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But whatever the exact mode of disposition
the significance is the same-the obsolete vessel
is considered Junk" though it still be
capable of usefulness in small way. When it
was announced last year that the powers that be
at the naval headquarters had designated some
So000O,O0 worth of warshps to be sent to the
scrap heap there were gasps of establishment
from good folk all over the land who had thought
that when we built warship made perma-
nent investment Yet that shock is likely to
have frequent repetition. Indeed it looks as
though the discards every calendar year would
reach or exceed the fifty million mark the
OASIS OF original cost The year 1911 is not very
old and yet it has brought tidings of the pros
pectlve compulsory retirement of a number of
costly shps-some of them completed only
few years ago and supposed to embody all the
lessons we learned during the Spanish American
Every merchant knows that 1t is not good pol
Icy TO hold on to dead stock" simply because he
paid out good money for il once upon time
and so Uncle Sam is following an approved bust
ness principle in this scheme of taking frequent
inventory OF his naval possessions The plan of
actually getting rid oP surplus craft came about
through the sale as junk few years ago of the
last Of the old Civil war monitors These brought
talr prlces-better proportionately than have
been bid for vessels less ancient Then
ali of a sudden, with the appearance of the Brit
ish battleship eadnaught" there was unex.
pectediy ushered in the present era of the call
big gun ships an era shat in effect brought to
an untimely close many promising careers In
wershpdom-cut short in other words, the use.
lulness or number of unarmored and lightly
arnofed craft that might have continued I'm the
vocation for which they were built for many
years yet had II not been for this new fad for the
heavily ormored sea warrior
3aitleships accor9nCito present ideas the
iongest-iived of all warships. OF the more than
thirty heayyweights of tho naval fighting force
-'hich have been constructed by the United
/tates, only one has IN yet been condemned to
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the brief space of a decade or two-not worn
out TO be sure, in the literal sense of the word
but so out of date that it is not very serviceable
Just as is woman's gown made in the fashion
of several years ago.
1t is appalling to people who think that
house or wagon or carriage or piano wears
out more quickly than it ought to realize how
much more rapidly, proportionately, an allmetal
warship built to withstand an enemys shot and
shell, will outlive its usefulness without ever
having fired hostile shot or been made the tar.
get of an enemys gun. And the worst Of it-,at
least from the standpoint of the people who
think that altogether too much money is being
spent for death-dealng paraphernalia-is that
the active life of the average waiship appears
TO be steadily growing shorter. Time was not
so very long ago, when the active life of war
snip was supposed TO be at least twenty years
but so rapidly do fashions in war craft change
In this effete twentieth century that the busy
career OF a fighting craft Is now much shorter
than score of years.
Partly because of these tendencies 20 short
life the part of warshps and partly because
he has come to be the owner of the second earg
est navy in the world, Uncle Sam has been
mighty busy this past year or two revising his
category of warships He has been wedding
them out right and left, if such term may be
used. 1t is customary to say, in the popular
form Of expression that Uncle SaE has been
selling out his WORKOUT warships, and yet
strictly speaking, that hardly expresses the sit
uation. For thing, the ships Gre not liter
ally worn out, as has been explained above, and
hen again the government has not been selling
OUT in all instances. Indeed. in the case of
some of the obsolete ships put up AZ auction the
bids received have been so low that indignant
naval officers have been wont to remark that the
navy department has been giving away" its
has bcens." In not a few instances the govern.
ment--sometimes because no outsider would pay
rational prce-has been driven 10 using its
old warships in ways never anticipated when the
ships were built.
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sborns . cbance IN foresee Just what is liable to
happen in the naval battle of the future and to lay
their plans accordingly.
While out battleships. even though some OF them
were built full twenty years ago, continue III lu'l
ion. very different fate has be1alieh the stoel
monitors which once ranked next to battleships
in the estimation of our naval authorities anu
everybody else Uncle Sam had nearly ooaeh ot
these armosed monitors-a distinctive YANKEE III
venton that originated during the Civil war-Dut
thew have all been sold off or relegated to gnoni
nous duty This fate has even befallen the ne
vada, the Florida (later the Tallahassee ana the
others of the quartette OF modern monitors which
were constructed for coast defense only little
more than decade ago and cost million ana
half dollars each.
An immense collection of warships that Is rap
idly passing is that made up of cruisers such as
the Boston, Marblehead, Detroit and score or
others Some of these have already been retired
from service, while others are vet employed for
keeping peace" in Central America and for patrol
work particularly in shallow waters where the bat
tleships can not readily find anchorage However
they have neither the speed nor the armor to
enable them to take hand in upto-date warfare
on the seas as it would be conducted in this day
and generation by any up-to-date power and SO
gradually they will have to give way. The same
is true of Of the gunboats built long ago
though not few of them are yet adapted to patrol
duty where there is danger Of heavy fighting
and for pioneer torpedo boats, why, they arc
so far outcassed that the battleship fleet has been
using them up one by for several, years past
targets during the semiannual target practice
Since the navy department found that adequate
bids cannot be obtained for many of the vessels
which 1t is discarding but which are perfectly SER
vccable in far seaworthiness is concerned,
It has been considering the suggestion made by
number of congressman that these vessels be
turned over 10 the naval militia OF the various
states for use as training ships practice ships.
Vessels such as the cruisers Charleston and st.
Louis would be ideal for such purpose.
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CRuTSEP HL6HV\ SENT 10 Tue
Scrip AEHP

, keep a fighting navy up to date
means a continual whirla-gig per
Torrance of building new warships
on the one hand and discarding OBJ
solete or WORKOUT ones on the other
hand. 1t is not that nation is lin
tied to just SO many vessels in its
ileets or that 1t has just so much
room, so to speak, in which to store
these sea dogs of war so that some
old vessels must be turned out Of
house and home to make room for
newcomers when the latter are com
pleted by the shipbuilders and ready
to take their places in the naval
family On the contrary anY world.
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DISFIGURED WITH ECZEMA

Our little boy Gilbert was troubled
with eczema when but a few weeks
old. His little face was covered with
sores even to back OF his ears. The
poor little fellow suffered very much.
The sores began as pimples, his lit
tie face was disfgured very much.
We hardly knew what he looked like.
The face looked like raw meat. We
tied little bags of cloth over his
hands to prevent him from scratching.
He was very restless at night, his
little face itched.
I'VE consulted two doctors at Chi
cago, where we resided at that time
After trying all the medicine of the
two doctors without any result, we
read Of the Cuticura Remedies, and at
once bought the Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Following the directions
carefully and promptly we saw the re-
suit, and after four weeks the dear
child's face was as fine and clean as
any little baby's face. Every one who
saw Gilbert after using the Cuticura
Remedies was surprised. He has a
head of hair which is pride for any
boy of his age, three years. We can
only recommend the Cuticura Rene
dies to everybody" (Signed) Mrs. II.
Albrecht, Box $50, West Point, Neb,
Oct. &c, 1910
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole props, Boston, Mass, for free 80
page book, guide to skin and hair
health.
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30
Keep Watch on the Tuberculosis.

The Italian government, on account
OF the number of tuberculosis cases
among the Italian emigrants sent back
from America, has appointed boards
of examiners in the seaports. whose
duty it is to report the arrival of tu-
berculous persons. These are then
kept under observation in those
places where they settle, to prevent
further spread of the disease The
erection of new sanitoria and other
tuberculosis institutions Is being
urged In Italy, and the number OF
beds for consumptives has been con-
siderably increased in different
places.
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DISTEMPER

In all its forms among all ages of horses,
as well as dogs, cured and others in same
stable prevented from having the disease
with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE.
Every bottle guaranteed Over 100000
bottles sold last year $50 and Sl00. ANY
good druggist, or send to manufacturers.
Agents wanted. Spohn Medical Co., Spec
Contagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind.
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ever was curing neI active
career. 1t is most essential
for the planning OF the bat
ties of the future that our
naval experts shall know in
advance just how modern
high explosives, when fired
from present-day guns of the
heaviest class, will act when
they encounter the resist
ance of the armor on a bat
tleship. Tests with such
armor set up as a target on
shore do not give exactly
the same conditions that
would obtain in a fight at
sea. The discarded Texas,
however, anchored to re-
celve gun fire just as though
she were a hostile battle
III o.;,.o tbA nayn I
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CRLIeSLR cOLLI/zBL4 - me
\ HOCNION CC0E q q

the graveyard This exception is the Texas and
perhaps the officials all the more ready to
get rid of her because she was "hoodoo" ship.
Readers will remember that she did moi behave
any too well during the Spanish-AmerCan war
and since then she has been afflicted with such
a steady run of i'll luck that many Of the blue
Jackets grew supersttions about venturing to
sea in her Thereupon she was made station
ship" at navy yard and now within the past
few weeks the navy department has decided that
she is truly useless and she will be used a
target In this function she may be of more
benefit to the navy, though indirectly, than she
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30
Cheerful Anticipation.

Have you seen my Descent Into
HELP" asked poet.
NO" said Curran, warmly; 81
should be delighted to see it."--From
Clark's Eminent Lawyers"
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The busiest thing in the world is
idle curiosity.
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said that some widows wear heavy
wells to conceal their Joy.
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30

For disordered liver, take Garfield Tea,
the Herb laxative All druggists.
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30

power would be only too glad to keep all it's old
ships, even though constantly adding to the col
lection, If these older warships did not so com.
pletey outgrow their usefulness
AS matter of fact, few people appreciate how
quickly such an armorclad does become obsolete.
One of these massive floating fortresses con
structed in the staunchest manner of iron and
steel, and requiring two, three four years to
build, looks as though it ought to stand the wear
and tear of wind and wave for centuries Yet
2s matter of fact it is wholly out of date in,
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30
Fillinq Her PROGRAM.

Filling Her Program.
"Ah say, Miz Mandy, am 20 pro-
gram full?"
"Lordee, no, Mr. Lumley 1t takes
mo- an san'wich an two olives to
fill my program"
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30

A man of few words isn't cut out
for a compositor
The Yale expositor., 1911-03-30

Only ONE "BROMO QUININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BROMO QT1NlNE. Look for
tho signature of Il. W GROVE. Used the World
over 10 Cure u Cold in One Day, 25c.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13

with the groom's parents and
the CHRONICLE joins with their
many friends in wishing them a
very happy welded life.
Following is a list of the
presents received:
set of Table Spoons, / Linen Table
Cloth; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry VonBargen,
! Sterling Silver Bread Plate; Mrs. J..
M. Anderson, ! Sterling Silver Crumb
Tray and Scraper; Frank and Irene
Anderson, / Glass Water Set; Miss
Nora Wilson, Set Silver Knives and
Forks and $500 Cash; Mr.. and Mrs. ].
1. Weber, Aladdin Mantle Lamp; Eli
j. Weber, $4,000 Cash; Mr.. and Mrs.
August VonBargen, Sterling Silver
Crumb Pan and Scraper; Milton Fowler,
l Carving Set; Marion Weber.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13
Wessels-Harman.

On Tuesday morning at the
Catholic church in Greencreek
occurred the marriage of Ben
Harman and Miss Mary Vessels,
Rev. Father Baerlocher offici-
ating. After the ceremony the
wedding party repaired to the
home of the BRIDES parents
northeast of. Greencreek where a
big wedding dinner was eaten
and the day spent in the usual
wedding festivities, winding up
with a big dance at night. A
large number of invited guests
were present and a fine time was
had by all.
The groom is the second son
of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Harman
and is a young man of sterling
worth and character.
The bride is a young lady of
many charms of person and has
made many warm friends during
her residence in that locality.
They will reside on the groom's
fine farm northeast of town,
which he purchased last fall.
The CHRONICLE extends congrat-
ulations and hopes that their
marital sky may never be dim
med by a cloud of sorrow or dis
cord.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13
Created Some Excitement.

The usual peace and quiet of
our city was rudely shattered
last Friday when a shooting
scrape and scrapping match was
pulled off in the office of the
Commercial hotel between D. C.
Stephens and w. G. Bunnell,
both residents and business men
of the city. Conflicting tales are
told as to the trouble causing the
affray but the results were that
Stephens took a shot at Bunnell
and the latter then proceeded to
do up" the former. Stephens
was later arrested and taken to
Grangeville where he was held
under 500 bonds for assault
with a deadly weapon. The trial
has been set for the 18th and it's
result will be awaited with in
terest.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13
VOnBargen-Weber::

Edwin w. Weber and Miss
Rebecca VonBargen were united
in marriage at the home of the
BRIDES parents east of town on
Wednesday evening by Rev.
Kershaw, of this place. Only
the relatives and immediate
friends of the contracting parties
were present but just as the
wedding supper was being eaten
a charivari party composed of
neighbors and friends appeared
on the scene and treated all
present to some extremely noisy
music after which they wished
the bride and groom much hap
piness and departed for their
respective homes.
The groom is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. L. Weber and q
young man who stands high in
the esteem of all who know him.
The bride is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. August VonBargen,
pioneer residents and among the
most wealthy farmers of this
county, and is young lady of
many fine qualities.
The happy couple will reside
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13
CUPID STARTS
new YEAR RIGHT
Causes Six Hearts to Beat as
Three---0ood Start for Record
Year in the Matrimonial Line
in Idaho County.
Fryer-Blake.

Edward Blake and Miss Vey
F. Fryer were united in marriage
at the home of the brides par
ents in Keuterville on Tuesday,
January 10th, at high noon, Rev.
Kershaw, Of the local Methodist
church officiating. Only relatives
were present at the wedding but
in the evening a big wedding
dance was given by the groom
in the Keuterville hall to which
all of the friends of the young
couple were invited.
The groom is the eldest son of
DR.. and Mrs. H. B. Blake and is
a young man of many fine quail
ties. He stands high in the es-
TEEN of all in his community and
is recognized as one Of the
brightest and most capable young
men in this part of the county.
The bride is one of Keuter-
ville's most beautiful and charm
ing young ladies and a bride well
worth winning.
The young couple will reside
on the groom's farm near Keut.
erville and the CHRONICLE hopes
that their married life may be
one of perfect happiness.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13

picture and scenic railways to
operate on that day; submitting
to the electors the question
whether or not the number of
supreme court judges shall be
five instead of three; to provide
for a constitutional amendment
making the number of senators
in the state 36 and the represent
atives 80; to provide for the fur
ther equalization of taxes; to de-
fine the name of priest and min
lister of the gospel, and to deter
mine who shall be permitted to
solemnize marriages, were in
troduced at the morning session
of the house today.
An alleged Joker" county di-
vision bill was introduced in the
house this morning by represent
ative Farmin, of Bonner county,
providing for the creation of
Kamiah county out of territory
now in Nez Perce and Idaho
counties. 1t is charged that the
bill was launched in the house to
place other county bills in jeop-
ardy. Kamiah is designated as
the county seat.
The Clearwater county bill was
placed on record in the house,
having been introduced by Rep
resentatives Jacobs and Holm
berg. This bill runs the bound
ary lines as designated in the
resolutions adopted by citizens
of the interested section. Con-
ditions now favor it's passage in
both house and senate. A sec.
ond Nez Perce county bill will be
introduced Thursday.
Dam Bill introduced.
Representatives Jacobs and
Holmberg introduced a bill pro.
viding for the construction OF
dams on the North Fork of the
Clearwater other than those with
locks, so logs and RATS can pass
down stream. Under the pres.
ent law nothing but lock dams
can be installed.
A resolution was introduced
asking for the appointment of a
committee of five, three from
the house and two from the SEN
ate to make junketing trip to
North Idaho to visit the Lewis.
ton State Normal, Orofno asy-
lum and University of Idaho.
If a bill introduced by Senator
Potts, of Kootenai county, pass
es the legislature, Columbus day
will be created as a legal holiday
in the state of Idaho.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13

Duchess and Gravenstein, and
some of the latter have already
attained a creditable market rec
ord.
Chas. H. Baird, Of Forest, has
been appointed a member of the
live stock sanitary board of the
state by Governor Hawley.
M. w. Harlan, Of Troy, and
James L. Armstrong, of Julia
eta, have been appointed men,
bers Of the state grain commits
sion by the governor.
Considerable interest is being
shown in the placer diggings in
the Leesburg district, which pro-
duced $27, 200, 900 at a time when
the primitive sluice box methods
only were used. In 1866 the
population of Leesburg is said to
have been 5000, but now there
are only about half a dozen old
timers operating through the en-
tire district, covering an area of
about 80 square miles, which is
held through patent or annual
assessment work by corporations.
The Moose creek placers will be
extensively worked next year.
These consist of about 200 acres
of ground.
Barney O'Neil gave his usual
annual sleighing party to the
small boys and girls, Of Wallace,
Monday afternoon. It took six
four-horse teams to accommodate
the children that insisted on be-
ing classified as "Barney's kids"
on this occasion. Each young
ster was equipped with a trumpet
horn and used it to herald the
news Of the joy ride. Mr.. O'Neil
personally superintended the
loading and unloading of the
sleds and it is estimated that
from $50 to 200 children, whose
ages ranged from A to IA years,
were given rides up and down
the valley during the early hours
of the afternoon.
Two rabid dogs have been kill
ed at Genesee in the past couple
of weeks and their heads sent to
the Washington Agricultural Col
lege for examination. The col
lege physicians stated both were
afflicted with rabies, one being
the worst case they had ever
seen. A quarantine has again
been declared against dogs at
Genesee and everything possible
is being done to stamp out the
disease. Rabies are quite preva-
lent among coyotes and dogs in
the Asotin country and drastic
measures have been taken there
to prevent the spread of the dis
ease. Parties from across Sal
mon river in this county also
state that the disease still crops
up occasionally among the dogs
in that section of country.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13

John Funke was a Lewiston
visitor Tuesday.
]. ]. Schnider is i'll at his
home east of town with an at
tack of rheumatism.
Mrs. John Baer returned Mon
day evening from her visit to
relatives in Oregon. Mr.. Baer
was called to Spokane from Lew
iston and did not reach this place
until Wednesday night.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13


l Carving Set; Marion Weber.
Pardon Board Gets Busy Again.
A Boise dispatch dated Jan. 5
says: The new state board of
prison commissioners in contin-
ued session today granted four
pardons, paroled a few other
prisoners in the penitentiary, de-
MED a number of applications for
pardon and parole, and continued
a long array of cases under ad-
visement. It was one of the
longest and most important meet
ings held by this board in some
time.
David A. Cook, convicted for
burglary, sent up from Bonner
county for from one to Is years
with Hugo Rambo, was pardon
ed on strong representations.
His pal, Rambo, received a par
don as a Christmas present.
John Fraser, of Blaine county,
sent up for forgery under a SEN
tence of from one to IA years,
was pardoned after having serv-
ed about two years, on recon-
mendation of the county attorney
and certificate from the prison
physician, DR.. George Collister,
that the man is suffering from
consumption.
Thomas Kelly, of Kootenai
county, sent up for burglary for
from one to five years, who has
served since October A, 1909,
was pardoned on recommends
ton of Judge Robert N. Dunn,
who sentenced him, and Senator
Potts, who was the prosecuting
attorney that convicted him.
Representative Black, of Coeur
d'Alene, appeared in behalf of
the prisoner.
w. ]. Henzel, of Nez Perce
county, who was convicted Octo-
ber 20, 1909, for violation of the
warehouse law in selling grain
without return of the warehouse
certificate, was pardoned on the
ground that his offense was pure
ly technical.
The fate of John Fleming was
again changed by the board, his
death sentence being commuted
to life Imprisonment. The board
took this action finally in con-
sideration of the strong reports
submitted by the special insanity
commission appointed to examine
the prisoner as to his mental con-
dition. Insanity experts give it
as their opinion that Fleming is
crazy. Warden Shook said he is
suffering from softening of the
brain. Fleming may eventually
be removed to the state insane
asylum at Blackfoot for treat
ment.
James Russell, Ada comfy,
burglary in second degree, was
paroled.
Thomas Tilison, of Latah, en-
bezzlement, sentenced to two
years, paroled.
Ben Olney, of Nez Perce coun-
ty, convicted Of rape and SEN
fenced to five years which he be-
gan serving February 1, 1909.
was paroled.