Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-04-11

quantity sufficient to load several
Spanish vessels. This action pro
Nidcs cotton necessary to fill the nor
NAL requirements OF the Spanish
mills.
Under the agreement with Spain
fhat nation permits free export to the
allies of certain commodities in re-
turn for which the United States per-
mits, so far as consistent with It's con-
Servation policies. the export to Spnin
of necessary supplies Of cotton and
other commodities to cover genuine
Spanish requirements.
Congress has authorized S2.O34, OOO,-
600. of which sum $1.135.OOO,OOO has
been appropriated, for the United
States shipping board and Emergency
Fleet corporation; on March !. $685.
247955.37 of this sum had been ex-
pended. The Emergency Fleet cor
poration had requisitioned March I.
425 steel vessels and contracted for
72O steel vessels. making a total Of
LAB steel ships. OF an aggregate dead
weight tonnage of 8,1G4,5O8 tons; 1t
had let contracts for 400 wooden YES
sells, aggregating approximately 1,715.-
oOO lightweight tons; 1t had repaired
and put in operation 7SSOOO dead
weight tonnage seized from Germany
and Austria. On March 5 the build
ing program of the Emergency Fleet
rnrnnrnfinn hnt II TO-
15l plants.
Among the purchasers Of the quar-
termaster's department are 61OOO,OOO
pounds Of prunes and dried beans;
213,MO.OOO cans of tomatoes. con-
dcnsed milk. and baked beans; 4O,-
0O0,m0 yards of mosquito bar; 49,
100000 yards of olive drab; 100000
600 wooden blankets; 5O.OOO.OOO pairs
of heavy stockings; 11,OOO.OOO wool
coats. The ordnance program in
cludes the purchase Of 23,OOO,OOO hand
grenades, 725.OOO automatic pistols,
100000 revolvers, 23,OOOOOO projectiIes
for heavy artillery, 427,24G, 600 pounds
of explosives. 100000 machine guns
and 2,4S4OOO rifles.
war emergency course to train
selected men for machine-shop Occu-
pations, blacksmithng, slleet-metnl
working. and pipe fitting has been
prepared by the federal board for vo-
catfonal education and will be distrib.
uted to the schools throughout the
country. 1t is known as Bulletin
No. 8.
The board Is acting with the war
department in preparing these courses
of study and in dealing with the state
authorities in charge of the school
work.
Recently there has been consider
able discussion through the press and
at public meetings in Australia con-
corning the ACCESSIBILITY Of producing
more beef cattle and sowing less
acreage to wheat, according to Il re-
port to the department OF commerce.
Several hundred submarine chasers,
built since the war, have been deliv.
cred to the navy by 81 private con-
Germs and six navy yards; many of
these bouts have crossed the Atlantic,
some in severe weather.
Through card catalogue system
1O9,4 men have been transferred
out Of army divisions into technical
units to function according to indi-
vidual educational, Occuputional and
military qualifications.
There are now four times as many
vessels in naval service as year ago.
The estimated pay of officers and men
in the navy for the first year of war
was $125,OOO,OOO.
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The Norwegian government has ap-
prOpriated $7,OOO,OOO to assist inten-
sive agricultural development. OF
this amount, $4,5OOOOO is to maintain
low maximum prices for cattle feed
and fertilizer.
New Japanese concerns numbering
over 100 are reported as having en-
tered business ut Shanghai during
1917. The Japanese population is rap
idly increasing. now being about A.
600.
During u months the army hOspit-
ais increased from to 63 in number
and from 5000 to 59,4OO beds; 10000
more beds are being added.
More than 10000 acres of land in
this country has been planted with
castor-bean plants to produce Oil for
aircraft.
American troops permanently took
over part of the firing line as an
American sector in January, 1918.
The navy now has in its possession
stock Of supplies sufficient for aver
age requirements for one year.
Our 14-inch guns weigh nearly %