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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
HIS DISCOVERY

"If l do say it myself / was right
smart of speaker when l was kid"
modestly confessed Gap johnson of
Rumpus Ridge, Ark. "Many's the
time at school of a Friday afternoon,
that I've stepped forth on the nostrum
and recited 'The Boy Stood on the
Burning Deck, or Woman, Spare
That Treep and such as that"
"Shucks, Gap" broke in the store
keeper, who had been listening; "that
thar word hain't woman; it's wood
man."
"Well, that's devilish funny" re-
turned Mr.. Johnson. 81 betcha I've
recited that piece fifty times, in
round numbers, and this is the first
I've ever heard of that. You must be
sorter mistaken hain't you, Gabe?"
The reported increase in the British
population in 1916 is enough to make
a noblet Hun airplane bombardeers,
give up in despair.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
THE LIGHTER SIDE

The mind wearies of the tragedy of
this unprecedented war and gladly
turns to the lighter side, to the sto-
ries of cheerfulness under great mis-
fortune, of quiet heroism and flashes
of humor in the midst of dreary
scenes. From grave to gay is short
step even in this struggle of incred-
ible vengefulness and brutality, for
humanity is unconquerable and will
not be robbed of its right to look at
the sun and smile. There are many
stories illustrating this bouyant spir-
it. One has just come from Paris, a
little irreverent perhaps, but harmless
and, like many others, as refreshing
as rain upon parched and blasted
land.
In Paris there is little English
speaking Catholic church presided ov-
err by an Irish priest. All sorts of
people wander in there, including
many cripples who receive a warm
welcome, for the priest himself was
seriously wounded at Verdun. One
Sunday some young American SOL
diers breezed in. Several of them
had once served as altar boys and
their request for the privilege of serv-
ing again in far land and in war
time was accepted. Afterward the
boys in uniform stood talking with
the priest before the altar, telling Of
their plans to go into camp and then
to the front. "And what will you be
after doing them" Father McDarby
asked. Quite seriously the leading
spirit among the young Americans,
forgetting where he stood, spoke up
in answer: "Sure, we'll be beating
hi out of the Kaiser" Instead of
receiving a rebuke, he received a
smile of great satisfaction. and an in
vitation to dinner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Swiss Bread Ration will be Reduced
to 200 Grams Day.

Commenting on the decision to|reg-
ulate the consumption Of bread in
Paris by means of tickets, reference
is made by some of the Paris news
papers to the success of the bread
card in Switzerland, where the bread
has been rationed for several months,
resulting in an economy of As per cent
of the amount consumed previously.
The average amount allotted per
person per day is $50 grams (Which
will soon be reduced to 200 grams).
Each individual card contains a GER
tain number of coupons for 250,200,
so and 25 grams of bread, amounting
in all to the total monthly allotment.
These coupons may be used whenev-
er the holder desires, either at the
bakers or at restaurant; in fact,
guests in private families are expected
to detach from their individual bread
cards the coupons equivalent to the
amount of bread consumed.
All cheese now in storage must be
marketed before June Is, unless spc-
cial permission to hold is given by the
Food Administration.
The prospect for the 1918 wheat
crop in Japan is said to be very good
by report to the Department of
Commerce. The 1917 crop is esti-
mated at nearly 35,0O0,000 bushels.
More than 1000 tons of anthracite
coal were condemned in Pennsylvania
markets by representatives of the
Fuel Administration recently in the
campaign to compel the delivery of
clean coal.
A division of "betterments and ad-
ditions" has been added to the railroad
administration in charge of Judge
Robert S. Lovett. The division will
have jurisdiction of betterments and
additions to railroad lines throughout
the country.
From the beginning of 1914 to Au-
gust /, 1917, there was a total adj
vance of 80 per cent in the retail pric-
es of bread, according to the Depart
ment of Labor. In the last few
months there has been decrease,
and prices are now sc per cent higher
than at the beginning of 1914. Z
Firms or individuals paying officers
or business employees a portion or all
salaries and wages during the war PEI
riod in which they are in the service
of the United States may deduct these
amounts from their taxable incomes,
according to regulation by the Com
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Small-F Farm Owner May Secure Aid
from Farm Bureau Loan Board

Thet Federal Farm Loan Board has
issued the following rules for the
guidance of the land banks in deter
mining what area constitutes a farm
for loaning purposes:
"First. Generally.-The farm must
be of sufficient area to yield at the
hands of an ordinary capable farmer,
putting it to the use to which it is
generally adapted and using average
methods, an income sufficient to main
tain the family of the applicant and
discharge the interest and amortiza-
ton payments.
Second. Spcially.-Where through
intensive farming or the practice Of
a speciality sufficient income has been
regularly derived from tract de-
ficient in area for ordinary farming,
or where the application of the pros
pective borrower shows that he is by
experience capable of producing such
an income from such a tract, such
area may be accepted as sufficient,
provided the land has a stable and
permanent market value sufficient to
warrant the loan applied for. This
ruling does not apply to fruit and or
chard lands which have already been
the subject of definite rulings by this
board"
Under the first paragraph of this
ruling loans may be made to the or
binary farmer on the basis of average
skill and efficiency, and no tract of
land will be accepted as farm eli
gible for loan under the Federal
farm loan act unless it is large enough
to support the family and take care
of the loan under the average farm
conditions of the neighborhood.
But under the second paragraph of
the ruling the intensive farmer or
the man who practices a profitable
specially, or who shows himself able
to do so, will be given financial sup
port by the Federal Farm Loan Sys-
tenn, even though his farm be too
small for ordinary farming purposes,
provided that the land quite apart
from its use has a stable and perma-
nent land value which will make the
loan safe whether it is we'll operated
or badly operated, or not operated at
all.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Ordnance Base Costing $25, 100000
for Forces in France.

An ordnance base that will cost APP
proximately $25,000,0O0 is under con-
struction in France. 1t will include a
gun-repair plant equipped to refine
more than 800 guns month; large
capacity carriage repair plant; a mo-
tor vehicle repair plant capable of ov-
erhauling more than 1900 vehicls a
month; small arms repair plant to
handle $4,000 rifles and machine guns
a month; large shop for the repair
of horse and infantry equipment; a
reloading plant capable of reloading
about 100000 artillery cartridges a
day.
The ordnance base will include 20
large storehouses, IL shop buildings,
100 smaller shops and magazines,
and machine and tool equipment cost
ing $5,000,000. Approximately 450
officers and 10000 men will be re-
quired for maintenance.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Weekly War News Digest.
Piercing, Tracing, and Incendiary
Actinu

Piercing, Tracing, and Incendiary
Action.
The present war has brought forth
a new kind of ammunition for air
plane use in the form of special car
tridges containing bullets for armor-
piercing, tracing, and incendiary pur-
poses. All of these cartridges are of
the small rifle cailber, according to a
statement authorized by the War
Department. The three-tenths of an
inch diameter and short length of the
bullet left little space for the armor-
piercing element or for tracer and
incendiary composition, but such COM
binations have been made.
The bullets developed by the United
States Ordnanc Department have been
tested on land and from airplanes to
see if there is any difference in their
performance when fired from a quick
ly-moving airplane in the upper atmo-
sphere and when fired on land. These
tests indicate that. the United States
has developed a class of special car
tridges with a performance fully
equal to or surprising that attained
abroad.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
National Park Opening Dates Are
Announced.

According to an announcement by
Secretary Lane national parks will be
open to tourists this year on the fol-
lowing dates:
Yosemite, California, May 1 to No
vember /; Rocky Mountain National
Park, Colorado, May l to November
1; Sequoia National Park, California,
May Is to October 10; General Grant
National Park, California, May Is to
October 10; Mesa Verde National
Park, Colorado, June 1 to September
80; Mount Rainer National Park,
Washington, June / to September Is;
Glacier National Park, Montana, June
Is to September Is; Crater Lake Ma
tioAal Park, Oregon, July to Sep
TENDER 80; Yellowstone National
Park, Wyoming, June 25 to September
18th.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
10000 Skilled Men Wanted for Ser
vice in Aviation Section.

Qualified men registered under the
selective service law may be indicted
into service to fill the call for 10000
skilled mechanics needed by the Avia-
ton Section of the Signal Corps, by
applying to their local boards. Men
not registered may enlist at recruit
ing stations.
The present call is particularly for
machinists, auto mechanics, engine re-
pairmen, gunsmiths, =. chauffeurs, car
penters, blacksmiths,s tinsmiths, cab
iret makers, electricians, copper
smiths, sheet metal workers, propell-
er makers, wireless operators and con-
structors, tailors, tentmakers. sail
makers, truck masters, vulcanizers,
'welders and experts on magnetos, ig-
milton systems, cameras, watches, and
clocks.
Men will be sent to San Antonio,
Texas, for segregation by trades, fol-
lowed by brief course of instruction
at flying fields or factories, then or
ganized into squadrons mostly for
service overseas. Additional infor-
nation may be secured by application
to the Air Division, Personnel Depart
ment, Washington, D. c.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
CAN SEND LARGER PARCEL
POST PACKAGES SOON

A. M. Dockery, Third Assistant
Postmaster General, has issued an or
der regarding parcel post packages.
The new order increases the limit on
this class of mail matter to 70 pounds
for delivery in the first, second and
third zones and to so pounds for the
other zones. The new order will no
doubt be met with approval by ali ex-
cept the carriers, who may kick at
carrying more than a dozen 70-pound
parcels at one time.
Mr.. Dockery's order is as follows:
Postmasters are instructed to bring
to the attention of their patrons the
provisions of paragraph 1, Section
Asa, Postal Laws and Regulations, as
amended by the above Order No.1140
of this date, effective on March Is,
1918,which increases the limit Of
weight of fourth-class matter to 70
pounds for parcels mailed for deliv-
cry within the first, second and third
zones, and to so pounds for parcels
mailed for delivery within any of the
other zones.
This change will serve to increase
the usefulness and availability of the
parcel post as prompt, convenient,
and cheap means of transporting mail
able parcels. The increased weight
limit will be particularly advantage
eous in the marketing Of products of
the farm, as it will make it possible
for producers and consumers to get
into direct contact, thereby facilitat-
ing the conservation and distribution
of food, which is most important
factor in winning the war.
The increased weight limit does not
apply to parcels sent to the Expedi-
tionary Forces in Europe. Parcels
mailed to those forces must not ex-
coed seven pounds in weight.
There isn't much peace in Ireland
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
Training Camp Commission Will Els.
tablish Baseball League.

Plans for the organization of camp
baseball teams and leagues are being
formulated by the general director of
athletics in camps and environments,
According to the Commission on
Training Camp Activities, within a
month soldiers will have company,
rcgimental, and divisional teams, and
these teams will form company and
rgimental leagues. No divisional
leagues are contemplated because of
the distances between camps, but
where travelling conditions permit in
ter-camp games will be arranged.
Major league officials and amateur
baseball associations have volunteered
assistance in promoting baseball in the
camps.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
War Pictures May Be Secured for
Private Collections.

An illustrated catalogue Of official
war photographs and stereoptican
slides has been issued by the division
of pictures of the Committee on Pub
lie Information. In it are listed about
1000 pictures available to the pub
lie, including photographs taken by
the Signal Corps, Navy, Marine Corps,
and French and Belgian official photo
graphs.
Each picture listed may be had
either as a Photographic print or as a
stereoptican slide at a small price
The catalogue may be securd b.
sending 5 cents to the division of pic
lures, Committee on Public 1nforIna-
ton, Washington, d. c.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
More than 80 Per Cent of United
States Troops Now Carry Insurance.

More than 11,000,0O0,000 of war
risk insurance has so far been written,
covering over 100000 persons in the
military and naval services. The av-
erage amount of insurance applied for
is nearly $4,000. The maximum per-
mitted is $4,000, and the minimum
$1,000.
Final figures show the United
States Army, both here and abroad,
is well over 80 per cent insured. In
many camps 80 per cent of the per-
sonnet is protected by Government in
surance. The insurance now on the
books of the bureau is more than
three times as great as. the ordinary
insurance held by the largest COM
mercial company in the world.
All new persons joining the service
may apply for insurance within 100
days after joining the colors. Auto
matte insurance ceased for all men,
regardless of enlistment date, on
February IL.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
First Gas Masks Made by Women of
England and France.

The use of gas in warfare dates
back to about 400 B. C. The Spartans
saturated wood with pitch and sui
phur and burned it under the walls of
cities which they were attacking. For
several centuries gas has not been
used in warfare, and the Hague con-
vention definitely ruled against it.
However, on April %, 1915, the Ger
mans liberated great clouds of gas
against Canadian troops near Ypres,
Terrible destruction and demoraliza-
ton resulted from this first gas at
tack, and within week England was
making plans for gas warfare against
the Germans.
Soon after the first German gas at
tack English and French women sent
to the front hundreds of thousands of
homemade gas masks. For che most
part they we're merely bandages i'm
pregnated with chemicals to wrap
around the mouth and nose. These
emergency masks saved many lives,
but affordedNonly limited protection.
Small Caliber Bullet Has Amor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22
THE BELLS

"a photograph found on q prison
Ell shows German soldiers taking the
bells from a church in French vii
lcgc to recast them into cannon.)
They have taken your bells, o Cod
The bells that hung in your towers,
That cried your grace in a lovely song
And counted the praying hours!
The little birds flew away,
Fearing a German prayer
That brushes a holy thing
Like gas on the morning air.
Tie little birds few away,
For a, terrible thing was there.
The consecrated bells
Will call 70 moreno more
Down the village street,
Saying the Old church door
Is open to all mems feet;
Crying your ancient prayer,
"Comc unto me-to mel"
Dear Christ, what a thing was there
For the little birds to see!
They have taken your bells-your bells
That the people loved and knew,
That rang the hours of day
And counted the long night through.
And the little birds flew away,
They could no longer sing
In towers like tongueless men
That were slaves of tyrant king.
The little birds flew away!
They will tell the clouds and the
wind,
Till the uttermost places know
The sin that the Hun has sinned!
Will the cannon not be cursed
That is cast from a singing bell?
Can they melt the Name of God
In the furnaces of He'll?
Will the bells forget their song
Will they learn to roar and hate?
They were your bells, o God,
Blessed and consecrate! d
The people loved them all,
And named them bell by bell,
Will ever they learn to kill
Who have been loved so well?
The little birds flew away
From the desecrated towers,
And the dying bells have pealed
Their last, sweet hours,
But the winds will take their song
And carry it oversee,
And the singing bells shall haunt the
Hun
For all eternity!
New York Times.
If somebody didn't have your goat,
the meatless days might be fewer.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

Strawberries are on the market, but
are not Hooverized. Their price pro-
tects them.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

Old Doc Garfield would divide
American industry into four classes,
unmindful that there are only two
those who work and those who don't.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

There isn't much peace in Ireland
even during a state Of war.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-03-22

If somebody didn't have your goat
the meatless days might be fewer. :
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13
SCOUTS BOOST
POULTRY SHOW
All Tickets For Big Exhi
bition Turned Over To
BOYS For Sale.

The sale Of all tickets for the Poul-
try and Pet Stock associations exhibit
at Liberty hall, December II to 81.
was rendered to the Boy Scouts or
ganization Of Ell Paso. with prizes for
the different troops and individuals.
by r. S. Campton Of the publicity
committee. at a meeting Of the scouts
in the chamber Of commerce building
Thursday night The fact that the
Boy Scouts were permitted to accept
this tender is significant Of the high
worth of 1t. said G. o. Everman. scout
executive. because the organization
is enjoined by constitution from par
ticipating in any but a purely pa
triOtic or communal movement The
proceeds OF the exhibit. over expenses.
are to be contributed to the Associated
Charities and the Red Cross.
The prizes, which are TO be given to
the boys to stimulate their interest,
consist Of q individual prizes Of pedi
greed rabbits, pigeons and egg set
tings. and two troop prizes of cash.
The latter are to be decided by the
largest number Of tickets sold and
the largest percentage Of workers
from each scout troop.
It was estimated there viii be $50
boys engaged in selling the tickets.
Rabbit SuPplnnts Beef.
1.-THE raising OF fur bearing ami
mails" said Mr.. Campton. ito its pres
ent status. was the outcome Of a gov
request. There was urgent
need for conservation Of beef. and the
rabbit was one Of the few edibles
presented as an alternative. People
do not realize the progress Of the rab-
bitt industry because it has not been
carried on to great measures in this
country. In England. before the war.
there were imports Of $4,000 worth
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13
Medical Enlisted
Men GiUe Dance

ONE OF the prettiest dances pr the
" season was given Thursday eve
ming at the Red Cross home at Fort
Bliss by the enlisted men Of the medi-
cal corps. The room was prettily dec
c-ated in large clusters OF mistletoe.
The fifth cavalry orchestra furnished
the music. During the intermission,
g. Blumenthal sang ''Jada Jada." ac-
companied on the piano by J. Sted-
man. Apple cider and cakes were
served during the evening
This is the first dance 20 be given
i.y the medical corps at the new Red
Cross home
Another dance win be given by
these men on Dec. q.
=
Another Of the very delightful Fri
usy evening dances win be given this
evening at Camp Pershing by the en-
listed personnel OF the motor trans
port corps repair shops. The automo-
niles viii be at Hotel Sheldon at 7:30
o'clock to meet the girls and chap
erons going out for the dance. All
maids and matrons are invited to
these dances and find them most de-
lightful affairs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13
Put Ten Commandments
In Schools, Churches
And Courts, Is Urged

At a record meeting. the Ell Paso
minister's alliance went on record IN
favor Of the nationwide movement 10
put large copies Of the ten command
ments on the wall Of every school
room, court room, Industrial plant,
in every church and in every milf
tary camp and post in the united
States. The movement is fOstereu by
the international reform bureau OF
Washington. ID. g. Of which Dr. VIII
bur + Crafts is superintendent
Every school board thus far APP
preached. has unanimously accepted
these wall charts. presented by citi-
zens without cost to tax payers The
argument that Influences school
boards most effectively is along three
lines; The commandments are the
foundation OF civic. social and moral
life; 10000. 900 minors do not go to
Sunday school and so viii not learn
them there; the King James version
Of the commandments in Exodus 20,
with numbers omitted. give the com
mandsments as repeated by PrOtes-
tants. Jews and Roman Catholics.
Many judges on request are viii TO
order the charts put on the walls Of
court rooms and speak OF their run
damental relation 20 all laws
A committee was appointed by the
alliance TO take up the matter To-
c1lly-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13
University Club To Usher In Christmas
Week With A Tea Sunday Afternoon

nED CROSS Christmas week viii
N open unofficialiy Sunday when the
University club will give Red Cross
tea in honor OF the enlisted personnel
Of the army Red Cross nurses corps at
Fort Bliss, at the club rooms, seventh
floor Martin building. These nurses
were close friends OF the late Mai.
Frederick o. Wage. one OF the lead
ers Of the University club, and the
tea is being given as an appreciation
Of their kindness 10 the officer and
the fact they marched II the military
funeral cortege. The nurses Will at
tend in uniform and viii be received
by the wives Of the officers and di-
rectors OF the club. assisted by Mrs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-13

James J. Hornbrook. Mrs W. L..
Brown, Mrs E. P. Rankin and Mrs.
D. Bruce Smith will pour.
The program will include a reading
from Services Rhymes of a Red
Cross Man." by Miss Ysabei Huh. OF
the high school, q number Of musical
numbers in charge OF Charles J. An
drews, chairman OF the music commit
tee Of the club: and talks by Dr.. W.
l. Brown, president Of the Red Cross,
and r. E Thomson, chairman OF the
membership drive. The club rooms
VIII be decorated with Red Cross flags
and posters. The tea Will be open to
club members, their wives and friends.
No cards viii be necessary.
The Alameda grove OF the Woodmen
circle VIII give an enchilada supper
at the ". o. ". hall in East FL Paso
on Saturday evening. There will be
music by an army orchestra