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ant Seneral is Swamped With Letters

iGTON.—Pity 0* poor of the whey. The war tm«at U beta* Maced tbeas day* with a atreans of correapoodeace. of which waa nent known In tba blrtory of America. If there la ng doubt of th* fart that the al laat awake to the frarUy > that doubt U dispelled by of lattate that la awaaptn* nt yen era!. If It were net for that Adjt Gao. Hanry P. liea mild man and glftad with a padeoca thla aplatoUry oowould ba cal cola ted to drtva Idea of the enormity of the impendence may be obtained fact that on one Uopday re000 plecaa of mall came to the adjutant feoeral'a office In the war at and the dally average for acme time haa been 25.000 piecta at day, or 175.000 ptecea a waak. fact this does not nearly describe the situation, for the fl*nrea glean Include memorandum qnerlea from other departments, telephone calls ml visits from -ssaators and repreaeutativea. The Inqslrles cover of conceivable sohjects connected with the details of a great war. J relate to stoves; some to live stock: some to cantonment*, have to be assorted by the adjutant reneral’* office and referred to tmenls that have jarladlctlon over them. Nor do Che stall*tics given jvable as they are—cover all* the mam of correspondence received department, ftr many letters go directly to the officers for whom they aded without passing through the adjutant general - ! hands, stream of letters constantly being referred to tbe quartermaster getv Jlce Is enormnw. Coon tie** thousands of letters Inquire as to tbe of Individual soldiers, and of course In that branch at the correspood--e WU be a constant increase as tbe ar£sy expands and as tbe units abroad for aw »1n on tbe Prencb battle line.

STORE THE POTATO

ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONSERV. INC THE COUNTRY'S SUPPLY.

FARM

OFFIOT-A-Tj IDIE/ECT’OE/'Sr

of War Is Felt at National Capital ^.T, Washington Is tiring. It must be tbe raab of war that baa done ’or tbe national capital used to be such a lovely pace for women to now we are packed Into elevators with men talking war; wa are hotel dining rooms with

the ladles* reception halls at tbe heels tbe men sidle In te continue their talk.

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i tbe i

nate, bee*car tney are primarily the war maker* Bat there are leu and lou of women here who tre carrying on eome part at the burden of the war, and they are seen everywhere. Mrs. George- Thacker Guernsey,

it of the D. A. R, seems to be all vied up with loads and loads of U B'ing on this and that of wartime affair* and butineet. ** Margaret WUaon, the pr ddent's daughter, gets around to all of the .eBts. and Mia. McAdoo. another daughter of the president, la public act!vlt; She has become s beautiful woman, and t rr grace that has made her a favorite In Washington society. TarbelL wt > la perhaps the beet-rnowj of American women writer*, get Aswn here occasionally. Bhe has done some wort *— ~ the official censor, who aou* of ns kno-r as the husband

Indian Goes Shopping in Washington ’IAX. run blooded enough to have stepped out of the Catlln collecwest abopptr the other day—which abows what riclllsar.oa will da feather lu hi* sombrero took tbe tom off his job-lot suit sad another

•a to tribal

In slipper* that tried to

and failed.

one store be parsed to consider ease art out aedactlvely on tbe In toe case was a wax-faced* *. crowned wRta woman'* glory. "» of sauaagy auburn, and a head with no fac at all was iB,| ngty supplied with a wig of •url». AH around eere otherwith neither heads nor faces; fronts, split-locks as natural

vna twice as reliable transforms lion* for leJle* ss needs 't : 'f-t swltt^ca of aver/ colored hair adorned the Interior of the case. Indian looked and looted and looked. Then he went tnalde and

xwltcb of long black hair.

while he was about It. taro women, vho seemingly had nothing bet-

ihaa trail tbe red brother, discussed his *t*»v of mind:

1*1 that bale makes him think of the time be used to scalp ua " ■u'd ougttar take a pill for that Imagination of your*. Mama Can’t •ee he's dvlUaedt thdnt he picker white waUt when he mlghter ' ■ red one. and a gold chain Insteedcr beads? 1 hef hi* wife told him •!*« come home without bringln - her that switch—and cant you se«

in' everyday clothe*, (he same as other raenT"

while they shuttled their opinions between them tbe Indian the switch In tb- pocket that didn't boW the waist and sbuffied on.

. and

shington Has Its Dwelling Place of “Light” V rtij, ^ | (l “dwasllar-l'lncr of light” In the night time. Such thorMum la New York. Pnrts and London have gained world wide fame, "tor tiy-words In the average honaebold. Waablngtoo ha* not hitherto possessed such a tfistlnctlvr area, but with the “war-time” booming of tbe national capital, tbe unprecedented influx of both citlnonry aad soldiery lato Its midst and from prrvalHng Indications gathered there on recent Saturday night visits, that parked district between Seventh and Eighth streets oo Pennsylvania avenue will soon bask lu such a roseate limelight as has brought renew n to Piccadilly. Broadway and

the Champ* V Cyaeea.

To he sure, many of tbe feature*

»o > , r<-ra**r1ly characteristic of such an area arc not P™** - ®* ** ‘ that It bids fair to eccupy Its unlqne niche In tbe arcwts or t»* X brunsed of tare, which often blends with their kbakt. lock am* ‘ hoy* in bine. wMaparllg each other*' rar* avereta of labcrveu, wen. from thrlr dltch-dVgslng. straggtlng wtlt h-nwIeM ‘■turn, gliding their way to their punk-lit shops; Salvation Army lrw»ly tetMlerlng their chinking tamborevn*. and newsboys. ceMed frt«kUig In pUy. All tt>e«e. In one kaieliloaooplc idcturo taarr ■hadowy ws.jTof Gen. W|- held fleott Hancock at this busy P*«li sultry ulgbta. Mat* <,n tbe concrete ledge which eotlrcles the -d [«rk with Its eaccllrnt view Into the amphltbratcr of tUr. ar* ^Ibarm. fathers, brvth.tw and -ter. of thrav lad. who wffl by vide with their brother bammle. In »*raoce detennln-d o V a-.wuent of contact poMibl* out of the short furlough* of th.lr ‘ fum-d a spirit of frivolity and gayr‘T Ml1 whlch |

tm fnrebodlaga. . , K . ran of ttoeM street worshipper. U .be lug ttib*m.uioti.ly with a street piano. | lay be gwlsed In return fur the "good ,

Govrrvwnent Officials Tall of the Facilities That Have been Provided —Complete Plan of Action Has Been Mapped Out. Washington.—Mrsn* of conserving the nation's potato unity In tbe most effective tnuioer have been worked out by food admlulrtratl.-n official*. They have Issued the following state-

ment :

Unusual facilities for financing storage are offered American i-eato growers aa a result of jrar conditions. Tbe federal reserve system is at their disposal. and farmers who store their 1817 potato crop In ap|>roved local w*rehouse* may obtain, upon their storage receipt* KLdey loans from member banks of the reserve system at a rate exceed C per cent. Mr. Lou D. Sweet, potato expert with the food hdmlnlst ration, was .Instrumental In bringing this matter to the reserve board’s attention. New England grower* have at-tried a movement to take advantage of this ruling to heir . '*e their marketing problem. Tbe prospect which the growers of this group of stales face I* that of handling 45.000.000 bushels of potatoes—cue-tenth of the entire United States crop—without causing an overstocked market and tbe resulting loss of all profit on the crop. Tbe g.-owert communicated with local authorities In their respective states, who In turn laid tbe situation before the food administration. A conference between the grower*, local authorities and expert* from the food administration was held recently at Boston. Mass. A plan of action was' mopped out at this meeting which Include* the following: 1. Marketing of only one-third of the crop at barveat time; another third In 80 day* or placing in storage and later distributed as demand affords opportunity; the remaining third to be stored by the grower and marketed throughout tbe year. 2. AM potatoes to be graded with rare, taking out culls, cuts, cracks and any that are bruised. It was recommended that a wlr* screen grader be used—one and acvwi-elghCis-locb rorah for oblong tuber* and two-inch mesh for rownd one*. Graded stock then be placed In good two-bushel sacks— one hundred and fifteen pounds to tbr ar.ck—and tb.' racks sewed tightly so as to prevent shucking and bruising. 8. Increasing the load In each railroad car from lie normal 80.000 pounds. That these care can be unloaded within 21 to 96 hour* of their arrival at destination. 4. That mwnlctpailtlM and other bodies pro vide storage for as large quantities as possible at tbe peak ol

the harvest.

“A storage bousa." said Lou I*Sweet, who attended this meeting, ••mich aa will conform to Xbe requirements laid down by the Federal Reserve board, does not call for a specially constructed bouse. There are innumerable buildings, which. If properly cleaned, ventilation provided, and managed so aa to maintain a temperature of about 35 degree*, will answer admirably foe thl. purpose. Th'a-yrar tbe United States planted Its potato crop from tbe poorest qush Hy of seed that ever went Into tut ground, and naturally the harvest will be potatoes of poor quahty. Strict grading, careful packing, commote sense storage, and careful shipping are necessary to Insure just return* to the growers who have respond*! to tbe president's call for Increased produo

Hon of potatoes."

SHE HAD WA'^AfO DAUGHTER Neighbor Was Surprised When «ha Found Causa of Severe Rebuke Admlnistereo by Mother. A lady living In a large apartment house relate* the following: “I had ucraMon our day to visit the apart .urn t of a neighbor. Such grave and earnest tone* of remonstrance reached my ram. s* I approached my friend's room, that 1 hesitated about Intruding ! found her winsome young daughter with her. and the mother had evidently been rebeklt.g. her. for the girl'* face was flushed, and there were

trar* In her eye*.

I -votw to.' said my friend. ”1 uava 1 finished what I wa« saving to Jrany. sad 1 hope she will remember my I “Ah these children — Ibewr chll-

I dren '' tIh-ught 1 t® myself,

i "I have Just been telling her.” conI tinned ni> frtrad. “that she must not j arear her evraiig glove* wbeB she goeo 1 .hopping In the morning, lu tbr first i place. It I* not genteel: and In ‘Jh

j second plsi-e. it I* eatratsgant”

Her etelling gkne*' And yet 1 aa i sure yen. her tone and exprv*aion. aud j the impression made on tbe child. ! would have befitted a M-riou* wrong(‘doing—one that had Issue* In tin.*

i i,no eternity.

Buy Outright Is War Flan. Washington Secretary ot Commerce Kedl'eld announced that the rotih-rence rvpreMntiug all deparitneot* of th* government hat completed Its study «f wur contracts.

Where

CA-FFS J&JL-X- aOXTNTSr

RET MASH BEST FOR CHICKS Only Secret In Growing Fowls Is te Give Them What Thsy Realty Lika and Plenty at It There Is nothing a growing chick like* better than a alee, cool feed of wet mesh. There Is only one secret to growing chicks and growing them rapidly. and that Is to give them the feed they like and give It to them in such amounts as to satisfy the appetite and

For tbe first 12 weeks of the chick's life the bird wlU stand considerable forring. after which time the-birds will have developed auffldeat sire of frame BBd strength of body with wrhlch to range and gather moat of their own Bring. The following wet -vaah may well be fed from the third week to the twelfth, or for such time a* la necessary to pro duce a good-sired broiler: Iwo pounds at bran, two pounds ot commral, two pounds of middlings, one pound ot cranmerrial meat scrap. This mash Mkcu’d be mixed with wither skim milk, sweet milk or tour milk. The latter la preferable.

BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS. OFFICERS Director HENRY S. RUTHERFORD Vlce-Dtrrator * AUGUSTUS HILTON Oe.-k F. W. FOWKES Sea Isle Uity County Collector JOS. L FCULL Ocean City Solicitor JOSEPH DOUGLASS Cape May Court Hons* County Engineer LEAKING M. RICE Wildwood Road Supervisor DANIEL SCHELLENGER Erma Supt. of Weights end Measures DAVID W ROD AN... Cape May City Steward of Almciautue LEWIS T. DOUGLASS Cap* Ray Court House SuperintewiCBt of Soldiers’ Bariala JOHN W. PEEVES.. .Capo May City Custodier =? Court House LEWIS S. SMITH Cope May Court House

J. ARCHER STACKHOUSE Cape May Court House

COVERING FOR SITTING HENS Combination Moot Box and Runway Is . Early Constructs-!—Roof Should Bs Three Feet Wide. Take this nest box and runway combUwtlon by using five 1 by 12 boards to make the frame and partlttooa. Piece these 1 by 12a from 18 to 24 Inches apart, according to the width wanted for nests sod runway*. The roof for tb* rents should take up about three feet of space; that Is, In width. The remainder of tbe space Is covered with chicken netting over the runway*. The roof of the box*# Is made e* shown In the diagram, write* Mrs. Maggie L. Long of Hammond. Okla.. in Farm Progress. The bock half of tbe roof la hinged, and this may be left open and Bead by laying bear until the time eouiet to pnt them oe eggs. When used for sitting hens, the door Is dosed and food and water placed In the runways through an the netting, where It Is

LIST OF MEMBERS Kama Address, District Represented Term Expires on January 1st of tha Year Opposite Name. OCEAN cm Address. Ocean City John P. Fox Ifl* John E. Townsend If It SEA 3LE CITY Address, Sea Isle City Them E. DeBow 1S*0 James F. Eustace IWO WILDWOOD Address, Wildwood Augustus Hilton 1 Charles W. Saul NORTH \7ILDWOOD Address North Wildwood. John W. Youag If* 0 Floyd Hewett I®* 0 CAPE MAY CITY Address. Cap* May City John T. Bennott 191J Hanry S. Rutherford Itl8 UPPER TOWNSHIP Address, Tuckahoe Hope W. Gandy 1#1» DENNIS TOWNSHIP Address. (Pecrroont) A valor ! Levi Wen tael] Ifl* MIDDLE TOWNSHIP i Addresi. Cap* May Court House ' Stillwell H. Townsend It20 LOWER TOWNSHIP Address, Rio Grande Joe. P. MacKissk Wlf

COUNTY BOARD OF TAXATION 0. L Blackwell Wildwood W. J. Tyler.. Cepe Mar Court Houee Samuel Eldrcdge Cape May Citf COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS John H. Stratton Palermo Leri Dickenson Erma Chat. Shields Cape Ray VTalter Ruthrnord Csld Syria*

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY Cities Cepe May City—James J. Doak Rueben Ludlaa Ocean City—Jerome S. Rush Frank H. Ware Arthur D. Barrows,Police Justice Sea Isle City—Alfred S. Steelman Edward C. Stevens Wildwood—Girard Livesey H. C. Schlichting B. C. Ingersoll J. Charles Fach M. L. Brantn George L. Shaw Boroughs North Wild wood—A. M. Ely Stons Harbor—S. E. Herbert George J. Rummel

Dennis—A. E. Holmes, DennisviDe Thomas J. Darrell. Belleplala Middle—L T. GarreUon, Cap* Mar Court Hoorn Luther M. Swain, Swaiatoa Lower—Frank Eldredge, Cold Spria* Upper—Jantes Shoemaker, Tuckahoe

ARSETSORS OF CITIES.BOROUC«i AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNT? OF CAPE MAY Cities Cepe May City J. Allen Watar Ocean City Dr. H. T. FoaMi Sea Isle City Wm. J. Fast Wildwood Lynn H. Boyar Borough* Avalon R. W. Roeenbawm Cape May Point Norman Alger North Wildwood Robert BrigM South Cape May...Albert J. Rudolph Stone Harbor Hugh McMurtri# west Cap* May Harry S. Fiskar Wildwood Crest William E. ZeOar Woodbine Israel Eisenbafff. Township* Dennis Rolls Hewitt, Ocoan View Middle ...V. N. Erricaon, Dia* Croak Lower... .Chaa. C Bohm. Cold Syria* Upper George Hoff. Tuekahea

Neat Boxes and Runway*.

lifted at the end of tbe runs. Tbe hens are not turned out during tbe period when the eggs are incubating. The eggs will hatch much better end tbe whole Mb Is much less trouble. This can be moved and cleaned easily, and Abe chicks can be kept here for

•cm* time after hatching.

The regular meeting* of the Board are hold on the First and Ttard Tuesday of each mouth at the Court Hcuae, Cape May Court Home, at 10-30 A. M. STANDING COrtMITTEES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR

TAX COLLECTORS FOB OTIH* BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS , OF THE COUNT? OF . / CAPE MAY. Cities " = ^- Cape May C>ty... W. J. Fendcrooa. Jt Ocean City E- W- Burleigh

MARKET FOR SURPLUS EGGS No Better Method Than to Organise Cooperative Club—Get In Touch With County AgenL To secure the beet price* fok xurplui eggs or poultry, there U no better method than to organise In your community co-operative egg snd poultry dubs. By getting Id touch with the county demonstration agent you can secure valuable atatitanre. not only In organizing, hut afterwards, In finding good m»rkrts for all your products. Make sure that the dub's rules provide for thorough grading and packing, live up to the rules and your marketing trouble* will be over.

are j-artteularl) low

with I

PLAN FOR PRESERVING EGGS Cheapest and Moat flucceasful Method It Water Class—Place Solution

In Cool Floe*.

The moat successful and cheap, at me: hod of preserving egg* 1* In water eta*a (sodium alUcate). One gallon of sodium a.llcate. about 50 cents’ worth. j aril: when added to 15 times a* much water, which ha* beeo boiled and | cooled, be enough to preserve 50 doirn egg*. The solution should be prepared and put lu the vessel* In a cpol place. Jben the egg* added a* the' ate gathered. There ahould be at Ira.t two Incbea of solution covering ! th.- «fgx CRACKED GRAINS FOR FOWLS ' Loa* Trouble to Purahaae Prepared Feeds Where but Few Chickens Are Kept—Look tor Grit. i W! -a ooe ha* only a few ehleker*. It !« <«as trouble n. purehaae the pr-- ( par •it chick feed*, but where a conaid, cable number are reared It 1* I eon.-'time* cheaper to buy the finely cro ked grain* and mix them together. I Bone clink feed* < ootaln a large quantity '>f gt’.t a’ld «*J' contain grain* of j I por ijAialltv an that they should be

! ALMSHOUSE—Fox, Bennett. Gandy, S. H. Townsend, Wentxell. j BRIDGES—Wontaoll. Bennett, Fox. Eustace. Gandy, MacKissk, San. PUBLIC BUILDINGS ■ Bennett. Wentxell, J. E. Townsend. BILLS—Eustace, Hilton. DeBow ! AUDITING—S. H. Townsend. Gandy,

DeBow.

i FINANCE—Saul. Eustace. S. H. Townsend. , LVNACY—Candy. Fox. BennetL LIGHTING—EUton. MacKissie, J. E. Townsend. ROADS—Rutherford Bennett- DeBow, Eustace, Fox. Gandy, Hilton. MacKissie. J. E. Townsend. S. H. Townsend. WentxelL DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS—S. H. Townsend. ! BUR?‘1NG SOLDIERS AND SAILj 0RS—John W. Reeves. BOARD OF SCHOOL ESTIMATE— U VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS—Saul.

BennetL

Wildwood Robert J Borough* Avalon Walter A. SmMB Cap* May Point J-T- Hof North Wildwood P- !-£*<«**• South Cape May.C. Marshall Rudolph Stons Harbor Clarence 0. LeUkaa West Caue May Harry T.Lodlom. Wildwood Crest • • ■ • w - Woodbine Dr. Joseph Jaffa Townships Dennis H. M. Carroll. DennisviBo Middle. Wills's Corson. Cape May CJL Lower... .Scott Seymore. Cold Sprta*

OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF CITIES, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY. Oiira. Cap* May City A. G. Be^oS Ocean City T. Lae Adaam Sea Isle City Arndt Gordon Wildwood N. A. Cohan

Avalon K - - ^ Cape May Point Peter Kropp North Wildwood Thomas Cnrara

South Cap* MayStone Harbor. .Mam

COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS Wll ^ woo ^ Cr e,t -

W -dbitH K- H- »

Address: Cape May Court Hocac

Supreme Court Justice

HON. CHARLES & BLACK

Circuit Court Judge

UON. HOWARD CARR0W

Common Pleas Judge

HON. HENRY H. ELTREDGE Clerk of Courts and County Clerk A. CARLTON HILDRETH Deputy Clerk bf C'urts and Cesaty

TowoaMpa. Dennis . .Geo. S. Robinson. Dennisril* ‘Middle i Lower Jerry H. Wvoleea Upper . Wm. S. Eldredge. Peterehm*

CITY. BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP CLERKS OF THE COUNTY OF CAPE MAY

Cilice

! Cm. Mm Citj .Willi™ P«»« : OEM, Ciiy - ■ .H.rry A. UcnV

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I Wildwo'-j James *•- W lutooaff

Borough*

Avalon R. W’. Rraenhasmt Cape Mey Point.. ^ H. IL Brae* North Wildwood.. .George A. Redding <outh Cap* May Elvin B. Marti*

Stone Harbor Leo F. McCravra

EDWARD^L RICE Pro-wcutor of th* Plea* kcuenk c. cole

AAROX W HAND

! Woodbine.

>RINT

..L. C. Abr* Taoaahipe

Dennis. .Osman M. Geary. IVc.nuvBM MiddLi. ..A. T. D. Howe .. :•-■'* Crash Lower.Charles C. Reevew.W.Cape Map

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