SIS
American Meat Restrictions Re
laxed to Effect Greater
Wheat Savings.
ARGENTINE ARRIVALS SHORT.
Meat Supply Here Considerably En
larged — Food Administration,
However, Warns Against
Waste.
The allies have made further and
increased demands for breadstuffs,
these enlarged demands being caused
to some degree by shortage in arrivals
from the Argentine. It is, therefore,
necessary for the U. S. Food Adminis
tration to urge a still further reduction
in the consumption of bread and bread
stuffs generally if we are to meet our
export necessities. The Food Admin
istration has issued a statement ex
plaining the situation in detail, partic
ularly the reasons which lead it, for
the purpose of centering effort for the
time being upon the cereal situation
to relax temporarily the restrictions on
meat consumption.
Experience shows, this statement
says, that the consumption of bread
stuffs is intimately associated with the
consumption of meat For various
reasons our supplies of meat for the
next two or three months are consid
erably enlarged, and we can supply the
allies with all of the meat products
which transportation facilities render
possible and at the same time some
what increase our own consumption.
In these circumstances the Food Ad
ministration considers it wise to relax
the voluntary restrictions on meat con
sumption to some extent with a view
to farther decreasing bread consump
tion.
Conservation of food must be ad
justed to meet necessities from time to
time, for neither production, nor al
lied demands are constant factors, nor
can any of these factors be anticipated
for long periods in advance in the dis
turbed conditions in which we at pres
ent live. While the world situation is
not one that warrants any relaxation
in the efforts to eliminate waste or to
relax economy in food, the Adminis
tration desires to secure better adjust
ment in food balances.
So long as the present conditions
continue the only special restrictions
we ask are the beefless and porkless
Tuesday.
The meatless meal and the porkless
Saturday are no longer asked.
The farmers of the United States
are responding to the national call to
increase, hog production. Their in
crease, to all appearances, i<" being at
tained more rapidly. Of more imme
diate importance, however, are several
complex factors which have effected
an immediate increase in meat sup
plies. *
Ihe transportation shortage neiore
the government took over the rail
roads, the bad weather in January and
early in February, the large percent
age of immature corn in the last har
vest and the necessity of feeding this
corn as rapidly as possible to save it
from decay, have not only resulted in
backing up the animals—particularly
hogs—on the farms for a longer pe
riod of feeding, but have resulted in a
great increase in their average weight
and will result, with improved trans
portation conditions, which already ap
pear, in larger than normal arrivals at
market for the next two or three
months. The weight of hogs coming
to the market for the past two weeks
indicates an increase, in weight, ol
from an average of 203 pounds last
year to the almost unprecedented
average of 232 pounds, or a net in
crease in their meat value of over 15
per cent. This is a distinct addition
to the nation’s meat supply. It there
fore now seems certain that we have
such enlarged supplies for at least
some months to come, that we can not
only increase our exports to the allies
to the full extent of their transporta
tion facilities, but at the same time
can properly increase our domestic
consumption.
The response of the public to our re
quests for reduced consumption of
meat during the past few months has
been most gratifying, and this service
alone has enabled the government dur
ing this period to provide such sup
plies as transportation to the allies
permitted.
The Administration also suggests
that in those parts of the country
where the old fashioned home preser
vation of pork is still the custom, this
practice should be extended at the
present time, as it will relieve the bur
den upon transportation to and from
the packing houses and is economical
ly sound as saving the cost of packing
operations and at tha name time will
provide homo supplies of pork to last
over the mouths of decreased supplies.
The Food Administration desires to
repeat that it does not want to give
the impression that these are times
when simplicity and moderation of liv
ing are not critically necessary, but
that its sole desire is to secure an ad
justment between our different food
supplies and meet changing conditions
from time to time and to keep the pub
lie fully and frankly advised of its
position with the full confidence and
reliance that whenever it becomes nec
essary renewed appeals for saving will
met the same loyal response as in th«
pant
SANITARY IMPROVEMENT
We are glad to note that
the following progressive citi
zens have lately improved the
sanitary conditions of their
premises by having had mod
ern and sanitary toilets in
stalled by Mr. Chas. L. Marsh
of Memphis.
Messrs. H. Arnof, Clayton
Hailey, L. L. Cole and Dr. W.
T. McCain of McCrory, A. S.
Thompson and Dr. J. W. Mor
ris of DeView and J. W. Mul
lens of Jelks.
The systems used are water
less and are made by the Kan
stine Sales and Service Co., of
Memphis, and are a valuable
addition to the convenience
and comfort of any home in
which they are installed.
Reason For Refusing Others
Personso who have once
used Foley Kidney Pills pre
fer them to any other medicine
They give relief from kidney
and bladder troubles, back
ache, sharp, shooting pains,
rheumatism, stiff swollen joints
sore muscles, puffness under
eyes, nervousness, “always tir
ed,“ feeling and sleep disturb
ing bladder ailments. Red
Cross Drug Store. adv.
Don’t throw those old tires
away. Let Roger Fakes vul
canize them. 7-12-lt.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Robiin
son will leave next week for
Little Rock and other points to
spend a few weeks vacation.
Upon their return they will
make their home with Mrs. S.
A. Pettit.
BANKHEAD ROUTE IS
BEING IMPROVED NOW
Our road overseer, Mr. J.L.
Bronte of McCrory, has been
busy this week working the
road east of town in the Bayou
DeView bottom where he has
had his crew of men and teams
engaged in building abutments
to the new bridge which was
built there last fall.
The work has been needed
done for sometime as every
time the bayou would get on a
rise, traffic would have to de
tour via Pumpkin Bend. To
several miiles farther and also
a loss of time which we are
gl.ad to state is now no longer
necessary.
The Bankhead Route is also
being greatly improved be
tween Morton and Fair Oaks
which has always been the
most disagreeable portion of
the road over whiich to travel.
More than $500.00 will be
spent in blowing stumps and
graing this part of the high
way, beginning at the Wood
ruff-Cross County line and
working west. Men have been
blowing stumps just west of
the county line this week and
a contract will be let next week
by the committee, L. J. Dilliard
.J. L. Bronte and W. W. Raney
for the grading at once of two
miles of the Fair Oaks-Morton
road.
ROCK ROAD NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
on the 14th day of June, 1918,
the Board of Commissioners
for Road Improvement District
No. 8, of Woodruff County,
filed in my office the book,
showing the assessment of
benefits to be received by all
tracts of lands, railroads, and
other real property within the
said district; the land embrac
ed in said district being as fol
lows, to wit:
Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, in township 7 north, range
2 west; and sections 31, 32, 33,
34, 35, 36, in township 8 north
range 2 west; and sections 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 in town
ship 7, north, range 1 west;
and sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, in township 8 north, range
1 west; all in the northern dis
trict of Woodruff County.
NOW THEREFORE, all per
sons, firms or corporation ag
grieved by reason of any as
sessment are hereby warned
to appear before the Woodruff
County Court for the Northern
District on the 19th day of Ju
ly, 1918, for the purpose of
having any errors adjusted, or
any wrongful or grievous as
sessment corrected, the nine
teenth day of July being the
day fixed for the hearing by
the Woodruff County Court of
the Northern District.
WITNESS my hand and seal
as clerk for Woodruff County
Court for the Northern District
this the 3rd day of July, 1918.
(seal) Walter Jimerson,
Clerk of Woodruff County
Court for the Northern District
DEVIEW NEWS
Mr. Roy Rubottom of Camp
Beauregard is home on a nine
days furlough.
Hen Tom Jackson, the “lady
killer” of DeView, is working
this week in the blacksmith
shop.
Mr. Carter, our handsome
and popular blacksmith, went
Sunday to see the aeroplane,
but we don’t think hP even’
looked at it.
Our High School opened
Monday. Mr. S. M. McClusky
is principle and Miss Grace
Burkette is assistant principle.
We haven’t learned the names
of the other teachers yet.
The Right Reverend Mister
Brother Crenshaw, D. D., will
stand before the DeView
“bunch’’ Sunday and Sunday
night. He has messages espec
ially prepared for YOU, so be
sure to come.
We all gathered once more,
at Mrs. Clutts’ home Tuesday
night to eat ice cream and to
watch the young folk play the
old but forever new games of
snap, hog rovers, drop the
handkerchief, and General
Green, all done to the tune of
“chin’’ music which was fur
nished by all present.
Several of our folk gathered
around the little old bayou on
Thursday to angle for those of
the finny tribe that were not
too discreet to snap at hooks
and worms. Miss Blena Weld
caught a fish which was hung
in plain sight .during dinner,
(chicken, crackers and corn
bread) to give the fried fish
effect. Evfieryone enjoyed
himself and ech declared his
fish appetite entirely satisfied.
Fewer at Health Resorts
Increased expenses in trav
eling and at health resorts will
keep many hay fever and asth
ma sufferers home this summer
Foley’s Honey and Tar is rec
ommended as a satisfactory
remedy for hay fever and asth
ma. It heals and soothes, al
lays inflammation and irrita
tion, and eases the choking
sensation. Red Cross Drug
Store. adv.
For Sale: A few registered
Duroc males, ready for service,
dark cherry red, fine individ
ual lines of breeding. Call or
write H. D. Angus, McCrory,
Ark. Adv. 3-8 tf.
Mrs. R. M. Johnson, baby
and bright little daughter, Dor
othy of Little Rock came Sun
day to spend several days with
Mrs. R. L. Johnson of near
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Hai
ley and little son, Perrin, are
visiting the former’s daughter,
Mrs. Alva Neeley, In Little
Rock. Mrs. Hailey will under
go an operation while in the
Capital City.
The many friends of Roger
Fakes will be glad to learn that
he successfully underwent an
operation for tonsilitis in Mem
phis the first of the week and
that he is reported as getting
along nicely.