not
gain knowledge who does not seek it, .
and if you are periodically trying to
help us out on the food saving propo-
sition but are handicapped by igno-
rance, let us know, and we will solve
the puzzles something like this:
Canning.
What is the object of canning vege-
tables?
To use more perishables in place
OF staples.
Is there sufficient supply of sugar to
allow our canning fruits freely?
Yes. twenty-five pounds of sugar
will be granted to housewives
for canning purposes only.
Is canning fruits making a wise use
of sugar?
Yes. 1t prevents waste of fruit,
furnishes a concentrated and
palatable food for the winter.
Where can instructions on the Vari-
Gus methods of canning be obtained?
From the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Candy.
Ought children to give up candy?
They may well do SO if they get
sugar they need from other
sources.
If we eat candy, what kind ought we
to confine ourselves to?
Conservation candies, such as
chocolate covered nuts and
fruits, candies with corn syrup,
honey, maple syrup or molasses.
The object is to save the cane
and beet sugar.
Is there plenty of chocolate?
Yes. 1t is plentiful and pure and
wholesome food.
Milk.
Does the Food Administration ask us
to decrease our consumption of
milk?
No; nor attempt to substitute
other foods for it. Use all the
milk. Children need plenty of
whole milk Use sour and skim
milk in cooking and for making
cottage cheese.
ff l cannot afford whole milk, shall !
get Skim milk?
Yes, skim milk is an excellent
food. Try to make up for the
lack of fat some other way. But
remember that children should
have whole milk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
Wheat Not the Best Grain.

Habit has made us think that wheat
is a necessity; but it is really only a
luxury. Perhaps the housewives pride
in her Saturday baking is lessened,
since wheat makes the incest, whitest
loaf, but she nourishes her family just
as well on bread made with other
grains. 1t has no more protein, min
eral salt, fat, nor fuel than the other
cereals, and as far as comparative
tests are concerned in animals, it is
very far from the best one. Since it is
easier to ship, we can let the Allies
have it without decreasing the nutri-
tional value of our own diet.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
FOOD NOTES
Army Saving and Reclamation
of Food.

The Sammies save what we save for
them. All food left from the mess"
will be sent to the recently appointed
division OF Conservation and Reclama.
ton where classifiactions, separations,
and disposition of wastes from food
will be made. 1t will also have charge
OF farming and garden operations for
each camp, cantonment and general
hospital. Interned aliens. drafted men
disqualified for overseas service, con-
scientious directors and military pris-
oners will do active duty for this agri-
cultural service. Not only is the army
keeping step with the times, but it is
blazing the trail for conservation and
reclamation of our potential resources.
The thoroughness of this new work
will out-German the much boosted
German efficiency.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
SEEK FOOD ECONOMY
IN FOOD EXHIBITS

How to teach the newer ways of
preparing foods without wasting food
through exhibits or even without ex-
hibits entirely is the problem the
Food Administration is asking to have
solved. The county fairs are now ar
ranging their premium lists. and any
suggestions for teaching without the
use of exhibits will be gladly received
now. In many of the counties. the
food demonstration is sold at auction
and the proceeds given to the Red
Cross. This serves a threefold pur-
pose: the food exhibited should ocn-
vince the people that the products are
desirable; the food is not wasted but is
used legitimately in feeding people; it
furnishes money for the Red Cross.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
ORDER DRASTIC
CUTS IN SUGAR
Retailers, Bakers, Eating Places,
Gamers and Candy Makers
To Obtain Certificates.
LIMIT FOR HoUsEHOLDERs
City Customers May Purchase Two
Pounds and Country Customers
Five Pounds at One Time.
Home Gamers Are Allowed
Twenty-Five Pounds.

Stringent measures for sugar distrf
button are suggested by Hoover be-
cause of the serious decrease in the
sugar supply. Under the new regula-
tons are included all commercial
classes of people using sugar who are
requested to apply to county food ad-
ministrators and deputies for blanks
on which to fill out their sugar re-
quirements, stating the average
amount Of sugar used during July,
August, and September of 1917 or dur
ing June 1918 multiplied by three, and
the Food Administration will then
grant them certain percentage OF
these average amounts according TO
the following classifcations:
All Houses Feeding twenty-five.
All public eating places whether
restaurants, clubs, boarding houses or
private families regularly taking care
Of twenty-five or more persons will be
granted three pounds for each ninety
meals served.
Candy-Makers, Soda Fountains, Etc.
The manufacturers of less essentials
such as chewing gum, fiavoring ex-
tracts, candy, etc., will be allotted so
per cent of their average use of sugar
during those three months. Ice cream
makers will be entitled to Is per cent.
A certificate will be issued separately
to them for each months purposes.
Commercial Gamers and Explosive
Makers.
Certificates for their necessary re-
uuirements will be given to Gamers,
vegetable, fruit, milk, medicinal pur-
poses, but any resale of sugar by them
is forbidden.
Bakers.
Seventy per cent of their three
months average amount will be ap-
portioned to them by the certificate
system.
Retailers and HousehoIders.
Retailers must not sell sugar to any
Of the above groups who come under
the sugar regulations without taking
up their certificates, and they must
bear in mind the sugar rations of two
pounds at one time for town custom
ers. five for country purchasers, and
twenty-five pounds upon the signing of
a certificate for home Gamers.
The householder can obtain more
than twenty-five pounds for canning
purposes only upon the approval of the
local food administrator.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
Fiber Packages To Save Tin.

Fancy food products commonly put
up in tins are packed in fiber contain
ers. Jams and syrups which do not
ferment, milk, cottage and curd
cheeses, crackers, etc., can be success,
fully sent in fiber containers made
fire-proof through chemical processes.
This discovery will prove valuable as
the scarcity of tin is troubling Gamers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
TO CHECK PROFITEERING
OF IMPLEMENT DEALERS
Retailers Whose Business Exceeds
100000, Jobbers and Whole
saIers to Make Application
for License.

"The high prices of farm nipple.
ments are to be cut down." the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture warns the State
Food Administration. cit will be nee
'essary to survey the industry with
view to discover whether the COM
missions, profits, or prices are unjust,
unreasonable, discriminatory and I'M
fair, and if so to cause their discOn-
tinuance. The law does not provide
FOR direct price-fxing, but the Food
Control Act grants power to prevent
unfair profits"
Firms To Be Licensed.
By order of President Wilson, licen.
ses must be secured for firms engaged
in the importation, manufacture, stOr-
age and distribution of farm equip
ment, including machinery and farm
utensils of all kinds for use in the
production of foods and feeds. This
applies to those retailers whose total
business annually exceeds 100000 and
to all jobbers and wholesalers, re-
CARELESS of amount of their business.
If any retailer, that is, one whose
annual business does not exceed
100000, charges an unfair price, Ii
censees will be forbidden to transact
business with him, and he will then
be unable to secure supply of farm
equipment.
u. S. To Help Licensees.
The rise in prices is due to the
greatly increased difficulties of OBJ
tanning a sufficient quantity of raw
materials and prompt transportation
since our entrance into the war.
Every effort will now be made by the
Department of Agriculture to secure
an adequate and continuous supply OF
| farm machinery and equipment at
reasonable cost, to assist manufactu.
rers in securing the requisite amount
! of raw materials, to facilitate the
| shipment of these material to the
manufacturers and of the finished
products to the distributors and to
| farmers, and to correct any abuses
| that may exist which the Food Con
| troll Act gives power to deal with.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01
Hit hard and quickly for all we have
and are and hope to be!
Save Butterfat i'm Whey.

"Butterfat is worth $500 to $1,000 a
ton," Mr.. Larson, Wisconsin farmer
writes to us, "and to permit it to be
left in the whey and fed to hogs or
other farm animals is extravaganza
when it can be recovered SO easily by
the separation of the whey. In mum
Der Of cheese factories in the state il
is being separated and our own factory
is installing machinery now"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01

We have got to reach the place, !.
each one of us, where we define I
every decision in our lives as an !.
act of war policy. Everything :
we do, plan, eat, wear, must be
analysed and measured from
one single point of view-will it /.
contribute to the carrying on of ;
the war, or will it contribute to ,
its prolongation. There is no
., other thing in the world for us
( but to define everything in our
lives as acts of military neces-
! sity of policy.-Dr. Alonzo Tay-
!. lor.
} s4eNsaeHs4sasSsEsRs9sHs8,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-08-01

America is Gods last chance i
save the world. Emerson.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
ELITE LAUNDRY

El Paso can we'll be proud of the Elite Laundry.
Il IS one of the most modem laundnes west of the Mis-
sssipp river Every piece of machinery in it is OF the
very latest type and all brand new none having been
IN use more than year.
The building was reconstructed at the time the
new machinery was installed and every detail OF the
construction was worked out In such way as to give
to this city the most sanitary and modern laundry IN
the entire Southwest
There is no other laundry in this part of the cOun-
try that gives to its patrons the amount of service as
does the Elite Every garment that goes there Is not
only thoroughly cleaned, but is sterized, and but
tons sewed on, when gone. all patching done and
every pair of socks and stockings damed.
The Elite makes speciality of cleaning blankets
and comforts and they are returned to you as only
SPICK and SPAN can, whether you live IN Fl Paso
or send them to us by Parcels Post.
In addition to the comp lete service that Is mann
tanned at the Laundry on South Oregon street, branch
office is located at 226 Mesa avenue for the con-
venience of its patrons The one day service to be
had from the Elite both at the branch office and the
laundry should be appreciated and used.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
$1,000 CASH
For the Best
Display Advertisement

For the purpose in the various sd
viii
sending prepared
Elite Laundry advertise
this
contain
Of in ad
repro IN
viii be continued until all the
shall have been prepared ~
10
Everyone Of The Herald
members Of their families Each contestant may sena as
Herald Contest closes promptly
advertisements
IN tie ovoo
announced
next Saturday prize mailed.
WINNER.
Gibbs Check Will
MALE
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-02
The People Of Ell PasO and the Southwest

Made in manufacture
in = Paso" Make
phone The Herald 0zO and
a. advertising manager
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

had its attention called to such msat-
.sfactory conditions by persons engag-
ed in operating plants, especially the
glass works, and the officers are fer
reting out men who refuse to work
except upon their own terms, which
r cans but few days toll in month.
About eleven o'clock this morning
Officer William Campbell brought
three colorei youths to the station
house to answer the charge Of vagra1l-
CIV. The Police Court convened imme-
diately to consider the charge. One OF
the delinquents said ne was eighteen
wears old; the others sixteen. Inc
trio said they had been at work, but
for this and that reason had been idle
this morning. The officer stated that
thew hung around a pool room in the
southern section of the city, some
times stretching themselves out on
cellar doors.
The court called their attention to
the fact that they can secure steady
work at the glass works or thee ship
yard, and they were given two hours
j which to secdre employment.
Should they be caught willing away
their time this afternoon they will be
rearrested and given three months IN
iail under the vagrant act.
The custom prevailing with many OF
the younger generation of whites and
blacks of "laying off" one or two days
in week deranges the plans OF their
employers, and those who persist IN
lettering around pool rooms may find
themselves upon the public roads arm
cd with pick or shovel with no pay
days IN view.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
WATER CAUSES ILLNESS.

A number of men employed by the
the Virginia Shipbuildins Company az
the plant upon the reclaimed ground
0; what was formerly Baptisilg Cove,
have been rendered i'll recently. They
have been suffering from Intestinal
troubles, and it has been whispered
around that German sympathlzers
may have poisoned the water used by
the workmen. While Teutonic SYM
pathizers may be ready to use any
means towards impeding American
preparation for entering into the war,
il IS not believed that this class have
had anything to do with the troubles
being experienced by the shipyard
employees.
The men have, it is said. been using
water from the Potomac river Tor
drinking purposes, and there is every
reason to suppose that this is the
origin of their troubles. The water
mains have recently been laid on Lee
street from jefferson south into the
premises-ef the company, and within
the next few days water from the city
mains will be used over the entire
plant.
The water from the Potomac river,
opposite Alexandria, has never been
fit for drinking purposes. At this
day, when the sewers from Washing
ton and Alexandria run into the river,
together with so much other filth, 1t IS
dangerous for any one to drink of it.
IN the olden time, when many sailing
vessels visited this port, the tanks
of the same were generally filled at
MARYLAND Point, about fifty miles
south of Alexandria, where the water
is pure.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
WARNING TO NEUTRALS

Teutonic frightfulness as practiced
in France and Belgium has been made
the subject of a German warning to
neutral nations of the fate which they
may expect if they take up arms
against the central powers.
IF there are any still thinking of
siding with the allies, let them take
warning from the fate of others" says
the warning. 1t is in the form of 4
circular, which recites the amount of
booty seized in France and Belgium,
the number of churches damaged and
destroyed, the money wrung from the
stricken inhabitants and, finally, the
deliberate mistreatment of English
prisoners of war.
German propagandists have flooded
Spain with this document printed in
Spanish and copies have come into the
possession of the State Department
in Washington Having established
its German origin, the department,
last night made public this transla-
ton:
Besides an untold amount of wal.
material captured on the battlefield,
the Germans have taken possession Of
incalculable booty in France and Bel
GUM. Due to the treachery of Cardi-
nal MERCER and other priests, who did
their utmost to stir the priests
against the good-hearted German sol
diers, they were forced to teach a
severe lesson to the Belgian and
French Catholics. Seventy-three ca
thedrals and churches have been de-
stroyed or rendered unserviceable. As
a result Of the stupid stubbornness of
the Belgian people in continuing the
struggle and their bloody defeat on
the battlefield, the German officers
were forced. against their will, to i'm
pose punishments on many rich in
dividuals and wealthy cities. The
collected reaches the surl
Of 1901, $50 pesetas. This amount
includes fine of $4,000 pesetas I'M
posed on the Alsatian children who
insist on speaking the French Ian
guage, and refuse to study the beau