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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
Many Enlist from Emmett.

Emmett young men are slipping
away to join some service of Uncle
Sam and soon we will have none left
only we old codgers whom the gov
ernment will not accept. Among
those who have enlisted this week
are: Raymond Fowler and Abe Hit,
navy; Ernest C. Good, signal corps
aviation; Clyde Kelley, chauffeur
signal corps aviation; John E. Whit
sell, coast artillery; Arthur Ackaret,
navy. Eskel Newly, Tom Griffith,
Redmond McProud and Walter Lash
ley went to Boise Tuesday to enlist,
but the two former failed to pass.
George Smith, Andy Little's chauf-
feur, also offered his services, but
was rejected. John Liechty, Jr., left
Saturday for Salt Lake TO enlist in
the navy. Randall Haylor has writ
ten his parents that he has passed the
test for the aviation corps and is
awaiting orders to report. He has
made his home for several years at
Columbus, Ohio. Mr.. Ackaret, who
was in the selective draft from this
county, sent to Camp Lewis, then
transferred to Camp Mills, failed to
pass the final test, and has come
home.
Walter Hall, an employe of the
Bros, left Monday for
Boise to enlist, as did also a son Of
R. A. McCool.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
From "The Boy"

Dec. 2-The wind has been blowing
the coolest wind have ever seen in
my life. Tuesday it showed, notyery
much, but enough to cover the ground
and make it muddy and sloppy under
foot. We were issued our trench
shoes the first of the week. They are
great big clumsy shoes, made of mule
skin with the finished side of the leath-
er on the inside and the rough side
on the outside They have hob nails
in the soles and the heels have an iron
plate. They never will wear out, from
the looks of them. We get them two
sizes larger than our regular size and
two widths wider, and they are worn
with two pairs of socks, one light
wool sock and one heavy wool sock.
They keep the feet warm and dry and
are mighty comfortable. We were
also issued some Red Cross stuff and
now every man in the train is equip
ped with sweater, pair of heavy
wool socks, a helmet, made of wool
yarn and wool scarf. The only thing
we idSh uOW 10 d pdii VI WilStAStS.
We had big time Thanksgiving.
Every man in the 41st division re-
ceived an invitation to dinner, either
in Long Island or New York The
big restaurants of New York enter
tanned large crowds of soldiers, and
all the big fashionable clubs had SOL |
diers as their guests, so no one was /
overlooked and every soldier was turn
ed loose for the day except those who
were on duty. l was invited to New
York and with three other boys had
dinner at the home of a Mr.. A. T.
Rockwell at 615 West 115th street,
New York Mr.. Rockwell lives on
Riverside Drive, the best residence
street in New York, about two blocks
from Grants tomb. We left Camp
Mills at IL o'clock, arriving at the
house at 1870. We had fine dinner
IF turkey, dressing, vegetables, ETC.,
and it was as fine a dinner as l have
sver had Mr.. and Mrs. Rockwell are
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
NEWS OF OUR SOLDIER
BOYS
Interesting Story of How New
York Kept Open House for
Our Boys Thanksgiving
Robert Lark Ate With Rex Beach

Dec. 2-We were all invited out to
dinner Thanksgiving day by the big
bugs of New York. They took five
or six soldiers to each place. | ate
dinner with the western story writer
Rex Beach. They sure treated US
swell. got to see some swell sights
around New York. The sky scrapers
are well named; some so high a per-
son has to lay on his back to see the
top of them. l also went down to the
slums, and l never saw such dirty
places and people, not even in the
negro cabins in the South or the In
dian camps back home. l saw people
there that looked as though they did
not know what water was for. They
live in long low row of houses where
a dozen families live in one house. We
stopped and looked into one shack
and there were four or five kids rolled
up in bundle of rags and straw in
one corner. l had heard of such
places, but 1 never believed that peo-
pie could live under such conditions,
but they sure do.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
From Major Clark

A letter received from Major B. o
Clark, director of the Field Hospital
section of the 41st division, quartered
at Camp Mills, is a sort of farewell
He says "we are all ready to go and
do our part, and not one would turn
back" He pays high tribute to the
boys who make up the 41st division.
Extracts from his letter are given be-
low:
eve are proud of our Sunset di-
vision, the 41st. All men from the
West and Great Northwest, Gods
great out doors, where real men grow,
where real friendships are formed,
where men get up in the morning and
drink the ozone that floats down from
the mountains top, filling them with
the spirit of freedom; where they love
their friends and hate their enemies
and fight like fools for what they
believe to be right; where a spade is
spade and a mans liar if he tells
an untruth. Those are the kind of
men we have in this division and, be-
lieve me, | am proud to be one of
them and to play my part in this
game. The boys from home are hap
py and satisfied, none of them would
turn back now if they had the chance.
Some few have developed a yellow
streak, but none of ours. We are all
ready. We fret and worry more or
less about the camp life, but that's
one of soldiers privileges; if he
doesn't beef there is something
wrong. We are not complaining, not
in the least, but there are so many
things to contrast between this and
the life to which we have been accus-
toned, the things that once seemed
ordinary necessities are now looked
upon as luxuries that we have heard
of, but are now nearly forgotten.
When you come to think of it, we are
getting to be seasoned veterans Some
nights we gather in the tent at night /
and get to talking among ourselves
and joshing each other of what our
life will be after the war is over. |
We picture ourselves in the Soldiers
Home at Boise, talking over old times,
the cold winters, hard fought battles
of many campaigns, and even initiate
our conversation as it may be then.
These and numerous other thing
help to divert our minds and add
a little mirth to our lives"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

tainly doing a generous act in COM
ing over here gratis and we do ap-
preciate it. Messrs. West and Ans
baugh, the floor committee, with as
sistants, will see that all the ladies'
have a good time; in these manless
dance days, no one worries about the
men enjoying themselves Louis
Westbrook, Vern Tappan and Leo
Nye have all offered their jitney pro-
ceeds for that night and Bert Mays is
making the sign free of charge
Spectators will be charged 25c. So
everyone is helping to make this a
5000 dance and if you can't go enjoy
Yourself by buYing a ticket anyway.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
From FLOW Clark

Nov. 28-The whole 41st division is
going to celebrate Thanksgiving and
be entertained and fed by the people
of New York City and surrounding
towns. There are about 10000 SOL
diers in the division and they are all
to be royalty fed and entertained at
homes, clubs, hotels, cafes, restaur-
ants, theaters and the Winter Gar
dens, where 5000 are to enjoy turkey
dinner costing 81 per plate, and also
be entertained by Caruso and several
grand singers. You can talk about
Southern hospitality, but they have
nothing on the New Workers. Each
soldier in the division is to send his
name and company address in and
then receive an invitation to some
home, and we are urged to go and
no disappointments to be caused. |
have had five different invitations, but
had to decline some very nice ones,
as John Gamage, Kip Harrell, Otto
Chambers, Tom Eggleston and myself
are all invited to take dinner with
Oren Carter and Sam King, for they
are attending school in New York
City and we will all be together Some
Thanksgiving, isn't it?
Dec. 4.-We sure had an enjoyable
dinner with Oren and Sam and an
excellent time at a picture show and
vaudeville in the afternoon. Had "ze
grande dinner" at p. m. and it was
"a wonder of six courses. After din
ner Oren and Sam had some work to
do, so we went to another show and
started home about midnight. Last
Sunday Dad took Don Eagleson, Clare
Skinner and l to New York with him. |
John was quarantined for the mea-
:sles so he was not allowed to go out. (
We went down to Battery Park and to /
the Aquarium, where are exhibited /
all the different kinds of fish there is
to be found. We then went to the (
top of the Woolworth building and
took in the sights. But it was too
cold to enjoy the sight.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
FUNDS FOR CANYON
ROAD PLEDGED
Commercial Club Supports High
way to Smiths Ferry
Patriotic Evening

The Commercial Club Tuesday even
ing, by unanimous vote, pledged its
support to the Canyon highway from
Horseshoe Bend to Smiths Ferry
Three hundred dollars were appro-
priated to a fund of $500 required
to defray the cost of surveying, cross
sectioning and making estimates. G.
B. Mains and Harry Shellworth pre-
sented the matter, stating that the
Boise Commercial Club had appropri-
ated $1,000 for this purpose and that
5000 would be provided by Horseshoe
Bend and other places along the route.
Following the short business ses-
sion, the doors were thrown open to
the wives and friends of the members
and the rest of the evening was de-
voted to social enjoyment. The hall
was crowded to its capacity and pleas
ure held full sway. A patriotic pro-
gram was provided for the fore part
of the evening, the band opening with
America while the company joined in
singing. Preceding this number, Pre-
sident Rundstrom made few felicit-
Gus remarks. E. K Hayes explained
the features of the war saving stamps,
Mrs. G. B. Mains read a splendidly
written paper on the Red Cross, Miss
Anna Campbell and Frank Knox gave
patriotic readings, Walter Nusbaum,
the High School Boys Glee Club,
male quartet and the orchestra gave
n
expresident of the Boise Commercial
Club, made neat little talk. Lunch
con was served, and then the floor
was cleared and dancing was indulg-
ed in until a late hour.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
RED CROSS NOTES.

The Red Cross acknowledges with
thanks the following donations:
The offering from the union
Thanksgiving services---.--S 4.57
From the Moose dance 1928
From sale of quilt and pies
by Mrs. E. K. Hayes 114.0C
From the Montour branch
for the Christmas packets. 20.00
From South Slope. school 16.40
A letter from Seattle supply house
asks US to speed up the knitting, so
we will make another shipment Sat
urday of this week. Those having
yarn who feel they cannot complete
their article before the holidays are
asked to get some one to finish it for
them, or to return the unfinished
garment and yarn to Mrs. Carpenter
who will see that it is assigned to
some one to finish. Shipments will
be made weekly
Attention is called to the announce
ment elsewhere in this issue of the
Red Cross dance at Dewey's pavilion
under the supervision of the finance
committee. The six-piece Keyser
orchestra of Boise donate the music
to the Red Cross.
The Crescent club on the Slope will
give their annual ball in the near fu-
ture for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The surgical dressing department
under Miss Tukey will be ready for
work as soon as suitable building is
found for the work.
The workroom committee under
Mrs. Stokesbery has received the new
patterns and is cutting hospital gar
ments. After making a garment that
passes inspection, this cut work may
be taken home.
The Index has offered the Red
Cross 80 cents cash for each new
subscriber to that paper secured by
the committee. This is a splendid
home paper and the means of keep
ing one in touch with what is going |
on in the Red Cross. All members |
are urged to hand their subscription |
to one OF the finance committee before |
the first of the year when the price
will be advanced to 81 per year.
The Red Cross Christmas seals are
now on sale at the banks and drug
stores. Secure them for your Christ
mas packages and help swell the fund
for the prevention of tuberculosis.
The Red Cross with sorrow an
nounces the loss of prominent mem
Der of the executive board and the
Junior Red Cross its organizer in the
lntimely death of Miss Alice Holver-
son.
The Red Cross needs the loan of
he following articles for use in the
surgical dressing room: Is silver
plated knives, pairs long scissors,
2 old fashioned irons, l electric iron, ,
ironing board, l blackboard, 100 old
heets and pillow slips for tearing Z
nto 16-inch squares for wrapping
ressings. If new muslin has to be
,ought this item alone will cost US
SO. Call TIA and leave word what {
ou can furnish.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
DRYING PLANT TO Be
BUILT HERE
Fruit Growers Association to
Build New Process Drying
Plant Next Year

Emmett is to have modern fruit
and vegetable drying plant next year.
The process to be adopted is the lat
est type of hot air evaporation, and
it will be installed by the Fruit Grow
ers Association and operated in con-
junction with that company's fruit
planting plant
A man interested in Emmett real
estate and fruit lands will have charge
of the operation of the plant, and he
is now being trained for the work
in a plant using the same process at
Dalles, Ore. The plant will be built
next year and will be in operation by
the middle of next summer
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
GEO. C. HUEBENER,
FINLEY MONROE,
j. P. REED,
A. o. SUTTON,
HARRY S.WORTHMAN,
GEO. F. ZIMMERMAN.
BORN.

On December 5, to Mr.. and Mrs
William Cole, daughter
On Wednesday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Frazier, a daughter.
On Wednesday, to Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Ashley, daughter.
This Thursday morning, at the
home of C. A. Danielson, a daughter
to Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Bowman of
Quartzburg.
On December 6, to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Brinkosk, a daughter.
On Saturday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Stanley, daughter.
On Saturday, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Cody Lyon, son.
On Monday to Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Phillips, daughter.
On Tuesday, to Mr.. and Mrs. Laurel
Wells, son. The baby died at birth.
Tents. all sizes. at Reillv'l
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

Assessor George Church was taken
sick the latter part of last week with
gall stones and confined to his home
several days. He is able to be in his
office a few hours day now
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
Registration Drive

Begins Saturday, Dec. 10, at a. m.
and continues one week. Booth at
Emmett post office Appointed re-
gistrars viii be in charge ready to
assist in filling out cards furnished
by Council of National Defence. All
women between ages of 16 and so
years, please call and register.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
Box Social at South Slope School

The generous spirit Of the patrons
of the South Slope school was shown
at the box social given for the benefit
of the Red Cross Friday night. The
amount pledged was SO. The pro-
ceeds of the evening was s26.30. The
ceeds of the evening were s26.3O.
The entire sum by a vote of the peo-
pie was donated to the Red Cross.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
LEGAL AID BY
ATTORNEYS
Emmett Lawyers Will Give Free lie.
gal Advice to Registrants.

AS associate members of the Ad
visory Board for Registrants," the un
dersigned attorney& of Emmett re
sponded to the callsof President vii.
son that they act as legal advisers OF
the men who have registered for mil
itary service under the selective ser.
vice law, and who will be required to
answer the questionaires sent out by
the government through the local ex-
emption boards, met on Monday even
ing and discussed their duties as well
as ways and means of handling the
situation in Gem county in the most
expeditions manner. The men who
have registered undoubtedly all now
realize that they will be required to
answer the questionaires within seven
days after they have been mailed out
by the local exemption boards. Ow-
ing to the day beginning on Decem-
Der 18th, it will extend over a period
of approximately twenty-five days.
In line with the presidents request,
the undersigned attorneys have Of
fered their services free of charge
and on each Wednesday and Friday
evening, at 7:30 o'clock, will hold
meetings in the Emmett Commercial
Club to answer such questions as the
registered men may wish to ask This
will give all an opportunity to obtain
the legal services required, and it is
hoped that all who may desire assist
ance will present themselves at the
hour on the days named. The services
of the lawyers, however, are at the
disposal of the registrants on the
questionaires at all times, and the
plan of holding the two meetings each
week is for the purpose of expediting
the work.
For the benefit of those living in
and around Sweet, Montour, Ola, Pearl
and Gross arrangements are being
made to have an assistant at Ola for
that place and Gross, and one at
Sweet for Sweet, Montour and Pearl, |
to assist in answering the question
aires, and the registered men may
inquire of their postmaster as to who
such assistant is and where he may be
found. However, all registrants re-
siding in those sections may feel free
% attend the Emmett meetings and
If consulting the attorneys at all |
lines.
GEO. C. HUEBENER,
FINLEY MONROE,
j. P. REED,
A. o. SUTTON,
HARRY S.WORTHMAN,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
COURT HOUSE NEWS

Marriage licenses were this week
issued to Arthur Bedel of Twin Falls
and Eta Adair of this city. To Ebb
c. Biggers and Lula Christensen,
both Of Sweet. They were united in
marriage today by Judge A. o. SUIT
ton.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

Big Dance at Dewey's for Red Cross
Mr.. Dewey has kindly offered his
grove hall and has secured the SER
vices of the Keyser orchestra of Boise
for big dance Wednesday, Decem-
Der 10. The Keyser orchestra is GER
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

1t looks good to see Miss Mann
back at her desk in the abstract office
after a sickness of several weeks.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

H. D. Carmichael is assisting in
Treasurer Zachman's office during the
taxpaying rush.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

Roy Sanders has received a photo
graph of his brother Don, N his sailor
uniform. He is as fat as pig. Don
is on the Vaterland and recently re-
turned from trip to France. making
the round trip in 1S days
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
From Howard GAYLORD.

Nov. 25.-We have all been invited
out to a Thanksgiving dinner. The
people here are trying to do the fell
lows right and have helped many of
the soldiers here. We are given free
lunches at the churches and many
have been invited to the city to din
ner, so the Eastern people are doing
their bit l am glad Dad is getting
along so well. l was afraid that the
cold winter and exposure, with the
hard work, would tell on his strength.
/ would give anything have on earth
to be back in Emmett driving that
Ford for Dad so he could stay home
and putter around. 1 agree with you
when you say that the Idaho apples
are fine. Harvey Parks received a
box of fine Rome Beauties. They were
Great, and they are the only Idaho
fruit | have eaten since we left Boise.
1t sure made US hungry for more.
Both the coloring and flavor were up
to standard. Both John Gamage and
/ have ordered Clarence S. to have
his life insured double the amount it
is already insured, and arrangements
for his coffin and the undertaken madcS
before he sticks his head into our
tent if we ever receive an Index with
any more tales in it like there was in
the last one. Ha! Hal We sure
do have some times. Ernest Burt
you probably know him-is wrestling
with either John or Kip pretty much
all tho time Clarence and Flow cop,a
from headquarters often and make
attempts to start rough house, and
sometimes succeed, too.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13
EMMETT WEATHER REPORT

A weeks record of the. government
weather station, as furnished by Lo-
cal Weather Observer H. T. Davis:
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-12-13

The following letter was recently
received by C. L. Gamage from Mr..
and Mrs. Charles H. Gunterding of
Jamaica, N. Y, who entertained John
Gamage and Willis Harrell at their
home:
"It is the custom of most of our
people here to write to the parents
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28

Inc OO-IO Dlu5 pet VI WdllC4
Fisher, the transportation commit
tee, the multi-millionaire street car
hogs and the Chicago Tribune, was
slammed back into the committee
where it was born by the city coun-
Gil last night.
Hoping for the consent and ap-
prOval of the council, so that the go
20" bill could go to Springfield, where
it's path through the legislature was
already smOothed out, the hackers
of the bill were glad to ask that it be
withdrawn and sent back to the
committee.
The only disappointing feature in
the evenings program from the
standpoint of the public was that op-
ponents of the 50-year franchise bill
could not force a roll call to bring
the friends of traction finance hogs
into the light and place them on
record.
Merriam, Richert, Kennedy and
Byrne led the fight against council
endorsement of the grab. Captain,
Michaelson, Toman, Lpps, Watson
and Fisher Shlned IN their efforts to
do just what the street car, barons
would probably have wanted had
they been on the floor of the coun-
Gil and actively in touch with the ar
gument.
The part the Chicago Tribune
plays in traction affairs was exposed
by Aid. Kennedy during his argu-
ment against the 50-year franchise
which helped to upset the measure.
'In 1907 when the municipal own
ership battle was at it's height and
the people had voted nine times in
favor of taking the car lines from the
traction hogs, the Tribune came out
strongly for the infamous ordinances
of19O7 which fooled the people COM
pletely, so carefully were they hid
den behind a cloak of municipal
ownership" he declared.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-03-28
FISHER FIFTY-YEAR CAR GRAB KILLED BY
COUNCIL-STEAL is EXPOSED

every time you get into street car.
They are trying to do the same
thing now. They offer the people
municipal ownership and say the
Fisher bill will give it to them. Under
the decisions of the supreme court
the Fisher bill will not give the people
municipal ownership as they claim.
1.-THE people want municipal own
ership and operation and they don't
want to hand a 50-year franchise to
the same bunch of financiers which
has treated them the way the Sur
face Line crowd did.
The Fisher bill is founded on the
$25O,0O0 report of the traction and
subway commission. In no place did
the engineers of this commission
make a provision for the pay OF
hours Of the employees Of the Surface
Lines.
"They have it all planned out, how
the f1nanciers shall get a big interest
rate and how the money they pay
into the properties shall be given
back, but not a word was said in the
report which cost the people a quar-
ter Of a million about what the work
ers would get.
Under the ordinances Of 1907,
which were bad enough, the traction
millionaires are getting 5 per cent on
their money. Under the Fisher bill
we are guaranteeing them at least 6
per cent return and probably Z. We
can sell municipal bonds which will
cost us only AZ per cent and get all
the money we need ourselves with a
change in the state constitution"
It was the assault Of Aid. Charles
E. Merriam that scared the 1920
bunch into the high woods. In talk
lasting nearly an hour, Merriam drew
a parallel showing how the same
stunt was being attempted as had
been put over before.
Among the high lights Of his
sDeech were: