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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
To Support the Allies Prisoners

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Why would it not be practical
idea TO bring over all the prisoners now in
France and England TO this country?
That would relieve those countries OF
their support, release the men now guard
ing them for other purposes, and insur, the
safety of ships returning from the other
side, for ! do not suppose that even the
Germans would sink ships filled with their
own countrymen.
] do not know how many prisoners there
may be in France and England, but il must
run up into hundreds of thousands.
BEDFORD.
Bedford, n. Y, April q, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
A Correction
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: May / ask the courtesy OF the correc-
ton Of slight error which appears in the
interesting Random Impressions in Current
Exhibitions in your issue of Sunday, the
22nd inst? 1t is there stated, spropos of an
exhibition of pictures by the late William
NJ. Chase, at the Knoedler gallery:
at is amusing TO find one of them, the
Hugo, Freiherr Won Hsberman, portrait
done in Munich, and luxurisnt in color,
signed Wilhelm Chase"
AS the owner of this picture feel l mus,
correct this statement. The picture is
signed "Will. NJ. Chase" not "Wilhelm.' The
suggestion that Mr.. Chase was, at any time,
so imbued with love Of Germany that he
altered his signature to Teutonic form is
altogether wrong. and would be very repel-
lent to him. A. TRAQUAIR LANG.
New York, April 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Don't Misrepresent the Flag

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May | suggest that you institute
campaign against the wearing of buttons that
misrepresent the American flag. Almost all
the buttons now on the market present the
flag as consisting Of seven or nine or some
other fanciful number of stripes, with an
odd lot Of stars thrown on the blue field II
seems a simple but an essential form of pa
triotsm to demand true hag-one of thir-
teen stripes and either thirteen or forty-eight
stars-and to wear no other.
A. C. PERRY, Jr.
Elmhurst, N. Y, April 2s, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Age Limit and Apportionment Under
CONSUMPTION

Congress has still to agree on few
details of the CONSUMPTION scheme. The
age limit is one. The army General Stats
bill fixed the age limits for drafting at
nineteen to twenty-five The bill passed by
the Senate made the limits twenty-one and
twenty-seven, and the bill passed by the
House made them twenty-one and forty.
An amendment was lost in the House, on
tie vote, which would have put the top
limit at forty-five.
A good deal can be said in favor of con-
scription on a broader scale than that pro
vided for in the Senate bill. Both House
and Senate measures exempt from the
draft persons employed in industries nee
essary to the prosecution of the war. That
probably lets out all our agricultural pop
ulation. But if all persons engaged in
agriculture are exempted, there will be
many states in which draft of men be
tween twenty-one and twenty-seven years
of age will yield only a scanty supply Of
eligibles. kfter those physically disquali-
fed and those with dependents are taken
out, there may not be enough men left to
| furnish full quota for the first army of
J 00,0O0-to say nothing of the additional
armies of 100000 which arc to follow.
Moreover, it may be necessary to assign
drafted men to farm work and to other in
dustries. Therefore, the more liberal the
original supply is the better. Extra eX-
pense and extra red tape will be entailed
/ by raising the age limit by legislation after
/ six months or year. Those who are to
serve eventually might as well be drafted
and assigned, even though they cannot go
at once to camps or to military industries.
Hardship would be avoided in many cases
through ample notice in advance, so that
the drafted man could arrange his bust
ness and private affairs.
Congress has fixed the minimum age for
service at twenty-one. That is at least
three years higher than the minimum age
abroad. 1t seems advisable, in conse-
ouence. to push our maximum limit of SER
vice up beyond thirty. Men below thirty
are more desirable for first line fighting
But there arc many other military duties
which could be satisfactorily performed
by men between thirty and thirty-fve II
we wage war for couple of years, many
men up to forty and over will have to
be taken.
Another point concerns the manner OF
apportioning the state quotas. The Gen
eral Staff wants an apportionment made
on the basis of men liable to draft
after excluding the agricultural popula-
ton and other exempt elements. The Sen
ate bill requires each state TO furnish a
quota corresponding 20 its actual popula-
ton. 1t would distribute the burdens OF
war unequally if the General Stairs plan
should prevail. The agricultural states
would be favored at the expense OF the
non-agricultural ones. On the other hand
the non-agricultural population OF agri-
cultural states would be hard hit II 1t had
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
The Cats Are Bclled
or of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: All animal lovers will be in sympa
thy with the letter an Defence Of the Cat,
answering the ferocious advice of your cor,
respondent to kill the cat"
One wonders how the gentleman would
dispose of the rats and mice without the
aid of the harmless, necessary cat"
am the owner of several cats and many
birds make their home in my garden. Each
cat wears cellar, with small bells at
tached, the tinkling of which warns the
birds Of danger and very few arc caught
Catskill, n. Y April &c, 1917 NJ A. s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01

nently consent that this offer and this OPP
portunity shall be lost merely because the
General staff, sitting in Washington, pre-
fcrs to do the training itself, despite the
notorious fact that, not through its fault
but through its misfortune, it is entirely
destitute of the experience, the knowledge
and the materials necessary to give that
instruction?
Modern warfare has become a warfare
Of artillery, and we have no guns; it has
become a matter Of aeroplanes, and we
have no aeroplanes capable of developing
necessary speed. We have no trained
aviators and we have no machinery for
training them. The infantry tactics Of
trench warfare change with the month.
War as it is now fought is an entirely
different thing from small previous wars,
and it is a thing that American officers
have not the slightest knowledge Of. Is
there anybody in the United States out
side the General Staff who imagines that
American soldiers can be trained in the
United States sufficiently to be ready to
enter the battle line of Europe?
The attitude of the General Staff in
Washington continues to cause great ap-
rrehension. The country has risen for
CONSUMPTION. Public sentiment in the
United States is more and more clearly
demonstrating its readiness to make the
necessary sacrifice it has perceived that
sacrifice is necessary. A country still
ignorant of what it should do is manifestly
determined to do its duty. 1t has not per
mitted lack of courage in high places per-
manently to stife its sense of duty and of
honor. 1t will not permit the General
Staff to cover its own condition at the ex-
pense Of American honor and at the risk
Ct Allied defeat.
Unless we send troops very soon to
France, and unless thereafter we continue
to send troops regularly, we shall be I'M
able to take our part in the great struggle
of 1918. If we are unable to do SO, it is
now entirely possible that the war will
extend into 1919, and it is conceivable that
il may be lost before that time 1t will be
curious commentary on this country's
military officers if they ultimately prove
to be the permanent obstacle in the way Of
national military training and effective
armed cooperation with those who are
fighting for the common cause in Europe.
Marshal Joffre has shown the way with
all the authority that his words can have.
Something of the effect has been perhaps
lessened by the courteous solicitude of his
associates to spare the feelings of the
American General Staff; but the country
should bear in mind the advice that has
been given-advice which will be echoed
by every soldier in Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01
Armlets. Not Buttons
tor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: II is to be hoped that whatever adorn-
ment may be officially adopted by the author
tiles to designate those who have volunteered
or responded TO their country's CALL we shall
not be- asked to bear a cheap street hawker's
button. but rather dignifed armlet with
an embroidered emblem bearing an official
number We can leave IT TO the authorities
TO select an emblem, but please try to pro-
tect us from buttons. II. BAMF0RTH.
New York, April 20, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01

You can purchase merchandise advertised
in THE TRIBUNE with absolute safety-tor
if dissatisfaction results in any case The
TRIBUNE guarantees 60 pay your money back
upon request. No red tape No quibbling. we
make rood promptly II the advertiser does not.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01

Entered At n. Pos,onoe At New York IS Second Class
Matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01

(Senator Hale recently Uisitcd the Brit
ish and French fronts and Uds n guest Of
the British army IN France. The toitow-
ing speech wos dcIirered last Ceet IN sup
port of the army CONSUMPTION bW)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-01

SUBSCRIPTION RATES b, Mail Postage Pad. out
side Of Greater New York
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
PATTERSON CREEK HAS
ITS WORST SNOWSLIDE
CARRIED DOWN THOUSANDS OF
HUNDRED YEAR OLD TREES
AND sHEDDEp THEM.

c. b. Graves. who came to Salmon
with Mrs. Graves. was one of the
long distance travellers TO get here
for the circus. Mr. Graves is a Pat
terson mining man. About a month
ago" he said. we hHd our worst
snowslide. Down through draw TWO
miles long. where there had been
never before such an occurrence. not
at least Ia the age required 10 grow
three-foot timber. the avalanche
crashed. Virgin trees by Ins thousand
stood in the passage. In the rich soil
they grew To immense size. Not one
OF them escaped destruction. All were
uprooted and most of them batterei
and riven and shredder on the way
down. AT the public road the trees
lay To this day imbedded In the snow.
/ Looking up the gorge where the de
| scent was made there was pFesente ed
To view sheer walls of snow packed
like solid ice at least fifty feet high
Wisps OF timber and roots were plas
tered to the sides like weeds ant
grass along the walls OF an irrigation
ditch after the water is turned ou.
The only harm the slide did for ui
was the breaking up of a corral AN,
the destruction OF wagon tina
stood in the way No living thini
caught In the pack could have escAp
ed death for the snow was compress
ed To density beyond measure
ment"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
a FABLE or TnE MOLE.

An old Aoic, much disturbed by
he appearance and operation ol a
modern Tractor Plow Ia the Coninu
atty. set up Kick against the ln
noyHtion. That 10 the work ot
Johnny Come Lately and NO, an uid
FINER like Myself. said the Mole
You should Consult is about the
Correct Method OF Flowing Ground.
Nc have been here long enough To
Know Iiow but You have not Before
Iou attempted tO bring tn Ohs ot
hose Things you should have sewu
Ia" -
The moral Of this fable IL. Don't
be Mole. The world at large IL al
Nays getting 20 be better plAce Tot
poopls 10 bye in but those little bur,
rowing animals are not the cause Of
the Improvement, They are content
wlth the old way OF dogn6 things.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
CHARITY OF ALTAR ouILo

The Junior Altar Guild Of the Eplss
oopal church 10 doing its share
% help Nilh the relief fund for the
BslEium babies In the window Of
Mr. Murdock'g millinery store h on
display d doll brides rousseau aud
a flower girl. made by the Junior Al
ar Guild members. These are the
prizes To be awarded By votes. ths
gtrl receiving highest number ~
votes receives the rousseau. The next
highest, ih. flower girl Votes are Sc
each and can be given Ia Miss Mar
RAret Shoap or any member Of the
Junior Guild. In The Woman's clu5
rooms on May 2s. AZ ? 80 .. m. th.re
will be a party 10 which ali asr I'D
sited Al this time yo' - vii De
counts-i and prizes awarded. RetTes-
ments viii b. served and some enter
talnmsnt provided. A charge OF lbe
Tor adults ard l0c for children viii b"
made
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
WASTE WATER MAY
RUN In CITY PIPES
As LONG As JESSE CREEK SUR.
PLUS LASTS IT RAY BE USED
ON GARDENS.

The new city administration OF Sal.
mon made a very wise conservation
order when the use OF the IDLE water
pipe system WAS granted for the free
distribution of irrigation water for
food production in all parts Of the
city. This order extended to the hold.
ers of water rights this free use.
thus saving 4 waste of not less than
any inches Of water which viii b.
available tor beneficial use all
through the season Mayor Glennon.
who Is one OF the best authorities on
water rights In the county. readily
accepted the conservation scheme Of
a new conner" and advised the order
which doubled the citys water sup.
ply by lending the ciy's idle pipes
n patriotic cause. There il one IN.
stance in which the delivery Of the
water of one decreed right through
the city pipes will save 70 inches OF
water that h noH absolutely wasted
| Mater enough can be saved by the
use Oi the idle pipes Ia iTrlgats every
garden IN the city limits until the
,nRidie OF August and al the saiue
lime give TO the city double lts iaw
,ui right for municipal purposes, u
lhia change had not been made the
city use OF water would have been
limited to 70 inches about the nrst
u July this year. Under direction OF
the state engineers department OF
the government the gardens would
dAve been given preference right
over the lawns, flowers and trees. by
this wise conservation there viii be
ample water for all demands, estheS
C and practical.
A general confusion now exists
about this new right for garden irri
cation. Every owner OF garden n
salmon nov has good water fighl
"A Jesse creek as long as the surplus
lasts. which viii be till abOnt ia,
, middle oi August this year. II the eiti
pipes reach such gardens their uss
! Niil be free. Those who have gardeni
! which cannot be- reached by the plpei
I viii be supplied through open dltCtel
! .s long aH there tH surplus la tn,
, creek. Mr.. Hibbs. the water master
| will direct all water distribution 10
!, Irrigation from Jesse creek Whsthe
10y the city pipes or open ditches
No waste of water viii be pefmltte'
after the irrigation season bugins
/ e.yen decreed water viii be striCti
! conserved while the war demand pr,
d wallis for food.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
SUNSET PROPERTY
PROVING BIG MINE
ORE lN LOWER TUNNEL or HIGH
GRADS; NEW MILL rs ASSURED
AT LEADoRE.
A letter from Lsadore says

A letter from Lsadore says:
Active work on the construction
of the New Sunset mill viii com
mence this week, and & Is expected
that the plant will be In operation
within the next three months. The
various mill tests on the ore have
been completed and show the ore to
be OF excellent milling grade. The
milling of the low-grade ores will not
interfere with the shipment OF the
high grade ore. The mill will be on
Grated By electric power, genera.ed
in plant which the company NtIl
construct st the same time AZ The
mill Is constructed.
The Sunset ore vein q deyeloping
and getting larger with depth an the
ore is increasing in value, the ore oi
the surface being a carbonate and The
ore in the lower tunnel being a sui
phide. II is expected that as greater
depth is attained the values in the
lead and silver win increase.
Al the present time all the orr
blocked cut Is above the lower tunnel
level and Slopes are now being made
connecting the various levels SO thai
all ores mined can be lowered to ths
lower tunnel The property Is forum
ate in not being interferred with b,
water and the different workings ar,
so connected that the ventilation Il
perfect without blowers. Since tn,
present owners OF the property tool
hold OF Il. immense ore bodies Of ahip
ping and milling grade have been de
Veloped The officers OF the compan,
see no reason now why the Sunse
should not soon be one OF the grea
lead-silTer mines of the west.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
IhoMAs MATHEWs

After a long illness from valyular
heart trouble this youth passed away
on the morning Of May 16 He was
the son OF the late Al Mathews. HIS
mother had kept the family together
For a long time two Of the members.
this son now who has passed away.
and a daughter still critically III. have
accumulated the sorrowE Of the dis.
tracied home and for the afflicted
ones there is called forth general
sympathy in the community. Anoth'
"a daughter recently passed through
dangerous surgical operation for sp
pendicitls The late Al Mathews was
AZ one time connected with the me
hanical department Of The Recorder
lomice. He afterwards became a farm
pr on Carmen creek. owning the farm
now belonging 20 Meade Neal
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
CHASE RESIDENCE is
DESTROYED BY FIRE
FAMILY HAVE LITTLE TIME TO
GET OUT BEFORE CEILINGS
FALL IN ROOMS OCCUPIED.

The home of Dan Chase, one Of the
prettiest in Salmon, was ruined by
hre last Wednesday morning. logeth-
er with most of its furnishinss II
vas about daylight that Mr.. Chase
was aroused by strong smell of
smoke, when on opening the door the
front room was found to be complete
ly involved in a fire that had started
from the chimney In the rafters.
There was no time 10 be lost for Mrs
Chase to get out. for the ire already
had reached the entire upper portion
of the house. Another chamber OF
from the room where the FIRE origi.
mated was occupied by Harry Hetting-
eT. AS soon as the safety OF Mrs
Chase was assured Mr.. Chase CROPPED
his way To the Hettinger room and
got out the sleeper. The ceiling in
the room through which Mr. Chase
had to pass fell as he left 1t and
closed the door behind him. Mr.. Het
finger got out with what clothing he
could hastily gather in his arms. to
gether with bureau drawer full oi
his apparel Mr.. and Mrs. Chase could
save only small part of their cloth
ing and few articles OF furniture.
There had been a chimney FIRE In
the house early in the evening before
but there was no reason to think thai
all danger from that had not beer
passed when the family retired sew
eral hours later But the chimney
fire must have been the cause of tn,
destruction OF the house.
The late Al Chase. the father o
Mr.. Chase, built the house 80 year
ago. Mrs. Chase. the mother. Is nov
living in southern California. Sh,
owned the house. A portion OF he
furniture was stored in the house an,
was all lost. II is said there was NJ
i insurance.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
RIcHARo sHARkEY

Richard Sharkey. who came 10 Sal
mon from Rockford. H.. IN the ain
ter To spend has declining years with
niE san-in-law and daughter. Dr. aud
Mrs. J. Z, McGr@ih. died yestsGtla 2
morning. aged "a yeafs The old gen
tiemau had been able Ia be around
since arriving here but was suffering
from natural infirmitiea Incident TO "A
person OF his advanced age lie was
railroad man and had been IN the
continuous serVitude Of the Illinois
Central for twenty -fiye years up to the
time of his retirement HIS daughter
is To leave Salmon with the body on
Saturday, intending TO inter the body
at Hampshire In the state where hs
spent most OF the years oI his active
| life.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
SUGAR FACTORY In
FAVOR AT SALMON
BEET GROWING SAID TO BE MOST
PROMISING ON LEMHI LANDS
C. {. ARNEY WORKING FOR EN-
TERPRISE.

Charles e. Arney, the Northern
Pacific Industrial agent visited Sal
mon Wednesday evening in the spec
ial interest of the sugar beet indus
try for this community. call was
issued by the Business Mems asso-
citation for a conference at the city
hall which was well attended. Mr..
Arney, who is a good mixer and at
home in any company, made a talk
for two hours that made everybody
forget the complaints about railroad
delinquencies.
The speaker reviewed general rail-
road conditions and material affairs
of the country generally in a very
| interesting manner. He kept away
from local railroad matters, and ex-
pressed a wish that he be not quoted
as an authority on any important
railroad departure for the future
from any fixed policies of the past
His utterances in public and in pri-
yate Intercourse inspired hope for
much better railroad conditions for
the Salmon district in the immediate
tuture.
The sugar beet proposition, which
was the prime object Of the visit.
took definite form to the effect that
a favorable report will be made to
the inQuiring promoters of sugar fac
tories who are seeking opportunities
for thiSNiiAEs 0f investment. The sub
. ject is now up to the farmers. II
contracts can be secured for an ade
uate acreage within a practicable
transportation distance of any central
point we can surely secure a sugar
factory for this valley. II is generally
understood that not less than 5000
acres of regular crop are necessary
TO support such a factory. II is nee
essary to rotate this crop. and "a
;; meet this condition of cultivation il
, is necessary to have $4,000 acres o.
, suitable land in a beet district. As
result of this meeting a tentative
plan has been inaugurated to can
, vass this district in the near future
Manager Ralph Irwin of the Salmon
Power company was present to sa!
that there was ample power avail
able for the new enterprise. Pete
I Mckinney, who controls 5000 acre
i. OF land in the county. was an author
4 ity for the statement that ample acre
age was available. the only matte
; in which there could be the possibil
ity of failure being the securing o
field labor to cultivate the crop. o.
this point Mr.. Arney stated the faC
tory promoters themselves provide,
the required .aoor. Experts in tn
{ audience said the lands in the tw
{ big valleys OF the county. besides otf
er tracts in the mailer valleys her,
are peculiarly adapted to the growt
z bof the sugar beet,
Mr.. Arney in the course Of ger
eral and informal talk advised tina
every community should have a tai
payers league organized and keT
7 lalive with an alert attorney hired an
always on the job. to head on i1eg<
y appropriations and improper demand
d upon the public treasury in whateye
h form they APPEAR. He cited hume
e Gus wrongful acts that had been co
IT rected in places where these league
are m existence.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-05-18
GILMORE MINES NEVER so
BUSY AT ANY TIME BEFORE

G. +. Myers. who has spent the
week in Salmon, states that Gilmore
is decidedly booming these days,
with a strong demand for efficient
miners all the time New machinery
to the value Of $50. 900. Is about to BE-
Installed by the r. l. people, Myers
is kept busy all the time hauling sup
plies from the Allhands ranches "a
the mining town. There are around
$50 miners now employed in the GIL
more mines. with demands for labor
that cannot be met. Al one time dur
ing the late winter the heavy SHOWS
blocked all means Of traffic for Ions
period OF time, with only one train
in three or four weeks The snow
blockade is now entirely removed
and Gilmore is entering upon the bus
lest days Of its history.