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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
CIRCULATING PETITIONS
FOR DRAINAGE DISTRICT

Harrison, Idaho, Dec. 26.-M.
A. Kiger of Harrison, representa-
tive elect Of Kootenai county, who
has been acting as attorney for
the committee appointed to do
the preliminary work for the Or
ganizatiOn of a drainage district
embracing the overflow lands of
the Coeur d'Alene and St.. Joe
valleys, has completed the alb
siract of the property affected and
the petitions have gone to the
various members Of the commit
tee for circulation.
I The abstract shows about 1900
holders Of title below an elevation
of 2138, below which all proper
ty will be embraced in the pro-
posed district. 1t is necessary
for the petitions to carry at least
one-fifth of the holders of title
within the proposed territory.
Along the shores of Lake Occur
d'Alene and the smaller lakes.
tributary to the Occur d'Alene and
st. Joe rivers, are many miles of
lake frontage which will come
within the proposed district, but
which will not be assessed foI
the improvements as they are in
no way benefited by the proposed
plan. Only tillable acreage vii
be benefited by the plan and this
will be assessed in the propor,S21
that it is improved to meet ~
obligations assumed by To- " lo-
posed district. I
T The plan will not alter the fo9N
water level from the present Vine
as the Washington WateI PJwer
company has established Dy SUI
lpreme court decision its right to
hold the water at 2f26. BY wild
ening the outlet of Lake Occur d.
Alene to take the combined flow
of the st. Joe and Coeur d'Alene
rivers during the flood period il
lis expected that the water will not
vary much from that level.
Estimates of the engineers
place the cost of the proposed
Improvement at less than $780,
600 for both widening and deep
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
MISS EsTELLA HoFSTETTER
GIVES CARD PARTY

Wednesday evening at her
home on Jefferson avenue Miss
Estella Hofstetter entertained a
number of her young lady friends
at a card party in honor of those
who are away from home during
the holidays. The house was
very tastily decorated with
Christmas greens and New Year
bells. Five hundred was played
at six tables and the prizes were
awarded to Miss Vera Lewis and
Miss Blanche Nicholson. A two
course luncheon was served and
the evening closed with vocal So
los by Misses Fuller and Lighter
and a reading by Miss Lewis. The
guests spent a delightful evening.
The following were invited:
Misses Vera Fuller, Verna Lyon,
Leila Clifford, Helen Dempsey,
Lucia Arends, Lucretia Rawls,
Mae Martin, Jeanette Funk, Helen
Nesbitt, Anna Youngs, Vera Lew
is, Marion Keating, Mable Light
er, Lucy Rawls, Marion Arm
strong, Elsie Bredvold, Mildred
Peterson, Elizabeth Henke, Mar
tha Hall, Cecilia Kelley, Blanche
Nicholson, lola Clifford, Marjor-
ie Shaw, Lottie Martin and Janet
Kelley, and Mesdames Lillian
Keating-Arendt, Florence Greg
ory-Cook, Josephine Bulman-Mc-
Gee, and Virginia Keating-Mc-
Craig.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
SMALL TAXPAYERS
ARE PAYING FAST

County Treasurer Davis has
been kept very busy for the past
few days taking in taxes and is
suing receipts. Up to last
night, with two days more for
paying taxes, he had collected
about forty thousand dollars
from the smaller taxpayers of
the county.
This amount does not include
the taxes of any of the lumber
companies or the railroads. Some
of the lumber companies have
sent in their taxes but the most
of them will wait until the last
day, getting their money in just
in time to save their taxes from
becoming delinquent.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
ENTERTAIN RELATIVES
FROM OUT OF CITY

Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Porter of
Kalispell, Montana, Mrs. L. Jar
rett of Spokane and G.. b. Noble
of Michigan spent Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Babbitt
and Mr.. and Mrs. c.. NJ. Sargent
in this city. Mrs. Porter and
Mrs. Jarrett are sisters Of Mrs.
Babbitt and Mrs. Sargent and Mr..
Noble is their nephew. They
will remain here for another
week.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29

comes due on failure to pay the
interest when due, at the option
of the holder.
The defendants failed to pay
the interest due October % and
the plaintiff exercised his option
and declared the note due and is
bringing this action to foreclose
the mortgage. He asks for judg-
ment for 500 attorneys fees in
addition to the face of the note
and interest and costs. Merrill.
Lantry & Merrill of Spokane are
attorneys for the plaintiff.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
DESTROYED
Fifteen Now

a spectator. A ladder was raised
TO the window, which was broken
in and he was taken out and low
cred to the ground a few minutes
before that part of the building
Tell in. His condition is re-
ported to be critical.
The property loss is estimated
to be about nine thousand dol
lars, which was partially COW
cred by insurance.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
BRINGS ACTION TO
FoEcLosE MORTGAGE

The complaint in an action to
foreclOse a mortgage was filed in
the district court yesterday,
Henry Felsman being the plain
tiff and James r. Cummins and
wife the defendants.
The mortgage, which was given
October i8, 1915, to secure a
note for $500, is on eighty acres
of land lying about four miles
southeast of Plummer. The
note bears ten per cent interest,
payable annually and by the
terms of the mortgage the whole
sum, principal and interest, be-
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
ST. MALES DEFEATS
coEUR D. ALENE, 1918
(Communicated)

For the second time during the
present year the local high school
won a victory over its old rival,
Occur d'Alene, in athletic fields,
by securing the long end Of the
score in a basketball game at the
lake city last Friday light. The
Coeur d'Alene team was by no
means weak, but was no match
for the we'll balanced team that
opposed it, St. Maries having
things her own way most of the
time. No one could be said to
have starred, as the work Of every
man was essential to success,
and every member played con-
sistently from Mulroney at for
ward, with 9 field goals to his
cerdit, to Reiman, who, at guard,
held the crack basket-shooter
Hodge, of Coeur d'Alene, down to
three baskets.
Coeur d'Alene scored baskets
i'm the first two minutes of play,
but this was just the length Of
time needed for st. Maries to
warm up, and play after play
went off with clocklike precision,
so that their opponents became
bewildered and scored only one
more basket during the half while
S. M. II. S. rolled up 33 points.
, Occur d'lene went ON the de-
/ fensive entirely in the second
half but could not prevent a large
increase in the score. Only two
fouls were called on st. Maries
during the game.
The game between the girls
teams of the respective schools
was a close one, st Maries los
ing by only one basket, or a score
Of z TO 9. The passing and
teamwork of the local girls was
high class and only a little more
endurance would have won the
game for them, the score being
in their favor nearly half the
time.
The boys lost to Post Falls on
Saturday night by a score Of 81
TO 40, The game being hard fought
all the way through. ST. Maries
was looking for some strong op-
Position but the boys nearly had
heart failure when the six foot
Z two midgets-three of them
.ipranced out upon the floor to
defend the championship title.
Post Falls was undefeated last
year and bids fair to repeat the
record this year.
The girls returned home Sat-
urday and the boys cameN back
Sunday. The party was COM
posed Of NJ. Sweeney, A. Sweeney
l. Yenor, E. Streib, S. shanks, A..
Reiman, Mulroney, Gallagher.
Reiman, Martinsen, Ennis. I'm
derwood, Miss Wynne and Coach
HOfstetter.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
NEARLY LOSES LIFE
IN WoRLEY FIRE

A young man nearly lost his
life in a fire which visited WOr-
ley at an early hour Tuesday
morning. The fire destroyed
building occupied by l. E. PeOne
with a confectionry store, bill
lard hall and barber shop and a
building adjoining, used as a
warehouse.
The near-victim was cropping
at a window, apparently dazed
and helpless, when discovered by
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
BUSINESS MAN GOES
EAST FOR BRIDE

Richard A. Ladwig Of the st.
Maries Hardware company will
leave tomorrow for Eden Valley,
Minnesota, where he will be mar
ried to Miss Minnie Catherine
Wendroth on January i6. Mr..
and Mrs. Ladwig will make their
home in this city and will be AT
Home" after January 2i.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hagen re-
turned to their home at MissOula
Tuesday after spending Christ
mas with relatives here. Mrs.
Hagen is a sister of Prin. c.. F.
Hofstetter Of the High School and
Miss Estella Hofstetter.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29

Fred Herrick of the Milwaukee
Lumber company was transact
ing business i'm Spokane Monday.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29

A letter has been received
from Probate Judge-elect Chas.
G.. Cromwell, who has been visit
ing relatives in Maryland for the
past six weeks, stating that he
will return home this week.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29
MRS. HANScoMs SISTER
DIES IN SEATTLE

w. H. Hanscom received a tcle-
gram Thursday from Mrs. Hans
com, who is visiting relatives III
Seattle, that her sister, Mrs.
Winnie Smith, had died there the
day before from heart failure.
Mrs. Smith was Al years Of
age and leaves her husband and
one son, IA years of age, besides
several more distant relatives, to
mourn her demise. She had been
in perfect health so far as was
known and her sudden death was
a severe shock to her relatives.
Funeral services were held today.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-12-29

H. ROwinsky was in the city
Wednesday from his ranch on
Harrison Flats. He reports the
snow is very deep in his neigh
bOrhOOd.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
PATH TO PEACE CLEAR.

Amsterdam. Dec. T., via London
The resignation of Premier Asquith
clears the situation. according to the
Koelnische Zeitung Commenting on
the English political crisis the paper
says:
1.-THE enemy's last forces will now be
brought into the field and when they,
like the others, have hurled them
selves vainly against the strength of
Germany, we shall find England ready
for an honest peace"
The Cologne Volks Zeitung says that
the Germans can view political events
in England with complete composure.
"The leading man, 1t says. ''in the
most powerful of the enemy countries
confirms by his resignation the fail
ure OF the war policy hitherto followed
by the entente. If the strong men in
England now come into power this can
Snly please us, for it gives the hope
that decision will come all the
earlier"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
MANY WANT LOANS
Farmers Seem Anxious to Get Some
Of the Money That the Govern
ment is Going to Lend.

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 7.-Offi-
cials of the farm loan board announced
today that more than fifty thousand
farmers have applied for mortgage
loans aggregating approximately $780,
100000 or more than seventeen times
the amount Of money which will be
Immediately available for loans upon
the organization of the twelve farm
loan banks.
Most of the applications have come
from the south and west. They still
continue to come in by hundreds ev-
cry day. Requests for application
blanks, contemplating requests for
loans to 1000 farmers have come from
Iowa alone.
Although the location Of the banks
probably will not be announced before
December 20. it was said today that
almost Immediately after organization
the banks would find 1t necessary to
issue bonds for virtually their entire
capital stock to meet the demands of
borrowers.
The rate of interest on bonds is a
subject now engaging the boards at.
tention. 1t is thought that it will not
exceed per cent and may not exceed
rs per cent.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
ISLANDER CASE IS
NEARLY COMPLETED

Red Oak, Dec. When court con-
vened today Indications were that all
the evidence on both sides in the
suit for alleged SIAN
der. growing out of the villisca ak
murders would be submitted before
adjournment this evening. Argument
is expected to begin tomorrow and
indications are that the case may be
placed in the hands OF the jury late
Saturday. The jurors today requested
that the court hold night sessions to
bring the case to an early end and
Judge Rockafellow stated he would
probably order night sessions during
the arguments of counsel.
Attorneys for Senator Jones said to-
day they would summon two more wit
nesses before resting and the defense
will summon several witnesses in re-
buttal today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
ILLINOIS MINERS
ARE DISSATISFIED

Springfield Ill.,. Dec. Present
high prices of coal are entirely out of
proportion to the increase in miners
wages. according to Duncan McDon-
aid. secretary-treasurer of the Illinois
United Mine Workers. Mcdonald has
been invited to appear before COM
mittee of the Chicago city council
which is investigating coal prices.
The last contract signed with the
miners gave them an increase OF three
cents ton. Figures from Illinois
cities show the smallest increase de-
manded Of the consumer is twenty
per cent more than when the last
scale was signed. Operators and
dealers in many places are demanding
a seventy-five per cent increase
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08

J. H. Cremer was only one vote be-
hind Justice Fred H. Wilcox In the
contest being made on Wilcox's cleo
tion as justice of the peace in Center
township when the hearing was resum-
ed this afternoon.
Official canvass of the votes cast
November Z was made by the board OF
supervisors few days after election
and 1t showed Justice Wilcox had been
chosen for another term by plurality
of eighteen votes. Unofficial fore
casts the day after election gave him
a lead Of nine.
The official count stood Cremer 1868
and Wilcox 2,6S1. This afternoon, with
four wards yet to be counted, shows
Cremer 2,675 and Wilcox 2,676. The
hearing was begun at 9 o'clock Wed
nesday and has been in session since
In the supervisors room on the second
floor Of the court house. ]. w. Hall,
chairman of the board, together with
]. A. Ballard and ]. E. Carr, the con-
testants' respective representatives,
make up the judges hearing the mat
ter. The contesting parties and their
attorneys together with County Audi.
tor Bissell, who is clerk of the ses-
sion, are the others in the room.
Everyone else is barred.
The first ward was counted first and
it gave Cremer two more votes. The
second gave Wilcox two more. On the
first count of the fifth Wilcox lost
eighteen and Cremer won five. That
was done Wednesday afternoon and
they were allowing outsiders IN the
room then so this morning the judges
barred everyone except those men,
toned and counted the fifth ward
again. One more vote was found for
Cremer when this was done, giving
him six in the fifth. In the sixth Will
cox gained one and Cremer gained
two. The seventh ward gave Cremer
two and Wilcox ten.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
DAKOTA FARMERS
AT STOCK SHOVE

Chicago, Dec. six hundred Nortlkj
Dakota farmers said to represent land
ed wealth estimated at $50, 900, ar
rived here today to attend the Internas
tional Live Stock exposition beinG
held in the amphitheater at the stoolESs
yards. The delegates arrived In two
special trains under the direction OF
Louis W. Hill. president of the Grea&
Northern railway. M
Howard Dawson of Millbrook. N. ~
was elected president OF the InternaeN
tional Live Stock association at the an.ssll
nual meeting and the other Oificer1F
were reelected. $
California Favorite, awarded the
grand steer championship Of the Inters
national Live Stock exposition, was!
sold at auction to Detroit packing
firm for 1880 today. The price. de-M
clared to be the highest ever paid forsa
beef, was $1.75 a pound The steers
was raised by the University OF CALI
fornia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
WILSON ROAD LAW
HIGHLY PRAISED

Chicago. Dec. T. The federal ai64
law as passed by congress and ap&
proved by President Wilson IL by far
the most practical piece Of highway
legislation ever considered by the
United States. said John A. HazelwooaS
Of Madison, Wis, today In his addreO1s
as presiding officer Of the NorthwestS&
ern road congress. which opened a twG
day session here.
This law is reasonably free o.
Jack pot and pork BARREL features,
said Mr.. Hazlewood "No state car
take advantage Of the provisions a;
the federal aid law unless the legislasz
lures pass the laws to enable thu
states to provide their share Of tho
necessary funds
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
STATE RESTS IN
THE TEIPER CASE

Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. THE states
case against John Edward Teiper on
charge of numbering his mother. Mrs.
Agnes M. Teiper. closed today and
counsel for the defense made the
opening address to the jury on behalf
of the accused.
Whether Teiper would take the stand
in his own behalf would he determined
by the developments of the day, it was
said by his counsel Teiper is report.
ed to have expressed wish to testify.
More than forty witnesses have been
subpoenaed for the defense.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
SAM |TAR|UM IS
I 0. BE HELPED BI
SALE OF Seals | !
Red Cross Christmas Tag,
Will Be Sold to Equip
Tubercular Hospital
SUNNYSLOPE WILL
BE MADE LARGER

The proceeds from the sale Of Rel
Cross Christmas seals in Ottumws
and the rest Of Wapello county thia:
year will be used to equip the nevis
acquired Sunnyslope sanitarium WITH.
those things which are needed to en-
able it to accommodate ten or twelve
tubercular patients. 81
AS this will require an expenditure
Of $1,000 to $4,000, 1t means that II
great many Red Cross seals must ~
disposed Of and the committee which.
is in charge Of the work Is going
about it In systematic manner which
the members hope will bring good ~
suits. Seals are being mailed to pra0.
tically everybody in the city with II
letter Of explanation and request
that the seals be RENTED for, at the
rate of one cent each. In addition t4s
this, it is planned to place the sealS7
on sale at various points throughout
the business district. A plan now uns'
der consideration would have tho
street and store sales force made M
on successive days Of girls from tAGS
various grade schools. from th45
classes in the high school, from the
various church societies and possibly
from other social organizations.
There are many patients in the
county who need the treatment that
will be possible when the new sanitan
fum is equipped. The sum that IT,
hoped to raise between now and
Christmas, will provide equipment for /
dining facilities, for a nurses roomis (
and for ten or twelve patients. The
cost Of the institutions,
will be taken care of by county fundax
now available and most Of which IN
being paid for the care Of very few:
patients at the state tuberculosis %,
ony at Oakdale. This colony 10 tee!
crowded to receive more patients from
here even II the county had the moneJS
to meet the additional expense. But
with Sunnyslope equipped, the county,
win be able to care for two or threc
times as many patients as at present
for the same money that is now sent;
put Of the county.
City and county authorities, charityS.
and physicians are unanimouas3
in praising the Sunnyslope projecfi5
and all are lending their efforts to ai&Sa
in the campaign to equip 1t.
The sale of Red Cross Seals idSS
therefore, a big local project this yea{s
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
MANY RUMANIANs TAKEN.

London, Dec. 7.-Since the hostili.
ties against Rumania began 100000
Rumanians have been brought to Ger
man prison camps, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Co., quoting the Berlin Lo-
kal Anzeiger. The paper attributes
to German military authorities the be-
lief that the Rumanians intend to
withdraw to Moldavia, abandoning the
whole Of Wallachia. BY this step they
would have only hundred mile front
to defend The Lokal Anzeiger reports
that prior to It's capture Bucharest
was nearly deserted and the city was
uninjured.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
NEW CARDINALS AT
PUBLIC CONSISTORY'

Rome, Dec. Z. Pope Benedict held
public consistory today in the HalE
of Beatification above the Atrim Of SCI
Peters in the presence Of several
thousand persons The ten cardinala|
created on Monday and also Cardinal
Freuhwirth apostolic delegate at Muukl
ich and Cardinal Scapinelli former
papel nuncio at Vienna, who were cre.i
ated cardinals in 1914 entered the hall
after which the pont,ficial processiol
went in bearing the portable thromos'
The pope blessed the kneeling assea
blage.
After the pope had imposed the ro&3
hat on the new cardinals he returno('
to his apartments while the sacrl
college sang the TIE Deum in the St.
tine chapel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
ALLIES MORTIFIED
BYEASTERN DEFEAT
PARIS SAYS FALL OF BUCHAREST
SHOWS NEED FOR MORE
ENERGETIC POLICY.

Paris, Dec. THE news of the fall
of Bucharest was received here with
sorrow and modification, although 1t
had been regarded as inevitable since
the battle of the Argechu was lost.
We. understand perfectly" says the
Petit Journal, what the Rumanians
are suffering, for we, too, have suffered
the sorrows of invasion. We associate
ourselves all the more with their grief
since we realize with bitterness of
spirit that we are partly responsible
for the catastrophe, which was not due
entirely to the military abilities of the
enemy's leaders"
All Of the newspapers say that the
event must be a lesson to the allies
which ought to spur them on to more
rapid and energetic action and above
all to the organized and effective use
of their common resources. The COM
mentators, while generally gloomy,
make the point that the Rumanians,
having abandoned Bucharest, have
now much shorter line which their
having emerged intact from
the claws of the German enveloping
have good chance of hold
ing until the allies come to their re-
lief. But 1t is agreed that with the
fall of Ploechti there appears no prob
ability Of saving the oil fields, which
is considered the worst feature Of the
situation.
Some consolation is derived from
Swiss dispatches which report that
the German victories
in Rumania the German hundred-mark
bill fell to eighty francs-the lowest
price since the war-on the Zurich
bourse.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
WAR SUMMARY.

The brief dispatches in which the
fall of Bucharest was announced left
in doubt the fate of the armies which
were resisting the advance Of the Teu-
tonic invaders.
1t is assumed in most entente quar-
tiers, however, that there was no ''last
stand by the Rumanians before their
capital, and such news as has trickled
through from German sources indi-
Gates that Bucharest was virtually
deserted when the Teutonic forces en-
tered it. The city is said to have
been found uninjured
Military commentators in entente
capitals point to the probability that
the actions just prior to the capture
of Bucharest were fought merely with
a view to delaying the advance Of
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's forces
and aiding in the escape of the main
body of Rumanians. The capture Of
Ploechti, the railway junction thirty
six miles north Of Bucharest however,
may have blocked the retreat Of part
of the Rumanian forces. The city,
is in the center Of the great
Prahova oil district.