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For Boys and Girls
A Complete Line of In
structive and amusing toys j
for both boys and girls. ,,
Before making your se
lection it will pay you to
look over our line.
For the Grownups
We have in stock the
very latest in Toilet Cases,
Toilet Sets, Traveler Sets,
Smoker Sets, Fancy China,
and most everything suita
ble for a Christmas gift.
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After buying your toys and gifts get your
candy, fruit, nuts and in fact everything that goes
to make a pleasant Christmas.
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CARSON
CAMP PIKE NOTES
While the process of disor
ganization at Camp Pike has
commenced and the work is j
being carried on at a rate of
discharge from 450 to 650 men
a day, yet it must not be under
stood that the men will not be
coming home at once. Many
formalities are being under
gone by the soldiers so that
the government may be pro
tected against the possibility
of disability claims after the
war. For this reason no man
will be immediately released
whose physical condition is
not as good as it was at his in
trance into the service unless
it can be shown that his disa
bility is not of his own making.
On this account many men are
being transferred to develop
ment battallions to be held j
until their records can be;
cleared. This may detain as
many as 3,000 men in camp
until January 15, to February
1st. But efforts will be made
to get as many men home by
Christmas as can possibly be
released. This, of course, has
no reference to the venerial
stockade where the men will
be held until completely cur
ed before discharge. Men in
the hospital will also be held.
Arrangements are being j
made to receive the men of the
57th Infantry from Camp Lo
gan who are to arrive the last
of the week. The men will
probably be housed in tents
for a time but It is expected
that the buildings of the pro
posed officers training school
will be completed and made
ready for the occupancy of the
men and officers of the 57th
Infantry. In this area will be
three Y buildings, one of
which will be for the officers
as a clubhand service building.
In preparation of the men
so soon to be returned to civil
life for their duties as civil
ians, the Y M C A is carrying
out a morale program which
was successfully started at
Camp Travis. Dr. Ira Land
rith, a stalwart Texas educa
tor, lecturer and publicist, who
delivered a series of lectures
at Camp Travis on citizenship
will be at Camp Pike Saturday
and Sunday making short and
pithy talks to the men advising
them how to live for their
country, now that it is not nec
essary for them to give their
lives for her. Lt. Jean Picard
a hero of the Marne, accom
panies Dr. Landrith in his tour
and clinches the arguments of
the noted prohibitionist by
telling how the men of France
and Belgium poured out their
blood for their nations.
FUEL REGULATION
The cessation of hostilities
has not reduced the necessity
for the sane regulation of fuel.
The Fuel Administration has
announced that it will con
tinue its work at least during
the present winter.
Retail coal dealers are still
required to secure certificates
of registration to enable them j
to engage in business.
The statistical department j
at Washington Is still requir-1
ing weekly reports from the
State Administration and the
reports are therefore essential
from the dealers and if not
made according to regulation
the dealer is subject to a for
feiture of his license.
No change has been made
in price regulations governing
the wholesaler and the retail
| er, nor have the zone restric
tions been removed.
Some effective work is being
done by E. V. Leverett, the
Conservation Engineer, who is
working with industrial plants
of the state to bring about a
more scientific use of fuel.
There is no doubt but that
much good has been accom
i plished by the Fuel Adminis
tration in the prevention of
1 waste, the utilization of wood
as fuel and the conservation
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of those forms of fuel that are
growing rapidly less in vol
umn.
It is said that more domes
tic coal has been stored this
season than ever before, prob
ably ten times as much, so
that there will be all that is
required for the industrials.
The government has taken
the restrictions offi brick fac
tories and other plants that
are heavy users of coal, it be
ing the purpose to encourage
as far as possible all indus
trial activities, so that men re
turning from the army may
have a greater opportunity to
be assimilated back into the
channels of constructive life.
There is temporarily a slow
ing down in coal production,
and many mines are closed,
but it is believed that as busi
ness is more normally adjust
ed, the increasing demand for
industrials will more than
compensate for a temporary
slackness.
With fuel as with wood, the
greater lesson that has been
learned by the people of the
United States is that wilful
waste is nothing short of
criminal, and that energies
and resources must be con
served and scientifically! 07
sensibly applied.