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B RID GEPORT GLEANIN GS U. S. Must Cut Ose Of Wheat by One-Half May 13,1918. A Great Net oTMercy drawn through an Ocean o f Unspeakable Pain Chaa. Ryan haa been quite ill. eAmericanRed Cross w-iafeu V-/ * America Consumed 42,000,000 Bushels Monthly. From Now Until Harvest Must Use Only 21,000,000. » * * * * * * * ♦ ♦ ♦ # * * * » * ♦ * * * ♦ » ,t .‘± 4 * fiorden Barnard is cm the sick list this week. ■M U * * * * * * * * * * * To Save the Wrecks of Humanity— To Fill the Hands Held Out to Us Joe Gage is hailing fir wood and getting it ready for sale. Mr. Matthews will soon have | his sawmill ready to run. Military Necessity Cells for Greater Sacrifice Here— Allied W a r , Bread'Must Be Maintained— Our Soldiers and Sailors to Have Full Allowanca. John Sumpter visited his son this week. »■ P O S T o r T H * CONDITION O f T H * I f we are to furniith the Allies with the necessary propor tion o f wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the ’ next harvest, and this is a military necessity, ¿ve must reduce our monthly consumption to 21,000,000 bushels a month, as against our normal consumption o f about 42,000,000 bushels, or 60 per c it. o f our normal consumption. This is the situa- j| u n us set forth by the U. S. Food Administration at W ashing t o n . Reserving a margin fo r distribution to the army and fo r special cases, leaves fo r general consumption approxim ately 1 M| pounds o f wheat products w eekly per person. The Food Administration’s statement continues: Many o f our consumers are dependent upon bakers' bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore, requires a larger proportion o f wheat products than cereal breeds baked in the household. Our army and navy require a full allowance. The well-to-do in our population can maae greater sacrifices in the consumption o f wheat products than can the poor. In addition, our population in the agricultural districts, where the other cereals are abun dant, are more skilled in the preparation o f breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. W ith improved transportation conditions we now have avail able a surplus o f potatoes. W e also have in the spring months a surplus o f milk, and we have ample com and oats fo r human consumption. The drain on rye and barley, as substitutes, has already greatly exhausted the supply o f these grains. Great Wheat Stocks Isolated. It’s the shortage In ships that la putting the Allies and the United Slates on wheat rations. Orest stocks o f wheat are Iso lated In India, and Australia. At great sacrifice In ship apace end use the Allies are forced to se cure some wheat from Argentina. On January 1, Australia had red 100.000,000 bushels of eat that was ready for ex port— but there were no shlpa. Then came the new crop with an exportable surplus o f 80,000,- 000 bushsla. Now Australia has approximately 180,000,000 bush els waiting for ships. India, st the same time, had 70,000,000 bushels o f wheat atored for export. During April CO,000,000 bushels more out o f the new crop will be added to the pile. Argentina closed the last ship ping season with 11,000,000 bushels o f wheat left In the stock available for export. The new crop wMl add 135,000,000 to the left over. It Is not a problem that the wheat does not exist In ths world— It Is entirely a problem of shipping, wMch has thrown on America the obligation o f divid ing our stock with th* Allies. cent o f the average monthly amount purchased In the four mootha prior to March 1. fl Manufacturer* using wheat prod ucts for non-food purposes should cease such use entirely. 8. There Is uo limit upon the use of other cereals, flours, and meals, corn, barley, buckwheat, potato flour, ot cetera. Many thousand families throughout the land are cow using no wheat prod ucts whatever, except a very atuall amount for rooking purposes, and are doing so In perfect health and satisfac tion. There Is no rrssou why all of the American people who are able to cook In their' own household» cannot subsist perfectly well with the use of less wheat products than one and one- half pounds a week, and we specially ask the well-to-do households In the country to follow this additional pro gramme lu order that we may provide the necessary marginal suuplles for those part* o f the community less able to adapt themselves to so Urge a pro portion o f substitutes. In order that we shall he able to make the wheat exports that are ab solutely demanded o f us to maintain the civil population and soldiers of the allies and our own army, we propose to supplement the voluntary co-opera tion of the public by a further limita tion o f distribution, and we shall place at once restrictions on distribution which will be adjusted from time to time to secure as nearly equitable dis tribution as possible. With the arrival of harvest we Rhould be able to relax such restrictions. Until then we ask for the necessary patience, sacrifice and co-operation of the distributing t radea. ALLIE D FOOD SHIPM ENTS REACH LARGE TO TAL. W I ■ —- ISM A ge. n s l Idea of the quantity of food sent to Buropeau allies by the United .States from July 1, 1914, to January 1, 1918, Is given by figures Just announced by the U. 8. Food Ad ministration. In that period the Unit- I ed Stntes has furnished complete year ly rations f i r 57,100,933. people. In addition there was enough extra pro tein to supply this portion of the diet for 22.104,570 additional men. The total export o f wheat and wheat flour to the three principal allies Is equivalent to about 384.000,000 bushels. Pork exports for the 344 years amount ed to almost 2.000.000.000 pounds. Ex ports o f fresh heef totaled 443,484.400 pounds. The amount o f food exported to Russia la negligible compared with that aant to the western allies. ******************** * * * O N L Y A M E R IC A C A N H E L P . * * "On your aids ara baundlaaa * * auypllee ef men, feed, and met*. * ★ * * * * * * * * * * * * « * * fiat; an thla aids a baundlaaa da- mend far thalr half. * "O u r man are war-wsary and thalr nsrvaa bava been strained by mar* than thrsa y sers of hard, relentless tall. "O u r fosltlan la orltlcal, par- tleularly until tha naxt harvest, but th* Unltad stata* can save u*. “You AmoHean* hava ths man, th* skill, and tha matarlal to save th* alllad cause.” SIR JO S E P H M A C L A Y . British »hipping Contrallar. School was out last Friday. The picnic was surely the biggest and heat entertainment ever given here. The married men played the boys a game of base ball Friday. The men won. RATION PER PERSON IS 1} POUNDS OF W HEAT PRODUCTS W EEKLY Tt> effect III* ueedixl nitvlng o f wheat wh urn wholly <lc|»-ii<lent U|>oa the voluntary uaalatanre of the American people and we nak that the following rules ahatl he ohaerved: 1. Ilouaeholdera to use not to exceed a total of life pound* tier week o f wheat product« per peraon. This mean* not more than 144 pound» of \ ictory bread containing the required percentage of suhatltutea and one-half found o f cooking flour, macaroni, crackers, paatry, plea, rake*, wheat hreakfaat cereal», all combined. 2. Public eating places and clubs to ohserva two wheat leas daya per week, Monday and Wednesday, a* at present, lu addition thereto, not to serve to any one gueat at any one meal an aggregate of hrt-adatuffa. macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, rskes. wheat breakfast cereal», containing a total of more than two ounce» o f wheat flour. No wheat product! to be served unless specially ordered. Public eat ing establishments not to buy more than six pounds o f wheat product» for each ninety meal* served, thus con forming with the limitations requested of the householder*. t. Retailer* to sell not more then one-eighth of * barrel o f flour to any town customer at any one time and not more than one-quarter o f a barrel to uny country customer at any one time, end In no cane to sell wheat products without the sale o f an equnl weight of other cereals. -4. We ask the Iwkera and grocers to reduce the volume o f Victory bread sold, by delivery o f the three-quarter pound loaf where one pound was sold h -fore, and corresponding proportloSS fn other weights. We also sak baker* nkt to Increase the amouut of their wheat Uour purchase* beyond 70 per Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith were visitors at the Vallantine home on last Sunday. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Bank o f Falls City at ratta t i t 7 , la State o l Or aeon, at the cióse ot bastaras May 10, ISIS. K ESOURCES Loan» and discounts Bond» and warrants Furniture and flxlcre» Dae from bank« (not reserve banks) Dae from approved reserve bank* Cheeks and other rath item» Cosh on band Other resours«* T otal, L IA B IL IT IE S Capital stock paid In Surpias fond Undivided pro flu leaa expenses and taxes paid PosMI savings bank de- PoelU I1.71S.S1 Individual deposits sub Jeet to check 106.S70.01 Demand certificate* ol Deposit 21 * . » Time and Savings deposits 9,705.17 T otal, 186.997.7S 19.7U.9d ■iJOOM < 131.2» 16.5S6.6S 252 5» 7 136.4& m . n «137,196 70 «15,000.00 6.0M.00 65.62 117.fll.0t <157.190 70 State of Oregon) County ol Polk) **• * I. W. H. Beard. Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear thee the above stale- beUef** *fu * t® ,B* beet ol my knowledge and W. H BEARD, Cashier Subscribed and sworn to before me tbls 15th dey of Msy, 191». [L S .J P. K. HUBBARD. Notary Public. Commission expires Jan. 6tb. 1920. CO RRECT-Attest: M. L. Thompson, I Ira C. Mehriing. ! Directors R G. White. 1 M . I .CHURCH Sunday School 10:00 Contributed by George W right A MOTHER’S PROMISE TO HER SON WHEN A CUP OF COFFEE TASTES LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS By KATHLEEN NORRIS He Got His Cup and Then Went on—to Death. My Dear One— I'm writing tbls very, rery small and on the thinnest o f pa per, so that tightly folded It may slip Into one o f the olive drab pockets of your new uniform without encroaching for the tiniest part o f an Inch upon all the new things that you must have there— the passports and Identifica tion slips and photograph, the knife and pen and writing pad, the list» and numbers and names and ciphers, the address book and the thin manual you have been studying so hard and the allm little Bible, for tbls letter la s part of your equipment, too, or at least 1 like to think that It la I'm going to tell you In It Just one or two o f the things we've been try ing not to say In these last days. You've said to yourself, haven't you, that there were possibilities that I, thank God, hadn't seemed to think of. You've marvelled gratefully, haven't you, that I could say goodby with dry eyes and talk about what we should do when the war Is over. My dear, there is nothing—nothing—that can happen to you that I haven’t fore seen In every detail slnca Msy. since ths very beginning o f It all. I know that some o f our men are not going to come back. I know—as I writ* tbls In the room you love— that your tla- gers may fumble for this little piece o f paper lu some dreadful hour, a month or two months or six months from now. Just to rend It over once more for the last time. Just to feel In your Angers ont there In a shell lighted battlefield something that I have tooched— for goodbye. And thinking o f all this for almost a year while you’ve been getting ready to go I ’ve been getting ready to stay. Just as you planned I planned, and I said to m yself: “ When the time comes for us to part I shall make him a promise." Dear one, this Is my promise, and I make It for the term o f yonr own— “ fo r the duration of the present war." I promise yon that while you are away, whether It la months or years, nothing except what I can give yon Hnd give all the others shall fill my life. I promise you that I shall de vote myself, here In safety, to the work of making what you do easier and stronger and safer fo r yon. I promise yon that I shall give— and give and give— fo r the Cause I Not the money I can spare, not the time I have left when everything else Is done, but all the money, all the time, all the energy I have! Your whole life has been altered, has been set to sterner and graver music. So shall mine be. You will know self denial, privation and fatigue while the war lasts. So shall I know them. Even If black news comes, even If the blackest comes, I shall remem ber that against your brave heart this promise Is resting, and I shall go on. And while there Is one man among our million and among the millions o f our allies who needs clothing and nursing and comforts and solace for your sake I shall not fall him. Perhaps In God’s goodness thla note will come safely back to me In the oltve drab pocket, and we will smile over It together. But, remember, until that hour comes I shall hs always busy filling my own small place In the great machine o f mercy and as truly under the colors over here as you are over there. God blase you I THE RED CROSS ia h e l p i n g IN U N ITED STATES IN S LA N O FRANCE ITA LY SERBIA A R M EN IA R U M A N IA R U S S IA Morning Worship 11. Epworth League 6:30. Evening Service 7:30 “ You are most cordially invted. to attend these services. A. S. Mulligan, Pastor. F r *« Methodist T. JUgh the establishment o f th* line o f communication canteens In France the American Red Cross Is set ting records in serving hot coffee, co coa and sandwiches to the troops. One o f these refreshment units made an other new record recently, serving more than 50,000 meals In one week. At another a cup ot coffee was served every ten seconds for a period of two consecutive hours. In a single week these lines o f com munication canteens often serve 80,000 American and French soldiers. Soldiers Ir. Box Cara. Do our soldiers and their allies real ly want this form o f Red Cross serv ice? A letter from a young American RTlator, a 1917 graduate o f Princeton University, Is probably typtcaL It might he added that this nuu has since been reported killed after bringing down a German Taube. “ A 50 mile train ride over here," he said, “ Instead o f taking a few hours may take daya When we stop at a Red Cross canteen you can bet th ft a cup o f coffee tastes like a million dollars.“ It is not always possible for a regi ment to provide sufficient food and hot coffee on these long Journeys, where the men must often be packed stand ing into unheated box cars ordinarily nsed for carrying horsea So Imagine for yourself the warmth, the cheer, the comfort that piping hot coffee and good sandwiches bring to our boys aft er a night on such a Journey 1 You can Just bet that It stiffens a man’s courage. Your Red Cross Is handing out tbls renewed courage by the piping hot cupful. Sunday School 10 a. m. Preaching service 11 a. m. Song and praise service 7:30 followed by preaching at 8:00. Mid-week prayer meeting 7:30 p m Everyone cordially invited to attend these services. Edgar N. Long, Pastor C H R ISTIA N C H URC H Divine Services each Lord’s Day Bible School 10 a. m. Divine worship 11 a. m. Christian Endeavor 630 p. m. Evening Service 730 p. m. The public is invited to be with us in these services. Post Office Time Card Office hours: Daily, except Sun day, 8 am. to 630 p.m. Mail arrives, from Salem 8.45 am., 5:46 p m. Dallas, 8:45 A. M., 5:45 P. M. Portland via Gerlinger, train 102 11:55 a. m. Black Rock, 1:30 P. M. Mail closes for: Salem, 8.50 A.M., 1 P.M. and 5:20 P. M. Dallas, 8:50 A. M. and5:30P M. Portland via Gerlinger train 102 1 p. m . Black Rock, 1 A. M. Mail Order and Postal Savings window closes at 6 P. M. S unday O nly Office hours: 9:30 to 10:80a.ui: Mail arrives from Baleni, 9:00 a m. Mail closes for Salem, 8:50 a. m. General Delivery Window Open From 9:30 to 10:30 A. M. Effective March 11, 1917. I b a C. M e h r l i n g , Postmaste r