The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-23

Those Aladdin lamp at Reilly G. Cos
Have you plenty of chick feed?
Better order supply from the Fruit
Association.
The Rebekahs will give another Of
their delightful social dances in their
hall March 81 Rebekahs, Odd Fell
lows and their families are invited.
Before you buy your new hat for
Easter, we invite the ladies to call
and inspect our new line. Our stock
is large and of the latest modes and
we know it will please you. The
Fair Store.
DR.. Stewart was called from Boise
Saturday in consultation with local
physicians in the case of Mrs. A.
Bird, who has been and is still a very
sick woman from nervous breakdown.
Slight improvement is reported at
this writing.
The wives and children of Fred
Fischer and Harry Bauer, who came
TO this city several months ago from
England and bought the Steward &
Burkhard ranch down the river, ar
rived from London Tuesday. They
were delayed in coming two months
by difficulty in securing passports.
Those who favor a large navy as
the best means of defending Ameri-
ca from possible aggression will be
interested in learning that J. H. Clip
son of Caldwell has accepted an ap-
pointment on the National COMMITTEES
Of the Navy League Of America. Mr..
Gipson desires to ascertain what SEN
timent exists in Idaho for large
navy, with view of sending a dele
cation to represent this state at the
great conference to consider the sub
ject which will be held in Washing
ton April 1913.
A surprise party given Friday by
". E. Ladies' Aid for Mrs. Houghton
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Ray Newcomer, will be remembered
with pleasure by that lady for years
to come because of the many remem-
brances. Mrs. Houghton is building
a new residence at Nampa and the
shower developed into a veritable
downpour of china, needlework and
kitchen utensils, which will be contin-
ual reminders of her many Emmett
friends. An appetizing iunch was
served during the afternoon.
This startling statement was re-
Gently made by the manager of big
Chicago mail order house: I'VE have
a bureau whose duty is to read each
week the country newspapers. There
is not a paper of any consequence in
our trade territory we do not get.
The bureau looks over these papers
and when we find town where the
merchants do not advertise in the To-
cal paper, we Immediately Hood that
country with our literature. 1t al
ways brings results far in excess of
the same effort put forth in territory
where the local merchants use their
local paper"
In reply TO an inquirer: 4 United
States army is organized from two
or more army corps. A corps consists
of two or more divisions of ABOUT for
ty thousand men. An infantry divi-
sion Of about twenty thousand men,
as provided for in the senate army
bill, will consist of three infantry
brigades of three regiments each, one
regiment of cavalry, a brigade of
three regiments of field artillery, one
regiment of engineers, one battalion
of signal troops, one aero squadron,
one ammunition train, one supply
train, one engineer train and one
sanitary train. A cavalry division of
about fifteen thousand men will be
of three cavalry brigades
of three regiments each, a regiment
of field artillery, mounted battalion
Of engineers, a mounted signal battal-
ion, an aero squadron and ammunition
supply, engineer and sanitary trains. /
The organization of the German and
French armies is similar.
Silk top hats for children, priced at
% and so cents, at E. C. Keith &
Sons.