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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
"FANcHoN THE CRICKET


Work on the High scnool play to
be given next Friday evening, Jan
2Sth, has progressed to such an ex-
tent that the public is assured the
best home talent production ever put
on in Meridian. The high school aud
itorium will seat $50 and every seat
will perhaps be taken. There will
be gay costumes The second act
represents celebration OF st. Ando-
ehes festival, and the bright-colored
peasant costumes make a pretty
sight. Eugene Kaigler, as a rich old
peasant farmer, and Emma Stalker
as his wife, make an interesting
couple. Their twin sons, Landry and
Didier, are we'll portrayed by Ralph
Beery and Ross McCallister. Pearl
Stalker needs no introduction and as
Cricket she Is lively and merry as
the name implies, and Floy Sims as
the witch Is good.
Music will be furnished by Miss
Loder and Mr.. Hoobler. The show
VIII begin at 73O.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
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TWO GAMES NEXT WEEK.

The Meridian High school basket
ball team has two good games sched-
uled for next week. Thursday. Jan
nary ", the fast Payette team will be
here to clash with the locals, and
Saturday night the Meridian boys
will 80 to Boise to pray the Y.M.C.A.
team Of that place.
The Boise Y.M.C.A. five was de-
feated here by the Meridian High
school last Friday night by score
Of S3 to Is. The local team in
cluded VIII Jones, James Fuller, Eu-
gene Kaigler, Ford Watts, win
Rose. Q G Thurman. orvilie Jack
son acted as referee. The game was
Well attended
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Harold Hoobler moved his clean
ing and pressing establishment We'd
nesday to the building formerly oc-
cupied as an office by the Union
Coal & Feed Co., opposite the Wilcox
pharmacy. In the new location he
viii make number improvements
including the machinery and equip
ment for first class dry cleaning aud
pressing. Percy Mcfarland OF the
Meridian Transfer line viii also have
his office at the Panitorium.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
Christian Church Notes

(Rev. Joel Brown, Pastor.)
Regular services each Sunday Sun.
day school At 10 am; bible study and
communion at II am; but owing to
the absence of the pastor for four
weeks stay, going to Spokane, Wash,
for special meetings, there will be no
preaching services in his absence.
J. J. Caldwell will have charge Of
the Teachers Training Glass which
will meet at his home each Wednes-
day evening.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
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ROSE CITY SNOW BOUND.

A. p. Wolfe arrived home Tuesday
from a trip to Portland where he
went with q shipment of two cars Of
hogs and one car of cattle. On &C.
count of the extremely cold weather
and snow and the resulting delays
the stock suffered severely en- route
in spite Of every possible care, and on
the same train with Mr.. Wolfe's ship
ment hogs We're found frozen in the
cars.
In Portland the people were enjoy
ing the novelty of snow covered
city and sleighing, and at the stock
yards the snow had drifted in places
to a depth Of five or six feet. Mr..
Wolfe says that there is less snow
in the Boise valley than at any place
between here and the coast.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

A Meridian lady complains that the
hens are not laying. Keep before the
hens that YOU are using for winter
egg production constant supply of
meat scrap, grit, and crushed oyster
shell, and supply fresh clean water
abundantly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
POULTRy WANTED
,ecial prices: paid as follows:

Special prices: paid as follows:
Fat hens, 10c ID; live weight; geese
SC lb live VT; ducks sc lb live W.T.;
turkeys, fat, Ice lblive VT. j. l..
Pigg, Meridian, Idaho. Phone $40
Red.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP

Management, ETC.. OF the Meridian
Times, required by the act of Aug
ust "a. 1912.
Name: Meridian Times, published
weekly at Meridian, Idaho; Editor.
business manager, publisher, John
F. Baird, Owners: John F. Baird,
Bertha d. Baird. Bondhclders or
mortgages, none.
(signed) JOHN F. BAIRD,
Publisher.
Subscribed and sworn to befire me
this 18th day of January, 1916.
ARTHUR FRAZIER,
(Seal) Notary Public.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
FANCHoN THE cRIcKET
Meridian High school play

MERIDIAN High School Play
Direction OF Miss Eva stevens
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
FRIDAY EyG.. january 20, 1915. /.
Fanchon the Cricket, Pearl Stalker.
Farmer Barbeaud, rich farmer, !.
Eugene Kaigler.
Landry his son Ralph Beery
Didier the half idiot brother.
Ross McCalIister
Mother Darbeaud the mother
Emma Stalker
old Fadet, witch EIoy Sims
MadeIon. the beauty Of LaI'riche, !.
Ruth Hashbargcr
Father Cailiard, her Fathers,
VIM. Holman
Etienne, . IS w m. Rose
Pierre .. Drue Beasley
Calm Alvin Hashbarger
Marietta ~ Ina Waggoner
Susette. . Halle Hawley
Annette .Thelma Waggoner
Manon ... .. Georgia Eakins
Peasant girls Clara Raymond, Myr-
lie Beasley. Cassie Palmer
Act First, ~ The Shadow Dance
Act Second, The st. Andoche Festival
Act Third, The win Of the Wisp
Act Fourth, The Witch of Case
Act Fifth, IA Year Later
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Mrs Harry johnson arrived here
this week from Washington. to as
sist IN caring for hor mother. Mrs
Mary Anderson who Is quite IN
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Ben Robson was at Weiser last
Monday and while there contracted
for lunch of eve lambs.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Miss Minnie Ulmer and Roderick
Nav were married Wednesday at 2
p. m. at the home Of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Ulmer, ~
miles southwest Of Meridian, by Rev.
X. g. Williams. The bride looked
very pretty In "a gown OF crepe de
chene, white satin slippers and net
veil with wreath OF orange blossoms.
The groom is q well known and pop
ular young farmer and VIII estab-
fish good home for his bride at the
ranch northwest OF Meridian The
bride Is one Of our best young ladies'.
CONGRATULATIONS are extended to the
happy couple.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Word has been received OF the SER
ious Illness with pneumonia Of Mrs
Sarah Il. Hoffman, al gainesville
Ohio.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

A daughter WAS born Wednesday,
January lsth to Mr. and Mrs. Judson
Wolf, OF Meridian
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
STRADEIN0gRTONN2
Meridian News.

George r. Atwater is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. i,iddick, at Pocatello.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

ITALIAN PRUNE TREES.
ANY quantity or grade, Priced Right.
,. " LITTOOY, Box 1Aos, Boise.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Earl Gilbert WINS d capital city yis-
itor Wednesday
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Elmer Sims and Allen Wilcox we're
In Boise Monday on business connect
ed with the affairs OF the Meridian
Building aud Loan Association,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Frank Frye arrived Tuesday from
his home at Winfield, Kansas, called
here on account OF the illness OF his
brother J. u. Frye, who lives three
and half miles southwest Of town.
The latter who was in a serious CON
dition from pneumonia. Is now much
improved
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

The ladies aid viii meet next We'd
nesday at the home OF Mrs. Estes, on
the car line, a half mile north OF
Meridian, at $50 pm. Mesdames.
Estes. Mcfarland, Salisbury and
Dewhirst will assist.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21
OLIVER G. JONES

= III LII Y. JUNES
Specialist in Piano Instruction
VIII accept limited number Of nun GloN i nro.,
ian after Jan. 1st Mr. Jones IS cond l. dneild
the Meridian Chorus and can be seen anv Mo- q
day evening. on any Mon
Studio address, Pinney Bldg, Boise
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

The Misses Hazel and HERNIA
Hunt we're hostesses at most de-
lIghtful party Wednesday night OF
this week at the home OF their par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. E.F,Hunt. Five
Hundred was the game Of the even
Ing and dainty refreshments were
served. Those invited were Mr.. and
Mrs. Bartlett, Miss Clara Raymond,
aud Messrs. Harold Hoobler, orville
Jackson and Robert Pfost
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Rev. Joel Brown pastor Of tho
Christian church here. leaves Friday
for Spokane where he viii assist In
conducting 4 fonr-weeks series OF
special meetings
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

At the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J.E
Clinton, III, Wednesday night al s
O'Clock, Rev Whsle Martin, pastor
Of the First ME Church. united In
marriage at Boise, Chesley Fred
Jenness and Miss Geneal Hague.
Mr.. Jenness Is a prosperous rancher
near Meridian and Miss Hague has
been one Of the supply teachers in
the Boise schools.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Marsters & Son shipped a carload
or fat hogs from here to the Los An
geles market Wednesday. The ship
ment Of 80 head was made of pork
ers raised by J. G. serivner. John
Knndson. william Lune, M Hicks,
and E. Marsters. They averaged 225
pounds in weight and brought SIX
cents pound here.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

The concert given by the Merid-
ian High school chorus last Friday
evening was well attended and a
splendid lot OF music was furnished.
Miss Loder. conductress. deserves
credit for the success she made OF
the evenings program.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

L. G. Baker. who recently disposed
OF his interest in the Meridian Com
missary store to his partner. A. C.
Hansen. left Wednesday evening for
Los Angeles, where he expects to Sc
cure a position as travelling sales
man for coast wholesale firm
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

The Meridian high school basket
BAH team will play the ustiek school
at Ustick this Friday nightThe game
viii be played in the Mckinney ware
house. and crowd OF local young
folks is planning sleigh ride trip
to Ustick 10 witness the contest
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

james cooper,wh has been so SER
iously III with pneumonia, at the
Havner home in Meridian. Ii grad
TALLY regaining bis strength.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Glenn Hedges who has been at Fair
bury. Neb. for some time past en-
gagged in settling up the estate Of his
brother Dayton Hedges, who died
here last fall, is expected to arrive
home in few days
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

The temperature on Thursday
morning fell to degrees below zero.
this being from official thermome4
ters. This equals the lowest temper
Azure recorded IN Meridian this win
ter, 1t having also been below on
the morning OF December s1st
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Miss Ethel sebern Will take the
Grade school classes Of Principal
a. NJ. Fuller next week. This Is a
temporary arrangement during the
continued illness 90 the principal.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Local lovers o. the art OF terpsi-
chore have the promise Of a genuine
good time al the dance % be given
in the NINA hall here tonight,
January 2lst Hoobler's orchestra
will furnish the music and refresh
ments will be served
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

News has reached here OF the mar
riage Of Miss Winifred Maloney, a
former Meridian teacher, TO Mr.Hibbs
at Ketchikan, Alaska. The wedding
took place on December 2Tth.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

In our mention last week OF the dis
tribution Of the estate OF Uncle Date
Hedges, Ralph Hedges was men
toned as grandson. This Should
have read. nephew
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Miss FapnAe Gooding who has been
visiting her mother Mrs Blair. at
the home Of Mrs. Glen Hedges. left
Saturday for her home ia Nebraska.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Mr. and Mrs George Gardiner re-
ceiyed very nice piece OF frozen
meat this week, IN the shape OF a
box OF choice Iowa rabbit. from their
relatives Mr.. and Mrs Guy Willis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
PENNANTS FOR RED
CROSS SEAL SALES
Two TO Be Awarded in Vermont. in
Town Of Over 5000 Population and
Town of Under 5000.

The ermont Association for the Pre-
vention of tuberculosis announces that at
the close of the campaign for the sale Of
Christmas seals it viii award two pen
nants, one for the town of 5000 population
or more that sells the largest number of
seals in proportion to the population the
other to the town of less than 5000 popu-
lation having the largest per capita sale
In making this announcement the associa-
ton states that all receipts at the state
headquarters from the mail sale plan will
be credited to the town from which they
are received
The sale of the seals has been pushed
with the greatest vigor in a number of
towns. Some agents have even gone as
far as to practically canvass the whole
population and there are number of
towns IN both classes that up to date have
almost equal chances of becoming the ban
ner town of the state. The sale in Yer
mont has been so successful that Mr.. De-
Forest, the national sales manager of the
Christmas seals, has written that Yer
mont stands good chance of securing the
national banner awarded to the state
which has the largest per capita sale of
the Christmas seals. But better than ali
this is the announcement by the Vermont
association that it expects to have between
1000 and $4,000 clear for an aggressive
campaign against tuberculosis during 1917
The Womans club under the supervision
OF Mrs. c. A. McRae managed the sale this
year Last year Brattleboro sold the most
seals of any town This year it is close
race thus far. Bennington and Springfield
both pressing hard on Brattleboro's heels
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
POOL TOURNAMENTS
GET UNDER WAY
Odd Fellows, Masons and knights of
Columbus Playing Off Schedules
Scores of Matches to Date.

In the Odd Fellows billiard and pool
tournament now in progress the team
captained by George Wellman leads
the team of which C. w. Cleaveland is
the captain by a total of 402 points to
$50 in the pool matches. Only one
game in the few billiard games sched-
uled has been played. In this Went
worth of Wellman S team defeated
Miles of Cleaveland s team, 80 to Al
The following are the results of the
games III the pool tournament already
played, the name of the player on Well
man S team being given first i'll each
match: Wellman so, Cleaveland Al;
Roberts Sc, StoweH so; Prefontaine 80
Howard so; Dyke 80, Streeter Is;
Boyd so, Akley "a; Fairbanks 80, Fox
so; Schiller so, Herrick SO; Foster As
Northrup so; Moffitt so, Cowles 81.
Fourteen teams of five men each are
engaged in a pool tournament at the
Masonic temple. Each member of ev
cry team plays one game with each OF
the members of one of the other teams
and the final totals will determine the
winning team There are two billiard
teams of six men each engaged also in
a tournament.
Seven of 81 scheduled matches in the
Knights of Columbus pool tournament
have been played with the result that
the team captained by L. B. Kaine has
lead over that led by Alphonse Ratte
of 325 TO 306. The scores to date, names
| of Kaine 8 team being given first, are
as follows: George O'Connor so, vii
liam Blake 43; James Denning so, E. J
Lavelle 40; Bernard Haus 81, John Nc
Carthy so, Albert Paquette so, Arthur
Rolin 81; Oscar Guiheen As, Charlie.
o 'Connor so; G.. F. Mann so, T. A. Per
ry SO; H. Brooks so, H. Cumm A.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
STUDY SHORTAGE OF
NEWSPRINT PAPER
One Plan Suggested Is to Cut Down
the Supply of Large Publishers
Five Per Cent.

WASHINGTON. Dee. lS.-Efforts to
find relief for the newsprint paper
shortage and prevailing high prices
were continued here today by the feder-
al trade commission in conference with
committees of newspaper publishers,
newsprint manufacturers and paper job
hers. 4 plan that was discussed pro
poses that publishers Of the larger news
papers reduce their purchases next
year ~ ; per cent so the smaller pa
pcrs may receive more of the supply.
The larger publishers are not we'll salts
fed with the plan proposed, contending
il forces them to make sacrifices to sup
ply the small publishers when the man
ufacturers could solve the whole prob
lem readily by diverting to newsprint
manufacture paper making machines
now working on wrapping paper mana.
facturc
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
JURY LIKELY TO
TRY HEIFER CASE
Date Set Today or Tomorrow-Gibson
Counsel for Sherry-Schwenk and
Chase for Respondents.

The date for the hearing in the
. heifer case, which has several rami
tications, has not yet been set The pa
pers were returnable today, and the de-
PENDANTS have FIVE days under the law
in which to plead.
AttorneE A. f. Schwenk and At
torney H. B. Chase have been retained
as counsel for the respondents, who
are Bert Mundell Raymond Angler,
George Grover and Joseph R. Whalen
Of Brattieboro and Charles Lee of
Guilford. They are charged by Michael
j. Sherry with having shot and killed
and kept the carcasses of three heifers
which he claims were his property. He
asks 5000 damages Mundell claims
that he bought the animals from Sherry
for S15 because they We're wild and
Sherry could not catch them.
complication has crept into the
case in the form of claim of Roy
Clark of Guilford, who asserts that two
of the animals killed were his and not
Sherry s.
f. w. Gibson is attorney for Sherry
1t is expected that the date for the
hearing will be set late today or to
morrow at the latest 1t is probable
that the respondents will demand jury
trial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
KICK BY HORSE
CAUSES DEATH
Sidney Rich of Wilmington Succumbs
in Brattleboro Hospital-Leg Was
Fractured Sept. 20.

Sidney Rich, "a, of Wilmington died
just after midnight last night in the
Melrose hospital in West Brattleboro.
He was in the Memorial hospital II
weeks and two weeks ago went to the
Melrose, suffering from fracture Of
the leg. the result of kick by a horse
Sept. 90.
Mr.. Rich went into pasture to
catch horse and had bridled the ami
NAL when it suddenly whirled and
kicked him, breaking both bones of one
leg so that they protruded through the
flesh. 1t was some time before his cries
for assistance were heard. by P. i.
Whitney and Floyd Davis. who with
other assistance placed him on cot and
carried him to his home. The bones were
set temporarily and he was brought to
the Brattleboro Memorial hospital
Mr.. Rich was born in Searsburg, Aug.
8, 1912, son of Benjamin and Belinda
(Harris) Rich. He lived in Wilmington
and vicinity all of his life. He leaves
no near relatives The body will be
taken tomorrow by team to Whining
ton. where the funeral services will be
held at ! clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
Country Must Resort to Uni
versal Liability to Mil
itary Service
GEN. SCOTT STRIKES
FROM THE SHOULDER
Says General Army Staff Makes Recon-
mendations Without Apology - Uni
versal Training Would Be Democratic,
Reliable and Efficient

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S-Maj Gen.
Scott, chief of staff of the United States
army, told the senate military committee
today that the army general staff recon-
mended without apology that the voun-
teer system be discarded because the
time has come when this country unless 1t
intends to avoid war at any cost must
resort to universal liability to military
training and service. Arraigning the vol
unteer system as eNtravagant, inefficient
and dangerous, the chief of staff told the
committee that universal training would
be democratic, reliable and efficient.
The lesson of the European war, the
general said had demonstrated that a
higher standard of training and discipline
was required than was popuarly eonsid-
cred necessary before and that most OF
the European nations for that reason
found they could not develop them in less
than two years with the colors.
After having discussed reasons why
the general staff believes II months
intensive training is the minimum to
prepare troops for war, General Scott
stated at length why the staff recon-
meudcd that no further reliance be
placed on the volunteer system.
OF all the nations of the world, he
said, the United States and China alone
relied on volunteers to defend their
national existence.
He recountcd the failures of the vol
unteer system III the Revolutionary
war, the war of 1872, and how it failed
both the Confederacy and the Union in
the Civil war.
Walter L. Fisher, heading the repre-
sehtatives Of organizations opposed to
the bin, declared himself in favor of adj
cquate preparedness, but said: If we
are going to defend the Monroe doe
trine in its broadest sense we are en-.
barking on a military impossibility.
To provide a first line OF defense Mr.
! Fisher suggested that the pay OF the
army be doubled; that civic training
/ which would fit the men for civil life
be made compulsory and that as rap
idly as they could be trained men bt
discharged into citizens reserve liable
/ for duty i'll war
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-18
TELEPHONE CO. TO
PAY HELP BONUS
Local Employees to Share in
Melon to Be Cut
January l
STATEMENT BY
BELL PRESIDENT
Gift Prompted by Unusual Conditions,
and All Who Have Been Employed by
Company Three Months to Benefit =
Millions to Be Divided.

Local employees of the New England
Telephone and Telegraph company, which
Is affiliated with the American Telephone
and Telegraph company, will come in for
share of the $4,000, 900 cash melon to be
cut for the benefit of those who have been
IN the service more than three months.
This Is the deduction from communica-
tion from Theodore n Vail of Lyndon
Vile president of the Bell system.
The bonus will be in amounts equivalent
to two or three weeks salary The COM
munication says:
by cooperative action on the part of
the companies constituting the Bell tele-
phone system, certain classes Of their EN-
ployes throughout the United States will
be aided in meeting the unusual condition
now existing, by an extra cash payment
or payments, equivalent to two or three
weeks salary, according to length of ser
vice
Employees who have been in the service
over one year, and who are receiving
$1,000 or less per year, will receive the
equivalent of three weeks pay while those
Of the same class who have been in the
service over three months but less than
one year. will receive the equivalent of
two weeks pay.
Employes receiving over $1,000 and less
than 5000 per year will also participate
in the payment, but not in the same pro-
portion as those receiving the lesser rate
of pay.
This is not intended to be a distribu-
tion OF profit, nor do all employees partici-
pate in it, It is intended to help those
employees whose margin between income
and necessity Is narrow.
These payments will not take the place
of the wage increases for demonstrated
merit or the readjustment to meet changed
conditions Of service usually made at this
| time Of the year.
All detail as to the time and method OF
distribution viii be arranged by the sev-
eral companies constituting the Bell sys
TEN, as in each case, in the judgment OF
the local management, 1t may be for the
best interest of their employees.
1T is estimated that the total amount
to be distributed will exceed So 6000, ,000 >