The Elbert County tribune. [volume], October 04, 1918, Image 4

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CHEATING THE CASUALTY LIST.
Nothing that th*- Kaiser's hordes can send at them will deter these fellows. Armed with stretchers and Simon* j
pure nerve they taKc the wounded from the wires and shell holes of No Man’s Land and start them back to the treat*
ment that makes f > h day's casualty li;‘ look very different. We have these bpys and they have the nerve, but It
Is our money, subscribed to Liberty Bone's that makes their work of rescue and cure possible.
"Tommy Smitn." American noldier,
went over the bags with the root of
them. He wan in lho not of hurdling
a bit of wire in front of hia platoon’? ,
objective, in fact, v. hen the shrapnel
caught him. Hia fine fighting vigor 1
left him like the wind from a hurst
toy balloon and he collapsed inertly '
Into the entanglement. His rifle qul-'
vered upright as the bayonet plunge’d
int--' the ground. "Tommy Smith"
was done.
Fight behind that first wave, how
ever, came the stretcher hearers
armed, not with bayonets, hut with
pln'n, simon-pure grit, and they pick
•d Tommy off of tho wire, got him
GAS FAILS TO HALT “SUICIDE SQUAD”
The British Tommies named machine gunners the "Suicide Squad"—The Yanks still call ’em that, but the suloide
Is usually that of the Hun who pets fresh with one. These gunners are working in gas masks and the man In front is
feeding the gun at the rate of 500 shots a minute. The American buying a SSO Liberty Bond keeps this gun in
ammunition for two minutes of this kind of firing, time enough to annihilate a formation of advancing Huns.
This picture tells a graphic story,
not only of the two red blooded Tanks i
who are braving gas and shrapnel to
keep their machine gun going, but also ;
of other red blooded Americana at
home who must form the other half I
of a solid combination that can send i
600 bullets a minute Into the Hun i
rank* i
The machine gunner has one of the I
most perilous Job? in the army, for !
one man left alive behind one of the i
deadly Frowning* or Lewis guns i
might easily break up a Hun attack, i
The Boche MUST get him if he can 1
and woe to the machine gun nc*t that i
ruri6 out of ammunition in a hot j i
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★ MORE FRUIT and LESS SUGAR ★
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★ More Lesa *
★ Canned Fruit Jnra A
★ Dried Fruit Jelly *
★ Fruit Butter I’r. < rvos ★
★ Fresh Fruit Sweet Pickles ★
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He Buy s Bust v. Ji<» Buys tjuh
ly. Buy Your Loud
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lack through a withering buret of
firo and slid him dextrously over the
P rapet he had so lately left.
Down a communication trench was
.i dressing station. Tommy was a. had
'■ase and he didn’t stop there long
| Back to the first aid station and into
, 'l ambulance he went and, after a
• lash over shell torn roads, he was
unloaded at a casualty clearing hos
pital where, in his turn, he waa op-J
crated on. Again he moved, this time
to n huge has© hospital far from the 1
sound of the big guns where a fine,
lmalthv constitution, gained behind a
plow in the Middle West, brought
him back to health.
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place. It means a few names on the i
casualty list next day.
The combination thnt keeps the gun '
going Includes the insn over here,!
who goe • without a new suit, and :
buys a SSO Liberty Bond instead. He :
keeps the gun firing at its fastest I
rate for two minutes. That two rain- ;
utes may mean the turning point bo- j t
tween life and death for the gunners, i
It. may mean the annihilation of an
advancing Hun formation and the
the breaking up of air attack. It may
mean the clearing of a Boche parapet i
long enough for an advancing Ameri
can platoon to take a portion of a
new sector of trench—one more itao ,
Even the Denver Post admits It .
sometimes makes a mistake In picking
public officials. It doesn't guarantee
that Tom Tynan will not fade after i
Tam and Bon have soaked him a time
or two.
There has never been a charge of
unfairness to organized labor mad*
against the administration of Julius C j
Gunter Enemies of the governor have j
gone back no legs than twenty-five
years trying to dig up something along
this line.
Six weeks later he waa back with
his campaav, proudly displaying a
new wound strip© on hia sleeve. Once
more that dread casualty list heading, j
! Killed in action,’’ was cheated.
We’ll soon have millions of "Tommy
i Smiths" on the firing lines, and we
, i must have more first .aid s tat loan,
i more ambulances and hospital* to
. j cheat the casualty llata. A 1,000-bed
I bane hospital will take the proceeds
i' of $500,000 in Fourth Liberty Loan
11 Bonds. One SI,OOO bond will buy an
X-Ray outfit like the one that, found
the shrapnel in "Tommy Smith’s’’ body.
The American who subscribes for sl,-
i 600 in bonds provides an ambtfanoo.
j toward Berlin. The partner over here
whose dollars go to war in this Fourth
Liberty Loan is important Indeed.
A ringing sound is heard above the
rattle of the gun, shrapnel glancing
from the steel helmets. The money
from a SSO Liberty Bond goes to war
and buys "Carnegie derbies” for
j twenty-five men. The proceeds from
a SSCO bond equip a whole company.
A S6O bond supplies four fighting men
with the masks that make it possible
for these guns to spit death from out
of a Hun gas cloud into the ranks of
those who sent it, and laßt, but not
least, S2OO in bonds puts one more
gun like It on the road Into Germany
ONE SPOON, PLEASE.
Make one spoon of sugar
Do the work of two.
Keep the program going
Until the war ia through.
Gate ar the United Staten. Buy
| Liberty Bonds.
“OVER THE TOP”
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"Over the Top, boys, and give ’em h"’I.” When the zero hour arrives and
the waves of troops go over and fen* >. ( .he barrage fire rolls ahead of them,
shielding them with an Impenet ablc 1 fire. A barrage laid down ahead
of our advancing *roopa, protecting t : f nd razing the German positions,
may cost from $500,000 in Liberty Bonds upwards.
"When you’re waiting to go c
the top you think of a lot of thin;;
said an infantry Lieutenant on the
sector near Cantigny recently
’ A* you stand there with the hands
of your watch moving n round to tin
zero hour, the draft w hipping at i>
wisps of smoke down the troncli, and
see your platoon gripping their rifl .
with bayonets set. ready to follow
you over into that hell, you know that
some of them won’t come bark.
“You look at the second hand of
your watch. ‘Ten seconds, five sec
ends,’ and you glance acro.-s to w here
the barrage forms a protecting wail
of fire. ‘Two seconds’ —and you thank
God for the folks back home that are
backing you up and putting up the
money for all of those shells, for they
mean that these brave bo;. are to
SUGAR BOWL
IS BANISHED
The old time-honored sugar lx W
has disappeared Tain Colorado
tables. Facing an intensive mining
and storage season which will prob
ably be unequaled in the history of
the country, together with a re
duced beet acreage, the V. S. Food
Administration for Colorado waved
f oo'i control wnnd and sugar
bc\. ’ • wore established.
Accoruii.g t - >k, chair
man of the mi. the
food administration, a*. , this
nature was necessary to insure a
sufficient supply of sugnr to meet
the Increased demand of the can
ning season.
"In the Colorado sugar store
houses there is a vast umount of
auger, but that amount must be
available for shipping when demands
come and when It is possible to ob
tain oars. Beet sugar production of
the United States during the coming
year will be approximately 500,000,-
000 pounds less than last; Cuban
sugar supply, owdng to numerous
causes among which are transporta
tion, political unrest and general war
conditions is rapidly decreasing. And
sugar conservation now’ is vital,"
stated Bundick.
The new sugar regulations allow
consumers to have two teaspoonsful
or two lumps of sugar to one cup of
tea. coffee or ice tea, and two tea
spoonsful o t sugar to each additioi: 1
service of fruits, cereals or so forth.
No sugar is allowed for pie pudding.?
or any food lo which sugar has al
ready been added.
RESAURANT CLOSED
FOR FOOD VIOLATION
For violation of the substitute ule
and the rule agampt the placing of
sugar bowls upon the tables. Rein
hard Mueller, owner of the Vienna
Bakery and Restaurant, was ordered
to close his shop for one week by
the U. S. Food Administration
Mueller was granted ■ hearing be
fore the food administration execu
tive. Robert J. Grant. His only de
fense was that ho did not under
stand the regulations.
The penalty imposed upon Muel
ler w’ns the first oPMts kind since the
organization of the food administra
tion and followed a recent order
from Washington against the inflic
tion of money fines upon- violators.
given the best chance for life out
there. I
“Zero—and over you go.”
The barrage fire is a wall of bursting
shells that moves ahead of the ad
vanring troops in an attack. So per
fe t! Is the schedule timed that the
artlllf*) men, far in the rear. Know
< ioh second just where the first wave
i. . and raising ihe angle of their guns,
keep the bursting shells just ahead.
Official British figures show the
: oven-day bombardment during the at
tack on the Sfesslnes-Wytschaete
ridge In June, 1917, cost $83,791,235
in ammunition. In this case the front
covered was about six miles. The
preliminary curtain of fire, laid down
for six days, cost $43,166,536.
-mall barrage may cost as much
as $500,000.
DELICIOUS CORN MUFFINS.
Here** nil old fashioned recipe for
c h-u muffins that has recently been
i- ' lved and used with unusual success
In several <>f the larger New York ho
tels: To make three and a half dozen
i.iufflns take one quart milk, six ounces
butter substitute, twelve ounces of
liuht syrup or none;*, four eggs, pinch
of salt, two ounces baking powder,
one and a half pounds cornmeal and
one and n half pounds rye flour. The
butter and syrup should be thoroughly
mixed : then add the eggs gradually.
Four In the milk and add the rye flour
i fixed with cormneal and baking pow
der.
WHEATLESS BISCUITS.
Lurched cornnxMil |r the feature of
• excellent wheatless bisculta
I irst, the cormneal—one-half a cup—
IK l >ut in a shallow pan placed In the
’• on and stirred frequently until it
a delicate brown. The other ingre
dients are u teaspoon of salt, a cup
I :umt butter and one and a half
s of water. Mix the peanut but
i\ water and salt and bent. While
Hu-: mixture is hot stir in the meal
vhbh should also he hot. Reat thor
oughly. r J lie dough should be of such
<• insistency that It can be dropped
f om a spoon. Bake In small cukes
I ■ n ungreased pan. This makes 10
* ijcults, each of which contains one
- xth of an ounce of protein.
; very Hundred Dollar Bond Makes
A Hun Dread More.
i HU the Huns.
HOME FOLKS URGED
TO KEEP FAITH
WITH “YANKS" BY
CONTINUED SAVING
“A Sword, a Spade and a Thought
Should Never Be Allowed
to Rust."
This was part of the wise philosophy
of the women in Irish folk lore, and
it is now rich In war-time symbolism.
That the Allied sword is not being
permitted to rust is evidenced In the
recent victories on the western front.
Firearms are bright and shining, and
the enemy is on the run. There must
be no relaxing of the military pro
gram. American soldier.' must be
kept going In a steady stream that
the Allied forces may push on to a
quicker victory.
Th* e men must he fed. The civil
,an’s spade must not rust. The great
er our accomplishment In putting
American soldiers In the European
battlefield the greater is the civilian
responsibility to keep their bodies fit
and their spirits buoyed.
American agriculture has had a ban
ner year. The patriotic response of
the farmers coupled with favorable
weather conditions has Increased enor
mously the cereal production so that
all fear of famine has been removed.
Equally patriotic has been the re
sponse in the planting of war gar
dens Recent reports on the planting
for 1918 show 5.285.000 food plots or
an increase over last year of 51 per
cent. The estimated value of these
food products Is $525,000,000, or 50 per
cent increase over last year.
This is no time, however, to relax
either in production or saving. This
year’s bountiful harvest may be fol
lowed by a correspondingly poor one
next year More men will gradually
leave the fields for the array, and the
reaction will be felt at next year’s
harvest. Now is the time to prepare
for this by keeping up the conserva
tion program und building up a sur
plus for possible leaner days ahead.
Equal in importance to the sword
and spade is to keep the thought of
the American people free from rust.
The collective thought of the nation
must be pitched on a high place and
concentrated on the ono goal—a con
clusive peace.
A year ago last April America sent
word that she was coming. And she
has made good. Her men are there in
rapidly Increasing numbers and the
allied fighters now know that her
sword will not be allowed to mat.
The morale of both soldiers and
civilians Is based largely on being
well fed. That. America Is ready and
willing to share her food was shown
in the wheat saving laßt year. She
not only decreased her own consump
tion to meet the European demands,
but she Increased her production of
all cereals.
America’s sword and spade have in
jected new hope, and the thoughts of
the American people must not now be
allowed to rust. Europe has faith in
us, and we must maintain this faith.
SAVING STILL NEEDED IF
NEW FOOD PROGRAM
IS TO BE A SUCCESS
“During the coming year. America
must ship to Europe 15,000,000 tons of
food stuffs."
With this announcement, Herbert
Hoover, federal food administrator,
places on the American people a re
sponsibility greater than any before.
The 50-50 substitute rulings have
been relaxed, the erstwhile ban upon
beef products has been lessened —and
yet Americans must send 16,000,000
tons of food next year to her allies.
This gigantic program means that
every man, woman and child who Is
for Liberty against Tyranny, must
make his eating, and his buying as
sane and saving as possible, and keep
the consumption of vital food stuffs In
America down to the lowest point.
The relaxation of the stricter rules is
not meant to lower the bars so that
hoarding or excessive consumption is
allowable. It Is simply to relieve con
sumers from rules which worked a
c rtain amount of hardship, but
which were absolutely necessary dur
ing the wheat crisis of a few months
ago.
The food administration still re
serves the right to comraande' wny or
•11 flour consumers may have on hand
should the need arise—as it did In
the spring of 1917. It is hoped that
consumers will realize that out of the
great harvest this year, a reserve sup
ply of food must be built if future
short crops and decreased labor are to
1>“ discounted and made harmless.
"The food administration will ex
pect every patriotic American to hold
flour now purchased in trust, so to
speak, for uture use of the govern
ment, and to keep (hat flour In such
I n manner that It will not be damaged
! or ruined." declared T. B. Steatns,
food administrator for Colorado, In a
recent statement.
FOOD FACTS.
You can’t eat your sugar and give
I it to the soldieVs too.
The food program is a fighting pro
gram. and every fighter counts.
Constructive work a t home must
run well nhead of destructive work at
the front.
Only the simple life i s honorable or
even decent today. .
,;, .r Biirbnri ni by Buying Bomls.
I ’it our Dollars into Khaki! Buy
j Liberty Bonds. '
wikii has become of the old rash
; 101,0,1 salient with an apex toward
Oh. have a heart! Can’t.
i :o low change hie mind .’