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The Washington times., 1912-12-18

Lord Eustace Percy, third secretary
to the British embassy. has put IN an
application to Scout Commissioher
Martin for the position Of scoutmaster
TO cne OF the troops Of boy scouts IN
washington. Mr.. Martin stated tooay
that. although he had not founo
troop for Lord Percy. he would GER
tsiniy do so before the beginning OF
the year.
Lord percy has been with the Brit
isb legation in Warrington for sew
eral years and has become thorougn-
ly acquainted with the city ana "
people. lie. although n Young man,
Il q student Of sociolosical condItions
and q most enthusiastic supporter OF
the boy scout movement. He VIII
bc the one Engl,sh peer In America
in charge Of troop OF BOY scouts.
The box holders for tonights per-
formance Of the Boy Scout beneht AZ
chase's Theater are Lord Eustaco
Percy cla1rsnss 1Smss Pinehos' E H.ns' W. D. '0F0''
Scoutmas ster J. w. Partin. who was ,I, to
have led his troop through the exnlO,,
tion drill In Chases this afternoon ana
tonight. 10 suffering. with MS eyes 10
AFTERNOON and tonight. Several weeks
ago Mr.. Partin began to be troubled
with his eyes and he put himself unoer
the care OF q physician. His eyes are
worse and 1t is feared that he Will oe
kept from ali activity for some time: !,
Scout Commissioner Martin received
first aid merit badges from nauona'
headquarters today for Chester Guy
Fred G. Reed, Arnali Carpenter. Car
Smith. The boys took the examination
for the badges several weeks ago ana
passed successfully. Their examina.
ton papers, with the recommendation
sent to national headquarters where
the badges are kept. The national com,
mittee passed on the papers. approved
them, and sent the badges. The badges
VIII be distributed In the next meeting
a. the court o} honor. -
The Boy scouts Of Warrington are
htisy today showing the 30 Ohio Corn
Growers, who arrived In the city today,
abott- Washington. The Ohinns arc
Prize winners In the corn growing con-
test for boys held in that State last
summer. Each boy cultivated an acre
of land. according to the rules laid
down by the Department OF Agricu'-
ture.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
Proposes Territory Swap
To Insure World Peace

The Rev. s. II. Woodrow. pastor OF
the First Congregational Church, ID
prssident Of the Washington Peace So
eisty for the coming year. DR.. p. p.
Clarion 10 vice president. R. L. Sid
oons 10 secretary, u. K. Barrows. assist
ursr, and William Knowles Cooper,
chairman Of the executive committee.
Robert Stein. statistician Of the de-
partment Of Agriculture. outlined plan
Tor obtaining world peace by Swap
ping" territory over which war might
He prcrrxed that the United States
eses Alaska. to Great BrttN(p n sx-
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
A Smooth, White Skin
That Defies Weather
From Tho Woman Beautifully


During the coming months Of biting
winds and intense cold. you who would
keen your skins smooth. white. and
veIvety, should turn your attention to
mercolized wax. Nothing else VIII 20
ened or discoiored surface. BY grad
uaily absorbing the weather.beaten
cuticle. the complexion Is kept in per.
feet condition, and even the beauty Of
expression appears more pronounced.
II your skin be blotchy. pimply. freck.
led, coarse, sallow. or over.red. why not
shed il? One ounce Of ordinary mer-
colized wax. to be had at any drug.
Eist's, will completely transform the
most unsightly complexion In less than
a fortnight. Use the wax nightly. like
cold cream. washing It OF mornings.
II weather, age or poor health has
marred your face with wrinkles. here's
good news. You can quickly remove
every line by using harmless. re-
freshing face lotion prepared by dis
solving l OF. powdered saxolite In y pit.
witch hazel. The Arrner. smoother skin.
the more youthful appearance, oven
after one application. will astonish you.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
TAXATION CRITICS
BITTERLY ASSA|LEO
BY TRADE BOARD
System Of District and As.
SCISSORS Are Warmly
Defended,

Upnslding the integrity and ability OF
tne assessors and attacking the George
taxation and assessment committee
noth In its methods and It's findings.
the Beard OF Trade has unanimously
Endorsed report OF the special com.
mittss Of which william II. Singleton
y chairman. and put itself on record
e eaeished with the present method
oi realty assessments In the District.
Hseolutions condemninS the George
committee Tor its alleged unfair meth.
ods. ana declaring that It's findings are
Nnwerranted and unfair were adopted
~ . meeting Of the board !, the large
oau room at the willard last night.
tne resolutions were preceded by an
exnaustive report Of thirty-nine type
written pages. in which practically
every detail Of the George report was
nken up and answered.
ans one dissenting voice was that of
-. !. Weller. whose testimony had been
S,nI,tscked In the Singleton report, Mr..
WSher defended his testimony before
me george committee. declaring that
ma cast no reflections on the char
was physical impossibiiity for three
nrnn sn 70 correctly assess 10000 pieces Of
.nSo .m8ietOn report declares that
.nsre 10 no foundation for the scsser.
uon that discrimination against the
p0Gr AND. In favor Of the more wealthy
sx!sts N the Districts realty assess.
merits. Not only IL the George report
ltse!t attacked. but severe aspersions
on the elisibility Of testimony Of Her
oert J: Browne, upon which the George
SOmmlttee 10 said to have based its re.
kort, are contained In the report OF the
The Bosrd OF Trade commi,t.. ..v.
its Information. although not secured
under oath. 10 from official sources. and
y, therefore. more reliable than the in.
!ormation gathered bv the George COM
mittec, who. 1t Is alleged. did not give
the ofncialg implicated an opportunity
70 present their side Of the matter,
the George committee was severely
criqcisod for confining It's examination
OF District officials to one OF the Com.
nisSaOners and the assessor.
Many other portions and phases Of
tno George report. equally as important,
were attacked.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
SCOUTMASTER JOB
WANTED BY PEER
Lord Eustace Percy Third Secretary of British Embassy
Shows Keen Interest in Work Of Organiza-
ton for Boys

Mar Whiteacrc. fourteen years old, OF
Lebanon. Ohio. who also cultivated an
acre Of land and raised cishty-eight
bushels OF corn on IT, Her success was
70 unusual that the civic Trust As
ISOLATION. Of Lebanon. raised pur &c
to send her along with the boys. The
aversEe yield Of corn per acre in Ohio
was thirty-five bushels an acre.
The corn growers went to Mt Yer.
non carly today. Tonight they will oc-
cupy . section OF the orchestra In
Chase's Theater. President Taft viii
receive the whole delegation tomorrow
later they will go to the Capitol where
Speaker Clark will address them,
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
Editor Will Lecture.

Thomas A. DAILY. q Philadelphia edi-
tor and lecturer. will speak at Mcmahon
Hail, Catholic University OF America.
81 o'clock this evening on "Children
Of the Boii." and will give readings
from 4 number of italian poems.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
Sentenced for Treason.

BERLIN. Dec. 1s..-Sergeant Woelfcr-
ling. of the Fortress of'Thorn. was SEN
fenced to fifteen years imprisonment
and fined 1900 for treason. and the
$4,000 he received as . spy for Russia
vas confiscated.
The Washington times., 1912-12-18
Tax on Paintings.

PARIS. Dec. ls.-The chamber Of depu..
ties decided to favor q bill placing
per cent tax on paintings and works ot
art each time that they change hands
at sales.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
Mr.. Ehrhardt President.

The directors named in the or
ganization of the new Empire
National bank, they being George
E. Crum, Jack Mccormack, J..
E. Nickerson, H. K. Fountain,
Theron S. Ward, J. E. Kincaid
and E. M. Ehrhardt, have met
and organized, electing officers
of the bank as follows: E. M.
Ehrhardt, president; j. E. Kin
caid, vice president; Howard
Wetherbee, assistant cashier.
The position of cashier has been
left vacant for the present. The
new bank will be opened for
business within the next two
weeks. Fridays Tribune.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
A Record Calf, !

Harvey Lancaster called in
Tuesday and ordered his Chron-
icle started again. Mr.. Lancas-
ter spent the winter with his old
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. F. M.
Wise, at Calexico, Cal, and re-
turned to Cottonwood couple of
weeks ago. He stated that Mr..
and Mrs. Wise were enjoying
the best of health in their south
ern home and are as hale and
hearty as they could well be.
They are engaged in the dairy
business and are at present milk.
ing 54 cows. Mr.. Wise has gone
in for pure bred cattle and has
some fine animals on his farm.
One of>his Holstein cows, an ami
NAL weighing 1900 pounds, gave:
birth to calf on May Both that
was a record breakef It ineass
ured "a inches in height. B
inches in length and weighed f3I
pounds at birth, which is cerd I'M
ly some calf and beats anything
Of the kind Mr.. Lancaster has
seen in all of his life. 81
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
AReulq Al!g l
Items From Various
Reproduced for the !
of our Readers---StN
hashed from Exchai.


A man down at Whitebird hs
planted half an acre to onion
and expects to break some world
records this fall.
Two Kooskia hunters are
ported by the Sites Sis
haying lassoed a cub
keek on the South
Dewey. The ps11
two more cubs
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

Simon Bros. moved into theil
new meat market Saturday ane
Sunday and are now nicelyssset-
tied in their home. This enter.
prising firm recently completed
one of the incest brick blocks in
the city and a building that would
be a credit to a town several
times the size of Cottonwood.
The building is a two story brick
structure with full plate glass
front, facing on two streets and
having a corner entrance. The
second story is fitted up for office
rooms and contains three nice
rooms. ~
The lower floor will be used
exclusively for the meat market
and is nicely arranged for the
purpose. The, front half of the
building contains the market
room and office. Two nice meat
blocks and marble top counter
occupy most of this space the
balance being taken up by the
wall racks and back shelves for
the accommodation Of meats and
lard, exeeptt tthatlpprtion divided
off for the officsF- In the rear
part of the building is located
the cold storage plant, which is
one of the most modern design,
and capable of handling thirty
beeves at time if used to full
capacity. The cold storage ma,
chinery is operated with an elecl
trio motor and the temperature
of the room can be held at the
freezing point or reduced to 26
degrees at the will of the oper-
ator.
The new market is one of the
best arranged and most sanitary
in this part of the state and one
that is a credit to our city and an
honor to the men who caused its
erection. !
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
Cottonwood Attorney Wef

Chas. W. Greenough, the VI
attorney who decided couL
weeks ago to engage in the
tice of law at this place
united in marriage last
evening at Grangeville to
Vivian Mcdonald. daughtea
Rev. c. T. Mcdonald, of
place.
The bride is a young lady Of
many charms and is a favorite
in social and church circles at
the county seat.
The groom has been a resident
of Idaho county for several years,
was county school superintendent
for one term, and has been prin
cipal of the Grangeville schoo
for several years.
The young couple will mov'
here soon to make their future
home and the Chronicle joins
with their many friends in wish
ing them all kinds of joy ane
happiness.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
.GRANGEVILLE
SHUT OUT
Locals Won Sunday Game 3
to O on County Seat Dia-
!. mond--Also Beat Myrtle In
dams Two Games.

Cottonwood people have been
treated to all kinds of base bal
since the last issue of this pape !
and to date the local team still
stands at the top of the percent
age column and are the unde-
feated champions of the prairie
country with a record of seven
games played and none lost only
one being tie.
After shutting out the Kooskia
team by a score of 10 to 0 in a
five inning game last Thursday
the boys took the measure of the
fast Myrtle Indian team on Fri
day and won the game by a score
of Ia to z and duplicated the per-
formance on Saturday by a score
of 3 to IA. Both of these games
were not up to the standard ow-
ing to the cold, stormy weather
and while the home team played
a good game the visitors did not
put up the ball that was expect
ed of them. Rusty" the old
standby pitcher for the Cotton
wood team, did the twirling in
Saturdays game and struck out
fourteen of the Indian batters
and not a hit was secured off his
pitching.
On Sunday the local team went
to Grangeville and took the coun-
ty seat team into camp on their
home grounds in shut-out game
with score of 3 to 0. The day
was nice and warm, an ideal day
for base ball, and the game was
one of the best ever played on a
prairie diamond. Brown started
in the box for Grangeville but
was replaced after the second in
ming by Hollenstein, while Goetz
did the twirling for Cottonwood
and Hayes caught. For five in
nings the game was as pretty an
exhibition of shut-out ball as one |
could wish to see, neither side
being able to get a man across
home plate. In the sixth Cot
tonwood succeeded in punching |
hits and pushed Hughes across
for one run but it was then air
tight ball again until the ninth. |
In this inning Hayes came to bat
and hit over right field fence for
a home run, bringing in the Sec
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

the sixth Hughes was roosting
on third when Fred Lange hit a
long one out against center field
fence which Surber got under
after a hard run, Hughes scoring
before the ball could be thrown
in. 70
Grangeville only got one man
to third and two to second during
the game.
Both teams had strong linerups
and it was simply a matter of
the best team winning, as the
support given by each team was
as good as any battery could ask
for.
White was a little off color at
short on account of his injured
ankle and George Lange was
pushed out into the right field
because of his hand which was
still sore from the hurt received
at Grangeville in the game two.
weeks before. but Rusty played
third and Fred Lange second in
veteran style and the weakness
was not apparent.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
WILL BALLAST
PRAIRIE ROAD
! hleailroad Company Buys Rock
land a and Let's Contract for
.W6k to. Lewiston Firm
>StafssstO Once.

The Camas Prairie railwa,
company is preparing to ballast
its boadbed across the prairie
this summer and will soon have
machinery sent to the prairie ir
order to begin work. An agent
OF the company was in the city
the first Of the week and closed
q deal for the purchase of fifteen
acres of land from A. MacMaster.
north of town, where the rock to
be used in ballasting the roadbed
will be secured. tits the inten-
tention to. put at leaSAen inches
OF crushed rock on the grade
acrossthe prairie AID in some Of
the "dobie" country a great deal
more will have to be used in
order to keep the rails from sink
ing out of sight during the spring
months. The work will mean
quite an outlay to the railroad
company but when completed
viii place the road in excellent
shape and prevent it from giving
further trouble.
Tuesdays Lewiston Tribune
has the following to say regard
ing t intended Improvement:
The general contracting firm
OF Dole & Collins, of this city,
have been awarded acontract a by
the Camas Prairie Railroad COM
pany for crushing 10S, 900 yards
Of rock. The contract was sign
edIyesterday andthel work of as
sembling machinery and other
preliminary arrangements is now
well under way, so that the work
If crushing the rock will be COM
at the earliest date that
IS possible. The rock crushers
will have a capacity of about 500
yards daily and will be located in
a rock cut about two and a half
miles nroth of Cottonwood, along
The railroad company's right-of-
way.
''The rock will be used for
oallasting the company's track
from Reubens into Grangeville.
I'm order to rush the work and
Keep it going, Dole & Collins will
at once to erect build
ngs for a camp which will be
established at the site Of the
,rusher.. They expect to give
to about so men.
rhe contract calls for the COM
,letion of the work in October,
.913." j
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

nd score of the game. George
Rnge then slammed out a two
egger and scored on a sacrifice
= down the first base line by
petz. Rusty flew out to third
u the third out and the game
IS over after three more of the
Eangeyille batters had tried in
n to solve Goetz' deceptive
nts.
The game was peculiar in that
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

the Grangeville pitchers famed
thirteen of the local batters while
Goetz secured but nine strike
outs. In the first three innings
only nine batters faced Goetz,
three going down by the strike
out route and three by flies. In
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21
Special Train For The Elks.

The transportation committee
of Lewiston Lodge of EIks have
chartered special train from
the O.-W. R. & N. Co., which
will leave Lewiston Sunday even
ing, July 7th, running direct to
Portland. for the grand lodge
meeting to be held July 9Th to
18th. They invite their friends
who are not Elks to take advan-
tage of this special service. Re-
duced rates win be made from
sil points. Pullman sleeper re-
servations can be obtaned by
writing the secretary of Lewis
ton lodge.
Sam Goldstone left late last
week for Chicago and while
there win take glance at the
republican national convention,
purchase a line of goods for his
store here and attend to business.
matters of various natures. :
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

: Aimile Haener, the Ferdinand
hardware dealer. was in town
Wednesday, in his auto and was
accompanied by his wife and
parents.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

i
Estood that CDttonwdo0
2 strong effort to land next year s
meeting, as the sense of the as
sociation has been that it should
be held in alternate years on the
prairie and in the Clearwater
valley.
The lodges here, at Grange
vile, Whitebird, Denver, Ferdi-
nand Nezperce, Kamiah, Elk
City, Clearwater and Sites are
all members of the association,
and last years sessions were
held at Nezperce. Between 200
and 250 members of the ordsr
always attend these fraternal
gatherings and it is believed that
this year will prove no exception.
O. M. Harvey, grand master,
of Weiser, and Mrs. Sarah P.
Driscoll, state Rebekah presi-
dent, will both abe present at
Sites, and possibly also Editor
A. E. Gipson, of the Idaho Odd
Fellows, at Caldwell. Last year,
none of the grandr lodge officers
attended. -.
Business sessions Msthe con-
vention open at l 80 EIbeh Fri
day afternoon, June eE YiNayt.
officers will pc elected, and th&
place for holding next years con-
vention decided on Saturday
morning. Work in the Rebekah
degree will be put on Friday
night, and work in the, subordi--
nate lodge degrees will be ex-
emplified Saturday night.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1912-06-21

The local ball tossers will gof
Nexperce, Sunday, and Cry /
annex another war lock. Ne.
perce has been saying little abo,
ball this spring, but is saidstk.
have several members of last
seasons team on hand and may
try to spring a surprise the first
game. Rusty will perhaps oc-
cupy the mound for Cottonwood
and the boys will do their best
to keep at the top of the column
until after the games here on
July 4th and 5th.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02
CURRENCY SITUATION.

In the issue Of "Bachc's Review on
last Saturday appears the following on
the general money situation:
"On Monday the New York banks lost
n the Sub-Treasnry s479,oDo. and since
Friday last i6.s34o0. During the ten
weeks preceding the aggregate loss
reached s6s. .SSs, 900. which flowed from the
vaults OF the banks into the government
Treasury. The net cash losses Of the
banks for those ten weeks amounted 10
only a5.lis,0oo Had there been no pay
ments into the Sub-Treasury the New
York banks would have come out of the
situation. Notwithstanding the drain TO
the interior and the movement in and out
of gold. to the extent OF a gain of over
So. 900, ,0o0 Coming at a time OF year when
all funds are most active on account OF
crop moving. this situation Is empha-
sized Some OF the FUNDS paid into the
Treasury, Of course, represent legitimate
transfer to other cities but the larger
share is merely tax collections Of the
United States government, which the
large business OF the country has In
creased. In any other nation these gov
ornment funds would be redeposited with
the banks and as reserves, would have
furnished four times the amount OF loans.
But here. in year Of the greatest activ-
ity when funds are most needed, the
Treasury's working balance grows large,
abstracting useful money from daily busi-
ness and making It useless. This work
ing balance now stands at 1872 10000. Two
n ~
ago. when business vas comparatively
dun. it was s2OoOO.ooo less.
1T is expected that this and other
grievous conditions of our banking and
currency system may be rcmedied by the
new administration. At least. the activ-
ity displayed by its Banking and Cur
rency Committee and the large rumors Of
this and that ones purpose 10 impress
upon the countrys currency plan new
features, while these rumors turn out to
be erroneous. Indicate, nevertheless. that
the subject is receiving much considera-
ton. and Washington correspondents adj
wise that the outlook for banking leSisla-
ton is better than "A good many agitators
wish to admit-that the subcommittee on
banking and currency tv which the task
Was committed last spring has been
pressing quietly forward with its work.
Individual members Of the committee are
said to have be<T glVifs careful study to
the various subjects assigned to them by
the chairman Of the committee, and the
consequence has been 20 develop group
OF men prepared to consider the subject
somewhat conservatively and carefully"
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02

minds of many a sane measure oi tarlh
reform would not particularly retard the
business prospects for 1913.
The question of currency reform Is
vital one. as the period .: recurring over
production and overeXpansion should be
heightened so that In measure condi-
tions may readjust themselves and work
out to prevent spasmodic liquidation. "
course. ii is very questionable whether
any currency measure, however LIBERAL
or any banking system, however broao'
will ever be formed which will prevent
periods OF readjustment. liquida tion and
depression. but by lengthening the time
between these inevitably recurring cycles
infant industries may be succored and
provisions may be made which will large
ly obviate tho disastrous experiences of
former years.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02
Trustee


;xoo,to, Trustee
Chartered 1922
The Farmers Loan and Trust Company,
Nos l6, l8, 20 & % William Street
Branch Office 475 Fifth Avenue.
New York.
.~n.u Cookspur St w. pARIa IL Boulevard Esumanp
LONDoN 26 Old Broad Street. h u
Travellers Letters of Credit Foreign Exchange
Administrator uuarulap
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02

ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
for The Tribune received at their Uptown
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37th s,s.. until o'clock .. m. Advertise
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ST.. between 9TH and sth aves.; 263 West
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soth ST.. 157 East l2oth st.
New-York tribune., 1912-12-02

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OF PITTSBURGH. ,.,,, ,bs
Coupons due December LIST, l0i2, iiol. iil,,sn =
FIRST Mortgage Bonds Of the above Cou.psun. ssn
will be paid or and after maturity on P,ros P 4
tation at the office OF Messrs. Brown D'
C. J. BRAUN Jr.. Treasure