Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 253, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1918 — St. Bernard Dogs Economy Victims [ARTICLE]

St. Bernard Dogs Economy Victims

Kilted to Save Meat ' * Suddlv " /-/.S' ■ •" • ■ ■ Bread Shortaae Affects the French M 8 11 Th An OtherIn Belgium. Parts.—All but six of the famous St. Bernard dogs kept by the monks of that ancient monastery in the Alps have -been killed. Shortage of meat caused by the war led to this.massacre. -- -V . ' T_The St. Bernard pass is of historical renown. It connects the valleys of the Rhone and the Dora Baltea. It was traversed by Roman Regions thousands of years ago. In medieval times the pass served the armies of conq”<>, ors and the bands of mercenaries. i,apcleon crossed the Alps at this point in 1800. . A. The great monastery was built',in the middle of the sixteenth century. *t was/maintained for the relief of travelers who were surprised by snowstorms while crossing the pass. The f?t; Bernard dogs were used to find the frozen victims of the storms in the snowdrifts, They were specially trained for this work of relief and carried the first aid to the InjurefPjn a little basket attached. # to their collars. These uogs rescued thousands of human beings, many of whom were of historic prominence. And for the first time in the history of this famous monastery the dogs had to be slaughtered for want of food. Human Food First Interest. At other times a report of this sort would create profound Interest in .Paris, but at present the human race is thinking of its own rfecesslties and cares less about dog heroes living more than 8,100 feet above the surface of the sea. Today the people of France are restricted in the Consumption of meat, bread or any other article of food in the making of which dough or flour is used, and sugar. There are three meatless days and to prevent anyone buying meat in advance the rule restricts purchaser to 200 grams of meat on a day preceding a meatless day. The sale of meat is prohibited Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. In hotels and restaurants no guest is entitled to more than 100 grams of meat as part of a meal Tuesdays. This restriction is aimed at hoarding. Even . slaughter houses are entirely closed the meatless days. Thus the attempt -Is made to prevent as far as possible any violation of the rule. Of course any attempt at enforcing

much less meat. England had three meatless/Jays a week, applied to.re#-; jtaurants.and similar dining rooms, beSTS tain amount of meat, which he may buy four specified days in the week. Englishmen are consuming about double the amount of meat eaten by the same number of Frenchmen at present. - French .frugality In meat is thef more remarkable as it is accompanied by a similar and much more drastic restriction in the consumption of hreaC “A Frenchman,” according to a peace-time wit, “is a gentleman who, wears a decoration and orders an ex-

IS3 bB£ a F£FHxt“ ibtw^J-oMstS 1 for 5,000 find floats Tot 500 irdncs. Swiss Regulations Strict. At Vai de Travers, Switzerland, two butchers were found guilty of hfivteg latlng the price of calves. The butchers were fined 1,500 francs each, and vi)l have to pay the cost of the trial, .while 15 farmers, to whom /he butehers'hnd paid more than the maximum price allowed, were acquitted by the In the course of proceedings in the court It was shown that an army officer of the commissary department in buying cattle for the army had also, raid more than the maximum price ‘ permitted. Now the state’s attorney is going to prosecute the army officer for the same offense for which the two butchers were found, guilty. In JVlenna meat rations for hotels, dining rooms and boarding houses were cut 20 per,cent, beginning July 1. Even meat supplies for hospitals were reduced 10 per cent This caused increased prices.