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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-15
OUR SAVED FOOD
FED The ALLIES
Food Administration Writes PreSi-
dent America Conserved 141,-
100000 Bushels Wheat.
CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN.
Meat and Fat Shipments Increased by
s44,6oo,ooo Pounds.

Conservation measures applied by
the American people enabled the Unit
ed States to ship to the Allied peoples
and to our own forces overseas 141,-
100000 bushels of wheat and $4,000
600 pounds of meat during the past
year, valued In all mt $1,400,0O0,O 1000.
This was accomplished In the face Of a
serious food shortage in this country,
bespeaklng the wholeheartedness and
patriotism with which the American
people have met the food crisis abroad
Food Administrator Hoover, in let
ter to President Wilson, explains how
the situation was met. The voluntary
conservation program fostered by the
Food Administration enabled the piling
up Of the millions of bushels of wheat
during 1917-1S and the shipment of
meat during 19l7-1S
The total value of all food ship
ments to Allied destinations amounted
to 81 400 100000 all this food being
bought through or In collaboration
with the Food Administration. These
figures are all based on official reports
and represent food exports for the
harvest year that closed June 80, 1918.
The shipments of meats and fats
Oncludlng meat products, dairy prod
ucts, vegetable oils, etc., to Allied des-
tinations were as follows:
Fiscal year 191G-17... .2,1GG, 5000 900 lbs.
Fiscal year 1917-1S.. ..3,011, 100000 lbs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-15
Cheerlnn thn invalid

Dollie had permission to visit a
neighbor who was III. After chatting
for long while she arose to leave.
and taking the hama Of the invalid,
remarked "Good.by; hop you won't
die"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-15
THURSDAY. AUGUST Is, 1918

The Germans are reforming their
lines. An American army of 5 million
will assist civilized Europe in reform
ing the Germans.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-15

No. 400 Makes close connection AZ Nee
with Main line train No. 2 for points Soutl
No. 403 Makes close connection at Nee
with Main line train No. II for points n.
No, 423 Makes connection at Neenab !
Main line Train No for ST, Paul and Nj
apolia
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-15
S44,G0O,OOO lbs.

Increase ........... 81, 100000 lbs.
Our slaughterable animals at the be-
ginning of the last fiscal year were not
appreclably larger than the year be-
fore and particularly In hogs; they
were probably less. The increase in
shipments is due to conservation and
the extra weight of animals added by
our farmers.
The full effect of these efforts began
TO bear their best results in the last
half of the fiscal year, when the eX-
ports to the Allies were 2,133, 100000
pounds, as against 266,500,O00 pounds
In the same period of the year before.
This compares with an average of
sol 100000 pounds of total exports for
the same half years in the threeyear
pre-war period.
In cereals and cereal products re-
duced to terms Of cereal bushels our
shipments to Allied destinations have
been:
Fiscal year 1861. 259, 1900 900 bushels
Fiscal year 19l7-19. .340, 100000 bushels
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Increase ....... S0900,000 bushels
or these cereals our shipments of
the prime breadstuffs in the fiscal year
1918 to Allied destinations were
Wheat 1871 100000 bushels and of rye
100000 bushels, a total of 144900,-
600 bushels.
The exports to Allied destinations
during the fiscal year 1861 were:
Wheat 1885, 100000 bushels and rye
100000 bushels, a total of 1877 100000
bushels. In addition some 100000
bushels of 1917 wheat are now I'm port
for Allied destinations or en- route
thereto The total shipments to Allied
wheat will be therefore, about 1000
600 bushels, or total Of 154 100000
bushels of prime breadstuffs. In adj
dition to this we have shipped somv
100000 bushels to neutrals depend
ent upon us, and we have received
some imports from other quarters.
"This accomplishment of our people
In this matter stands out even more
clearly If we bear in mind that we had
available In the fiscal year 1867
from net carry-over and as surplus
over our normal consumption about
200,000,000 bushels OF wheat which we
were able to export that year without
trenchlng on our home loaf" Mr..
Hoover said. "Thls last year, however,
owing to the large failure OF the 1917
wheat crop, we had available from net
carry-Over and production and imports
only just about our normal consump-
ton. Therefore our wheat shipments
to Allied destinations represent APP
proxlmately savings from our own
wheat bread.
"These figures, however do not fully
convey the volume Of the effort and
sacrifice made during the past year
by the whole American people. De
spite the magnificent effort of our agrl-
cultural population In planting much
increased acreage In 1917, not only was
there very large failure I'm wheat,
but also the corn failed to mature prop
erly, and our corn is our dominant crop
81 am sure" Mr.. Hoover wrote In
concluding his report, that all the
millions Of our people, agricultural ms
well as urban, who have contributed
to these results should feel very
definite satisfaction that In year Of
universal food shortages In the north,
ern hemisphere all of those people
Joined together against Germany have
come through into sight of the coming
harvest not only with wealth and
strength fully maintained, but with
only temporary periods of hardship.
at Is difficult to distinguish between
various sections of our people-the
homes, public eating places, food
trades. urban or agricultural popula-
tlons-in assessing credit for these re.
suits, but no one will deny the doml-
nant part Of the American women"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-08-15
MANITOWOC MARKET

The following are tn current prices
of the various articles OF produce as re-
ported for the Pilot ON Aug, 10, 1918.
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A hoarder is man who is more in
terested In getting his bite than in CIV
Ing his bit
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
MINES IN ALASKA.

Uncle Sam in his work for the peo
pie does not stop when he reaches
the comfort zone where temperature
conditions are pleasant. The Blu
reau of Mines, Department of the In
terror, maintains an experiment sta
ton at Fairbanks, Alaska, the object
of which is to assist the prospectoi
to determine whether his ore is Of
value or not, and likewise to assist in
the general development of the min
eral resources of the country. A re-
port from John A. Davis, superintend-
ent of the station, which has just
reached the Bureau of Mines, having
travelled a part of the distance or
dog sleds, makes the statement that
the official average temperature fol
the month of December, 1917, was
40l degrees below zero. There
were fifteen nights when the minimum
was below so degrees and there were
five days when the maximum was not
above 40 degrees below zero, even
at noon.
In spite of this, Mr.. Davis reports
that 10 mineral specimens were sub
mitted by prospectors and others, and
that seventy,fve persons actually Wis
tied the station during the month
Free gold was found in Ave speci
mems, tin in one, and copper in seven
all being possible commercial ores
In addition, iron, asbestos, arsenic
anthony and zinc were found in
commercial quantities in other speci
mems. Mr. Davis, who made two
trips on dog sleds to mines in his
territory, declares that the work fol-
the month was somewhat delayed
by the extreme cold weather"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
DANGERS FROM PETS

A report of an epidemic of virulent
smallpox in one of the southwestern
states, submitted to the Surgeon Gen
eral of the Public Health Service by
one of the officers of that corps, sets
forth with renewed emphasis the role
that domestic pets may play in the
transmission of disease, especially
among children. The instance cited
was that of a fatal case of smallpox
in an infant in arms. The nearest, case
of the disease was in house block
or so distant, and although the two
families had no social relations, this
apparently did not deter dog belong
ing to the injected family dividing his
attention imaprtially between the two
homes, eating at one place and sleep
ing at the other.
In no other way could the source of
the infection of the baby be explained
than that the dog fondled by the child
rem of the smallpox family carried the
yirus of the disease to the neighbor' S
baby. Similar instances have been not
ed before in connection with smallpox
transmission, and cats and dogs both
have been incriminateG as carriers OF
plague infected fieas--cases of bubonic
plague so contracted having been OBJ
served by Public Health Service Off.
GERS working in recen! plague cpl
denies. The same household pets also
have been charged in certain instanc-
as with the responsibility of carrying
the infection of diptheria, scarlet fever
and other communicable diseases of
children, as well as various intestinal
parasites.
A disease that annually causes more
than 100 deaths in this country is
rabies. and the role of domestic ami.
mails in spreading this disease is def.
nitely proven, speculation or circum.
stantial evidence being discarded.
Altogether, therefore. it is perfectly
evident that the citizen who keeps do.
mestic pets maintains at the same
time a very potential source or danger
sanitary menace to his own house.
hold and 70 that of his neighbor. While
this aspect of the subject applies year
in and year out, it may well behoove
the city jewellers in these times OF ur.
gent demand for food conservation to
seriously take council with hipself as
to whether he is justified in continuing
to keep his dog or his cat, both of
which are casual sources of mental an.
noyance to nighbors, as well as agents
for graver potentialities.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
It's UP 70 YOU AND |.

Not the other fellow--but you and !,
Those of us who are back of the fight
ing lines must remember that this is
where Is per cent of the countrys
fighting efficiency must be developed.
Every man, woman and child of .us can
fight here and if we win our fight at
home our soldiers will win theirs in
France.
You, Mr. Citizen-every one of you
NOT your friends nor George or
Harry or the other fellow-but you
who read these lines! Go down into
your pocket this second, do it without
taking your eyes off this page. Grab
some change and don't let it get out
of your hands until you have invested
liz in a Thrift or War Savings stamp.
But all the money you can spare in
TO these wonderful little securities.
Remember you are not giving your
money. you are loaningi it to Uncle
Sam and he will return it all to you
and add some more for the use of it
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
NJ MILAN STORE
SUFFERS DAMAGE
FIRE AT NOON TO-DAY THREAT.
EMS BIG GROCERY.
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS CAUGHT
Blaze Originated in 5asement.-Ef.
ficlent Work by Fire Department
Undoubtedly Saved Big Prop.
erty Loss.

Fire of threatening aspect started
at Has today in the basement of the
grocery store of w. H. Mcmillan, Nos.
2O7-209 High avenue east. The fire
originated in a pile of kindling at the
north end of the basement. The fire
department soon had two streams
turned into the basement from the
alley and the first floor was flooded
The smoke for time was suffocating
and hindered the fremen in their
work.
Three Streams Used.
AS an added vantage point in con
tending with the fire, Chief |. n. Nc
Cracker turned another stream in
from basement windows and with
these three streams the difficulty was
soon under control. The volume OF
smoke was enormous and reminded
many of the fire at the Walton store
several years ago, but in this case the
difficulty was confined entirely to the
basement.
School Pupils Caught.
The store en- the main floor was fill
ed with smoke as was also the class
rooms in the old Company Fl Armory
on the second floor. These rooms are
used by the classes of Miss Dobyns
and Mrs. Perry in her Commercial
work and it was with difficulty that the
scholars got out without being sui
located. They said the dense smoke
filled the rooms and hall before they
could get down stairs.
Damage by Water.
The conditions began to look serious
and Mr.. Mcmillan started to remove
his books and Office equipment and
this was also done with difficulty on &C
count of the smoke Most of the dam
age done to the stock in the base
ment was by water and the perishable
stock in the store was damaged by
the intense smoke. The loss will
amount to several hundred dollars
and was entirely insured The build
ing is the property of the Kalbacf
Realty Company
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
FocH RHYMES WITH RUSH

A comrade in arms of Gen. Foch
who happens also to be an authority
on pronunciation of the name Of the
commander in chief of the allied ar.
mics in France. 1t is spoken as If il
were spelled flush" and rhymes with
rush.
NJ. Raymond eros is the authority
mentioned. Mr. eros conducts school
of languages in Chicago. He said;
''Twenty-six years ago Gen. Foch
and were serving In the artillery at
Tonkin. in French Indo-China. He was
then captain. He was already re
markable for one thing-the way the
men Of his company respected and low
ed him.
II can well understand Gen. Perish.
ing's high. estimate Of Gen. Foch. He
had been working with him for seven
or eightismcnths and knew that he
could feaslessly put the American men
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
MILITARY MORALS.

One of the uses of the proceeds of
the Liberty Loan that will appeal
strongly 10 the great mass of Ameri-
can people is the care and attention
given TO the moral welfare and pro-
lection of the American soldiers.
Heretofore with the American Army
and even now with some of the arm
les of our allies the moral welfare of
the soldier was and is a matter large
ly ignored. In the German armies
provision is even made for immoral,
ity rs.
1t is to the glory of American arms
and American national character that
of the men who wear the United
States uniform high standard OF
conduct is expected and demanded,
and provided for Kipling's Single
men in barracks" are not to find their
prototypes in the American Army.
Gen. Pershing says there is no
cleaner-living body of men in the
world than the American Army in
France
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
A SECOND PuMPER.

Three serious fires Monday morning
Monday night and Tuesday forenoon,
gives emphasis to suggestion made
by George Gordon that the city sell its
fire truck and chemical engine and
buy a new pumper with chemical ap-
paratus in connection.
The pumper now in use is the best
investment the city ever made, and
when in good form is equal OF any
emergency. But accidents will happen,
and the damage is sustained at the
first fire put it out of commission at
the other two.
This is likely to happen again, and
as the present hose truck is practical.
ly useless when the pumper is in order
the second pumper would look like a
good solution of the problem.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04

western states, it may prove of great
value where farms are small and ag-
riculture intensive.
The plan consists of placing WON,
en- in units from ten to seventy. These
women go out and camp near a large
rarm or group of farms, and hire
themselves out for day work or piece
work The groups are in charge OF
q chaperon or housekeeper, with as
many ASSISTANTS as may be necessary
according to the number of women
in the group. An empty farm house
can usually be obtained for them tc
live in. In this way, the housing OF
the women is cared for in the most
suitable and inexpensive way, and
extra labor is supplied to the farmer
without placing on his wife the ex
ira burdens of having more people
for whom to cook and keep house,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
"UNFoUNDED RUMoRs "

Under the above heading, II. S.
Rosecrans, postmaster and chairman
of the Mahaska County Council of De-
tense, gives this sensible bit of adj
vice through his Oskaloosa Times:
There are too many unfounded ru-
nIors afioat. No one is in a better
position TO know this than the writ
err Stories of disIoyalfy and disloyal
utterances frequently come to our
ears which when Investigated amount
TO nothing People should be very
careful about repeating tales heard
on the streets. Unless you get il
first hand don't put too much faith in
it. II is easy to start story II is
almost impossible to stop IT, We no
doubt have disloyal people in this
county, but they are few-yery few.
There are many selfish people,--those
who are perfectly willing that some
one else shall do their share in the
war activities. But these people are
not at heart disloyal. One by one
they are beginning to appreciate the
part they must take in this matter
They must be firmly but kindly dealt
with. But one should not believe
all the stories circulated about them
without investigation. IL is a time
to be patient,-yet with that patience
must go a firmness which should
leave no misunderstanding as 10
what Is required of each individual"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
DISPATCH LETTERS AS SOON AS
SEAlED-SToF DELAY.

When you have a letter to mail get
it into the mail DO or to the post Of
flee at the earliest possible moment
TO insure proper handling and earlier
departure than has been customary
heretofore.
Letters or mail formerly leaving Os,
kaloosa in the evening were in Chiea-
go early next morning. They are
now likely to be twelve or more hours
delayed at the present time.
For this reason: Less mail trains
are being run by the government than
under the former system of operation
and about half the number of men
and trains are attempting TO handle
an increased quantity of mail, with
the result that the r. p o. is greatly
over-crowded and congested and the
department is not doing it's work. 1t
is impossible to handle the mail in
the time given. What is not worked
is carried over and is left for the next
man to handle Mail is thus from
| twelve to twenty-four hours late in
reaching destinations. This is a war
condition that cannot be helped just
now.
Business men have been in the hab
| it OF holding back TIE days mail until
the evening closing hour, five or sin
O'clock, and dumping the days ac
emulation into the Dostohice in one
big lot. Postmaster H. S. Rosecrans
advises against this practice, as it has
been causing congestion in the Local
Office, not to mention what occurs or
the road with the railway service.
AS soon as letters are ready for mail
! ing they should be sent to ,the office
or dropped in the nearest letter box or
the street. All the letter boxes in
I the business section of town are
| picked" at least once an hour and in
most cases every half hour. This
takes care of the outgoing mail at the
local postofice. The mail is not per
mitted to accumulate but is sent Out
upon the first available train.
To insure your letter being in Chi
cago this Saturday morning 1t SHOULD
have been in the local office the morn
! ing before.
BY observing the above advice, bust
ness and professional men win save
themselves annoyance and will great
ly assist the local postal force il
handling the rapidly increasing bust
ness of the Oskaloosa office.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
DO NOT HOLD MAIL TURNED MEN AWAY
MORE RESPOND TO CALL THAN
COULD BE TAKEN.

The eighteen men who enlisted in
the Mechanic Division Of the Aviation
will leave at 1852 Friday for Washing
ton where they win transfer to the
Kansas City train. The men are Ma
haska countys quota OF the 1900 who
are to be drafted for this branch OF
service. There was no need Of draft
ing in this county as Clerk Roy Ro-
land had to turn men away.
The men will enter the national ser
vice Thursday, when they report at
the court house at $3.50. Arrangements
are underway to give the boys the
proper send off before they go 10
serve their country The following arc
the names of the men leaving:
o. ], Pomeroy, Fremont
Leroy Smith. Oskaloosa.
Frank Ragen, Oskaloosa.
Elmer Peterson, University Park.
j. j. Frye, Beacon.
J. j. Jones, Oskaloosa.
H. II. belong. Beacon.
c. J. Lukens, Oskaloosa.
C. H. ("Judge") Dean, Oskaloosa.
Warren Shoemake, Oskaloosa.
w. w. Reilly, Oskaloosa.
Chester Burdick, Oskaloosa.
F. l.. Wells, Delta
Howard Groves, Oskaloosa.
Harlan o. Potter, Oskaloosa..
Paul Garrett, Eddyville.
Oryille~ McCord, Eddy"'l'n
Raymond Edwards, Beacon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
HER PRAYER.

We've fallen back oh! Christ, along
the way
That faith has led us for thousand
years;
The old Hebraic tables blind our eyes,
And death and terror scorch our fall
ing tears.
Thou wilt forgive us, Christ, if we
forget
Forsake Thee in this chaos for a
while,
And shout before the old Hebraic
Do battle for the grim Jehovah's
smile.
The times are i'll accorded with Thy
Word,
When hell has left the molten gates
ajar;
And we are only women in the breach,
With all our little sons gone out to
war.
jehovah, give us men! Make men OF
IHeSt-
Flesh of our flesh (the man child that
you sent)
We held them, clasped them, would
not let them go,
Until we saw the laws of nations rent,
We only know them, God, as comely
lads,
Bound up with all our Joy and care
and pain:
But Thou wilt steel their sinews with
Thy might,
And make them fit, and send them
back again.
Jehovah. day and night we cry to
Thee,
We're only women on the ramparts
hurled;
Give back our sons! but not until the
light
OF Liberty is shot around the world!
Virginia Frazer Boyle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
Statement Of the Ownership, Man
aeement, Etc.

OF the Oskaloosa Weekly Herald
published weekly at Oskaloosa, Iowa
required by the act of August "a
1912:
Note: This statement is to be made
in duplicate, both copies to be deliv'
cred by the Publisher to the Post
master, who will send one copy to
the Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, division OF Classification
Washington, d. c., and retain the
other in the files of the PostCfiice.
Editor-Phil Hoffman,, Oskaloosa
Iowa.
Business Manager - Chas. S, Wall
ing. Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Publisher - c. V. Hoffman,, Oska
oosa, Iowa.
Owners 0f a corporation, give
name and addresses of stockholders
holding one per cent or more OF tota
amount of stock:
Chas. v. Hoffman,, Oskaloosa, la
Phil Hoffman,, Oskaloosa, la.
Maggie Hoffman,, Oskaloosa, la.
Chas. S. Walling, Oskaloosa, la.
Known bondholders, mortgages
and other security holders. holdint
one per cent or more of total amour
of bonds, mortgages or other securi
ties-None.
Chas, s. Walling,
Business Manager,
Sworn to and subscribed before MI
this LIST day of April, 1918.
w. c.. Burrell,
tSeaD Notary Public.
tMy commission expires July 4
1879
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04
IS CHECKING WHEAT
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR LISTING
GRAIN IN MALAYSIA.

County Food Administrator Max
O'Brien has men out through the
county making a surveyor the wheat
in stock. A record of the amount of
wheat and who has it will be made
TO be used in the future. The work
will be finished the latter part of the
week and within few days the own.
ers will be instructed to put it on the
market. If they refuse to do so wheat
will probably be conflscated by. the
food administrator.
Reed Brown is chairman of the
board in charge of the work and is
assisted by one or two men from each
township who are in turn assisted by
others.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-04

The Mount Vernon Hawkeye says
1.-The town loafer must go. but
where?" asks the Anarnosa Eureka
"They don't want him on the farm
He never has been any good to his
community Right now he's a greater
liability than he ever war for he isn't
helping the Red Cross or Y NJ 20. A.
and isn't buying Liberty. bonds AS
matter of fact he isn't doing any
thing but eating up the -four which q
scheming wife or mother is trying to
make come out pound for pound with
substitutes"