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5
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DOLLARS IN FOOD
CONTROL COSTS
! The itemized accounts of the Food
administration filed with the senate
and house recently, show that the
total disbursements out of the con
gressional appropriation for the
month of February are S14S.68S.53
on account of the Food administra
tion. They also show that, out of
the $50,000,000 invested by the
, United States in the Grain corpora
i tion. for the purchase and sale of
wheat flour, beans, etc., for the
1 Allies and the Government, and
others. $105-922.75 went for general
expenses, and $137,749.86 for stor
, age and insurance- These expenses,
however, are covered by the Grain
1 corporation on the small differen
tial charged between purchase and
' sale, so that the Government loses
nothing in this operation.
The total disbursements of the
■ Food administration, since its foun
dation on August 10, 1917, to Feb
ruary 28, has been, for salaries and
expenses under the congressional ap
propriation, $659,624.16.
The total disbursements on the
conservation campaign provided by
the President out of the presidential
funds show $743,605.13 since the
10th of August when the food act
was passed, and $294,108.15 prior
to that date.
The total disbursements of the
Food administration outside of the
$50,000-000 invested in the Grain
corporation has. therefore, been
$1,697,337.41.
The above includes federal ex
penses of the 48 different state ad
ministrators, the District of Colum
bia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Porto Rico,
and some 3,000 city and county
administrators.
The Food administration has aopcoxi
mately 3,000 volunteers, giving the
majority of their time to the work
and approximately 2,340 paid offi
cials. The expenditure, therefore,
i up to date, amounts to less than
$320 per person actively at work
for the Food administration.
Douglas thinks she has one of the
meanest thieves that ever lived.
Someone ‘^borrowed” a Pyrene ex
tinguisher fro nf8ne of the sleds in
the fire hall, and forgot to return it.
If he took it for personal gain the
hope is expressed that he might be
called upon to use it.
ARE ON FRONT
LINEJJF BATTLE
The War Council of the American
Red Cross announces the receipt
from France of the following infor
mation:
“At the request of the United
States army the American Red Cros.
has just arranged to install with
all American troops now engaged
in actually fighting the Germans a
special front-line service. This is a
development of the front line can
teens. through which the American
Red Cross during the past six months
served more than 1.000.000 French
j poilus with hot drinks and, above
all else, a friendly boost right up
or near the trenches themselves.”
"Today the Red Cross has 15 roll
ing canteens behind the lines. From
these canteens are sent forward
daily, often in the small hours of
the night. 50 or more large recep
tacles containin hot drinks. Those
are served free to the men goiter on
or just coming off duty. The work
has proved itself to be of such value
to the French that the American
army has asked the Red Cro-s to
have this service directly in t iuch
with the medical relief stations near
est the front. The work is o^ten
done under heavy shell fire and re
, quires men of great bravery and
sympathy. Eugene Hale, brother of
Senator Hale, fixeshing six irvtr.ths
without vacation with a rolling can
teen near Verdun, served thousands
of French troops, gained great com
mendation from French generals who
noted the chacter of his work. Re
turning to Paris recently, just be
for leaving for America. Mr. Hale
says:
“ 'While the men are glad to have
hot drinks, their chief satisfaction
consists in the sense this sor\ ice
gives them and a cheering worn at
a critical or a tired hour.’
"American army officers are mrni
festing keen interest in having the
service at the disposal of the Ameri
can troops and the Red Cross plans
to enlist in France and in America
a substantial number of men of the
higest caliber to undertake this won
derful service. It will bo performed
at the point nearest to the fighting
line at which civilians will be per
mitted to be in any contact with the
men
MORE PHYSICIANS
ARE NEEDED BY
AMERICAN ARMY
Dr Franklin Martin, chairman of
the General Medical Board of thej
Council of Defense, has issued the
following statement:
Increase in the number of calls to
active duty of the members of the
Medical Reserve Corps indicates need
of enrolling physicians as new mem
bers, and the General Medical Board
of the Council of National Defense j
is cooperating with the surgeon gen-,
eral’s office in sending a new ap- j
peal to the medical profession.
There were (March 1) 144,869;
physicians in the 48 states and Dis- i
trict of Columbia. The surgeon
general’s report for March 22 gives
a total of 18,138 officers in the
medical Reserve Corps, and of these
14,911 are on active duty. Weekly
1 reports indicate that the officers
are being called to active duty in
greater number than they are being
admitted to the Reserve Corps.
While the declaration of war dem
onstrated that there would be great
: need for physicians, the General
Medical Board of the Council of Xa
. tional Defense began to secure data
regarding physicians throughout the
country. In all, 22309 doctors have
been recommended by the surgeon
! general for ocmmissions in the Medi
cal Reserve Corps—15 per cent of
' the doctors of the country.
In addition to the members of
the Medical Reserve Corps who are
called to active duty, others for vari
ous reasons—illness, accident, or
other unforeseen contingency—are
Here We Are
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All the Latest
Trimmed Hats
Street Dresses
Evening Gowns
Novelty Notions
Beautiful Dresses, actual values
$29.50, will be closed out at $ 14.75
$19.00 Trimmed Hats - - - $9.50
Nothing Reserved. All the Above Items Must
Go At Half Price.
SIMSON’S
LET THE CHOICE OF YOUR NEXT WATCH BE A
Hamilton
THE WATCH WITH A STANDARD PRICE—(OUR PRICE)
W'e Have the Material to Repair Swiss and American Watches
Pioneer Buttons with Your Name and Igloo Number Neatly
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obliged to leave the service. So th
margin is constantly being draw
upon, and the need of new member
is indicated, as the surgeon genera
and the Council of National Defens
are desirous of having a safe margii
maintained at all times.
Physicians who enroll are advise
and urged not to relinquish thei
practice until informed by the sut
geon general's office that they ar
soon to be called to active service
It has been the policy of the sut
geon general's office to allow 1
days, in order that a physician ma
adjust his affairs, between the tim
that he receives his orders and th
date on which he will be expected t
report.
In order to aquaint the medics
profession with the great need o
physicians and surgeons for wor
in connection with the war repre
sentatives are being sent to variou
parts of the country, and will cor
tinue to be sent as needed. Thes
representatives are addressing meet
ings of the doctors called by thei
state committtees, who are coopei
ating with Washington.
TEXAS COUNTY WILL USE
NO WHEAT FLOUR UNTIL
AFTER NEXT HARVES
. No wheat flour will be used b
the citizens of Grimes County. Tex
until after the next harvest, a?cor<:
ing to a telegram received by th
United States Food administiatio
These patriots have already turnc
over to the Government at cost on
car of wheat flour and will delive
others now in transit. These cat
THE SOURDOUGHS' HOME
THe Arctic
DAVIS & TAYLOR, Props.
Soft Drinks Cigars Tobaccos
Pocket Billiards Rooms
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT
EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS
i are being diverted to an Atlantic
i port by the Wheat Export Co. and
s the Food administration for immo
j diate shipment to the Allies.
In appreciation of this splendid
act on the part of these Texas citi
zens the following wire was sent:
“We compliment the citizens of
Grimes County upon their patriotism,
and every pound of wheat flour
they conserve will go to our asso
ciates in the war.
"HOOVER “
5 Tillie Martin, a native woman of
• Juneau, recently sued Billy George
? for slander, asking $1,000. She
? charged that George publicly accused
> her of being responsible for the
loss of $100 belonging to a son of
1 George’s,
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