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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Peaches! Peaches!

We are shipping in car OF
Fancy Elberta Peaches and Tom
atoes from Brigham City, which
will arrive about Tuesday, Sept
25th. We suggest that ever,
one get least few bushels oi
Peaches cut OF this car, because
If the peaches that are not yet
ripe are caught by a irosr or cold
nights the flavor will be pract
ically destroyed. Call at GU,
store and see sample OF peaches
coming. They are beauties. Give
us your orders Immediately.
GEN CASH GROCERY.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Private VS. Govern
ment Management.

There was a coincidence in the
appearance at the same time Ol
the report that the railroads Oi
the country are ready to trans.
port million troops within
thirty days and the publication
OF the defects in the ammunition
manufactured 1T the government
arsenal at Philadelphia. 1t ri
fOrds an admirable contrast he.
tween the efficiency OF a govern
ment owned and government
managed industry and one whh h
remains under the direction o
it's own managers. The ra'I-
roads OF the country have IN
themselves in a condition to ,e
spond to the nations needs
without legislation and without
encouragement from any source
As a matter Of fact, the small re.
liet which they asked IN the shape
OF slight increase in freight
rates was only partially and
grudvinRly allowed to them. Yet
they have come through" while
the government. ownedcartritI, I
factory '1elI down"
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
German People
Largely Responsible

The wish was probably father
to the thought when President
Wilson said that the power which
has committed such unspeak able
crimes in this war is rot the
German people. The lac. is aat
the people ot Germany have been
a unit behind the Kaiser-even
the Socialists who have fought
fought tor years against mon
archy, have stood Loyalty behind
the throne since the war began.
Moreover, much Of the TERRORISM
Of the German invasion of Bel
!9jnm aud France has been due
t to the conduct ot the individual
| German soldier and not to his
|master. Destruction of private
property. pillaging. numbering
nom-combatants, outraHing help
less women. are all acts chiefly Oi
individual viciOusness, and the
responsibility cannot and will
not he shirked bv the German
people. The beginning OF the
war was the act Of the Kaiser
The ma amer in which it has been
conducted is largely the choice N
The men in the ranks, who were
but recently drawn from tue civ
ilian population.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

The Oakley boys who were
called iil the first selected draft
left here Wednesday for their
training camp.
They met the other men called
from Cassia County ut Burley
where rousing send off was &C
corded the boys by the citizens
there. For some reason or OF her
the Oakley people are not very
enthusiastic over our boys leHv-
ing, AS they get no send off like
other towns give their boys.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
PROCLA|MS RUSSIAN
NATION A REPUBLIC
kENRENskY ISSUES PRocLAMA-
TlON AS PRESIDENT OF THE
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
Strong Man Of Russia Still In Com
nand, the Affairs Of State Having
Been Entrusted to Five Men,
bers Of the Cabinet.

Petrograd.-Rnssia has been pro-
claimed republic. The provisional
government Sunday night issued the
proclamation, dated September IA, as
follows:
General Korniloff's rebellion has
been quelled. But great Is the con-
fusion caused thereby, and again
great is the danger threatening the
fate Of the fatherland, and Its free
dom.
Holding 1t necessary to put an end
to the eternal indefnIteness Of the
states organization. remembering the
unanimous and rapturous approval of
the republican idea expressed at the
Moscow state conference, the provis-
ional government declares that the
constitutional organization, according
to which the Russian state is ruled
is republican organization, and 1t
hereby proclaims the Russian re-
public.
(Signed) "KERENSKY,
Minister and President.
'YAROUNDI,
Minister OF Justice"
The title minister and president" :"
affixed to Premier kerensky's sigma
ture to the proclamation probably re-
fers to his position as president Of the
ministry, rather than Of the republic.
The provisional government has an
nounced that all the affairs Of state
had been entrusted to five members
Of the cabinet. The following official
communication was issued:
pending the definite constitution of
"A cabinet and In view of the present
extraordinary circumstances, all af.
fairs Of state have been entrusted tc
n. Kerensky. .preInier: NJ Tereschen
%iSter OF foreign Affairs; Gen
ffel1F3 tefkfDvsky, hiinister " war "A
miral Verdervski, minister of marine
and NJ. Nikitin, minister of posts ant
J telegraphs."
Election of the constitution assembly
again has been postponed because the
work of organization throughout the
country has not been completed. Elec
lions to the assembly now are fixed fol
November II, and the members are t.
convene November %.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
SWEDES REPUD|A1E
GERMAN TR|CKERI
REALIZE GRAVITY OF SITUATION
AND WILL DO EVERYTHING POS
eielE TO SETTLE PROBLEM.
Declaration Made That Had svvedise
Government Had Slightest Idea Of Ma
ture Of Dispatches They Would Not
Have Been Transmitted.

Stockholm, Sweden.-Realixing thu
seriousness Of the situation created By
the recent disclosures at Washington
regarding the transmission Of German
dispatches. Sweden expects to take al
steps possible to put matters right
Foreign Minister Lindman declared
Saturday during an informal talk
All transmission Of German dispatch
es had been stopped, he said, and Ger
many had been asked for an explana
ton Of the abuse Of the privilege for
merly extended.
In the course Of his discussion u
the affair, Admiral Lindman brought
out the following points:
Affair Taken Seriously.
F1rst-Thnt the Swedish government
was not, as alleged in certain quar-.
tiers, taking the affair lightly, but or
the contrary, realized fully the serious
aspect Of the situation and intended tt
do everything possible to settle thu
problem
Second-That transmission of dis
patches on behalf Of Germany haC
been stopped absolutely from the mo.
ment when the disclosures were
brought to the foreign minister's at
-tentiOn. and would under no circum-
stances be resumed.
Third-That had the Swedish gov
ernment had the slightest idea of the
nature of the dispatches which the
German government was transmitting,
the messages would not have been
transmitted.
FOurth-That strong representa-
tions had been addressed to the Ger.
man government on the abuse made
OF this practice, accompanied by a re-
quest for explanation, to which. how
evefs. pe fsss|ly nd ~ Qe 4pest4S1.
Determined q Stop Abuse.
Admiral L4ndman, during the entire
conversation, seemed imbued with the
desire to see the situation cleared up
fully and completely on a basis salts
factory to the United States and Swe.
den and In way to permit the con-
tinuance OF the most friendly. cordial
relations with the American govern
ment and people.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Food Slogan on Buildings.

WashingtOn.-Public buildings In
practically every city in the country
Will be converted into huge billboards
as part of an advertising campai gn
just inaugurated by the food admin
lstratiOn. Food will win the war
don't waste It," is the slogan that will
blaze In brilliant letters by day and
electric lights by night from postof-
hces, city halls and all government
properties.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
SELECT WAR HOSPITAL. SITES.
Nineteen Cities to Have Homes for
Wounded From Front in Europe.

Washington.-Sitesh have been chosen
great reconstruction" hospitals In
which the United States will begin the
work of rehabitating for private life
its soldiers who return wounded from
the front in Europe. The cities, Sc
lected as the largest centers of popula
ton were announced Sunday by Major
General Gorgas, surgeon-general Of
the army, as follows: Boston, New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Chicago.
st. Paul, Seattle, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Denver, Kansas City, St.
Louis, Memphis, Richmond, Atlanta
and New Orleans.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
EXPORTS EMBARGO TIcHTENED
Nothing to be Shipped Unless It Helps
to Win the War

Washington.-The exports admins
trative board on September 16 an
nounced formally that the embargo on
the export Of munitions and food
A long list OF commodities Is made
public, including all Of the munitions
and food staples. They will be per-
mitted to leave the country only when
the export will directly contribute to
help the United States win the war.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

Washington.-Gana buckwheat
crop promises to be the largest for
many years, according TO reports to
the food administration. Previously it
had been reported that the crop would
be probably about 30 per cent short.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Fix Price Of Cuban Sugar.

ana.-Announcement was made
Saturday that committee Of three
had been named to confer in Wash
ington with Herbert c. Hoover, the
American food administrator, regard
ing the fixing Of the price Of Cuban
sugar.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
korniion Faces Execution.

PetrOgrad.-General Korniloff IL un-
der arrest, facing execution as a
traitor. His chief lieutenant, Lokom-
sky. regarded rs the real brain and
soul Of the abortive counter-revolt also
mas been taken into custody, together
with a number Of other officers de-
voted to kOrnilOff.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
Labor's Loyalty Pledge Renewed.

Observation-Disclosures labor in
this city renewed its pledge Of loyalty
to President Wilson and assured the
power to uphold his war policies, at a
meeting OF the American Alliance for
Labor and Democracy here Sunday.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

Washington. - How German air
planes attacked the Harvard university
hospital unit in France, and dropped
bombs among the wounded and sick
men is told In a message received Sat
urday by the Red Cross war council
from Major Grayson NJ. P. Murphy,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
William F. Stone Dead.

MISUNDERSTANDING F.. Stone, Re-
publican politician, well known to men
Of politics all over the country, died
here September 16 after short H.
ness. Besides being Republican lead
er for many years and serving as SER
geant-at-arms OF the Republican ma
tional convention, Mr.. Stone held sew
eral important posts in the UnittA
States service.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
The New Political
Party.

liz A~OIl AL tlSat League Is ~
be composed OF Farmer and Lab
or voters, with big public ow-
nership program. and political
control Of the state government
and legislature.
The program includes state
ownedelevators and warehouses
elevators. -four mills and cold
sto age plants. ownership and
distributing water power and
hydro-electric plants. I he Nam
pa Leader Herald says:
"The proposition is to tax all
the people for large sums for the
sole benefit of one class-tlle
farmer. If the people oi Idaho
should furnish all these things
for the farmer, they should iurn
ish paper pills and warehouses
for the newspaper men. sawmills
and lumber sheds for The lumber
men, wholesale houses and ware
houses for the NE. chants aud SO
on thru the whole range Of pos
sible business activities in Idaho.
The logical outcome would
be in 81 few years for the state to
be conducting all the business
and the citizens would be al
hired men. II the plan we're
adopted at all it would indeed bs
the only fair thing. 1t is DOUBT
iul If the farmers would want tC
be taxed to erect smelters. saw
mills, paper mills aud SO OF. yet
It is difficult to see any argument
they could produce in logical OPP
position to it so long rs the,
were asking other people to uilt
mills. warehouses, and so on 70
them.
at would undoubtedly he a ,6n
{ sh'nH'itss Ahsssnrn,erxsxxx lnv&1l. {.
| institutions mentioned in pre-
. positions one and two. but the
. should bald them just AS othe'
, build their own mills and ware
house, >tc. However, they coul'
get much stock taken by tn
. townspeople il stock companie
| were formed as all these enter
priS~s are Of more or less valu
. to the towns in which they ar
located. In Nampa the farmer
, have built their own creamer'
( and thru the Farmers Society q
. Equity have their own ,listribut
ion system. which is as it shoul,
be.
"Shou'd the nor-partisan or
ganization succeed in carryin,
an election and attempt to &c
appropriations they would los
, i'll the long run. Such An al
tempt would cement all bu
farmers INTO an opposing bod
and with farmers in one cam
: AID all Others in another tn
, farmers would be Outvoted."
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21

For long time Mexico was
under suspicion, but recent ,leve.
lopments indicate that Carranza
Gnvernmc nj has grownrapid)y il,
favor OF late; and the probabilit.
les are that the republic will
eventually land a loan.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-09-21
OFFERS REWARD FOR AMERICAN
German Authorities Offer 400 Marks
for American Soldier, Dead or Alive.

London.-German military authori-
ties on the western front have shown
concern about the imminence of the
American armys entry into the fight
ing by offering rewards for the pro-
iuction of the first American prison
prs.
The general commanding the Elev-
nth reserve divisiol recently put the
price OF 400 marks on the first Ameri-
can soldier brought, dead or alive, into
his lines
This information has been disclosed
By she dairy Of a Prussian sergeant OF
the Twenty-third reserve Infantry reg
tinent.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15
OFFERS REWARD FOR
ARREST OF SLACKERS

Governor Alexander has issued
the following proclamation Of
fering a reward for the arrest and
and conviction of slackers:
WHEREAS. June 5th, 1917, by
virtue of authority vested i'm
Woodrow Wilson, the President
.of the United States. was set
apart for the purpose of regis
.tering the young men of our land
between the ages of 2i and 81,
and
WHEREAS, on said date, the
patriotic sons of our State Obeyed
the mandates of said proclama-
ton and by their action showed
their devotion to their county by
voluntary registering, i'm order
that they might be drafted into
the armies of the United states
and permitted To shed their blood
for the cause of Righteousness
Democracy and Humanity. and.
WHEREAS. ON said date. the
spontaneous outburst of the
young men was such that the
heart Of every citizen was glad
and new hopes taken that the
country was safe in the hands OF
our young patriots and thereby
the gratitude of the Nation is
consecrated to their noble action,
and,
WHEREAS I'm this free country
of ours, equal opportunities of
life liberty and pursuit of happi-
ness exist, and these privileges
carry with them also duty. which
no man should be allowed ia
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15
EATTLESHIP ANCHORED
IN HEART OF NEW YORK
Governor.

Vacation visitors to New York
City this Summer will find a new
point OF interest on Broadway, at
the corner Of Fourteenth Street
i'm Union Square in one of the
busiest sections of all Manhattan
there has been placed a perfect
replica of a modern deadnaught.
10 has been constructed in the
center of the park and looks all
the world as if it had just ar
rived i'm port. The ship. which
has been named the Recruit, 81
was built through the efforts of
Mayor Mitchell's Defense Com
.mittee and the contributions of
patriotic citizens. On Memorial
Day, with appropriate and i'm
posisg launching ceremonies it
was turned over by Mayor Nit
chcll To Admiral Usher for the
use of the Navy in recruiting.
The ship is manned by thirty
seamen from the Training Sta
ton at Newport R. l.. and is in
command of officers of the Navy
l. is being used exclusively for
recruiting and events that will
stimulate enlisting All day long
speeches are made to the crowd
of onlookers while on the main
deck men are given information
and after qualifying, are passed
on to the examining surgeons
who have Offices on board. The
turrets are mounted with guns oil
wood that are very formidable
looking, while the fighting masts
and several genuine machine
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15
NOTICE EoR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior, u.
S. Land Office at Occur dAlene,
Idaho, June ., 1917.
Notice is hereby given that
Laura H. Hubbell, whose post
office address is Starbuck, Wash
ington, did, on the 2Sth day Of
August, 1916, file i'm this office
Sworn Statement and Application,
No. O1O372, to purchase the S p =
.SWH, Section fl, Township A
n, Range 2 E., Boise Meridian,
and the timber thereon, under
the provisions of the act of June
%, 1873, and acts amendatOry,
known as the Timber and stone
Law" at such value as might be
fixed by appraisement, and that,
pursuant to such application, the
land and timber thereon have
been appraised. at $4,000, the
timber estimated at 225 thousand
board feet at SO.933 per NJ, and
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

shirk,
NOW, THEREFORE,, I, Moses
Alexander, Governor of the State
of Idaho, hereby offer a reward of
twenty-five dollars (s25.OO) for
information given by anyone not
an officer chaged with the per-
Torrance Of duty, that will lead
to conviction in a court of COM
petent jurisdiction of any man
between the ages Of twenty-one
and thirty years, inclusive, who
has not registered for military
duty in accordance with the Act
OF Congress and the Proclama-
ton of the President of the
United states made in accordance
Herewith.
Said reward will be paid by de-
ficiency warrants drawn upon the
Treasurer of the State Of Idaho.
Any information furnished will
be treated as confidential and the
people of this State are asked to
cooperate i'm the enforcement of
this law so that one man may not
be compelled to offer his life for
his country, and his neighbor be
allowed to shirk the responsible
ity and thereby enjoy immuni-
ties to which he is not entitled,
and thus destroy the essence of
our free institutions equality be-
fore the law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF
have hereunto set my hand and
have caused the Great Seal of
the state to be affixed.
DONE at Boise, the Capitol OF
Idaho, this nth day of June
1917.
NJ. ALEXANDER.
Governor
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

guns add TO the realism. The
bridge is equipped with search
lights, signals. and semaphores,
which are worked every night.
THE complete routine of The ship
life is carried out and throughout
day and night the Recruit" is
surrounded by a crowd of inter
ested watchers. Band concerts
are given nearly every night and
motion pictures of Navy training
and the opportunity it presents
to young men are flashed ona
screen every night: 1t is planned
TO have a number of interesting
events occur on deck every even
ing. John Philip Sousa, who has
Just been made a Lieutenant i'm
the Naval Reserve is TO make his
first outdoor appearance in New
York as an officer Band Master
aboard the Recruit, directing the
Navy Yard Band. Last week
nearly three hundred young men
who had been enlisted at the New
York Recruiting Stations gather
ed on the deck of the "Recruit''
before leaving for the training
station at Newport. Here they
were addressed by Monseigneur
Lavelle, representing Cardinal
Farley.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

How David Garriok Made His Fo, tune.
If David Garrick had had no more
than his salary as an actor he would
have had little TO leave at his death
He made his fortune as joint proprie-
tor and for a time as sole proprietor,
Of Drury Lane theater. SO that the
amount set down to himself as salary
was practically nominal. When he re
tired from the stage I'm 1776 he sold
half his share I'm the theater for $50
600. lie was probably the only aces.
who consistently made Shakespeare
pay. and. like Shakespeare. he was
actor. author ana proprietor.
1t may be recalled that Garrick. who
had no enemies outside his own pro-
fession was the grandson of a French
man exiled mt the revocation of the
edict of Nantes and that his father
was a captain I'm the army.-London
Standard
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

Mrs. w. w. Terrell of Terrell
Is in the city today visiting
friends and looking after bust
ness matters.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

Frank Fuller and +. ID. Noon
had a very successful bass fishing
"trip at Benewah lake Tuesday.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. T.. NJ Byerley OF
Benewah were visitors i'm the city
W ednesday.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

A. b. Annis left Wednesday on
a business trip to Seattle.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

For Sale "A sood team; viii
sell separate. VIM. Stay. 1T
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

For SaIe-One eight horse
power gasoline marine engine or
will exchange for cattle. Apply
to j. A. JacOt. st.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

Miss Ethel Smith has under
gone an operation at the st. Mar
les Hospital for the removal of
her tOnsils.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

Attorney r. b. Norris left
Tuesday evening for Occur d.
Alene going by way of Spokane.
He is attorney for the plaintiff in
the case of Samuelson vs.. the
st. Maries Hospital Association
on trial in the court there this
week.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-15

The union meeting which had
been planned for Sunday has been
cancelled owing TO the inability
Of the speaker TO be present, and
services will be held i'm both the
byterian and Methodist
churches as usual.