Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-01-02
the LOO and harvest soason. 10 I'M.

4 the crop anu harvest StAShhs 4 nc NH
( pointments Follow
/ NJ c. Mcintyre, AVoca; w. T. Egan
Z Highland; 4. =. Kramer. Cobb; JOIN
! Rundel, Rewey; w II. Thomas
/ DodgcVille; Lee Roberts Arena: w. V
/ Parkinson. Mineral Point: W. Il. Fer,
nan. RidgeWay: r. G. White Wald-
wick; Jas -. Harris, Jonesdale; q. c
Wharton Edmund: ole Christophcr-
son, Barnevcld: Horny BOilcrud. Hol-
landle. Henry SWWfcl Linden
The first available help were the
High school boys which, due to war
conditions. were aNailoRle n Apth
3'vt tttgIos snow 3n"t - it.bh syholOl
h"AS thiouEhout lh' county assisted
WIN lht tAtW lan"t I3Is staae h 4uN
I'M many cases TOOK men JNpS, q NAV
was appg1httd aS 0Pe,lai lsAno'
mont of Labor ln the united states
tI"pt"S iatH1 We " l.'.'ti q
were able TO procure some help from
outside the county. not ds much now
ever as we had hoped % procure, as
conditions AN around u~ We're iarnl-
cal. ana IN some localities much worse
Cah OUT oW u, LtctS S,IlI'" S''llur
on tins department Tor heip. Ny rec
ords show l4l applications received
ana l-4 Applications Iiltd. leaNthE lt
9pptc9tions winch we We're uh19le 70
ilii' Ahttt lS no question pul W3dl y
larger number wished htlp pVt uia nor
apply as they thought IL useless to do
So WhlCh as True As "u'0ivN ol 'NN
men ana boys lintshtu, we We're uu
abie 10 locate q lahotSl NOT CIT w 81"
that was phNslcallN ~ WIN tht tN-
cepuoh on thltt Two OF 'WHlIh ttI lnv
SlatG Wien tl't " VI N Vi y 80 10y, q
anu as any 9Iu't w as tu.ul Noo anu
Nne othcI SCI NCp "a jan N''''tNN,
Many leuitd farmers returned L"
the farm 70 heip uutLuE 'Ht pu9N SO
SON. as wei oS Nl'lN9' N"l ~ ~ , -
hlasohs anu miners anu ung VI wv y
cases OF DOCTORS anu hwy L'poi !,
ca an on NillVh htlptu OUT III u N'h-
ucftul way
1T should be accepted as a funda-
mental fact that War Of the pro-
portions we were engaged in could NOD
be conducted without serious distur-
Dances of peace time conditions and
practices, yet in spite OF the war ana
labor difficulties. Iowa County pro-
duced record crops. All praise TO our
100 per cent American farmers OF Iowa
County
Respectfully submitted,
Chairman of Labor
Iowa County Council OF Defense
Dated NuN, lith, 1918.
Iowa County Comui OF Defense,
November H. lAlN
Report of Secretary to County Board OF
Supervisors ana County Council ot De
Tense
shall cndeaVor 10 give q BRIEF synopsis
of the workings Of the Council during w
past year, that is since November first 1917
ihe original County Council OF defense
was organized az a meeting OF putIiutc cll
liens of Iowa County who met Tor the pur
Pose Of creating "a war body ia take ear,
Of war activities and war work mat MI,
necessary i'm the execution of this war TIA,
organization consisted of seventeen mem
bers of the County Council of Defense il
was later carried on to the town WHERE
town organization was made up Tor WaI
work and then from the towns down to th,
districts So that every town and every
school district IN Iowa Counts has Wol
organization TO do their share in Srttin
These great War Problems.
st the Teachers Institute which wa.
held last summer the teachers pledged
themselves to tho County Organization aNl
are doing their part IN each community a
a part OF the community organization.
II has not been the policy of THIS orEani
2ation to Ing any way Interfere with any
| Federal or state pan, ibiN organization y
entirely voluntary aHH pal El'uT ~ SUI
2auon. lh'E NV olN,Nr 49, az 1,,
command oi those VINO nave thaIE' o' "l.
war work ana Wieh thAtIHIA ~ Nai ivu
county war WORK tuWu'lN i1'N nav "SNu "N
! pointed they have Dveh mNde meIbtIA %
] the County council OF l'Gtrhs' anu INC "I
| ganHauuh ~ Nhr 'Vuu'" ~! a'ignaN "H
! been given over To- thvm TOR i9rli use "
| WORKING out lhcii war M"lN. u ud7 -"
| been the policy OF thr 'oun'll OF l9el'h>
/ IN any way TO- dlctate lhg P'uehS
methods by wIlch war Worh ShlIi ne uol,,
| they have been merely a. body whose S"l
! purpose has been 70 Mork oul !" w, ms
| advantage the work liat mas o''h "''''
sary IN our war activities .,,,.
me chairlhan ol we l.9pVt ~ In',1, .,.'I
| y q lMaaen' n',s'E',,u any Moiintad /" bi
pi Nlul'ial "lnI W.T. t"Fi'I,'' S-i, ~, r
pl1rr' ", '"',,l, '",'a :" ,yi,,,, a.. mn
| .binorV ,,orkpd ont by Mr Luddpn. and II
| ChiholA "oINtt" ~ ~ it,,t ~. ,,,.,.,,. "a
,tls WY 'atus ~ ,''', ,,d anon Inrai r.ura
| 9'nt .u,D -" .5 ~, tsiu 90, ,,,ar,rte /,
sentative Was urEeu 10 nyI -" r w o., en-,
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