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MACEDONIA
Macedonia, where the fighting
forces of the Central Powers are
reported, in tdoay’s dispatches, to
have launched an unsuccessful at
tack on the Allies, may become the
granary of the Balkans as it was
in antquity, as the result of the
present war- Only a part of its
soil has been cultivated in modern
times, and that with very rudi
mentary means.
The possibility of reclaiming the
uncultivated areas after the war
and utilizing them for growing of
wheat and other cereals has attract
ed the attention of experts who
have gone there with the Allied
armies, say Department of Com
merce advices from Salonika, Greece.
The French, especially, are inter
ested.
Many of the soldiers there, of all
nationalities represented, plan to es
tablish themselves there and take
up agriculture after the war, re
ports George Horton, American con
sul general at Salonika. The sol
diers have seen how rich is the
soil and what wonderful results it
produces with inadequate means. ,
European immigration, it is assert
ed, should not be encouraged until
three problems have been solved.
These are how to combat the marsh
fever, how to ameliorate the condi
tions of the inhabitants and better
their homes, and sanitary surround
ings, and to introduce American
farm machinery and other saving
devices.
' Marsh fever is regarded as hav
ing done as much tow’ard devastat
ing the country as years of war.
Fortunately, the country, which will
be benefitted in many ways by the
presence of the Allied armies, will
also have the benefit of efforts now
being made to combat the fever.
A durable and efficient organiza
tion, whose sole duty will be to
solve definitely this problem, is ex
pected to be the outgrowth of army
organization.
For centuries the Macedonians
have lived ^mid unsanitary condi
tions. Amelioration of this condi
tion mrrt come before the real de
velopment of the country. The
people have labored with the most
primitive tools and have rarely been
sure of enjoying the fruits of their
toil. Yet they must provide the
main body of laborers for the cul
tivation and redemption of Mace
donia, because they are inured to
climatic conditions.
Motor and tractor implements,
making labor easier in the trying
climate, also are necessary because
thev would solve to a large extent
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the question of obtaining a suffi
cient number of workers. Ameri-!
can tractor implements are already ,
being used successfully by the Brit
ish and French armies, and recently
an American Red Cross detachment
arrived here with the purpose of
cultivating the extensive plains south
of Monastir. A’merican farm im
plements having been introduced,
should play an important part in
the redemption of Macedonia.
Water power is also waiting de
velopment. Mr. Horton says the
principal grain merchants report that
the annual crop of cereals of the
three vilayets or provinces of Mona
stir. Kossove and Salonika, in the
years proceeding 1890, was 500,000
to 700,000 tons. Since then the
yield has decreased to 100,000 tons,
principally because of insecure con
ditions and emigration of workers.
With the modern methods at
work and with some plains drained,
I it is estimated that region should
i yield at least 1,500,000 tons of
grain, and with this done Macedonia
would turn back to its history and
again be "the granary of the Bai
! kans.”
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RATS GIVE TROUBLE
AS WELL AS BOCHES
Behind the British Lines in France
| —-An enemy whose activities do not
' figure in the offical reports, but
; against which Allied soldiers wage
! daily warfare is the rat. Tens of
| thousands of rats, huge sharp
fanged fighters, have dug themselves
in among the billets and trenches in
France and Flanders, and they are
a constant torment- Thanks to mod
ern medical science, there has been
little or no disease communicated by
the rodents.
Rats multply rapidly in the trench
es and thrive well. They steal the
soldiers’ rations, disturb his rest and
; bite him when he offers resistance.
The pest is hunted with ferrets, ter
riers, poison and traps, and when
particularly numerous given a gas
attack. After the trenches are
drenched with gas, they are generally
clear of rats for a long period.
So long as the boys are at the
front, difficulties are to be subdued,
j impossibilities to be trampled down.
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SIMSON’S
AGE LIMITATION ;
NOW A HANDICAP;j
REMOVAL URGED
BERKELEY, Cal—That age< limi
tations in the matter of employment
for men who are physically and
mentally capable of attending to
their work be removed is one of the
main objects of the Berkeley De
fense corps. This is an association
of over 600 members, composed of
patriotic citizens of all ages and is
engaged in all phases of war weak
including drilling, target uractice,
making war aids for the boys, pro
tecting dependents of absent sol
diers and securing employment for
them.
The association has sent out many
letters to government officia's and
large corporations asking that all
age limitations be abolished. Ac
cording to Chairman John Mc
Clellan of the corps, the movement
is meeting with success. A number
of replies have been received to the
letters sent out. The following is
from C. R. Gray, director of the
United States Railroad Administra
tion at Washington:
“In behalf of the director general
I beg to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of July 16, enclosing
copy of resolution adopted by the
Berkeley Defense corps with respect
to utilizing generally the services
of men over 50 years.
“For your information a number
of the railroads recently have dis
regarded the age limit restriction
heretofore in effect against the em
ployment of men in railroad service
when the applicant seemed particu
larly suited for the position applied
for, and consideration is now being
given the advisability of generally
notifying the railroads that such in
structions should be waived in the
case of applicants for employment
who are physically and otherwise
qualified to perform the duties in
cident to the position applied for.”
governor V\ illiam D. Stephens, of
California, replied as follows:
“I am very much in sympathy
with the movement to have the age
limit removed so as to permit men
and women over 45 or 50 years of
age to be employed in the places
left by those who have been called
into the service of their country,
and I fully agree with you when
you say that much of the best work
of the world today is being done
by men and women beyond the ages
mentioned.”
Senator James D. Phelan, of Cali
fornia, says:
“I will be glad to assist you in
any way possible.”
Dr. T. V. McGillicuddy, supervis
ing inspector for the past twenty
years for a large New York life
insurance company, stated that all
insurance companies will favor all
removals of age limitation for the
reason that it will prolong life by
its physical influence on the tissues
of the body as well as for its mental
influence. He said: ‘‘The old prin
j ciple comes in that you will rust
out before you will wear out. From
; no point of view is a sedentary, lazy
| life to be recommended for rich oi
' poor as compared to an active one»”
Mayor James Rolph. Jr., of San
Francisco, employs a number of
men who have passed the fifty-year
j mark and has promised his co-oper
ation in the movement.
Eskimo tax dodgers of Cape
Prince of Wales in the northernmosl
part of Alaska have no easy time
of it, as they are forced by the
native councils to pay for work, ac
cording to copies of The Eskimo
a Native publication. The Wales
council has ordered that the mer
who fail tp pay the village head tas
either in labor or cash must keef
the water holes open in the river al
winter, which is no small job, con
sidering that the ice is from six tc
twelve feet thick. The rest of the
tribal slackers were required tc
make trail over the ice betweer
the village and Tin City. This trai
is used by the natives for haulinp
in wood and is rough and bad.
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ARMY CLOTHING
ROLES POT MEN
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Behind the British Lines in France j
The soldier has little or no choice in i
clothing, and the conditions of cam
paigning are such that soldiers are
seldom ideally dressed. The cha v;es
of temperature that Western Europe
can experience in 48 hours com
pletely baffle anyone who possesses
a restricted wardrobe and who is
obliged to live in the open. Yet the
soldier in France must be prepared
for anything in the line of weaihe-.
In the British army, the seaso :s
are regulated by official routine
rather than by any slavish adherence
to climate. The first signs of spring
are army orders commanding that
all “special heavy” winter clothing,
such as trench coats, furs and sweat
ers, shall be handed in by April 1
And handed in these comforts duly
are, whereupon the weather forth
with turns wintry again and the
middle of April is perhaps marked
by a three days’ blizzard and sharp
frost.
Garment by garment the winter
' clothing disappears into the store
house; sweaters, winter shirts, trench
gloves and mittens, leather coats—
all inexorably return to the ordnance
department. During the summer
this clothing is cleaned, repaired,
| sterilized and repacked in bales
1 ready for the succeeding autumn
and winter issue.
I The clothes collected are replaced
by issues of lighter stuff, more suit
able for warm weather wear, for in
the summer, fighting is hot work,
and gunners perfer to serve their
guns in knee-length underdrawers
and a shirt. During some battles in
: the hottest days the men have strp
ped even further than this, and
worked bare to the waist, as their
grandfathers served the guns in Nel
son’s day.
Wool and flannel seem heavy stuff
for summer wear, but the British
army is old in experience and knows
! the best all-around materials. Cotton
though excellent for comfort, is sa'
to swell the sick lists rapidly, for
when soaked through with perspira
tion it dries in such a way as to
chill the wearer, while the heavier
wool, though less pleasant to wear,
dries without ill effect.
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Ihe same standard outer uniform
serves the British soldier for all
seasons in France. One article thil
is the same for British soldiers ;n
all parts of the world and in all
climates is the regulation grey army
sock. Experience has proved to the
satisfaction of the British authorises
that this standard sock is the be.-t
for all conditonns of marching. It
does not shrink or get hard from
repeated washings and it is extra
ordinary durable.
British army clothing may not be
handsome or even well cut, but it is
most carefully designed to furnish
the maximum of practical use com
bined with the first hygeier.ic quali
ties. The best testimony to its ex
cellent quality and design is the fact
that the soldier himself ec tnowleilges
that “ration clothes” are the best
that can be found for army wear
If you believe in peace you will
fight to get it.
U. S. Food Administration.
Arter de wise ol’ owl spit on de
bait he say, sez ee—“I gwine ter
sprize you all wid a mess er fishes
’cause you alls mus' save de meat
en eat sumpin' else Instid on jes git
out dat ol’ game bag en make it
work, too,” sez ee. Den he kotch
a big fish and say. sez ee, “t-hoot—
t-hoot—t-sub-sti-toot,” sez ee. W’en
he say dat he means dat when you
alls make riz biscuits jes don’t make
’em—use corn meal ter save wheat
flour fer de sojers.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE CHFLAP— Business lot at
Third and Market; also shot gun.
Inquire Mrs Lavin. 9-12
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Luge tank^
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE.—Mrs. \V. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outsdie soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning: and pressing clothes,
for sale. No reasonable offer re
fused Shop is on A street, near
blacksmith shop.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern •
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch j
Bunny, with 2 Vi h. p. Ferro en-!
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire j
of J. A. Slippern.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and;
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
WEDNESDAY
t ALL MEALS
i WHEATLESS
| use mo wuft auaxju
X TkfOB Oft WAKEAST WOODS
9 COTZAINU4H -WTIXAT
We’ll substitute corn for wheat
■ and victory for defeat.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
Sheldon-Gibson Stage Line
Carrying U. S. Mailt
For CH1TINA and WAY POINTS
Every Tuesday Morning
Special Auto for parties of four
or more any time.
C. Ha**ry Woodward, agent
Fairbanks
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If you have saved a slice a day.
eat corn bread and save a loaf.
r. S. Food Administration.
Cl’ Rr’er Rabbit betttr make his
se'f mighty skeerce en not go pro
jiikin’ roun’ whar dere's cookin'
goin’ on. ’cause a rabbit in a pot is
er goin' ter look mighty good to mos’
ennybody 'fo' long 'count er folks
havin’ ter save on meat. 'Sides
folks'll kinder have 'er save do
wheat flour fer comp'ny en ear bread
made outen dis yere "substitute''
flour. Pat wise oP owl done say dat
to win de wn: you got ter feed de
sojer hoys dot's doin' de fightin'.
Pat's w'at’s takin' de wheat en meat.
Seth Thomas Wall Clocks
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GUARANTEED FOR FIVE YEARS
$11
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