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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 4, 1918)
WEEKLY WAR NEWS DIGEST. Immense Stores Needed to Feed Men on Transports An account of how soldiers are fed at sea is given in the daily newspaper published on a transport: “Outside of providing 210,000 meals at sea, the mess officer of the ship has very little to do. Very little. “He is only called upon to provide, by the regulations, 180 different varieties of food. That’s all. Ever try to order 180 different things to eat? Y'et this is the authentic list. “The food needed to feed several thousand men at sea ranges beyond the glutton’s dreams. You get the answer in the ship down below the water line, where 7,290 loaves of bread have been baked in one day, and where you stumble over every variety, from 60,000 pounds of beef to 132,000 eggs, or a compartment of brick ice cream in a 10-degree-above-zero vault. “And if this doesn’t suit, you can bump along into 49,324 pounds of potatoes, 7,100 pounds of ham and bacon, 7,800 pounds of butter, 9,200 pounds of sugar, and 61,600 pounds of flour. “If you can’t get a meal out of this you can still fall back on 4,600 pounds of sausage, 3,400 pounds of sauer kraut, 26000 pounds of apples, 19,800 pounds of oranges, and 4,200 pounds of onions. And this leaves out 1,600 pounds of jam and 9,400 pounds of lima and navy beans.” Money Instead of Merchandise Should He Sent to Soldiers The original order that the approval, of a regimental or higher commander was necessary before packages might be sent to members pf the expedi tionary forces has been modified so officers with the rank of major and higher may approve shipments. The approval of a company commander is not suffieent. The queston of the shpment of par cels to France first came to the at tention of the War Department when the commanding general of the ex peditionary forces cabled that con gestion of such articles had reached such a point that French railroads were unable to handle the load. A board appointed by the Secretary of War and the Postmaster General ex amined 6,000 sacks of parcel post mail, and found that the articles being sent not only, in the main, were absolutely unnecessary, but undesirable. The in vestigation sht>wed that the amount of such mail had reached a total of 600,000 pounds a week, and was stead ily increasing. Relatives and friends, according to a recent statement by the War De partment, will find they often can do a greater service to soldiers by sending them money for the purchase of articles in France than by forwarding the articles. Tobacco is now being supplied as part of the Army rations, and merchandise of nearly all kinds may be purchased in Franco through the huge general store established by the Quartermaster Corps at lower prices than charged by, retailers here, Army Medical Department Declares War on Flies and Mosquitoes Special attention is being given by the Medical Department of the Army in all camps to cleaning up spots where mosquitoes and flies breed. In some cases it has been necessary to dig channels in streams, drain swamps, and put in elaborate ditching systems to clean up stagnant pools and streams. In cases where it has been impossible or impracticable to drain swamps and do similar work, there has been installed a system for keeping slow-moving streams and still bodies of water covered with oil. At all points within the camp where there is the slightest possibility of mospui toes or fljes breeding daily spraying of oil is done. Arrangements have been completed wth the Federal Pubic Health Servce to carry out a smilar program in the | ■ territories adjacent to the camps. The Health Service has agreed to fill bogs, open streams, and drain swamps, and continue the oil spraying for a dis tance of one mile around each camp. Special precautions have been taken to prevent the spread of diseases by ties. Instructions were given on the disposal of materials that were likely to become breeding spots. Arrange ments were made to protect all food from flies. With this end in view, all I buildings in which food is prepared or stored were screened. Entrances to the buildings have been vestibuled. An average of 6,000 fly traps have been placed in each camp. More than 22,700,000 square feet of screening has been placed in all camps. . Dental Corps of Army Can Take Care of 5,000,000 Men. The dental requirements of an army of more than 5,000,000 men can now be met by the present force of the Dental Corps of the United States Army. Examinations have been closed and no further additions will be made to the corps for some time. The number of dental officers has expan I ded since war was declared from 58 to 6,810. Commissions were offered to 6,467 dentists in all parts of the country, and all but 271 were ac cepted. The average number of tooth fill ings in the Army ranges from 225,000 to 250,000 a month. Special dental in firmaries have been established in the camps and cantonments, to which newly inducted soldiers are sent for examination shortly after arrival in the camps. A school for dental instruction has been established, where 85 officers are assigned each month to take the two months’ course. New Regulations Provide for Importation of Mexican Labor To assist in meeting the present shortage in unskilled labor restrictions have been temporarily removed on the importation of Mexican labor to be used in certain occupations. This step supplements the order by which the Department of Labor has arranged to bring Porto Rican laborers into fhis counti'y for work on Government con tracts. It is estimated that 75,000 islanders can be brought in while transportation is available. New regulations on the subject of Mexican labor contain rigid provisons to prevent any attempt at exploitation on the part of prospective employers. Wage rates current for similar labor in the localities in which the admitted n'>en is to be employed are assured, as well as good housing and sanitation conditions. Applications for permission to im port Mexicart labor under the new provisions may be filed .with United States immigration or employment service officials, giving the number of laborers desired, class of work, wages and place of employment. Food Ration to Be Carried in Gas-proof Container The Quartermaster’s Department is now supplying gas-proof food con tainers to the soldiers in the zone of operations in France. These contain ers prevent seepage of gas into the containers and guard against con tamination of the food. The men carry their emergency rations in the containers and all food brought up to the trenches is carried in the new tins. After the food «s packed in the con tainers they are hermetically sealed. It is Planned to use parafine for seal ing as it settles in the crevices in such a way that it must be cut before the lids can be taken off. It can be ap plied by running the containers through a parafine bath. Because the supply of tin is limited and there may not be enough to sup ply the needs of the army the quarter master’s Department is experiment ing with the wax paper box. Tests made show that these boxes meet all conditions satisfactorily. The tins and boxes both are vermin and water proof. German Firm Advertises Paper for Varied Uses An advertisement in a Bei'lin news paper, reported by the “Information Beiges,” shows some of the many uses to which paper is being put in Germany: “Paper stuff for dresses and aprons. “Paper stuff for business suits. “Paper stuff for manufacture of suits. “Paper stuff for upholstery and tapestries. “Paper stuff for trunks and bags. “Paper stuff for bags, pillowcases, and mattresses. Dun'ng the period of the War. we trill not eell an American Midget Marvel Mill unless its purpose ie to supply the local needs of a commu nity, or our Govemmsnt, with flour and feed. DO YOUR BIT. Help the Gov ernment by saving the freight on wheat nnd flour. Relievo the rail roads of this unnecessary congestion by establishing In your community one of these wonderful American Midget Mar vel Roller Flour Mills. And Make Money,Too $150 to $1,000 per month can be made with this permanent, substantial and dignified business. This wonderful self-contained roller mill is revolutionizing milling. Makes splendid flour at a better yield than \o Government requires. One man wliaout previous milling experience i run it successfully. Small cost, ;::.u.ll power, easy operation enables it to make a “Better Barrel of Flour Cheaper.” You can sack your flour under our nationally advertised brand “FLavo.” Our Servico Depart ment Inspects your prod ucts each month free nnd keeps you up to quality. Sizes of mills from 15 to 100 barrels per day. You can start with the small size if you have $2,000 to In- I vest. Sold on 30 days’ free trial. Writs for our catalog and experiences of Bueeesjsfu (own ers all over the United States. Anglo-American Mill Co. 68P-FPF| Trust. Bldg. Owensboro, Ky. (216) | “Splendidly assorted lot for sSlc.” Many Attractions Staged in the 42 Camp Theaters There are now 42 theaters, which cost over $500,000, in operation in camps and cantonments throughout the country. Nearly 100 vaudeville acts have been brought from the large circuits to play in these theaters only; about 60 acts have been secured from Chautauqua and lyccum bureaus; 35 comedy companies are playing in these theaters exclusively. Some of these are original New York com panies, playing the summer season only, with expenses reduced about two-thirds. The camps have been divided into two circuits. In one the Liberty theaters seat 3,000, in the other the houses are smaller, having a capacity of about 1,000 each. It takes from 14 to 25 weeks for a production to be staged in each house of either circuit. “Smilage” books, sold throughout the country under the direction of the Commission on Training Camp Activi ties, contain coupons good for admis sion to all attractions in camp theaters. Railroad Administration Makes Provision for Wheat Handling The box-car situation is better at present than it has been at any time during the last three years, according to advice received by the Department' of Agriculture from the Railroad Ad ministration. On May 1 box cars began to move into wheat territory, and wheat-carry ing roads-are expected to have on their lines more than the normal amount of cars owned by them. Cars are being parked in wheat-loading territory, which was impossible last year. The Railroad Administration will continue to move cars into wheat districts as long as there is any indication that additional cars will be needed. Women stenographers and typists are now being enrolled in the Naval Reserve as yeomen. Over 3,000 women are at work in the production of gas masks at the Long Island gas-defense plant. About 50 subsistence inspectors of the Army attended a school of one week recently held at Washington, D. C., to receive instruction in methods to standardize the inspection of food. Monthly magazines to be sent to soldiers and sailors should not be more than two months old, according to the Post Office Department, and weekly publications should not be more than three weeks old. In answer to queries regarding the protection afforded against mustard gas by American masks, word was come from the Expeditionary Forces that no information has been received that any box respirator of American or English manufacture has been penetrated in the field. Three temporary office buildings, providing working space for 6,250 per sons, have been built in ten weeks in Washington, D. C., by the construct ion division of the Army, without the employment of a contractor. One a three-story structure, 490 feet long, 260 feet wide, with a floor space of 270,00 square feet, was ready for oc cupancy twenty-four working days ..Z Jordan Hdwe. Co. O’NEILL, NEBR. We believe that it pays to give our customers service and satisfac tion; that is why we want to sell you a Cream Separator They can t fool the creameryman. He knows which machine skims cleanest, costs the least to keep in good working order, and lasts the longest. He has to know. The wrong separator might easily mean a loss to him of several thousand dollars a year. That’s why 98% of all the separators used in the world’s creameries and mifr plants are De Locals. /98%ofaU\ / Separa fors i;$ed\ | in the World's J \ Creairifrk's are/ \DE LAVAfii/ It’s just a.* important to you as it i? to the creameryman that you make no mistake in your choice of a cream separator. Why not be guided by the icreameryman’s experience? The terms on which we sell a NEW He Laval are liberal. The machine will pay for itself out of its own savings. Come in and ex amine it before you buy. We'll be glad to talk it over v/itli you. r——-r after the first spadeful of earth was Dutch, Finns, French, French-Cana turned. dians, Germans, Greeks, Hungarians, The Army Medical Department Italians, Japanese., Lithuanians, Nor has developed a mobile X-ray outfit wegians, Poles, Portuguese, Russians, for use near the front, carried on a Roumanians, South Slavs* Swedes, modified Army ambulance. It con- an(l Swiss. Ih May these societies sists of a standard portable (outfit appealed to President Wilson to issue made up of a Delco gas electric set, a proclamation calling upon all native high-tension transformer, special type Americans to unite with the foreign Coolidge tube, and includes an X-ray born in observing the national holiday, table, dark room, and complete set of an<l plans for many celebrations de apparatus for the localization of for- veloped after the proclamation was eign bodies. Some of these outfits >si!Ue<l. are already in service abroad and 55 - are in course of shipment. .State Fair Boys’ Camp. Forty-six societies representing 22 Any boy wishing to attend the State nationalities of foreign-born citi- l*a'r boys’ Camp at Lincoln, Septem zens prepared monster celebrations, ber 1st to 6th, should write to County pagaents, parades, and speech-mak- Superintendent Minnie B. Miller, at ing in the principal cities of theUnited once States for July 4. Represented in the . Tha railroad fare for the boys will \ . a . be paid. The boys must pay S5.00. group are Armenians, Assyrians, F MINNTF R MirT FR Belgians, Chinese, Czech-slavs, Danes, ‘ County Superintendent. Cultivators. We have a'few Cultivators and Lister Cultivators left. Will not be able to get any more this year. It will pay you to buy now. Johrv Deere Mowers Did you see that New John Deere mower? Say, its a dandy. Come in and look it over and you will be con vinced. We have a full line of I Hay Tools and Mower Repairs I Da in Hay tools. We carry all ! kinds of mower Repairs: Deering, McCormick, Johnston, Da in and In dependent. Wa.rrver & Sorvs. ■- -__ RED PEP’S PHILOSOPHY ■b. “Actions speak louder than words-but look out for the echo! 7 The only echo that comes back to us from our patrons is “satisfied.” PROMISES GET FRIENDS. PERFORMANCES KEEPS THEM. We’ve hundreds of friends won through performances and we’re going to get hundreds more. When we promise to send your LAUNDRY home at a specified time our per formance takes it there. SHIRTS, COLLARS, CUFFS laundried in double quick time— just as spotlessly and daintily, too, as though we had spent a week over them. That is why our Dry Cleaning work is of a superior quality. O’Neill Sanitary Laundry Home of Red Pep. O’Neill, : : Nebraska ^■"I M 1 - "ll—■'! Greatest Patriotic Photo Play of the Age COMIN C3 “The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin” This has been endorsed by the American Defence So- ** ciety and the American press as one of the great I est films ever produced. At the K. C. Hall Sa.turda.y, July 6,1918 1 Afternoon and Evening -— ' We are with you Woodrow Wilson 100 million strong We are going to be with you ’till this bloody fight is won, When no Autocratic tyrant, again dare show his hand, And Democratic Supremacy will rule o’er ail the land. ' Mill..... ... 111