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Morris tribune., 1917-12-21
OUESTIONAIRES ARE
NOW BEING SENT OUT
Fifty Being Mailed From Auditors
Office Each Day to Registered
Men

The work of sending out the
questionaires to all registered men
in Stevens county was begun last
Saturday and they are being sent
sent out at the rate of fifty a day
Those who receive the questiOnaires
will begin to appear before the legal
advisory board tomorrow, fifty day
until they have all filled out the re-
quired blanks.
- This advisory board is made up of
Judge S. A. Flaherty, Judge G. W.
Beise and Attorney J. B. Ormond.
These men are giving their services
free of charge to help the registered
men in filling out the sixteen pages
of questions and get them answered
properly.
Each person who has to fill out a
QUESTIONABLE must bring with him
all of his dependents, who have to
sign the affidavits. He must also
bring two witnesses who know him
and can sign the af1davits. Those
coming from distance should keep
these things in mind in order to save
them an extra trip.
Besides the three men named
above who have offered their services
free, others will be on hand to assist
the men and these also will donate
their time to the government. Those
who have already offered to help are,
Rev. Olson, Rev. ThornelI, Rev. Stew
er, Attorney Paul Spooner, Attorney
Cherry, Attorney Mangan, G. Buck
entin, Supt Miller, Prof. Utne, Prof.
Volden, Henry Jones, S. A. Siverts,
Sr., w. Frame, and Attorney Cush-
ing of Hancock, Mr.. Boderick and
Mr. Roberts of Hancock, L. P. Norby
of Alberta, L. Dorweiler and L. S.
Graves of Chokio and J. P. Steinfort
and G. Erstad of Donnelly.
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

greatest ever held in America and
surpassed everything in the number
of really high class colts and fillies.
Food conservation was adequately
recognized at the big show this year
and demonstrations were held under
capable instructors of the domestic
science department of the Iowa State
College.
Altogether the show this year was
one of the best ever held and those
from this locality claim it the beg
gest thing they have ever had the
privilege of attending.
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

cheney Of the company is to be kept
at it's present high standard, and it
is to rank among the very best COM
panies of the state.
It is to be regretted that the Home
Guard cannot look to the state Of
Minnesota to furnish uniforms, yet
such is the case. The state furnishes
all equipment except uniforms, but
the Public Safety Commission has no
funds which can be used to purchase
uniforms for the Home Guards-a
condition which was understood at
the time of the organization. In a
number of cities, the Home Guard
uniforms have been purchased by the
city, but the public safety fund of
the City of Morris is not large enough
to pay for uniforms for the Morris
company and that closes the posi-
bility of even asking the city commits
sion to make an appropriation. 1t
is understood that the attorney-gen-
eral has also ruled that the county
has no authority to appreciate money
for this purpose.
q Since no pubic 1uuuS are avail
able, members and citizens have been
discussing whether to raise the
money by the usual method of pass
ing a subscription list or to use some
indirect method. The khaki uni
forms we're purchased from the pro-
ceeds of Ford rattle, and the COM
pany still owes balance of $500.
It is the intention that this balance
will be paid off by the receipts from
dances and entertainments given
during the winter.
The woolen uniforms will cost
about $4,000, and members and
friends of the company are now dis
cusing how to raise this amount, and
the discussion has now reached a
point where it is desired that some
one come forward with an idea.
The situation may be epitomized
in few words: WANTED $4,000,
and an idea on how to get it,"
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

q 5 Is ~ 5 : Z
! Mayor Jones of Morris, has been
communicating with officials of the
power company in regard to this
move and he believes the people Of
the city will not object to the change,
as they have shown their willingness
to adapt themselves to conditions
made necessary by the war.
The new plan will interfere with
the city waterworks to some extent,
as it is necessary to run the pump
motors all night and when the power
is off they will have to be operated
by gasoline engine. This will
make an additional expense to the
city, as it costs more to run the en-
gine than the motor and an extra
man will have to be hired.
The change in service will likely
be made the first of the year or a
few days before
The power company in a letter 20
Mayor Jones say they greatly regret
the necessity of curtailing the serv-
ice, but it is thru no fault of theirs.
They have tried to maintain their
service by burning hundreds Of tons
of coal each month, amounting to
thousands of tons in the aggregate,
and this has been purchased at war
prices, making loss to the company
as they sell their current at water
power rates and not at steam mower
rates.
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21
HOME GUARD WANTS
WARMER UNIFORMS
Cotton Uniform None to Comfortable
With Mercury Playing Aronud
20 Below

The members of the Morris com
pany of the Home Guards found their
cotton khaki uniforms none too COM
Portable while on duty at st. Paul
recently, and members and citizens
are interesting themselves in pro-
curing warm woOlen uniforms.
While it is not probable that the COM
pany will be called out again soon,
yet they may be, and then they need
the warm uniforms anyway for drill
ing during the winter, which drill
is absolutely necessary if the eff
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

Stones sootless coal-guaranteed
to please. If
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

Harry Quigley froze both of his
feet very badly Wednesday of last
week, but is able to attend to his
business in the garage. He was
called into the country after supper
to help pull in one of Mr.. Peck's
trucks and had so much trouble on
the return trip that he froze his feet
before he realized it, the night be-
ing desperately cold. Pete Omen
was driving the Peck truck and was
bringing a load of hay to Norris and
in some way fell off and hurt him
self so badly that he could not con-
tinue the trip and Mr.. Quigley went
out to assist him. The trucks went
into the ditch several times and 9th
er things happened that kept the
men out in the cold until early mid
night, and it was wonder that they
did not both get frozen worse. Mr..
Omen was not hurt as bad as he
thought and is able to be around.
Mr.. Quigley froze his right foot the
worst but expects it will be all right
if given time to heal up.
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21
CHRISTMAS CANTATA
BY M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL
Interesting Program to be Presented
This Evening at Methodist
Church

Those who saw the cantata,
''Sleepy Santa" given a year ago by
members of the M. E. Sunday school
will be glad to know that the oppor-
tunity will be given to enjoy an
other cantata by the same organiza-
tion. This year they will present a
Christmas cantata entitled, SLEEPY
Santa and his Auto Sleigh" and it
will be put on this evening, Friday,
at the church. This is under the
direction of Miss Hazel Witwer and
she has been busy many weeks drill
ing the different people who will take
part.
A cast of forty-nine persons will
present the cantata in verse and song
and the special costumes and music
promise to make the program one of
the most charmin gand beautiful en-
tertainments of it's kind ever pre-
sented here. The play in itself is
very pretty, showing the troubles of
a modern Santa Claus, and the
church will be decorated especially
for this occasion, this work being
under the supervision of the Lead
ers," Sunday school class and young
men.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Plotters: Clara Lang, Agnes Will
son, Myrtle Lime, Bessie Steinert,
Paul Anderson, John Garbrick, Man
fred Schroeder, Milton Ross.
Santa Claus William Hope.
Jack Frost-Philip Scheickhard
Santa's Right Hand Man-Harry
Adams.
Sand Man-Martin Mumbleau.
Uncle Sam-Leroy Welfare.
Garage Man-Curtiss Shaw.
Wise Men-Philip Schweickhard,
Allan Dripps, Wesley Stegner.
DR.. Quick Warren Wilcox.
Red Cross Nurses Florence BehI,
Agnes Wilson, Edna Hanson.
Fairy Mildred Adams.
Toy Girls-Frances Ware, Thelma
Horn, Gladys Richards, Adeline
Westby, Gladys Michaelscheck
Fairies Florence Riniker, Dor
othy Scobey, lone Schroeder, Emma
E1OIu, NdCuGIluS 1Ilpp, MyII1S NdI-
brick.
Wrinkles Donald Stensland, Mar
shall Stensland, Walter Stensland,
Buddy Michalscheck, Anthony Horn.
Sleepy Head Band-Harriet Jen-
nings, Allan Adams, Jean Scobey,
Elizabeth .Riniker, Vivian Ross,
Dorothy Etter, Florice Schroeder,
Cecil Horn, Ellen Cherry, Leslie
Roth, Lucille Lime, Dorothy Hum
phreys.
The program begins promptly at
o'clock and the admission will be
free. An offering will be taken to
defray some of the expenses. Every
body is invited, and especially the
children.
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

Hon. Fred B. Snyder, well known
citizen of Minneapolis, and chair
man of the Board of Regents of the
State University, has announced him
self candidate for United States
senator. Mr.. Snyder is of senator
ial size and the fact that he is very
close friend of Senator Knute Nelson
indicates that Senator Nelson's de-
cision not to again be candidate is
final.
Morris tribune., 1917-12-21

Telephone bus calls for Grifhth's
bus to the Merchants Hotel any time
of the day or night. advtf.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Offers His SerUices to
 GoUernor Campbell

Two days before thenation. al congress had declared wal with Germany, but when il was practically certain that war would be declared, Lew H. Mickey, state livestock inspector for this county, wrote to Governor Campbell and offered his services in any capacity the governor might direct.
 MT. Mickey's letter was written April 4, and under date of April 6 Governor Campbell replied, expressing his great appreciation of MT. Mickey's offer and thanking him for it. The governors letter further stated that should MT. Mickey's services be needed the governor would not hesitate to avail himself of them.
 MT. Mickey has had valu- able training in scout duty, having served for four years as sergeant of the Ariz- ona Rangers, an organization that was disbanded in Febru- ary 1909. During this period Mr. Mickey travelled in nearly every county in the state, and with his Ranger com pany did invaluable service in ridding Arizona of cattle thieves and other lawbreak- CTS.
 MT. Mickey yet owns his saddle horse ''Dutch," now IT years old, which carried him through those strenuous four years. This horse was ridden last Sunday by MT. Mickey when he acted as standard bearer in the loyalty day parade.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Child Fatally Burned

Last Sunday afternoon while playing near a bonfire Edna, the six year old dau- ghter of MT. and Mrs. Geo. Etoch, was fatally burned. A number of other children were with the unfortunate girl and some one of them it is said threw coal oil on her dress. The girls clothing was ignited and before the flames could be extinguished the child was so badly burned that she died a few hours later in spite of the heroic efforts of physicians to save her.
 Funeral services and bur- ial occurred Monday after noon.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
The Star-Spangled Banner
By FRANCIS SCOTT KEY

Oh you by the dawn's early light
 What proudly ha'd at the twghts last cleaning Whose broad stripes and bright stars through perous
 Der the ramparts watched galany streaming And the rockets red glare, and bombs bursting the air.
 Gave proof through the night that flag there Oh! say, does the starspanged banner yet wave
 Ger the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dmy through the mist of the deep
 Where the foes naughty host dread silence reposes What that which the breeze oer the towering steep
 AS it fitfuly blows, half conceas half dscloses? Now it catches the gleam of the mornings first beam
 In full glory reflected, shines in the stream; 'Tis the starspanged banner Oh! long may it wave
 Ger the land of the free and the home of the brave. And where is that band who vauntingly swore
 Mid the havoc of war and the battles confusion, home and country they'd leave more?
 Their blood has washed out there foul footsteps pouon No refuse could save the hirelng and slave
 From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
 Ger the land of the free and the of brave Oh thus be it ever, when freeman shall stand
 Between their loved home and wars desolation; Best with victory and peace the Heavenescued hand
 Praise the that made and preserved a nation Then must, when it is just.
 And this be motto, Tn God is trust And the starspangled banner in triumph shall wave
 Ger the land of the free and the home of the brave
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Enrollment List Requested

The Adjutant General of Arizona has instructed all Arizona county assessors to provide the state military authorities with an enroll ment list containing the names of every ablebodied male citizen between the ages of Is and 45.
 From these lists will be picked enough men to bring the Arizona regiment up to full war quota.
 Ministers of the gospel, civil officers of the United States; any one who has served for three years in the army, navy or volunteers; idiots, lunatics, persons con- victed of infamous crimes, paupers, habitual drunkards, and those physically incapac- itated, who are able to prove their disability, are exempt.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13

Town Council Transacts Business
 Thursday evening an ad- journed session of the Hol- brook town council was held. The council had been ad- journed from Wednesday evening, the regular meet ing night, at the request of a few business men who had expressed a desire to be present at the meeting.
 When the meeting was called to order Thursday night by Mayor Scorse, none of the men who asked for the postponement of the reg ular meeting were present, and they did not appear during the evening.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Historic Relic

Mayor w. R. Scorse is the p0ssessor of a fife which was used by an ancestor of his at the battle of Waterloo when the army of Napoleon was overthrown by the armies of England and her allies. The instrument is in a splendid state of preservation and IS highly prized by MT. Scorse.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13

Miss Ruth Wallace, who is assisting in the St. Johns State bank at St. Johns, spent Sunday with her parents in Holbrook.
 Geo. w. Hennessey and family returned yesterday afternoon from Long Beach, Cal, where they had been residing since last fall. All members of the family are greatly improved in health.
 Judge D. J. Thomas and Attorney J. E. Crosby, ac- companied by their wives, left here this morning to at tend to business matters in St. Johns.
 c. A. Curtis of Houck was Ia business visitor to Hol- brook Thursday. MT. Curtis has just sold his Indian trad ing store and real estate in- terests at Houck and will leave in a few days for a trip to his old home in New England.
 Miss Rose Scorse received Tuesday a novel Easter present from a friend in Phoenix. This was an ostrich egg, weighing three and a half pounds. The friend sent full instructions as to the manner of cooking the egg, and Miss Scorse has in- vited a few of her friends to be her guests when the egg is prepared for food.
 Three automobile loads of Holbrook people visited the painted desert Wednesday. In the party were Miss Rose Scorse, MT. and Mrs. J. H. Scorse, Mayor and Mrs. w. R. Scorse, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Scorse, and MT. and Mrs. Albert Broden, of Reading, Pa., who have been guests of the Scorse families for two weeks
 Patriotic services were held in the L. D. s. chapel Loyalty day. Meeting was opened by the congregation singing Columbia, Gem of the Ocean, prayer offered by Bishop J. H. Miller. The congregation then sang 'The ar-Spangled Banner. Pro- lessor Peterson delivered a forceful lecture on Loyalty, and Jos. w. Smith followed up with a lecture on Patriot ism. Choir sang America" and benediction by Lyman Bates.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Holbrook Mason Honored

Lloyd c, Henning, past master of Chalcedony Lodge No. 6, F. 6 A. M., has been appointed deputy grand lec- turer for the second district of Arizona, which includes Holbrook, Winslow, Flag staff and Kingman. MT. Henningreceived his appoint ment last Saturday, his ere dentials coming from A. A. Betts, grand lecturer of Ari- ZOna.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Road Bonds Should Be Voted

ROdd DOHQS OHOuId pc VOLSd
 The News is decidedly in favor of voting the road inn provement bonds at the special election called for Tuesday, April "A. Un- questionably better roads are needed in this county and the taxpayers should not neglect this opportunity to provide the money for their improvement.
 It matters not if you do not indorse the course taken by the county supervisors in calling the election, and in appointing a commission to apportion the money; these and other matters Of detail are trivial and should not in- fuence voters. Results alone are important, and if the is- suance of $16O, 900 in bonds will put the roads-of Navajo county in good condition, (and none will deny it) then the bonds should be voted.
 Every locality in Navajo county will be benefited by better roads, and likewise every resident in the county. Some sections of the county
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13

will reap a larger benefit than others, but the benefit to none will be so small that they can afford to do with but them.
 A vast majority of the eltizens of Navajo county aEe progressive people. They be|ieve in going ahead. They do not not believe that the e9ndition of things that ex- lsted 40 years ago is good enough for them, and for their children. They are qnick to seize every oppor- unity to improve the gen. eralconditions of the country in which they line. Note the splendid schools and lunches that exist in every e9mmunity throughout the e2unty. The people who have helped to build these lnstitutions will take no 5aekward step, nor will they
 md still. They will go
 efWard; they will vote for
 6e bonds.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
ETrdtunn

Last week in publishing the list of prize winners at the party of Miss Regina Wetzler, the names of the winners of the prizes at whist were unfortunately omitted. Miss Fay Flanigan won the prize for the girls and Morris Richards won the prize for boys.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13

Dr. and Mrs. J. w. Bazell arrived in Holbrook yester- day afternoon by automobile from Flagstaff where they were married Wednesday night. They will make their home in one of the Wetzler bungalows near the new school building.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Shall We Go Backward?

OUI lIIS CIIO WCCh ct JOCI
 tion has been placed in cir.
 culation requesting the board
 of county supervisors to cal.
 an election for the purpose
 of voting upon the question
 of disincoporating the town.
 The petition was started by
 some of the people who op-
 posed incorporation six
 weeks ago when the super
 visors declared the town in-
 corporated, acting upon a
 petition signed by more than
 two-thirds of the resident taxpayers of the town.
 These opponents of pro- gress, evidently refusing to submit to the will of the majority, are now seeking to undo the thing done by the majority, and are endeavor- ing to accomplish in another way what they were unable to accomplish at first.
 The News favored incor- poration, and still favors it. We KNOW that only under incorporation can the town grow as it should grow. The advantages of incorporation are so many that it is diff cult to understand why any one would oppose it. But few people who have lived in an incorporated town for any length of time, would willingly return to an unin- corporated town. A town is ready for disincor- poration is in the last stages of decay-a fit subject for the boneyard.
 Holbrook is not such a town. On the contrary, Holbrook is in her first youth, and under incorpora- ton her advancement will be rapid and continuous. Can l it be possible that the people who are now promoting the movement, do not want the town to grow?I Do they prefer the old order of things because they do not want, for reasons they do not state, the town to in- in population?.
 We refuse to believe that a majority of the people of Holbrook are reactionary. Six weeks ago more than two thirds of the people showed that they are pro- gressive. They petitioned for an incorporated town, a pleasanter place in which to live. Why should they change their minds so soon? The town is but a few weeks old, and nothing has occurred during the administration of the present town govern ment that would warrant so radical change in sentiment. | We believe that if a vote is taken, the majority in favor of incorporation and progress will be better than ever.
 Town Council TrdnsdctS Business
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Easter Sunday SerDiceS

Bishop Atwood of the Episcopal church conducted services in the Methodist church Easter Sunday. The services were beautiful and impressive, the auditorium being profusely decorated with lilies and other flowers. Appropriate music was fur nished by the choir. At the close of the services a num- Der of people were confirmed.
 Complete line of pumps, pipefitings at Wetzler's.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Catholic Church SerUice

Services will be held in the Catholic Church of Holbrook on Sunday, April the 18th, as follows: Morning services at 10 a. m.; Evening services at ' p. m.
 Every one cordially invited.
 (Rev.) CYP. VABRE.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
Card of Thanks

The undersigned desire to express their heartfelt thanks to neighbors and fri ends who so freely extended sympathy and help at the time of their recent sad bereavement occasioned by the tragic death of their daughter.
 Mir. and Mrs. Geo. Etoch.
The Holbrook news., 1917-04-13
free legal services.

1ISO ISSdI OSI NICOS'
 Police Magistrate Boyel
 stated that he did not expeci and would not accept any
 salary for the time he acted
 prior to the election nexi
 month. His offer was gra'
 ciously accepted by the coun'
 cil.
 The marshal's salary from
 the time of his appointment until his successor is elected
 was fixed at $125, with the consent of MT. Mechanism,
 the appointee.
 We have been informed that one of the arguments used by circulators of the petition for disincorporation is that the council has voted eXhorbitant salaries to offi- cials and that it has incurred a lot of other unnecessary expenses. As to the salaries voted, not even the most bitter opponent of incorpora tion can justly find fault with those fixed Thursday night. As to other expenses incurred, the statement that they are unnecessary has no foundation in fact.
 In any business enterprise municipal or commercial the necessary expenses at' first are greater than they will ever be afterwards. Tn starting a municipal govern it is absolutely neces- sary that some sort of civic. law be enacted. In other words, ordinances must be' and corporate sup plies must be purchased This entails some eXpendi ture of money. Then, tod until taxes can be levied and collected, it is necessary to- some revenue. This has been provided for by a business license tax, which will no doubt be discontin- ued as soon as other taxes are available.
 We think the present town rather than being lnjustly critisized, should be highly commended for the business like manner the towns business has been transacted. Every member of the council is a man of judgment and unim- peachable integrity. All are entitled to great credit for the course they have pur- sued. They should, at least be given a fair chance.