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Interest the Children fws.s.l WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT They Can Help CAPITAL $60,000 BURPLUS $25,000 TOTAL RESOURCES $520,000 . ..T H © ... First National Bank CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO. BUSINESS FOUNDED IN 1862. ORGANIZED AS A NATIONAL BANK JANUARY 1«t, 1874. I One of the oldest banks in Colorado, it has for fifty-four years striven to furnish the public with every facility consistent . , with conservative banking practice. , Officers and Directors: J. C. JENKINS, President J. C. McSHANE, Vice-President i H. H. LAKE, Cashier W. O.'JENKINS, Assistant Cashier ' WILLIAM MARTIN ■■—,;l■■ • ■ ■■ ■ - i < ’ AGENTS FOR ? :; Denver Rock Drill Company Drills I :: " • ' ' ■ :;,=== | > DuPont’s non-Freezing Powder : ' ■ Gasoline DuPont’s Blasting Caps ;; All Blinds of Mine Supplies J j' Automobile Supplies I Screen Doors and Screen Wire Fine Assortment of Aluminum Ware Rubber and Leather Belting ; Garden and Air Hose Cement and Plaster ; • We Exclusively Handle Bsrtelde’e Hen Feed ; black" HAWK 4 The Clark Hardware Co. j | Choicest of Groceries Nuts Figs Dates Candy Oranges Grape Fruit Pop Com Pickles Olives Fancy Cakes The New Sauer-McShane Merc. Co. T »:■ Stamp (Will Screens •:* i ■■ Caps, Fuse and Candles.!; i i ~~ " - ~ ~ - ■ IEIT-.. T - ; , J [ - Agents for the Old Ovtgln»l__ — I! California Giant Powder !! ii !! Quick Silver and Mill Chemicals, Gas ; ! ■ Pipes, Steam Fittings, Gold Retorts, i ■' Belting, Hardware, Stoves, Rope, Etc. ii !! The Jenkins-McKay Hardware Co.; !! CENTRAL CITY, - COLO. n 11 4 ■*•+« +•+•+•+• B+r-HM-a-t-a-f a+a-t-a+a+a-f « Read the Observer, $2 PERSONAL MENTION Wm. Auger was In Denver Satur day. He Is thinking of going into the ship yards and helping Uncle Bam. Rev. Geo. S. Parker went to Den ver yesterday to attend the funeral cf a friend. Mra. Fritz Wenzel and son leave next week for Denver and If they find they like the big city as well as they do Central, will make Denver their home. Mr. Wenzel has been In nver several weeks. Joe Powers visited friends and rel atives. In Central Sunday. Mrs. Wm. Mitchell left for Denver Sunday to visit her daughter. Darrow Mabee, who went to Den ver for bis health, has returned, a little better. Miss Nellie Erohl came up from Greeley Friday, returning Sunday af ternoon. Ben Slattery came up from Denver Saturday night, Denver Is too ex citing a place for him. Jack McCalllster arrived Saturday evening from the Agricultural col lege to get ready for war service, be ing one of tl:e two selected to go to Camp Funston fromffJllpln county j on April 27th. | Mrs. Esther Lobb, daughter of Mrs. Wm. Martin, came up from Denver to attend the funeral of her mother. J. C. Noble, of. the Philadelphia mine at the head of Freeman gulch, returned from a trip to Dnver Tues day. John Morgan, of Oak Creek, was here-this week, visiting his mother, sister and brother. Robert Prouso has accepted a pos ition at Golden and left Central and . several sad hearts this week to go to that place. S. A. Rank left yesterday for his home in Boulder. Percy R. Alsdorf left yesterday morning for Denver on business. County Supt. Edith Williams went to Denver yesterday. I Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Roberts and son came up from Denver to attend the I funeral of Mrs. Martin Sunday. I Miss Mamie Cody returned from a visit to penver last night. James Barbee returned Tuesday night from Denver. Mrs. Barbee is remaining in Denver for a few weeks for the benefit of her health. I James Henley and Theodors Sten eck went to Denver Sunday to see the bright lights. Mr. and Mrs. Ike Hardy have re turned from an extended stay In Ar vada. They report Al. Klals, who was ill, aa recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett McKlbben, of Apex, were In Central yesterday. They report yesterday aa the sever est of the winter. Mrs. Fred Head leaves tomorrow for Cheyenne, Wyo. Walter Boyle, the pioneer mining man, returned from Denver last night John G. May left for- Denver Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Ingersoll. of Den ver, attended the funeral of Mrs. Wm Mar'tn. H. Benight, who was In attendance at the Foater-Colomo trial, left for his home in Denver yesterday. Tom Cudahy returned from a trip to Denver last night. Mrs. Charles Brandstetter came over from Georgetown last night to visit a few days with her husband. Mrs. H. J. Hawley returned from . a visit with her daughter In Denver Saturday night. Mrs. John Claus, of Denver, came up to attend the Ct.as. Anderson fun crrl Tuesday. Mrs. R. C. Benight came up from Denver Monday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens, w-ho had been spending a week at Arvada vis iting friends, returned Friday. i Mrs. W. U. 8. Parsonß returned Monday night from Denver, where j she attended the Benight funeral. Mrs. Annie Spear, of Idaho Springs came over Friday to visit a few days with her brother and sißter, Joseph Floyd and Mrs. Cowling. | Alf. Thomas was over from Fort Morgan to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Wm. Martin. FOR SALE—A sNAP 94 interest In Fannie lode. Enter prise mining diatrlct for SIOOO.OO. 3t H. J. HAWLEY. WANTED BUILDINGS, HOUSES The M. It omen Wrecking Co., will purchase old buildings, houses, barns fixtures, etc., paying cash for same. Address, Golden, Colo. Mcney has no choice In these tin es between courage and coward ice. Every dolltr tl at Isn’t doing something noble and patriotic must fight or be classed as a traitor. It Is said that Germany’s birth rate Is decreasing while that of France and Belgium Is Increasing. tub cnitPiir ormrtbk WOMEN ASK FOR RATIONING PLAN Amtrican Women Volunteer to Buy Fixed Amounts of Meat, * Bread Flour, Sugar and Butter. PLAN STARTED IN NEW YORK. Idea Supplements U. 8. Food Admlnls tration’e New Home Card Now in 10,000,000 Homes. The women of America, who are anxloua to do their great part In the winning of the war, are now, aa a whole, familiar with the most impor tant aspects of food conservation. The Home Card, both m Its original form and in the revised edition for 1918, which provides for two wheatless days, one meatless day a week, in addition to a wheatless meal every day, has been placed by the Food Administration aft era vigorous campaign in 10,000,000 American homes. An intelligent and conscientious observance of the Horn, Card's requirements is all the Food Administration uskß of the housewlvei of the country. The Food Administration has had ■ great many requests, however, particu larly from the homes of the well-to-do, thut it should issue a worked out plun for a voluntary system of rationing. This desire for a voluntary ration springe from two causes—first, be cause it Is far simpler for the house wife to save food when she has a con crete working plan by which to pro ceed, and, eecond, because the loyal women of America desire, unselfishly, to put themselves on the same basis as the women of the Allied countries. The ration proposed by the Food Ad ministration Is almost the same aa that adopted In England for voluntary observance. All ever the United King dom, In hundreds of houses there hange In the front window a card with the stirring pledge, “IN HONOR BOUND WE ADOPT THE NATION. AL SCALE OF VOLUNTARY RA TIONS." The ration recommended by the Food Administration, and adopted first in New York city, whence the Idea has spread through the entire country, Is the following: Weekly Allowance Per Person. Meet—Beef (fresh, salted, tin ned and hashed); mutton, lamb and veal (mutton by preference) 244 lbs. Butter H lb. Cooking Fats (margnrtne, lard, lard substitutes, vegetable oils) Vi lb. Wheat Flour (for use In cook ing gravies, etc., where corn starch, cracker dust or bread crumbs cannot be substituted) Vi IK Victory Bread (containing at least 20 per cent, of a sub stitute for wheat f10ur).... 1% lbs. Sugar (Including all sugar used en the table and In cooking and all sweatmeate and candies, but not that used for canning and pre serving) £ ib. The Items listed shove are the only ones which are definitely limited. In the case of milk and cream, ns much may be used as necessary, and chil dren, of course, must have their full allowance of whole milk. Fish and poultry, any cereal other than wheat, vegetables and fruits and cheese may be used ns freely as Is desired. The above ration Is In no wise In tended to supplant the Home Card, but rather to supplement It. It has been published with the Idea that It will be a very real aid to the Ameri can woman In her splendid effort to carry out the great food conservation program. USE MORE POTATOES. M mated that over 700,000 extra seres of potatoes were planted last year. The United States Food Administration Is endeavor ing to push the nation's big po tato stocks Into channels of trade and has placed potatoes on the list of substitutes that mn.v be bought along with wheat flour. Potato soup has become a war dlah. Here Is a recipe that haa been teated by United Ststca Food Admlnlatnitlon experts. In gredients needed are three pota toes, one quart of milk, two slices onion, three tablespoons butter substitute, two table spoons flour, ono and one-bslt tablespoons salt, one-quarter teaspoon celery nnlt, one-eighth teaspoon pepper, few grains cay enne and one teaspoon chopped parsley. Cook potatoes In boiled salted water. When soft run through a strainer. Scald tnllli with on ion, remove onion and add milk slowly to potatoes. Melt the fat, add dry Ingredients, stir until well mixed, then stir Into bolting soap. Conk one minute, strain ami sprinkle with barley. HSI.P consume the i 1917 record break ing potato crop. Ooverntnent ex perts have eetl- TO CUT WHEAT USE ONE-HALF Military Neoesslty Demand* That Each Amerioan Eat Only V/t Pound* Wheat Products Weekly. CORN AND OATS SUBSTITUTES. Allies Must Have Wheat Enough to Maintain Tholr War Bread Till Next Harvest. If we are to furnish the allies with the necessary proportion of wheat to maintain their war - bread from now until the next harvest, and this It a military necessity, we must reduce our monthly consumption to 21,000,000 bushels a month as against our nor mal consumption of about 42,000,000 bushels, or 50 per cenL of our normal consumption. This is the situation as set forth by the U. S. Food Adminis tration at Washington. Reserving a margin for distribution to tlie army and for special cases, leaves for gen eral consumption approximately lVi pounds of wheat products weekly per person, the Food Administration’s statement continues: Maqy of our consumers are dependent upon bakers’ bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore requires a larger propor tion of wheat products than cereal breads baked in the household. Our army and navy require a full allow ance. The well-to-do In our population can make greater sacrifices In the con sumption of wheat products than can the poor. In addition, our population In the agricultural districts, where tjie other cereals are ahundnnt, are more skilled In the preparation of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and Industrial popula tions. With Improved transportation condi tions we now have available a surplus of potatoes. We also have in the spring months s surplus of milk, and we have ample corn nnd oats for hu man consumption. The drain on rys and barley ns substitutes has already greatly exhausted thq. supply of these grains. To effect the needed 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 144 pounds per week of wheat products per person. This means not more than 1% pounds of Victory bread containing the required percentage of substitutes and one-half pound of cooking flour, macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast cereals, all combined. 2. Public eating places and clnbs 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 ons meal an aggregate of breadstulfs. macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes, wheat breakfast cereals, containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour. No wheat products to be served nnless specially ordered. Public eat ing eetabllshments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat products for each ninety meals served, thus con forming with the limitations requested of the householders. 8. Retailers to sell not more than one-eighth of s barrel of flour to any town customer at any one time and not more than one-quarter of a barrel to any country customer at any one time, and In no case to sell wheat products without the sale of au equal weight of other cereals. 4. We ask the bakers and grocers to reduce the volume of Victory bread sold, by delivery of the three-quarter pound loaf where one pound was sold before, nnd corresponding proiairtlons In other weights. We also ask bakers not to Increase the amount of their wheat flour purchases beyond 70 per cent, of the average monthly amount purchased In the four months prior to March 1. 6. Manufacturers nslng wheat prod ucts for non-food purposes should cease such use entirely. 6. There Is no limit upon the use of other cereals, flours, and meals, corn, barley, buckwheat, potato flour, et cetera. Many thousand families throughout the lend are now using no wheat prod ucts whatever, except a very small amount for cooking purposes, and are doing so In perfect health and satisfac tion. There Is no rensAn why all of the American people who are able to | cook In their own households cannot subsist perfectly well with the ufte of less wheat products than one nnd one half pounds s week, and we specially i ask tha well-to-do households In the eountry to follow this additional pro ; gramme In order that we may provide j the necessary marginal supplies for those parts of the, community less able to adapt themselves to so Isrgs a pro portion of substitutes. In order that we shall be able to make the wheat exports that are ab solutely demanded of us to maintain the civil population nnd soldiers of tbo allies nnd onr own nrmy, we propose to supplement the voluntary co-opera tlon of the public by s further limita tion of distribution, and we shall place at once restrictions on distribution which will he adjusted from time to time to secure ns nearly equitable dis tribution as possible. With the arf'enl of harvest we should be able to relax such restrictions. Until then we ask for the necessary patience, sacrifice and co-operation of the distributing trades wife and child hearth and home IIBERTY ■ BONDS Third Liberty Loan THE ENEMY WE MUST MEET By William Allen White (Mr. White, editor, author and King ol the war and all of its many angles while on an extended visit to the various battle lines of the Allied armies.) Back of the German lines every ounce of food is conserved, and dis tributed with fairly equitable pro cision; every yard of cloth Is num bered and Is entered Into the wax strength of the empire. Every penny weight of German coal Is handled with scientific care, and the one end and aim of all this autocratic control of food and clothing and heat Is the v-’lnnlng of the war. There is no other purpose In the German mind. Every German mark is a German soldier; every grain of gold is doing its full share to work out that indomitable purpose. Here In America we must realize that the war will not be won on any front, but in our own hearts. This Is a clash of civilizations. We must de velop in our hearts a democratic pur pose as strong and as carefully direct ed as this autocratic purpose of Ger many. We, too, must make soldiers of our corn stalks, make,defenders of our wool and cotton and silk, make every pound of coal an American pound, and we must make bullets of our pennies. If we fail to develop this democratic purpose in the eye to eye, knee to knee, hand to hand, struggle on the front, which, after all, only reflects the strength of our convic tion, then our civilization will go down. To fall to support our soldiers with ammunition, with food, with clothing, with coal, will weaken them for the great conflict at the great mo ment, and that weakening will come from our hearts at home. It will come If we are slow with our finan cial support of the men. Tbs Liberty Loan furnishes us with the only way we home-stayers can practically show our purpose. Our patriotism will be measured by our performance toward the Liberty Loan. What we lend to our country In this time of need will measure our love of the freedom* our fathers bought. It Is at stake. The autocratic purpose of Germany, Iron willed and yet unbroken, aimed at world conquest is threatening us. What Is freedom worth to youT It Is' worth what you lend to your govern ment in this hour of Its awful need. Your Choice ? bonds or bondage? Will you lend your money and be free - or Hoard It nowandpqy it out in Tribute when Liberty is lost ? IS AMERICA AWAKE? As much as has been said and writ ten in America about the World-War In Europe. It Is doubtful If America Is \ yet awake. A man who returned from Europe ' •lx months ago, said, "The farmers of " America are feeding to their cattle today better food than millions of people In Germany and Austria have had at times. These people whose governments are fighting us are sub sisting on cow beets and straw bread. All Europe Is short-ratlonad and hungry. This Is our war from now on. What happens In Europe Is America’s deep est concern. There Is not enough food in the world. Either our soldiers must skimp their rations or we must skimp ours; either they must do without some necessities or we must do with out some of our luxuries. Which shall it be? Count on the Tomorrows. What will your business be worth U we should lose the war tomorrow? What would you give for a farm In Russia today? What would you give for a farm In America If conditions were such as they are in Russia today? Help produce, help conserve, and help fight by buying Liberty Bonds, for "he also tights who helps a fighter tight.’*