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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-06-29
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items From Various Places
Reproduced for the Benefit
of our Readers Stories Re.
hashed from Exchanges.

Mrs. Matthews, who sued the
Nezperce railway last week for
$48, 055 damages for injuries re-
ceived, was awarded $500 dam
ages.
The safe in pool hall at Gem
was cracked early Saturday morn
ing and $252 was taken. Al rub
ber glove left by the burglars de-
notes that the job was the work
of professionals.
Four thousand acres of state
land were sold last week at st.
Maries by state land commission
ers /. A. Smoot and A. F..
Parker. The land sold at around
$40 an acre, the high price being
$13 for one tract.
Fifty-five cents pound was the
price paid a Gooding man last
week for a lot of 80, 900 pounds
of wool and an Asotin man re-
fused sixty cents for part of his
clip, preferring to hold until his
shearing was all done.
King Moore and a young man
named Berg were placed under
arrest at the formers farm on
Whiskey creek some ten miles
from Orofino late last week on
charges of failing to register as
eligible for army service on June
9Th.
A tarantula measuring four
inches in length and with body
as large as a pigeons egg, was
found in a fruit car at Lewiston
late last week, the big bug hav-
ing been in a shipment of ba-
nanas. 1t was chilled when
found but became quite lively
after being placed in a glass jar
for a time.
A deal has been closed where
by a company of 55 Nezperce
business men and farmers, most
ly the latter, have purchased the
railroad line between that town
and Vollmer and will take control
of the same tomorrow. The pur-
chase price was $160,000 and
about $4,000 will be spent for
new equipment and improvement
to the road bed before the end of
the present year.
Homer McClung, who was tried
at Moscow last week for the
murder of H. H. Choat in April
as the result of a quarrel over a
fence, was acquitted after the
jury had considered the evidence
for fourteen hours. Several days
before the shooting occurred
Choat had used a knife on Nc
Clung and this went a long way
to establish his plea of self de-
fense.
The Charles Clifford farm Of
1140 acres located six miles east
of Lewiston was sold late last
week to Fred Thiel, a wealthy
farmer of the Walla Walla sec
ton, for $12O, 1000, or $1O5 an
acre. The ranch is in crop and
is well improved. The 900-acre
ranch of the Grostein estate, 10.
Gated south of Lewiston in the
upper Tammany, was also sold
to Claud Steen, of Milton, Ore,
for $4,000.
Bonds to the amount of $31, ,0OO
were voted in the Kidder-H Harris
highway district near Kooskis
Monday and the money will be
used in constructing a road up
the Middle Fork from Kooskia
to form a part of the Lewis and
Clark national highway across
the mountain from d Missoula,
Mont. Part of the money viii
be used for road work on the Wi.
mona hill, Kamiah, Kiddef ant
Harris ridge roads in that sec
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-06-29

Continued on page y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
Watson Has Broken Loose Again.

AS The Advertiser has said before,
it is much to be regretted that 80 bril-
liant a genius and so brainy a man as
Thomas E. Watson of Georgia is so
wofully lacking in poise and judgment.
The loose screw in his intellectual ma
chinery precludes his being a success
full leader of men. His giant intellect,
were every other part of his being as
we'll developed, would make Mr.. Wat
son a national figure. He sored that
high at one time, reaching the halls OF
congress, but the defective opinion,
his lack of sound discretion and judg-
ment, caused his decline rapidly to
his accustomed level.
Mr.. Watson's latest egregious blum
der is his white-heated opposition to
the selective draft law. In fact,
he has so brazenly and boldly sown
seeds of discord and disloyalty to the
government the wonder is that he has
not been called to account by the au-
thorities in Washington. In a crisis
like this, when the honor of u COM
mon country and the safety of our
lives and homes are at stake, it be-
hooves every mar to rally to the sup
port of the flag. Surely, in this, his
latest blunier. Mr.. Watson will not
find any considerable number of Geor-
gians who will blindly follow him.
The Advertiser has agreed with Mr..
Watson in some of the fights he has
waged and could bid him God-speed,
but about the time we were ready to
extend him a hearty "well-done" he
has flown off at a tangent, like the
present attack upon the government,
upon our common country, which
caused US to Withhold our words of COM
mendation. Again, we express regret
that this intellectual Goliath is unable
to accomplish so little in the world,
compared with what he could achieve,
because of his faulty judgment or some
other ~short-coming.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
Few Changes Made.

In an editorial last week The Adver-
tiser took the position that at such a
time as this when economy is being
urged on every hand aud there is no
telling what a day will bring forth,
the State Board of Education should
not heap unnecessary expense upon
the people by making a sweeping
change of text books, even if the time
has arrived, as provided by law, for
the changing of books. We have been
pleased to read the announcement since
by the board that it "has been conserv
ative and has made but few changes"
This is as it should be. Better use the
Books adopted four years ago a while
longer than to burden parents all over
the State with the buying of new text
books at a time of such stress and
strain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
The 1917 County Fair.

1t is about time matters were taking
on definite shape for u county fair
next fall. Several counties have al
ready announced their dates and are
going forward with laying plans for
fall fair.
Owing to the fact that food produc-
ton has been stressed throughout the
county this year, there should be a
large number of exhibits available. At
a time too when all farm products are
in great demand at record-breaking
prices it should be easier from every
standpoint than during former years
to make the county fair a great sue
cess.
Edgefield has a we'll equipped plant
for the fair in the form of ample and
desirably-located grounds, spacious
buildings and stalls for livestock. The
gates be thrown open next fall for the
reception of exhibits with very little
additional outlay.
The planning that needs most to be
done at this time in providing suitable
exhibits must of necessity come from
the farms and plans should be made
now by farmers for exhibits. The
sooner work of providing exhibits is be-
gun the larger they will be numbered the
more creditable will be the numbers.
Farmers, begin now to do your part in
making the fair of 1917 a great sue
cess.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
Off For Press Association.

Col. L. w. Cheatbam, Mrs. P.
NJ. Feltham. Mr.. J. L. Minis and
Misses Florence and Eleanor Minis
will leave this morning for Bead.
fort to attend the annual meeting of
the South Carolina Press associa-
ton. They will go by way Of Col
umbia where they will join the
newspaper folk from the upper part
of the State, making the journey
from Columbia in two special coach
es provided by the Southern rail
road. The good people of Beau
fort have made elaborate prepare
tions for the entertainment of the
newspaper men and the members of
their families who attend.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
instruments to further that aim

instruments to further that aim.
Should they succeed, Germany and
the whole world is undone. This
is a war for the people. For the
people of America as we'll Is Ger
many and all of Europe. A war
for the right of free government as
bought by the blood of our fore
fathers and now enjoyed by Great
Britain, France and other nations of
the world. And let US bring our
selves to realize it's real meaning
and Importance to us. Let US pray
God that we may gee our duty and
it; for once more our freedom is Sc
rlously endangered. If Germany
succeeds, then we must prepare our
selves for the next struggle which
must inevitably come. If she fails,
then her autocratic military rulers
are undone and will crumble with
their military machine and the world
will have a lasting peace.
Let each of us prepare ourselves
for the denials and h%eartaches that
must come and strive to do our part
in this the third war of indie
pendence and emulate so far as pos
sible those noble heroes who have
passed or in the great beyond and
whom you are here to personally
represent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
The Food Situation.

The matter of controlling the price of
food by the government is gradually
taking definite shape, and not any too
soon either. The government does not
contemplate fixing minimum prices
that will work a hardship on producers
but it will deal with food spectators
with an iron hand. The Advertiser
mas not the actual figures at hand but
the belief is current that very few
wheat growers were benefited by the
phenomenal price of flour. After the
raw material passed out of the pro-
ducers hands spectators have made
consumer pay exorbitant and unrea-
sonable prices for this everyday neces-
sity. While flour has declined some
and will doubtless, due to the new
crop, decline more, yet unless the gov
eminent takes a hand in the matter,
gamblers and spectators will again
control the wheat and flour market,
causing a return of recent %unreasona
bic prices.
When the government takes over
the controlling of foodstuffs it will not
be to the injury of any particular class
in order than another class may DE
benefited. But it will be done to pro-
mote the greatest good of the greatest
number of people.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
Booze or Bread?

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, former
government food expert, in an ad-
dress in Atlantic City recently,
made a plea Tor national prohibi-
ton as the greatest practical stroke
for economy and the solution of the
food problems of the day.
Food for the allies is as import
ant, and perhaps more 80, than new
forces of trained mel FOR the battle
fronts, so why threaten tia supply
by waste in the manufacture Of alco-
holic beverages?" DR.. Wiley ask
ed.
Booze or bread; there stands
your selection. In view of the fact
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
Free of Charge.

Any adult suffering from cough,
cold or bronchitis, is invited to call
at the drug store of Collett d
Mitchell and get absolutely free, a
sample bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup, a soothing and healing RENE
dy for all lung troubles, which has
a successful record of fifty years.
Gives the patient a good nights
rest free from coughing, with free
expectoration in the morning.
Regular sizes, IS and Is cents.
For sale in all civilized countries.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
NEVER NEGLECT A COLD

A chill after bathing, cooling off
suddenly after exercise and drafts,
give the cold germs a foot-hold
that may lead to something worse.
Safety requires early treatment.
Keep DR.. Kings New Discovery on
hand. This pleasant balsam rene
dy allays Inflammation, soothes the
cough and repairs the tissues. Bet
ter be safe than sorry. Break up
the cold with DR.. Kings New Dis
covery before it is too late. At your
druggist, soc. and Sl.OO.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
D. A. r. Announcement.

The July meeting of the Daughters
of the American Revolution will be
held with Mrs. B. E. Nicholson on
Tuesday afternoon at S o'clock, June
10.
Every one is requested to bring
their knitting as the meeting will
be of q practical nature, and the
work that is being done is a contri.
button to the Red Cross, to be pre-.
sented to the sailors on the battle.
ship South Carolina"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

When President Wilson asked the
American people for q fish they did not
give a stone. He asked for two billions
of dollars and they handed him over
three billions for Liberty Bonds. This
bit of information will be somewhat
disconcerting to the Germans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

"Married men who are separated
from wives not accepted in Army"
says a headline. Why, bless your life,
these are the men who are needed, be-
ing already Injured to war.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

The German press is up in arms be-
cause their supply of paper has been
cut more than 90 per cent, losing sight
altogether of that weightier matter
depriving them of their liberty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

In his sweating and boosting and
cranking to arouse interest in the Press
meeting at Beaufort, Colonel Josephus
Sparks forgets that in the matter of
attending these annual gatherings
nev paper men are s~elf-starters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

Published every Wednesday in The
Advertiser Building at 81. so per year
in advance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

that the latest scientific investiga-
lions show that alcohol is never
helpful, not even in small quantities,
we should, without question, choose
the bread end of the conundrum.
The argument I make here is
not the ethical or moral argument
in favor of prohibition, strong as
these points are, but simply a plea
for efficiency in the food supply of
this country and for the allies"
FOR SALE: Home grown corn,
strictly f~irst-class, at $l.90 per
bushel, f. O.. b. trenton. NJ. j. Mil
Ter, Trenton, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

We have in a nice line of Wash
Skirts, Waists and MILDLY Blouses
that we are selling at cut prices.
Mukashy Bargain House.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

Yes; it's already hot enough for US.
This announ cement is made tosave you
the trouble Of asking us.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

The sharp advance in all soaps will
cause some people we know to get
further from goodness than ever.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

No communications will be published
unless accompanied by the writer's
name.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

Cards of Thanks, Obituaries, Resolu-
tions and Political Notices published at
Gvertising rates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

Sambo says he's mighty glad the
drafting comes after the watermelon
season is over
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at E~dgefeld, sc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

AS a rule, the size of a mans contri-
button to the Red Cross reflects the
size of his heart.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

That rousing Red Cross response is
refreshing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27
AS You Think.

If you think you are beaten, you are;
Ii you think you dare not, you don't;
If you'd like to WIN, but you think you
can't
It's almost a cinch you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out of the world we find
Success begins with a fellows will
It's all in the state of mind.
If you think you're outclassed, you
are;
You've got to think high to rise,
You've got to be sure of yourself be-
fore
You ever can win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins,
Is the one thinks he can.
Take courage, then; resolve you can,
And strike an earnest, vigorous
blow;
Hoe out your row! hoe out your
row!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

We are showing a nice line of
ladies' waists in Georgette Crepe
and Crepe de Chine in all the lead.
ing colors and styles.
Mukashy Bargain House.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

We are selling Palm Beach suits
for a few days at reduced prices.
Call in and look at them before you
buy.
Mukashy Bargain House.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-06-27

GuSllSu COuoiuo, " "hohh w low
taught the true principles of free,
dom and democracy, to fight for the
freedom of the e,tire world. Our
Ratchet was formerly buried with
the United kingdom of Great Brit
ain on the 22nd cay of February last,
when the Commission from that
country, together with the presi-
dent of the Tilted States, visited
the final reetig place of that great
and good patrDt whom they once
denied the it'll of General, and paid
homage to tht dust of the Father
of our County.
To-day ~th,entire civilized world
is looking tc III to carry on and
complete to- successful conclusion,
"a war more terrible in its magni-
tude and fr-reaching in its effect
ever beforeknown to man, for the
same pure spirit of liberty. The
Imperial Government of Germany
by it's auocratic military masters
has undertaken to unite under a
powerful military rule before which
political teedom must perish, all
the State of Europe and if it suc.
ceeds nut next jeopodize the free
dom of america. Its rulers have
long coridered governments not az
made ofmen and women of flesh
and blod, but merely as tools and
The Lamar register., 1917-08-08

The federals have been more than
courteous"
"Longorio has bad reputation. 1
strongly advise against your going.
You'd better send some man."
"Whom can l send?' asked Alalre.
you know my situation
The Judge considered moment be-
fore replying. Il can't 90. for I'm
busy Ono .arrI. You could probably
accomplish unr. than anybody else, II
IH'H.. usI1 tU reason, and,
sn of such i'm
nd be safe
But II win be a hard trip. ana you
wont know whether you are In rebel
or in federal territory
"Well, people here are asking wheth-
er Texas is In the United States or
Mexico Alaire said, lightly. Some
times 1 hardly know" After mo-
ment she continued: "Slnce you know
everything ana everybody, 1 wonder II
you ever met n David Lawf"
Ellsworth nodded.
Tell me something about him"
"He asked me the same thing about
you. Well, / haven't seen much of
Dave since he grew up, he's such a
roamer."
"He said his parents were murdered
by the Guadalupesr
"Yes II happened good many
years ago, and certainly they both met
a violent end. was instrumental in
saving what property Frank Law left,
hut it didn't last Dave very long. He's
right careless In money matters. Dawes
% fine fellow I'm some ways-most ways,
/ believe but" The Judge lost him
self in frOwning meditation.
81 have never known you to damn
friend or a client with such faint
praise" said Alaire.
"Oh. I don't mean IT that way. I'm
almost like one of Dawes kin. and I've
been keenly Interested in watching his
traits develop. I'm interested in he
redity. I've watched 1t in Eds case,
for instance. If you know the parents
it's easy to read their children" Again
he lapsed into silence, nodding to him
self. ''Yes. nature mixes her prescrip-
tions like any druggist. I'm glad you
and Ed-have no babies"
Alaire murmured something unintel-
ligible.
The Lamar register., 1917-08-08
CHAPTER v.
A Journey. and a park Man.

Alaire's prepEations for the journey
to La Ferla were made with little de
lay. Owing to the condition of affairs
across the border, Ellsworth had
thought it well to provide her with let
ters from the most influential Mexi-
cans in the neighborhood; what is
more, in order 10 pave her way toward
settlement Of her claim he succeeded
in getting a telegram through to Mex
leo Ensworth's influence was not
bounded by the Rio Grande.
Alaire took Dolores with her, and for
male escort she selected, after some
deliberation. Jose Sanchez, her horse
breaker. Benito could not well be
spared. Sanchez had some force and
initiative. at least and Alaire had no
reason to doubt his loyalty. The party
went to Pueblo by motor. On the fol
CONTINUED on page g.
The Lamar register., 1917-08-08
ney.a aetuany connseate n

rney'd actually connscate IL
''Hasn't Ed done enough to provoke
confiscation? asked the judge. "I
have it pretty straight that he's Civ
ing money 10 the rebel junta and lend
ing every assistance he can to their
cause"
81 didn't know he'd actually done
anything. How mad !"
"Yes-for a man with interests in
federal territory. But Ed always does
the wrong thing, you know"
"Then l presume this confiscatlon IS
in the nature of reprisal. But the
stock is mine, not Eds. l want your
help in taking up the matter with
Washington"
Ellsworth was pesslmlstic. at
won't do any good, my dear" he said.
"You won't be paid for your cattle"
"Then l shall go to La Feria."
"NoI" The judge shook his head
decidedly.
'Tve been there a hundred times.
The Lamar register., 1917-08-08
CNrFAs D hsFpsT > fssaAs-'

"Rumrh l notice you go where
you please. Rosa and l never spent q
night together in the chaparral-"
"Edr' Alaire's exclamation was like
the snap of whip. She rose and
faced her husband, quivering as If the
lash had stung her flesh.
THAT went home, eh? Well, I'm no
fool I've seen something of the world,
and I've found that women are about
The Lamar register., 1917-08-08

like men. I'd like to have look at this
David Law, this gunman, this Hand
some Harry who waits at water holes
for ladies In distress" Ed ignored his
wife's Outfiung hand. and continued,
mockingly: "Tn bet he's all that's
manly and splendid, everything that
I'm not"
"You'd-better stop" gasped the
woman. II can't stand everything"
$50? Well, neither can l."
"After-this, 1 think you'd better
go-to San Antonio. Maybe I'll forget
before you come back"
To this Young Ed" agreed quickly
enough. Good !" said he. "Thnt suits
me. I'll at least get a little peace at
my club" He glowered after his wife
as she left the room. Then, stlll scowl-
Ing, he lurched out TO the gallery
where the breeze was blowing, and
flung himself into a chair.
Eds marriage to Alaire had been In
evitable. They had been playmates,
and their parents had considered the
union a consummatiOn Of their own
lifelong friendship. Upon her mothers
death Alaire had been sent abroad, and
there she remained while young Ed"
attended an eastern college. For any
child the experience would have been
a lonesome one, and through 1t the
mOtherless Texas girl had grown into
an imaginative, sentimental person, llv-
Ing in a make-believe world, peopled,
for the most part, with the best
remembered figures of romance and
fiction. There were, Of course, some
few fiesh-and-blood heroes among the
rest, and of these the finest and the
uoblest had been ''Young Ed" Austin.
When she came home to marry,
Alaire was still very much of child,
and she still considered Ed her knight.
As for him, he was captivated by this
splendid, handsome girl, whom he re-
membered only as a shy, red-headed
little comrade.
As Las Palmas had been the elder
Austin's wedding gift to his son, so
Alaire's dowry from her father had
been La Feria, a grant Of lands across
the Rio Grande beyond the twenty
league belt by which Mexico fatuously
strives to guard her border. And to
Las Palmas had come the bride and
groom to live, to love and to rear their
children.
But rarely has there been shorter
honeymoon, seldom swifter awaken
Ing. Within six months young Ed
had killed his wife's love and had him
self became an alcoholic. Other vices
SO multiplied that what few virtues
the young man had Inherited were
soon choked. To the bride the truth
had come as a stunning tragedy. The
wreck of her hopes and glad imagin-
Ings left her sick, bewlldered, in the
face of "the thing that couldn't"
Nor had the effect of this transfor-
nation in young Ed" been any less
painful 70 his father. When the truth
was borne in upon him Enthusiastically,
and the girl-wife remained firm in her
refusal to divorce her husband. the un-