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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1918)
The Frontier Published by D. H. CRONIN One Year..?1.50 Six Months .75 Cents Entered at the post office at O’Neill, Nebraska, as second class matter. ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertising on Pages 4, 6 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 60 cents an inch (one column width) per month; on Page 1 the charge is £1.00 an inch per month. Local ad vertisements, 5 cents per line, each Insertion. Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of sub scribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of tim paid for, if publisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher and subscriber. I A NICKEL A DAY IS YODR SHARE If You Can Save More, Then More I* Your Share. If every person in Nebraska were te lay aside a nickel each day during the year of 1918, it would mean the saving of uearly $26,500,000 1^ thli state this year. This is Nebrnska’a share of the War Savings Stamp loan. If everybody in the United States saved a nickel a day during the year, it would mean the raising of $2,000, 000,000. This is the total amount of the War Savings loan. Five nickels buy a “Thrift Stamp.” Sixteen of the 25-cent “Thrift Stamps” pasted on a card can be exchanged with a few cents for a War Savings Stamp. War Savings Stamps cost $4.12 each until February 1, and thee one cent more each month until the end of the year, and on January 1, 1823, can be redeemed at any post office for $5. If you do not want to keep War Savings Stamps until the date of ma turity you can cash them at the post office any time on 10 days’ notice, and get what you paid plus the interest earned to date. RICE 10 Pounds 18c Head 01 f)Q Rice . v I »U3 10c Can of HCn Milk.t. UuC 15c Glass of 1 Dp 20c Glass Sliced 1 /I r> Dried Beef... I *?b Hainz Cream of Tomato 1 0 « Soup . I Z G 10c Wash Rag and 10c Bar f)Qn Toilet Soap for . U3C 30c Van Camp Red 1 Op 20c Com 1 En Puffs . 1 DC | 1 Large Jar Advo Pure CQn | Maple Syrup . D3C 30c Borden’s Eagle Brand 04 - > Sweetened Milk . Z*rU 40c Jar of Sweet OC. » Pickles . Z3C 15c Bottle of Lemon 1 1 [Extract . I I b 15c Bottle of Vanilla 1 1 « Extract,,. I I b 20c Pound Choice California 14p Dried Peaches, Pound . I b 20c Pound Choice California 1 /I #» Raisins . I *Tb 85c Pound Fancy Green 54c $1.20, 3 Pound Can Steel Cut OQ Coffee . ODC 85c Can Mozola, a Pure Salad CQ. and Cooking Oil . Udb 0—7c Cuts of Granger OCn Twist Tobacco. ZUC 1 Pound of Yankee Girl QQp Chewing Tobacco . 33b 15c Sack of 1 Salt . . IUC 15c Box Celery I ft*. Salt .. IUC 1 UP WHERE THE PRICES ARE DOWN. i/3 td STEPS “in Tvir SELLS FOR LESS WILL ESTABLISH 13,000 WAR STAMP AGENCIES IN NEBRASKA A War Savings Stanyj Agency for Every 100 People in the State. It is expected that by February 1 there will be 13,000 agencies in Ne braska selling War Savings Stamp*. Ward M. Burgess, State Director, has sent word to chairmen In the ninety three Nebraska counties that he ex pects them to have an agency for iv ery 100 people in each county by that time. Cards which will be furnished these 13,000 agencies boar the line, "Stamp Out the War—War Savings Stamps for Sale Here." It will not be necessary hereafter for business houses to get permits from the government to sell War Sav. lngs Stamps. All they need to do Is to buy the stamps nt the bank, put up the sign sent from the state head quarters and go ahead selling. By the end of the month It Is ex pected that every business house In the state will be selling stamps. There will be no profit In hundling this line of merchandise. The mer chant or business man, however, will be doing just one more of the many patriotic things he has been called upon to do during the last ten months. WHY WE MUST SAVE FOOD. The 1917 wheat crop In France was less than half normal, using the crop of 1913 ns a basis of comparison. There was a shortage of 176,000,000 bushels, or 53.3 per cent The potato crop was only within one-third of nor mal. The sugar beet crop showed a deficit of 67.9 per cent. Her meat herds In the early fall showed a short age of 1,800,000 animals. Those are a few of the reasons America must feed her associates In the war. They are no longer able to feed themselves, and unless we come to the rescue are face to face with starvation. And starvation means de feat In the war. HASTENED RUSSIAN COLLAPSE "We must not overlook the fact that Russia collapsed, not because of the Germans on her borders, but because she failed to organize and feed her own citizenship,” the food administra tion announced "We must be warned that If we are to emerge victorious from this war we can not risk the collapse of another of our associates In this war from this cause. "Anybody that Is looking for the col lapse of the German people on the food question had better turn around and look at the moon, because the results will be the same. Germany Is In no more danger of collapsing on that score than we are, If as much.” WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST. Stories of Activities and Conditions Throughout the United States and on the Battle Fronts, from Wash ington, I). C. American Forces Now Six Times as Large as in Spanish-American War There were 1,428,650 enlisted men and 110,865 officers in the United States Army at the opening of 1918, more than one and a half times as large as any force ever before mob ilized by this Nation, according to a statement by Secretary of War Baker. Army of the United States at its maxi mum strength aggregated 272,000 men and officers. The Army in the field and in training now is practically six times as great as the maximum num ber under arms in the Spanish-Ameri can War. About 45,000 officers were commis sioned from civil life in the two series of training camps nearly eight times as many as the number of officers in the Regular Army April 1, 1917. Matches and Other Articles Barred front Foreign Mails Postmasters are directed not to ac cept for shipment to members of Ex penditionary Forces packages contain ing matches, cigar lighters, or solid ified alcohol, including the preparation called “Sterno” or canned heat. It is not deemed safe to admit these articles to mails for foreign countries or for United States naval vessels, in cluding marines on shore in other countiries. Defective Eyes Cause Many Men First Passed To Be Rejected at Camps Exemption of the records of 10, 000 men passed for military service by local boards and then rejected by camp surgeons show that nearly 22 per cent of the final rejections were caused by defective eyes. Teeth were responsible for 8.50 pc cent; hernia, 7.47 per cent; ear, 5.J4 per cent; heart disease, 5.87 per cent; tuberculosis, 5.37 per cent. Attempts to evade military duty by deception regarding physical condition were very few. _ Cost of Living in One Year Increases 23 Per Cent According to the bureau of labor statistics of the Department of Labor, in the year from November 15, 1916, to November 15, 1917, prices of food as a whole advanced 23 per cent. Po tatoes is the only article that shows a decline in price. Corn meal advanced 87 per cent; bacon, 62 per cent; pork chops, 48»per cent; beans, 39 per cent; salmon, 38 per cent; milk, 33 per ceTTt; and lard, 27 per cent. Food as a whole was 48 per cent higher on November 15, 1917, than on November 15, 1913, and 46 per cent higher than on November 16, 1914. During this four-year period com meal advanced 127 per cent; flour, 109 per cent; lard, 104 per cent; bacon, 77 per cent; sugar, 75 per cent; and po tatoes, 72 per cent. No article de clined in price. Men With Trades Have Chance for Admission Into Signal Corps Men qualified along certain lines, al though registered under the selective service law, may be inducted into the land division of the Signal Corps, which is in need of men for the fol lowing duties: Chauffeurs, motorcycle drivers, and gas engine repairmen for duty in field and telegraph battalions; telegraphers, both wire and radio; telephone men, including swithboard operators, tele phone repairmen, and men skilled in testing and repairing telephone lines; telephone and telegraph linemen; pho tographers, still and moving; homing pigeon meg; radio men who are fa miliar with installing radio apparatus; men qualified as cooks, clerks, stenographers, blacksmiths, meteoro logists, cobblers, cable men, etc. Men inducted for this division, un less otherwise requested by the Chief Signal Officer of the Army, are sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Manufacture of Shoes in Italy Standardized by Government The largest shoe factories in Italy have started manufacturing the na tional standard shoes, using leather supplied by the ministry of industry, commerce, and labor. The standard types were established by the central shoe committee in Rome, but every factory is making little modifications, according to its means and system of manufacturing. The Government is organizing sys tems of sale of shoes to the public. They provide for the opening of stores in the principal Italian cities, to be engaged exclusvely in the sale of na tional shoes and to be controlled by the Government authorities. It is likely that buyers will have to obtain cards. The private shoe stores will be sup plied with an adequate number of shoes and will be granted a reasonable commission. 75,000 Colored Men Called Into Army by Selective-Service Law Eight per cent of the 9,586,508 men registered under the selective-service law are colored. Of these nearly 209, 000 have been called and more than 75,000 have been certified for service. Out of every 100 colored men called, 36 were certified for service and 64 were rejected, exempted, or discharg ed, while out of evey 100 white citi zens called, 25 were certified for service. Schools and Colleges Offer War Courses for Women Students Reports from 150 colleges and uni versities show that many typical war courses for women are being given. Among them are landline telegraphy, wireless telegraphy, automobile me chanics, nautical astronomy, naviga tion, ^elementary nursing, first aid, principles of war relief, draftmanship, medical laboratory methods, map drawing, surgical dressings. Usually these courses are given in time formerly devoted to recreation. German Newspaper' Criticizes Punishment of Soldier’s Wife The Committee on Public Informa tion has made the following transla tion of an article appearing in the Lremer Buerger-Zeitung: “A soldier’s wife who had gathered wood in the common forest of Wald kirch, near Freiburg in Breisgau, was sentenced for the offence in the fol lowing terms: “ ‘Mrs. Clara Ganter, on June 13, 1917, has removed from the common forest of Waldkirch, Sec. I 23, one fagot of dry fir twigs of the value of 10 pfenning. In punishment thereof she is sentenced to a fine of 1 mark and one day’s imprisonment.’ “The husband of the cluprit has "been for three years at the front, she her self has four small children to support in the direst poverty. Similar reports of punishment should be reported in greater numbers. Our bureaucracy understands how to employ this period of shortage of wood and coal on a large scale for the benefit of the treasury.” Men Training for Navy Have Benefit of Libraries and Clubs The Army and Navy Commission on Training Camp Activities, in addition to the work beng done in Army camps and cantonments, now has its repre sentatives in every training station of the Navy and at every place where enlisted men are preparing for sea services. There are 86 clubs for sailors at camps and in adjacent cities. There are reading and writing rooms, as sembly halls, and some of the cities have arrangements for athletics, swim ming pools, and gymnasiums. In the 18 camps there are given each week 92 entertainments ranging from profes sional performances, lectures, and ex hibitions, to club nights and weekly dances. More than 60,000 books have been furnished ships and stations by the American Library Association. The Y. M. C. A. has 42 buildings and tents in the various camps. Color of Cord on Hat Denotes Service of Wearer Just as the sleeve chevrons and bars, stars, and eagles on the shoul der proclaim ranking officers, the hat cord denotes the branch of service each private has entered. Light blue signifies Infantry; scar let, Artillery; yellow, Cavalry; buff, Quartermasters Corps; scarlet and white, Engineers’ Corps; orange and white, Signal Corps; scarlet and black, Ordinance; black and white, field clerk; maroon, Medical Corps; black and gold, officers; silver and black, adujant general’s clerk; green, instructor Home Guards; green and white, Home Guards. These cords are worn only on service hats. Cadet aviators wear as hat bands inch and a half white ribbons and on coat collars insignia representing the aviation branch of the Signal Corps, propeller blades. Three Per Cent of Men Gainfully Employed Now in Service In a bulletin on the employment of women in the storage and warehous ing depots of the United States Army is the following: “The census of 1910 reported that of every 100 men and boys 10 years of age and over, only 19 were not gain fully employed. This group of 19 in cluded old men not able to work, chil dren too young to work, the sick and handicapped, and men in schools and colleges. “Assuming that 500,000 of the num ber called by the selective-service law have had some form of gainful em ployment, we may estimate that 1 out of every 60 men in the industries and professions of the country has been called into military service, while an other in every 60 has voluntarily join ed the forces of the Army or Navy. Thus, about 3 per cent of the gainfully employed men have been taken out of their occupations.” Manufacturing Plants Working on Navy Orders Must Be Guarded Contractors working on orders for the Navy are required to provide watchmen and devise to protect their plants and property and the work in progress against espionage, acts of war and of enemy aliens. Upon re quest they must report the citizen ship, country of birth, or alien status of all employees. Haiti has forbidden the export of foodstuffs to countries at war with the United States and countries as sociated with them in the war. The Italian wheat crop for 1917 was 30 per cent below the average. Tha year of 1917 established new high production records for corn, oats, rye, white and sweet potatoes, to bacco, beans, and onions. Arrangements have been made for some relaxation of the restrictions on th export of foodstuffs to Cuba, whose people are greatly dependent upon the United States for their food supply. Among the exports which may be licensed in limited quantities are con densed milk, butter and cheese, pork and pork prodcts, beef and beef pro duits, and dried fruits. The 16 cantonments built for the training of soldiers cost $134,000,000, with a net profit to contractors of 2.98 per cent. Government estimates of the pro duction of petroleum in the United States in 1917 place it at nearly 14 per cent greater than any previous year. A second training camp will be held at Porta Rico, starting February 1. The attendance of 400 will be selected from citizens and residents of Porto Rico. Dodge Brothers CLOSED CAR * ■+ The convertaible sedan adjusts ' itself to all seasons and all weathers, and to every purpose —business or social—of the en tire household. . It will pay you to visit us and examine this car. The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high. \ » • - Sedan or Coupe, $1350; Winter Touring Car or Roadster, $1050. ^ Touring Car, Roadster or Commercial Car, $885. (All prices f. o. b. Detroit.) ARTHUR RYAN Phone 36 O’Neill, Nebr. What Farmers Are Saying About the Twentieth Century I Farmer “It has been a pleasure to me to read the many sub jects that are so ably presented on the editorial page of the TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER. 1 feel that they are timely and to the point, dealing with subjects at all times of vital interest to agriculture in its many phases.”—C. G. “That article on Page 4 regarding Mr. Johnson’s good living on one acre is good. Stamps are enclosed for which please send me two or three extra copies.”- -C. W, W. “I have been so interested in your paper that 1 can’t resist writing.”—L. S. p w ' |j| you should subscribe for it at once.