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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items From Various Places
Reproduced for the Benefit
of our Readers--Stories Re-
haShed from Exchanges.

who enlisted in the navy two
years ago from Culdesac, is re-
ported to have died while doing
service in Chinese waters. No
cause of his death has yet been
received.
Another messenger came out
from the Holt mine at Mt. Mar
shall this week with something
over $3O,QOO in gold, which was
a part only of the April cleanup.
He reported work going on a
five foot vein of ore that yields
$50 per ton. Meadows Eagle.
Helen Fong, a Chinese restau-
rant woman at Nezperce, was ar
rested the first of the week for
having liquor in her possession in
prohibition territory and was
turned over to the federal au-
thorities. Twenty gallons Of
Chinese gin were found in the
restaurant.
The farmers union at Grange
vile late last week authorized the
construction of a $4,000 bushel
elevator at Fem and also took
preliminary steps for the erection
of an $4,000 bushel elevator at
Grangeville. The union also in
creased it's capital stock from
$15, 900 to $50, ZOO.
w. S. Shearer, one of the lead
ing gardeners of the Lewiston
Orchards tract, recently complet-
ed arrangements to plant 400
acres of beans for a Spokane firm
and will begin seeding about May
25th. The beans will be planted
on Waha prairie and some six
tons of seed will be used.
An Ahsahka farmer sold a load
of nineteen sacks of beans last
week at Orofino for $500. He
would have sold the beans last
fall at Z cents a pound but they
were not sufficiently dry and he
was forced to hold them over un.
til spring, thereby realizing al
most double that price. The
beans were grown between rows
of corn.
The ladies' civic club at Kan
iah has been boosting the plant
ing Of roses, in that town thi'
spring and as a result of thei
work several hundred rose bushes
will decorate the homes there
during t h coming summer
Kamiah is ideally located for thu
profuse culture of roses and coulC
easily become known as thu
Rose City" of the Clearwate
valley.
Complying with a request from
Governor Alexander that all ju
ries in the district court be re
leased as far as possible in orde
to enable the jurors to complet
their farm work, District Judg
Wallace N. Scales decided a
Lewiston Monday to put over a
many cases as possible until afte
the crops are planted and to re
duce the jury to eight men if tn
parties to the action will consen
to the reduction.
William A. Sprout, a forme
Boise boy, died on April 9th fror
the effect of wounds receive
J while fighting at the front some
where in France. Word to thi
| effect was received by a sister @
the deceased late last week 6
: Boise. Young Sprout enlisted i
4 a Canadian regiment in Albert
last fall and after going to Franc
almost died from water poisc
s and was later wounded in IL
e arm. He lost his life as a resu
b of wounds received during IL
: great drive by the allies la
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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11
Another Bunch of Sheep

C. S. Hunt shipped in 1900
more ewes and lambs from Nam
pa last evening. They were in
charge of Crate Hunt and herd
er from south Idaho. They state
that sheep men in the Nampa
country are offering to contract
for this years alfalfa hay crop at
SIS per ton in the stack, which is
nine dollars above the average
price, owing to the fact that much
Of the hay was winter killed.
Kamiah Progress.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11

]. C. Haller and Jay S. Fogg were
in town the first of the week from
their homesteads on the Joseph.
Don't forget the wrestling match
tomorrow night between Thye and
Wilson. 1t promises to be the best
ever seen on the prairie.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11
WILL TOLERATE
NO SLACKERS
State Board of Defense Out
lines Policy in Idaho and
Favors ConscriptiOn From
FL to 40.

Boise, Idaho, May 1.-The Ida
no council of defense in session
here today declared in favor of
conscription between the ages of
81 and 40 and wired resolutions
to this effect to the Idaho delega-
tion in congress. 1t was also de-
cided to take an industrial census
in order that available men could
be requisitioned for service on
the farms. Governor AL ,xander
urged that strong resolutions be
adopted by the council placing it
on record to back sheriffs of the
various counties in enforcing the
conscription provisions of the new
draft act to be passed by congress
and to insist that no favoritism
be shown in the drafting of men
eligible within the age limitations.
Action to this effect was taken.
Idaho's quota under the draft
will be 1850 men independent of
the 1900 men now enlisted in the
national guard, or who have join
the army and navy.
Assurances were given the
council by A. B. Stevenson, SUI
perintendent of the Idaho division
of the Oregon Short Line railroad,
that the coal situation in Idaho
would be relieved for General
Manager Knickerbocker inform
ed him by telegram that COM
mencing May 4, 20 empty Short
Line cars a day were to be turned
over to the Denver & Rio Grande
for loading at the Utah mines
with commercial coal for Idaho.
The Short Line will furnish the
Denver & Rio Grande up to 40
empty cars day if the latter
road can use them.
The problem of drafting into the
service of the country the "slack-
ers" around pool halls, soft drink
establishments and card rooms,
was the hardest one the council
had to deal with. It was held
there are hundreds of able-bodied
men around such places who were
able to do a mans work but would
not. A recommendation wa S
made to the governor that he
urge upon all municipalities tc
solve this problem so that the un.
employed could be put to work,
The council held that the employ.
ed men have a right to the recre'
alton the places offer. 1t was
suggested that all such establish
ments be ordered to close at II
o'clock at night but the sugges
ton was not adopted as it was
decided the problem was one tha
could be better solved locally
Members of the council held tha
it should be made disagreeabl'
for unemployed ''slackers" tt
frequent such places. Drafting
them for work on the farms wa
urged.
Members of council present a
the conference were: Harry L
Day, Wallace; E. L. Afford, Lew
iston; E. L. Parker, Cottonwood
A. w. Laird, Potlatch; 'Morri
Sommers, Weiser; R. M. David
son, Boise; Frank R. Gooding
Gooding; A. B. Stevenson, Poca
tello; Nathan Kicks, Rexburg
Edward C. Rich, Montpelier. Mr.
Day was named chairman an
Joseph Hanson, state secretar
of war and ex-oficio member o
the council, was named secretary
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11

The city council at G angeville
entered into contract Monday
evening with Sawyer Brothers,
of Spokane, for preliminary plans
and estimates for the paving of
Main street and Idaho street from
Main to the depot. AS soon as
the estimate of cost is received
the property owners will be asked
to vote bond to provide funds
to install the paving.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11
Famine in Bread Crops

washington, May OE1lclal
wheat crop estimate announced
today show that with the world
facing a bread shortage, tn e
United States, unless it cuts the
present consumption, probably
will produce only enough wheat
this year to supply its own popu-
lation.
The forecast, compiled by the
department of agriculture on con-
ditions on May 1, put the coun-
try's winter wheat yield at 1885,
900, 900 bushels, the smallest in
13 years. There will be no esti-
mate of spring wheat acreage
until July, but with a crop of
$50, 10000 which is higher than
the average, this country would
grow this year total of only
GIG, 900, 900 bushels. The normal
American consumption with seed
requirements is put at slightly
more than 600, 100000 bushels.
The estimated production this
year of 100000 bushels of
winter wheat falls 10000, 900
bushels short of last years poor
crop. 1t is 129, 100000 bushels
less than the average for the pre-
ceding five years.
Reserve stocks are said to be
lower than at any previous time
at this season. The visible sup
ply is put now at 80, 900, 900 bush
els, with somewhat larger in
visible stock. The lowest visible
stock ever reported in the United
States was 5000, bushels on
July l two years ago. When har-
vesting of the new crop begins
in July it is estimated that the
reserves will be even lower than
that.
The allies wheat requirements
for the coming year are put al
5OO,000,000 bushels as a mini.
mum. The United States will be
asked to supply more than hall
that amount. Wheat crops ir
other parts of the world are poor.
The Argentine crop failed, and
home consumption will require
the entire yield. Canada's pro.
duction is confined chiefly to g
spring crop of normally about
20O,OOO,O0O bushels, much OF
which is available for export.
In a statement accompanying
its report today the agriculture
department declared t h a al
though the winter wheat crol
condition is the poorest on record
crop conditions otherwise art
favorable.
Herbert C. Hoover, chairman
of the food committee of th'
national defense, who is strongl!
in favor of a more limited use O
wheat in this country, appeared
before the senate agricultural
committee today and urged
separate department Of the gov
ernment to deal with the foo
question. He recommended alb
solute government control of Ger
tain staples, particularly grail
and sugar.
Capitalization of food control
Mr.. Hoover told the committee
is vital. Europe, he said, ha
found maximum price-fixing
failure, but minimum price-fxin.
has had better success.
The bills advocated by MI
Hoover give the president an
the department of agriculture d
, rect control of the country's foo
resources. There have been sug
gestions that the measures ma
be changed to allow creation G
an emergency organization to at
minister their more drastic pro
j visions. Price-fixing and distr
, button problems will be dea
E with by this body if created.
The bills as drawn give tn
agricultural department power
2 reduce wheat consumption
' some extent by ordering an il
creased amount of the wheat ke,
q mel used in -four manufacture.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11

Production of 60, 1856 BUSH
els of rye is forecast from May 1
condition, compared with AZ, 1868, :
600 bushels produced last year.
Rye condition on May l was
1873 per cent of a normal, COM
pared with $50 on April 1 and
1877 on May 1 last year.
On May l the area of winter
wheat to be harvested was about
27, ,653, 900 acres, compared with
40, 100000 acres sown last aut-
umn and 34,829, 900 acres har-
vested last year.
The condition of the crop or
May l was 1872 per cent of g
normal, compared with 63.4 on
April 1, 82.4 on May 1 of last
year.
Spring planting was 58.7 pei
dent completed up to May 1, com
pared with 56.7 on May l last
year, and 56.3, the ten-year May
l average.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-11
MANY FARMERS
BUY TRACTORS
Late Season and Shortage of
Help Cause Farmers to Buy
One-Man Machines - One
Sent Across Salmon River.

With the coming of good plant
ing weather during the past week
the farmers of this section are
now in the field early and late
getting their ground plowed and
planted for the coming harvest.
On account of the shortage of
help and the lateness of the sea-
son many are working extra long
hours and a few who are equip
ped with tractors are even put
ting on night shift occasionally
in order to hasten the planting as
much as possible. One of the
first farmers of this locality to
introduce the tractor on the farm
was August Kopczynski, who
purchased and operated Bates
Steel Mule last season. He found
the tractor highly satisfactory
and soon equipped it with acety-
lene lights in order to be able to
operate the machine in the field
at night. Gerhard Uhlenkott took
out a tractor of this make this
week from the Hoene Hardware
to operate on his farm west of
town and this firm has also sold
tractors of the Bull type to Carl
Martin and Conrad Bosse, the
latter machine being now on the
road from the factory.
T h e Cottonwood Hardware
company has also been doing its
share in the tractor field and this
spring placed new J. l. Case
tractors with Joseph Uhlenkott,
M. Kaschmitter and R. J. Carl
son, prominent farmers of this
section, and yesterday started
their machinist with one of the
machines around by way of White
Bird for the Joseph plains coun'
try where the tractor will be
placed in operation on the farm
of Enoch Christensen, one o1
the big farmers of the Salmon
river section.
Others who have invested il
tractors are Alois Holthaus anC
Frank Forsmann, the latter Sc
curing a Moline tractor from thu
Farmers Union Warehouse com
pany, and there are many mor'
who have the tractor fever bu
are waiting to see the various
types tried out here before pur
chasing.
Yes, the farmers are all busy
but many of them are riding il
front of the plow instead of fol
lowing it and the army of tn
latter kind will be growing stead
lily less each year as time passes
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
FRENCH OFFICIAL.

PARIS. Oct. 25.-The French forces on the Oisne today continued their successful advance. capturing several important villages as we'll as two thousand additional prisoners.
 Since the beginning of the present operations. says the announcement made tonight by the war office. more than 12.0OO Germans have been cap tured as well as 12O big guns and many guns of smaller calibre.
 The text f.he statement says:
 "Our troops carried out this morn ing a general advance beyond the posi- tions reached last evening. extending to the Oise-Aisne canal. The village and forest of Pionon are in our hands. as well as the village of Pargny-Filain. South of Filain, where our patrols pen e.rated We occupied the farms of St Martin and Lachapelle Ste Berthe.
 5"The enemy under our pressure. was compelled to abandon important material including a score of cannon. of which several were howitzers of 150 size. The total number of cannon cap tured by us since october g. is about 120, to which may be added several hundred minnewerfer and machine guns.
 Tn the course of the day we took more than 2.OO0 prisoners. The num- Der of prisoners taken since the open ing of the operation exceeds 12.OO0. of whom more than 200 are officers. On the right bank of he Mouse. the Ger mans followed up their bombardment. indicated this morning. of our posi- ISns in the Cahume wood with an attack which our fire arrested"
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
GERMAN VERSION DENIED.

ROME, Oct. 25.-The Italian s:ate- ment says:
 Yesterday morning after an interval of few hours. the enemy resumed the violent bombardment all along the front. with a specially destructive fire on that portion between the south slope of Mont RSmbon and the north ern edge of the Bainszzia plateau where afterwards a strong infantry at tack was launched.
 The Narrows of Saga resisted the hostile blow but further south. favored by a thick mist which rendered use less our barrage fire, the enemy sue ceeded in breaking through our ad- vanced lines on the left bank of the IsOnZo.
 Taking advantage of this bridgehead of Santa Maria and Santa Lucia he then brough, the battle on to the slopes of the right bank of the river.
 At the same time powerful attacks were made to the west of VOlnik, on the Bainszzia plateau and on the wes.- ern slopes of Monte San Gabriel, but they were kept in check by our troops. which in the course of successive counter attacks captured few hund- red prisoners.
 On the Carso, a violent enemy bom- bardment was effectively countered by our batteries.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
ITALY LOSES TENTXOUSAND
 hEN,SAYSTHE
 HUN OFFICIAL
Germany Makes Claims That Are Denied by Italy. Both Agree That Heavy Fighting Is in Progress in Southern Europe.
(By Review Leased Wirel

BERLIN, Via. London, Oct. 25.-The German official communication says:
 Italian front-In military comrade- ship, the German and Austro-Hungar- ian troops yesterday attacked side by side in battle against their former al lies. Advancing to the assault on a flont of more than thirty kilometers. after short but intense artillery prep aration, our tried divisions broke through the line on the I.alian-Isonzo front in the Flitsch basin and at Tol- mino.
 Strong enemy positions barring the valleys were overTun in the first thrust notwithstanding stubborn defense. Our troops scaled steep mountain slopes and stormed an enemy point of support which crowned the heights Rain hindered difficult any advance in the rugged mountain land. but it's ef- forts everywhere were overcome.
 'DespeIa e resistance by the Italians sad to be broken down many times in fierce hand to hand engagements. The fighting is proceeding.
 Up to this evening the capture of more than 10000 prisoners including divisional and brigade staffs, and rich booty in guns and war materials had been announced"
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
Lloyd d-GeOrge is Beaten M Minor
 Vote for POWer
(By Review Leased Wire ]

LONDON, Oct. 25.-Premier Lloyd Georges governmen. suffered it's first defeat in the house of commons to- night. In the government bill to plc- mote the production of petroleum in the United Kingdom provisions was made for a payment of royalty of nine peace per ton. An amendment striking this provision out was car ried A to 35. The defeat of the gov ernment is regarded as purely me chanical and will not affect the govern ment's tenue of office.
 The announcement of the vote was greeted with loud cries of resign" from a small section. Herbert Sam uel. former home secretary, wno sup DOT ed the amendment said that the government should not regard the re- suit as in any sense tantamount to a vote of want of confidence The house he said, should always feel free to vote as it pleased on minor points.
 Aneuring Williams. liberal, declared that many of those who voted against the government did so because they object ro the payment of royalties to landlords but did not vote against the government carrying on the war.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
Killed

While riding 10 the surface on a Junction cage, early this morning in company with eight other min CTS, Perce Anstess was ins antly killed when ne was hit by a cap of station which was being passed. Anstess had dropped his lamp and was leaning over to get it when his head p.otruded over the side of cage, just in time to come into con tack win the stations top.
 Anstess is an Englishman and is said to be survived by a wife and at least one child. He was about twenty-seyen years old.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26

Totals .S2.025.54S, 300 s3,200, 100000
 "The returns which make this total of estimated subscriptions are unoffi- cial and may be increased" says the treasury department statement, but the most diligent labor between now and Saturday night. the close of the drive, is necessary and is being urged upon all Liberty loan committees throughout the country that a great over-subscription may be reported"
 McAdoo Summarizes
 Secretary McAdoo, in q statement summarizing the results of his trip, urged the nation to continue without let-up the vigorous campaign in order to reach or exceed the S5,00O.OOO. GOO desired.
 50 far as America is concerned" Secretary McAadoo said. the second great battle in our war with the kali ser is represented by the second Lib erty loan. This battle will end within two days. Will it be a victory for freedom and democracy, or will it be victory for the kaiser and autocracy? It is for the American people to an- swer.
 Now is the time to go over the top. If there are any trenches in America. manned by the forces of in difference. greed or treason. they are backed by the kaiser and his hosts of autocracy and militarism. We must smash these trenches in this Liberty loan campaign and destroy all that is within them so that there may be no obstacle in the way of greater vic tories for succeeding Liberty loans.
 America has it within her power to win a swift and enduring victory a victory which will open the way for the resistless sweep of Americas
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
NEW RULES UPON DRAFT READY ID
 BE MADE PUBLIC
New Regulations Changing Order of Men Already Reg istered in Draft Ready for Publication Very Soon.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, Oci. 25.-New reg ulations for applying the army draft were virtually completed tonight in the office of the Provost Marshal general and probably will be submitted to President Wilson tomorrow for final approval. The president already has approved the general plan, under which all regis ,ered men not yet called will be classified, in five groups, in ac- cordance with their value for military service. Provost Marshal General CISwder tonight cleared up the ques- tion as to how the draft members now held by the nearly nine million uncall- ed resistrants will be applied to the new classifcations.
 In each local district the key made up from the draft numbers in the order of their drawing, will be applied to each class or group. In other words, the men of class one. in which will be placed those of the least value at home and with the slightest obligations to dependents will be called in the order of their serial numbers until that class is exhausted, just as though all other classes had been exempted. When class one is exhausted, the same pro- cess will be applied to class two and so on down to class five. if it ever should become necessary to carry it that far.
 Thus a man whose serial number in first class and ordered into service the army lottery had led him to oe- lieve that he would be among the last summoned. may be assigned to the with the first quota.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
LIBERTY LOAN PASSESTHREE. BILLION IN FINAL DRIVE 
Unofficial Estimates M a d e Bring Total Subscriptions Up to Three Billion.

Shattuck Arizona Copper com pany last evening subscribed to $500, 900 of the second Liberty bonds, bringing up cochise coun- tvs total to s2,s0o,ooo, s1,6e1,1 ,12e more than the county's quota.
 According to J. N. Gaines, coun- ty sales manager for the loan, after he heard of the Shattuck subscription, Cochise county will, in all probability. raise S3,ooo,ooo for the loan.
 Cochise has done it's bit.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
OFFICER KILLS SELF
tBy Review Leased Wire )

LAWTON. Okla, Oct. 25.-Second Lieutenant Amos D. Johnson. D com rany. 10th engineers. was found dead at Camp Doniphan late today with q bulle in his right temple. Officers say it is a case of suicide. Johnson's body will be shipped to Kansas City. Mo, his former home, for burial.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
MARSHAL ASKS FOR
 CLEAR STREETS TODAY

City Marshal James Allison asks that no motor owners or drivers park their machines in Subway Alley to- day at or near the time scheduled for the circus parade The parade must go through that thoroughfare and cannot get through unless the machines are kept out of it.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
WATCH FOR GERMANS

FL PASO. Oct 25.-Government agents here are watching the border closely for the 10 Germans who es- capped from the internment camp at Fort Olgethrope, Ga.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-26
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

PARIS. Oct. 25.-The chamber of deputies today passed a vote of conf denee in the government. 2SS to 137