OCTOBER 10. IHIS
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CROOK OOCNTT JOITMJA1
R. R. FUND REPORT BY
CRANDALL & ROBERTS
ITEMIZED STATEMENT rXR
CONSTRICTION' Kt'XDS rSKD
111 SUC uMARV IS GIVEN BELOW
Complete Copy Containing All The
Details 18 On File With
The City Recorder
For the benefit ot the cltiien ot
the city, aa well aa the city officials,
financial statement was called for
short time ago, together wtth a
complete audit ot the books.
To the City Council, Prlnevllle, Ore..
Gentlemen: At the request of
your Finance Committee, we hare
audited the expenditures ot the Rail
road Fund, up to August SI, ISIS,
and the account of the City Treasurer
up to September 18, 1818, with the
aame.
We find the bills representing the
expenditures in the greater part on
tile, a few being missing, evidently
having been mislaid and which we
have requested the parties to fur
nish copies to complete the files, and
properly signed vouchers for the
Sums paid out.
We find the expenditures to Sep
tember 1, 1918, as follows:
Right ot way. 126,621. 41
Grading 80,657.12
Waterways 22,872.74
Fencing 10,626.63
Ties 24,020.92
Track 9,801.83
Laying and surfacing. . 27,073.17
Engineering 7,357.87
Legal Expense . 3.788.05
Equipment 1,235.18
Insurance ft Hospital 1,008.11
Interest 200.62
Postage 12.70
Telephone ft Telegraph 112.28
Accounting . 695.19
Transportation 2,689.23
Printing ft Advertising 697.33
Supplies 409.74
Total $219,480.03
Of the expenditures charged to Le
gal Expense we find the following
Touchers issued to the respective par
ties for the amounts Indicated were
the amounts charged to this account.
Legal Expense Account
Warrant No.
107 Statira Biggs, Resolu
tion R. R. Bonds $ 2.00
136 Keeler Bros. Legal Ser
vice Bond Issue . 3,250.00
Voucher No.
65 L.M. Bechtell, Con
tracts (repart L. M. B.) 4.60
87 L. H. Bechtell, Tel.
contracts, etc. 14.00
283 L. M. Bechtell, Servic
es Commissions Contracts 60.00
428 L. M. Bechtell, Servic
es ft cash advanced 11.60
483 L. M. Bechtell, Servic
es in condemnation suits 227.75
C39 Teal, Minor ft Winfree
service, 2nd bond issue.... 200.00
37 L. M. Bechtell, Legal
services 23.00
$32 L. M. Bechtel, Legal
services ft expense 5.20
Total Legal Expense $3,788.05
We find the amounts paid from the
Railroad Fund to the members ot the
Council, with the services rendered
to be as follows:
D. F. Stewart, Mayor
12S Repayment of money
advanced to Pat Hasting
on his pay check 2.00
183 Repayment of money
advanced board paid Mrs.
Mongomery, R. E. Stew
art account 4.85
(34 May, 1917, Exp trip
to Portland ' 25.00
Cash advanced Gogerty 60.00
Telephone account 2.70
Cash, 2 buckets (camp).. 1.20
Pans ft utensils (camp).. 1.80
Cash advanced Jos. Walk
er, lab. 10.10
Do. A. R. Brown lab 9.42
Do. Roe for meat 4.10
Do. for Eggs 1.40
Do. for eggs 6.25
Total 110.97
484 Payment of note and
int. for money advanced
before bond- sale. 2,040.33
473 13 days lab. on pile
" driver 32.00
Cach adv. T. F. McCallis-
ter, deed 1.00
Do. F. Forest, deed 1.U0
Do. McElfresh, deed 60.00
Do. Exp. trip to Portland . 25.00
Do. Do 22.00
Total 3131.00
792 Advances to pay laborers
acct. no voucher signed by
recorder and laborers were
quitting:
G. W. Baker $ 79.95
H. E. Stewart 84.80
John Waite 33.00
Henry Waite 83.00
John Sondquist 200.00
A. H. Howe 122.90
Wm. Wright 97.55
David Frogge 60.00
All appearing on pay . roll....
Total $751.20
H. D. Still, Councilman
400 Oct. 22. Supplies and lab- -
Auto top for City Eng 20.75
477 Jan. 7, repair on tent 4.00
. Voucher 477 not presented
for payment. '
Total $24.75
G. P. Reams, Councilman
470 June 3, '18, Exp. trip to
The Dalles ...$19.60
Int. on Bote 16.50
Total received $36.00
N. G. Wallace, Councilman
865 Sept. 24, 1917, Assign
ment of Ben Fox lab. check $17.40
Amount received by Shlpp & Perry or
PrlnevDJe Planing Mill from the
Railroad Fund from which
J. B. Shlpp may be In
terested in;
7 Stskee $ 30.25
8 Stakes - 23.66
173 Lumber ft stakes 164.40
282 Do. 38.00
625 Do 47.00
"1 Ties ft bridge timbers.. 1,866.45
This Ties and Bridge Tim
ber Acct is an assignment
of bills ot the Demaris
Bros.
No warrants tssued to C. W.
Foster or W. J. Pancake from Rail
road Fund.
Amounts received by Georjre F. Elis
ion, City Recorder
40 Mar. 7. 1917, fees. $ 6.80
88 Apr. 4, '17, 3 mo. salary
less fees received (9.20
114 May 2, '17, salary, Apr... 3S.00
173 June 8, '17, salary May.. 26.00
230 July 11. '17. salary for
June, $25; phone $1 26.00
260 Aug. 2, '17, salary Jul... i6.0
294 Sept 6. '17 salary. Auk... 25.00
391 Oct 2, '17, premium.
Insurance, $112.50; salary
tor Sept, $26; postage $2.. 139.50
411 Nov. 16, '17 salary Oct.. 25.00
434 Dec 4, '17, Do. Nov 26.00
467 Jan. 3, '17 Do. Dec 25.00
608 Feb. 2, '17 Do. Jan 25.00
624 Feb. 26, '17. Premium
insurance 150.00
629 Mar. 2. '18, salary Feb... 25.00
665 Apr. 6. '18, Do. Mar.$25
postage on Bonds, $1.20 26.20
580 May 3, Salary Apr 25.00
601 June 1, salary. May,
postange on bonds $4.60.... 2&.60
Hi July 6, Salaiy June.. .. 25.00
80 Aug. 2, Salarr July 25.00
147 Aug 31. Salary Aug - 25.00
L.M . Bechtell.C ity Attorney, receiv
ed from tin Railroad Fund, the
following:
( Feb. 1, '17, Fees, $ 16.00
65 Mar. 7, 'II. Tie Contract 4.50
87 Apr. 4, '17, Do. Logan,
$5; Service R. R. Ordin
ance, $2; Advance on Rgt
of way deed $1; Grading
contract, Johnson. $6. Pay
ment advanced, $2, total.... 15.00
194 June 27, '17, Filing suit
Montgomery, $5; filing
summons, Montgomery $2;
Telephone $1; tiling suit
city vs. Mead ft Lude $10;
Sheriff's fees, Deschutes.
Co., $6; Payment advanc
ed, $24: total 24.00
283 Service drawing contract
Commission Certificates,
etc., $50; condemnation,
Chas. Montgomery, $36;
trop to Redmond, Lude
Sturdevant $10; Trip to
McCalls. Rt. ot way matter
$5; Trip to Deschutes, and
Bend, re Mead ft Lude suits
$15; Recording satisfaction
$.80; Service of summons
$2.20; Telephone $1; Fll
Wlgle suit $5 ; Payment ad
vanced, $39. Total 134.00
341 Service on Contract $5;
Typewriter paper $2.50;
Stenographer (.50; Tele
phone $1.25; Filing suit
Snodderly, $5.00; Exp. trip
to Portland In subscription
$25; Payment advanced
$34.25. Total 39.25
428 Telephone $.85; Trustee
bond $3; Recording R. of
W. McKay Irrig. Dist. $1;
Message, Lude case $.75;
R. of W. contract $1; Trip
to Livingstons $2; check
ing R. of W. $3; Payment
advanced $8.60. Total 11.60
483 Service in Condemnation
cases: Wigle, $50; Snod
derly, $50; Mead, $60;
Lude ft Stewart $60; Tele
phone $.75; Making cop
ies charter, $4; Council
meeting and preparing pa
pers $3; Total 227.75
637 Opinion for railway, re:
Station, $5; Opinion Mes
senger Heirs R. of W. $5;
Opinion, Johnson contract
$2; Service re: which his
contract $1.50; Railroad
contract, ordinance, etc.,
$5; Resolution and deed,
city to Messenger, $3.52;
Postage $1; Total 24.00
832 Advice to Gogerty on R.
R. contract and recording
fee, $2; Do. Carpenters'
contract, $2; Recording N.
W. Townsite R. of W.
$1.20; Total ; 5.20
The Amounts received by H. A. Kelly
my engineer, are as follows:
1 Feb. 27, '17, service
$144.65; Total $ 144.65
37 Mar. 8, '17, Service,
$107.14; Board $23.14;
Total 130.28
89 Apr. 4, '17, Exp. stamps
rent of level 16 80
90 Apr. 4, '17, service,
$122.22; board 21.43; Ins.
22; Total 143.43
115 May 2, '17, Service,
120; board $20.57; deduct
ion for instrument $25;
Ins. 20; Total Hg 27
160 June 27, 1917, Service
$150; board $31; Ins. 27;
Total 155.73
204 July 6, 1917, Service
132.69; board $27; deduct
ion for instrument $25;
Ins. 23; Total 134.46
221 July 6, Car repairs and
stamps ; 23.23
248 Aug. 1, Advanced pay
ment, $4.20; Service $160;
board $31; deduction for
Instrument $25; Ins. 26;
Total 159.94
291 July 30 storage battery.. 44.20
292 Sept 1, Service $150;
board $31; Ins. 27; Tot.... 180.73
385 Oct 2, Jacobs Exp to
Portland, 31.55; Service
$160; board 36.00; Ins.
25; Total 217.30
418 Nov. 7, Servoce $137.77;
board 34.80; Ins. 24; Tot... 173.33
431 Dec. 4, Service $126.94;
board $30; Ins. 22; Tot.....' 156.72
464 Jan 3, 1918, Service,
$121.15; board $31.20
Ins. 21; Total 152.14
507 Feb. 1, Service $133.33;
board 33.60; Ins. 24; Tot. 166.69
527 Mar. 2, Service $137.60;
board $3L20; Ins 72; Tot 168.48
659 Apr. 6, Service $132.67;
board 33.62; deduction for
instrument $37.65; Ins.
23; Total 128.41
576 May 3, Service $115.38;
board $28.80; Ins. 20;
Total : 143.98
595 May 27, Labor bills 64.75
616 June, Service $150 .00;
board 37.20; Ins. 27; Tot. 186.93
778 July Advanced to Pag-
get $2.50; Service $150;
board $36.00; Total 188.13
828 Advances to Waite 19.60
931 Aug. 10, Service $160;
board 37.20; Ins. 27; Tot. 186.93
In fKxmnliitmc the Hills an Allowed
and paid we find the following
errors in amount paid: '
593 Earl Cross: reads (331.
38 loss $104. .91 equals
(125.47; should read $33
1.38 loss 106.91 equals
$114.47; overpaid 1.00
(87 Crook County Bank frt.
bill, reads Wt. 90,310 at
$.11 $198.67; should
read 90,310 at $.11
$189.(7; overpaid due from
railroad (.00
684 E. T. Johnson ft Co.
force acct., reads $1,143.13
should read $1,141.13; er
ror in Issuing warrant, over
paid . .. 1.00
641 E. T. Johnson ft Co.
force acct., reads $3,089.94
should read $3,071.78; er
ror footing overpaid 17.16
(36 M. Delore reads I days
In Feb. at $3.60 $7; 4H
days In Mar. 84 d. $3.60
$19.75; should read 1 days
Feb. at $3.6017; (H d.
Mar. ' at $3.50 $11.75;
overpaid 7.00
538 Pac. Tel. ft Tel. Co.,
reads amt. $7.74; Includes
balance from previous
statement, $.40; $.40 paid
by voucher 511 overpaid 40
810 Ladoux ft Ladoux, bill
No. 1.413 footing reads
$718.59; should read $70
7.87; overpayment 10.73
Irwin Hodson Co.:
330 Irwin missing warrant Is
sued for $6.75.
415 Irwin Aug. 10, 1917,
warrant tssued for $3.75;
overpaid $8.75
Have asked Irwin-Hodson Co. ' to
furnish duplicate invoice.
Jap Ireland:
326 Sept 6. 1917, reads for
$5, voucher 403 Oct 22.
1917. reads tor $15. which
includes item of voucher
362 overpaid $5.00
123-A Irwin-Hodson Co. Apr.
18. 1917. footing of bill
(Miles) reads $30.54; and
should read $30.84; overpd .20
174 E. T. Johnson Co. force
acct. for May, 1917, reads
$116.63; should read
$113.25 error footing 8.38
694 Hanley Employment Ag
ency, June 21, '18, 1 fare
no receipts. $7.51; June 19.
'18. 4 fares, $30.04; June
20, 18, 1 fare, $7.81, is not
item on June 20, 1918, on
voucher 697 a duplicate on
charge on 694. Ov'erp'd .... 7.41
129 R. E. Stewart reads $9.62
(no deduction for board)
485 reads amount paid for
board of R. E. Stewart
$4.86; payroll April 30, '17
reads R. E. Stewart. $9.62
. less board, $4.85, balance
due $4.77; overpaid on 129 4.85
We have prepared a statement
herewith on the report ot the Bond
Issues of $20(f,000.00
The amount received by Mr. H.
Baldwin, Trustee, on the supscrlp
tlons of Certificates of Indebtedness
was $25,700.00. There was $8,500
of this paid by issuing bonds for
$8,000.00 and reissuing Certificate
for. $500. 00 leaving a balance of
$17,200.00 unpaid. As a few sub
scriptions were not paid in full the
certificates were not tssued for them,
waiting tor the balance to be paid.
There are unpaid bills filed with
the City Recorder In the sum of
$12,486.11.
As you will note on the statement
ot account of D. H. Peoples, Treas
urer, his account is overdrawn for
$460.25.
And also the account of W. H.
Reams, paying account, is overdrawn
to the amount of $3.19.
The payrolls should be standardiz
ed and ruled with sufficient columns
to take care of the various deduct
ions from total labor cost.
We enclose herewith also the state
ment of account of D. H. Peoples.
City Treasurer, wtth the Railroad
Fund. Report on Bond Issues, Re
port on Certificate ot Indebtedness,
and Report en the special deposit
made with Redmond. Bank of Com
merce to pay certain freight bills
when presented.
Respectfully submitted,
CRANDALL ft ROBERTS, C.P.A.
By Max Crandall
Statement of account of Mr. I). H.
Peoples, Treasurer of the (Sty of
Prinevtlle, with the Rail,
road Fund, to Sep
tember 18, 1018
DR.
To amount received, pro
ceeds, notes given $ 9,200.00
Sale, bond Issue No. J.... 100,000.00
Sale, bond Issue No. 2.... 96,015.00
Sale Cute of Indebtedness
by trustees 25,700.00
To amount received, Int. '
on Certificates of Dep. 3,550.04
Do Accrued, bond lnt 6fil.83
Do. refund on overcharge
W. F. King Co., $15.84
W. J. Knight, $4.40; ,
frt. bills, $37.08; 57.32
Sale hay, $15.60; rent of
warehouse, $2; Inter
est Liberty bonds $8.77 26.27
Cancelled vouchers re-
turnel 3,535.28
Redmond Bank of Com
merce, balance of frt.
w acc ; 99.76
Overdraft 460.25
$239,305.71
CR.
By vouchers paid $234,765.73
Construction accts, $217,-
065.73; notes repaid
$9,200.00; Indebted
ness redeemed with
bond, $8,000.00; In
debtedness certificates
by reissue redeemed,
$500.00
By warrants paid 4,639.62
By Int. paid on same .46
$239,306.71
Report on Certificates of Indebted
ness Amount received by H.
Baldwin, Trustee, on
subscription $25,700.00
. $25,700.00
Amount Certificates, sur
rendered for bonds 8,000.00
Amount certificate, sur
rendered for reissue
amount - , (00.00
Subscriptions outstanding 17,200.00
$25,700.00
(Certificates not (sued tor Subscrip
tions not completed).
Report on llond Issue
Series No. one, amount
issue $100,000.00
Amount received 100,000.00
Series No. two. amount
Issue $100,000.00
Amount received: (2
bonds at $1,000 ... (1.000.00
10 bonds at (950.. 9,600.00
15 bonds at 11,800.00
( bonds at ............ ....... 1,716
Total (8.016.00
Discount allowed 1,(86.00
1 bonds Issued to con
tractor and Included In
settlement at 1,900.00
Allowing discount of.... 100.00
8 bands exchanged for
certlficatea ot Indebt
edness - (,000.00
(100.000.00
Report on W. It. Reams payroll ac
count to Aug. Ulrth. 1018
DR.
Warrant No. (03 ( 250.00
Warrant No. (33... 600.00
Warant No. (84 1,000.00
Warrant No. 794 (1.000.00
Warrant No. 818 1,000.00
Warrant No. 849 X 1,000.00
Warrant No. 85T. 600.00
Warrant No. 859 1,000.00
Warrant No. 871 .... 600.00
Warrant No. 873 600.00
Warrant No. 876 600.00
Warrant No. 928 715.05
Warrant No. 946 6.81
Amount net sales ot com
missary aa deposited Aug.
10 100.35
Return ot deed by D. F.
Stewart 9.60
CR
O. D 3.19
Chock No. 103 not yet pre-
son ted
$8,585.00
Checks Issued . 8,684.95
Cashing chock, error In .06
$8,685.00
Report on Monies deposited with the
Redmond Hank of Commerce to
pay freight bills when
preaented:
Warrant $ 800.00
Warrant.- ......... 832.09
$1,632.09
Frt. bill. July 28, '17. I 456.74
Do. July 28. '17 17H.02
Do. Aug. 3, '17 . 140.03
Do. Aug. 4, '17 197.67
Do. Aug 9, '17 140.45
Do. Aug. 10, '17 91.12
Service for Aug. (July) .. 1.00
Aug. 13 207 98
Do. for Aug. 16 117.92
Do. for Aug 28 . . .60
Service for Aug 1.00
Balance returned July 9. '18 99.09
i I, i
$1,632.09
w. . s.
What 8h Forgot
Miss Decorous hud made a special
study of biblical history, and she ad
dressed the Sunday school class thus
ly: "Now, children, I bavs told you all
I can concerning the nations which
were driven out by th Israelites.
They were the Writes, the Hittltes.
the Jebusites, the Periultes, the CJIr
gn sites and, let me see yes,, the
Amorltes. Can you remember them
all, children? Now you look puzzled,
Itosle. Have you any question?"
"No, teacher," came the shy reply,
"except that you haven't told us about
the Hea-bltesT" Pearson's Weekly.
Europe's Worst Famine.
The famine of 1011 extended over
one-third of the ares of the empire In
Europe and affected more or less di
rectly 80,000,000 people, while 8,000,000
were reduced to starvation. Weeds,
the bark of trees and bitter bread
made from acorns, constituted the chief
diet for the destitute. This was the
most widespread and most severs
famine which has befallen European
nation In modern times.
n
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OlMae Bmrtmtt Imfmnmmtlvt ArtUlm
CM VlllUl iMfeM-A. II
Help ,
Prevent
Disease
DID you ever won
der why you do
not have good health?
Did it 'ever occur to
you that clean food
put into an unclean mouth
poisons that food, and when
It entora the stomach I tla In a
condition unlit for digestion.
And ret, because you cannot
m It In your month you go
on neglecting It until loo lalt,
and you are obliged to aeek
treatment for an ailment
which you could bare avoided
Dy mm awae es
It la a well - eatabllahed fact
that hereditary Influences af
fect the offspring. Improper
food In infancy la one of the
moat prolific aourcee of lack of
vitality and proper develop
ment, and this la especially
true of the teeth. If young
children are given food den
dent ia lime aalta their tuth
will be mA, and Will be lea
powerful to resist decay. Our
teeth, with ordinary care,
ahould last a lifetime. Man
should die of old age rather
than from some preventable
disease at a premature age.
PuUUhtd hp tht
Board ofDmlal Examiner
, Btatm mfOrtgom
WOMEN AND THE WAR
In an Illinois prairie town Uvts a
widow who launders seventeen bas
kets Of wash a
""""""""I week and
I night than
I tor bavin
pity In
,V " nerU of
and every
thanks Ood
having put
Into the
women.
To bar cams on
day a letter from
her only son. He
was then at Camp
Funston, Kansas,
learning to be
soldier. Tbt let
ter begged her to
come and see him
before he was
sent to Kranos.
Th mother
, opened th tin
Mr. Davison Unk , wnlcD
he had been hoarding her dimes ana
quarters against this day. The money
was scarcely enough. Nevertheless
she started. She walked the Oral
Igbteeo miles. Then her strength
gave out, and she took a train.
She did not know that visitors to
Camp Funston stay In Junction City,
eleven miles sway. So she got off
the train at Fort Riley. An officer
set her right and she reached Junc
tion City after dark. Somehow she
found a rooming house. 8omo ont.
there stole five dollars from her
five" ot the precious dollars she had
earned over tbs eh tub and saved
by walking. Terror-stricken, sht
crept out ot the bouss when do one
was looking.
Later In the night a soldier found
her trembling In the street, and took
her to the rooms ot the Toung Wom
en's Christian Association, rooms
which the War Work Council had
spsnod as a clearing house for trou
bles. Tbs poor frightened woman
was put to bed, but she was too
miserable to sleep. The matron got
up at daybreak, built a fire, and com
forted her. The son's commanding
officer was reached by telephone
early in the morning, and thf boy
earns to his mother on the first trolley-car
ho could catch.
Tba two spent long, low-voiced
hours together, perhsps the last
hour they will have this side of
heaven. Every moment was as pre
cious as a month had been last year.
The old lady had still on present
worry. The boy's bad cold might turn
Into pneumonia If she left him. But
the had not money enough to stay
another night and buy a ticket borne.
When the matron told her that her
bed was tree, she brako down and
lied and died.
"I did not know there was so much
pity left In the world," she rcYjtd.
She stayed till her boy's cj!J wa
better. Then she went back to her
seventeen washings and her ueuio
rlea. -
Because of the certainty of Just
luch cases as this was Governmental
sanction given to the activities of the
War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A.
Prom the Pacific to the Alantlo Its
field extends. Every state in the
Union has Its members. Urgent ap
peals for help are Its cause and Its
OLD METHOD OF TRANSPORT
Raft as Used In America Tedsy Ha
It Countsrpart In Every Coun
try In th World.
"The raft has been used for centu
ries for carrying various eargoea,"
writes Day Allen W(lley In 8L Nicho
las. "It carried Egyptlsn cotton on
ths Nile; It Is In service on the Kongo
river In Africa and the Ganges In In
dia; but the raft which Is It own
cargo Is that composed of logs a
method of water transportation that
originated in Nov Scotia a half cen
tury ago.
"Tree trunks cut from Nova Scotln
forexts were moved on wooden rollers
to one of the harbors, where the logs
were plied In layers and bound to
gether with twisted wire rope. ' The
raft was to be taken to a lumber ailll
on New York hnrhor, where the logs
were to be cut Into timber for building
purposes. To haul the raft while on
th sea, one end of a heavy wire rope
was fastened to Its bow, the other was
secured to the rear deck of a stemn
tugboat It started on Its ocean Jour
ney, but never reached Its destination,
for a gale of wind sprang up, the tow
ing rope parted, and th raft drifted
out to sea. Later, some of the logs
were found washed ashore on the Nor
wegian coast
"In the Northwest th transportation
of Inmber In rafts Is very extensive.
They are of enormous dimensions, In
shape closely resembling a cigar, hav
ing Its greatest number at the middle
and tapering to a point at both ends.
While these rafts are of varying sizes,
the smallest usually contains at least
five thousand piece of timber, ranging
from 80 to 110 feet In length and from
two to nearly flr feet la diameter at
the butt
"Consequently, soma of th rafts
mad In this peculiar fashion are near
ly a long as the largest transatlantic
liners, measuring no less than 660 feet
from end to end,"
Effect f War on Trade.
It would be impossible to give In de
tail the effect of the European war on
American trade, but partial statements
show the approximate effect on some
branches of trude. Thus it appears
By MRS. HENRY P. DAVISON
Treasurer War Work Council
National Board Y. W. C. A.
inspiration. Women or every race
and ere ad are Us wards. The task
of th War Work Council la tremend
ous. When the United Stales entered:
th great war th Toung Women'
Christian Association was, always,
working among women. With th
oall to new duties Its members did
not abandon their old responsibilities.
Th War Work Counolt wm formed
aa an emergency measure to tak
oar of th women who war oaught
In some of the mazes of war, Just a
th parent organisation ha take
oar of them through many year of
peace, Th varied activities decide)
upon by th War Work Council fol
low closely th Deed of the differ
snt communities of th country. Sec
retaries trained In th methods of
th organisation were sent ut
broadcast They were Instructed to
report to th National Board Of th
Young Women's Christian Assocla
lions In New York th lines of work
which could be best followed In th
various localities. These secretaries
work In close cooperation with mln
Isters, women's clubs, chamber of
commerce, churches, military officials,
and charitable societies. Th rec
ord of day doings of secretary
reads Ilk a novel, an econonil
treatise, and D psychological essay
all compressed Into a llne-a-day entry.
A secretary sent out by th War
Work Council must be squat to any
emergency. Miss Lillian Mull at Chit.
Ilcoths, clue by Camp Sherman, hur
rying along th street at nightfall
cam upon a forlorn couple. A Fin
nish soldier had found a Job for ht
wife, so that she might com oa.
from Cleveland. When th arrived
sb was refused th place because
sh spok do English. Their money,
had been all spent on th railroad
far, and th soldier was du back
at Camp. Th situation was bad. I
Thanks to Miss Hull a Chllllcothlaa
housewtf sow has an Industrious
and grateful domestic, a soldier u)
happy, and a soldier' wife Is saf. i
Army folk often benefit even mor
directly from th secretaries' work,'
la Bremerton, Washington, a seer
tary was accosted oa the street by
sailor. 8b was a slender woman,
and h bad mistaken her for a girl.
"May I walk along with you?" h
asksd.
"Surely.1 ah replied wtth mature
understanding and Intuition. "What
is th matter? Are yon homesick?" I
Th lad's story cam out with a
rush. Yes, bo waa homesick, to
hopelessly, despairingly heartsick that
h was oa th verge of deserting,
but this woman gave htm genuln
sympathy and encouragement. Sh
aved him to bis country.
From north, south, esst and west
these pioneer secretaries sent la
their reports. Th appalling sis of
th undertaking was revealed to th
War Work Council. Syatematlzatloa
of the work was th first step. Out
of th multitudinous pbsses certain)
Unas of work were revealed. I
that during the first 20 otoliths of war
our exports of articles used expressly
for war purposes amounted to I1.O02,
682,249. The smallest shipment wer
In th opening month of th war, Aug
ust 1914, when such exports amount
ed to only 19,601,011 and Increased al
most steadily up to March, 1016, when
th total wa $114,820,420. For th
20 months th export of explosive
mounted to $160,168,610; gunpowder,
1104,006,785; cartridges, $40.306,617 1
dynamite, tS.211.078; commercial au
tomobiles, $82,007,126; mule, $30,026,-;
601; horse. $126,241,206; slrplHties,
$7,401,707; firearms, $20,140,081; mis
cellaneous Iron nd steel, including
empty shells, $111,603,316; rubber, In
cluding auto tires, $.'i8,H.'M,7(W i barbed
and plain wire, $44,486,885. According
to statistic of the United States de
partment of commerce, more thun
three-quarter of the total export
trade of the United States In 1916
went to the allied nations of Europe,:
and this Including only war exports
and not provisions or foodstuffs.
Shark Fishing an Industry. '
Shark Ashing has evolved from a
sport to au orgunlzed Industry In th
Pacific waters off the southwestern
cosst. The skin of various species of
th fish when tanned forms a tough,;
durable leather that Is In considerable
demand, and the oil that Is extracted
iiuiu me i-arcuM uaswise nas commer
cial value. Ot lata a Japanese syndl
cate has undertaken the exploitation ot
this long-neglected field and, a a re
sult, large number of shark ar being
captured. Th mottled skins of th
tiger sharks ar being mad Into slip
pers, belts, gloves and other articles,
while those of the great blue and bask
ing sharks, which are especially thick
and strong, are used for purpose that
demand long-lived material. Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
Instead of being a curse, work la
man's greatest blessing. There 1 no
one thing that has ever done so much
for humanity that has given so much
hiippiness, saved so many human be
tnsrn from despair, and kept so many
from suicide; no one thing that ha
called forth so' many hidden resources,
developed and strengthened so many
powers of mind and body a has work,
Nautilus.