THE
P O L K
C O U N T Y
POST.
A Semi-Weekly Newspaper.
Published Twice a Week at Independence, Polk County, Oregon, on
Tuesday and Friday
FARMERS KILL HUN
STARVATION PLAN
WITH BIG CROPS
Entered as second-class matter March 26, 1918, at the postofflce at In
dependence, Oregon, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Pinched by Own Hunger. Germans
Watch American Wheat Flow
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in Plenty to the Allies
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CLYDE T. ECKER, Editor.
Fourteen million men were culled Thursday and many
of them w ill get over in time to see the finish of the Hun.
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c/u garO
T he soil, th e two-fisted fighting men
th a t sp rin g from th e soil, and th e un
con querable d e te r m in a tio n of the
A m ericans who till it. a re beating the
Gentians.
T h ro w n back from his first ru sh
across th e Marne an d held a t Verdun
by th e valiant French, th e Huns cast
ail th e re s tr a i n ts of hum an ity and civ
ilization to the w inds and ushered in
u n re s tric te d su b m a rin e w arfare with
th e boast th a t E ngland would, be
starv ed in six m onths.
How nearly th e y ap proached success
will form one of th e most gloomy c h a p
te rs in th e world w a r history; how
and why they failed, one of the most
inspiring sections of th e epic c h ro n
icle.
Seventh
Annual
POLK
COUNTY
AMERICA SENDS
FIGHTERS FOOD
VER 75 per cent, of the sugar used in the United
O
States is delivered by ships. There is produced
about 800,000 tons of beet sugar and 250,000 tons of
cane sugar in Louisiana. The total consumption of the
United States is about 4,500,000 tons of raw sugar, which
makes about 4,250,000 tons of refined sugar.
If our coasts were blockaded as Germany’s now are,
we would have available for the use of the people of the
United States only one pound of sugar for every four we
use. Under such circumstances there is no doubt that the
American people would get along on this limited supply
without complaint.
The United States Food Administration is asking
»every American household to use not more than two
pounds of sugar per person each month for domestic
use. Reducing our sugar consumption here means that
we will be able to help supply the needs of France, Eng
land and Italy. Sugar conservation til the Airerican
table also means conservation of ships
The Army and Navy have sent out an “S. O. S.” call
for ships. “Save Our Ships to Transport Troops and
Munitions to France, in order that we may keep the fight
ing front where it now is and not allow it to extend to
our own homes," is the message.
There is ample sugar in the world for all require
ments— in fact, there is a large surplus, but on account
of the ship shortage it is not available for use in this
country.
Java, which produces 15 per cent, of the world’s
cane crop, :s too far removed. It requires 150 to 160
days for a ship to go to Java and return.
You can still get Real Gravely
Chewing Plug for 10c a pouch.
It gives you more solid tobacco
comfort than ordinary plug.
Tastes better ~ lasts longer.
Peyton Brand
Real Gravely
Chewing Plug
10c a pouch—and worth it
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G r a v e ly taw ta wo m u c h lo n g e r i t coate
ito m o ra to c h a w th a n o rd in a r y p lug
P.
B.
K
True, B ritish and A m erican sea-dogs
hu nted th e su b m a rin e ; A merican ship
builders launched fleets whose sh eer
n u m b e rs marie it im possible for the
Hun sub-sea te r r o r s to sink all ot th em ;
British land c on scription tu rn ed h u n
d red s of th o usand s of a cres of parks
and h u n t i n g ' p res erv es into ciop-pro-
duclng a re a s ; H oov er an d American
food economy saved millions of bush
els of wheat and shiploads of niout for
fighting tnen and civilians in France
and England,
But in th e last an aly sis it was the
farm and th e fa r m e r of America th a t
kept allied hoBts on every W estern
fron t in plenty an d added despair of
victory to th e pinch of h u nger behind
th e H un lines.-
H is bum per crops jolted hopes a t
P otsdam a n d V ienna as severely as his
fighting sons jo lted T euton generals at
C antigny and along the Marne, since
e x p ectatio n s of A m erican rrop failure
w ere based
with Germanic com
placency on carefully plotted cam
paigns of p ro p ag an d a and sabotage in
th e United S ta te s.
Dallas
H UN AGENTS
BURN CROPS
T h e g e n e ra l public is too little aw are
of th e Hitter b attle s th e crop grower
has had to fight to bring his wheat to
harv est.
B urned barns, sta n d in g crops, h a r
v e ste rs and th r e s h in g m achines were
on lj a p a rt of th e w idespread ruin
planned by th e s e fellows of Boy-Ed.
Von Papen and von Bernstorff, an d in
t?so many In s tan ces th e ir plots were
successful. T h a t m ore w ere not was
due only to u n tiring vigilance which
can n t v e r be relaxed while th e w ar
lasts.
NeV goals, not easy of atta in m e n t,
are placed before th e fa r m e r through
th e plan for raisin g an a rm y of five
million A m ericans to crush G erm any
next year.
He will be f u r th e r handicapped by
the loss of h an d s to the army, and he
m u s t raise g re a t e r crops. P la n s of
th e D ep artm en t of A griculture call for
th e in crease of w heat acreag e in the
W est by as much as 80 per cent.
NEW EFFORTS
CALLED FOR
No one doubts th a t he will rise to
th e o pp ortu nity for service placed be
fore him, any m ore than any one
doubts th a t he will play his o th e r parts
in th e i>erfectly co-ordinated fighting
n a c h in e revealed when America tu rned
is a nation to win the war.
Not th e least of th ese parts w as his
participation in the financing of the
battle, though previous histo ry had
w ritten down much effort to finance
th e fanner.
R ural districts were uniformly m ore
pro m p t th a n m etropolitan a re a s In
th e ir response to the T hird L iberty
Loan.
H ouor flags first flew from
country flagstafTs. and those with the
greatest n u m b er of honor strip e s like
wise.
,
T h e T hird Liberty I.oan, th e g r e a t
est financial achievem ent in th e hle-
tory of th e United States, an d t h e r e
fore In th e world, is to be p erh ap s
doubly eclipsed by the F o u rth L iberty
Loan.
T he p a rt of th e fa n n e r probably will
be a s proud.
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17 , 18 , 19 .
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