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Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
Grain Bins VS.. Freight Cars


At the present writing the North
west has something like IS per cent
of it's normal quota of freight cars,
while the Eastern lines have an ex-
cess of perhaps 20 per cent above
normal. Our theorizings as to read
justment of the freight car d1str1-
button are good just so far as they
actually help to bring the extra cars
west; unless they do this they are
worth little or nothing.
1t may be assumed that the Council
of National Defense and the National
Council of Railway Managers will do
all they can to equalize distribution
of freight facilities thruout the entire
country. If they succeed, we'll and
good; if they should not succeed it
puts the problem up to the individual
farmer in the Northwest.
Possibly the problem is up to him
anyway. There is more freight now
moving, or ready for shipment, than
ever before, and the building of
freight cars, of locomotives, and of
terminal trackage has not kept pace
with the expanding volume of the
transportation business. Even with
the best possible distribution and
best possible service rendered, it is
more than likely that we shall have
a congestion in the Northwest due
to our practice of dumping our wheat
into elevators, and thru the elevators
onto the railroads.
Why not alter the practice this
fall? Why not haul to the elevator
only such part of the crop as actually
must be cashed in, storing the rest
on the farm in suitable grain bins?
Bins of capacity of from 500 to L.
500 bushels may be built or may be
purchased ready made. In either
case their cost, when distributed
over a reasonable number of years,
makes a very small storage charge
for each bushel of grain taken care
of. These portable bins help solve
the labor question by releasing the
teams and men needed for hauling,
and in this way alone largely pay
for their original cost. The fire
danger which is urged against their
use is very little if proper Drecaution
is taken, and F., S. & H. never heard
of one that was struck by lighting.
1t is time for us to think not in
terms Of what the other fellow should
be obliged to do, but of what we
can and must do to carry the indus
trial burden of the war. If the war
cause us to stop our practice of
dumping our grain at a time of the
year when it's price is normally the
lowest; if it forces us, because of
shortage of labor, to provide our own
storage facilities; if it teaches us
that by storing the grain we usu-
ally gain a grade thru the sweating
process and defer the hauling period
until after the freeze-up; if by do
ing this we lessen the cash outlay of
delivering the crop and increase the
number Of early plowed acres, it
will not be all loss, but rather some
very substantial gain to those of us
who adopt these better methods of
handling the harvested crop.-Farm,
Stock and Home
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
Wool Shipped from Hancock

Hancock Record.--There was some
where between fourteen and fifteen
thousand dollars scattered around at
the depot last Friday and Saturday,
part in bales, part in sacks and a
part of it blowing around the ground.
The wool growers of the neighbor-
hood had brought in their annual
clip of some $4,000 pounds. One
man received a check of just $1,000
from the clip of 2O2 sheep and the
largest check called for $1275.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13

of the G. N. R. R. 64.77 acres, OAR
nen, $1O75.O0.
Rollin J. Hall to Ernest E. Hall,
n IL swA 10, Morris, $45OO.00.
Alfred C. Jessness to Carl P. Carl
son, Sc Il Sec. %, neA neA Sec. 80,
Swan Lake, 100000.
Andrew Lund to Gold Bros. Sec.
Co., nwA Sec. 35, Stevens, $1.OO.
Cornelius Mahoney to Thomas
Mahoney, nwA seA SO, synnes,
$1.OO.
Clifford G.. Wright to Joseph l..
Blunt, se14 Sec. II, Everglade, 81
and other.
Alick Olson to William E. Bor-
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
Tran Food Raiders

Rats and mice have too much their
own way in some households. Their
unhampered excursions into pantries
and larders will menace food con-
servation efforts this year. Get a
number of traps and fight them. Get a
sistent trapping will put an end to
these raiders, according to specialists
in the Biological Survey of the I'M
tied States Department of Agricul-
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
The Lutheran SYNOD

Scandinavian service with ceIe-
bration of the Lords supper at Nor
ris at 1890 o'clock.
Sunday school at IL.
Service with celebration Of the
Lords supper at Hancock at 8
o'clock.
Alberta confirmation class meets
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
Morris class meets Saturday at
$3.50 p. m.
J. Thornell, Pastor.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
AMONG THE CHURCHES
The Lutheran Free Church

The Ladies' Aid Society will be en-
tanned at church Friday, July 20, at
800 p. m. A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
Sunday school every Sunday at II
a. m.
No services in any of our churches
Sunday.
Pastor is at Doran, Mimi.
Andrew Olson.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13

land, Und. ga int. in, lots 2 and 8,
block 2, Chokio, 81 and other.
Axel G.. Sidenblad to Syver Hegg,
lot 5, block 26, Morris, $4,000.
Earl L. Thayer to Arthur W. Thay-
er, part of seA nw14 Sec. 3, Moore,
2 acres, $4,000.
Edward j. frost, to J. H. Halvor-
son, sell Sec. IS, Pepperton, $1O,-
10000.
Joseph Meyer to J. J. Kreiss, lot
%, block 1, Morris, $4,000.
A small stock of horse covers at
old time prices. Stone Implement
CO. st.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
Ignite Coal in Swift County

Benson Monitor.-While looking
over the work on Judicial Ditch No.
4 one day last week, DR.. E. B. John
ston picked up about peck of Ignite
coal which the dredging machine
had unearthed and deposited on the
dump along the ditch near the iron
bridge in the town of Hoff. The coal
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13

was scattered along the edge of the
ditch for a distance of Is or 20 rods.
DR.. Johnston brought the samples to
Benson and has sent some to the
State University for annalyzation
purposes. Specimens of the coal may
also be seen at the WiIlmers Land
office
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
Lutheran Services

Divine service will be held in the
Lutheran church of Swan Lake next
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
Divine service in Donnelly at
o'clock.
There will be a social gathering
in the Donnelly park after the SER
vice. Refreshments and ice cream
will be served.
Gustav A. Pilgrim.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
First Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunday, July Is, 1917.
Morning, Rev. w. H. Mahafie, Phi
D., will preach.
No evening service.
Sunday school at 11:45 a. m.
Epworth League at 700 p. m.
Leader, Agnes Wilson. Topic
what 1 Would Do With a Fortune -
Special singing at the morning
service.
A most cordial invitation extended
to attend these services.
Henry hobbs, Pastor.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13
Congregational Church

Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Church service at II a. m.
d J. A. Ringness will lead the devo-
tionals. J. c. Morrison will deliver
the address. Florence Ringness will
have charge of the music.
Christian Endeavor at 700 p. m.
No evening services.
Morris tribune., 1917-07-13

You will find more Of the leading
people Of Minnesota registered at the
Radisson, than at any other hotel in
the cities. adv.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
TEUTON TREACHERY
IS Barred BY NOTES
GUxBURG HAD PLOTTED FOR
WAR BETWEEN U. S. AND
SOUTH AMERICA.
President of Argentina Had Made Up
His Mind to Conclude Secret Agree
ment With Chile and Bolivia
for Protection.

hington.-Through a long series
of kilograms exchanged between the
notorious Count Luxburg, former Ger
man charge in Argentina, and the Ber-
lin foreign office, the state department
about German diplomatic trickery and
at the same time shed light upon some
hitherto unexplained activities of GER
tain Latin-American statesmen.
Luxburg, in one of his messages,
dated August /, last, reported that
President Irigoyen of Argentina at last
had made up his mind to conclude n
secret agreement with Chile and Bo-
livia for protection against North
America before the conference idea is
taken up again." The conference
idea" is assumed to have been the plan
for a Latin-American neutrality con-
ference, strongly supported by Presi-
dent Carranza of Mexico, and much
discussed in some of the South Ameri-
can countries, while the proposed Sc
cret agreement may explain reports
that have come from Buenos Aires re-
Gently of President Irigoyen's propos-
ais for a league of South American
nations.
In Latin-American diplomatic quar-
tiers here it is regarded as certain that
the disclosures will result very quickly
in an Argentine declaration of war
against Germany. Congress and ma
jority of the people favored this step
when the American government made
public the "Spurlos Versenkt" (sink
without a trace) message of Luxburg
and it is believed that the presidents
opposition now will be swept away il
IT is not withdrawn.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
HURLEY SHOULDERS BLAME.

Chairman OF Shipping Board Assumes
Entire Responsibility.
Washington.-Ameri shipbui1d-
ing program Is q one-man and, to date,
a one-ship affair
The senate shipbuilding investiga-
ton ON Friday surprised the probers
with the first disclosure and startled
them with the second. Edward N.
Hurley, chairman of the shipping
board, was the central factor in each
revelation After testifying that he
personally approved and accepted all
ship contracts as president of the
emergency feet corporation, Mr. Hur-
ley was questioned by Senator Hard
ing:
IAN the finances for this big pro
gram rest in your handsT
Yes, SIR"
mot IN the hands of the shipping
board2"
mo, SIR"
Then, If the whole thing fails, II
will be your fault?"
absolutely" said Hurley firmly.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
Gladstone = Hard Worker.

Gladstone was a hard worker, with
no breads with regard to work, says
the American Magazine.
He turned from political RESPONSE
bilities Of the heaviest to Greek for
recreation, and lived his four-score
years and more, Just as Pope Lee
XIII, turned to Latin poetry for his
relaxation from worldwide burdens
and lived on beyond four-score and
ten, living SO hopefully that when
at the little dinner given him on his
ninetieth birthday, one of the cardin.
ais said, In proposing a toast to him
Here's that you may live to be q
hundred, holy father" the old pontir
replied: But why limit me to @
hundred?"
They were contemporaries Of Ranke
the German historian, who at the age
OF ninety-one proposed to write a his
tory Of the world In IL volumes, one
volume to be completed each year
and actually lived, believe, to com
plete nearly half Of 1t.
These men had no breads; but they
allowed their energies to work on
without any fear of exhausting their
vitality.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
EARLY MAN FIGHTING ANIMAL
Ancestors Of Present People Wers
Called Upon to Face Beasts That
InhabIted'PIainsa and Rivers.

The first houses were caves Early
man was fighting animal, and had TO
contend against the huge and feroci-
Gus beasts that infested the plains and
rivers, observes q writer. His dwelling
naturally had to be place Of security
as well as a habitation. Caves were
natural and artificial, the latter being
followed out of solid rock by rude flint
instruments. Most of them were FORM
ed In the sides Of cliffs and among
high, rugged hills.
To those early ancestors of ours, the
primeval men and women who secured,
as one would think, but scanty shelter
and protection from these stone caves
and holes In the rock, we apply the
generic term of cliff dwellers.
They were entirely ignorant of agri-
culture, and subsisted by hunting and
fishing and ON the natural products
they found growing in wild state.
What Is very remarkable, at our
very doors can still be seen the typical
houses and handiwork of those pre-his-
toric tribes in the caves Of the Lancos
river in southern Colorado. These, In
most instances, are as well preserved
as when their ancient occupants de-
serted them-perhaps 10000 years
ago. When inhabited they were reach
ed quite frequently by notches cut In
the rock. and at other times rope lad
ders must have been used.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
REcoMPENsE AND RESTORATION
Such Are the Demands Of England,
Says Lloyd George.

London.-Premier Lloyd George in
the house of commons on December 20
gave the allies irreducible minimum
condition for peace. Briefly it is !:
There can be no lasting peace unless
Germany gives security that the world
will be safe hereafter from German ag-
gression, until Prussian militarism is
forever destroyed and the German gov
eminent democratized.
With these two fundamental condi-
lions fulfilled, Germany must restore
all invaded territories and make full
compensation.
After setting forth the conditions
upon which peace hinges and naming
the axles of all peace possibility-se-
curity, restoration, compensation-the
premier enumerated more specifically
than any allied statesman has ever be
fore enumerated the chief war aims
of the allies.
The margin of losses at sea was mar
rowing as the sinking Of submarines
was increasing, he asserted. Although
the merchant tonnage was down to Il
per cent, he added, the loss had beer
only per cent of imports over that Of
| last year.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
Half-W1v Work

We are, none Of US, so good archi-
tects as to be able to work habltually
beneath our strength; and yet there
is not building that know of. late
ly raised, wherein 1t is not sufficiently
evident that neither architect nor
builder has done his best 1t Is the
especial characteristic of modern
work. All old work nearly has been
hard work. 1t may be the hard work
Of children, Of barbarians, of rustics !;
but 1t is always their utmost Let US
have done with this kind of work at
once; cast or every temptation to It /;
do not let us degrade ourselves volun-
tarily, and then mutter and mourn
over our shortcomings; let us confess
our poverty or our parsimony, but not
belle our human intellect. 1t is not q
question of doing more, but Of doing
better. Do not let us boss our roofs
with wretched, half-worked, blunt
edged rosettes; do not let us flank our
gates with rigid limitations Of medieval
statuary. Such things are more in
suits to common sense, and only unfit
us for feeling the nobility of their pro-
totypes.-Ruskin.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
RUSSIA TO RECLAIM DESERT
Good Pasture Lands Are Destroyed at
the Rate Of One Hundred Thous-
and Acres q Year.

The shifting sands Of Astrakhan and
the measures taken by the Russian
government to deal with this problem
form the subject Of a memoir by ].
G. Firstov, published in Petrograd OBJ
serves the Scientific American. Ten
million acres of the province In ques-
ton are covered with shifting sands
formed during the nineteenth century
and subsequently. These sands have
been spreading ct the rate of 100000
acres year, the result being the trans
formation of good pasture land into a
barren waste. The principal cause Is
over grazing; fiocks and herds are kept
SO long In one place as to result In the
complete destruction of the turf. Poor
agricultural methods are also respon-
sible. About the beginning of the pres
ent century the government took meas
ures Of control and reclamation, and
between 1904 and 1909 an area of about
10000 acres was brought under cult
walton. In 1913 a special service was
ordered to deal with the question.
The province was put under the charge
OF chief forestry officer and divided
into six districts In each Of which a
subordinate official was appointed to
superintend the work. At the time of
writing good progress has been made
in planting soil binders and growing
herbaceous crops, but it was still prob
lematicai whether the province was
adapted to the establishment of for
pStS
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
SH|PBU|LD|NG PROBE
ORDERED BY SENATE.
THE DIFFICULTIES THAT At
TEND GIGANTIC TASK.
The Keynote of Demand for Investi-
cation Was Necessity for Build
ing Ships II Nation Is to
Win the War.

Neutrality-suspicious. of the
governments machinery for building a
merchant marine eliminated Tuesday
in the ordering of a thorough investi-
CATION of the whole situation by the
senate.
Almost at the moment Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board was an
nouncing the resignation of Rear Adj
miral Harris as general manager of
the Emergency Fleet corporation, and
the appointment of Charles A. Piez of
Chicago to the place, resolutions for
Investigation were being introduced in
both houses, and heated charges of
red tape" ''inefficiency," "a crime,
and other hot phrases of denunciation
were heard
Action came on the resolution intro
duced by Senator Harding of Ohio,
who denounced the boards continuing
difficulties as IAN interminable tangle
of red tape"
With haste rarely shown, the senate
auditing committee, which first has to
pass on the expense of such investiga-
tions, approved Senator Harding's res
olution and the senate ordered the in
quiry, referring it to the commerce
committee.
1t is more than likely that the whole
inside story of the shipping boards
progress, beginning with the cele-
brated row between former Chairman
Denman and Major General Cocktails
will be laid bare.
The keynote of the demand for in
vestigation was the necessity for build
ing ships if the nation is to win the
war.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
AImest tho Speed Limit

AT Chattanooga" said veteran of
the Civil war, lone Of the men In my
company left early in the action, and
no one saw him till after the battle,
when he appeared in camp unwounded
and unabashed., Some of the boys &C
cused him Of running away, but he
wouldn't admit 1t.
1 only retreated In good order he
declared.
Il heard Of the matter, and few
days later I asked him II he had any
Idea how fast he had 'retreated'
We'll, I'll tell you, cap'n,' he said.
If had been at home, and going after
the doctor, folks that see me passin'
would have thought my wife was right
sick p"-Harper's Month";
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
DRY QUESTION IS
NOW UP TO STATES
AL AMENDMENT RESOLUTION
AS PASSED BY HOUSE.
National Prohibition to Be Submitted
to the States for Ratification or
Rejection Within the Next
Seven Years.

Washington. The constitutional
amendment for national prohibition
was finally submitted by congress to
tffe states for ratification or rejection
within seven years The senate COM
pleted congressional action by accept
ing the resolution as passed by the
house, AT to 8, without a roll call
Senator Borah objected to accepting
the house amendments, contending that
congress has no authority to specify
the time in Which the amendment is
to be ratified and that the constitu-
ton gives no authority for providing
that prohibition shall become effective
within one year after being accepted
by the states.
1--WE have no such power as to say
the amendment shall be ratified within
seven years after being submitted to
the states by congress-" said he. ut
is either to be submitted to the states
or not to be submitted at all. If 1t
ever goes to the states they can ratify
it whenever they DESIRE"
The house passed the national pro-
hibition amendment by a vote of 2S2
to 12S.
The advocates of the measure had
eight votes more than were needed to
give the necessary two-thirds majority
of those present and voting.
The measure, which was adopted by
the senate at the last session, now goes
to conference.
A prolonged demonstration from the
galleries, participated in by William
Jennings Bryan, followed the an
nOuncement of the vote.
The next move of the "drys" is to
secure the concurrence of the senate
in all amendments approved by the
house. The principal one Is that the
proposal must be approved by three
fourths of the states In six instead OF
seven years.
Chairman Webb of the judiciary
committee closed debate with Lloyt
Georges quotation: 1--WE are fighting
Germany, Austria and the liquor traf
! tic and so far as 1 can see the mos
dangerous enemy is the liquor traffic
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
ITALIANS HIT BACK
RECOVER GROUND
ASSUME OFFENSIVE AND DRIVE
GERMANS OUT OF RECENTLY
CAPTURED STRONGHOLDS.
Comparative Quiet Prevails on the
British Front in France and Bel
qium.-BoIshevik Movement
Losing Ground

Washington.-The Italians on the
northern line in Italy between the
Brenta and Piave rivers have ceased,
for the time being at least, their de-
fensive warfare against the attacks OF
the Austro-Ge and assumed the
offensive with signal success on sew
eral sectors.
Attacking the positions which the
enemy earlier in the week captured
near Monte Asolone, General Diaz's
troops have regained a considerable
portion of the terrain and held it, not
withstanding the terrific artillery fire
that was turned upon them
The German war office, In endeav-
oring to belittle the success of the Of
fensive which it asserts was reN1lsed,
shows that the efforts of the Italians
was a determined one, the troops to
the west of Monte ASOlOne delivering
seven attacks against the enemy front
Admission is made in the German COM
municatton that the Italians also have
taken the initiative in the lighting on
Monte Pertica and Monte Solarolo, but
it is declared that their attacks on
these sectors, as on Monte Asolone,
were without success
Quiet in France
Comparative Quietude still prevails
GUM, and along the French line run
ming from the region of St Quentin to
the Swiss border, except for lombard
ment and minor infantry operations
From the Verdun region TO Hartmans-
Weilerkopf in AlSace the artillery &C
tivity has been pronounced on various
sectors.
The situation in Russia continues OBJ
scure, although such reports as are
coming through indicate that the
Bolsheviki movement is losing ground
in the face of the opposition that Is
being imposed by the Ukrainians and
the followers of General Kaledines-
Ukrainians Are Firm
The Bolsheviki commissioners are
reported to have declined to accept
the negative reply of the Ukrainian
Rada to the Bolsheviki demand that
the Ukrainians cease aiding the kale-
dimes forces and have given the Rada
an opportunity to reconsider its action
AS indicating that the Rada has finally
declined to give heed to the dictates
of the Bolsheviki, is a report that {
definite alliance has been formed be
tween Kaledines and the Ukrainians-
dispatch from PetrOgrad says ar
unofficial report in circulation in the
Russian capital, is to the effect tina
the Germans have rejected the peace
terms put forward by the Bolshevik
delegates. Recent dispatches have in
dicated that the peace pourparlerS IL
progress at Brest-Litovsk were merel,
preliminary to the peace conference
which Is to assemble there next Tues
day and which is to be attended b.
the German and Austro-Hungarian for
eign minister's
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
Wireless Now Belt. Domain.

Washington.-Uncle Sam has now
completely belted his possessions with
wireless chain. On December 10
Secretary Daniels and Admiral Knight
of the Asiatic fleet exchanged Christ
mas greetings through the air from
Washington to the Philippines. Ar
lington, Darien, San Diego, Pearl Har-
Dor sid Cavite have all now been
linked up. Pearl Harbor now talks
all the way to Arlington via Sayville.
and also talks to Cavite across 400
mile stretch of open water.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27

Buffalo BIZ is not the only celebrity
to be buried on hilltop. Cecil Rhodes
and Robert Louis Stevenson are both
buried on high points. The empire
builder lies on a kopje in Rhodesia.
and the novelist on the highest part
Of his beloved Samoa. Lord Dacre 10
supposed to hnve been buried ON horse
back in Saxton churchyard.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-12-27
Last Alamo Survivor Dead.

San Antonio, Texas.-Enrique Es-
parsa, the last survivor of the Alamo,
is dead When, on March g, 1886, San
ia Ana stormed in the final and sue
cessful assault the chapel where a
handful of Americans fought to their
death, surrounded by piles of Mexican
dead, the victors found a group of
Mexican women in barricaded sec
ton of the front of the building.
Among them was an S-year-old lad,
Enrique Esparsa, who died at his home
here, aged 80.