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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-09-06


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Mcckcr Electric co, lights .-.-.......... ~ III
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The resignation Of G. NJ. Thompson
~ Trustee WAS received and on mo-
tion the same WAS accepted by unan-
imous vote of members present The
Board proceeded To election Of trus-
tee to All vxcany. +. A. Wilson was
nominated. Roll call resulted ~ fol.
lows: ayes Trustees Rooney. LeRR,
Arnold and Gwynne; nays none. Ab-
sent and not voting Trustee Offerle.
Wilson was declared elected.
Mayor Simms entered.
The Board proceeded TO tho cleo
tion of Police MAgiatrate. q. r.
Gwynne was nominated. Roll call
resulted a. follows: ayes Legs,
Gwynne. Rooney and Arnold, Nays
none. Absent and not voting Trustees
OfYerle and Wilson. Gwynns was
declared elected.
Trustee Leg introduced Ordinance
No lOs, an ordinance requiring the
construction Of cement sidewalks In
certain sections Of tho town and pro-
hibiting the construction Of board
sidewalks In any part Of the town.
Roll call resulted ~ follows: ayes,
Trustees Legg, Rooney, Gwynne and
Arnald, nayes, noue. Absent and
noting voting Trustees Offsrle and
Wilson. Declared passed and adopt
ed aud ordered published.
On Motion Board adjourned.
r. b. SCOTT
Towu Clerk
/
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-09-06

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Gases Of The eye, ear, nose and throat
Glasses attsd. Glenwood Springs. Il
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Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
WHEAT GUARANTEE
MAY COST A BILLION
Government Will Keep Faith With
the Farmer, and Then Sell Wheat
at a Loss

The United States government
stands to lose more than billion
dollars in 1919 if it keeps faith with
the American wheat grower and pro-
tects the public from exorbitant
bread and food prices, says a Wash
ington dispatch to the St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
An expert Of the food administra-
ton, who has been studying the
wheat problem growing out of the
government guarantee Of $2.26
bu&hel in Chicago for the 1919 crop,
expressed this opinion. The huge
sum Of money which may be needed
would be the equivalent Of a per
capita tax of $40 on every man, wo-
man and child in the country.
William A. Glasgow, Jr., chief
counsel for the food administration
said that lie saw no way by which the
government could avoid it's obliga-
ton to the farmer. The government
Till he forced to pay the farmer
1925 per bushel for his wheat and
sell 1T the worlds market price
With the price of wheat now $135
in England, which is receiving the
"urp1u8 supplies of Argentina and
Australia, experts look for a greater
falling price in 1919. The United
States must meet this price, and
therefore the government will suffer
the loss in order to dispose Of the es-
timated surplus for 1919 of nearly
400, 100000 bushels.
In the opinion Of NJ. Glasgow, the
government. by its control Of the
present price of -four or the price of
pIscnt price Of -four or the price of
bread to 10 cents beyond June of
next year. By that time it is fore
eeon by him that competition from
foreign countries and protests from
tho public will compel the govern
ment to sell its wheat at figure
which viii permit the baker to sell
the average loaf Of bread at is pre-
war price of 5 cents.
It will be necessary for the govern
mont to do this not only because it
is fair to the public, but unless such
a course is followed it will be unable
to dispose Of the surplus wheat,
which, with the 1918 and 1919 sur
plus; may exceed 8O0,OO0,OOO bus
helS.
Mr.. Glasgow believes that the gov
eminent should suffer the losses,
whatever they may be, in order to
keep faith with the wheat producers.
Likewise that wheat should be sold at
a loss in order to force a reduction in
the general food prices.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03

ened curiosity, and coiled itself for a
plunge. At that instant, simultane-
ously with the crack Of the rifle it re-
Taxed its length on the ice, and at
the very brink of the water fell help
less to one side.
with wild yell the men urged both
boats upon the foes. A crowd of
hands seized the seal and bore it I'D
to safer ice. The men seemed ha,f
crazy. I had not realized how much
we were reduced by absolute famine.
They ran over the foe CRYING and
laughing and brandishing their knives.
It was not five minutes before every
man was sucking his bloody fingers
or mounting long strips of raw blub-
Der.
"NOt an unce of the seal was lost.
The intestines found their way into
the soup kettles; the cartIaginOus
parts of the fOr6 fiipDerS We're cut eff
and passed around to be cneWcu upon
and even the liver, warm and raw as
it was, babe fair to be eaten before it
had seen The r0t. That night, Ga the
large h4lting-10p to which, in con
tempt OF tie dangers Of drifting, We
haprv mon had hauled our boats, r,To
ontir~ D'anhS were devoted to grand
COOLING fire, ,ulU We cnjuJcl G IUT9
= .. -
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
Death Of Mrs. Mary B. Torpey

Last Friday, December 27, the
long and useful life of Mrs Mary B.
Torpey was ended. Mrs Torpey
passed away after a period of fail
ing health, due to complications, and
her advanced age.
Mrs. Torpey, whose maiden name
was Mary Bingham Miller, was born
at Louisville, st. Lawrence county,
New York, of English and Scotch
parentage on August 5, 1881. There
she grew to WOmanhOOd, and received
all exceptional education for the
women Of that period. She was mar
ried in 1861 to NJ L. Torpey, and
was familiar with the sacrifices made
by the women of the Civil War, as
both her father and her husband
served in the armies that upheld the
union cause.
Early in 1871, Mr.. Torpey, with
other st. Lawrence county folk, came
to this county and took homesteads
in Morris township, and Mrs. Torpey
with the family, came here in De-
cember, 1871. Mr.. Torpey was en-
gagged in business in Morris, and the
family lived here in town except that
the summers were spent on the home
stead. When Mr.. Torpey was post
master, his wife was his able as
sistant in the Office.
Mrs. Torpey was always interested
in religious and educational progress,
and kept herself well-informed on
public questions, and to the very last
manifested a lively interest in the
questions of the day. She was a
charter member Of the Congregations
al church of this city, and the first
president of the Ladies' Aid Society.
She was also a charter member of
the Elizabeth Reem Circle, Ladies Of
the G.. A. R., and a charter member
Of the Morris Literary Club.
Mrs. Torpey is survived by her
two daughters, Miss Agnes Torpey,
the librarian, and Miss Maude Tor
pey, a teacher Her only son, Levi
Torpey, died in 1908, and her hus-
band died in 1906.
The funeral was held from the
home on Monday morning, the SER
vice being conducted by Rev. F. A.
Stever. Solos were rendered by Mrs.
= J. G. Morrison, accompanied by Mrs.
e. J. Jones. The pail bearers we're
IS R. J. Hall, A. A. Stone, o. C. Han
son, H. o. Eames, F. E. Ware and
F. A. Hancock.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
AT THE ORPHEUM, MORRIS
Thursday, Jan. 16, First Number Of
Lyceum Course
ANOTHER SAD SIDE OF WAR
Many Men Who Have Won FIonors
Have Lost Comrades and Feel
Lack Of Companionship.

An American was sitting in Simpsons
restaurant recently having dinner when
a hardy man in Canadian uniform
started to converse with him. The
Canadian was working in O large
automobile factory in Windsor when
the war started, but enlisted in a
Canadian regiment and has been in
five Of the worst battles of the war.
Hardly a handful of the men who
started with him are still on the roster
This particular soldier was about to
leave for the trenches again after COM
plotting his leave. There was nothing
remarkable in that, but this is his
story:
Inside his coat he wore the Victoria
Cross. He got it at Ypres, where he
carried captain three hundred feet
through No Mans Land with bullets
flying all about him. He has no &C
quaintances in England. He hasn't a
relative in the world. He was just
hungering for some one to talk to
when he saw the American. He re-
luctantly showed his decoration, and
said 1t would give him great happiness
If he had some one somewhere in the
world who was close enough to him to
slap him on the back and say, "Good
old chap!"
Still he wasn't maudlin about it. He
was just one of thousands who are
carrying honors around with them and
have no relative or intimate friend
to congratulate them. It's war.
This particular soldier said as he
left x:
eff I ever get through I'm going
back to the States, but the odds are
against me. We can't always beat this
fighting game. It's like roulette. 1t
gets you in the long run. There is
only one man Of my original company
left besides myself. Mail.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
4 Site VICE
VAR ON RATS
Food Administration and College
of Agriculture Urge Public
to +; -nt the Pests.
THEY COST STATE
s. 100000 A YEAR
Agricultural College Issues a Bulletin
as Guide for Local Rat
Campaigns.

A campaign to rid Minnesota of rats
has beel begun by the federal food
administration for Minnesota and the
division Of entomology and economic
zoology Of the Minnesota College of
Agriculture.
Rats eat about $3,00O,00O worth Of
Minnesota fOodstu6s every year. This
means an annual tax on every resi-
dent Of Minnesota of So, for which
there is absolutely no return. Be-
sides, rats are carriers of disease and
there is no telling to what extent they
increase the burdens of the people in
this respect
What Rats Cost the U. S.
The figures for the whole United
States are still more striking. Rats
cost the United States annually not
less than $200OO0,00O, to say nothing
Of disease spread by them.
Rats eat valuable fo0dstuffs; they
cause disastrous fires; they spread
bubOnic plague, trichinosis, and other
maladies; they eat grain in the fields
and in warehouses; they take Unpro-
ected food from stock; they eat eggs
and young chickens; and the eggs Of
many birds which are exterminators
Of insect pests; they destroy fruits
and vegetables, and they multiply with
tremendous rapidity, increasing the
annual toll Of food and life
These are the reasons behind the
action Of the food administration and
the Minnesota College of Agriculture.
Campaigns Must Be Cooperative.
A campaign must be widespread to
be effective. One farmer or one mer-
chant cannot rid his premises Of rats
If his neighbOr harbors rats. A war
against rats must be cooperative. For
this reason local campaigns are to be
encouraged and it is suggested that
county AGENTS and county chairmen OF
the Council Of Defense, boy scout di
rectors, school authorities, CONNER
cial clubs, school clubs, and similar
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
ms organize to exterminats
Bulletin as a Guide.

Bulletin as a Guide.
The College of Agriculture has Just
issued bulletin as a guide to those
promoting local campaigns. This bull
letin is by F. L. Washburn. 1t urges
that prevention is the best method.
Prevention can be effected by cover
ing basement windows Of buildings
with one-fourth inch galvanized
screens and the bottom Of outside
doors, particularly of stables and Of
markets, groceries, and food ware
houses, with similar wire netting.
Stills of such buildings may be made
rat proof. Corn cribs may be protect
ed by raising them at least three feet
from the ground on posts with project
ing metal guards over which the rats
cannot climb. Rat-hOles may be closed
with cement containing bits of broken
glass. Breeding places may be broken
up or destroyed by the removal of
rubbish and litter of all sorts. These
and other methods are recommended
by the bulletin, copies Of which may
be had by addressing Office Of Publ
cations, University Farm, ST. Paul.
Traps and Poisons.
Where rats are already we'll estab'
lshed and doing their vicious thievtng
and >erm-spre ding, rats may be
trap ed or poisoned.
What is known as the guillotinG
/ trap, made entirely Of metal, is re,
garded as the best A large number
of traps should ho used at once, not
. just one or two rs is commonly the
{ h a
number at the outset a big catch is
more likely than after the rats learn
| to be suspicious of anything like a
! trap.
Barium carbonate (barytes) is rec.
| commended as a poison because it acts
| slowly and rats which have taken it
! with their food leave buildings to go
! in search of water This prevents
! their dying in buildings and causing
! Objectionable Odors. Bartyes is cheap
and may be used by mixing it ground
! fine with cornmeal, 1 part of barytes
| to parts OF COrnmeal with sweet oil
! added. 1t may also be made into
! stiff dough with oatmeal and water or
may be spread on buttered bread or on
! fish. Other methods Of poisoning are
outlined in MIR. Washburn's bulletin.
RatProof Buildings Needed
| Having made plans for the extermi
! nation of rats, measures should be
! adopted for preventing their return by
rat-prOofng all buildings. This may
! be done by constructing concrete fOun.
dations and by the use of wire mesh
already referred to. Farmers Bulle.
tin No. 4G1, issued by the United
| States Department Of Agriculture, on
the uses Of Concrete on thu Farm"
! tells how to construct such founda.
| tions. Farmers Bulletin No. 500, by
the same departmc% contains further
information as to rat eGtcrLiDatio
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
NATIONS FOOD STORES
DOUBLE THAT OF 1917
More Than Twice as Much Wheat on
Hand Now Than Held Year
Ago

| More than twice as much wheat
and greatly increased stocks of all
other cereals we're on hand in United
States grain elevators, warehouses
, and mills December 1 than at the
same time a year ago. Oats and rice
we're the only exceptions. Complete
figures on the food supply were made
public this week by the Department
| Of Agriculture.
/ The survey shows commercial
stocks of wheat totalled 219, 434,832
bushels-2O6.1 per cent of the 1917
stocks. The figures refer to stocks
reported and do not represent the
entire commercial stocks of the coun-
try nor include stocks on farms.
Chicago board of trade figures
show 121, 651, 900 bushels of wheat
for the commercial visible supply as
compared with 21,O31 900 bushels a
year ago. Corresponding. Bradstreet
figures for 1913 show 131, $4,000
bushels, as against 29,G33,OO0 bus
heIa for 1917.
The figures indicate the excellent
position America holds regarding the
food Stuffs OF the world and that
this country, through economic and
efficient distribution. will be able to
render extensive relief to the coun-
tries Of Europe.
Percentages of stocks of other GER
caIs as reported on December 1, are
as follows:
Corn, 129 per cent of 1917 stocks.
Oats, 94.6 per cent.
Barley, 110.8 per cent.
Rye, 1912 per cent.
Commercial stocks of flour and
corn meal also show big gains. The
percentage of stocks now on hand
based on those Of a year ago are:
Wheat flour, white, 1904; whole
wheat and graham flour, 249.1; rye
-four, 215.8; cornmcaI, pts; buck
wheat flour, 22O.4; mixed -four,
213.5.
Other foods show substantial gains
over the 1917 stocks. Percentages
are as follows:
Beans, 154.5; rice, 62.6; rolled
oats, 1917; canned salmon, 94.3;
canned tomatoes, 1903; canned
corn, 1885; sugar, 1926; condensed
milk, 1877; evaporatod milk, 72S
per cent.
Europe has been particularly short
Of dairy products and the shortage in
evaporated milk is accounted for by
the enormous shipments of this to
France, Belgium, Italy and England.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
: <. . !. :: 7.1:-:: Pole . Gas !
Starving Hen {. Nan2's Er9:;s
Expedition D::3cc:@' on Seal.
Members {: Party Trembling VILLA
Anxiety When True Aim OF Rife
man Ended the Crisis.

Some one has estimated that in the
ccntury-long effort to reach the North
pole 400 lives and 200 ships were lost,
One Of the earlier expeditions was
The one led by Doctor Kane in 1858,
consisting of 10 men. The account Of
their h"rdsIips as told in 1.-THE Siege
and Conquest Of the North Pole" by
George Bryce, is almost incredible, re-
lates the Youths Companion. Scurvy
and tn" bitter cold made the sunless
arctic winter of 40 days a continuous
and horrible nightmare.
Thor brig, Advance, was frozen into
the 81 eat ice pack, which even the re-
turning sun Of summer could not lOOs
en-. With Gc0Ety supplies they
were compelled to spend q second
Greary winter in the arctic, during
which several of the party succumbed
to sickness and exposure. In June,
when their provisions wore virtually
gone, q narrow channel opened, ana
the survivors, manning two small
oats, fought their way southwark.
Starvation quickly weakened their Ell
forts, but at that desperate crisis they
sighted foOd-a seal. Doctor Kane thus
describes the incident:
''It was an ursulI, and so large that
/ at first mistOCk it for Walru5.
Trembling with anxiety, we prepared
to crawl down upon it. We stationed
Peterson, with the large English rifle,
in the bow, and drew stockings over
the oars as muflicrs. AS we neared
| the animal, our excitement became SO
intense that the men could hardly keep
stroke. l had a set of signals for
such occasions that spared us the use
of the voice; and when we were about
900 yards off, the oars were taken in,
and we moved in deep silence with a
single scull astern.
"The seal was asleep, for it reared
it's head when we were almost with
| in rife shot, and to this day | can
remember the hard, carewOrn, almost
| despairing expression of the mems
| thin faces as they saw it move; their
! lives depended on it's capture.
ST depressed my hand nervOusly as
q signal for Peterson to fire. The boat,
noiselessly sagging ahead, seemed to
me within certain range. Looking at
Peterson, saw that the poor fellow
! was paralyzed by his anxiety; he was
trying vainly to obtain rest for his
gun against the cutwater Of the boat.
The seal rose on its fore fippers, gaz-
Ing at ua for a moment with fright
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
sixtecN New American Cities

Some idea Of the vast 'extcnt Of the
work involved in building cantonmonts
for the r@Gy national army ~ @ivcn in
the following paragraph from Edward
HungerfOrd's 'The Camps of the First
Half Million" in Evorybcdy's:
sixteen new cities for America !!
SizSt ocl cities, each Of the size Of Eas-
ton, Pa, or Elmira, N. Y, or KaIama-
zoo, Mich. each built to q definite and
fairly common plan, and all completed
within from 100 70 12O days. Here,
then, was some slight measure of the
problem. To measure it in still an
other way, consider the building of a
community of wood equal in popula-
ton to Cleveland or Pittsburgh or St.
Louis; then the division of that great
town into sixteen separate commun-
tiles or cantonments-an average of
one for each three states-and spread
all the way across the face of the land
from the commonwealth Of Massa-
chusetts to the state of Washington.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
First Methodist Church
Sunday, Jan. 5, 1919.

Sunday, Jan. 5, 1919.
Services at 1890 a. m. and 7:30
p. N. sharp. Appropriate addresses
by the pastor at both services.
Sabbath School at 11:A5. Glasses
for all. Superintendent, R. NJ. Adams.
EpWorth League at $50 p. m.
Splendid attendance last Sunday. In
tcre@ting meeting, too. Miss Hazel
Witwer, president. Young people
specially invited.
A cordial welcome to strangers and
visitors. Hearty singing, courteous
uehcrs, seats free. Come!
G. /. Powell, Pastor.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
Dat Straw for Sale

White Grain Co., 2O4 Board of
Trade, Duluth, Mimi, offer 81 to
$12 for oat straw f. o. b. Duluth, &C
cording to a letter received by Farm
Bureau Manager Nash.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03

Inc commercial CLUB Will meet
this afternoon at three o'clock.
If you have a farm that you want
to sell call and see me, or write to
me at Morris, MINI. Jos. J. Gaffney.
The Students Club will meet with
Mrs.. J. c. Morrison next Monday af-
ternoon at 2:3O. Members are urged
to be present.
The casualty list the first of the
week gave Corp. Henry w. Erickson
of Hancock, as among the wounded,
degree undetermined.
War pictures will be shown at the
home of Mrs. Mahafie this evening
and everybody is invited to see them.
"A luncheon will, also be served.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
Congregational Church

SUNDAY, JAN. ,, 1919.
Mr.. Steve2 will preach at tho morn
ing service. There will be special
music. 4 welcome is extended to all.
Sunday school at 1000 a. N.
Morning worship ct 100 a. m.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03

You will find more OF the leading
people Of Minnesota registered at the
Radisson, than at any other hotel In
the Twin Cities. adv.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
AMONG THE CHURCHES
The Lutheran Free Church

Services for Sunday Jan. 5, 1919
as follows:
st. Petri church, Cyrus, at 1920
a. m.
The Scandal church at 800 p. m.
The annual meeting of the Morris
church will meet Monday evening at
7:45 p. m.
Andrew Olson.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
LOST AND FOUND

LOST.-Duroc Jersey SOW, weighing
about $50, from the Frog Lake
farm. Finder please notify Art lie
Sage, Route 3, Morris. 1p.
LOST.-Grey robe with green lining
between my place and the armory
on Christmas eve. Finder please
notify L. Steinbring, Morris.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
Nor. Luth. Church of America

English services next Sunday eve
Quammen.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03

FOR RENT.-House to rent on 9Th
st. Inquire of A. A. Stone.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
HELP WANTED
HOUSES FOR sALE-RENT

FURNISHED ROOM for rent, heated,
suitable for two. Mrs. c. FIatner
100 E. 9Th St. 52-1p.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
THE MARKET PLACE
CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT

RATEs:-one cent o word each 1nss--
ton. The minimum charge il IS cents.
IN order to avoid expense Of bookkeep-
ing and collecting it is desirable that
ali classified advertisements be paid In
advance, unless you have q ledger &C
count with The Tribune.
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS.-We desire to
extend our heartfelt thanks to our
many friends and neighbors for the
kindness and assistance rendered us
at the time of the death Of our son
and brother.
Mrs. NJ. Dewane and Family
Morris tribune., 1919-01-03
CITY NEWS ITEMS

The Commercial Club will meet
this afternoon at three o'clock.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-03-27

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