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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31
What the Glass of 1917 VIII Do

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The members of the graduating
class of 1917 of the Morris High
School are already taking up lifes
duties or preparing to get further
preparation at various schools and
colleges.
Miss Marie Brisbane will go to the
Mankato Commercial College, Miss
Dorothy Geenty will take the art
course at Carleton College, Miss Dora
Grove is stenographer and book
keeper for Supt. Utne, Miss Margery
Harvey will teach in Eddy county,
S. D., Miss Grace Judd will enter
Asbury Hospital, Minneapolis, in the
spring, Robert Kruger will attend
Carleton College, Harold Lund has a
position in the Citizens Bank, Miss
Gladys Mitchell will attend Mime
apolis Business College, Miss Marie
Norton will teach at Dry Wood Lake,
Carl Opheim has been called in the
draft and will serve his country, Miss
Grayce Proudfoot will teach in Dist
No. near Morris, Miss Adelia Satter
will take the normal course at the
Norris High School, Charles Scobey
has a position in the Office of the
general manager of the N. P. Rail-
road, ST. Paul. Others planning on
going away to school are Oswald
Dolven, Donald Lord and Miss Leona
Qualley Miss Leta Hays, Hilferd
Lee, Gilbert Lee, Howard Mumbleau,
Miss Angeline Zahl and Miss Flor
ence Ringness have not yet made
definite plans.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31
Local Board Has Received No Official
Notice to Send Only Five Per =
Cent on First Call {
APPEALS NOT RETURNED
But First Thirty Sent Are from Those
Not Claiming Exemption of Any
Kind

Secretary Wollthan of the local ex-
emption board has not yet received
the modified order mentioned below,
and as the order may not apply to a
county of this size, he is proceeding
on the order which he has on file.
This order directs the local board to
send 80 per cent of the quota on Sep
tember 5th, 80 per cent on Septem-
ber 10Th, 80 percent on October 8,
and the remaining ten per cent as
soon as practicable, but that espec-
ial care must be taken in completing
the quota not to certify any person
for service if the case of some person
higher on the list is still pending.
No returns have yet been received
from the district board as to the dis
position of those cases appealed to
the district board on occupational
grounds, but the local board can
make up thirty per cent quota from
among those who claimed no exemp-
ton. The quota has not yet been
made up, but notices have been sent
to 81 men to hold themselves in read
iness to answer the summons to as
semble at Morris and start for the
training camp on September 5. The
men So notified are.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31

side aerial cable will be replaced by
a new and larger one, and the cable
line will be greatly extended in the
west part of the city. A number of
new leads will be built and the line
reconstructed and improved gener-
ally. This work is being done in
keeping with the policy of the COM
pany of having the Morris telephone
system second to none in the North
west
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31
Losing Side Will Entertain Winners

A delightful affair for all Epworth
League members will be given in the
parlors of the Methodist church Fri
day evening, Aug. 81, at 9 o'clock
when the Red side which won in the
recent contest for membership and
attendance at the Sunday evening
devotional services will be enter
tanned by the Blue side which lost
by narrow margin. There will be
an informal reception from 9 to $50
followed by three-course dinner and
interesting program.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31
Ruth Shields, Red Cross Nurse

Mrs. John Shields is expected home
Saturday from Portland, Oregon,
where she had been visiting with
her daughters Misses Ruth and
Belle for the past two weeks.
Miss Ruth Shields will leave for
France as a Red Cross nurse some
time during the first part of Sep
tember.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31

but all are calculated to carry out
fully the purposes for which DEDI-
CATION DAY was set apart. The
majority of the counties apparently
will hold their exercises on Septem-
ber first. A large number of the
counties have arranged for Sunday,
September second. Practically all
the programs breathe the spirit of
the solemnity of the occasion.
In humble submission to the great
God of Battles as we'll as the great
God of Peace, the people are prepar-
ing to invoke His aid and protection
to the departing heroes and praying
for His succor and support to those
left at home.
w. G. HANDY,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31
1900 Feet of New Cable

Manager Abel of the Stevens Coun-
ty Telephone Co announces that the
work of stringing 1900 feet Of new
cable will be started by special crew
from St. Paul next week. The out
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31

Hancock is now putting on a mem
bership campaign and expects to near
the 400 mark before the end of the
week.
Chokio has four subscribing mem
bers and Morris 23 subscribing and
one contributing member. All others
are ANIMALS.
The Chapter Headquarters are now
open every day in the week except
Sunday. The sewing committees con-
tinue to meet Tuesdays and Fridays
and have now packed and ready for
shipment to the Minneapolis Red
Cross warehouse boxes 1 and II, con-
tanning the following garments and
hospital supplies:
18 light pajama suits,
IL bath robes,
6 dark pajama suits,
ia draw sheets,
12O pillow cases,
6 dish towels,
"a hand towels,
SO Turkish bath towels,
"a wash cloths,
IL operating caps,
operating helmets,
l pair operating leggings,
II hot water bottle covers.
The Surgical Dressings class meets
on the days the Chapter rooms are
not used by the sewing committees.
There has been such a. demand for
this instruction that Mrs. Thorpe
plans to have an evening class in the
early part of September. The demand
for surgical dressings is nearly as
great as that for knitted garments.
The knitters are working very
hard on their recent allotment Of gar
ments and have already completed:
IS sleeveless sweaters,
Is scarfs,
IA pairs of wristlets,
helmets,
2 abdominal bands,
68 wash cloths,
So sponges,
IS pairs of socks.
The chairman says a shipment of
completed articles is requested at the
end Of the month, and she is anxious
to have as many sent in by that time
as possible.
Many farmers of the county have
pledged themselves to "do their Bit
in the present war by giving the
proceeds of from one-fourth and one
half to one acre of wheat, oats, bar.
ley and corn, while others have
pledged poultry, vegetables, apples
sheep, etc. These products will bt
sold this fall on day to be set fol
that purpose and designated as Rec
Cross Market Day and the net casl
returns therefor will be given to thu
American Red Cross.
Members and friends of the ReC
Cross, both in town and Throughout
the county, are cordially invited tC
call at the Chapter headquarter
whenever it is convenient and &C
quaint themselves with the worl
that is being done.
MRS. w. c. LIGHT, Secretary
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-08-31

Frank Powers of Minneapolis, was
here on Wednesday for a short visit
with his father, B. Powers.
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w. c. HANDY

PUBLICITY Manager.
Minnesota Commission Of Public
Safety.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
CEUR D'ALENE

Jesse Mathews, certified up to COM
plete the count,'s first quota 10 the
draft after two men were returned
from American Lake, has taken ap
peal to the district exemption board.
He claimed exemption because of
dependent parents. The claim was
denied 10y the lower board and the
board Of appeals has not given its de-
clsion. Mathews appeal is the
second taken from this county,
Harry P. Fuller. OF Harrison, wOI
out 10 his appeal, taken because OF .
dependent wife.
Warren Holt0n, Miss Maxine Whit
ney, Miss Frances Loveless, Mis-
| Minnie Brawman, Homer McKinle.
and Eric Leithe won places on tn,
high school debate squad In the orde
named, according TO the decision o
the judges, +. w. Reed, c. e. Melug
in aud Rev. B e. Koontz. The frs
four will be divided into the afiirma
tive aud negative teams, aud the las
two will be alternates.
The council decided To offer th
CuLsu mers' company and the Koo'
enai Power company furnlshers
electric light and water, a contraC
for these two utilities for six year.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
IDAHO CROP REPORT.
Latest Government Figures on
Production.

Washington.-A department Of
agriculture bulletin summarizes Idaho
crop conditions as follows:
Wheat, this year, 1854, 900 BUSH
els; December estimate last year, l5,-
OIL 900.
Oats, this year. 13,O4o, 600 bushels;
last year, 1880, 900.
Barley, this year, $500, 900 bushels;
last year, 7,4l0,000.
Potatoes, this year, 8, 1850, 900 bush
els; last year, 4,050,000.
All hay, this year, 1887 900 tons;
last year. l,9i6, 900.
Apples, this year, barrels, 72O, 900;
last year, l47, ,000
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
An Army Division.

In Americas new army regiment
of infantry consists OF battalions Of
A companies each, besides head
quarters company, supply company,
machine gun company aud medical
detachment. a total of over 300 men
aud officers.
Two regiments form an infantry
brigade, and three artillery regiments
an artillery brigade.
Two infantry brigades and one
artillery brigade and an engineer
regiment, supply and sanitary troops.
etc., constitute a division-27, 1852
men and officers.
A company Of Infantry has 25C
men, with two captains, one drst aud
three second lieutenants.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
FROM OVER THE COUNTY
POST FALLS

John Handy has bought a new
Chevrolet car.
ED Savage has turned the town
herd over to owners for the winter,
aud has gone to work on farm.
Samuel Young's celery crop was of
exceptionally good quality, and he
raised large crop on his lots former
ly occupied by the hotel.
The ladies aid Of the Methodist
church gave Hoover supper at
Stratherns hall.
The town council has bought a
safe of All Webster. The consldera
tion was $40. 1t will keep the
records of the town secure from fire.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
Advice to Americans, Ages 2l
to 81.


(From Article BY George Ade.)
Many of US are sitting in sheltered
corners, away from the frst-hand
activities of war, trying to compre-
hend that thousands Of our boys are
now in France and thousands more
are going, and we have passed the
long preamble of talk and come up
against the fiinty realities of shrapnel
and hand grenades.
How easy it is for man living in
heated apartment, sleeping
on box mattress, and just about
5000 miles beyond the range of the
longest guns-how easy it is for him
to tell the boys to endure grimly the
trench privations and then go over
the top like whirlwind!
Are words Of any account just
now?
Shall we advise our soldiers to be
brave? Probably the French and
English instructors will urge them to
be cautious.
Shall we tell them to go out and
die for their country? That is not the
prospectus, al all.a all. This plan is
for our boys to tame the Germans
and then come home alive.
five are to poster them with
counsel, let it be 10 the following
effect:
You are going to tackle the big
adventure of your life, but thu
chances are that you will come ou
of it all right-not even nicked by
wound. The Americans are bounC
to get into action at the front. The,
will share hard responsibilities will
the English and Canadians ant
French. 1t is a grisly thing to checl
up on -blooded percentag
basis, but, from view of the aver
ages, we believe that nineteen out {
every twenty boys going TO Franc
' will come home again. Every mont
Q the heavy artillery spreads a NOR
r effective curtain between the adyan'
i ing infantry and the enemy. Yo
are going into zone OF extren
T. risk, and to say that you will not |
in peril would be to take away
)" advance the glory of your perform
ance. But the figures from Canac
e (Which is fair example) indica
y that you are not going to betrappe
d at sea, and that only small percen
(coNTINUED ON LAST rAoE)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
SPIRIT LAKE

The Mcmahon hotel, after being
conducted by John McMahon for
number of years, passed into the
charge of M. Hallman Saturday.
B. B. Larrabee and John Alcorn,
of Tacoma. have been at the head OF
the lake for few weeks. working out
the government assessment On their
mica claim. The claim was dis
covered some years ago bysMr. LARA
bee, who went thru that section with
a surveying outfit, and since that
time the two partners have been
waiting for the time to come when
mica would be in big demand.
Figuring that that time has come,
they will begin the actual work OF
taking out ore next spring. A few
excellent samples we're brought 10,
which show mica 10 vast quantities.
Mr.. and Mrs Otis Michaels left fol
McMinnville, Oregon, Thursday,
where they will remain for some time.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

as fast a market dem lnds Justify the
addition Il capacity. Tae German
process is used.
Herman c, Allen, tie new safe
highway engineer, arrived 10 Boise to
become The active head of the high
way department. lie succeeds L NJ.
Booth, resigned, who expects to join
The colors at an carly date.
Edward Uofstede. Orunno attorney
found guilty of Inducing young men
To violate the military registration
law, was sentenced 10 four months in
the Clearwater county Jail On each of
three counts the three terms to run
concurrently.
Idaho shippers are holding cars
longer than necessary, with the ,e
suit that the railroads cannot move
produce as rapidly as they would like,
according to charges flled with the
state council of defense Friday by F.
H. Knickerbocker, general superin
tendent of the Oregon Short Line
Five hundred cars Of apples In
southern Idaho have been rendered
unfit for use in the green state be-
cause of the severe cold weather,
Guy Graham, state horticultural in
spector, announced Friday. Much of
the FROST bitten fruit is being shipped
to the driers 10 the Pdyette and Boise
valleys, but all cannot be saved in
that way because Of the car shortage.
Another advantage of the stock
yards and packing houses of Spokane
establishing a market for livestock
was shown at Lewiston Saturday
when Spokane outbid Portland for
the prize. winning carload of fat hogs
at the Northwest Livestock show.
The first prize and champion carload
was owned by E. S. Sweet of Grange
Vile, and weighed 294 pounds each.
At 20 cents a pound they brought
$5S 80 each, or $2940 for so hogs. II
addition to this price Mr.. Sweet WOE
$3.50 in cash prizes on the carload
The Cottonwood Milling company
Cottonwood, had the second prize
carload, and the hogs, all Duro'
Jerseys, averaged 260g pounds ant
brought $46.89 each, a total 0
$2344 so for the so hogs, in addition
to $3.50 prize money won.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
Idaho State News Items.

Salmon river stockmen have sold
500, 900 cattle to packing houses.
At Caldwell, so pure bred Poland
China hogs sold brought $2500.
At Twin Falls contract for con
structiou of 4 blocks of concrete
pavement 10 alleys has been let for
sI3,7S2.
The Kettenbach Co. has awarded a
contract to get out from 100000 I"
5000. 900 feet OF logs from timber
lands l2 miles northeast Of Oroflno
Pacific coast shipyards need 10000
additional mechanics. principal,
wood and steel workers who will
command good wages and stead,
work.
A light has been seen passing ovel
Sandpojn f. severa nlvhts at
height OF probably 1000 feet. 1t i
thought to be an airplane.
At the special election held ln Bon
ner county to determine whether th
county should be bonded for 5000, O0
for road improvements the bonds woI
by IA majority. The vote was light
r. F. Bicknai,. state food admins
traitor, endeavoring to get Neorask
corn ~ price. that will make u
cheaper T ell for hogs than whea'
thus making saving 10 wheat.
The new potato -four mill at ldah
Falls can use one carload of potato6
a day aud the plant will be enlarge
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

New York city's waterfront was
the scene of another disastrous fire
Sunday, when the factory of the
Washburn Wire company, which
was working on large orders for the
government, was destroyed, with
an estimated loss of nearly$2, 900, :
900. The fire started from three
separate blazes in the factory, Civ
ing rise to the belief that it was
set purposely. The factory EN-
ployed 1000 people, including r.
Germans and 200 Austrians.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

instead OF 10 years, AS a-ked 10y the
affiiiated companies. The contracts
call-for water at cents thousand
gallons Heretofore rate Of 10 to
80 cents has been paid,
Mayor G. ii. Potts, Chief Justice
Alfred Bulge and Associate Justices
VIM. NJ. Morgan aud John g. Rice Of
the state supreme court spoke at the
patriotic meeting Friday night, called
for the purpose OF denounciug pro-
Germans and slackers and discussing
what action TO take to stamp out
treason and disloyalty.
Between forty and f1fty trustees Of
the several school districts Of this
county were 10 session Friday and
Saturday 10 the district court, having
been called into meeting by County
Superintendent II. @. Egbers. The
county was well represented generally
except for some OF the towns or the
north end.
r q. Egbers, county superinten-
dent OF schools, announced Monday
at the meeting OF the chamber Of
, commerce that the annual teachers
institute would be held In Occur
d'Alene December 10 to -. Teachers
from Kootenai, Deuewah aud Sbo-
Shone will attend.
The county commissioners, sitting
as board uf equalization, Nov. l3,
approved the petition of Paul Mon
tague to have the assessment ON land
owned by him reduced from $4,000 Il
5000.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
BIG LOSS IN SPUDS
Result Of Frost and Labor
Shortage In South Idaho

Boise, Idaho. Nov. 10. The potato
loss In Idaho this season will total
1000, 900 bushels, according 10 + r.
Bennett, state horticulturist with the
agricultural extention department Of
the state university.
He had estimated the production
for the state at 6.000,0 900 bushels
some weeks ago. Therefore his esti-
mate OF the loss 4 due to the cold
weather 10 October means that Idaho
will market but 5000. 900 bushels of
spuds.
Professor Bennett has visited the
different potato growing districts of
the Snake river valley during the last
three weeks.
The principal losses have occurred
from Burley and Rupert north and
east up the valley TO St. Anthony, he
says.
$3.50 a Day for Labor.
He reports that growers In the
Idaho Falls district were forced to
pay as high as $l2 50 day for labor
when harvesting their crops.
'At Idaho Falls l saw as many as
SO men standing about on the streets,
unwilling to work unless they could
get excessive wages, and when they
were paid the prices they demanded
many would not work more than one
or two days.
"Those men were not l. W. w,
but ordinary American laborers who
float about from place to place"
According to Professor Bennett the
potato vines in the Idaho Falls
district remained green until October
II, when killing frost came. The
growers got into their fields as early
as possible after the frost, but the
labor shortage made it impossible fol
them to gather their potatoes before
the second killing frost came, October
27.
He thinks that many potatoes will
not be worth the digging
Trees Full of Frozen Apples.
The horticulturist says trees II
apple orchards in the Twin Fall'
district are breaking down with frui'
that will never be picked because i
was ruined by the freeze.
There, as at Idaho Falls, The short
age of labor made it impossible TO
the growers to get their apples out o
the orchards before the cold snal
caught the fruit.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16
THE HOME GARDEN
Fall Suggestions By Dept. Of
Agriculture.

~ OAA@O Va A|AhSNhtNN " NeH 80
the north and west, United States
Department of Agriculture urges
that the matters discussed below
have immediate attention.
Don't Sell the Family Cow.
This might appear to many to
be good time to sell the family
COW or the family dairy herd, be-
cause prices for cows are high and
il is easy to sell; but suppose you
do sell? What is gained? Prices
of milk and butter are high-seem
higher when you buy than when
you sell. Perhaps we are crossing
the "stream" referred to by Abra-
ham Lincoln when he advised
against swapping horses while
crossing a stream. In any case,
will it not be better il the family
COW and the family dairy are kept
by those who know how TO make
them most productivep
Next Years Garden. n
Begin to prepare your home
garden this fall by supplying the
| soil with humus (decaying vegeta-
BILE materially and fertilizers. Stable
manure may be spread upon the
surface and either plowed or
spaded under.
/ In many parts of the country rye
may be sowed yet this fall to be
plowed or spaded under in the
spring. Use about half pound
to one pound of seed to the square
rod. The ground should first be
cleared of weeds and crop refuse;
but do not wait until all the crops
are off. AS soon as any part Of the
garden is cleared, however small
the space, sow rye upon it at once.
This may be continued until the
whole garden is sowed, even
though the last vegetable crops
come off quite late in the fall, as
rye will germinate at temperature
only slightly above the freezing
point. II the soil is loose, the rye
may be scattered over the surface
and covered with a garden rake.
If the soil is hard it should first
be hoed or cultivated or 3 inches
deep, as the ideal seed bed for rye
is compact beneath and loose at
the surface.
The advantages of sowing rye
are: () 1t protects the soil from
washing; (2) it retains nitrogenous
plant-iood material which might
otherwise escape into the air dur
ing the fall and winter; (3) when
turned under in the spring, it furn-
ishes humus to the soil.
SAFE the leaves this fall. They are
x valuable as sources of humus and
: plant food. If burned, ever
" though the ashes are saved, all O
a the humus is lost and much Of tht
= fertilizing value. They may b'
y mixed with soil and little lime
." and left in a pile to decay, or some
- may be spread upon the surface o
- the soil and spaded under at once
> They are especially valuable TO
loosening heavy clay soils. Goa
VI ashes are useful for the sam
= purpose, though they have yer
:" little fertilizing value.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

The goveroment crcp report OF
November 8 gives estimates Of pre-
ducti0n for the United States as
follows: Wheat 500, 797, 900 bushels,
Oats, l,5s0,7l4,o00 bushes, Barley
2Ol. 659, 900 bushels; Pntatnes. 4i0
600. 900 bushels; Hay, 9l,7l5.ooo tor S;
Apples, SO, 200, 900 barrels.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

All bakeries are To he placed nndtr
government license December 10 I"
standaIdze the weight OF the loayeS
The price will not he fixed, but the
amount OF sugar and lard used will
be reduced. The food administration
expects TO save 100, 600 600 pounds
each Of sugar and lard in this way.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

Up to Nov. the collection Of Red
Cross funds amounted to $79.s95, 1855
out Of the SIOO, 900, 900 subscribed in
the drive OF last June.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-11-16

s@- The Tribune and The Toledo
Blade, both one year for $1.3O.
Address, The Tribune, Rathdrum.