The Alton Democrat from Alton, Iowa • Page 8

I Setters from Solbiet France, July 25, IS is- Dear Mother As I have a few minutesj time I will try and drop you a Doping the same of you. Have notj heard irom you for a long time an-ij hope everything letter Re 1 Geo Douwstra preached atj Alton all day Sunday. Miss Helen Montgomery is visit- Jag at Cherokee this week. Several of the Hospers people avej is the Sheldop fair this lightning Saturday! i YOUR SON'S LIFE A NEW SUIT I Ourefon. Be Good for a Hundred Thousand It Means If 105,000,000 People Refuse to FIREARMS ARE NOT wn I.

Said i ss I done we must buy additional food in aeuiral countries, sslsx A is, "How will my shotgun last?" or "How many shots can I fire from sny rifle or revolver before it wears oat? 7 It is impossible for anyone to say ac-ui, case that be kept for our military operations and increasing our difficulties in adjusting our trade balances with, neutral countries. Uneie Sam in Many Io return to" our story of tJ is well at home. had from, you was atj Herman -yVoertink of Leota, 3 gamp Pike, but you probably wrotftj is calling on relatives and a Tew- sine? aad as we are-moving this week. at-oaad so much, it will take a while) Mr Mrs R. Gaszevoost nt before I set any.

I wrote you a Tuesday at Sheldon with the since I am over here and hope you. aczev oort family. reeeved NATION HURT IN MANY WAYS Suites to import ofwooT. representing /jco.ooo, 5172,000,000, Abou i -SseaOoaT Our suij called for a snbstant One of Numerous Cases in Pojm Vfvid- oo i an( therefore to that TM 12S23JS JSl cessity i fcea Dde fij Ci wttem" for, probably Save the oar factories being busyIn yoU 100000 shots A 22-ealiber I ooo. it- TQB .1 of this! his ships.

Assuming that they are cleaned care- will show practically no falling off Ia CENTER The center of agricultural production of the United States, accorJIns to the value of crop and animal products for 1317, is in west central Illinois as shown fiy a diagram" just issued by, jhf. department of agriculture. he states of greatest production nols, Texas, 'Missouri, 000 i Ohio, Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas, Minne- REDUCING MOUft AND I Where Food is Abundant it fa possible to Clear PremiseT of Ail Rodents. Masters Mel via Vander K.ai»?j Georgia, Califonua. and Een- 52 tvo days and returned on TMo place since- I am over hare n'Wn their trip to Dakota.

i i T-. T-jes-j ''Saving ocvc i i ever j.tju.wu i in Time. rprodocios the tJbUigs required for nd revolver are good for njcWgau, $534,000,000, of the war and our home A tnctv. i A iTTIOSr i i i 6UU10M TRAP IN Otiier Devices More Simple struction Are Preferably--Vteaei Sausage or Fried Bacon Excellent Bait By PAUL M. WARBURG, harnessm A pretty to attend the harnessmakers eon- sam-i Dormer Vise Governor of the Federal that Koolbeek oT any time.

had my taste war as I jj i home. i bu. hare been at the front two days Sfpresent we are back. Well I got good taste of war already for the time we were out we are sure push- tog the Germans back. pushed a certain wood anu it back in a Miss Laura Grommers was an over night caller at the W.

Vander home on her war from Lennox, S.T)., to Alton. Mrs J. Donovan of Sioux City is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs machine A Montgomery. The ladies are guns and snipers are picking at a.

ers. person. Also tired ofi are well and Mr. Kleinjan is passm much pretty close to close once that a piece hit me; ae the foot but it was only enough to save me a scratch. As this is harvest time the boys must be pretty busy with the work and I wish sometimes I was back ielp them and I hope when another harvest comes that I will be back home of J.

'Klein. Van 't Hot will take up studies at the academy this year. Mr and Mrs. Glen Nedcott arrived en Tuesday morning to pack their goods and left on the at- ternooa train for Cedar Eapms. Miss Bena and Joe De Vries of Gaza are spending the week at tue in the States.

Wefrienos. and get! L. Hoetman of Sanborn Reserve Board. I am one of one hundred, and five million of inhabitants of the United States; my duties are the same as those of every other trae American, and those of every other true American are the same as mice. Whatever I contribute to the cuuse of the country I may expect to see clone--each in his own way--by 105.000,000 people.

Let ns suppose for the purpose of illustration that I decide that I shall effect a saving on clothes. 1 might select boots, automobiles, umbrellas, or any other article for which I regularly spend my moaty, as I have no desire to out nay one commodity, but ciotbes lend thernsplves to my thought, so I nnrae them. If I make np my mind, then, at this juncture that to old clothes JE more respectable than to to less, than 1 usually purchase each year, and if I figure 'hat ro cost no more than $10--the country as a whole, should we all pull together and act on the same lines, would ssr-'e thereby over (Prepared by the TTnitea Stsuti. Bepi- 't for the wool (or for that matter 'to Chile for filtrates, to Peru for cop- per, and so on), is insiifficleat. As a 'consequence the United States had to pay for more goods in South America than South America has had io yeops the pres sttre bv tbe exp osion the more! barrel, for the shotgun' de- least pressure and the high auite 0 treated pretty good.

As oews war news is scarce, otherwise than and as my letter is getting long I will have to close, as you know Censor does not permit us to write a. lot of the war. Will close, sending my best wishes and ove all from your loving son Otto Excuse poor'writing as I am us- to and family calling pers OttoM Sellea, M. G. Inf 3Div American E.

F. iriends on Tuesday and Wedaefc- day" and attending to business. Rev. Heemstra of Chicago preached at Reformed Church Sunday delivering two interesting sermons. Mrs Heemstra also spent the da with him at the home of James Hy ink Rev.

Heemstra used to nave charge of the Newkirk community. Walter Hvink and family of Mars were over Sunday guests a the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Van Rooyen for goods bought in the thereby eacsinf dcllne of dollar exchange in these neutral countries. This shrinkage in the price of the dollar fliat it lost a corresponding part of its purchsHnj power in neutral i countries.

The scarcity of foods available for our export trade has thus be 'come a serious obstacle In oar In trying to secure reasonable prices or in adequate quantities some of the things that we absolutely require from foreign countries. My strit of clottes has hurt Uncle Sam, therefore, in several ways: I have consumed more wool than necessary and thereby forced the tJalted States to Import a correspondingly large quantity of this article; I have consumed more cotton goods than necessary and to that extent have deprived Uncle Sam of the means with power rifle the most. A rather interesting sidelight on this question of barrel life is a determination of the actual length of time to PLAN OUTLINED FOR HAYING OPERATIONS Keep the Crew Busy and Save Maximum Amount of which a good shotgun barrel is sub- of the powder charge during its life- -Fair Work for time. If 100,000 shots are flrefl from a I Ina Putting Into Barn With shotgxui the inside of the barrel Is actually exposed to the flame of the powder charge for about four mirrates. AMOUNt OF FOOD NEEDED Committee of Decided Jurt What Must Be Supplied to the Average Man.

As a basis for calculating the ainonat of food Tvhlch must be provided for unu-ng, it is a al trays easy to clear rats froa ises by trapping; tf foofi is EDBBCS: It is impossible. A few sflults Kfaj to enter the most innocent-loo'-a trap. And yet trapping, if followed, is one of tlie most tive ways of destroying the Guillotine Trap. For general use the imprwrf em traps with a wlie fall a baited trigger and teren bj a eosfl spring have marked advantages Uie old forms and many of ttaa Eq be used at the same time. and OE TM where in Monday Mr.

Hyink left, as He bad I Somewhere es Mrs. Hvtot and children will sta I i until the last of the week. pose they were half-wool and half-eot- ielter; The the Hospers ton an a that the value of the raw ma- given on Tues- terial constituted only 50 per cent of Dear Brother and all Received your yesterday and was glad to from you again. I It surely was a Well, I am still in good lutle la( 5-; -were well drilled and hope the same of you all. ajjd di their parts we ll being about one billion dollars.

is true fhnt in dealing with car 105.000.000 population we include children mid many poor feopie tlmt could not stive ten dollars each because they never speml more for clothes they jilisoiuteiy must. But on the other hnrui S10 is much amount than the average ntaii or woman spends for a new suit of clothes. The assuaiption that a billion i doi'urs could easily li- suveu on clothes may. therefore, be atcepteU as conservative. The first thought that octurs to us in this connection is, that by this saving in clothes over one billion dollars would be freed to be invested in Liberty That is the first important and most obvious result.

But there are other economic results Involved in this saviiii? that are of far greater importance than the mere saw ing of money. Economic Results Are Vast Let us consider first what oae billion- dollars' worth clothes means. Soo- which to pay for the minimup of wool the human system the interallied scientific food commission has found that an average man of 154 pounds working eight hours day requires food having an energy value of 3,300 calories. The commission consists of repre- sentatives of the United States, France, SDOW mat i "Rritnln ftnd Rgd CrQgg some fine weather number. On account of the It the last week but had a good shower larrge crO wd.

of nd-n this morning. That was the, Sirst rain we had for the last two, months. I got those postals you sent me long time ago. I have not seen Math ou are busy with the the price paid by the ultimate consumer, that would, at the present price of 60 cents pound for wcol and 30 cents per pound for cotton respectively, we may have to import. Clethinj but One of Many.

I have used the illustration of new suit of clothes; it would be easy, though somewhat tedious, to we have been dealing only with one case ia point The country short at this time of hides and sldM and has to import large quantitiei from neutral countries because we extravagant in onr Individual of Similarly, though we are the largest producers of copper, forces to import copper from Peru because or civliiaa population haa not begun sufficiently to curtail use. In like manner we might ourselves is it at all excusable that at this still manufacture such articles as silk stockings, when of silk must iaported, while we wuld use our own cotton? It is impossible and unnecessary to enumerate the dairy articles that are in a similar position. Many bttliom of dollars can easily be when ence we are capable of reaJUlce the cumulative effeet of individual "saving;" take word "saying" in its larg'er meaning, as involving not only money, but also goods aad servicee. If every individual could be made to manager of the Dillydally moving see with his own eyes that neglect of Fork Is About Five per Man--Haul All Day. by the tlnlted States Department of Agriculture.) The haying season for tame hay tests about ten days.

the -weather is unfavorable or the acreage is large it takes longer to get the hay made. The hay grower should plaa to get his hay made within two weeks at most, if possible. If the amount of bay each machine will handle per hour or per day aad the amoTint of labor required per ton is known, plans can be made to make a certain amount of hay per day. It has been found that, under average conditions, mowers, tedders and salky rakes will, cover two acres per of the allies from a scientific point of view, and in agreement with the in- terallied executives to make proposals to the allied governments. The commission agreed that in event i It should become impossible to supply 3,800 calories of food, a reduction ol 10 per cent could be suffered for sonns time without injury to health.

Th minimum ration of fat for the "average man" was determined upon as two and five-eighths ounces a day. The commission recommended that uniform average milling oi 85 per cent for wheat be adopted throughout the allied countries, bul this extraction may vary from 80 pel cent ia summer to 90 per cent in wia- The commission held sessions London, Paris and Borne. A Reel Treat "Ladles and gentlemen," began th ten-hour day. That is, a five-foot mower will cut ten acres per day, a ten-foot Btflky rake will raie 20 acres per day, etc. One man-can cock about five or six acres per day.

A fair clay's work for loading, hasling and putting Into the bam with a horse fork is about five tons per man. When the haying season comes an effort should be made to make as touch bay per day as possible. On many farms In the East the best results are not obtained, because hay is hauled only in the afternoon. This practice lengthens the haying season and thus increases the chances of damage to the hay from rain and causes hay to lose its natural "tea green" The hauling crew Guillotine Trap Made Entirely Metal. traps, sometimes called traps, are of many designs, tan more simply constructed are able.

Probably those made entii of metal are the best, as tSe? i more durable. Traps with tin or sHJ iron metal bases are not iscr mended. Guillotine traps of the type should be baited with small pieces theater, appearing in front of to as- Death of Mrs. Peter Vos Died at her home August 21 af- an illness of three weeks. Mrs.

i. Mrs. Vcs and Mrs how much freight space weald be required on water and on land, in moving this mass of raw material? Bo war, and a larger number of casualties it every one who has a SOB or clear relative on the fighting lines of nrt ii ck kai- John Den Hartog and was nearly 23 and to years old at the time of. her deatn. married Peter Vos Bee.

Mrs. Vos was a member of the New-, ser by that time and be the corn. Pete, how did you like the of initiatioE. I suppose you had a good time. Was surprised there was such a bunch that jomed.

If I were home, I would join I am still at the same old job urTive her. The brothers die driv a team. I like it fine. Wei City. Herman at sure have some fine kirk church noon, from which place tne this iTridiiy bercg preached rtouwstra.

Her husband seven brothers and five sis- put into freight cars, assuming a loading capacity of 16 tons per car for wool and IS tons per car for cotton, this would represent 13,021 bos; ears loaded with wool and 32,056 bos cars loaded with cotton? Assuming 75 cars per train, would be about GOO trains; the total length of these trains would'be approximately 314 miles-, and these trains, hauled "by 800 engines, when standing in line wonid approximately cover the distance from Baltimore to Pittsburgh? Can you imagine the amoTint sf. coal consumed in first transporting and then weaving this raw material into cloth? Can you im- the number of hands for your entertainment a unique de parture in modern motion pictures--a film, on which, after aboul 800 feet have been used in exploiting that millions of small savings directly ti tlei the name of the author, tin affect his hoy--there would no countenance of the star doubt that we could secure the moat conscientious and co-operation of all the people. Thus far-- uuist say with 105,000,000 people. 100,000.000 do not see the connection between the suit of clothes and the life of the boy. Germany's Enforced Economy.

Germany's military SUCCSM Is largely upon her ability to cen- the entire national effort upon the business of war. It is safe to say that she never would have been able to bear the burdens of the fight as well long fire Mrs. 1 iorses. I Walter Hospers. The sisters arc! Teli the folks not to send Mrs Ja ke Salsma of Shelves, sweaters aad socks because we get Henry Slothouber of Alto tsi' we need.

Don't send any tobacco Huigens of Hospers. either because we can buy it cheap-: over here. Had a letter from Joe the other System. Cav also one.from Mike Kansen. The! crops he: Ion very poor.

Eggs are one dollar aozen. Some prices'. I suppose taeyi Traascript about one fourth of that price in I the States. Driiiing Hard Steel. I guess a bip bunch of boys left i In preparing aril! tc TS.

already for different camps since i. Viv.rd steel, the firi'l sboui3 oe left spring. As nev-s is scarce 1 to r.n even heat, the fov this time. love and the tip of the as she: has these four years lind it not been for the savings in material, money and men brought about thronah the British blockade. Francis X.

Mnshman, the fact that il was produced under the personal supervision of a great genius of when: you never heard before, and the infor matlon that the photography, which J' no better aud no worse than common, was done by another total stranger, there will positively be nearly 200 fee), of pictures given City Star Epidemic Record ef 1917. Disease scourges took a great tolJ in the orient during 1917- Cholera pre vailed in southern Asia from Asiaty reore coal, more labor ana more transportation are reqmred in distributing the cloth and again more labor and more material in c-ooverting it into an-d again more labor aad i I ianWorUtion in retailing the finished -TM-- lotbeSt ghocs and i crodoct to the final consumer. i a-ticles. Industries Let us be mindful that oil tns.time i (1 "tie appetites and estravu- Vienna sausage (Wienerwurst) fried bacon. A small section of I ear of corn is an excellent tei other grain is not present.

TfcM gar wire should be bent inwri bring the bait into proper 1 for the fall to strike the rat te neck. Other Excellent Other excellent baits for rsts i mice are oatmeal, toasted toasted bread (buttered), ft offal, fresh liver, raw meat, puw apples, carrots and corn, and flower, or puspMs sa Broken fresh eggs are gooa all seasons and ripe tomatoes, encumbers and other fresh are very tempting to the winter. When seed, grain or used -with a guillotine trap, on the trigger plate or tte wire may be. bent onrcard ana 1 bait placed directly under it. Oatmeal frolled oats) is mendec as a bait for made -srith wooden base plate.

These traps are venient to use on ledges dovf rat runs or at the rat burrows. They are i without baiu I A common mistake ia I rats or mice is to use only traps wien dozens are should work all ffay. or at least start a large establishment stern necessities created by that blockade the German people would not have been wiilir.K to submit to famine ra- Curina Hay in Suneh--Hay Will Cure Out Better When Loosely Bunched Than When In Swath or Windrow, but a Heavy Rain Will Wet It Clear strikfn; Thrsach. down 55,000 in the Indian region; thef 8 870 cases in the Philippines anq i manv 'deaths in Eurmah. Buboni i as soon as the dew is off, unless there; traps may be nsea to a lor the i fron-i other more important farm work tc' a dozen is none plagne belted the tropical world iron, Peru to Hawaii and New Caledonia, li too be done.

Scarcity of labor win sometimes pre- ordinary barn or rats. House mice are for! jcfeSi vent the hauling crew from, picions than rats and are mm HIT for 'the $5, ttfli rc SS ses are being carried oa, masse wouio sepi --1 i I i 1 ftGC. men and material from the government Brit'sh India the largest mortality tool rtace there w-ere 580,000 eases, vritl 000 death' The disease area ex In the morning, if the mowing, teoding, easily trapped. tended as as Egypt aad. Sea! and raking are done ia the forenoon.

the meo neces- war work, anci ge of coai and wheels of transpor- tatJon have stopped his progress at ar.tl sn the pres- i eraersency coatinue to reiasiu ft constcr.t acnace to the cotsntry. i Your Scn Ulfe. new suit ot ciot'ues rueaas, fiore- 'c- our aiiUtftry in equippSug it tiiein. nud to need; Instesd of making everything for the wiir work of the government, anO she would ex- iserself by buying things uiirwid' that she could go iriUiottt or fur which she bad to strain fcer in- in finding or creating subsH- Yellow fever appeared in "vVhen a crew is kept at the barn foi pjfjp VALUE nnloading asd puttinsr the hay Sa the i -ot above several iraa mow. the men should be kept deltas the lf possible a crew can-: not stay at the barn without coa-j siderable loss of time, tie men shouJc all work in the field, pitching, nnulinff.

two or three COOTIUS IE with each load to heip -onlond. Com Surely Has "Done His Bit" "I think this nian Is doing his bit," writes an anay correspondent who: seeds the following dispatch to the Army and Journal: Where Crop Ksy Be SubttStsrte for 5 by the Cnjtrf i ExperiKeiits with It sood practice io have only W. termine their saitabilit?.