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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
MAIL THE CHRISTMAS
 GIfT EARLY THIS YEAR
Packages for Soldiers Abroad Should Be in Mail Before November l5,
 Others By December P.

The postoffice department urges early shopping and mailing for Christ mas.
 Christmas parcels to be delivered in the United States should be mailed not later than December 22 An effort should be made to ge. such parcels into the mail by the middle of Decem- Der, or earlier when practicable. Par cells may be endorsed Not to be open ed before Christmas" or other similar notation.
 Parcels for Soldiers.
 Parcels for our soldiers abroad must be mailed not later than November 15 to insure delivery on Christmas morning. Try not to exceed 10 pounds in. each parcel for soldiers abroad.
 While Christmas mail for domes- tic delivery will be handled by the postoffices up to the last minute, the public should make allowance for the strain upon transportation facilities on account of war activities and the enormous increase in the volume of ordinary mail. Added to this will probably be the largest mail ever handled. Y.
 No date is too early for mailing Chfistmas parcels marked for Christ ' Nofice to Postmasters.
 The cooperation of shoppers and merchants to hasten Christmas shop ping is requested by the postoffice department. ! The following notice has been received by Postmaster John Williams:
 .The attention of all postmasters is invited to the necessity ot an un- usually extensive campaign for tthe early mailing of Christmas parcels. There is every reaeon to believe that the conditions this year wlll be unprecedented, not only because of the soldiers abroad and in the can tonments, but because of the present prosperity prevailing throughout the country end congestion Of other means of transportation. The high wages and the abnormal earnings of many persons of moderate circumstances will no doubt cause them to give more generously this Christmas than in previous years. All parcels intrust.. ed to the department for handling must be delivered promtly.
 Intensive Campaign Urged.
 ''In order to do so it will not only require an intensive campaign for early mailing, but complete and we'll worked out arrangements for sue cessfully conducting the service dur ing the Cnristmas holidays. These activities should begin at once by giving as much publicity as possible to the desirability of the early mail ing of Christmas parcels and by talk ing such steps as may be necessary to handle these parcels promptly"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
sCHRANTz RESIGNS.

c. l., SchrantzA member of the force at the Pine Bluff postoffice and sec retary of the local civil service board, has rendered his resignation, and will accept position with the local branch of Armour & company. His success sor has not yet been chosen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
JOHN H. PAGE
 IS APPOINTED LIVE STOCK JUDGE

Little Rock, Nov. 8.-John H. Page, state commissioner of agriculture, has been appointed one of the judges of live stock and feed crop products at the National Farmers and Live Stock show which will be held at New Or leans, November 12-15. MT. Page will accent the invitation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

: You only need Sanol Eczema Cure to get rid of those Black Heads, Pim-
 pless roash shaneps K .eaxes skin smooth. Cures any case of Eczema. Is pleasnt to use. A trial will con
 vince you. 35c at the drug store If.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

At the recent meeting of. the East ern baseball league it was said that the season recently closed was he most dfsastroUs Anaucial fly in the :sis- tory of the organixa tipn. x.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

The Duchess of Devonshire, wife of the governor general of Canada: is president of the Canadian Red Cross and also of the Royal Victoria Order of Nurses.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

Raleigh, N. Cafaj. Gen. George L. Peterson, former sfate paymaster gen #al of the Nottk Carolina Natiol sl guard. now majorsQn the Quartermas- ter's stan Of the hirti eth division at Camp Seyier. Gree S.s C., was al~ r&pted here pli ayge of embe1- Slin1 $6,700 during tho four years that ho 6oId m stat1 plfics. x
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

News was received here of fatal pistol duel between Pat Marcum, Ten nesseean, and Redwine Holland. spe- cial officer at Raymond, in Letcher county. Holland was shot through the forehead. Marcum fled and is be- ing pursued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

"Old Doc" Crandall. the former Giant heayer, had, great season in
 the Pacific coast league, where ]. he
 pitched brilliant ball for Los Angeles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

WESS0N OIL VIII shelt to e0lvhs tho. HIGH CQxt ION II WING Bf0G GAUHE
 it is chsaper ald Goes taFtheE tha1'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

bring dead one home for burial.
 Let us lose sight of these-and many other things and win this war we are at war-awful war, and 1t falls to us to win-or make the most gru- some sacrifice of any other nation and we will win, but take into consid- eration that 1t is the United States furnishing the men (some of the our furnishing the money-the men boys) and at the same time feeding, and clothing the world. Stop man womand and think.
 Very truly,
 WILL DE LAY"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
'R. R. MEN THHEATEN STRIKE.

Buenos Aires. Nov. 7.-The railway employees in Arseptina are threaten ing general strike. s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

Bargains in Homes and Vacant Lots
 TAYLOR G COMPANY
 Insurance, Loans and Real Estate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
|nII1I1IIlI1IDI|1OI|lII

medicine I took. Every month since ! was . young girl 1 had suffered with cramps h my sides ct periods and wa never regular. ! saw your advertise ment in the newspaper and the picture of . woman who had been saved from an operation and this picture was im- pressed on my mind. The, doctor had given me only two more days to make hp my mind 70 I sent my husband to the drug store It once for . bottle of Lydia D. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound, and believe me, l soon noticed change and when had finished the third bottle I was cured and never felt better. Igrant you the privilege to publish my letter and am only too glad to let other women know of my cure. Mrs. THos. MCGoN- IcAL. 3432 Hartville Street. Phila., Pa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
AN OPERATION
 INVERTED

Philadelphia, Pa" One year ago I was very sick and I suffered with pains
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09

ll0 my Sloe e1l0 DECK until I nearly went
 crazy. I went to different doctorsand
 they all cold l had ] female trouble and
 would not get any
 relief until | would
 be operated on. I he'd suffered forfour years before this time, but l kept get ting worse the more
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-11-09
2 No Time for Bickerings.
 SsY1i.> <O r,l.,RA AY~~y Q 1O17

ssEaitor of The Graphic. Pine Bluff.
 near sir:-C Conditions confronting thQ world, such as now never stared mn 1n the face befOre-and especial lxI M this true of our own glorious U,AN. A, the only land that boasts l land Of the free and the home of
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05
Pioneer Visits Cottonwood

Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Wilmot of Mil
ton, enjoyed several days visit here
this week with their relatives-Geo.
M. Robertson and family, making the
round trip with their auto. 1t was
his first visit here in 30 years. AL
though 78 years of age, Mr.. Wilmot
is yet as bright and active and with
as good eyesight as most men of half
his age. He drives his own car, and
is dead-shot with rife, every fall
bagging the limit of deer and other
game. Mr.. Wilmot was among the
early settlers of this Camas Prairie
country and took part in some of the
most desperate Indian fights in the
history of this country. He took
part in the famous battle with the
Nez Perce Indians on July 4th and
9th, 1877, in and around Cotton
wood, when number of white men
lost their lives, including Capt. Ran
dali, who fell mortallay wounded by
the side Of Mr.. Wilmot. The Chron-
icle will have more to say about /this
noted battle in our next issue.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05
Five Per Cent Grade.

The surveyors at work seeking out
a grade for the LeWistOn-C Cottonwood
Boise north and south state highway
are making good progress and at pres
ent are working in close to Grange
vile. They started their work on the
saddle at the summit between Grange
vile and Whitebird and carried the right
of-way through on practically five per-
cent grade. Their elevation was 1850
feet to start with and the highest al
titude reached was 1926 feet. This
is at a distance of two and One-fOurth
miles from the place of beginning
After reaching Grangeville the survey
ors will no doubt return and work
on the portion of the trail leading into
White Bird
The route of the new road will prob
ably follow the old Burns survey
from White Bird to Frizzells saddle, a
distance of seven miles. Then the
French survey will be used to the top
Of the hill The new highway will
avoid the pinnacle by going south and
will take any advantage of draws to
get a good grade down to the Adkison
school shouse from which point easy
going will be found into Grangeville.
As some one has said the advantage
of the highway when completed will be
hard to estimate. With the road open
clear through to Boise it is possible
that there will be stage service put on
the entire distance. This will give
letter mail privileges of which the Sal
mon river people are sorely in need.
AS the auto truck business is taking
the place of railroad transportation in
many parts Of the country, there will
be an opening for this kind of freight
ing during the summer months at
least. As the new road will have a
steady five percent grade and avoid all
humps and hills a truck can handle
big load any place on the route.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

cussion of the benefits of a county
agent or advisor and how to get one
for our county. Much enthusiasm
was evident and another meeting will
be held in the near future to further
take up the matter. w. b. Hussman
is in charge of the organization move
ment.
The institute, while strictly an
educational feature, was highly en-
tertaining in itself and those who
were looking for other pleasures found
them in the movies and dance that
were in progress each evening.
The weather was ideal, the pro.
gram carried out we'll and an able
corps Of lecturers were in attendance
and the event will long be remember
ed as one of the most profitable and
enjoyable of the season.
Let the good work go on. We
should have more of these institutes,
and as Mr.. Smith so aptly said that
the railroad company realized that
they should do something to cooperate
and help all the people, the town
people should carry this work still
farther by encouraging and helping
the farming industry in their CON-
munitv
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05
STOCK SHIPMENTS.

Twenty-Five cars of cattle and hogs
were shipped ont from here and 8 cars
over the Clearwater line Tuesday, fer
Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane. Steers
brought $8.25 and hogs SLIPS per
hundred.
C. j. Hall shipped out 30 cars of
sheep from Grangeville Saturday for
Chicago.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05
Insurance for Soldiers.

One of the uses to which it is pro-
posed to devote part of the proceeds
Of Liberty Loan Bonds is to afford to
our soldiers and sailors life and In
demnity insurance and to provide for
allowances to their dependent families
while they are in the ranks. On this
point Secretary McAdoo of the Treas
ury, whose plan of insurance for our
fighting men was endorsed by President
Wilson and is now embodied in law
pending before Congress. says:
EVERY soldier and sailor who serves
his country in this war will earn every
thing the proposed war insurance bill
provides; to be beneficiary of the pro-
posed law will be badge of honor
when we draft a wage Garner, we
call not only him but the entire family
to the flag; the sacrifice entailed is
not divisible. The wife and children,
the mother, the father, are all involved
in the sacritice-they directly bear the
burden of defense. They suffer just as
much as the soldier, but in a different
way, and the nation must generously
discharge as a proud privilege the duty
Of maintaining Them until the soldiers
and sailors return from the war and
resume the responsibility.
I'VE have drawn the sword to vim
| dicate Americas violated rights, to re-
store peace and justice, and to secure
the progress Of civilization. We can.
not permit our soldiers, while tn y
hold the front, to be stabbed in the
back by uncertainty as to what is be-
ing done for their loved ones at home.
Our tomOrrows are in their hands
theirs in ours. The national conscience
will not permit American soldiers and
their dependents to go unprovided with
everything that a just, generous and
noble people can do to compensate
them for the suffering and sacrifices
they make to serve their country"
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

The highest price ever received for
a carload of Lewiston apples has been
reported by p. w. Clark, of the Tri-
State Fruit company, the price being
1925 per box for extra fancy and $1.9O
per box for fancy Winter Bananas
The apples were the product of the
Lewiston Orchards and were packed
by the Tri-State Fruit company and
marketed by the Earl Fruit company
of the northwest. The price quoted is
f. o. b. Lewiston and has netted the
grower the highest price ever received
for a LwistOn valley pack.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

The draft law authorizing the con-
scriptiOn of men between the ages of
10 and 21, it is thought will soon go in.
to effect. They would be trained in the
camps abandoned by soldiers ordered
to the front. 1t is claimed that the
younger men make the best soldiers,
because of their recuperative power
1t will be recalled that there were over
100000 men in the Union and Rebel
armies II years of age and less. The
war of the Rebellion on both sides
was fought by young men.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

The decision of United States Dis
trict Judge Keller, of West Virginia.
holding that the federal law forbidding
the shipment of liquor into states
where its manufacture or sale is illegal,
does not apply to that state will have
the effect of restoring the state liquor
permit system in Washington If it is
sustained by the United States SUI
preme court, according to United States
District Attorney Garrecht.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

The cOnscriptiOn list of perhaps
every county in the United States
shows an industry on the part of lot
of young men that is indeed surprising
the only support of some near rela-
tive, which they claim sufficient for
exemption from military duty. And in
so many cases, the mother or father,
or both, have been working their fing-
er nails off to keep the lad in cigar
cite mOney.-EXchange
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

Wanted-girl or woman for cham
Der work at Phoenix hotel.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

A reader of the Chronicle has had
the following experience with smut:
He started seeding a field, the soil be-
ing dry and jim good condition. He
had sown but a few rounds when
shower came up, and he sought shelter.
The shower lasted but few minutes.
1t dampened the surface Of the soil but
slightly and our friend resumed his
seeding. The grain sown on the damp
soil went heavily to smut, while that
sOwn on the dry soil had no smut in it.
The seed had all been treated at the
same time and in the same manner.
The ground had all been prepared at
the same time and the seeding done on
the same day. Has any other farmer
had a similar experience? If 50 let us
know about it. We may be on the eve
Of an important discovery.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

An exchange figures it out that half
of mans life is devoted to making
the "dOugh'-and the last half is
wholly taken up with the job Of keep
ing others from taking it away from
him.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1917-10-05

The pOstoffice is about the only place
in creation where prices have not gone
up The price Of two cents for a
sending letter is the same. Stamped
envelopes are the same as before the
war and the one cent post card is
really one place where you get some
thing for nothing There has been no
raise in the price of stamps and the
postal employees salaries have remain
ed about the same. There are no
strikes, no fuss, no bunk and yet some
insist that government ownership and
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-07
GARDEN SPACE MAY BE SAVED
How to BIanch Celery by Use OF Pa
per Made for Purpose.

When the plan of banking with sol!
is used for blanching celery, the rows
must be so wide apart as to waste
much valuable land in small garden
areas. But by using paper sold II
rolls for the purpose, and which i
treated to make it tough and moisture
proof, much garden space and time
may be saved, says writer in Farm
and Fireside.
Celery set with the intention OF us
ing paper for blanching need be only
far enough between rows to allow
convenient cultivation with wheel hoe
and two rows can be set not over Sly
or eight inches apart, with spaces i;
to 18 inches on each side of the doubt
rows. When ready for blanching, tht
paper can be quickly stretched eacf
side of the~double row. The roll Is un
wound along one side and back the
opposite side of the double rows, thus
requiring no cutting of the roll. Whii>
one person stretches the paper anC
holds it in place, another thrusts tn'
long wire staples, made like narrow
crouuet arches, over the double row:
to hold the paper snugly up in place
If the right kind of paper can D'
procured and is carefully rolled ant
saved when the crop is harvested, l
can be used several seasons.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-07
Oldest American City.

The first permanent European set
Element in the United States was
founded September 8, 1865. Menende2
de Aviles had arrived on the, coast OF
Florida on st. Augustine's day in that
year, and accordingly he gave the name
of that saint to the city he founded
The founding was accompanied b!
much pomp and display. Accompanied
by his chaplain, arrayed in rich sacer
dotal robes, Menendez went ashore
followed by numerous ecclesiastics and
gentlemen" while flags waved, can,
mons roared, drums beat and trumpets
sounded. NIenendez planted the royal
standard in the sands, beside which
the chaplain placed the large cross ne
had carried. With such CONSERVATION
Menendez laid the foundation OF the
city of st. Augustine. Only human
sacrifice was needed to give the city 0
proper start, so the Spaniards salllec
forth and slew Jean Ribault and his
company of French Huguenots. II
Augustine now has a population OF
about 5000 and is known chiefly as a
winter resort.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-07
MAN AND BEAST NEED SLEEP
How Wild Animals Are Tanned BY
Being Kept Awake.

A person without sleep for nine days
will die. Sufferers from insomnia
sometimes maintain that they have
gone for weeks without sleeping, while
it has been proved that they actually
sleep without being aware of it. At
a certain point, sleep is inevitable, no
matter what the bodily condition, the
alternative being death.
A method Of tanning wild elephants
is said to be that of depriving the ami
mails of sleep when first caught. In a
few days they become practically spir-
itless and harmless. The brain of the
elephant is held to be more highly de-
veloped than that Of any other wild
animal; but, Of course, as compared
with a-human being, can be easily
fatigued by new impressions and so
made dependent, on sleep.
The wild elephant in his native jun
gle is said to sleep very lttle-a fur
Their point of the theory Of the uni
versal ratio Of sleep to intelligence.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-07
How MenthoI Is Manufacturing.

A good part of the worlds pepper
mint comes from Japan, and it is from
peppermint that we get menthoi. which
is so widely used as local anostiietic
in the treatment of headache.
The preliminary steps in the nsnu-
facture Of menthoI are carried GIt by
the Japanese farmers themselves,
with the aid of stills of a simple de-
sign. The peppermint plants arearst
dried in sheds, or under cover from
the sun, for 80 days. Then they are
placed in the stills, where they unds'-
go process of steaming. The result
ing vapors are led off through pipes
into cooling chambers, are condensed,
and deposited as crude peppermint oil.
The crude peppermint is shipped TO
Yokohama and Kobe, where factories
subject it to a process of fractional
distillati0n to obtain the full content
of mentlol.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-07
Bread PRICES VARY in
Different SECTIONS
Need of Standardization Shown
in Reports to Food
Administration.

Reports on bread prices made by
consumers to the United States food
administration from So points in all
sections of the country show a wide
difference for the same size loaf and
emphasize the need for bread stand.
ardization.
In Pleasantville, N. j., 16-ounce
loaf of bread was selling for six cents.
This was the lowest price record re.
ported for the United States. A 10
ounce loaf was reported selling for
Is cents in Rock Falls, H.; Eastport,
Me-; Red Bank. N. s.; Miami, Okla. !;
Gallitzea, Pa; Nashville, Tenn; Lara
ME, Wyo., and Newport, Conn. But
the high price record went to Para.
gould, Ark, where 20 cents was being
charged for 16-ounce loaf.
In Eagle Pass, Tex, a 16-ounce loaf
sold for TX cents. 1t sold for eight
cents in Lansing, Mich, Houston, Tex,
and Chippewa Falls, Wis, and for 10
cents in Grinnell, Ia, West Point,
Miss, and Lowell, Mass.
A 14-ounce loaf sold for six cents
in Lock Haven, Pa, and Nashville,
Tenn; for seven cents in Winfield,
Kan, Grafton, w. Va, Evansville, Ind,
and Ann Arbor, Mich; for ten cents
In Jefferson, Ia, West Point, Miss,
and Corvallis, Ore. and for 15 cents
in Paragold, Ark, Ridgewood, N. j.,
and Abingdon, Mass.
A 12-ounce loaf sold for five cents
In Rock Falls, ILL.,, Brownsville, Tex,
and Douglas, Ariz.; for six cents in
Santa Monica, CAL, Annapolis, Md,
Westminster, Nd, Camden, N. j., and
Remove, Pa; for ten cents in Pura-
gould, Ark. Ridgewood, N. j., Glorers.
vile, N. z, Lock Haven, Pa, Herrin,
Ill, Peru, Ind, Monongahela, Pa, and
Nashville, Tenn; and for IL cents Up
Laramie, Wyo.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-12-07
Ne1... netmel
Great Heat Loss on Ocean
Ships Is Held Unavoidable.

On all sea-going steamers the steam
is condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface condensers. This
circulating water is then discharged
overheard. In the process of conden'
sation the cooling water, taken In at
temperatures varying form 80 to &c
degrees Fahrenheit, according to ell
matte and other conditions, is raised tc
temperatures varying from so to 12O
degrees and then discharged.
This great loss of heat is practically
unavoidable, says the Popular Science
Monthly. Even on comparatively small
steamers hundreds of tons of heated
water are pumped overheard daily.
This constitutes one Of the greatest
heat losses in the operation of steam
machinery, although sometimes a por
ton Of the war water is used for scrub
bling decks and for bath water On pas
senger ships.