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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

But we are all ready to go now
Most of the boys have been to New
York at least once, and the biggest
share of US are broke, so that we can't
go again, at least not until the pay
master makes US another visit. Floy
Clark went to see the city today, and
| think he is the last one of our bunch
to take in the sights of the big burg
Anyway Broadway is Hooverizing
and the lights on Broadway only burn
from 7:30 until II at night, in order
to save coal at the power plants. Any
one who has ever seen Broadway will
tell you that there is nothing to see
there until after midnight, and when
soldier visits it he wants to see it
all.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

B. c. Davidson is buying turkeys,
geese, ducks and chickens for the
Thanksgiving trade. The sheds of the
brick barn are being used for pick
ing and the barn proper for packing.
About 20 people are employed. Mr..
Davidson is buying for the Farmers
Equity Of Nampa. He is paying 20
cents a pound for turkeys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
UNCLE SAM WANTS
YOUR HISTORY
QUESTIONABLE Forms Require
Answers to 14S Queries
Distribution Dec. II.

The balance of the $4,000 registered
men in the state Of Idaho who may be
called upon to take up arms for their
country before the present war is ter
minated, will be given some discretion
in showing preference for the branch
of military service to which they wish
to be assigned, judging from the 14s
queries that are enumerated in the
QUESTIONABLE received by the local
county draft board. Beginning De-
cember y, registrants under the draft
law will be required to furnish the
government with the personal history
of themselves the war department re-
duires.
These QUESTIONABLE automatically
revoke all exemptions and discharges
under the first draft. Failure to re-
turn an answer in seven days after the
QUESTIONABLE is received, makes the
registrant liable to Imprisonment and
such men may be certified into the
first class called. Mailing Of the first
list by the local board constitutes
legal notice to the registrant. His
failure to receive it does not excuse
him. Even after answering the ques-
tionaire of q mans status changes and
he does not report it within five days
TO his board he is subject to year in
prison
The minimum number of questions
each man must answer is about 26, the
maximum about 100. Once filed out
the QUESTIONABLE constitute each
mans complete record with the gov
ernment. All previous records are by
it automatically wiped out On the
basis of the draft mans answers, GER
titled by the local boards when neces-
sary, the men are divided into five
classes, the fifth being exempted or
discharged from draft. Liability to
service in other classes follows the
numbers drawn in the lottery July 20.
A man is permitted to mark the
class he thinks he ought to be placed
in. A blank is provided for each
mans appeal to the president from the
draft boards classification, if un-
satisfactory to the registrant- The
board must give its reasons for put
ting man in class he did not /
choose.
Each man must given a list Of his |
occupations, how much he earned at 4
them and how many hours day he
worked during the last eight years.
Every imaginable occupation is in
cluded. His schooling, army service
preference, present work and employ
ar's name, languages spoken. criminal
record and detailed information about
each alleged dependent must be given.
Lloyd Ihrig, member of the new
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Injured in Runaway

Mrs. Mccoy. of the Box Springs
neighborhood, was thrown from wa
son near the Lincoln schoolhouse Fri
day when the team she was driving
ran away and was painfully injured
about the head and shoulders. The
team took fright at a boy riding a
hicvrle
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
To Advertisers and Correspond

The Index force intends to is
sue the paper one day earlier
next week in order TO observe
Thanksgiving day. and we hope
our advertisers and correspond
ents will bring or send in their
copy on Tuesday. We know
You will assist US TO that ex-
FONT
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
RICH RETURNS
FROM FRUIT
Handsome Revenue from Peaches and
Prunes Reported by Two
Emmett Growers

John Vogt, special correspondent OF
the Capital News was in town the past
week and dug up these two stories OF
the records made by two Emmett fruit
growers, one for peaches, and the
other for prunes:
From 20 acres of Elberta peaches
George P Hall this season shipped
5000 bushel baskets, for which he was
paid s1.15 per basket I. o. b. Emmett,
or a total Of $4,000. This is an aver
age Of s345 per acre. This is said to
be the best return per acre secured
BY any peach grower here this
year. Mr. Hall this year got a total
of $1,000 from five acres Of cherries
and apricots, or an average Of S4OO
per acre. He has 20 acres in apples,
and his crop amounted to 1000 boxes
The varieties are JOnathans, Rome
Beauties, Winesaps and Winter Ba-
nanas. His returns from the apples
are not all in, but he will average bet
ter than S100 per box
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Most of US are dreading the trip
across-not worrying much about the
submarines, but we are all afraid of
being seasick. 9They say that the
ships are usually crowded, and I'll bet
if one of our men gets sick there will
certainly be an eruption. And then
we will surely think that war is all
that Sherman said it is.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Real Estate Transfers

Reported BY F. A. DeClark:
Mrs. Mary Fowler 10 C. D. East, 160
acres on the butte.
Two lots in Cook addition to z. G..
Burkham.
Two lots in Daily addition to Il. T.
Lytle.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

It is stated that a complaint has
been served on the railroad company
by the state board Of health for per
hitting hitching racks on their ground
between Commercial and Washington
avenues and that the railroad COM
pany will request the city to move the
racks
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

The railroad yards are to be largely
increased, and negotiations are now
in progress for the purchase Of ad-
ditional land in the eastern part Of
town
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Building New House

Fred Amsbaugn has bought lots
adjoining the Peterson sisters resi-
dence and has commenced the erec-
ton of modern five room bungalow,
with basement
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Albert Martin Is building a car
psntsr shop, 20 by 80 feet, on his
residence property in the northern
part of town.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
Planning Mill Closes

The Boise Payette planning mill
closed Monday, owing TO the famine
IN cars, and viii not open unii trans
portation conditions improve.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

We are still receiving our equip
ment and the way it is piling in the
lord only knows what we are going to
do with it. When l left Boise my box
was only about half full and never
thought l would have enough stuff to
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

l was talking to some of the old
timers of Long Island and they say
that Long Island is a mighty poor
place to be in the winter time, and l
can't see that it is extra good in the
fall. They say that in the winter
the wind blows almost continually,
and at some times it exceeds gale of
80 miles an hour 1t would be impos-
sible to keep our tents up in a wind
anywhere near like that, and together
with the cold weather they must have
7 would certainly hate to spend
the winter here. But there is slim
chance of our staying here very much
longer.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Bricklaying on the Bowers & Coch-
ran store building began Tuesday.
C. W. Hayes has the brick contract.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Carroll Fest, who is in the aviation
corps, has been moved from San An
tonic to Everman, Texas. He ex-
poets to go to a training camp in
Canada soon to receive instructions
under French and British officers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

The Emmett cAuto & Garage Co. will
be closed today Thanksgiving from
10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

James Henderson, one of the saw
yers at the Boise Payette mill, has
enlisted in the goth Engineering COM
pany. He went to Spokane Satur-
day to place his business affairs in
order and today left for Salt Lake to
report for duty. He is a Scotchman
and has been a resident of Uncle
Sans domain for II years
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

The NJ. & NJ Garage will close
Thanksgiving day from 10 a. nj. to
p. m.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Don't forget to change our papers
to our new location the minute you
hear that we have arrived. We are
sometimes when only one arrives on a
mail, we have great fight to see
who is going to read it first. Major
Clark is just as anxious as the rest
of US boys to see the home news and
camps right on our heels if we get the
paper before his comes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Harry Foster came in Sunday from
Camp Greene, where he has been since
we left there, at the base hospital on
account of the measles, but he is feel
ing fine now Floy Clark is expected
in camp today. He is improving rap
idly, but is quite weak yet. Another
boy from our company has been laid
up with the mumps. This disease is
quite prevalent here.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Optometry means eye service.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Most all of the boys have spent at
least two days in New York since
coming here, and we have fine time
telling each other of our experiences.
John Gamage and Kip Harrell spent
last Sunday in the city and it is GER
tainly comical to hear them relate the
time they had. Howard Gaylord was
also New York visitor Saturday
and Sunday, but guess he knows the
ropes better than the rest of US, for
he seems to have gotten along better
than the rest. We will certainly have
some great experiences to relate when
we get home.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Lloyd Ihrig, member of the new
national army sent from this coun-
ty to Camp Lewis, has been rejected
on account of his eyesight, and is
back home. Another man will have
TO be sent to take his place, and he
will probably be Harvey Schrecongost.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Probably the biggest price secured
for a carload Of prunes by an Emmett
grower this year was S1156 + o. b.
Emmett, for car containing 1850
crates. This is equivalent to s91-75
per ton. These prunes were sold by
Duncan Hunter and were grown on
the famous Frozen Dog fruit farm
east of Emmett The car of prunes
was sold in New York The crates
in this carload Of prunes were packed
in what is termed the suit case pack.
The total cost of packing prunes this
way is much cheaper than the usual
method of packing them in tiers in the
little baskets. The total expense Of
the suitcase pack is Is cents per crate
f. 0. b. cars, as compared with 25 cents
per crate when the other method is
used. By using the suitcase pack
Mr.. Hunter saved 10 cents per crate
or S126 on the car of 1860 crates One
of Emmett's prominent fruit shippers
made the statement that it is his opin-
ion that in the future most Of the
prunes here will be suitcase packed.
He is strongly of the opinion that the
time is approaching when Idaho ap-
Piles will be shipped east in barrels
instead of boxes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Nov. 15.-Clare Haylor dropped in
to see me today. Gee, was surprised
to see him, as l didn't have any idea
that any of the Emmett boys were in
the country. 1t seemed good to see
someone we knew besides the fellows
we have been with for the past six
months. Clare has been assigned to
the 161st infantry and will probably
be with this division during the rest
of the war, SO l will get to see him
often. He thinks that Bill Kuckku is
also somewhere in this camp, as he
was expected to arrive yesterday or
today, but so far he has been unable
to locate him.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Yesterday we were all given sweat
sers by the Red Cross and in a few
days we expect to be given sox, nit
tens, helmets, ETC., so we will be pref
ty we'll supplied. The Red Cross and
the Y. M. C. A. are doing a great
work for the soldiers, and if any of
the people at home want to do their
bit, they can't put their money to any
better advantage than by giving it to
these two organizations. The Red
Cross is supplying the boys with the
necessary things to make them as
comfortable as possible and the Y.
M. C. A. is doing great work in pro-
viding entertainments and meeting
and writing rooms for the boys.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

/
hear that we have arrived. We are
all anxious to see The Index and
sometimes when only one arrives on a
mail, we have great fight to see
who is going to read it first. Major
/ Clark is just as anxious as the rest
of us boys to see the home news and
camps right on our heels if we get the
paper before his comes.
l wish l could sit down to the ma
chine once more and pound out the
copy, for my fingers certainly are
itching to pound the keys once more.
A fellow never knows how much pleas
ure there is in running linotype un-
til he has been off of one for six
months and l suppose you would
like to have me there the next two
months with the Christmas rush COM
ing on. But there is no use of US
thinking of home until we have put
the Kaiser to sleep.
Many amusing incidents have re-
suited at Camp Mills from the
draft soldiers first attempts to mast
er the intricacies of guard duty. One
of the sentinels had been drilled re-
peatedly on the required manner of
challenging and advancing an officer
of the camp after dark. He under
stood it fully, he thought, until con-
fronted by an actuality. Two Of
ficers approached his post and were
halted. "Who is there" called the
guard "Officers of the camp" came
the reply. Advance one officer" The
senior officer came forward, was re-
cognized and advanced. The guard
completely forgot the second officer
standing where first halted. On turn
ing around he observed the remaining
officer waiting PERMISSION to advance.
The sentinel was puzzled. He hadn't
been instructed as to what to do in a
case like this. Then his ingenuity
came to his assistance and he COM
manded in very imperious manner,
"Offcer, forward march, A lieuten-
ant was returning to his barracks
rather late when he was accosted by
the second sentinel. At the command 4
of "halt" he obeyed, but no further
command came from the guard. He
started to proceed and was again stop
ped by a sharp halt" He waited
again, but no further command fol-
lowed, and he started on his way for
the third time, only to hear the third
"halt" The lieutenant was growing
rather indignant and said "See here,
guard, don't you know your general
orders?" Eyes, sir" replied the
guard, "the book says to halt them
three times and then shoot EN-"
Besides Claire Haylor, William
John T. Davies and Emery /
Sherard are at Camp Mills, accord
ng to a card received today from Mr..
He says the last three |
named have been assigned to Co. A, '
lend infantry. L
Louis Alsager has been moved from
Camp Lewis to some place, New York, {
t is believed. His train passed {
through Nampa Saturday. ,
James Henderson, one of the saw
-ers at the Boise Payette mill, has
Unlisted in the Goth Engineering COM
,any. He went to Spokane Satur-
lay to place his business affairs in
rider and today left for Salt Lake to
eport for duty. He is Scotchman
nd has been a resident of Uncle :
'am's domain for II years.
Carroll Fest, who is in the aviation a
orps, has been moved from San An c
onio to Everman, Texas. He ex- n
ects to go to training camp in a
'anada soon to receive instructions O
nder French and British officers. n
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Yesterday a bunch of craftsmen
from Camp Lewis arrived in camp
and about two hundred of them have
been assigned to the sanitary train
for the present. They will be used
TO fill up the gaps in the 41st' division
and viii be assigned to the different
divisions in a short time. Most of
the boys here now are from Califor-
MIA, but it is rumored that Idaho boys
will be in in a few days, and we hope
so, for we would be mighty glad to
see some more of them in this dlvi-
sion. The drafts are certainly dis
couraged with the army, but you can't
blame them very much. They have
only two blankets and very small
supply of clothes, some of them not
having a complete uniform yet. So we
think that we are mighty lucky to be
in the guard for we all have had
good supply of clothes after the first
two weeks we were in service. But
these boys will be supplied in few
days, for if they are going with US,
they will be fully equipped for over
seas service.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Louis Alsager has been moved from
Camp Lewis to some place, New York,
it is believed. His train passed
through Nampa Saturday.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Besides Claire Haylor, William
Kuckku, John T. Davies and Emery
Sherard are at Camp Mills, accord
ing to card received today from Mr..
Kuckku. He says the last three
named have been assigned to Co. A,
lend infantry.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
More Emmett Boys Arrive at
Camp Mills-Nearly All
Equipment Received.
From "The Boy"

Camp Mills, Nov. 13.-Sunday
about noon a bunch of US boys started
out on a trip through Long Island.
We took in every town on the island'
including Jamaica, Queens, Rocka-
way, Freeport, Coney Island, and
made complete circle. 1t was about
6 o'clock when we finished the trip
and we decided to go to New YORK
for supper, arriving there in about an
hour. Long Island is a mighty pretty
place in the fall, and is ideal for
auto riding, there being paved roads
every place, and there are several
drives and speedways where one may
90 as fast as he likes. New York IS
30 miles from Hampstead, and IN go
ing to New York Sunday we made 1t
in less than an hour, and part OF the
way it was through crowded streets,
so YOU see we burned up the gas
when we did hit a clear road.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

W. E. Buck last spring bought a
20-acre farm on the Emmett bench
and his first crop of corn more than
paid the entire purchase price of the
land. His farm cost him $50 per
acre. He planted it to field corn and
sold the crop for $50 per acre. The
purchaser of the corn cut the corn
and hauled it TO his silo for ensilage.
A number OF new silos were built this
year in the Emmett country. The
going price for corn in the field this
year is 500 per acre. 1t is used for
ensilage.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

Erwin Health got a return of $4,000
from his four acres of prunes. He
sold his prunes by the ton for $4,000
net at the orchard, which is a return
of $3.50 per acre.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-11-22

William Little has the distinction Of
having hauled more fruit this year
from the orchards to the packing
houses and cars than any individual
here. He kept six teams busy hauling
fruit from early in September until
last week. They hauled in total Of
100 carloads of fruit
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27

Who invented the first submarine boat, and what country built the first one2
 The first submarine boat ever built was invented and constructed by David Bushnell, who was born in Connecticut in 1742 and graduated at Yale college in 1775. While student he expert mented on the subject, and the year following his graduation he designed and built a submarine torpedo boat, which he called '"The American Tur- tle." While the Revolutionary war was in progress he attempted to destroy . fifty gun British man-of-war in New York harbor, but was prevented by an accident. However, he demonstrated the feasibility of his plan, which in- volved many of the principles of the fighting submarines now in use. Gen eral Washington commended his pa trioism and assisted him in continuing his experiments. Bushnell died in 1924. A few years after Bushnell an- other American built submarine boat, applying and developing the same ideas. This was Robert Eglton, inven- tor of the steamboat In 1797 Fulton went to Paris to secure the adoption of his plan, and in a letter to the French directory he said: "The enormous com merce of England, no less than its gov ernment, depends upon its navy. Should some vessels of war be destroyed by means so novel, so hidden and so in calculable Gas submarines), the eonf- dence of the seamen will vanish, and the fleet will be rendered useless from the first terror" To a friend in Amer ica Fulton wrote from Paris, Nov. 20, 179S: "I would ask any one if all the American difficulties during this war are not owing to the naval systems of Europe and licensed robbery on the ocean? How, then, is America to pre- vent this? Certainly not by attempt ing to build fleet to cope with the fleets of Europe, but, if, possible, by rendering the European fleets useless" Bonaparte appointed three expert naval engineers to examine Fultons plans, and on their approval he ad- vanced money to build a submarine. She was built under Fulton's direction, but for some reason was never tested. All later experiments in submarine navigation, including submarine war ships now in use, were developments of ideas originally advanced by the two Americans above named.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
Women's Hosiery and
 Underwear

Women's lace trimmed knee
 length pants, small sizes; regu- lar 25c 2 for 25c Misses medium Rib Vests regular 25c. Now, =. 2 for 25c
 Women's, Fiber Silk Hose, perfect goods, in black only; regular 35c. Now <. 25c pair Handkerchiefs and Ribbons
 All Silk and Taffeta Ribbon, many patterns; regular 29 and 35c.i Now =. 25c yd.
 Ladies' Handkerchiefs, hem stitched ......... 10 for 25c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
Chamber of Commerce Gives Up Banquet to
 Aid Food Campaigns

Give, nD banqueting and work for The county and the country" is the slogan advanced by t1s Chamber of Comnaerce. Because of the volume of statistical work now being done by that body in connection with the mob 1nzaf1cn of industzla1 and agricultural resources In the county the Chamber or Comznefce will practice what il breaches and has announced aban. donmSuf of tho annual banquet sched- nled to f011ow the naseting on Mon- day. when 1t ts expected these noms 1hat1onS Efn be rAt16ed by election:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-27
HARTFORD PASTOR TO CONDUCT SERVICES AT
 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

Sunday the people of the First Presbyterian church will hear Rev. John F. Johnstone, Ph- D., of Hart ford, who will conduct the services morning and evening He will also assist at the dedication of the beau Hfu1 American flag, lately presented to the Sunday school by the Woman's Relief corps of the state, which will be dedicated at the beginning of the school hour with suitable exercises.