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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
PRVT. COUTURE
DIED OF PNEUMONIA A
East Hartford, Conn, Man Died in
France, General Pershing Re-
ported To-day.

Washington, D. G., Nov. General
Pershing to-day reported the death Of
Private Joseph Couture in France Of
pneumonia. Private Couture's mother
lives in East Hartford. Conn
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
ORANGE BROOK SUPPLY GOOD.
Health OHicsr Stewart Gets Report iron
State Laboratory.

Health Officer Dr : " Stewart ~.
ceived a report from the state lsbors
tory in hygiene In Burlington TO-DAY.
saving that the water sample from The
Orange brock supply wss an right
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

The British losses Of merchantmen for
the current week show considerable
decrease. as compared with the previous
veek. when " vessels over 1900 tons
ard eight under that tonnage were sunk.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
INDICTED FOR MURDER
CASTOR B. Means Accused Of Staying Mrs
Maude A. King.

Concord. r. r.. Nov Castor B.
Means was indicted to-day by the grand
Jury for the murder here last August
of Mrs Maude A. King, a wealthy wild
ow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
CANADIAN ELECTION DEC. u
Compulsory Military Service the Chief
Issue Of Campaign.

OTTAWA. Ont. Nov L. The Canadian
elections are 10 be held on De-. II. ths
government announced last night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01

cards mailed 70 food ADMINISTRATOR,
35s.
The counties made the following per-
centages toward their proportions of the
minimum enrolment Of 10000 families
for the state and the maximum enroll
ment Of S7,6Sl families for the state:
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-01
BRITISH CAPTURE
CITY OF BEERSHEB4
London War Office Announces Victory
for It's Forces in Pales-

London, Nov 1.-The city Of Beershe.
ba in Palestine has been captured by the
British, it is officially announced
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18

lay in the yard with nails sticking UP
and looking as IL 1t had lain there
for years just where it fell to pieces.
1t showed spots of repairs that had
probably been made at blacksmith
shops along the way from Indiana
to Snake river.
There seemed to be no machine
shed. The house still needed paint,
and m of the large window panes
of the second story was broken and
pieces hanging in place. The Cub
man tried to remember whether it
was just that way last October or
not, but was not sure. He watched
to see if the swallows flew in and out
thru the opening, but there were so
many things to see and mourn over,
he did not find out. There was no
well on the place but there was a
man and his family had lived there
they said. They had transportation
galore, three buggies, two autos and
a cart, besides wagons and sleds, but
no we'll. There was a badly kept
orchard but If there was garden the
Cub man failed to observe it. There
was the carcass of a sheep lying in
the edge of the field not far from
the house and it had evidently been
nearly finished by the hogs, but not
quite. There was an ancient toilet
room 100 feet from the house and
in such a direction that the prevail
ing winds did not pass from n to
the other and it was well. We mean
that it was we'll for the house. We
did it the honor to speak of it as
a toilet room, but it wasn't a room,
it was just a toilet. The front and
parts of the sides had been knocked
out and it was no longer a room.
The appearance of the boards indi-
Gated that it was ancient, but that
was not the only proof of its age.
The statute of limitations had
it's course and capacity was no more.
If the wind should blow from it to
the house, every board and spike in
the house would hold it's nose. There
was no lime covering and all the
flies of summer might promenade
wherever they chose and then go to
the house and light on the custard
pie and wipe their hairy feet on it.
Some of them would probably light
on the baby's lips and then the baby
would place it's little tongue on the
same spot. The proprietor of the
farm said he did not want any book
farmer advice and was doing the best
he could, so the ancient toilet will
probably remain thru this season and
others, and the neighbors may have
visits from some of the flies after
travelling on low gear all over and
thru the contents of the toilet afore-
said. We close as we began by say
ing, at was some farm"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18

I quite agree with Charles that no
nation has ave been able to take it
down-and never will be; but when
we take it down every night our-
selves as a mark of respect to it's
significance and to show that we are
not too lazy to pay it daily tribute,
that is different.
Yes, l will admit that right there
in Pocatello and elsewhere in this
broad land, there have been flags
hoisted over schools, public build
ing, business houses and residences
during moments of patriotic fervor,
and then promptly forgotten. The
self satisfied owner feels that because
he has placed a flag on some part
of his building he has done his "bit'
and should be regarded by others
as an all wool and a yard wide pa
triot forever after, even tho by his
neglect the beautiful tri-color be
stained by smoke, faded by storms
and whipped to shreds by the wanton
wind. Mr.. Sumner feels that we
should allow this abuse lest by CIV
ing it the proper care some dub
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18
when >he got around to it.

The Cub man asked the farmer
man if he had cleaned up those Dig
pens since last October, and he look
ed surprised and said he had That
the pig pens never needed much
cleaning. An examination of the pig
pens showed that there was no
change. excepting that the manure
piles on the windy side of the pens
were higher than last fall. The tops
of the piles looked rather fresh and
in the bottoms of the piles it looked
very old and we'll rotted, like leaf
mold. Some remarks were exchang-
ed as to whether good pork could be
produced in sinking pens, and the
farmer man told the Cub man that
those pens did not stink. The Cub
man laughed and wondered where
the sitting odors came from.
There was no fence around the
stable. and a horseman was chasing
colts in from the field. He steered
them toward the stable door amid
much shouting, but the colts veered
around and circled the stable and
trod upon the edges of the field, the
horseman following. After much
hurrying and scurrying of men and
horses, the colts ran into the stable
and the Jig was up. There were lines
of wire fence in places and loose
wires lying around. One of the colts
had a bad wound cross the hawk
joint, an old wire cut healing badly.
A halter was placed on the animal
and it was led forth. to be branded.
In front of the blacksmith shop was
an old plank slightly nailed to the
building by means of two cross
boards. The colt was tied to the
rickety thing and remained there un-
til the iron was clapped on, when he
snorted and yanked it loose and was
about to dash away with his catapult
when some n seized the handle"
and prevented the rush. Then the
ropes were brought forth and the
animal was thrown by the usual tao
tics and he banged his head against
the building in the fall. Old irons
lay all about but he did not fall on
any of them that were of the cutting
kind. A cooking vat had once been
in the shop but it had been removed.
The lava rock foundation constitut-
ing the furnace had never been re-
moved, but the rocks were strewn
all about the floor with old irons and
pieces of coal. The whole shop was
chaos.
The old buggy shed still stood as
last year, only the straw roof looked
more sagged and leaky. Three bug
gies stood under it and chickens and
pigeons had roasted all over them.
A cart stood outside andait had about
as much protection from the storms
as did the buggies and was free from
the spots left by the chickens. The
cart looked to be several years old,
but the owner said it was only a two
year-old. Two automobiles stood In
the garage, we YER informed, but
the farmer man did not invite the
Cub man to look in. The prospective
potato cellar started long ago still
stood in the same place, idle capital
and waste ground paying no divid-
ends, but accumulating weeds and
constituting a menace to safety. Old
machinery still Uttered the place, and
the remnants Of a prairie schooner
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18
MESSAGE TO SUBSCRIBERS

If your copy of The Idaho Republi-
can does not arrive regularly, see If
the address is correct. Give is the
box number If you have one When
you miss getting a paper write or
ring us promptly so we can send
another. We mail a copy to every
subscriber every Monday and Thurs
day evening. If they fail Of delivery
it can generally be remedied by in
vestigating. Sometimes the person
addressed is not known to the post
master or carrier or is thought to
belong in some other home and it
is routed wrong. 1t Is unjust to the
subscriber, the publisher and the
postal men to keep still and allow the
mail to be missent indefinitely.
Investigation has revealed many
cases of children getting the mail
at the post office and then laying it
down on somebody's counter and for
getting it.
II your paper fails to arrive, just
get busy communicating with those
who handle 1t or publish it, and a
will be found.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18
LOANING EUROPE
MONEY

It may not appear to a good many
folks who help put up some of the
money for our government why we
should be unburdening ourselves OF
huge sums of gold to replenish our
European allies. In view of the fact
that we r warned to expect some
privations next winter why should
we be so lavish now with our money
and our food? The situation is caus-
ing a certain amount of worry among
those of us who are not financial ex
| perts and are far from hearing in
telligent talk on the subject.
Firstly it ought to be understood
that the money will not travel the
seas. The U-boats will not have a
chance to pare down u supply of
gold coin. France and England have
bought so much goods owe here that
all America knows the fresh influence
of good times" They have spent
so much of their money here that we
have nearly as much gold as could
be rounded up in the whole OF
Europe. Naturally the entente credit
here is somewhat shaken. When,
asks the shipper, cal these nations
ever pay the great debt and where
should we come in after sending the
goods? The war loan is a matter
of the United States getting behind
Frances and England's and Russia's
credit.
We are getting behind the entente
credit because it is the first and most
urgent help we can give them. No
s-~z orvo1am Nf A m 0rino nc fool that
we W them about three years OF
good, hard, shoulder-to-shoulder
trench aid. but We are. too late for
that and there remains for us this
one opening: to bolster up the shat
tered treasures of our allies. Let it
not be forgotten that we are their al
lies now under all the guarantees OF
the national honor of the United
States of America, and that we shall
be proving it with millions of men
within a score of months, unless
some miracle improves the present
situation 1t will come home to us
then that every dollar spent now for
France, England and Russia saves
good American lives in the long run,
for they are holding the line until
we learn how to fight the trained
Teuton.
Considering the profits we have
pocketed from this wars market de-
mands we as a nation could well af-
ford to make Europe a gift Of several
billions. If money could right now
save the day and prevent u sacrific-
ing thousands of young men in the
struggle we could afford to send over
all the cash, goods and credit we
might muster. Being in the fight to
a finish it behooves us to strike heavy
blows right from the start, and wal
loans to our allies is the hardest blow
we can yet strike at our enemy.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18

might come to the conclusion that
part of the last stanza of the Star
Spangled Banner, was not true.
Since the publication of my article
in The Republican, the members of
the cadet body in Blackfoot have
been taught the color ceremonies by
Lieut.. Stewart Hoover, a recent
graduate from West Point, and have
gained, I believe, a deeper respect
for the flag than they ever held be-
fore.
Indeed. yes, we could more than
deluge The Pocatello Tribune with
authority in support Of our conten-
ton, but as we have it for any one
who doubts, there is no need to re-
produce 1t here.
Whenever I break into print upon
a subject with which I am not ia
miliar, and you Brother Sumner, are
call my attention to it and I will
admit my mistake. Just at present,
however, the shoe seems to be on the
other foot.
May IL, 1917.
RICHARD W. STEVENS.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18

Last October the Cub found a
very nastiest pig pens in the county.
The refuse from the pens had been
thrown out from year to year and
left there on the windy side of the
pens. The floor of the pens was of
filth, the air in the pens was foul
and the pigs themselves, fed and
raised in that kind of a place would
develop pork that could not be ex-
pected to be very savory.
The stable was a queer stable. A
place had been excavated about four
feet deep and on top of the banks
a pole and brush and straw protec-
ton had been erected. The straw had
blown away or been eaten out till
there was hardly a w~indbreak. The
door was on the northeast, and it
was wide enough to chase a band
of cattle in: a small band. There
was a gentle slope to attract the
drainage into the stable. There was
manure galore. Manure to the right
of one; manure to the left of one;
old manure; new manure. There
was a cow shed, and that was a part
of the stable and built on the same
plan.
There VS. a buggy shed built on
the same plan as the stable, except
ing as to the excavation. The sides
were gone and the roof was leaky.
There was a potato cellar started,
apparently some years before, and
the excavation was finished. Posts
had been Get, large and strong and
beams erected on them. Weeds and
trash had drifted in and it looked
old and careworn. A good house had
been built on the place but it was
needing paint. Litter and rubbish
and old machinery were strewn in
every direction. The proprietor
didn't have any use for book farm
ing" and did not m for reading
matter pertaining to how other men
farm in the county. He knew what
was needed and was doing the best
he could. The Cub did not stay long
but after even months went again.
The stable looked just the same
as last fall. The Cub man asked
the farmer man why he had not
banked up his stable for the winter.
He replied that he did, but that the
hogs running loose about the place
had pulled the banking down as fast
as he put it up and it vas no use.
Did he keep his stock in that frame
work all winter? He did. They had
stuck around there inside and out,
wherever it was the most comfort
able. He had quite a bunch of stock
and he let them run loose most of
the time. Yes he had cleaned out
the manure sometimes. He would
clean up the stable yard some more
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18
NEGLECT IS DISRE-
SPECT, GET THAT?

A few weeks ago, l wrote an
article which was published in The
Idaho Republican, criticizing certain
officials in Blackfoot for discourtesy
to the flag, by allowing it to remain
flying during inclement weather and
turnout the night.
There is an exception, however,
that was overlooked: An armed camp
under fire from an enemy, a fortress
or battleship during an engagement
fly the flag until the battle is over
or won.
This oversight on my part has
caused friend Charles G.. Sumner,
editor of The P~ocatello Tribune to
take a literary fight of great length
and that is about all.
Those of us who have been in
the newspaper game are quite will
ing to hand it to Charlie" as a past
master with the shears and paste pot,
but when it comes to. giving instruc-
lions in flag etiquette he steps on his
own feet.
I'll show you:
He quotes the following verse from
the Star Spangled Banner:
20 say al you see, by the dawn's
early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the
tWilight's last cleaning
Those broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight
- Ger the ramparts we watched
were so CALAMITY streaming?
l A NJ fha rNn1y fSr n1l -11~o 49,
bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.
o say does the Star Spangled Ban
ner yet wave,
Ger the land of the free and the
home of the brave?
Referring especially to the phrase,
gave proof through the night that
our flag was still there" Seemingly
the busy editor overlooked the men
ton Of through the perilous fight"
and also the sentence just preceding
the one he pointed out, "And the
rockets red glare and bombs burst
ing in air. will prove to you that
Fort McHenry was being bombarded
by the English through the night"
Really l hope that the mistaken edi-
tor in his hurried reading of my
article, did not think that | referred
to taking down the flag at the line
of battle.
But | was not aware that battles
were raging around the buildings re-
ferred to, either in Blackfoot or Po-
catello. Even if this were true, it.
would take a darned sight better
rocket than any the Germans are
now using, to be able to distinguish
some Of the faded and blackened
flags flying in both of the above
named towns, as the Star Spangled
Banner.
There are millions like myself to
whom the flag is a sort of religion.
To us it is not just a piece of colored
silk or a rectangle of wool bunting
with red and white stripes and a
blue field, but the symbol of the love,
and patriotism of those who
given up their lives beneath its
folds.
Why does the soldier remove his
hat when he passes the flag on the
parade ground? Why does Old Glory
60 to the top of the mast at the
sound of the sunrise gun in every
camp, school and garrison where
proper respect for the flag is taught,
when not under fire? And why does
the flag lutter down at sunset as the
last notes of The Star 'Spangled Ban
ner have Joined the echoes. Simply
to show the respect we all should feel
for what the flag stands for.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-18
NOTICE

The following described animals
and held at the Hesse Feed yard, city
stray pound: One roam mare colt,
branded Up and DB on left shoulder,
one brown mare, branded inverted l.
dash G, combined, on left thigh, one
brown two year old with white strip
on nose, no brand visible.
FRANK PAYNE,
Adv. 44tf Chief of Police.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-12-27

A. E. Martin left this morning for
New Orleans, where he will sail for
capetown, South Africa. He will go
back to Central Africa to look after
his lands there.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-12-27
Moon EcIipsed December %.

The seventh and last eclipse OF the
year 1917 will occur on the nlgh'
of December %, when there viii be
a total eclipse of the moon. the
eclipse will occur between q. m
and $50 a. m, the middle beine
reached at 3:45 o'clock. The total
eclipse will last for only sixteen min
utes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
RACING AT ROCKY MOUNT

Friday next, at l 80, the last
racing of the season will be held
on the Rocky Mount Fair Grounds
which is prophecied to be the fast
est track in the state.
There will be three races; a
free for all, 2:17 and a 2 80
trot.
In the free for all the following
well known horses will compete ::
Billy Dale, Pony Boy, Lucilla,
Pricilla Hal and Lady Cochran.
In the 2.17 class the following
have entered: Bondale, Ruth Pal
mer and Guadinini, and in the 231
class will be found many young
horses training on the local and
nearly tracks.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
AMERICAS
WAR DIRECTORS
(By UNITED PRESSl

Frank Augustus Scott is chair
man of the General Munitions
Board Of the Council Of National
Defense.
Since the 18th Of August, 1914,
he has been in the thick Of the
Allies buying enterprises in this
country. More than one German
defeat can be credited to the eff
fciert organization for supply
ing the Allies with munitions
which Scott had built up.
When the United States enter
ed the war, Scott answered the
call and came to Washington
where he Immediately reorganiz-
ed the buying system Of the Navy
and the Army.
Without any official authority
without any help from the gov
eminent he eliminated all com
petition, all waste Of time and
energy, until now, if Secretary Of
War Baker decides the Army
! needs 100000 new gas masks
he receives a message that the
masks have been ordered.
He is saving the government
millions of dollars each day. He
has arraged for enough rifles te
l, supply a million men, and has
also taken charge Of such mat
tiers as artillery, gun carriages
machine guns, munitions wagons
and anything which the Army has
to buy.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
Don't Want
Police Job:

Washington, July 17.-Collector
Of the port of New York, Dudley
Field Molone turned down a job
on the Washington police force.
Having testified at the trial Of
the suffragist pickets that he
''could have dispersed the crowd
single handed Judge Mullowney
offered him a uniform and club.
Malone declined on the ground
that he had "better Job that
that already, thank you.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17

dress.
Georges Guinard, Been d
lnfanteriess, Compagnies Hors
Rang, Sector Postal 90, received
the bag send by Miss Matte Nor
ton, Of the American Fund for
French Wounded, Louisville,
KY.
A bag sent by Miss Tmily
Warner, "A Oak ST., Plattsburg
n. Y. fell to a handsome young
poilu who said he would write
to her direct from the trenches.
The fame Of the "tuck bag
has spread on the French battle
front. Over 10000 have already
been delivered at the Care du
Nord and thousands more are TO
come for American soldiers as
well as French, say the American
workers in Paris.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
HAICS FIGHTERS
1
MAKE GAINS
(RY UNITED PRESS)

London, July 17.-Generai
Haig's soldiers gained further adj
vantages during last night north
west of Warneton, i nthe Newport
sector.
A British raiding party encoun-
tered a large army detachment III
front Of German positions. A
sharp fight drove them back into
the trenches where the enemy was
bombed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
No Relief For Germany Until The
Kaiser's Fall Is Accomplished
MINISTERS OFFER
RESERVATIONS
(By UNITED PRESS)

Petrograd, July II. - Minister
OF finance, Shingareff, Minister Of
Education, Manuiloff, Minister Of
Public Relief, Prince Spakhovskoy
formerly resigned today.
All members Of the cadet party,
including the Minister of railways.
Nekrassoff, are said to be consid-
ering a like move.
The premier, Lvoff, is endeavor-
ing to dissuade them from taking
this step just now.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
SENATE FAV0RS
BIG ALRBILL
(By UNITED PRESS)

Washington, July 1.-THE SEN
ate military committee reported
out the six hundred and forty mil
lion dollar aeroplane bill with re
commentator that it be passed.
Senator Chamberlain will move
to consider the bill tomorrow and
expect to get a vote without delay.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
u. S. MARINES
FIRST ASHORE
by United Press)

At an Atlantic port, July IT,
The American marines were the
first of our men ashore in France.
Also it was learned today that
the transport in which they were
carried over the seas was one Of
those that the q erman subma-
rines fred upon.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-07-17
Sixteen Suffs
Get Sixty Days
(BY UNITED PRESS)

Washington, July 17.-Sixteen
militant suffragists accepted sixty
days sentence in the workhouse
rather than pay a fine Of $500
for obstructing traffic in picketing
the White House.
The women will make a great
demonstration on the trip to the
workhouse having hired several
convenyances for this purpose.