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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-03-02
More Reason for Remaining in
Idaho
Lidgerwood, N. Oak, Feb. %, II
Camas Prairie Chronicle,

Lidgerwood, N. Oak, Feb. %, II
Camas Prairie Chronicle,
Cottonwood, Idaho.
Dear Friend Winner: | herewith
inclose check for $3.50 for your paper.
Owing to crop failure l am not able
to send more at present.
We had very bad year the last
year, spring was wet and cold, but
although thousands of acres could not
be seeded in the Red River Valley,
all was put in crop here and looked
pretty good till up to the last of June
when we got three horrible rains
within six days, each one bringing
about eight inches of water and then
it got SO hot that the grain was actu-
ally cooked in the hot mud and wa
ter. Corn turned out pretty good
but potatoes generally were a failure,
but got about 500 bushels from 4
acres which l sold for $3.50 to $500
a bushel and now they are $3.50 tc
$500, have about 100 bushel left yet,
80 acres of wheat brougt me the seed
and $46.50. Oats failure and s
acres of barley, so bushel, with g
threshing bill of $500.
So you people out on the prairie
can be very thankful for the crop you
got.
The winter is very severe with
many snow storms and most the time
for the last two and a half months
from 10 to As below zero.
With best wishes to you and all my
friends, beg to remain
Your friend,
Aiois Gaukler.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

Allies, taken unaware by this new w
barbibarity Of warfare, were on
record
/ O. The great activity before the
war in improving German submarines
that are now sinking our transports
and destroying tn esupbly ships of
our Allies.
g. Inventions in aerial and anti
aerial ordnance that found the rest
of the world SO unprepared in 1914,
that British ayiators had to cone
with them with private fowling
pieces.
a. New grenades, heavy cannon,
field ordnance improvements and high
explosive shells of the sort that made
Belgium's supposedly modern de-
fenses obsolete.
These records were assembled
through search of the patent office
to learn what German owned inven-
tions would be used by American
manufacturers under the trading
with-the-enemy-act. The regulations
Of the federal trade .omission lust
having been issued for governing the
release by license of these patents, it
is found that there are more than
10000 of them.
The patent Office records show few
German inventions of humanitarian
aspect compared with patents of that
sort to other foreigners. For in
stance, in one department, of hun
dreds of artificial limb patents, only
one German owned could be found.
The flame projecting apparatus,
the invention of German, Richard
Fielderfor instance, was patented in
Germany year ago before the war
began. He has a variation of the
original atrocious device patented un-
der United States laws, a contriv-
ance for creating large volume of
flame, gas or smoke on the surface
OF the water from apparatus sub
merged. There are no United States
patents Of any kind granted on mill
tary flame projectors.
The leleasc of the German patents
makes available not only the much
needed processes and manufacturers
for the industrial, medicinal and com
mercial world, but as we'll the many
military devices.
Almost all of the military patents
in ordnance are being made by the
German gun factories now, the pat
ents being issued to residents of mu-
milton factory cities in most instances
and assigned to cannon makers fol
manufacture before the United States
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
FALLS $500 FEET INTO
WATER AND IS KILLED

Bayshorc, N. Y, Nov. 4.-John V.
w. Reynders, % years old, of New
York, student aviator attached to
the United States naval station here,
fell $500 feet from a seaplanc into
Great South Bay this afternoon and
was killed. Reyndcrs was pitched
from his scat when the plane turned
over, landing in the water several
seconds ahead of the machine. The
avlator's uniform was torn into
shreds by the foice of the contact
with the water. A companion in an
other machine witnessed the accident
and quickly gliding his plane to the
spot dived overheard and recovered
the body.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

has lain hidden in Washington un-
known for years. The plans for
many of Germans deadliest surprises
have been deposited in the United
States patent Office. Under the trad
ing-with- the-enemy-act they may now
be licensed to United States manufac-
turers and turned against Germany.
An investigation in the patent office
reveals:
l. The horrible flame protector and
gas shells that killed thousands of the
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
PRESENT FOR EVERY son
or AMERICA AT 'FRONT.'
Y. NJ. c. 4. in France PLANNING to
Give Yankee Boys Old-Fash-
iOned Christmas.

American Training Camp in
France, Nov. 1.-The American SOL
dlers in France will be treated to a
genuine old fashioned Christmas in
the Young Mems Christian Associa-
t!on and the cred Triangle" huts.
There will be celebrations with
Christmas trees, not only at the base
the troops makes it impossible to
guarantee that an individually adj
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

camps in the American training zone.
but also behind the trenches, from
which the American boys now are
facing the Germans.
france will supply tree for every
hut, and the Y. M. G. A. with the
help from home will provide a gift
for every soldier. The movement of
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
ALLEGES IRREGULARITY

New York, Nov. 4.-On the COM
plant of an actress, Charles l.. Dan
by, a salesman employed by the Fort
Mltilin Shipbuilding company, of
Philadelphia, was held in 1000 bail
Tor examination here today in connec-
tlon with an alleged irregularity in
a stock purchasing deal.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

dressed present will reach the person
10 whom they are sent in every case,
but the "Red Triangle" organization,
as the Y. M. c. A. now is being cali
ed here, intends that every man shall
be remembered, even if the Christmas
packages addressed to him personal
~ from home cannot be delivered.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
TO FORM ALLIANCE

bucnos Aires, Nov. 4.-Argcntine
and Chile are about to form an alli
ance. Authentic information to this
effect was obtained by the Interna-
tlonal News Service correspondent to-
day. Official verification is still lack
ing.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07

patent was granted. Even those pat
ents granted some time after the war
began, indicate a great activity in
ordnance invention that must have
been fostered before war was de-
clared.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-11-07
GERMAN SECRETS LAID
BARE IN PATENT OFFICE
United States Will Turn Over to
Munition and Ordnance Makers the
Formulas for Teuton's Destructive
Engines of War.

washington, Nov. 4.-Proof that
Germany plotted the war for world
domination for at least ten years be-
fore she struck the first blow in 1914
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22
OH, RATS.

An article in the last issue of the National Geographic Magazine by Ed ward w. Nelson, chief of the U. s. bio logical survey, on The Rat Pest" is deserving the attention of all persons interested in the welfare of their coun- try. The writer gives figures to prove that ten per cent of all the foodstuff produced in the United States, to say nothing of millions of dollars worth of other material, is annually destroy ed by rats. In other words, the re- suit of the labor of 100000 Americans is annually eaten by rats.
 The figures given of the number of rats and the amount of property they annually destroy are unbeliavle, and in addition to the monetary loss for which they are responsible, they are the greatest disease carriers in the world. Nine.tenths of the dread dis eases introduced in seaport towns are carried there by rats in steamships. In fifteen years following the outbreak of the bubonic plague in China the disease was found on no less than 156 !'different ships, and it was introduced into 51 different countries through it's distribution by rats on ships. Also il was proven that fleas from rats trans mitted the disease to human beings
 The article by pr. Nelson is a most interesting one and should be general ly read. His suggestions given for ridding the world of the rat pest should be followed and especially al the present time when the needs o the world are such that such waste as the economic output of 100000 mer in America can not well be spared tC feed and otherwise provide for rats.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22
A NEW MEAT SUPPLY.

Alaska, bought from Russia half a century ago at about two cents per acre, has proved to be even a greater real estate speculation than that of the thrifty Dutchman who bought Manhat- tan Island from the Indians. It's min eral wealth of course, was not known or suspected at the time, and many Americans contemptuously referred to it as Stewards Folly" Instead, it has increased and perpetuated his fame. Agriculturally, also, but little was known and less was expected of it. But that resource has been growing more important every year and will be no small factor in the development of the great territory from which a state or states will yet be formed.
 But perhaps in these days of the high cost of living and the approach ing limitation of America's meat sup ply, the fact of most immediate inter- est in these war times to the United States is that it now has in Alaska a new source of meat supply in the great reindeer herds which have reached the stage when regular supplies from this sOurse are ready to be marketed. The reindeer industry in Alaska is of recent growth, the policy of importing reindeer from Siberia by the United States government being introduced a little more than two decades ago. Two years ago the report showed a total of 79,243 reindeer, distributed among 76 herds. They are owned chiefly by the natives, the missions and Laplanders, the United States government itself owning only S,04S or about , per cent of the entire mum. Der. The reindeer are now distributed over practically all Western Alaska and most of the Aleutian islands. The work of distribution now being well on the way to final accomplishment and the herds increasing in number 1t only remains to arrange for the marketing of the surplus deer. thou. sands in number, and henceforth con- stituting permanent and new SUD- ply to the great American larder.- New York World.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22
HISTORICAL FACTS ON
 ALASKAN TERRITORY

Attu island, the farthermost one of the Aleutian group, is more than 900 miles nearer to Tokio than 1t is to San Francisco.
 Codfishing grounds in Alaska ap- proximate an area of l25,oO square miles.
 The first salmon canning establish ment in Alaska was erected in 1878, with an output valued at s40,O00.
 The third article of the treaty with Russia provides; The inhabitants of the ceded territory. according to their choice, reserving their natural allegi- ance, may return to Russia within three years; but if they shall prefer to remain in the ceded territory they, with the exception of uncivilized na- tive tribes shall be admitted to the enjoyment of all the rights, advan- tages and immunities of citizens of the United States"
 No attempt was made by congress to establish civil government in Alas ka until 1884, the territory being gov erned until that time by military I forces,
 Vault creek, Fairbanks district, was discovered September 30, 1902, Chata- nika Flats, by John Dobbins-about 100 claims were recorded; Engineer creek, December 29, 1902, by James Dadson; Dome creek, Fairbanks Sep tember II, 1902, by A. D. Shea; Cleary creek, August l, 1902, by Felix Pedro. This was the beginning of the great Fairbanks mining district. 1 The town of Fairbanks was incor- porated in 1903, with George B. Branch as mayor.
 The output of gold from Alaska in 1907 was $31,2OO,OO0.
 The name Alaska" for this great northern country was suggested by Secretary Seward, and means great land It is of composite Russian and Greek language.
 The first reindeer introduced in Alaska came from Siberia in 1891 when sixteen animals were landed at the island of Unalaska by the United States revenue cutter Bear.
 The first election ever held in Alas ka under law of congress occurred : Tuesday, August IA, 1906. At this election Frank H. Waskey was elected as the first delegate to congress from Alaska. He was born in Lake City Minnesota, 1873. He came to Cook Inlet in 1898, and in 1900 became a re sident of Nome.
 Point Barrow is the most northern point in Alaska, and here is located the most northern postoffiqss in the world.
 Nome was incorporated in 1901 William H. Pearson was it's first mayor.
 Juneau was incorporated in 1900.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22

There is large exodus of people to the states at this time of the year, but a careful perusal of the passenger lists will show that few Cordovans are leaving, most of the outgoing people being from Anchorage and Fairbanks.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22

Wednesday being a legal holiday
 and so designated by the president of the United States for the express pur. pose of a nationwide drive for the second issue of Liberty loan bonds, 1t is up to the people Of Cordovaso pro perly observe the day and also to sub scribe for one or more of these bonds
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22

Samuel McGowan, an old-timer in
 the country, and the owner of home
 stead about six miles from Anchorage,
 has been appointed by the federal fisheries department as fur warden,
 and will begin his work about Decem- Der first.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22

Under the editorship of Elmer E. Friend, the Seward Gateway has been greatly improved, and is fast forging othe front as one of the leading pa 'pers of the territory.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22

Watch for next publication of votes in the Daily Times auto contest.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-22

Nome was incorporated in 1901. William H. Pearson was it's first mayor.
 Juneau was incorporated in 1900.
Evening star., 1917-05-06

The result OF the meet is going to
hinge on the character of the men run
ming in the places and counting the
points for seconds and thirds. Com
petition so far seems to indicate that
Mcnamara of Tech Is the best sprinter
in the schools and that Sheehan is the
most capable middle distance man.
Central does not possess any particu-
larly. good sprinters. but in Latta and
Nash has two men capable of giving
Techs dependables all they are looking
for in the way of competition. Latta
it will be remembered, sprung the big
surprise of the 1916 meet by beating
Sheehan in the SS0-yard run. OF course,
Sheehan really was the better man and
lost his race because he used such poor
judgment in the running of it; but he
lost and the use of judgment was as
much part of the race as the use of
his legs. Just such surprises may be
seen again this week.
There undoubtedly is better talent
generally in the schools than has been
seen for some time and the meet should
be well worth watching. Probably it
will be the best set of games held by
the high schools since Western beat
out Central a few years ago by a very
small margin.
Preparations are being made by the
Masonic and Eastern Star base ball
committee for the annual game between
the Shrine and Grotto. The game is
held annually under the direction of
the Masters Association, but is handled
directly by a committee of which
George NJ. Evans, master of Harmony
Lodge is chairman. other members of
the committee are Abraham Wingate
of st. Johns. Frederick f. Hodges OF
Dawson and John G.. Hodges of Temple
Noyes. Robert II. Young has been ap-
pointed advisory member of the COM
mittee and is chairman of the commit
tee on parks and stands. special
committee has been appointed to look
after the publicity end of the game.
Arrangements now are going on with
view to holding several stunts of
various kinds before the game actually
starts.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
NEWC0MB WINS TITLE
Breaks 191 Targets Out Of 200 in
National Shooting Tour
nament.

NEW YORK, May 5. - Charles H.
Newcomb of the Independence Gun
Club. Philadelphia. amateur trapshoot-
ing champion of 1913, again won the
national title today at Travers Island,
leading a field of 100 competitors with
a score of ST 97-191, out of 200 clay
targets. Considering the adverse
weather conditions, the winners score
was excellent.
F. Plum of Atlantic City. n. J.. a
clubmate of the new champion. was
second with 1S9. and Daniel F. Nc
Mahon of the New York Athletic Club
finished in third place with 1877. Two
more of the New York Athletic Club
gunners. w. II. Yule. 1S6. and c. J.
Stein, 1S4, Were next in order. and l.
l.. Snow. Boston a. A.. also broke 1874.
Mrs. l.. A. Nogel of Detroit broke 167
and Mrs. A. G. Wilkes. San Francisco.
161.
In the fve-man team shoot Philadel-
phia won with 926: New York Athletic
Club, 925; Boston A. A.. $50. and Hart
ford Gun Club, $40.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
RIVER ROVERS WIN
Defeat Bethlehem Soccer Team,
/ to o, in Match for Ameri-
can Championship.

PAWTUCKET, r. l., May 5.-The
Fall River. Mass. Rovers won the
American soccer foot ball championship
here today by defeating the crack
team of the Bethlehem Pa.) foot ball
club. champions of the past two years.
to 0. The game was played in
drizzling rain and the wet ball made
accurate kicking and passing almost
an impossibility-
Swords of the Fall River team kicked
the first goal. after two minutes of
play, for the only score of the game
The Bethlehem players assumed the
aggressive Immediately afterward. but,
although they kept the ball in Fall
Rivers territory most of the time.
were unable to break through the
strong defense of the men from the
mill city.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
KEEN COMPETITION EXPECTED
IN HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET
Central Is Favored to Win Annual Field
Games, First to Be Held in New
Stadium, Next Saturday.
BY II. c. BYRD.

n s
the history of local and probably will
this is the first big athletic affair
Competition he
the
trail will
Naa sheehan and Gross for its
Evening star., 1917-05-06

any club able to play smart base ball
viii be heard from. no matter If 1t
does get off to a poor start.
THE crowds here have been small,
understand but this undoubtedly
has been due largely to the fact that
the war has kept pretty nearly every
body hard at work in this city. par
ticularly the government clerks. How
ever. Washington will be the gather
ing place this summer of thousands of
persons called here on business in
connection with the war, and this fact
should help swell the attendance. Fur
the work incidental to the declaration
of hostilities has been relieved and
the duties of the clerks arranged into
more of a routine they will have
greater opportunity to get out to the
park.
Nowhere in the east has the at
tendance been up to the mark. due to
the unsuitable weather prevailing. but
in the west. especially in Chicago.
large crowds have turned out. and the
same will be true of Philadelphia. New
York and Boston. with fair. warm
weather prevailing upon the return
of the eastern teams from their west
ern trips"
Jack Barry. the youthful manager of
the Boston Red Sox, is about as un-
communicative as his predecessor. Bill
Carrigan. and also is exceedingly
as any of them," Barry said yesterday.
when asked how he sized up the
prospects of his world champions. That
was as far as he was willing to go.
1t seems to be the consensus of
opinion that the chances of the Red
Sox center largely in Babe Ruth. He
is credited in some quarters with being
the best pitcher in the game. today. bar
none. and is always likely to break up
and win his own game with his bat.
With the season only about fairly
started he already has five clean
With an excellent chance to become
the ranking pitcher of the American
League this season as a stimulus to
ambition. he is ready and willing to
work every third day or any other way
Manager Barry sees fit. So far op-
ponents have batted only about 200
against him. and he will not be beaten
often at that rate.
If Manager Barry elects to send Babe
Ruth in against the Griffmen tomorrow
afternoon Walter Johnson will toe the
mound for the locals. Ruth has pitched
the first game of every series the Red
Sox have played thus far. five In num-
Der, and having been returned victor
on every occasion, Barry will hardly
want to break the combination. How
ever, If Ruth does not warm up right
Shore probably will do box duty for
the visitors, in which case Du Mont will
oppose him and Johnson be held until
the day Ruth starts. Manager Griffith
plans to use Harry Harper in the third
game, in which he probably will draw
Dutch Leonard as his opponent Clear
skies are promised for tomorrow and
il is to be hoped the weather man has
his dope right, as Griffith now has in
sight all the doubleheaders he cares
for.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
THREE RECORDS BROKEN.
Notre Dame and Illinois Athletes
Show Speed in Dual Meet.

SOUTH BEND. Ind, May 5.-Three
Notre Dame track records were broken
in the dual meet between Notre Dame
and Illinois here this afternoon. Illinois
won the meet by a score of SO 7-12 to
81 5-12. Meehan of Notre Dame won
the mile in 4.3O1-5 and broke Joie
Rays record of 431 is. Sphinx of
Illinois broke the record Of Devine of
Notre Dame by winning the 440-yard
dash in SO LIS seconds. Kasper of
Notre Dame Travelled the half-mile in
1886 and2 broke the record of
1915. held by Sheldon of Michigan
Aggies.
In a slow seven-inning base ball game
Notre Dame defeated Purdue University
by a score Of 8 to s.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
RIsLEY WINS AGAIN.
For Third Time Is Best Man in At
lantic Citv Golf Tourney.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J., May s.
Maurice Risley of this city today won
for the third time the chief trophy
in the final match of the annual spring
golf tournament of the Atlantic City
Country Club, at Northfield. by defeat
ing d. Clarke Corkran of Baltimore
one up. Risley made a brilliant start
by winning the first four holes and at
the turn held a lead of three holes.
Corkran staged a great finish and car
ried his opponent to the home green
before admitting defeat. Both men
played remarkably well in view of
weather conditions.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
THROUGH WITH GRIDIR0N.
Jim Thorpe Fears Foot Ball May
Hurt His Ball Playing.

DETROIT, Mich. May 5.-Jim Thorpe.
with the Cincinnati Nationals. may have
played his last game on the gridiron.
Thorpe, regarded as one of the great
est foot ball players that ever lived.
was recently approached by Detroit
semi-professional foot ball promoter
and offered a large sum to play next
autumn. Thorpe refused.
He said he hoped to make good ~ Q
ball player some day, and feared that
foot ball would ruin his work on the
diamond.
Evening star., 1917-05-06
OHIO STATE REPEATS.
Beats Illinois Second Time This
Season. l to O.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 5.-For the
second time this season Ohio State Uni
versity won from Illinois University in
western conference base ball game,
todays score being / to 0. Ohio States
lone score came in the third. when
Staudit walked, went to second on a
sacrifice was safe at third on a field
er's choice and reached home on a wild
pitch. Score:
Illinois. o 0 Go 4 1
Ohio State. o o 0 X-1 5 8
Klein and Petersen; Wright and Jones'
Evening star., 1917-05-06
Berry Heads Track Team.

PHILADELPHIA, May 81. Howard
Berry. for the past three years PEN
tathlon champion of the University of
Pennsylvania. was tonight elected cap
tain of next years track team at
banquet rendered to Coach Lawson
Robertson. Berry resigned yesterday
as captain of the base ball team.