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For. Pancake Time We hv just your IdnJ of rrr buckwheat nd pncak flours, right front from tie milk No flour yield nor clean, pure sweet, ppetizing nltes than ours. They contain all t!,c raal nutriments 'of wW, aJ tliey go tar dier tlian tK ordinary 10008. A cuf of our frsgrsnt coffee. som crisp tsson snJ cakes witt our tUcious new maple fyru) for your breakfast tomorrow, will make your fiirunoon work pleasure. Come in and order today. r t . i si, AMERICAN FOGS) SAVINGS LARGE United States Sent to Allies .141,000,000 Bushels of Wheat. CREDIT DUE TO WOMEN. Allies Got 844,600,000 Pounds Mors Meat and Fats In 1917-18 Than In Year Before. . AMERICAN FOOD SHIPMENTS TO ALLIES Plasa Gfocey Telephone 78 K. V. OITH'I I PAPER DISCONTINUE SPOUT PAGE The real reason w liy the Stars and Etr'pes, t!:e official now riitupor of the American cxpeditioniry forces pub 1'shrd In Paris, abolished it sport page, are explal.ieJ tit I-:isth ir. a late Isrue of the paper. The reason will c.u.e every 100 per cent American to agr-H with the editors of the sheet. They are a nice, hank-handed slap at th" athletes who nrc still 0:1 this (.id J of the cree.it, taking things eaay. Tho article follows: "This Is tho last spotting pagi tho Stars and ."tripes will print until an iillled victory brings hack peace. 'Tho reasons for tho decision to dis continue an ancient institution are al most as numerically great as allied shells cashing Into Herman lines. "They arc at least siitflclcnt'y thick to pulverise or blot out any 'ejections that might he offered by those who have yet failed to see the I'ght. 'This paper realizes tho great aid f port has given iu the past In devel oping physical stamina and enduring morale anions thousands of those now making up the nation's army. "it recognizes the value of such it training In the future. It was spot that first taught our men to play the C.ine, to play It out, to play It hard. It was sport that brought out tho vuluo of team work, of Ions, hard fainlng, and the knack of thinking quickly nt a vital point of the contest. "But sport as a spectacle, sport as an entertainment for the side liners, has passed on and out. Its glamour in a competitive way has faded. Its leading stars are either In the Iron hnrncss of war or forgotten until Germany Is beaten. "The Stars and Stripes appreciates in full Bport's abiding value and the countless thousands of well-trained men it has sent into line. But these men have given up the glory of tho sporting page boost and the old ac tion snapshot. They are not to bo Mentioned todiy because their job has taken aaa.her hue. "There are tennis and golf chain pirns, fcotoail players gloro, track r-tara without number, liox?rs and ball licy:s who havo traded the easy f.lcry they knew at home for the Jir.rJ. unglorU'ied grind of the S. O S. or tho bloody heritage of the vebtern front. And their fame here belongs with the mass, not with In dividual mention. "Neither Is there space, entertain r.ient or policy in attempting to ban die tho scores of hundreds of ball Karnes played all over France. A 40- page paper would not make a begin Jilng. And those left out would re member an offenae lunger than those included would remember the space H'ottod to them. "What then is left, In the main, for n sporting page printed In Franco within hearing of tlia guns? Such headlines as these: 'Star Players :ive for Shipyards or ?arra to Es cape "Work or Fight" Order, 'Cob') i.i Thinking of Enlisting Thl3 Fall ' .md ho on through tho countless list that doe:,n't make any too heroic an 1 1 rpeal to these grinding away upon 1 1 lie job bad; of the lines or to thos; ! living end dying In tho mud and dirt , if the front iiO'O miles away from home. "The Stars and Stripes Is printed fe-r the A. K. F., not to help perpetu ate tho renown of ablo-bodied stars, who, with unusual qualifications for war or useful work, elected to hear only the 'Business as Usual' slogan iiiiovo the country's call for help in the greatest war she has ever known. "There Is but cna big league toda; for this paper to cover and that league w inds Its way among tho S. O, S. stations scattered throughout France and ends at the western front. Any work that is part of tho big Job, tither In the lines or back of It, from Chateau Thierry to San Francisco is of utmost value. But 'entertaining the people back home" Isn't part of fie big job. nor oo we believe the bulk of them want to Tie entertained i.i any such way. "When it finally came to a point where any number of aide-bodied men were rushing into various occupations r1: the point of the boot, when the cecretary of war was forced to pro- duco a ruling that would make hun dreds of these men 'work or fight' MEAT. 1910-17.. . . I. . . .2,ir,(;,.-,00,000 lbs. 1017-13 15,011,11)0,000 lbs. Increase. SII.COO.OOO lbs. CEREALS. 1910-17 2r:),!K)0,0'!0 bu. 1017-18 31O.SO0.0O0 bu. Increase... 80,000,000 bu. B IBS! With a LLER HALF Q)LE at the Ashland Vulcanizing Works Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction COME AND SEE. THE TtuliuiiUdJ The restiferous house fly is on his way. Soon he win urtea ana uiuoiu by the million and attack the food and milk of the younger generation Why not beat him to it? Screens are absolutely the greatest preven tive against this enemy, the greatest death-dealing animal known to sci ence Screen every door, window, and porch. We'll send a man who will measure your eutlre building and give you the exact cost of perfect fitting screens. There Is no obligation to buy. ft .I"! .... Awa "nearest to Everything" Itttfl HOTEL MANX Powell SU at OTarrell San Francisco In the heart of the business, shopping and theatre district. Running; distilled ice matce in ovprv nincn c.ia Our commodious KH$ lobby ,fci.escrvice,and nomeiiKC restaurant will attract vou. e ri - tail turopeau nan rates hijjj $!.U( up. Ashland Lumber Co. Phone 20 tis the squabble and scurry grew day after day, this paper felt that it no longer had space left for such activ ities not with so many events of far greater interest taking place within tight and hearing of its working ctaff. "There Is no space left for the Cobbs, the Ruths, the Johnsons, tho Wlllnrds and the Fultons in the ease and safety of home when the Ityans, the Smiths, the Larsens, the Bern trins and others are charging ma ihtue guns and plugging along through shrapnel or grinding out 12 hour details 200 miles In the rear "Back home the sight of a high fly drifting Into the late sun may still have Its thrills for a few. But 'over hero' the all-absorbing factors arc rbrapnel. high explosive, machine 'tun bullets, trench digging, stable cleaning, nursing, training back of fie lines and other endless details throughout France from the base rorts to and beyond the Marne. "Sport among the troops munt go rn--for that Is part of tho Job. Sport r.mcng the youngsters back home hiust go on for that, too, is part of the training Job. "But tho glorified, the commercial Lied, the spectatorlnl sport of the psat has been burnt out by gun fire. The sole slogan left Is 'Beat Ger many.' Anything that pertains to that slogan counts. The rest does n't. And that Is why this Is tlie last sporting page the Stars und Stripes fill print until an allied victory I rings back peace." In suite of a subnormal food supply In this country the American people have been able to ship to the Allies us well ns our own forces overseas 1-1 1.000.000 bushels of wheat, besides 81-1,000,000 pounds of meat, during tho year ending June 30 hist. This has been mnde possible by the whole- souled co-operation of the penplo, who, besides practicing self-denial, have speeded tip production and re sponded nobly to tlie appeal iroin abroad. Food Administrator Hoover, in a letter to President Wilson, gives a brief summitry of the results of food conservation In the United States and of tho activities of the Food Admin istration to this end. The conserva tion measures have been put through practically on a voluntary basis which Is regarded ns a splendid tribute to the patriotism of the American people. Meat shipments were increnseu oiiv 000,000 pounds during tlie first fiscal year, as compared with our meat ex ports during the year before America entered tlie war. "The totnl value of these food ship ments," Mr. Hoover wrote rresmeni Wilson, "which were In the mum pur chased through or with collaboration nt the Food Administration, amount to, roundly, $1,400,000,000 during the fiscal year." In 1910-17 the United States sent tlie Allies 2,100,")00,000 pounds or mont In 1917-18. with voluntary con- urvat!on practiced In America, and aided by extra weignt or animais, w sent the Allies 2,011,100,000 pounds of meat, aa Increase or 844,000,000 pounds. Wheat Saving Enormous. whpn tlii Food Administration be gan operations In the summer of 1917, this country was facing a large deficit In wheat Counting in all carry-over wheat from the 1010 crop, we hnd at the beginning of the 1917 harvest year Just enough wheat to timo cure oi America's normal consumption, not a bushel of surplus. At the close of the 1917-13 harvest year the Food Administration's olllclal reports showed that our total wheat shipments to the other sldo had been 141,000,000 bushels. kvery ousiiei shipped was wheat saved by tne American people from tneir normm consumption. In cereals and cereal products re duced to terms of cereal bushels our shipments to Allied destinations were 310,800,000 bushels, su,tw,u;w dushci. more than the amount sent in luio-n. ti,i.i in thesn Dirures are 13.900,- 000 bushels of rye and the 141,000,000 bushels of saved wheat. In addition wo sent the neutrals dependent on ui 10,000,000 bushels of prime breadstuffs. "These figures tto not iutty cuuve the volumo of tho effort and sacrlfict o.ia rtnrinir the tiast year by th whole American people," the Food Ad ministrator wrote. "I am sure tnat all the millions of our people, agricul tural as well as urban, who have con tributed to these results snouiu ieei In a very tletinite saiisiaeuun mm iu - year of universal food shortages in i .. a... tlie Northern iiemispnere, uu ui u. people Joined together against Ger many came tnrougn io iue new ui- vest not oniy wttii uvuuu mm bui-ubu. fully nialntulncd, but with only tem porary periods of hardship. "It Is difllcult to distinguish be tween various sections of our people the homes, public eating places, looa tmiia urban or agricultural popula tions In assessing credit fors thesa results, but no one will deny the uonj. Innnt part of the American women. & Q Q Q f $?! GQ 'e i SOLDIEItS' LETTEHS ' $JS S Q s $ if b 'S" - $ Miss Mary Spencer received the rebuilt some time later. tut and briers with fallen trees, Well, In regard to your efforts at cvtised by tlie hurricane of 1916. llooverlzlng, from my own account jt was very hard traveling, but c-cr here, I would say that the '- tte Bt i,uck at 2:40 a. m. O. 1C The ninnln n-lin ll fl Vf 1 InH VPV- ' .. 1 -..I .t.w.o nr., Il'lt-n In f II 1 1 ftllt f O t following letter from her brother,! .., v,, u-n.,1,1 . ',.., -r,,., ti i ti.t is. the Private J. M. S;encer, who Is In , MM at thc d,ftcrcnce t,ie,..,v aflHr ,0 , .," for once. Franco with the oHth ensmnars: . ,,., nninM,rn n,n,tp. ,.,, , rflu :.n(i co to France Is very far from starving to- tUip when reveille went. July 27, 191S. Dear Sister: Well, here we are another week nearer to Berlin, and iiome, not that we have advanced to v.urd the front, because we are still r-t the same old place but somo work has been accomplished and that Is vhat we are here for, it seems In this nar. Weeks are awful long here. One fellow said the other day: "We have been here 20 days." Imme diately there was a howl from th gang, "twenty days, nothing! twenty years! day, and also Franco seems to be( answer your questions. I well clothed. Yes, on tho whole, tho . -ls!i you would ask them all along, real heroes of the war arc tho cooks i.ecause It helps me to write. There at homo, whoso dinners wo sorelys tQ mo of not.- here, at least r.lss. Yes, we have good eats, btitj it seems so to me t hat I have a hcad ic far from home, therefore, mostly jucho after every letter I write, canned and cold storage. HavewhltOj There are four companies on thii I rtad all tho time, pie once or twlco, itiand, the llCth, SOtlt, and 35th, I a' week. V.'o can get somo French j tottrchlight platoon and signal pla ! f..it mnat nt the time, but it does ; toon, hcadouarters detachment, tho . . i r.ot compare with home products, hast three making one company, al ; mri I nrottv dear. Today good to-i iiicukIi different organizations. Tho Even nt that there Is some com-1 .... 1S nound; , . .. . . .... ,a we got a trip auoul , reachPg a)0ut ti,e size of walnuts go the Soth company, known as Marine oss country in motor: and orangc3 a ikUo Corps reserve, fellows who didn't en omc timber. Thecoun-,. c ,,, p , ... -.,,.,. .,,, ,,,. t,.vn nintoes are to be had from the camp, ..'Hows nrc like all marines, good pensation now. 20 miles across trucKs, alter some t.mt.er. ine coun-, R or 9c Th morc , 8e(( .8t uiU1 re,,ruary fl.1(1 Uley havo .iy uui .ul.. ..... uu - more ,.m Btuck ou the ; done r.o soldiering. Ti:ey ore begin- pecting to see. 1 ms part is ratner , , ,- to think thev n thinly settled and rather dry. Seems , to be a poor soil, although look fine wherever there are any :i!ng to think they are soldiers, which Went last Sunday with Don and tt n . an () a. makpg ,hem ""l":..!- tl.n rnthPilral n ChateaurOUX. !,!., , i. could never describe it, ana pictures andle 80iiKti:iie3. They al- I ways want to argue over an order its mostly rorest and meadows. i m uUcrly t0 gvc one ncy idea of It. . B,vt.n (hem Tie Lord (lellver m9 Paw some fine, fat cattle, pure;The ght throllgh Ule stained Klws from a recru!t: white in color, tnat took my eye.; windows and every thing anout u is . . . . .. .. ; . i ....... i I T -. - -. 1, UUU U H..u - - 111. A l.lnni fnn. I. In vnlll... nvnn t.-Aa'mnei Wntlrtprflll drawing an American-made binder. V., catting grain with a cradle. And .1 France. These Islands were bought solely for their military value. The har bor of St. Thomas I.i the best in the West Indies, and cvn be U3ed as a yet another, an old rake reaper, was operating, and women and kids were tying the bundles with wisps of straw. Saw a team of oxen being hitched up, and it was some novel bight. They do not use a yoke like 'it. home, but a pole laid across the horns and a padded block of wood fits on the horns and forehead reach ing well down the nose, and they O'lll or rather push with their hea i Instead of their shoulders. All the French cattle I have seen are best strains. No Jerseys, Hol i telns or Ayreshires. Think we have them heat In that as well as In most a'.! else. ! . The scenery about here Is not as nice as at either of our previous camps. It looks like Kansas or Ne braska. -Now and then we come on to some pretty scenes. There was a fine chaueau on the road several miles out from town, but It was so hidden by a grove of trees that as usual we could see little of it. I thing it Is modern, by modern I mean not over two or three hundred years old, which, for this country, Is mod ern. Thoro's a chateau In Chateau oux built in 927, and another was l uilt longer ago than that by the Romans. It was destroyed once and i !., Main i r.r.val base for the defense of the Mrs. J. C Baughman of Last Main hie reep ved the following in- Ot.VI-1. ..MM tprrHtlne letter from her brother. Corporal J. II. Halght, who Is with the 35th company. U. S. M. Co , now located at St. Thomas, V. I.: August 11. 1918. DearVella: So at last you re crived a letter from me. I Just re telved your letter today telling of it, with list of questions enclosed. It'3 been two weeks since we have had tiny mail and probably would not l.n.ra trnl finV fni mintlinr Week but a w ni Aft n .rBi,in hmn-M it nvpp brought the paper along. As I have from San Juan. Porto Rico. It usu- raid, the island Is really very well nn .nmi from Now York to Porto civilized. Of course, newspapers are buy them to keep Germany from do- !n'4 It, aa Denmark was going to sell I hem to the kaiser. It was a case of the highest bidder and money down. The Islands of St. Thomas and St, Ji'lin have practically no agricultural value, although St. Thomas did have 1 efore the hurricane. St. Croix, how ever, has large sugar plantations and is comparatively rich. There Is no Y. M. C. A. here. I Kico, then here by a small boat that makes weekly trips. Sometimes a ship bound for South America brings It direct. This is a port of call for nearly all ships running to South America from New York or Europe. I Just came off another guard this looming. On Tuesday night I had the Island patrol. I took four men out at 9:30 p. m., and made a trip covering 12 or 14 miles over the hills,. The hills are very steep, there belna scarcely any level country, and v-ry much undergrowth, mostly cac- rnther old when they get down here. Fvery day there Is the U. S. Navy Press News sent by radio, and never nore than a day old from New York. Jt contains all the principal news items, baseball scores and stock and loud quotations. Also a more com plete press by cables posted every day. It contains all war news. One of the tropical showers has lust come up that last for five min utes and approach a cloudburst. I will close for- fliis time for fear I won't have anything for next week. SUGAR SHORTAGE HITS SPAIN AND PORTUGAL In Stmln and Portugal sugar nrleei nrc soaring. Both countries have been seriously affected by the short beet sugar crop In Europe and the lack of ocean tonnage to move stocks of can jugar Isolated In far awny pons. Granulated sttpir, home grown, was being sold In Barcelona, Spain, during the curly summer nt 19 cents a pound. The price of brown sugar' In Lisbon, Portugal, fixed by governmental order, was $1.04 to $1.12 a pound. By comparison the price of beet iugar In Sweden Is 14 cents a pound; Wo give you Job Printing that pleases. Whether your needs be Letter Heads, Envelopes, Calling Cards or Posters, your printing will be characteristic of YOU and representative of YOUR business. BE DISTINCTIVE You might as well be distinctive in your Printing It doesn't cost any more and wo will do it promptly and well Give us an order for the first Printed thing you need-use the telephone san