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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28


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pug Goodwin Labor Road A
35o
r Gasl;u rahor ma
A.ad 80 NJ 49, ,-'''' 80
-'"',. Dr. l0''0
SANTA Mcrc' co. Supphes hoau
" 1910
>. II. Lacey, Labor Road g,
1926
Paul Sebesta, Labor Road Z,
4.s7
Paul Sebesta Labor Road 2.
5.95 |
Floyd Baker, Labor Road 9,
1920
Peter Mullen, Labor Road 9,
1880 |
Clarence Drumming, Labor Road |
9. 1920
Clarence McCleary. Labor Road
q, 1900
w. A. Ohler, Labor Road 9,
2I.9O
Ed. Miller. Labor Road Q. $500
II. II. Quinsey, Labor Road 9,
3.75
r. j.. Mourning, Team Hire
Road 9. 1920
Tom Morford, Labor and Sup
plies Road Q, 10000
Tom Morford, Labor and Sup
plies Road 9. $500
Frank r. Knapp, Labor Road
40, 1i.25
A. S. Dovoe, Team Hire Dist.
lao, fO3.f2
Floyd Baxter. Labor Road 40.
5.62
W. G. Baxter, Labor Road 10:
1857
Phil Barnisch, Labor Road 40.
1857
j. II. Bowman, Labor Road 10,
1000
J.. Nj. Thompson, Supervising
Road Crew G. r.. 1915
A. S. DeVoe. Supervising Road
Grew G. R. 500
Alex Gordon. Supervising Road
Grew G. r. 1875
Chas. Kogler. Overseer q. r..
37.88
A. Il. Gritz, Overseer G.. r..
65.62
6l.O5
J.H. Lacy, Supplies for Bridges
1890
Levi Nusbaum. Labor ON
Bridges, 200
Occur d'Alene Log Owner Assn.
Hauling Piling, 1872
ST. Maries Hdw. Co.. Supplies
Bridge, $50
Floyd Baker, Lumber Bridge.
ma
O. e. Haley, Supplies C. f.. $50
O. T.. HALEY, Supplies Road 2.
23.IO
Fred Richardson, Labor Road
lao, 72.O6
George O'Dwyer. Supplies
IStockade, 5.i5
81. Maries Hdw. Co. Supplies
IStockade, AIS
Union Meat Market. Supplies
IStockade. 1888
L. A. Empey, Supplies Stockade
1918
City Bakery. Supplies Stockade,
1928
Emil Elder. County Recorder
Kootenai Co.. Transcribing. 80
j. M. McCarter. Carpenter
Nxr-l q o-
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Continued on page 81
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ter and Receiver Of the U. S.
Land Office, at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho.
Any person is at liberty to pro-
test this purchase before entry,
OF initiate a contest at any time
before patent issues, by filing a
corroborated affidavit in this Of
flee, alleging facts which would
defeat the entry.
FRANK LANGLEY, Register
Dec. t4=Feb. is.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
TO THE PuRLIn

BY reason of present business
conditions we are compelled to
discontinue our present credit
system.
We wish to announce that on
and after January list, 1913, we
will place our store on a strictly
cash basis. Our customers will
be benefited by our so doing as
the cost of doing business will be
materially reduced.
ANNIS DRUG co.
A. B. Annis,
Mgr
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
ANNOUNCEMENT

Owing TO business conditions
now existing we are compelled to
discontinue our present credit
system.
On and after January 1st, 1913,
our store will be placed on a
strictly cash basis. In so doing
we materially lessen the cost OF
doing business and our customers
will benefit by it.
Signed, ALCORN DRUG co.
H. l.. AlcOrn,
Mgr
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
BIDS WANTED

BIDS viii be received at the
office of the secretary of the
school board up to 600 o'clock
p. M. Monday, Jan. "A, 1913, for
$50 cords of wood to be cut from
green standing fir and tamarack
timber. Same to be delivered to
the st. Maries Schools on or be-
fore Oct. 4, 1918.
Signed,
w. +. SARGENT,
Secretary School Board.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
THE SECRET OF
SUCCESSFUL RAKINGS

Many women entertain the idea
that they can never become
thoroughly good cooks. They
may be perfectly able to prepare
meats and vegetables properly.
Still they make a miserable fail
ure of bakings. When one gives
the matter serious consideration
is becomes evident that the fault
rests more in faulty Baking Pow
der than careless or haphazard
baking methods. This must be
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
RECORD OF THE BOARD
OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Continued

Occur d'Alene Log Owners
Assn, Supplies, 800
st. Maries Hdw. Co., Supplies
Sherifr's Office, 400
Remington Typewriter Co.,
Typewriter ribbon, rs
w. H. zeiglitz, Board of County
Poor, 24.OO
Isabel NJ. Irvine, Mothers Pen
sion, Asnd. list Natl. Blk, 27.OO
Christopher Jensen, Temporary
aid, 500
Mrs. frankie Woods, Mothers
Pension, 500
Lula Click, Mothers Pension,
1900
Table Supply Store, Temporary
aid for j. Nelson, 1898
A. N. Carlton, Aid and Supplies,
22.S5
Koch and Hair, Temporary Aid
to Dan Weaver, 1000
E. NJ. Davis & Sons, Supplies
for Poor Farm, 4.50
Alex Gordon, Expenses Road
Dist. 1, 3.S3
Alex Gordon, Team Hire Road
1, 6.25
Alex Gordon, Blacksmithing
Road 4, 5.25
St. Maries Hdw. Co., Supplies
Road 1, 8.55
H. H. Renfro, Supplies Road 8,
CLARK Renfro, Labor Road 8,
1852
Occur d'Alene Lumber Co.,
Lumber Road ?, go
Chas. Kogler, Team Hire Road
2, $3.50
w. w. Fuller, Labor Road 3,
Asnd. list Natl. Blk, 22.75
C. Argo, Labor Road 8, 1875
Delbert Brown, Labor Road A,
$50
A. d. Van Orsdale, Labor Road
4, 47.I2
l. B. Horn, Supplies Road 4, 100
Mike Gehl, Blacksmithing Road
4, 2.25
B. S. Walkup, Labor Road A,
IO9.3i
Nick Miller, Labor Road 4, 2.65
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
MoTIoE ZOE JUSTIFICATION

Department of the Interior, U.
S. Land ONCE at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, December 8, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Ed
ma r. Cuddy Ahlin, formerly Edna
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-12-28
800 Reward, 500

pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous
Surfaces OF the System thereby de-
btroying the foundation of the disease.
Giving the patient strength by building
- thc constitution and assisting ma
re I'm doing its work. The prOnrie-
fars have so much faith in the curative
urrs Of Han Cltarrh Cure that
.cy onN- One IIuuarcd Dollars for any
Sc lhay IL fllis 80 cure. Send Tor list
% tf~f r.i s'e
Aaarcs- o. p CFr.-UY & co. Toledo.
Ca. ST. - a., ---~-.---. i5c.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
ALLEGED SLAYER
FAILS TO TAKE
STAND IN TRIAL
Wife Says Minister Took No
Extra Clothing,

RED OAK. Iowa. Sept IL Without
calling the defendant to the witness
stand the defense rested at 10 IS a. M.
today in the trial Of the Rev. Lynn
George J Kelly charged with murder
in connection with the Villisca Ak
slayings Of 1912 and the state imme
diatcly began its rcbu,taI
Mrs. Laura Kelly, wife OF the de-
icdant, testified.
Where do you livc?" the prosecutor
asked her.
NO place. now" she returned.
Mrs. Kelly is 30 years old She mar
ricd the defendant in England twelve
years ago and came to Iowa with him
five years ago. She told OF her huS
bands departure on the afternoon Of
the day preceding the Nillisca tragedy
She packed his grip, she said, and it
contained no clothing nor night cloth
ing
1T had nothing but some theological
books and some toilet articles" she
said.
Judge Boies today disqualified fifteen
witnesses for the defense who were to
have given testimony to direct the
guilt OF the murders to another man.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22

cording to L. r. Van Detvoort, owner
OF the shop, it is first rate" bunch
OF workers "The glasses are polished
until YOU can see your face in them,
he said.
And this is not the only place where
women are being employed in the place
Of men Ray McGrecr, manager Of the
Beatrice Creamery company, will em.
ploy wives to take the place OF three
men who have been drafted
1--WE may all have to he doing ,hi,
before long" said r G Bedford, man.
ager OF the Colcord building Women
are being employed throughout the cast
to run elevators in buildings II we
find that il becomes necessary to use
women in our elevators we will first
select the girls as TO their physical iit.
ness and adapability, then train then,
at night after hours, and put them to
work as soon as they become expert,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22

WASHTNGTON-On million dol
lars for Libraries for the soldiers and
sailors. That is the aim OF the newly
formed library war council, some OF
whose more prominent members are
Elihu Root, J. p Morgan Bishop John
M Farley, Theodore n. Vail and Har-
old Braddock, the councils chairman.
Opportunity will be given every Amer
ican citizen to do his part
The library war council. working in
conjunction with the American Library
association, is going TO establish libra
ries wherever our soldiers may be. In
this America is only following the cx-
perience OF the other nations engaged
in war, Germany was the first TO es-
tablish travelling libraries for its sol
dierS, sending out volumes from the
Royal library at Berlin under the
charge OF trained librarians Great
Britain and France have also seen to it
that no matter in what remote localities
their solodiers and sailors were serving,
books followed them
The task tina, the library war coun-
Gil has set itself is not only to supply
books. hut to erect Libraries and to pro-
vide, through I the efficient organiza
ton OF the American Library asSocia
ton, trained Librarians who will not
only care for the housing OF the vol
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
Fly-By-Mght
Bugs Cryllus
Mygratorious
, Howell Lewis Says They
Arei Times Says Pro-
feSSor'S Mistaken,

Prof l.. Howell Lewis, astrono-
mer, literateur, geologiSt, palaeont-
ologist, ethnologiSt, publicist. etc,
has added a new feature to his col
lection OF titles. Tie is also an en-
tomologiSt, and he has come to the
rescue OF the people OF Oklahoma
City who have been bothered by
swarms of green insects around
electric lights at night. He in
forms them that the annoying little
creatures are gryllus mygratorl-
ouscS
The Times. however, must take
issue with the learned professor.
The sample Mr. Lewis sent to this
office. together with his story was
big enough to be the daddy Of all
the fly-by-night green devils. II
was about the size OF full-grown,
well-nourished grasshopper, Those
who have swallowed the light bugs
for the past week know, however,
that they are scarcely as large as a
baby housefly with indigestion.
All OF which goes to show that
Mr.. Lewis does not go out at night,
and that the Times office force
does. The professor has been
asked however, te break his habits
of sleep long enough TO trap one of
the insects tonight.
And in the meantime, amt it
shame that that name, gtylluS my
gratorlouS, has to go to waste?
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22

umes, but see that they are carefully
selected; provide for their up-kecp and
be careful to meet The demands OF the
soldiers.
American authors and publishers, ap-
pealcd TO by the library war council
have been quick to respond. The pub
fishers have agreed to furnish the first
3SOMO volumes necessary at cost and
this has been made possible by the fact
that the American authors have vol
untcered to iorcgo any royalties on
books that are needed for these travel.
ing libraries
When the library war council first
issued its appeal there arose some mis-
apprehension on the part Of the public
which evidently thought that books
alone were needed Cellars and garret'
were tansacked for old. disused and
practically worthless volumes, which
were donated BY the owners under the
belief that thereby they were perform
ing a patriotic service. 1t is not vol
umcS that are needed, but money Know
ing what is to be done buildings erect
ed, books transported, Librarians paid
II is grave question IN the minds OF
the more prominent members OF the
American Library association whether
the sum originally sct--$l ,WOOOO-
will be enough.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
p0L|CEMAN'S JOB
IS IN JE0P ARDY
That Is, It Is If He Arrests
Any Auto Owner,

For the 'stccn'h time since Mayor
Overhoser took office, a man cited to
appear in municipal court, promised
the auesting officer that he would
get his job. Later developments in
the case. however, proved that as in all
other cases, the person was fined in the
municipal court, and the policeman is
working
James Levine parked his automobile
in front Of a moving picture house on
Main street last night, and he was no.
tilted by Officer Wilkie to appear in
court today to answer to a charge OF
parking lie told the officer. accord
ing to the testimony in court today, that
he would get" his job for worrying
him When the defendant did not deny
having threatened the officer, Judge
Mitchell fined him $40 and costs in
stead Of the usual s. and costs. Le-
vine testified that he merely drove his
car TO the curbstonc to allow a street
car to pass
Through his attorney, Mr.. Levine
gave notice OF appeal.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
Red Cross Rosies
Are Sold for $l00;
Supply Exhausted

So great was the demand for the
"Red Cfb" RSsies" that ,sr supply
was exhausted last night, The com.
mi,tee in charge Of the sales was com
posed OF Mrs. Thomas G.. Chambers
Mrs. Norton c. Cook, Mrs David Nc
kinstry, DR.. Leila Andrews, Miss Edna
Holland and Miss Nina Davis. A group
Of young business women, dressed in
the Red Cross costume, who sold the
"Rosics" included Mrs. Billie Tate and
Mrs c. II. Henderson, who sold at the
Skirvin hotel; Miss Anna Geiger Miss
Marguerite Fitrsimmons, Miss Evalinc
Joyce and Miss Edith Canada, who
sold in the lobby of the Lee. Huckins
hotel Miss Canada sold 200 of the
"Rosies" at the Ford plant alone yes
terday More than 500 was obtained
from the sales.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
Flag Raising Held
at Columbus School

Every student OF Columbus school
took part in the flag raising ceremony
which was held there yesterday after
noon The flag was the one which was
presented to the school last spring by
the Oklahoma City Times.
Dorothy Rebs,cin. who wrote the os-
say which won the flag for her school,
recited the essay, after which the chill
dten sang the Star Spangled Banner.
Mr., Robinson, principal of the school,
delivered a short patriotic address Just
before the flag was raised
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22

The bride was found in tears. clutch
ING her little woolly dog Mullins and
at intervals moaning to herself
Sweetheart, sweetheart" said her
terrified husband, what is the matter
Tell me; what is the matter"
'Oh.h' she walled between apon-
i,ed SniiileS, "Muiins IS going to 5e
sck-l know he is. He bit a piece out
OF peddlers leg today"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
Well, He Did. Didn't He7

When he was ohristened his name
didn't mean ANYTHING But what We
started to say was that Claude C.
Prism is a prisoner IN the Louisville
(Ky) prison.--Luke MeLuke.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
war IS TOUCHING
PEOPLE OF STATE
Relatives Of 80 Percent Of OK
lahomanS in Conflict,

How the war has affected Oklaho.
mans was striiingly illustrated ycster-
day at the Oklahoma College for Wom-
en- at Chickasha following a patriotic
talk by K. II, Wilson, state superin-
tendcnt.
The members of the student body
were asked to indicate, by rising. how
many had relatives called to the col
ors More than 20 percent stood on
their feet.
ITO me this was touching incident,
said Mr., Wilson today 1T shows how
quickly war has invaded most of the
homes of Oklahoma and indicates tina,
few families have not some representa-
tive in the, national forces"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
Woman Must Stand
Trial on Charge of
BreakingLi LiquorLaw

Maud Windell alias Maud Couch,
must stand trial on charge of violaI-
ing the prohlbl'ory law in Craig coun-
ty, as result OF decision handed
down by the criminal court ot appeals
today.
a demurrer hy the defense was suS-
tanned in the district court OF Craig
county The state appealed and The
appellate court today reversed the de
clsion OF the lower court and remand
ed the case for trial
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
Woman Marshal
Refuses to Arrest
Boys in Swimming

MUNCIE. Ind.-Mrs. Maudc h.
Samuels who for several months has
been the town marshal OF Riverside
City, an Incorporated Muncic suburb
baked at one duty she was asked to
perform, Her telephone he'll rang thu
other day and an excited voice in.
CURED Are YOU the town marshall"
YES" was the reply Then wish
you'd come right over to the river and
arrest a lot Of boys in swimmin' there
They amt got no bathin' suits ON, ncr
nothin else except grins. lis scan.
d'lous the way they act and people
passIp along and everything" lust
what Mrs. Samuels said or did is un.
certain, but the boys were not molcs,.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
GIRLS ARE NOW
"S0Dy JERKERS"
Young Women Employed in
Local Drink ParIor,

No more will the coke" habitue NUT
ter his demands to George" the soda
dispenser and hurriedly gulp his drink ;
instead he will reQucS, in the softest
tones the attention OF Mary Jane or
Kate.
For Vans soda and cigar stand now
has whole pettlcoat force, and ae-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-22
CHIEF IS ASKED
TO PREVENT RACE
Woman Afraid Brother viii Be
Killed in Car,

I'VE have recently buried out father
as a result OF an automobile accident.
and two other members OF our family
have been killed in automobile races" "
SAID woman at the police station to-.
day, appealing to W. h. Nichols, chief
Ut police, to prevent a proposed auto.
mobile race between Mercer and
Hudson Super-six, scheduled for Mon.
day morning
We arc nervous over the race, and
my brothers wife is nearly crazy be.
cause he will not promise not to drive.
There Is over 81 500 already bet on the
race, bu, ! do not want my brother in
vt, for he will run any chance to win
that race, she continued
Chief Nichols promised to stop the
race il he could learn that there were
any bets on il, and tha, he would do
all he could anyway.
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
PASTORS I'd WIFE PICKS
Sd AS CO RESPONDENT
Seeking Divorce, Claims His Sepa-
ration From Her Was Illegal.

NEW YORK, July 2.-The Rev. DR..
Lucius NJ Gates, a Baptist clergyman
residing at Bradford, has been made
defendant in an action in the su-
preme court for divorce, brought by
his second wife, Mrs. Florence A.
Gates. Mrs. Gates names as CORE
spondent her husbands third wife.
Mrs. Mary A. Fish Gates.
Mrs. Florence A. Gates. who mar
ried DR.. Gates at Montclalr. N. J., in
1905. says that Miss Mary A. Fish OBJ
tanned a marriage license with DR..
Gates on February ?. 1917. He gave
his age as ffty-four and said that he
had been married twice before, both
wives being dead, according to the
complaint.
About four months before his third
marriage DR.. Gates went to Reno.
New, where he established a resi-
dence and obtained a divorce from
his second wife. Mrs. Florence A.
Gates, on the ground OF cruelty, she
alleges. According to her complaint.
the divorce decree was not legal and
she therefore names Miss Fish" as
correspondent.
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
CATCHES JOY RIDERS
AFTER ALL-DAY HUNT

After following a trail all day yes
terdsy. which led to a number OF near
by Maryland towns, Central Office
Detective Boyle late last night over
took the stolen automobile OF Charles
E. Nichols, OF 4217 Georgia avenue
northwest, FIVE miles outside of Balti
more.
Several negroes were in the car
when Boyle caught up to them. The
detective brought Lewis Burrows.
colored, twenty-one years old, OF 1114
Twenty-sixth street northwest, back
to Washington on a charge Of Joy
riding. The others will be called as
witnesses.
The machine was taken from a
garage Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
SOON TO GO TO FRANCE,
WEEDS KENTUCKY WIDOW

French girls may be all right
said Corporal Barnett NJ. Trew. Com
pAny A. Sixth Engineers, encamped AT
American University grounds. but /
prefer the girl from the Blue Grass
State"
And Corporal Trew proved his pref
erence about $50 o'clock yesterday
evening, when he and Mrs. Nellie b.
Gudger, a Kentucky widow. were
married at the home Of the Rev.
Edgar c. Powers. Murdoch Mill and
River road, District OF Columbia.
The corporal said he didn't know
when he would get sealed orders, and
wanted to get married while he had
the opportunity.
The "non-com" and his bride. Mrs.
Trew, are both twenty-four years old
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
FINDS LOVE In PHOTO,
THEN WEEDS ORIGINAL

BELLEVILLE, Ill. July 2.-Theo-
dore wisch, of Jefferson City, No,
who fell in love with Miss Esther
Kretschmer. of this city. when he
saw a picture OF the young woman.
has won the original of the photo
graph at the altar of St Peters
Cathedral
The picture which is the basis OF
the romance was one OF Misses Irene
and Esther Kretschmer. sisters. Miss
Irene had forwarded the picture to
Henry Schneider. a friend at Jeffer-
son City, and Mr.. Schneider showed
it to Mr.. Wisch.
The latter expressed a desire to
meet the original OF the photo and
came here with Mr.. Schneider for a
visit
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
GEORGETOWN TO FORM
BRANCH OF RED CROSS
Temporary Headquarters for Cen
ter Donated by Women.

Every woman in Georgetown is In
vtted to attend a meeting in Linthi-
cum Hall, Thirty-hrst and o streets,
this evening at 7:30 o'clock, when a
Red Cross community center will be
organized. Mrs. Newton d. Baker,
wife OF the Secretary of War, is to
preside Prominent women of
Georgetown have interested them
selves in the movement and a house
at 1928 P street already has been
donated as temporary headquarters
by Mrs. Percy Thompson and Mrs.
Frank Middleton
Miss Lucy Minnegerode, superin-
tendent nurse at Columbia Hospital,
VIII make the principal address. Mrs.
Cranston, organizer OF the District
Chapter. Red Cross, also is to speak
Miss Minnegerode recently returned
from active Red Cross work on the
Russian front.
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
lrate Casey Jones
Pours Verbal Poison
On Wigwag Novice

PLATTSBURG. n. Y, July p
The Casey Jones OF a through
passenger train looked out Of the
cab window as he neared the big
training camp and saw a person
in khaki waving a red flag be-
side the track. Casey set the
emergency brake.
When the passengers faces had
been pried loose from the backs
of coach seats and when Casey
got sufficient control over his
legs to climb down from the loco
motive he walked up to the stu
dent officer and asked:
Whats the natter"
Nothing"
What did you flag me for?"
Didn't"
Then what the blazes are you
doing?"
"Wigwag lesson"
The rest OF what was said
wasn't 1T to eat, let alone 1T
to print. A general order was
posted in camp today that all
signal practice shall be held far
away from the railroad track.
The Washington times., 1917-07-02
NAVY TO OPEN BIDS
FOR VAST SUPPLIES

Some idea OF the enormous pur-
ehases being made by the Navy De-
partment may be gained from the fact
that between July , and II the Blu
reau Of Supplies and Accounts, the
purchasing agency Of the department.
will open bids for a vast amount OF
supplies.
Some OF the supplies required at
various navy yards include $4,000
ammunition boxes. $4,000 pounds Of
calcium carbide, 100000 cartridge
cases. $4,000 pounds of -four in ex-
port bags, half a million glass tube
fuses, 10000 ponchos. 100000 feet OF
wire, q, 900 whisk brooms. G3,3O0 deck
hand swabs, and 100000 rotating
nickel steel bands