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T uisrii't/t the °- f fus oo VP h x y *• •' i ■ forth' iJ"i"0 q[ f U H 11 ■* O'. % WISHED 1 SN 1 mmt K Y ER Y.VA -V 8 PL KD OS: America Shall Win tilt War Therefor? 1 trill uori, I »Ul rare. / it ill enrrijlte. I tv. U en .hue. I mil ,tltjM—cheerfullr ittul to tor titinoel-at if the . hole ittnie of the Itraffffle ile/ontlej on mt alone. - - ______ lj,:vi) i.N(i, o:pfi 0 t ÀIi VOLUME 37. AN») O hDKsx NEWSPAP ER OP CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO. CHALLIS. IDAHO. WEDNESDAY. MAY I. 1918 $2.50 PER YEAR NO 45 41 WAR wv i mt ha ll (From "I'bo Ppiker»»- printed hj the W-.Lhi, Engineers In France, -^muelj. Kirkwood, Secretary of the Interior in the I abinets of Presidents 'Garfield and Arthur, while war gov-j nor of Iowa in 1 SC» 1, made a speech from the steps ofl ..old capitol building in which he said in substance: "These are troublesome times and there are traitors and spies in our midst who would destroy this Union. If any man in this state is a traitor to the cause or in sults the flag,'shoot him in the act, or in the uttering , of the word. I am your governor; your pardon a waitsvou.'' What the United States needs at the present time is 48 ««•governors like*Samttel J. Kirkwood. tib U j I 5 Next Saturday, May 4-tli., a big "Rally Round The j"meeting will be held at Mackay at which it is ex ited that representatives of each precinct in the county ifillbe in attendance. A parade of .autos bearing theSer iFlags, banners stating the amounts raise» I Cross, the Y. M. C. A. and V. \Y. C. A. and an bonds raised in the precinct of which the presentative will take place in the afternoon. ear is the Dr. Kri ®rian, an Armenian will speak there in the afternoon on fterrible sufferings which his people have endured at ! hands of the Turks. Sunday the same speaker will dress the people of this section at Dodge Hall at two E&ock in the afternoon. Robt. McCracken is accom nying Dr. Krikorian and will also deliver addresses. |Itis expected that large deleg i >us will be in atten oce at the meetings in Mackay and Challis from Pall aaroi and Clayton districts and t!;e Council of Defense fChallisis desirous of having a large delegation of our as in attendance at the meeting in Maekav Satur (fited escorting the speakers to Challis that evening, day evening a meeting will be held at May. Ithose planning on the trip to Mad ay will please no fM. A. Dillingham, the secretary of the local Council fDefeuse. Big programs are being prepared pit is earnestly requested that yi Utast one of them. | for tiled I ibertv! . I or all three meetings] i arrange to attend] 'POINTED REV ENUE COLLECTOR °i'ge E Key os lias boon up ptsdDiquity Revenue Collet M or Custer, Lemhi, fjutfe and I**counties at cl is new busy Hho widiitado of duties of' •office. I / i.aS » ,„ |. AvU AA'; L * if is AM bib Mtio'.i for I'M Owners ailing automo >d to make ap - lie 'lises i ni me diati - v. D. BURNETT, Assessor An ounce of pep is worth a ten I of peace talk. America Consumed 42,000,000 Bushels Monthly. From Now Until Harvest Must Use Only 21 , 000 , 000 . RATION PER PERSON IS \\ POUNDS OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY Military Necessity Calls for Greater Sacrifice Here—Allied War Bread Must Be Maintained—Our Soldiers and Sailors to Have Full Allowance. If we are to furnish the Allies Mith the necessary propor tt°nof wheat to maintain the:.: war bread from now until the next harvest, and this is a mi.itary necessity, we must reduce our monthly consumption to 111,001.000 bushels a month, as against our normal consumption of about 42,000,000 bushels, or 50 per cent, of our normal consumption. This is the situa | tion as set forth by the U. S. F docI Administration at Washing f° n -. Reserving a margin for i list rib ut ion to the army and for cases, leaves for general consumption approximately I lb pounds of wheat products weekly per person. The Food Administration's statement continues : Many of our-consumers are dependent upon bakers' bre a.d. Such bread must be durable and therefore, requires a larger pre portion of wheat products thaji cereal breads baked in the household. Our army and navy require a full allowance. Tue well-to-do in our population can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than can the poor. In addition, our population in the agricultural districts, where the other cereals are abun dant, are more skilled in.the preparation of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. With improved transportation conditions we now have avail able a surplus of potatoes. W • also have in the spring months a surplus of milk, and we have ample corn and oats for human consumption. The drain on ry î and barley, as substitutes, has already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains. To effect the Deeded saving of wheat of Lite To effect the Deeded saving of wheat we are wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance of the American people and we ask that the following rules shall be observed: 1. Householders to use not to exceed a total of 1 !£ pounds per week of wheat products per person. This ] means not more than pounds of , \ .ctory bread containing the required I percentage of substitutes and one-half ? mud of cooking Hour, macaroni, | crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat j breakfast cereals, all combined. 2. Public eating places tyul clubs to observe two wheatless days per week, Monday and Wednesday, as at present. In addition thereto, not to serve to any one guest at any one meal nil aggregate of breatlstulTs. macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, euk< breakfast cereals, contain!« of more titan two ounce Hour. No wheat products unless specially ordered. . wheat a total s of wheat io be served Public eat • 1 Ing establishments not to biiy ntm-e j tlmn six pounds of v* loa l nai ^ ' eaclt ninety men s served. thus < on forming with the limitations lequestid than > time ami of a barrel ell wheat ; , ,i._ mnrter sold, by delivery of the t ' ,„ 0111-1 ,onf ." m/iti ' proportions |. fore, ami cm 1 ^ ^ ( ; C .|'t,i<)init of their s bevond TO per of the householders. 3 lletnUcrs to sell not more one-eighth of a barrel of flour to an town customer at any on not more than one-quarter iu ,y country customer at time, and in no case to products without the sale of au equal | weiglit of other eats t We ask the bakers and grocers to educe the volume of Victory bread 1 > lu '- v „ . 1. _ < t.„.,.. niioidpi' in other nvc not to increase the wheat flour purebas how much have you? plotir sugar and wheat census must be taken and it is a patriot!: dutv for the residents of Custer county to help the Food Administration get the required data. Those who ne; subject to gove on hard? 1 w nr refuse will be guilty of a disloyal act and ILL L ' 1 1 *'__ \ « rnmental pressure. How much have you wild ■prrn. ond flnniiy ft had smuggled his nul- i S12 a day. She is said to oe me wu. way woman known to raise snails. I melted to the Sudanese army near ' Abyssinian and Belgian-Congo i a . He ,s tlu ' on| y Englishman in "un area of 200 utile' the native troops in speak English. Yt^angn-me ''sonte of his men. l : h l X '"e «ne so.diers, enemies not many interview reported Guardian that the very sight of luxury after his experience. H.s and none of his command He 1 ms a smattering of Arabic and bis only conversation is ° i« trim eo. Some of his were years ago. by the he remarked crowds was a In Manchester ] , I | j cent, of Lite average monthly amount purchased in the four months prior to March 1. 5. Manufacturers using wheat prod uces for non-food purposes should cease such use entirely. C. There is no limit upon the use of •other cereals, Hours, and meals, corn, ■arley, buckwheat, potato Hour, et Cetera. Many thousand families throughout the land are now using no wheat pred icts whatever, except a very small (mount for cooking purposes, and are loing so in perfect health and satisfac • ion. There is no reason why all of the American people who are able to •ook in their own households cannot ,-ubsist perfectly well with the use of ess wheat products than one and one iiiaif pounds a week, and we specially jtisk the well-to-do households in the •oitntry to follow this additional pro 1 , .'ramme in order that we may provide be necessary marginal supplies for community less able j ^ ^ ^ th(j ^ |- «> adapt themselves to so large a 4 ) 1 * 0 - ^ of Buhstltutos . • In order that we shall be able to make the wheat exports that are ab solutely demanded of us to maiutaln he civil population anil soldiers of the allies anil our own army, we propose i> supplement the voluntary eo-opera ■ ion of the public by a further limita ion of distribution, and we shall place at once restrictions on distribution ; which will be adjusted from time to into to secure as nearly equitable ilts rilmtion as possible. With the arrival !, >f , inrv „ t we should be able to relax mich restrictions. Until then we ask t ,, p necessary patience, sacrifice quid co-opentöon of the distributing trades. | chief diversion in Africa is playin "patience." although this Is diversifie bv incidental lion hunting and The cas «al chance of shooting other fe garni v nn o the tess he could say that wnli v X m*ï£ which are not reported in the newspi h «HH I should welcome the s< pers. btlll mndetit or two Ci, \vhmh'' nossibly goes to show th. , n the desert the newspaper hi its uses. the as for ICH1D1N DOING TKtR BIT Bï ELÏIfiG 11I1T STAMPS Since the Thrift Stamps were put on sale in December, 1917, the children in the grades of the Challis school have purchased a total of $740.75. The reports of the different rooms follow: Primary room Miss Meetcr, teacher, with ah enroll ment of 35 pupils invested $90.75; Gay Williams bought the largest amount of stamps, $30.00 worth. Second Primary, Miss McClure, teacher, with enroll ment of 39 pupils invested $1-1-4.00; Violet Woodman bought largest amount of stamps, $20.75. Intermediate, Miss Woodson, teacher, with enrollment of 38 pupils invested $150.50; Arnold Zilkey buying larg est number of stamps, amount $20.50. Grammar room, Miss Stone, teacher, with an enroll ment of 29 pupils invested $355.50. Laura Philps Dur ing largest amount, $45.00. Every scholar in the High School owns Thrift Stamps and many of them Liberty Bonds as do also the High School teachers. The girls have organized a glee club and are kept quite busy singing patrioticsongs at various meetings throughout this section. The school is very pa triotic indeed. GEO. ADAMS DIES OF PNEUMONIA --- ~ Last Tuesday afternoon a'3:30! George Adams, s.n if M \ and Mrs. Jul n Q. A Ja is, died at the T ome tf lié'paienis near this city, of pneumonia. Funer al services over the remains were conductel ly tlu OJd Fellow lodge of which he wa - at: ember, Wednesday afternoon, interment being made in Challis cemetery. The deeeas d ha i been ill but a short t me a d d:spit: 1 is he roic bittle for 1 fe t ie R 'a( o: fi THE WAR, THE FARM AND THE FARMER By Herbert Quick 1 Member Federal Farm Loan Board The farms of this country could ; carry the war to a victorious con elusion evr;-. all the rest of the na- j tions sho.fld quit. The rest will not quit; hut we lo-ùd win it without them it we had to do it. The farmers of the United States can whip Ger many. We car -:.x,ip them with guns. We can whip them with our products. We can whip the-.; with our money. Every farmer i.i the United States must remember thqt the war has a first mortgage on even- ■ at he has. The last spare ce*-* hi the pockets of every farmer in America should be devoted to the war. The Kaiser be°?.n foreclosing his mortgage on our farms when he de clared ruthless submarine warfare. The war is our answer to his bill of foreclosure. j Our contribution is, first, our sons and brothers for the trenches: sec-, ond, the last pound of food products which we can grow by mobilizing our scanty labor supply, utilizing the men, women and children and the towns people about us; and third, money for Liberty Bonds. This is the crucial year of the war. Our soldiers are at the front, hun dreds of thousands of them in the trenches, and a million more ready to go. The whole burden of.carrying on our own part in the war, and of aid ing our sister nations in arms, rests on the United States Treasury. If the treasury fails or falters or j finds itself unable to respond to every „»11 it * /-» woi. ic call upon it, the war is lost. Do you realize that? Your sou, and all the nation's sons are relying on the United States Treasuty to furtlish things "with which they may fight. Thëir lives are lost if the treasury fails. Our country is lost If the treas ury fails. Germany wins if the treasury fails. Therefore every cent you can rake and scrape together belongs to the cas ... »**">">' "•* «*» »"p «" Germans with our money; but not s< with the money in our poc bank accounts, It must go into the th. United States Treasury in subscrip. ; hi 9008 to Liberty Bonds. 1 (This it tho lilt of a leriea of Dally claimed him. A scant six months ago tba aged father and mother were living in happiness in the home they had made, surrounded by their sors and daughters. To* diy their daughters are endear, oring to lighten the burden of grief which has fallen with a crushing weight upon the sboul dei-s of their dear old parents, for the life ties of their two sow* have been broken and the home made desolate. The entire community extends sympathy to the family who«« burden is doubly hard to bear. ; While Gerard was our ambassador in Berlin, the Kaiser said to him ons j day that he would stand no nonssnse from America after the war. Do you know what that meant? It means that the Germans intend to subjugate this country it they come out of this war victorious. The German Imperial government lias preached the superiority of Ger many to all the rest of the world un til the German nation is drunk witb megalomania. One of their great writers expressed the prevailing, of* ficial view in«5903, when he wrote: "The. Teutonic race is called upos to circle the earth with its rule, to ex ploit the treasures of nature and of human power, and to make the pas sive races servient elements In ita j cultural development • • • Who ever has the characteristics of tho Teutonic race is superior. All tho is up to the farmers; and Vnel* ; has never called upon tho femora fe vain, thrw article» by Mr. Qulik.). dark peoples are mentally inferior, be cause they belong to the passive races. The cultural value of a nation is measured by the quantity of Teu tonisrn it contains." Are you one of the darker races? Are you willing to be rated as ona of the "servient elements" in Ger many's cultural development? You began to be one of the "servi ent elements" when peaceful people were slaughtered as they carried your ptoduce to market. Was it because you belonged to a "passive race?" This war is for the purpose of say ing to that insane claim, with the roar of a hundred thousand cannon— "NO!" Never since the Turks threatened to overwhelm Europe was the world in such danger as now. Germany must be defeated this year. Unless we win, our place in the world is lost, and our history as one of the "servient elements" begins. We must withhold nothing from the support of the war. We must give ou? sons. We must bring forth food in abundance. Wo must give into the treasury of th* United States every cent we can spare. This summer the support of tho war M