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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

: Wray,
q The Misses Millspaugh OF Home
r dale, are the guests OF Mrs. Herber
i Mersdorf
Mrs. Lncy Morton IL expected e
return from the Albion state normal
school Sunday,
Miss Hena Lyons has returned from
Boise, where she has been employed
az the Kellerman music store.
Lucille aud Frances Baird are Wis
iting at the country home Of Mrs.
lis w Shook
Miss Nellie Whitlock is visiting
Miss Ruby Nav at McDermott for a
few days.
Miss Marjorie Dunlap, of Boise, is
the guest OF Miss Charlotte Lock
wood, at her country home
George Timer went TO Boise We'd
nesday, to attend the funeral OF a
relative. Pearl Butler.
There will be the regular monthly |
traders day sale in Meridian on Sat
urday. August 4th
Mrs. Allen Wilcox and daughter,
Frances, left Wednesday for Seaside, |
Oregon, for few weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Clark OF Camas
Prairie, are visiting here with Mr.
and Mrs. D. Il. Clark. the parents.
Mr., and Mrs. II. +. Hunt return
ed Tuesday from visit with friends
at Hot Springs. Oregon. and prama,
Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Garrett and
daughter have arrived home from d
two-weeks' vacation at the Payette
lakes.
Mrs j, +, Dickson left Wednesday
for Dallas Texas. to Join her has
band, who has employment with the
reclamation service,
Herbert Beckdolt son of II. Beck
dolt, OF kuna. has enlisted in uncle
Sans army,
J. NJ. Jackson and Arthur Frazier
left yesterday morning for ten
days fishing trip up the south fork
OF the Payette river.
John G. Roberts. father OF Mrs.
I. NJ Roberts, returned to his home
In Denver Tuesday after visit of
week in Meridian
Miss Cassie Palmer was the guest
Sunday of Sheriff and Mrs. Pfost. OF
Boise. The family went to Shaffer
creek for picnic.
MIR. aud Mrs. Clint Waggoner, DR..
and Mrs. II. +, Neal. and children,
arrived Wednesday evening from
ten-days' trip In the payette lake
country.
Mrs. T, II. Sugden returned from
Elwood, Neb., this week after -
months visit with her mother, Mrs.
II. M. Wildman. She says corn Is
looking well in the Platte valley hut
the hay is burned up.
Miss Evelyn Nelson. formerly OF the
Meridian schools. now probationof-
ficer, has gone to Kansas City,where
she will visit friends for two weeks,
that city having been her home be-
fore she came to Idaho.
1. X Deck had his first armfull of
roasting ears on the esd inst, and
since that time has had an abund-
ance, for which he has found a good
market The variety is the Country
Gentleman.
There will be Methodist Sunday
school picnic next Thursday, August
9Th. at the Cess grove. east of town.
All are invited. Bring baskets.
Autos will leave the NJ, F. church at
at 3 o'clock.
Among those who Went to Smith
Prairie Sunday, on the o. S. l.. ex-
cursion We're: Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Swan, S. II. Griffith, Fred Nav,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Baird. o. P. Hen
dershot, Elmer Sharp, and several
others
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Mrs. j +, Dickson left Wednesday
for Dallas. Texas, to Join her hus-
band. who has employment with the
reclamation service.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03
GET YOUR LAUNDRY READY.

The Troy Laundry. OF Nampa, viii
call each Monday morning for your
laundry, and return Il Friday Rough
dry. ahc dozen. i. l.. Gray, Propr.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Herbert Beckdolt, son of II. Beck
doit, OF Kuna, has enlisted in uncl,
Sans army.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

J, NJ. Jackson and Arthur Frazier
left yesterday morning for ten,
days fishing trip up the south fork
of the Payette river.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

John G. Roberts. father OF Mrs
4. NJ. Roberts, returned to his home
In Denver Tusday after visit of 4
week In Meridian
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

MIR. aud Mrs. Clint Waggoner, Di
and Mrs, II. +, Neal. and children
arrived "Wednesday evening from
ten-days' trip in the Payette lax
country.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

There will be a Methodist Sunday.
school picnic next Thursday, August
9Th. at the Cess grove, east of town
All are invited. Bring baskets
Autos will leave the NJ, f. church al
at 8 O'clock.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Miss Cassie Palmer was the CUES
Sunday of Sheriff and Mrs. Pfost 0
Boise. The family went to shaffe
creek for a picnic.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

George Timer went 10 Boise We'd
nesday, to attend the funeral Of a
relative. Pearl Butler.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Relatives have heard from Jesse
opie, who is In the aviation corps of
the y. $. army. to the effect that he
has left Hoboken, N j., supposedly
TO start for France. He is assigned
TO work in the signal corps.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

L. X. Deck had his first armfull o
roasting ears on the esd inst, an,
since that time has had an abund
anee, for which he has found a goo,
market. The variety is the "Countr.
Gentleman"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Mrs. T, H. Sugden returned from
Elwood, Neb., this week after 2,
months visit with her mother, Mrs
IL. NJ. wildman She says corn Is
looking Well in the Platte valley but
the hay is burned up.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Miss Marjorie Dunlap, OF Boise, Il
the guest OF Miss Charlotte Lock
wood, at her country home
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03
MERIDIAN NEWS NOTES

George parkin is reported as being
quite i'll to-day
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Mrs Lncy Morton ~ expected to
return from the Albion state normal
school Sunday
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Mrs. r. ~ Hickey Is visiting In the
Deer Flat community.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

The Misses Millspaugh OF Home
dale, are the guests OF Mrs. Herbert
Mersdorf
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Miss Hena Lyons has returned from
Boise, where she has been employed
at the kellerman music store.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Miss Evelyn Nelson, formerly OF tn,
Meridian schools. now probationof
ficer, has gone to Kansas City. wher,
she will visit friends for two weeks
that city having been her home be
fore she came to Idaho.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Nelse Miller is reported as being
quite III.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Lucille and Frances Baird are vis-
iting at the country home Of Mrs.
s, W. Shook
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-08-03

Miss Nellie Whitlock is visiting
Miss Ruby Nav at McDermott for a
few days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Writers Win
Fresh Honors
In War Work
By F. A. Wray

LONDON, Sept. 10. - When all
ranks and classes rushed to join the
colors at tho outbreak Of war the
writing men OF England were neither
among the last nor the least numerous.
Very checrfully they added the weapon
Of the sword to that of the pen. Some
of them have fallen. Others, in the
| intervals of their military duties, have
gained fresh glory In the fields of
literature.
Every one knows Of the work Of
those who. in this company, have met
their deaths. The names of soldier
poets and writers like Rupert Brooke,
RAYMOND Asquith, Julian A. :. Wilding,
Ivan Head, Julian Grenfell, Dixon
Scott and Harold Chaplin. Will endure.
England treasures the work they were
allowed TO accomplish and signs over
that they were obliged 10 leave I'M
done.
But the British army still teens with
men who have won fame in the world
of writing and others who probably will
make great regulations IN the future.
| have talked 70 many of them. Not
one has ever expressed an opinion that
the war has irterfered with his chosen
work. On the contrary, one and all
declare that il has widencd then I'M
aglnatiors, brought them nearer 70
human nature and quickened their re-
alization of the issues OF lie ana death.
It would be a thousand pities II men
like these did not record their impress
sion OF the great war, not merely wheh
il is all over and done with, but now,
when they are living It.
That much abused institution, the
british War Office which incidentally
has proyei itself in the last three years
the most efficient OF all government de-
uartments- realized this many months
ago. The War Office saw that il had
.his vast mass Of literary talent al its
disposal and determined 10 make the
best use Of IL. Accordingly II extended
announcement 10 all ranks wishing 70
write Of their experiences. The news
spread through the army and very soon
manuscripts began TO pour In. Or
course all have 20 pass the military
censorship, but when that is done then
they are published and distributed by
tce military authorities.
Many Of the best Of these articles
have first seen the light in The Trib-
une. There have been several from
the pen of Lord Dunsany, mystical
poet playwright and critic; Patrick
NacGiN, ex-road worker, then Librarian
Of Windsor Castle, has contributed
many. Others have been written by
Captain A. J. Dawson, one OF the BIT
erary discoveries Of the war, whose
books enjoy a popularity on par with
those Of Ian Hay; By Charles Vince
+. ". Ward, Captain F.. S. Breretoh'
+. J. Sheath and w. Douglas Newton.
For all these articles not one single
cent has been paid. The writers glad
II. out Of sheer patriotism, have placed
not only their swords bgt their iI,elay
talent at the service OF their country.
The record what happens before their
ers;Lalthough usually in the guise OF
dc.ion-and put before the eyes OF ths
world some pictures Of war hitherto
unobtainsble. II.
To the future historian their WORK
may be invaluable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Dentist Fades Away
In London Air Raid
American Professor in Chair
Describes Attack From
the Clouds

CHICAGO, Sept. l5.-Professor Z. 0.
Sellers who has been assigned by the
Moody Institute TO the International
Y. NJ. c. A. for work among the English
and French camps, has written friends
in Chicago an account OF a recent air
raid.
"Well, I've seen and heard my first,
and trust my last. air raid, for | was
in London Saturday" reads the letter.
II was in a dentists chair when we
heard distant boom like thunder, rap
idly increasing until the crash OF air
artillery sounded like hard thunder
storm.
"My dentist just naturally faded out
of sight. | went to the lower floor and
watched the machines as they sp-
preached, and then out on the street.
In all over thirty, friend and foe; II
was a great sight, shrapnel shells ex-
ploding about them, but still on they
came.
AS soon as my dentist emerged and
finished my work ! went TO the part OF
the city where | thought the damage
had been inflicted. | was amazed at
the calmness of the people; not MS
much excitement rs | have seen at
home over bad fire or cyclone.
"The property damage appeared much
greater than the reality owing to the
large amount of broken glass in the
streets. saw only one public build
ing harmed and that not AZ all Sc
riously. The protection of cellars rem
dered the. loss Of life very slight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Signal Corps Hikes
SIS Miles in 48 Hours
Y. M. c. A. Completes New
Camp and Opens Bank
fcr Men

LONG BRANCH, y. j., Sept. l5.-ot
the thirteen weeks since the Signal
torps was established at the old Mon
mouth Park track, the one closing to-
night has been the busiest.
Companies D and F. Of the 18th Bat
talon. numbering 200 men, liked TO
Fort Hancock on Thursday and yester-
day. They took along with them five
trucks, two motorcycles and war ra-
tions and tents. All told, the battalion
covered ffty-siy miles in forty-eighe
hours, and returned in good shape:
The were in charge Of Major Russell
and are expected soon TO leave LOT
"Somewhere in France" When they
do 90 their barracks will be r!led by
battalion from IL Paso, Tex.
The new Y. VI. G. a. camp IS nearly
finished. 1t is expected that the INITIAL
religious service will be held to-mos,
row morning, when the Rev II. raul
Sloan. of Red Bank, viii preach.
The Rumson women. Mrs. Bertram h.
Borden, chairman, made their last week
w visit TO the Y. NJ. c. a. tent camp
Thursday night. Instead Of the Rum
son folks entertaining the Signal Corps
bows, the soldiers entertained the cot
tagers and their guests with a pro-
gramme that lasted two hours; The
show will be repeated next Friday
night at the Broadway Theatre, this
city, the receipts going 10 the furniture
fund.
The Y. NJ. c. A. has opened a savings
account for the Signal Corps boys Al
ready many OF the men have deposited
money for "rainy day.
Khaki-coyered Testaments were dis
tributed among the Signal Corps men.
Captain j. A. Hart, OF the Signal
Corps, L. s. r., sailed for France this
week.
Colonel George f. Mitchell, command
ing officer, is back from forty-eight
hour stay in New York.
Mrs. Shinn, wife OF Social Leader
! Shinn of the Y. N. c. A, OF Phlladel-
! phja, is here on a visit.
Mrs. Charles f. Russell and daugh-
! ter, Miss Eunice, of Boston, are stop
ping at the Cloughly homestead, in
! Norwood Avenue.
Long Branch Masons will tender the
| Signal Corps boys who are members Of
} the fraternity a reception next Wednes-
! day night. The occasion will be the
I opening of the fall communications OF
Abacus Lodge, No. 1872. Colonel George
/ F.. Mitchell, commanding officer, who IL
a member Of the fraternity at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, will be invited
TO be present. Several Of his associate
officers are also members of the an
cient order.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

gratulate YOU on your craftsmanship.
Your first shot missed me by few
inches. My chauffeur didn't see yop."
And so the "Motor ghost" scare was
ended, but there are still other mid
night mysteries within the borders OF
the reservation; and IL the negroes
are TO be credited, There VIII not De
a good nights sleep for the solder
boys until those dead mems bones are
put to rest again
The Seventh Picks Thirteen
The Dandy Seventh" is quartered
on camp site number 10, only stone s
throw from the torn-up cemetery. SO
far the boys have been so busy max
ing up the sleep lott err route, that
they have had little opportunity 20 en-
counter the occult. But they can't get
the negro taxi drivers to drive past the
"Buryin' ground" on their way back
to camp at night, and they are forced
to pass the spot afoot Many VINO
never believed in ghosts while they
were at Park avenue and SiXty-siNtn
street hustle along the pitch-dark
road bordered by signing pines and
hemlocks and call down maledictons
on the meddlesome engineers, VINO not
only strewed their camp road with
open graves, but piled on the agony by
numbering the Seventies camp H.
The constructing quartermsster can
not get negroes to work in the vicinity
of the remade churchyard, no matter
what wages are offered. The entire
negro population hereabouts always
has had a vague fear of the troops, but
now there is distinct alarm. and the
old mammies are singing the chiidreh
asleep with a lullaby which goes some
thing like this:
Keep away, honey, keep away, do;
Ef yo' dosn. bogies III sho' get you. >.
Soldier boys got the bones Grandma
Uncle Joe.
Keep away, honey, keep away, do.
With the Seventh and Twelfth here
next week will see the Twenty seventh
Division hard at work training for the
supreme purpose. The troops are eager
to begin drills and are tired OF the
drudgery of camp making, road hxing'
wire stringing and the scores OF other
secondary tasks.
The actual work of reorganlzlng the
division TO European standards VIII be
taken up Monday by Colonel II. H.
Bandholz, U. S. A. chief of staff, but
the work will not interfere with the
daily drills. There is persistent ra
port along the company streets that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Jersey Soldiers in South
Buckle Down to Training
Rumor That Mounted Men Will Be Assigned to Guns
Disturbs Old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Receive Hint
Wives Should Be Sent North

the United States government contem-
plates Transforming the mounted units
into artillery detschments, some of the
commanders are optimistic OF their
chances of remaining mounted and are
loath to accept the rumored verdict
until they see an order in black and
white.
Major Brown, of the New Jersey
cavalry, voiced the sentiment of his
fellow officers this morning in an in
terview when he said: ut is pretty
hard for US fellows who have been
trained as cavalrymen to think of be-
coming 'doughboys' or artillerymen, but
if the change is to be made give me
the artillery. Many OF the boys have
had a hobby OF cavalry work and we
would not be in a troop to-day if We
did not prefer mounted service.
"If We ever get the enemy on the
run over there the cavalry will be
indispensable, but it looks to me as
though We would be of greater value
at the present time in a different field
OF work. But whether it be cavalry,
infantry or artillery, we are here to
serve Uncle Sam, and we can be re-
lied upon to do our best in any field"
All Indications point to the isolation
of the Goth Division within the forty
square miles Of government reserva-
tion by the time the entire unit arrives
here. Confning a division of $4,000
men to forty square miles does not
indicate a hardship to the average
reader, but any one who is familiar
with an army camp knows that SOL
diers desire 10 get to real city occa-
sionally. And Camp Mcclellan soldiers
are no exception to the rule. Means
Of transportation TO and from Admission
are inadequate to care for the uni
formed men already here, and one
pauses to reflect with anxiety on the
results when the complete unit gets
under canvas. Taxi drivers ask 81 a
head for the seven-mile run to the
city and as long as they can boost the
rate and keep il up the military police
will insist on communicating the cars
every night for the transportation Of
troops. Some OF the operators have
already gotten a big enough dose OF
what thew term trough treatment"
and have moved their equipment 70
Birmingham and elsewhere. Ii the
taxis quit it will be a case Of staying
AZ camp for the uniformed men. for
the seven-mile walk is too long TO be
agreeable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Could Be Moved Quickly

And when Washington decides that
the Rainbow Divisions hour has come
the men will be ready. Officers here
say the division could be moved out
with amazing expedition.
do you know what is goi&g to hap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
s Many Camps Glad Work Has Brought Them Week Nearer France and Victory

for bootlegging soft drinks. The pro,
prietors in many cases have invested
their life earnings in building shacks
and are determined to get their money
back, even If they have 70 buttonnoie
custom and lead it around TO the back
door or sub-cellar.
The organization Of the military city
has been progressing daily until now
il has reached a point where every
distinctive feature Of the modern COM
munity may be discerned.
There is the city hall, with MAJOR
General Morton presiding as Mayor;
the police department, with its pa
trolmen, mounted Guards, motorcycle
patrol and detective force; the fire de-.
dartment, with fighting personne!
comprising men who have been espe-
cially trained as "smokeeaters" in some
of the biggest Northern departments;
the street department, with its engi-
neers, graders, sprinkling apparatus
and inspectors; the court, with Major
John Philip Hill, former District At
torney Of Baltimore, presiding as
Judge advocate; the city's chief clerk,
with his big force OF stenographers,
typewriters, file clerks and account
ants; the sanitary department. COM
prised Of physicians and inspectors,
and numerous other familiar municipal
features.
A base hospital, with seven ward
compartments costing $4,000 each, is
in course Of construction, and some
Of the foremost physicians and special
lists in the country make up the med
ical detachment stationed at Camp
Mcclellan. The postofice, whose ap-
pointments and general plan. are SUI
perior to those Of the Federal buildings
in many Northern cities, keeps force
of clerks working night and day, and
hundreds of thousands Of pieces of
mail are received and distributed every
| twenty -four hours.
A camp garage, with nearly one hun
| bred cars. as we'll as delivery wagons
is in use day and night. OHicers
are furnished motor transportation
throughout the five miles Of street in
! the cantonment, and so large is the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Rainbow Division, Fit to Man and Chat
ing at Delay, Awaits Command That Will
Send 1t on Road to France-Units From
u States Could Be Moved Quickly

pen?" asked a major in the old 69th
last night. "We1l get the order TO
move from Washington some of these
days. | think IL will come at night.
The word will be passed along the line;
the men will work frantically far into
the night. And next morning, when
YOU come out hero. >yoa1l find the tents
down. the supply houses emptied OF
their precious supplies and Hampstead
Plains scared and torn and suite de-
serted. Wen have moved another peg
toward our destiny
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

when the reorganization is complete
the division will begin the move tow
ard a Southern port and take ship for
France. There is little talk Of any
thing except France, French books,
French pastry, and even French chalk
find ready sale in the stores, and so
eager are the troopers to get on the
firing line that one said to-day he
would be tempted to take French leave
from camp and go to the front il there
is much more delay in meeting the
Boches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
IStar Corespondencel

CAMP MCCLELLAN. ADMISSION,
Ala. Sept. 10. Almost the first thing
arriving units of the Goth Division
have learned upon their detrsinment
here was the fact that Major General
Charles W. Morton, commander Of the
division, is a stickler for hard work
Officers and enlisted men have been
given to understand that they must
buckle down to the task Of intensive
training. A large number Of the off,
GERS have brought wives and families
to Admission. They have been informed
through official channels that they will
have no time TO spend with relatives,
and now is just as good time as any
other to ship them back North.
Officers will be the hardest worked
individuals in this unit. Courses OF
study that will make them burn the
midnight oil have been mapped out, and
during the hours Of the day when they
are not leading their commands
through the rudiments of modern war
fare they will be expected TO be in
quarters studying.
The fact that New Jerseys brigade
is now intact at this point has caused
the commanding personnel, including
Colonel John d. Fraser Of the LIST In
fantry; Colonel Albert S. Van Wal
raven Of the 5th Infantry; Lieutenant
Colonel Henry Lohmann, ir., acting
commander Of the 4th Infantry; Major
II. Brown, of the cavalry squadron, and
Major Harriet Moore, adjutant of the
brigade, to get down to hard work; and
the men who make their military head
quarters in 1.-THE armories of Newark,
Paterson and Jersey City are already
plunged into the programme OF e!e-
mentary training prescribed by Major
General Morton.
May Go to France First
II will be all work and little play for
the soldier, and the folks back home
might as well make up their minds
that New Jersey soldiers will be the
first of the 18th Division TO cross the
big pond. There is every indication
that the units will be sent across as
they become qualified and that the
movement will not be held up until the
entire division is ready.
The attention OF every soldier at
Camp Mcclellan is to-day focused on
the probable fate of the cavalry. Al
though it is the general belief that