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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1918)
LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER, TOLEDO, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 5th, 1918. PACE FOUR mm S It Cost the Average Family Less Than 10c Per Week for Packer's Profit in 1917. 1 The Meat Bill is one of the large items in the family ' budget but of it less than 10 cents per week goes to the packer in profits. In 'converting live stock into meat and getting it into the hands of the retail dealer, the .packer performs a complex and essential service with the maximum of efficiency. The above statement is based on Swift & Company's. 1917 figures and Federal Census data : Swift & Company's total output (Mrnd by-products) . 5,570,000,000 Pounds Swift & Company's total Profit - . - - - - $34,650,000.00 Profit per pound $.0062 U. S. Meat Consumption .... 170 pounds per person per year 170 pounds at $.0062 $1.05 per person per year' The average family 4'a persons $4.72 per family per year 1918 year book of interesting and instructive facts sent on request. Address Swift & Company, vUnion Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois Swift & Company u. s. A. I DR. W. M. BERRY ' .THE TOLEDO DENTIST Will bp In his nlNce in the Hank nuild'ng THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK The Republic's Battle Hymn. Harry Van Dyke, former American minister to the Netherlands, and now a chaplain In the United States serv ice, has composed an additional stan public." Hero It Is: OREGON'S QUOTA FlfUan Per Cent of the Population Should Subscribe to 3rd Loan. The fact that Oregon In the First and Second Liberty Lonns bIiows a percentage- of only 8.77 per cent of the population subscribing to Liberty Loans. Which wan le.a thitll Him arnr. ace for the United States, and com ! ,he loan haA bp,'n P,arP(1 at twlc pares unfavorably with other states, makes it necessary for at least 15 per cent of the population to subscribe to the Third Liberty Loan, In order to bring Oregon Into the same standing as her sister slates. , Oregon's 8.77 per cent of Llbsrty Ixian subscribe la Insignificant be side New York's 10.64 per cent, Chi cago's 12.22 per cent and Minneapolis' 12.04 per cent. Canada's recent "Victory Loan" campaign, translated Into the United Slates mulhod of account lug, shows parrentage of 11.3 of the population subscribing for bonds. Headquarters of the Third Liberty lxan of the Twelfth Federal Iteservo Dl&trlct are In receipt of letters, call ing attention to tho fact that many banks have subscribed to previous loans so liberally that their capacity la somewhat curtailed, and It will be necessary for 15 per cent of the In habitants of a given community to subscribe to the loan In order to ful fill the desired quota. With the well diffused prosperity on the Pacific Coast, It to felt tftat this should not bo difficult, and from the country dis tricts there should be a higher per eaotago of subscriptions than from the large, metropolitan centers where there Is apt to be a greater proportion of thpopalatlon living In comparative poverty. I . . John Helkkila of Orton was a county seat visitor Friday. All Taylor and son, Ilarley, were over from the Agency the first of the week. Word was received here last week that Russell Wishart had enlisted In the Marines. T. II. Gildersleeve arrived down from Nortons Monday evening, and will make his home here for the Summer. Mrs. Samuel Center returned from Portland Friday evening, at which place she has been vis iting for some time. B. M. Armitage came up from Newport Saturday morning and at once departed on a tour of the north end of the county in the interests of his candidacy. Lou Hampton, who has been working in the mill here, depart ed Saturday morning for his I home at Rocca, where he will 'look after his ranch this Sum mer. Henry Cerind of Orton jbrought in five wild cat and one coyote skin for the bounty which netted him the neat sum of ?22.50. He will probably get as much or more, from the sale of the skins. R. E. Patterson, recently of Alberta, Canada, was a Toledo visitor last Friday. Mr. Patter son owns a place near South Beach and expects to make his home here and develop his place. He went to Newport in the even ing. I Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Southwell of Rock Creek were county seat j visitors Friday evening, their son, Clyde, departing for Port land Saturday morning where .he will join the Marines. Mrs. Southwell received a fall Friday morning which dislocated her arm, and she had the injured member attended to while here. R. E. Cpllins came over from Portland Friday evening for a short visit with his children, Vin and Catherine, who are staying with their grandmother here. "Eob" says that he has a i good position in a shipyard, and j that there are about twenty To-; ledoites working In this same 1 yard. He returned" to the city Monday. John Thissel of Tidewater was a' Toledo visitor Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Mr. Thissel Is a Republican can jdidate for the office of County Commissioner and is around Igetting acquainted with the vot ers. Mr. Thissel says that he is not making any pre-election promises, except that he will ,work for the best Interests of the county at large. Mr. This sel went from here to the East part of the county. A wounded English so'dier was takci to the hospital and upon being stripped to receive treatment for his injuries it was observed that a picture of KLtg was tatooed on his "THE LIBERTY BOND IS VICTORY'S WAND" By H. E. Allen, Hlllsboro w, rMf? Liberty Bonds does not mean giving anything. It does not mean even sacrlficlng-unlees INVESTMENT !n u" "J " af' "Me. substantial; reasonah .V .vr.'n ' wor,a-our .note Lulled states, and from which you will receive .n..CP!I!.lB de,0'Parlotlsra with the kind that Is taking our sons, brothers, husbands and father, across the seas to probable hardship and possible death. wu.7!!n -whn?JfJ" ,n thulr favt.PJf you were t0 mortRa8e yur ent,re financial future In order that they mar boi Hacked up with those supplies which represent the means for both I'REIWIIKDNFSS and PROTECTION tank VOU&m'&RA0''1 l Ptrii0nally S0"C',Ud fr 0Ur ""P" LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE. "Quotas for different districts will be announced within a few days." says Stnte Chairman Cooklncham. George The quota of the state is i8.45,ooo. breast and on his back wa3 the Portland will be allutcd approximately Union Jack. "You are verv pa half the amount or $9,000,000. while tric-tlc," said the nurse on see It Is apparent that a $3,000,000,000 '. ., ..v t, ...... .i.. lna . , , .... , lC IHLWQ. iuu iiatU lite loan can be absorbed more readily by i . m , the people of the United Sufe. than lQtU ' yUr ,nS ii east, uiiu me ua ui your that sura, nevertheless i wish particu-, country on your back." "es," larly to Impress upon our small army t,i'cl the soldier "and I am sit of volunteer workers and upon every ting on HindenberR and the citizen oi uregon tnat It will be no Kaiser. puny task to raise $13,000,000." LOYAL LEGION HAS' NEW SONG C. W. Curl, of Curry county, says the Port Umpqua Courier, za for the "Dattlo Hymn of the Re !haB written to the Loyal Legion oi Loggers ana Liumoermen, a well established organization. , . . . . Trome vrcUnT. Co7,he JT" "$TA " "And we know our country's peril If flclal. Bng of the K10". nd is WE MOST OVER SUBSCRIBE Amount of Loan Estimated for Oregon ' Is the Minimum. ' TUrln' to 5" truly describes the trune of mind of tho Third Liberty Loan orf antsatloa of the state on the vo of the big drift. : . The loaa of three billion which the Secretary of the Treasury has Just called for frosa tho Nation Is tho mini mam amount. inu war loras win is done "We will flht for world wide freedom till the victory Is won; "For Ood Is marching on." Slanflcld. Or. (To the Editor.) I read with a thrill Mr. Van Dyke's ad ditional stania to "The Dattlo Hymn of the Republic," and, with the vision of my only son, Just passed 20, as he left us a few months ago. eager to go over and do his bit to help avenge the wrongs or iieigium and France, I am constrained to add two more stanias as my Interpretation of America's an swer to tne cry of anguish. Wo have pledged our Uvea and for tunes To help freedom's cause advance. Bent the flower of our young manhood To the shell torn fields of Franco. Wo will overcome oppression, All must have an equal chance. For Ood Is marching on. True and loyal hearts aro beating. Wo aro soldiers every one, And we're satan's boat defeating When wo overthrow tba Hun. Out from Belgium they're retreaUag When tho victory we'vo won. For Ood Is marching on. H. B. ALLEN. entitled Loggers' War Song (Tune of Casey Jones) Come all you loggers From Curry and Coos, Come on boys, Get out the cedar and spruce. Raft 'em down the river. Slam 'em in the mill. For wefe gonna get the goat Of old Kaiser Rill. CHORUS Throw on your chokers And tighten up your chaum, Soon we'll have the stuff For a million aeroplanes. Speed up your donkeys And jerk 'em down th hill For we're gonna get the goat Of oud Kaiser Bill. G. L PERKINS The American Life of Des Moines Shoemakor and Harnett Repalrtr Shop on I Illl Street TOLEDO, OREGON THE COMPANY THAT HAS PREPARED FOR WAR EVERY POLICY IN FORCE HAS A WAR CLAUSE PRO TECTING POLICY HOLDERS NOT ONE DOLLAR OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS OF IT8 ACSETS NINETY PER CENT ARE INVESTED IN IOWA FIRST MORTGAGE FARM LOANS EVERY DOLLAR OF SECURITY 8INCE ORGANIZATION DEPOSITED WITH IOWA 8TATE OFFICER3 NOT A SINGLE CONTESTED, SCALED OR COMPROM ISED CLAIM ON A POLICY IN FORCE IN HISTORY OF COMPANY LEW WALLACE, State Agtnt, v- -Portland, Oregon. " Jii i i? I' ISvw'ritv . Call or Write STANLEY B. P0RT9, Looal Agent, Toledo, Oregon.
