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The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
TEN YEARS
 AFTER
By F. A. MITCHEL.

MT. and Mrs. Tom Aldrich were din ing at a restaurant. They had been married ten years. Mrs. Aldrich sat looking about her, admiring or con demnlng the apparel of the ladies at other tables, while her husband read an evening paper.
 "Tom," said the wife, there's a bridal couple over there"
 Tom looked about him.
 "Wherep
 "At the table by the middle win dow"
 "Ohw -'--. "She has a lovely hat"
 "How do you know they are bride and groom"
 "How do I know? Everything iudl- cates it."
 What, for instance|
 "Well, in the first place, she is con scious. She looks just as felt when you and I dined at the Summerset House the day after we were married.' "What elsef"
 "Lookw
 The brides glass stood midway be tween her and the man. He took 1t up and slipped the wine in it. The love light shone in the eyes of both. He gently moved his own glass toward her, and she, too, slipped, with a repeti- ton of the love glances.
 "Very interesting" grunted MT. AL drich, resuming his paper.
 The waiter brought the dinner. MT. Aldrieh was in the midst of the tinan- cial article, and his wife, not caring to wait for him to finish it, helped him to the viands, then helped herself. They ate the first course in silence, and while waiting for the. second MT. Al
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17

But at thai moment the Dride nnu groom sailed past her, the bride look ing as if she were facing battery oi l all the eyes In the restaurant, as in- deed she was. and the groom looking defiant.
 II wonder" remarked Mrs. Aldrich, "why brides and grooms are so con- scious of being observed and yet so bent on giving themselves away, espe- cially in public places"
 Because they cant help it. replied her husband.
 When the rcpast was finished and the bill was called for Mrs. Aldrich said:
 Do you remember that first dinner we had together after our wedding at the SummersetW
 The Summcrset?' trying to remem- Der.
 "Yes. You said to me, Anything more, sweetheart? and when l replied Nothing you said. Don't you think you would like an ice? and when l I
 said No again you said, A little cor dial to top off with?' And when de clined that you kept on asking me if ] would have this and have that"
 How l must have bored you"
 As he made the last remark the wait. CT laid the bill before him. He did not dispute 1t, but looked as if he would like to, though the charge was moderate.
 Do you remember. dear" asked his wife, "how at the Summerset, know ing that We were bride and groom, they stuck you for $19.55 when the cost wasn't more than S7.25?"
 For heavens sake, Edith, how have you managed to keep those figures in your head so many years?"
 Mrs. Aldrich made no audible reply. i but she made one inwardly. It was this:
 How is it that men so soon forget that which should be nearest to their hearts?"
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drich resumed his paper
 "Tom," said Mrs. Aldrich.
 What"
 Look"
 He followed her eyes in the direction of the supposed bride and groom.
 '"WelI?"
 Don't you See:'
 'No. don't"
 "They arc holding hands under the table-On the other Slde-ueXt to the window"
 Touching" said Mir Aldrich and re- sumed his paper. A page of advertise' ments of women's wear was exposed to his wife. She bent forward and scanned it.
 When the next course came on Mir. Aldrich had finished the commercial reports and helped the viands. The only remark made during this course by the husband was, The market closed StrOng;;' the only one by the wife was, "Is my hat straight"
 Between the third and fourth courses MT. Aldrich looked at his watch, toyed with his wineglass and made one re- mark: II shall sell Mop tomorrow. Good sale, I'm sure" The wife re- piled, Il bought one yesterday"
 Meanwhile the wife's attention was divided between the ladies' hats-she was thinking of buying One-and the bride and groom.
 "Tom," she said presently, look" Again he turned his eyes. pOising a mushroom on his fork while doing so. The bride and groom had risen, and the groom was holding the brides coat for her. As she slipped it on her he folded 1t about her in manner to de- note excessive tenderness. She looked un into his eyes dove-like.
 "Why don't you ever show me such attention:" asked Mrs. Aldrich.
 "BecauSe I don't wish to attract the attention of q restaurant full of peo- pie"
 But Mrs. AIdrich did not hear. She had caught sight of hat that pleased her.
 Just the thing to go with my tailor made suit. wonder where she got 1t.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
SCENE FROM 1.-THE ExPERImENTr

Francis x. Bushman was given an ovation when he appeared at theater in Chicago recently where the play in which he is featured, Dear old Girl, " was put on the screen. When the audi ence discovered that Bushman was present they cheered him loudly.
 The strange career of Zara, the gypsy girl, whom neither the love of man nor the instinct of motherhood was able to hold, is unfolded in His Romany Wife" When the young engineer crossed her palm with silver and she foretold how joy would come to him through sorrow, did she know that her fate was bound up with his ? Did her clear eyes, which could dis cern his future, read also her own fortunes, her tragic end2 If so, she faced her destiny without shrinking q passionate, proud creature, born to allure strong men with her wild beau ty, to drain the cup of life to its dregs and at the last 10 greet with smile the sudden steel
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17

A MOTHER unusual plot Is worked "A out in "The Experiment" As
 an experiment girl is hypno- tized by her brothers college chum, who directs her to rise from her bed at midnight and carry knife from a table in the living room to her broth CTS chamber, Her father, very much interested in the test, sits by the table so as not to miss the fun. He dozes. A burglar enters. There is fight, In which both become senseless. The girl later gets the knife, which Is bloodStained, and is awakened by the frightened boys, who think she has committed murder while in the trance. Everything Is then strengthened out when the police arrive.
 Charlotte Mineau has been adjudged the champion woman skater. of the movie actors. In contest she gave a marvellous exhibition of fancy skating and speeding. She was awarded the first prize, pair of the finest skates to be obtained.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
Homemade Silver Polish.

To make the best silver polisher and cleaner known. take bottle of ammo mia as sold in most grocery stores. and to this add two ounces of whiting. and just a few drops of oxalic acid. In this way you will procure for the expenditure of 15 cents as much of the best silver polish as can be pur, chased for $1 in most of the prominent drug stores. This same polish Is so cheap when homemade that the house wife will not find it too expensive to use 1t in polishing all of the cutlery and also the brass doorknobs or any other bright metal fixtures about the house.-National Magazine.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
Tiqht.
He's close fsted. isn't he?r

He's close listed, isn't he?'
 "1 should say he is. Why. man. he won't even give np any of his bad habits. ."-Detroit Free Press. .-. Repudiated.
 "I am a self made man. said Mir CumroX.
 Didn't your wife have something to do with your career?"
 "She used to say so. But after see ing how I behaved in society she re fuses to take any of the blame."- Washington Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
A Woman's Strategy.

'T once heard of sadly henpecked man who made friends with mouse, and by keeping the little animal al- ways about him he contriyed to get the upper hand"
 "A strange story. How long did that state of affairs continue?"
 "Only a short while. The mans wife introduced a cat, and the moment the cat bounced on the mouse she bounced on her husband" - Birmingham Age Herald.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
Cara Required.

Good heavens" said the impatient friend, "are you writing yet2 Does It take four pages to tell her you will see her tomorrow nightT'
 "No." said the weary writer, "bnt-i takes eight pages to tell her can't"- New York Times.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-17
BRYANT WASHBURN.

Bryant Washburn, the clever photo play villain, plays the role of the mar in Any Woman's Choice" with nee ty that leaves the question of whether the woman Is going to choose him ol the mutual friend an absolute puzzle Neither in his face nor that of Francis X. Bushman, who plays the mutua friend, can be read the slightest indi cation of which is to be chosen. Ii leaves a most interesting puzzle fol the spectators to solve.
 pr. c. B. Mcdowell, the world ia nous explorer, who is in the employ of a moving picture company. recently returned from China, Japan, Siam and the Holy Land. He brought with him thousands of feet of motion picture films which show strange and startling scenes of great educational value
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Three Killed at Twin Falls

Twin Falls, Idaho, Nov. H.
Three persons were instantly kill
ed and two seriously injured when
a freight train ran into an auto
mobile at a grade crossing today.
The dead, all of Rock Creek, Ida
no, a town twenty miles south
east of Twin Falls, are: Mrs.
Lawrence Hensen, Mrs. John
Ivorson and M. A. Patterson.
Harry Larsen and his wife were
badly hurt while their two-year
old daughter escaped without a
scratch.
Two of the dead and one of the
injured were carried on the en-
gine pilot with the wrecked auto
mobile a quarter of a mile before
the train could be stopped. 1t is
believed Larsen, the driver of the
car, failed to see the approaching
train. The accident was witness
ed by a large crowd attending a
football game.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
State Help Build
Uniontown Hill Road

According to reports from Boise
the state highway commission ha:
pledged itself to aid Nez Perce
county to the extent of $4,000
for work on what is known as the
Uniontown hill road. This a.
mount, however, cannot come
from funds on hand for the rea.
son that present contracts will
practically consume the appropri-
alton made to cover them. The
pledge is conditional and provides
that if the Nez Perce county COM
missioners succeed in raising
$50, 900 for the work, the state
will pledge itself for one-third of
the amount.
AS the highway district in
which the hill road is located re-
Gently voted to build the road
there is little doubt but that the
highway will be constructed by
the district and the state.
A resolution was also introduc-
ed by Secretary of State Barker,
and afterwards adopted by the
commission, to the effect that
convicts now engaged on the
Shoshone grade be put to work
on the new highway near higgins,
Idaho county, after January 1.
The Grangeville Commercial club
wrote to the commission that eli.
matte conditions were such in the
vicinity of Higgins that the men
could work all winter. They are
now at work in Twin Falls coun-
ty, across the river from Twin
Falls, and after work is complet-
ed in that district they will be
sent to higgins.
1t is understood that the state
will pay half the expenses of the
work in Idaho county and that
the county will have to stand the
other half.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Thanksgiving Proclamation

Governor Alexander recently
issued his Thanksgiving day proc
lamation, as follows:
The lives of her citizens rem
dered secure from invasion from
abroad and strife from within; en-
joying the inexpressible benefits
of peace at a time when 80 many
are plunged into the horrors of
devastating and cruel war; bless
ed with health and freedom from
disease; rewarded with the great
est returns from labor in the field,
in the factory, in business life
and in all other phases of human
activity ever vouchsafed citizens
of any nation by an Allwise Prov
idence, it is meet that activities
should cease and that the minds
and hearts of every citizen should
turn, for at least one day, in per-
feet unison of praise and thanks
giving to the God from whom all
blessings come and whose pro-
tecting care and wisdom has en-
abled the people Of this nation to
enjoy so great advantages and
blessings.
Therefore, I, M. Alexander,
governor of the state of Idaho, do
proclaim and set aside as holi-
day, rejoicing and thanksgiving
unto God, Thursday, November
Is, 1915, and | do urge people
everywhere in this great COM
monwealth to assemble in places
of worship during some hour of
that day to lift their voices or to
join one with the other in singing
songs of praise and the giving of
thanks for all the many blessings
they have received during the
year last past"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19

ed by the attorney generals Of
flce after the reports of the vari-
GUS auditors had been examined
and was made public Friday when
a demand for the sum was made
on attorneys for the bonding COM
pany. Interest is figured at Z
per cent on the shortage. The
states attorneys and those of the
holding company are still trying
to reach an agreement on the a.
mount for which the company
shall be liable. The company is
willing to pay the bulk of the
claim, but contends that sums Of
the items charged against the
bond are unfair.
W. H. Mason, formerly of
Latah county, this week purchas-
ed the Vollmer Spokesman and
will edit that paper in future.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Many Farmers Quit
ting Hog Raising

1t is reported that quite few
of the farmers of Camas prairie
have become disgusted with the
prices that have prevailed in the
hog market for the past couple of
years and are quitting the busi-
ness, lock, stock and barrel. Be-
sides fattening and selling all of
their stock hogs many of them
are also disposing of their breed
ing stock and this move will nat
urally result in a very marked de-
crease in the stock shipments
from this section in time to come
if the movement becomes at all
general. Idaho county has been
known for many years as the
banner hog country of the Pacific
Northwest but, with the better
prices paid for grain during the
past few years and an apparent
secret understanding among the
coast buyers and packers to pay
only what they have to pay for
hogs, the farmers of the prairie
country are rapidly reaching a
decision that grain farming under
existing conditions is far more
profitable than the raising of hogs
for market, hence the movement
on the part of some to get out of
the hog market.
The shipping of train load OF
Idaho hogs to the st. Paul mark
ct recently by E. S. Sweet, of
Grangeville, and Henry Katter-
hagen, of Uniontown, proved a
success, in spite of a heavy drop
in the market the day the ship
ment reached its destination, and
it is believed this attempt to
market western grown pork In
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Fine Hogs From the Doumecq

Jacob Yeager was in the city
Monday from near Garfield, hav-
ing brought out a nice drove of
46 fat hogs which he sold to John
Baer for shipment to Spokane.
The hogs averaged 1921 pounds
each in weight and were a very
fine bunch. Mr.. Yeager fattened
them on grain grown on his farm
on the Doumecq and stated that
grain was very cheap over there
and was used only for feeding
stock, as they have no way to get
it out to market. While here he
dropped in to advance his SUBJ
scription another year and said
he hoped they would eventually
get road built down Center can
yon to the river and connect with
the Grave Creek road from this
side, thus giving them a good
outlet to market at this place.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
School Notes

Roy Huff was on the sick list
last week.
Wade Kincaid was absent from
school Monday.
May Manring was absent from
school Tuesday.
Anna Peterson returned to
school Friday.
The Baconian literary gave
their second program Friday.
The next program will be given
Wednesday, Nov. "a.
Bessie Williams was hurt at
basket ball practice last week,
and was unable to play in he
team Friday evening.
The California Jubilee Singers
will give an entertainment to the
public Monday evening, Decem-
ber 18th, at the Odd Fellow hell;
for the benefit of the high school.
The two basket ball games
played at the T. q. q. f. hall Fri
day, between the Grangeville
boys and girls and the Cotton
wood boys and girls respectively,
were the most exciting games Of
the season. This was the Cotton
wood girls first game this year,
ana they played exceedingly well
and won by a score of II to 5.
The first half of the boys game
belonged to Grangeville, but with
the beginning of the second half
Cottonwood began to score. The
game ended in a tie and five min
utes were given to play off the
tie. This also ended with an
even score and five minutes more
the teams played with the same
result. Another five minutes of
play were given, Grangeville
scored one on a foul throw and a
lucky field throw gave them the
game with a score of 26 to %.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Prof. Smith Made Good Talk

Farmer" C. L. Smith, agri-
cultural expert of the O.-W. R.
d N. company, was in the city
yesterday and delivered one of his
characteristic quaint and witty
addresses on corn and diversified
farming to number of farmers
OF this vicinity and the students
from the local high school. Mr..
Smith has spent the larger part
of his life in preaching diversified
farming and that he knows fully
what he talks about all must con-
cede who have the pleasure of
hearing him. Prof. Smith talked
at length on the method of pre-
pairing the soil and selecting the
seed for the successful growing
OF corn in any locality and said it
Is not the climate, nature of the
soil nor locality that hinder corn
growing but the Indifferent eff
forts of those who try to grow it.
He said corn is the best plant for
the diversified farm for the rea-
son that it will produce more
feed to the acre than any other
plant and that with intelligent
farming will leave the soil richer
than before it was grown. He
also spoke of the need of the silo.
for storing of corn or any other
green feed for winter use, and
the benefits of more and letter
live stock on the farm.
1t is to be deplored that more
farmers did not attend the meet
ing and that more farm boy s.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Shipped Stove by Parcel Post

Just as an idea of how the par
ce' post is being used to convey
goods to people in out of the way
parts of the country at heavy ex-
pense to Uncle Sam is shown this
week by the shipment of a small
sheet iron heating stove by the
Cottonwood Hdw. & Imp. Co. to
D. F. VanPool, who resides over
on Snake river. The stove went
from this place by parcel post to
Grangeville, thence by way of
Garfield, Joseph and Boles to the
new post office at Spring Camp
on the lower Joseph. 1t was TAX
en- in by mail for a few cents
while it would have cost several
dollars to have been delivered in
any other manner. Of course,
the public cannot be blamed for
using the parcel post when it was
offered them by the government,
but just the same the system is
making an almighty big deficit in
the postal department each year
and will continue to do so as long
as it is continued.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
A Rose Among the Thorns

Such expressions as the follow
ing which was received by us this
week, cause the editor to take a
new grasp on life and to think
his path is not all thorns ano
thistles after all:
Lewiston, Ida., Nov. 10, 1915
Mr.. F. S. Winner,
Cottonwood, Idaho.
Dear Frank
Herewith, find check
for $3.50 on subscription to the
best paper published in Idaho
county. | do not recall just where
I am at on your book, but you
can no doubt advise me. Wish,
ing you all kinds of prosperity,
am,
Very truly yours,
w. L. Brown.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
S|LO PROVES
A WINNER
Oat Silage Almost Doubles
Cream Production of Five
Cows in First Week of
Feeding.

j. B. Luchtefeld, who resides
north of town, opened his silo re-
Gently and is already quoting
some interesting figures to prove
the value of a silo to the farmers
of this section. Mr.. Luchtefeld
erected a silo last summer. and
filled it with green oats for siiage.
After opening it this fall he be-
gan feeding the silage to his milk
cows and noted a big increase in
milk and cream production al
most at once. At the time he
was milking five cows, three of
which were milked twice daily
and two once day. Before
starting to feed them silage he
was getting 16 pounds of cream
a week from the cows and the
first week after they were fed
the silage ration the cream total
ed % pounds. Mr.. Luchtefeld
says the increase was due entire
ly to the use of silage and this
first experiment has proven to
his complete satisfaction that he
cannot farm in future without
the silo. He says the pigs and
chickens like the silage also and
seem to thrive on it better than
before it was made a part of their
ration.
Five of the farmers of this Sec
tion put up silos during the past
summer, B. Luchtefeld filling his
with clover, w. B. Hussman
using corn, James Wright using
field peas, Herman Hanson using
peas and oat hay, and J. B. Luch-
tefeld using plain oat hay. The
results of their various expert
ments will be watched with in
terest and there is little doubt
but that numerous silos will be
erected here during tie coming
year, for the formers of Camas
prairie are known abroad as be-
ing always ready to adopt any
methods for improvement that
have been tried and found satis-
factory.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
Our Roll of Honor

Those who have contributed to
the Chronicle larder in the way
cash on subscription within the
past two weeks are as follows:
Henry Schmidt, Anton S. Nuxoll,
John Trautman, M. Wensmann,
Greencreek; P. H. Reuter-, Fem;
John Duclos, Keuterville; T. P.
Mitchell, Grangeville; Jacob Yea
ger, Garfield; Henry Terhaar,
Karl Thorell, M. Kaschmitter,
Mike Seubert, Cottonwood; w.
L. Brown, Lewiston.
And still they come, those friends SO
true,
To cheer US when we're feeling blue.
Their dollars help to turn the press
And bring us all much happiness.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-11-19
FAIR A
BIG SUCCESS
Fhree Days Entertainment
/ tttract d Large Crowds ard
Receipts Were Far Beyond
Expectations.

The big three-day Catholic
Ibnrch fair wound up in a blaze
4 glory last night and was pro-
bounced by all as having been
| 70 of the most successful events
ever pulled off in this city.
From the opening of the fair un-
M the last articles were sold
and the raffies decided last night
interest did not lag and there
was something doing every min
ute of the day. The various at
fractions drew crowds at all
times and the fish pond especial
" attracted the children, who
kept the attendants busy filling
their baskets with fish. +" The
meals served twice daily at the
old Chronicle building were well
patronized and hundreds were
fed there every day and none
went away but with the feeling
that he had gotten at least twice
Il as much as he had paid for.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
evt n ngs an entertainment was
i given at the Odd Fellow hall and
/ the building was filled almost to
capacity both nights. The dram
as and specialties between acts
were pronounced first class by all
who saw them and the young la
dies did so we'll that it would be
hard to decide between them as
to excellence of work.
Many persons from neighbor-
ing towns attended the fair and
all were we'll pleased with the
entertainment provided.
Owing to the fair closing so
near to the time of going to press
we are unable to give the details
of the fair, such as the winners
Of the various articles re- fiji ed and
the net receipts, but these will
be published in full in our next
issue.
To say that the pastor and
members of the parish are pleas
ed with the success of the fair is
putting it mildly and, while fig
ures are not available at this
time, it is known that the receipts
were large and may prove suffi-
clent to pay off the entire indebt-
edness on the church and school.