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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-27

All lands in district:
Before After Reduction i'm
flood flood valuation
.S44,355 S25,9lO SI8.4I5
Milwaukee Lbr. Co.. mill and lbr:
100000 S2l5,OOO Sl5, 600
Total:
S334,355 S27O,94O S63,4l5
Mr.. Reynolds gave the reduc-
tions i'm the district as % per
cent on the high land; 33 1-3
per cent on the land between
high and low land; and 80 per
cent on the low land.
Fred Herrick, president of the
Milwaukee Lumber company,
testified to the damage done to
the plant and yards of that com
.pany by the floods and also testi-
fled as to the condition of The
present dixie. ID. j. Wilson,
president of the Lewiston Box
Factory, gave similar testimony
as to the effect of the high water
on that institution. The petit
TONERS had finished putting i'm
their testimony when court ad-
journed Monday evening and the
hearing was continued until Fri
day morning, providing the jury
case on trial now is completed
by that time.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-27
Hear Objections To
Drainage District
MUCH INTEREST DISPLAYED in CASE
Valuations Reduced One-Eialf From Damage
Caused By Floods.

The Monday session of the
court was taken up with the
hearing on the protests against
the formation of the proposed
RVerdale drainage district, the
petitioners being represented by
Attorneys T.. N. LaNcine and IL.
r. Taylor and w. ID. Keelon ap-
pearing for the protestants. Ihe
first witness for the petitioners
was County Surveyor l.. T.. pur-
Wis, who testified To the acreage
OF the various tracts i'm the pro-
posed district and the length and
location of the proposed dixie.
In this connection Mr.. purVis
testified that the total length Of
the proposed dixie will be about
1900 feet, the total number of
feet of dixie ON land owned by
those objecting to the formation
of the district being 1882.
I'm regard To the acreage i'm the
proposed district Mr. Purvis
stated that the Milwaukee, Lum-
Der company, petitioners for the
organization of the district, and
those not objecling To its organi-
.zation owned about 259 acres,
while the st. Marics Land Co.
and those Objecting, owned about
l2ii acres. The law demands that
one-fifth of the acreage included
in the district be represented by
signers of the petition for its or
ganization and the system of re
lclamation and drainage be of
special benefit to the majority of
the lands, i'm acreage, included.
Assessor C.. r.. Reynolds and
Deputy Assessor A. A. Maggy
testified as to the reductions i'm
the valuation Of the lands i'm the
proposed district, as shown by
the assessment roll, ON account
OF the floods of this spring
These reductions were given as
follows:
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-27

j. +. LanderyOu.
w. II. Fuller.
o. NJ. MOsley.
p. T.. Sweeney.
Jack Reeves.
Chas. Leaf.
Bruce DeLand.
John A. Finn.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-10
TO ARRANGE STOCK

Mr. Hamilton has turned his entire stock of goods
close of his FARM He going Of the
in Codee Ga the above date This stock is yours at
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
HELPLESS Man.

The ladies-God-bles 'em were talk
ing, in the humorously indulgent way
in which they actually tackle. the topic
about their husbands and other wOm-
ems husbands.
"John is perfectly helpless without
me" said Mrs. A.
"Henry's that way, too" said Mrs.
b. II don't know what would become
of him if I'd leave him for week"
isn't it the TRUTH" sighed Mrs. G.
"You'd think my husband was a child
the way / have to take care of him.
Why, whenever he is mending his
clothes or sewing on buttons, or even
darning his socks / always have to
thread the needle for him !'-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

in. He says this is tn first time that
he's ever had clothes an money
enough at tn same time t. git back.
Halle Mopps, who's been gone
about ten years, is home from Coshoc-
ton, Ohio. He says he's lied 50 long
about tn size O. his fathers farm
here that he hardly recognized it when
he got back.
Grayson Mapes wuz about tn first
Teller that showed up fer Thanks
givin'. His folks have been dead fer
thirty years an he never knowed it.
Bout tn last thing anybuddy ever
heerd O. him wuz in 1876, when he
sent his mother Centennial edition
o. tn Philadelphy Ledger. He come
over from Jeffersonville on parole
but nobody knowed him.
Joe Apple is back in town shakin'
hands, too. His whiskers haSe been
driven back an his step haint quite
as springy as it wuz before he traded
his hardware store fer some rice land
in Arkansas. He's jist plain shov-
eler now somewhere's in Michigan.
He says that while TIL work is a little
harder than bein' in business, Their
haint no books t. keep an ther haint
nothin' invested an you kin lay off
when 1t rains.
Laurel Spray, who sold his farm
here two years ago an invested in a
gold mine out West, is in town wearin'
a straw hat. He says he's been so
busy gittin' home that tn weather
never occurred t. him. He may stay
here an go back in tn band if he kin
trade his minin' stock fer a clarinet.
But ups an downs er no ups an
downs, Teller Is still purity rich that's
got. good mother an father t go
back to. Their haint no mashed p'ta-
toes an roast turkey an minced pie
anywhere else on earth that kin touch
your mothers. Her coffee is gener-
ally purity bad, but we won't say any
thing about that. l don't care how
any Teller is gittin' along, whether
he's single or tied down, he feels q
whole lot better If he knows he's got
an ole home t. 60 back to. o. course
your father haint as gushy as mot or
but even If you did leave tn farm
jest at time when he needed you tn
most, he's proud O. you. Jest as long
as you don't ask father fer any money,
either directly er thro' mother, he's
proud O. you.
But mother Is tn one. She believes
everything you tell her. She knows
you have t hurry away an that where
you've been workin' has had t close
down till you git back. You're her
boy an things can't git along without
you.
Copyright, Adams Newspaper Service.)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
MIND READING BY WIRELESS
Faklr Detected to Be Using Secret
Buzzer Connected With the Side
Pocket of His Assistant.

While travelling in Ohio last year
attended performance In q small
town. where mind reader was giving
a wonderful exhibition of his powers,
unused a salesman. The mind reader,
apparently an Oriental, for he wore
turban and spoke broken English, was
able to name every object the audience
chose to select for II test; he also
named dates on coins, words, and read
passages in books and newspapers; 1t
was marvellous exhibition.
The mind readers assistant had
familiar look; he reminded eme of
telegraph operator | had worked with
In the West. When he came to where
I was sitting, | noticed he kept one
hand in his side pocket. The as
sistant asked me to give the mind
reading test.
Pulling out my union card, / asked
him to name the organization to which
| was a member. 1t was three min
utes by my watch before the mind
reader answered, brotherhood of
Railroad signalmen."
The assistant turned away from me
as he held my card in such way as
to bring the side where his hand was
In the coat away from me.
Thirty years as telegrapher has
made my hearing wonderfully acute
and l detected faint Morse signals.
Then I realized in an instant why the
mind readers assistant kept his hand
in his coat pocket He had wireless
buzzer in there and was signaling the
mind reader. The bu2zer was muf-
fed with cloth to kill the sound.
I also saw why the mind reader
wore turbGn and stood rigid in one
position on rug. The turSan was to
hide the receivers clamped on his ears
and the rug TO hide the antenae that
ran under the rug. up behind his back
to the receivers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
! am Sincere! Stop Ca|omeI!
| Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone
Listen to me! Calomel sckens and you may lose a
days work. If bilious, constipated or
headachy read my guarantee

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work q
pleasure; be vigorous and full Of am
bition. But take no nasty, dangerous
calomel, because it makes you sick
and you may lose days work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp-
ing.
Listen to me! If you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced, just
take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone tonight. Your druggist or
dealer sells you bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone for a few cents under my
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Universal THANKSGIVING.

Some call November the dreary
month of the year, the black sheep of
the II; and yet it is the month OF
thankfulness, the completion Of the
fruitage of the year. In the woods
the squirrels are industriously at work
among their last gleanings before cold
weather sets in, their happy "chee-
cheeree" joining with the calls of the
blue jays and crows and smaller birds
In the universal paean of thanksgiv-
Ing. In the underbrush and in the
meadows the mice, too, are harvest
Ing. with their hearts full OF gladness.
Bees are buzzing over goldenrod and
wild asters and other late flowers; the
quail that have escaped the hurter
are. like Ruth, gathering the last
grains in the farmers fields; while the
farmer himself and his boys are load
Ing the golden pumpkins into the big
farm wagons to carry away for winter
storage for use by both the family and
the cattle.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Her Beau Was Mo Adonls.

A girl with stunning figure, big
brown eyes, pcach-like complexion and
wavy black nair, lovely enough to be-
come the bride of n prince, stood
around the Union station recently
watching and waiting, relates the To-
peka Globe. Finally her face became
illuminated; spindly, weak-eyed. I'M
dersized young man slouched in sight,
homely enough to stop clock.
The two talked, and every once in a
while the princess-like girl dabbed her
eyes with handkerchief. At last a
train pulled in under the station shed.
The young man waved an Indifferent
good-by to the beautiful creature who
chung to him sobbing until he boarded
away.
Is he her brother, her cousin, or her
uncle? No. he is her beau. Girls are
the funniest things in the world.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
How Prices Go Up.

An incident which Is being told in
the wool trade may, perhaps, shed
some light on the way in which prices
increase when the fundamental value
remains virtually unchanged. 1t may
also Illustrate how something akin to
camouflnge Is utilized by business men
to deceive even themselves into be-
lieying there is a shortage. One deal
err sold consignment of wool at 81
cents pound, and it was resold sever
al times, each dealer making 10 cents
pound profit. In the course of time,
the merchant first referred to heard
that certain firm had an allotment of
wool for sale and asked the price. On
being told that the present owners had
purchased at 81 pound, and were
willing to sell at S1.25, the inquirer
said, "All right, I'll take 1t and send
you a check. Where is the wOol?" The
answer came: ION the third floor Of
your own storage warehouse, where it
has been ever since you sold it orig
inQily. "-Christian Science Monitor.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
RELIABLE REMEDY
I RESTORES KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder rem
edy.
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is strengthening medi-
cine. DIR. Kilmer used it for years in his
private practice. Il helps the kidneys,
liver ard bladder do the work nature in.
tended they should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it will help you. No other remedy can
successfully take it's place.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. ", for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
IN COUNTRY TOWN
Reasons Why Thanksgiv-
ing Is Always Inter-
esting There.
THANKSGIVIN day in country
town is allus interestin' on &C.
count tn folks that come back

THANKSGIVIN' day in a country
town is allus interestin' on &C.
count tn folks that come back
homes. Some o. us kin cit by TIL
Fourth o. July or fair week or even
Christmas an New Years, but some
how theirs somethin' bout Thanks
givin' day that kind O. makes us want
t. be back home. Then, too, one nice
long dull Thanksgivin' afternoon in a
B fat town is enough t make us all
satisfied t stay away fer another
whole year.
Our town looks real cosmopolitan
like t'day, as Tell Binkley would say.
On ever corner you kin see little
clumps O. fellers that haint met in
years holdin' reunions an talkin'
about ole times. Some O. 'em look
like they had lots t be thankful fer
an some o. EN- look like tn place
they come from ought t be thankful,
while still others look like our town
ought t. be thankful that Thanks
givin' only comes once year.
Sam Bud, who traded his farm here
fer Floridy orange grove some years
ago came in from tn north this morn
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Your Watchdog Liver

helped thousands back to a healthy condition Of
stomach, liver and bowels.
Black-Draughti has been successfully used in
cases of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver, Bill
iousness, Sick Headache, Backache, Constipation,
etc. Thousands of men and women have written to
tell of its good results 1t is family standby for
young and old, in thousands of American homes.
Mr.. K ]. Mckinney, of Mt. Vernon, KY,
writes: II was merchant. and this kept me
very closely confined. This confinement brought on
constipation and. severe headaches lost my ap-
petite, got very thin and there seemed to be lump
in my stomach after every meal had THED-
down package to the house and began using it
regularly The indigestion soon disappeared
rested better Next thing knew l was gaining in
weight. .BLACK-DRAUGHT is without doubt the
best liver medicine on the market"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly tnfiu-
enced by constitutional conditions. 1t
therefore requires constitutional treat
ment. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation of the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
re general health and assists nature in
doing its work. $4,000 for any case of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
F. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

personal money-back guarantee that
each spoonful will Clean your sluggish
liver better than a dose of nasty Gallo
mel and that it won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing, because you will wake up feeling
fine, your liver will be working; head
ache and dizziness gone; stomach will
be sweet and bowels regular.
Dodson's- Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can
not salivate. Give 1t to your children.
Millions of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead OF dangerous calo-
mel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale Of calomel is almost
stopped entirely here.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

"Going far?" asked the laxative
one.
"To London" roared the traveller.
Pm forty-six and married; name, Ho-
ratio Brown; one daughter, nineteen
years DID, in the civil service, gets
thirty shilling week; father died
last July; mother Is still living; one
of my nieces has red hair; our maid
has left us, but we've got another one.
Anything else"
The talkative one thought for mo-
ment.
what oil did you use on your
tongue?" he inquired.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Suffered Several
Years. PERUNA
| MADE ME WELL T.. NJ

Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther. 1902 18th
St., N. W., Washington, ID. c., writes:
Il endorse Peruna as splendid
medicine for catarrh and stomach
trouble, from which / suffered sew
eral years. ] took il for several
months, found my health was re-
stored and have felt splendidly ever
since. / now take 1t when I con-
tract cold, and it soon rids the sys-
tenn of any catarrhal tendencies"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
To Make a Cheap Filter.

In order to make cheap filter. take
large flower pot and stop the hole In
the bottom of 1t by placing n piece OF
sponge in IL. Cover with few inches
of powdered charcoal fill with water,
and let it stand over pail or t1b
supported by two or three sticks laid
across. The water filtering through
the charcoal will be freed from all
Impurities and will be NJ for family
use. The charcoal should be changed
every three months and the sponge
severxl times q year.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Sounds True,

Irate Mamma-Goodness me! It's
half an hour since | sent you to the
shop to get those things, and here you
are back again without them.
Little Dick-It was such long time
before my turn came to be waited on
that l forgot what it was you wanted.
Then why didn't you come home
and find out?
81 was afraid if l left I'd lose my
turn"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Some women break into the gossip
class because they are unable to at
tract attention in any other.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
An Expert.

81 understand that Binks has become
an efficiency expert"
rs that so? Now he will be able to
teach everybody to do everything he
can't do himself"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

G. III. Dill ninety-four, of Pensau-
ken, N. j.. runs farm and expects to
reach one hundred years.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

To keep clean and healthy take DIR.
Pierces Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver, bowels and stomach.-AGv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Mrs. w. J. Tisdale, Hoboken N. j.,
widow, has seven sons In United States
military service.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
The Bore.

The man who knows, and knows he
knows, he is a bore-blackball him.
Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Spartan Women Suffered Untold Torturcs
but who wants to be Spartan? Take
"Eemenina" for all female disorders.
Price soc and $1.00.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Many people imagine that Worms or Tape
worm cannot be gotten rid Of entirely.
Those who nave used Dead Shot'-Dr.
Peery's Vermifuge, know that they can. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

wright's Indian Vegetable Pills contain
nothing but vegetable ingredients, which act
gently as a tonic and purgative. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Washington has movement for
public ownership or control of street
railway lines.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

What puzzles small boy is how his
mother can wear such hot slipper
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
DON'T GAM BILE

that your hearts all right. Make
sure. Take "Renovine"-a heart and
nerve tonic. Price SOC and $1.00.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Banana Juice Wine.

Two Frenchmen in Cochin, China,
have succeeded in making palatable
wine from banana juice.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

New York charities report severe
falling off in donations.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

A woman is naturally off color whel
she removes her complexion.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Kansas City prosecutes BARRIERS
working on Sundays.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Passaic n. j., textile workers have
been given tenA per cent wage in
crease.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Most men who think they are greet
don't even look the part.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Buffalo is becoming center for dye
stuffs manufacture.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Chester, Pa, is TO have big steel
ship plant.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

It's as unblessed to give as 1t is to
receive offense,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

THIS IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger If you
darken your ugly. grizzly. gray hairs by
using La Creole" Hair Dressing. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

It takes an experienced elevator boy
to let q man down easy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Deck Does Not Sink.

A British patent has been granted
for ship so constructed that, in event
of wreck, the hull would sink and the
decks float away with the passengers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
Its My
Standby
for a
Cold.
Those who object to liquid medI-
cines can procure Peruna Tablets.

Add New Industries.
Baltimore in three years has In
vested $1G0,OO0,000,000 in new indus
tries.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Need More Than Mules.
The day has passed when war can
be won with q string of mules
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
AVOID A DOCTORS BILL

on the first of the month by taking
now bottle of Mansfield Cough Bal
sam for that hacking. hollow cough.
Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
! CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
| for infants and children, and see that it
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09

Eggs" Mailed free request
Address Royal Baking Ponder Coz Dept w. 1875 William Street, N~ York
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-11-09
1t Keeps You Well

Your liver acts as a watchdog and helps to keep
your system free from posons and from the diseases
due to self-posoning
Your health may depend upon keeping your
liver active.
purifying medicine is frequently needed, to
stir up your liver into the proper activity, induce the
bowels to act freely and purge the system from del
eterous matter
Thedford's Black-Draught has been doing this
successfully for many years. and is today of the
favorte liver medicines in the South, where liver
medicines are so much used.
Prepared from purely vegetable ingredients,
Black-Draught has of the bad effects so often
observed from the use of Calomel other mineral
drugs
It acts naturally, promptly, reliably, and has