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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
NEW TRENCH IDEA
GERMEN'S STARTED
ADVANCE FORCES NOW SCATTER
ED OVER A GREAT DEPTH
IN sTRONGHoLDS.
DEEP DUGOUTS DISCARDED
British Artillery Breaks Up Shoulder
to-ShouIder Fighting in Long Ditch
Start of Fourth War Year.

British Front in France and Bel
bium.-The beginning or the fourth
year of the war finds the Germans
rapidly making a radical change in
their methods of defense along the
British battle front in northern France
ana Belgium. The continuous line of
wonderfully constructed forward
trenches with their deep dugouts, in
which lived and fought great numbers
OF men, are fast passing into the dis
card.
The enemy is adopting a system of
scattering his advance forces over
a great depth.
Cunningly constructed strongholds
among the shell-holes now conceal in
Vulnerable small and more or less iso-
lated garrisons of men who formerly
fought shoulder to shoulder along the
great stretches of picturesque bitches,
through which communication was not
broken for miles.
Germans Built Death Traps.
This alteration has been brought
about by the ever-growing preponder-
ance of British artillery which buried
the German front line trenches under
an avalanche of shells and has left
the defenses nothing but heaped fur
rows of earth and has made the fam
Gus dug-outs veritable man traps in
which countless thousands have lost
their lives without a chance of fight.
ing back. The continuous leduge OF
breaking steel made repair work on
the trenches impossible and as the
Germans were gradually passed back
they, of necessity, were forced to in
vent another mode of stemming the
advancing tide.
So it has come to be depth of de
lenses upon which the Germans de
pend in many places rather than the
strength of his first line trenches. The
recent allied offensive east and nortl
of Ypres disclosed many examples O
this new scheme of fighting, whicl
bids fair to take the place of the tao
tics of the last three years.
Outposts Now Far Apart.
Wherever the German front lin
trenches have been made untenable
or where a British attack is expected
one finds the new order of things. TIL
first German lines now often consis
= of strong outposts concealed in shel
! NittSio VI SOpotS, anu d COnSlQeTaDl
2 distance apart.
! Back of these outposts are chain
of shell-hole nests, each nest consist
I ing of two or three craters connecte
by underground passages that ofte
\ lead to dug-outs. AS the entire tel
: ritory is pitted with holes, this is cas-
: of accomplishment and it may be pr,
p sumed that the Germans figure it wi
ho har fc,
q out the defended shell-holes from tn
v thousands of others scattered about
/ Where time has allowed, the &c
:. mans have made the shell-hole d.
lenses with elaborate care. Each mes
is heavily protected by barbed wir
d and the chambers beneath are rel
r forced with timbers and concrete. /
g these the infantry lurk with machin
n guns and rifles, ready to rush out an
e begin firing if an attack is launche
l. against them.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
SAYS STATIC CURRENTS
NOW MAKE SMUT FIRES
Dust Drawn off by an Exhaust
Fan, They AIIege.

Washington State College, Pullman
After studying smut explosions and
fires in Washington wheat fields for
four vars the state experiment station
has reached the following conclusions:
1. There is static electricity about an
operating separator This static cleo
tricity will set fire to, and consequent
ly explode, smut and dust made by
finely pulverized straw or other or
ganic, combustible material that may
be floating in dense clouds in and
about the SEPARATOR. An explosion of
this character is merely matter of
getting the combustible dust and the
air mixed in the right proportions.
2. Threshing machine operators who
have wired their separators so as to
carry off and ground" the static cleo
tricty have had no explosions.
Draw off Dust With Fam
3. The inflammable mixture of smut
and air can be greatly diluted-and
therefore rendered less explosive-by
using an exhaust fan to draw off the
smut dust from the cylinders.
A. When dust and smut have been
drawn off, over the cylinder, the sepa,
rators have gone through the season
without an explosion.
| 5. The fire that usually destroys the
separator burns the sacked wheat
straw and shocked grain, is on the out
side of the machine. If the litter is
kept from accommodating under and
near a thresher, the destructive out
side fires are more likely not to occur
Sprinklers Control Fires.
-,
stalled a properly designed sprinkler
system in their threshing machines
have been able in most cases to con
troll the fires starting with smut ex
plosion with small damage.
These conclusions represent thu
findings of 10 men of the state colleg
and experiment station staff. among
whom were engineers, chemists, farm
crop specialists, farm mechanics, sepa
rator operators and practical whea
; growers.
Static electricity is generated in a.
operating threshing machine by the az
ton of straw smut and other mater
ial whipping against the parts of tn
separator. 1t is condensed on metalli
parts of the thresher, which are NOR
or less insulated from the ground b
the grease ana OIL OF the Journals, an
by ;Ae wooden parts of the separator
Spar Jump Across Gap.
TITS eloc -ricity, when accumulate
in s.Icic-ent quantity, jumps over @
breaks down the insulation, formin
spark very much like lightning i
the sky or electricity jumping tn
: spark gap in a spark plug. This col
dition is always present when graf
! is threshed in very dry weather. Sepi
{ rator men have seen these electric di
/ plays int he cylinders when runnin
at night, and often receive shocks b
coming in contact with some part {
the machine.
Smut is highly inflammable. Whe
dry and mixed with air in the rigf
e proportion it is fired by the electri
1 sparks; in fact a mixture of air an
/ smut ignites very much as does tn
e mixture of air and gasoline ignite
an automobile engine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
Start Holstein Herd in Canada.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Canadian breeders
from Alberta have closed deal with
Oliver Cabana Jr., for the purchase of
Albina Josie King, a con of Albina Jo-
sic, for $4,000. They also took two
yearling daughters of Rag Apple Horn
dyke for $4,000 each. The three ami
mails will form the nucleus of a Hol-
stein herd in the northwest.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
Bio Cattle Shipment.

e St. PauI.-The heaviest cattle run
this year is forecast at South St Paul
this week, when 10000 head are ex-
pected to arrive. The estimate calls
for 470 carloads, most of the ship
ments being North Dakota and Mon
tana stock.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21

'Heyi" yelled the carpenter, wrath
fully at his new assistant, didn't l
tell you to notice when the glue boiled
over?"
Eyes, sir, and 1 did," responded the
youth; lit was exactly quarter past
ten"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
NOTED PERSONS DIE

Newark, N. j. Cortland Parker,
lawyer and member of a distinguish
ing New Jersey family, aged SO years.
Roanoke, Va.-The body of for
mer Senator John w. Kern of Indi-
ana. who died at Asheville, N. c.,
was brought to the Kern summer
home where the funeral services
were held Sunday.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
Won sernstorff Goes TO Turkey.

Berlin.-Count Won Bernstorff, the
former German ambassador to the Uni
ted States, has been appointed to the
post at Constantinople.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
RevoIts in Finland.

London.-Great revolts have taken
place in the leading towns of Finland,
according to reports this week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
soIdier,s Eouipment Cost s15s.so.

Washington.-It costs the United
States just s156.SO to equip an infan-
tryman for service in France.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
Power Companies Prosper.

The Idaho Power company. the
Utah Power & Light company and
the Washington Water Power COM
pany. the three great hydro-electric
concerns in control of large portion
of the Idaho electrical field, made a
net surplus in 1916 and greater earn
ing than in 1915. Financial state
ments filed by these companies.
among others, with the state auditor
for the use of the state board of
equalization show that combined their
earnings in 1916 amounted to $1,515.-
GAL as against S1,404,257 for 1915.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21
Austrians Take Prisoners.

On the eastern front military activ-
ity was largely confined to the Ru-
manian front. South of Grfozechi, in
southwestern Moldavia. forces of
Archduke Joseph of Austria attacked
the Rumanian and Russian troops,
taking more than 1000 prisoners.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-21

Indications are that our government
is preparing to take control of the
coal industry.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15

The readers OF this paper viii be
pleased to learn that there - ax least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that il catarrh Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Medicine il taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby Destroying
the foundation Of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
work. The proprietors have % much
faith In the curative powers OF Hairs
Catarrh Medicine that they offef One
20 cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY Z CO.. Toledo.
Ohio. Sold by all DruggfUt. 15c.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
PoSTMASTERS MUST
STAND EXAMINATION.

Postmaster General Burleson
mas announced that after April !,
the appointees of all postmasters
OF the first, second and third class
would be subject to competitive
examinations. Nominations will
De sent to the Senate as in the
past, but in making selections the
PRESIDENT will be guided by the re-
suits of examinations and will
send IN the names at the head
of the lists.
whether the civil service COM
mission, under which the fourth
class postmasters are now nam
ed, will conduct the examinations
has not been determined.
The president s forthcoming or
der viii provide for form of mod
flied civil service classification
under which all vacancies, wheth-
er caused by resignation, removal
or death, will be filled by compe-
tltlve examination. Those al
ready In the service will continue
without examination until the ex-
piration of four years term begin
ming with their last appointment,
and will then, it is understood,
have to undergo the. competitive
test.
A hornet S nest was stirred up
by the announcement at the CAPT
tOl, when scores of members
were In their offices preparing to
leave for home. The order was
roundly denounced by some of
the Democratic leaders and sew
eral members construed it as a
move to get combined Democratic
and Republican support in pO-
litically uncertain house.
Most of the congressman who
saw Mr.. Burleson went on the lat.
ter's invitation, to discuss the
new plan for systematizing postal
accounting by establishing central
auditing postoffices in county OF
district groups. This subject wa:
Overshadowed, however, when the
news of the civil service ordes
was broken.
| One southern member asked il
the postmaster general had called
them there to ask their views Oh
to tell them what had been done.
81 am telling You what is go.
ing to happen" he replied.
The postmaster general is quot
ed, as having told them it was
too late to protest, as the order
had been determined upon AMI
would be carried OUT
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
Drives Out Malaria. Builds Up syssem

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASrELESS chill TONIC. drives out
the blood and builds up the sys-
eem- a true tonic. For adults and children Soc
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
SPEAKERSHIP DOUBTFUL.

Control of the House is a
matter of doubt. As a result
of the Death of Representative
Conry, of New York, the Repub-
licans appear to have the lead.
They now have 215 votes assured.
1t is conceded, while the Demo
Gratis have only 214. Reports are
that three newly elected Demo
Gratis are seriously I'LL. No sue
cessor to Mr.. Conry, will be elect
ed before next November, it is be-
heved.
Five members of the incoming
Congress are classed as "lnde-
pendents. Hence, in the special
session called for April, it would
appear that the Republicans will
have the advantage, as a majority
of the membership of the House,
21S members, are necessary TO
the selection of a speaker. How
ever, the Democrats are not with
out hope.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
MRS. LUCY GORMAN
BURNED TO DEATH.

One of the most horrible acct
dents that has occurred IN this
county lately happened Monday
about noon when Mrs. Lucy Cor
man one of the oldest women IN
the county was found almost to-
tally cremated, her body lying up
in the fireplace across a not IRE.
She was discovered by some
young man who threw water on
the fire and ran out and notified
the train crew of the west bound
local and when they reached the
room she was almost entirely
burned up.
Mrs. German was sister of
the late r. c.. McKelvey and was
IA years old Feb. 21st. She was
a most excellent wOlRan and is
survived by a number OF rela-
tives, but no immediate family,
her husband, Mr.. Frank Gorman,
having died many years ago
She was a cripple, having lost
a limb by the train many years
ago, and as no one actually saw
the accident it is not known just
how she came to fall into the fire,
whether from heart failure or
while possibly stirring the fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Mchelvey,
of Hickman, KY, Emmett Nickel
vey, of this county, and I'D Par
ham, of Dresden, were the mme-
date relatives who attended the
burial. Services were conducted
at the residence of MIR. j. w. Ten
nell, the home of her birth, by
Rev. Jas. c. Orr. Democrat,
Waverly, Tenn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
SPRING COLDS ARE
DANGEROUS.

SUDDEN changes Of temperature
and underwear bring spring colds
with stuffed up head, sore throat
and general cold symptoms. A
dose of DIR. Kings New Discovery
Is sure relief, this happy combina-
ton of antiseptic balsam clears
the head, soothes the irritated
membranes and what might have
been "a lingering, cold is broken
up. Don't stop treatment when
relief Is first felt az a half cured
cold Is dangerous. Take DIR.
Kings New Discovery till your
cold Is gone. Advt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15

In renewing his subscription to
the Courier, our valued friend, Il.
z. Fortune, of Memphis, writes
Il admire your independence in
disseminating papers to those
subscribers who fail to remit at
expiration. / overlooked the
matter until you ceased sending
the paper; then i thought would
see if / missed it-with the re-
suit as YOU see-I am renewing
for this year. i have been a
subscriber for over 40 years; ;
therefore can be classed among
your oldest subscribers and read
ers."
MULES AND HORSES: Sever
a good pairs Of mules, good
mares and saddle horses for sale.
Win accept good notes. s. L.
Dodds. tic.
Listen Friends: Try some Of
my Sugar Loaf Bread, Canned
0oodA String BeanA Corn, Lima
Beans, Beets. Pea, etc, q Bet
tersw0rtha.
Ma Gus Rudy, Of Wickliffc.
jointed her husband hare Friday.
Mr.. Rudy = the new manager of |
the Cumberland Tele. Co.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
BAD COLDS FROM
SUDDEN CHANGES.

Spring brings all kinds of
weather and with il come colds
and the revival of winter coughs
and hoarseness. DR.. Bells Pine
Tar-Honey viii head off q new
cold or stop the old one, the
soothing balsams relieve the
sore throat and heal the irritated
tissues. Get q bottle today and
start treatment at once. At your
druggist, 25c. Formula on the
bottle. Advt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
COURTS ORDER FINAL.

In an unanimous opinion the
supreme court has decreed resto-
ration to her english owners OF
the liner Appam and cargo,
brought into Hampton roads moro
than a year ago by a prize crew
from the German raider Moewe.
Ship and cargo, valued at be-
tween three and four million dol
lars, must be transferred within
thirty days, as the court 3 order
is final American neutrality wat
violated in bringing the Appam
into Hampton Roads
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15

Iona c. Fish, Berea, Kentucky,
age fifteen years, produced one
hundred and fourteen (1l4) BUSH
els and seven (D pounds ON his
acre at a cost Of 5000 or Use
per bushel, thereby making $65
clear profit and, incidentally, win
ming the state championship as
well as the Corn Club challenge
trophy for this year.
"Old Judge Coffss" -nothine
bettor-at Bonduran1 Bgoa
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

To whom it may concern: This
is to notify the public that the
firm of Andrews Brothers was
dissolved by mutual consent ON
March J, 1917. All accounts due
the firm are to be paid to the
firm of Andrews & Chandler.
G. v. Andrews,
Z-2yc 4. 4. Andrews.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
INCREASE CORN YIELD.

Plant Bats Prolific, four ears
to the stalk; 80 bushels to acre
In Fulton county. Select, shellea
seed, grown in this county. Linn
tied amount for sale at So BUSH
81 or 2 bushels for So delivered in
Hickman. Cash with order. Leave
or mail your orders to Courier Of
flee, Hickman, KY. tip
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
DIZZINESS Is ANNOYING
As Many Hickman People Know
Too Well.

When the kidneys are weak or
disordering, they fall behind In
filtering the blood of poisons. AS
these poisons attack the nerves,
the result is felt in spells of YER
tigo, just as drunkenness will
make a man dizzy from the pois-
oning Of alcohol. Dizziness, head
ache, backache and irregularity
of the kidney secretions are all
signs of weak or disordered kid
neys and should not be neglect
ed. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, the
home-endorsed kidney remedy.
Read this Hickman resident s
statement:
Mrs. Richard Moss. Washington
St., Hickman, says: my kidneys
were out of order and my back
ached and panied. The action of
my kidneys was sometimes too
frequent, then again sluggish.
l had black spots before my eyes
and were awfully dizzy some
times. cant just tell how my
back felt, but sometimes 1t
panied 80 badly, l screamed. l
used a few boxes of DOan's Kid
ney Pills and was helped right
smart by them. / sure can say a
good word for Doan's Kidney
Pills, for they are one good med
icine.''
Price SOC, 1t all dealers. Don't
imply ask Tor . kidney remedy
get Doans Kidney Pills the
same that Mrs. Moss had.
FOster-Milburn Co., Prop, Buffs-
o. N. Y. Advt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15
n n ST
GROCERIES
Phone 4 c. II. Moore
m REACH-oR QUIT

6upposs . 6re broke out today
- he houss. office or store ad-
joining Jon how would you stand
- regard 10 . fire insurance poll
~ Have you got one ct ALI
u 4 II . sound and reliable COM
paayt Nov y the best time 10
think abou3 Il and 70 take out .
pe6sy Z you haven't one. You
eant - 4 afterwards you
know. See ~ shout . policy ct
o0co. Ths cost u smau-ths
bsnsk51s great
4 HELM T. HELM
HICKMAN Nv
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15

The report has been circulated
that Mayor Tom Dilalon would
not be a candidate for reelection
to the office he now holds. This,
We have reason to believe, II
merely rumor, as Mayor Dillon
has as yet given the matter no
serious consideration, one way
or the other.
Have the ehildren's shoes half
soled or repaired. We can save
you the price Of . new pair.-Bos'
ton Shoe Store.
An exchange wants to know 1t
there - . demand for two-and-a-'
half cent pieces. You bet! We
want al we can get.
C1snneat and bet line q gro.
ceEieu N Hickman-ack 6ta1R.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15

GAssvsperl Lar had . bad stom-
hsA trouble for years and became %
vsak I could hardly walk or do any
work. Ny appetite was poor. my food
would noe digest, bloatcd and was very
veak and nervous 1 tried many reme-
die without help. I saw vinof adver-
tispd and tried Il. and now my stomach
trouble 10 eoDPlc1rly cured and l an
vell"-E l. IAssHAxI-
vin0l y guaranteed to tone mp the
01104. over-taxed and vcakencd nerveo
- ~ sonnoeA - create strength
- = - Gk1Gg111A
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-03-15

Tom Pendleton has leased the
building opposite the N. G. depot,
formerly coupled by G. l..
Clarke grocery, and win move
has restaurant there this week.
We sssAssk IN prsssrip<ions
81 prevent installer -Hicknan
The Washington times., 1917-04-01
zoo DISTRICT BOYS
NEEDED BY NAVY

VIII you help to bring YOUR
navy up to war strength?
President Wilson wants Wash
ington to furnish 200 recruits in
the first twenty days of April.
You can help by joining Uncle
Sans fighting seamen or urging
one or more of your boys to be-
come a bldejacket.
Twelve recruits were enrolled
yesterday and the thirteenth
passed the examination, but was
rejected because he lacked two
months of being seventeen years
old.
Fourteen young men applied for
admission to the navy t"day.
These will be examined tomorrow.
The honor of the District IL at
stake. Washington must raise the
200 men desired by April 20.
The first call OF Uncle Sam IL the
most important. Don't delay-join
the navy now. Apply at the sta
tion at Ninth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue northwest. 1t will
be open until IL o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1917-04-01

demonstration. Anti-pRcffsts state
there will be $4,000 in theirs. But so
quickly has the latter organization
been in organizing its forces 1t seems
impossible that such a large number
could be got together in such a sho-t
time.
And the battles between pacifists
and anti-pacifists will not be staged
alone in the Capitol. The plans Of the
pacifists and anti-pacifists alike are to
fill the streets, the hotels, the gather
ing places of citizens, with delegates,
and by their numbers, and II possible
their speeches, impress their views
upon the innocent citizens OF Washing
ton.
Yes, 1t seems a big time is promised
for Warrington tomorrow.
when Trains Leave.
In advertisements published in New
York today, the times OF departure
for the special train toporrow for the
anti-pacifists and pacifists are given,
together with the railroad fares.
The anti-pacifsts have arranged for
special Baltimore and Ohio trains to
leave at frequent intervals" between
10 a. m. and p. m. The special rates
offered on these trains are IS round
trip and $500 one way.
The anti-pacifists' 9ecial trains
over the Pennsylvania will leave "at
frequent intervals" between 10 and ?,
with a fare OF $10.1s round trip and
$500 one way
A pacifists' special train will leave
the Pennsylvania station in New York
at midnight tonight. Another special
Is advertised to leave the Baltimore
and Ohio station at 1890 a. m.
The round trip fare for the pacifists
on the Pennsylvania special Is adver-
tised as $14. On the Baltimore and
Ohio special train IL will be S12. Only
the one special train on each of the
two railroads Is scheduled to bring
members of the Emergency Peace
Federation to the Capital.