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.
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“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
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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.
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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.
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RED PEP’S
PHILOSOPHY
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“Actions speak louder than
words-but look out for the echo!
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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
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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
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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.
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