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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-18
ALLOTMENT OF $2so,o0o MUST BIZ
RAISED BY OCTOBER 81 TO
SKIP STACKER CLASS.
SUBSCRIBE THROUGH BANKS
ANY Banker VIII Receive Money for
Federal Loan-Interest at Rate
of -Four Percent Paid.

Wlth $44 500 pledged in Grangeville
toward the $290,000 goal set for Idaho
county, and with only nine days left in
which to rasie the entire amount, the
second Liberty loan campaign has just
been given new impetus locally by a
decision on the part of the COMMITTEES
IN charge to prod the people up to a
realization of what is required of this
county so far as buying bonds is con-
cerned.
Hundreds of circular letters have been
sent out by w. w. Brown, chairman of
the committee for Idaho county, the
letters being so emphatic that they cam
not fail to impress large number of
those to whom they are addressed of
the necessity that the people of Idaho
county do their part for their govern
ment.
Subscribe at Any Bank.
Subscriptions to the loan are being
received by every bank in the county,
but official returns have been made to
headquarters in Grangeville by none.
Persons who reside out of town and
who desire to buy bonds are privileged
to mail their checks to any bank, stat
ing that the amount is for the purchase
of Liberty bonds, and the bank win do
the rest.
Notable progress in the drive is ex-
pected to be made in the next few days.
Personal solicitation probably will be
made in many cases The men in charge
of the local campaign are determined
that the county will at least come up to
its allotment, if it does not exceed it's
requirements.
Not Gift to Nation.
1t should be borne in mind that buy
ing of Liberty bonds is not donation
of funds to the u. S. government. The
bonds pay percent interest annually
and are obtainable in denominations of
$40, 300, $500, $1,000, and upward.
They are backed by the United States
of America and are free from taxation
up to $4,000.
Governor Alexander has proclaimed
next Wednesday, October "a, holiday
in the state of Idaho, to be devoted
exclusively to the drive for Liberty
bonds. Indications were that the state,
up to Monday night, had subscribed 10
percent of its allotment of $7,900,00O.
Nationally it is estimated 81 900 ,000,-
900 of the five billion was subscribed
by Tuesday night
John Coram so far has been the larg-
est individual subscriber in Grangeville.
He bought 81 900 worth of bonds.
Except in bonds of the denominations
of $50 and $l0G, which are to be paid
i'll cash at the time of subscription,
bonds may be bought by paying 2 per-
cent down, ls percent on November Is,
40 percent on December Is and 40 per-
cent January Is.
Thnro Who R,1u popac
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-18
Those Who Buy Bonds.

Following is partial list of subscrip-
tions in Grangeyille:
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-10-18

Buy Liberty Bond
RETURNS TO MARSHALL LAKE
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
WESTERN.
s.--.--s-a.-D

Condition Of former President Taft
is improved.
Plot to corner canned tomatoes is
uncovered is claim.
Thomas Wardall of Seattle was born
in 1915. He is healthy, happy and ac-
tive.
Mrs. Lavinia B. Steward, philanthro-
pist, whose contributions to science
and charity became public only with
her death, died at her summer home,
Oracle, Ariz.
Rioting in the strike of operating
forces Of the Kansas City Railways
Company broke out when strikers at
tackled three cars filled with men i'm
ported to break the walkout.
Scores of national guardsmen raided
the Oakland, Cal, headquarters of the
Industrial Workers Of the World, car
ried out the organizations literature
and records and made a bonfire Of
them in the streets.
A terrific rain storm which struck
Bisbee, Ariz, flooded the business part
of the town, causing damage estimated
at $4,000. A score of automobiles
caught by the torrent which swept
through the streets were smashed to
bits.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Montana.

About 5000 coal miners in Montana
have asked an increase in wages.
Wyoming miners in District % are
seeking the same wages paid in Mon
tana.
Reflection of the labor troubles in
the Butte district is found in the July
copper production figures Of the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company. The
output for last month amounted to H.
100000 pounds of the red metal, as
compared with 20,4OO,OOO in June and
28,400,00O in May.
The General Petroleum Company's
plans for developing the holdings in
Wyoming which it acquired from the
Wyoming Montana Development Com
pany, better known as the Rispin in
terests, are more elaborate than at
first reported. The deal whereby it
took over the Rispin properties in the
Salt Creek field, consisting of ten Sec
tions, also included the Rispin hold
ings in the Lusk field in Niobrara
county, where the Producers (Texas),
Big Indian and others have interests.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Arizona.

Molybdenum in commercial quaint.
ties in the Wallapais, and high-grade
at that, is reported at Kingman.
Purchase of Ajo Consolidated Cop
per Company property has been made
by New Cornelia Copper Company.
The two smelters at Douglas pro-
duced 21,500,0OO pounds of copper dur
ing July, about a million less than a
normal month.
The Consolidated Arizona Smelling
Company is gradually enlarging it's
smelter at Humboldt, and that work
will be completed by Nov. 1.
The valuation of the mines of Ari-
zona will add $158,743,373.57 to the
taxable wealth of the state this year,
the total. valuation fixed by the State
Tax Commission being $3.50, ,994.76,
against $171, ,8S8,616.19 in 1916.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
SPORT.

Devereux Milburn, the famous polo
player, is among the men designated
by the War Department for the second
Plattsburg, N. Y. camp of the officers
reserve corps, who will start training
Aug 27.
Don Harker, dean of tennis players
in Colorado, defeated Scott Townsend,
former state champion, in an exhibi-
tion match at City park, in Denver.
The entire proceeds, which were
$3.50, went to the Denver Red Cross.
Miss Katherine Stinson, the girl avi-
atrix, will race with Barney Oldfield
at Sheepshead Bay Aug. 1S, in connec-
ton with the match races between
Oldfield, Ralph de Palma and Louis
Chevrolet. A purse of $1,000 has been
offered for the earth and air. race.
Announcement was made at Colo
RADIO Springs of the calling off Of the
Pixies Peak automobile races, sched-
uled to begin Sept. 8. The announce
ment stated that automobile manufac-
turers and drivers are engaged in war
work and are unable to participate in
the meet.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
TWENTY LOST WHEN CITY OF
ATHENS, WITH MISSIONARIES
ABOARD, GOES DOWN..
BRITISH SHIP HITS NINE
ARTHUR DUckWORTH, HIS WIFE
AND SIX CHILDREN, OF DEN-
YER, AMONG THE VICTIMS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Denver-The Rev. and Mrs. Ar
thur Duckworth and their six chill
dren, of Denver, were among those
who perished, according to news dis
patches, off the coast of Cape Town,
Africa, when the steamship City of
Athens struck a mine and sunk,
Aug. 10. They were en- route to In
dia to resume missionary work, after
a years vacation spent with parents
and relatives in Denver. Twelve 9th
ers, including four members of the
crew and five Americans, also per-
ished
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Duckworth,
and their children, Ethel, 12 Rosa
lind, 10; Edith, 9; Martha, 8; Scoville,
8, and the baby, months, had been
living in Denver at 1888 High street
since last September, when they re-
turned from Viramgam, India, for a
years vacation. They had intended to
return to India in September. but at
the request of the Christian Mission
ary Alliance Board of New York, un-
der which organization the Rev. Mr..
DuckwOrth conducted his missionary
work, they made arrangements to re-
turn earlier, leaving Denver May %
and sailing from New York July IL.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Intense artillery fighting continues
in Flanders.
Germans and Turks planning at
tempt to recapture Bagdad
The Russians and Rumanians are re-
sisting valiantly but have been forced
to give up positions north of Fokshani.
Twenty-one British vessels of more
than 1000 tons and two vessels of
less than 1000 tons were sunk last
week.
A Russo-Rumanian retirement to the
villages of Marasechti and Furteni on
the Sereth river is reported by Petro-
grad.
Nine hundred and thirty-three Scan
dinavian ships have been destroyed by
torpedoes or mines since the begin
ming of the war.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen is
centering his efforts to break through
the entente line toward the railroad
junction of Tecutchieu.
German air planes raided the Eng
lish coast Sunday, killing twenty-three
persons, including nine women and six
children. About sixty were injured.
The French Saturday recaptured at
the remaining trench elements taken
by the Germans Wednesday. A Ger
man attack south of Allies was re-
pulsed.
The American steamer Campana
was sunk by a submarine and five
Americans, including the captain, are
believed to have been taken prisoners
on the diver
The Russian embassy in Washing
ton learn that the kaiser is planning
an offensive against Riga, with the
hope of threatening Petrograd. The
Russians are holding their own in
Galicia.
Winning daybreak battle in brief,
furious fighting, the British forces of
Haig are forging their way onward
through the lines of the Germans in
Belgium, near HOge, on the fighting
front defending which are the armies
of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria.
The Canadians are holding stub
bornly the trenches at the doorstep OF
Lens. The Germans unsuccessfully at
tackled near ST. Quentin sector long
idle. German attacks along the Aisne
also failed. Fighting continues in Gal
icia, Bukowina and Southern Mol
davia.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
WASHINGTON.

Senator LaFollette introduces peace
resolution in Senate.
Debate on revised war tax measure
taken up in Congress.
Coal prices increase indicative of
profiteering it is said.
Plans for controlling price of wheat
and flour to be announced soon.
Herbert Hoover was formally ap-
pointed food dictator of United States.
Seldom G. Hopkins of Cheyenne,
Wyo., was nominated by President
Wilson to be assistant secretary Of the
interior, succeeding the late Bo
Sweeney.
Bill to provide insurance for Ameri-
can fighting men introduced in Con-
gress.
The regular army has passed it's
war strength figure of 100000, it was
officially announced by the War De-
partment.
The date for calling the first incre-
ment of 100000 men into the ranks Of
the national army may. be changed
from Sept. to the 4th.
Secretary McAdoo is planning to ask
Congress in the near future for author
ization of a new bond issue of $6,O00,-
100000 at this session of Congress.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
ENGLISH AS SHE is SPOKE
What the American Soldier Intends to
Do With Kaiser Is Not Under
stood in England. y,4} i

With cOmmOndable enterprise Lon
don editorial brother seeks to clarity
for his readers the quaint expression of
certain American soldiers who have in
timated that their first undertaking in
Europe will be to "can the kaiser" In
interpreting them to intend to seal up
his high mightiness hermetically, how
ever, the Londoner's zeal OutrunS his
information.
Nix, nix, friend, it doesn't mean that
at all says the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch. 1t means merely that they pro-
pose to decorate the German emperor
with hardware; to take his taw; pour
the leather into him; put him on the
pan; slip him one on the wind kid
nap his Angora show him where he
gets off. To put it more plainly, hav-
ing bought chips in a game where the
custom has been to play 'em close to
the waistcoat, the Americans have
taken off the limit and announce they
will copper all bets, see all raises and
intend, the very first time the kaiser
gets his feet wet, to call him off the
Christmas tree.
1t is plain in the circumstances that
our British brethren are about to find
their knowledge Of English handsome
ly increased.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Colorado.

The Santa Cruz, located near the
Ophir Loop, and operated by Wick
man and Fantone of Telluride, is max
ing one of the seasons new shippers.
A dispatch from Idaho Springs says:
"It is the stated intention of the Con-
solidated Mines Company, operating
the old Yukon group at Alice, to
erect a 1O0-ton mill on the property
this fall.
The quantity of petroleum mark
eted in 1916 from the oil fields OF
Colorado was 1925 barrels of forty
two gallons each, decrease of H.
240 barrels, or per cent, from the
output in 1915.
A Florence report says: The vein
of copper in the Browning claim In
Boneyard Park, Custer county, has
opened up to such an extent that it
is now considered the largest vein of
copper in the state.
Another monster lead, presumably
the Rudge, has been cut in the Camp
Bird tunnel at point $50 feet south
of the Yellow Rose side lines, Ouray
district. The lead is fully thirty feet
wide between walls and carries high
er gold values than any of the leads
heretofore cut by the big bore.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
New Mexico.

The assay office of the Wildcat
Leasing Company at White Oaks,
about twelve miles northeast of Car
rizozo, was destroyed by fire.
Tonnage for Mogollon district dur
ing July amounted to approximately
10000 tons and yielded nearly 5000
pounds, or three tons of gold and
silver.
1t is estimated that earnings of
Phelps-Dodge Corporation for the first
half of this year were in excess Of
$15,OO0,00O. This was equal to $34 a
share, against which there was paid
in dividends $14 share Copper pro-
duction from the company's own smell
ters approximated 100000 pounds.
which included products extracted
from custom ores.
The Lincoln Oil Company have
their rig up and are now ready to dig
in section II, five miles southwest of
Hagerman The Mexola Petroleum
Company of Oklahoma are setting the
packer in we'll in section Is, which
is three miles northeast of Dayton.
First oil was found at depth of $40
feet. The company expects to find oil
in paying quantities at depth of $40
feet.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
FOREIGN.

American soldiers entertain French
comrades at dinner.
Sim Feiners won another parlia-
mentary bye election when they cap
tured the seat from Kilkenny.
Canada's war expenditures are now
about $85O,OOO a day, the total to
July 20 being $623, 100000.
, Additional Japanese naval units
have joined the allied forces in Euro
pean waters, the Japanese naval at
tache at London announced.
A dispatch from Vienna announces
the engagement of Archduchess He'd
wig of Tuscanby to Count Bernhard
Zu Stolberg- -Stolberg, born in Manka-
to, MINI.
Emphatic disapproval of the sugges-
tion that American troops be sent to
the eastern front was brought home
by all except one of the members Of
the American mission to Russia.
Representatives of Spain, Switzer-
land, Holland, Denmark and Norway
are going to meet Swedish representa-
tives in Stockholm for conference on
war and peace at Sweden's invitation.
The conference of the British Labor
party held at Westminster voted to
send delegates to the Stockholm con-
sultative conference by 1,046,000 to
$4,000.
An explosion and fire in a big
chemical works in East London
wrecked the building and killed or in
jured scores of workers. Thirteen bod
ruins.
The American Red Cross has insti-
tuted "fresh air farm on a beautiful
hillside near. Paris as refugee center
for 400 children driven from their
homes by gas bombs dropped by enc
my airplanes.
DR.. Karl Liebknecht, Socialist lead
er in the German Reichstag, who was
arrested in connection with the May
day demonstration in Berlin in 1916,
was liberated by the German govern
ment through fear he might die in
prison.
Arthur Henderson, the Labor mem
ber of the British War Council, who
addressed the British labor conference
and advised sending of British dele
gates to the Stockholm consultative
congress of Socialists, has rendered
his resignation and Premier Lloyd
George has accepted it.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
GENE EKAL.

Bisbee people determined to stand
by deportation acts.
Third arrest is made in New York
exemption board case.
One of New York exemption boards
! was summarily removed.
Lavish entertainment planned for.
members of Japanese mission.
United States submarine collides
with excursion steamer in Boston har-
| Dor.
More than 5,O00.men for the British
| and Canadian forces have been recruit
ed in this country by the British re-
| cruiting commission.
Conditions in Syria and Palestine
are declared to be "the worst possible"
| by a refugee who fled from there and
has just reached New York and re-
| ported to the American committee of
Armenian and Syrian relief.
The backbone of the strike which
| has paralyzed for five weeks the large
| copper mines in the Globe, AriZ., dis
| trict has been effectually broken, ac-
cordtng to statements made by George
r. Hill, president of the Loyalty
league.
Most of the graduates of the officers
training camp will be appointed to the
| officers reserve corps to be called in
to active service in the national army
only during the war and returned to
the inactive list at the close of hostil-
| tiles.
The known tin deposits in the
| United States are few, but Alaska is
something of a contributor to the
much-needed tin demand.
| national holiday may be declared
| on Sept. 8, Labor day, in celebration
| of the entrainment of the draft levies
| for the training cantonments.
At Chautauqua, N. Y, T. P. O'Con-
nor, M. p, the Irish Nationalist leader,
| in an address on the Armenian situa-
tion told of Germany's responsibility
| for the slaughter of thousands in Ar
] menia.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
PREPARED TO SEIZE HARVEST.
Hoover Announces Plans for Control
of Wheat, Flour and Bread.


Washington.-Herbe C. Hoover,
food administrator, announced the
plans for the control of wheat, flour
and bread. They are specific and
comprehensive. They have been
worked out fully in view of the dis
rupting and disturbing conditions Of
the European war and the part this
country still has to play. They pro-
vide:
l. For the vigorous prosecution of
all persons who hold more wheat and
flour than is required in their normal
business.
2. For the maintenance of a fair
price throughout the country, by seiz-
ing, If necessary, the entire 1917 har-
vest and determining the cost to the
consumer.
3. For food administration agencies
at the principal wheat terminals
throughout the country.
4. For the restriction of storage to
thirty days unless special permit is
given by the food administration.
5. For the elimination of specula-
ton by compelling all mills and ele-
vators with more than 100 barrels
daily capacity to take out a govern
ment license.
The regulations will go into effect
on Sept. 1.
Mr.. Hoover believes that by rigid
application of the regulations the
price of wheat can be stabilized
throughout the year.
With the price of wheat stabilized
it is believed that the price of flour
will conform and thus a stabilized
price of bread will be maintained.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Wyoming.

1t is understood that the Casper
Oil Company is soon to begin opera.
tions on a larger scale in the Thirty.
, three Mile field.
According to a Lander report a
number of parties of prospectors have
left that city for the Red Desert to
locate oil lands.
The Roxana Petroleum Company OF
Tulsa, Okla, was granted charter
to do business under the laws OF
Wyoming. The capitalization of the
company is named as $8,000,000.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Increase Wheat and Rye Acreage

Neutrality-suspicious. for nationwide
conferences to increase the planting
of winter wheat to 47,337,00O acres,
and the planting of rye to 5,131, 900
acres, announced by the secretary of
agriculture to meet the nations need
for next year, will be made without
the disturbance of plans for corn and
other crops. The staff of the Depart
ment of Agriculture and crop experts
from agricultural colleges, state COM
missions on agriculture and State
Councils of Defense will attend.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

were useless and only an operation
would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has proved it
otherwise. / am now perfectly well
and can do any kind of work. Mrs.
NELLIE PHELPS, care of R. A. Rider,
RID. No. s, Fulton, N. Y.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles, nervousness,
backache or the blues could see the let
ters written by women made well by Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you have bad symptoms and do not
understand the cause, write to the
lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass, for helpful advice given free.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

receive no benefit,
when 50 many have
proved that Lydia
E. Pinkham 8 Vege-
table Com poun d
will make them
well !? For over o
year ! suffered %
from female weak
ness / could hardly
stand and W as
afraid to go on the
street alone. Doc
tors said medicines
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

London-In Flanders the Anglo
French are resting preparatory to an
other assault. The Germans must
make new efforts to hold the salient
east of Ypres, say war experts.
German airplanes which raided the
southeast coast of England Sunday
had London as their objective, but
British airplanes blocked them. Two
raiders were brought down by Eng
lish flyers. Berlin admits the loss of
two machines and Amsterdam reports
that a German machine was forced to
land in Dutch territory.
The American bark Christiane has
been sunk off the Azores by Ger
man submarine. The crew was
landed.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Chicago Live Stock Quotations.

Chicago -Hogs-Bulk, $15.SO@1675;
light, $16.10 q 1870; mixed, $15.35 q
price record; rough, $15.1OQ15.35; pigs.
$1125@ 400.
Cattle-Native beef cattle, $1,000
14.35; western steers, $7.0O@12.25;
stockers and feeders, $5.S0@9.25; cows
1850.
sheep-Wethers, $3.50 a 1890; ewes,
$6.5OQ9.25; lambs, 1925 GLASS.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Gallant Dissuasion.

He-It is particularly dangerous for
you, Miss Emily, to think of going out
as missionary to the cannibal tribes.
,She-Why especially dangerous for
me?
He-Because If the heathenS think
like your friends here they will at
once conclude you are sweet enough
to eat.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
Calf and Kip, Green
Green saIted. Cured Hides. etc.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metal Market Quotations.

New York.-Lead-Spot,, 104 Ollie.
Copper-September and fourth quar-
ter, $26.5O@27.0O.
Tin-Spot, $63.75 bid.
Bar Silver-82Bc.
Copper-Casting, $2712A.
St. Louis.-Spelter-$8
London.-Bar Silver-42 1850 per or
Boulder.-Tungsten concentrates, 6O%
$500 per unit. Crude ores, 500, SIS. 90
259o, $9.4OQ 1900; 1919, $S.70@1O.O0 pei
unit
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

Chicago.-Butter- - Creamery, S5A q
39c.
Eggs-Higher. Receipts 1O,0S3 cases
Firsts 81 @ 32c; ordinary firsts, q
@29hc; at mark, cases included, 27A
Q32hc.
Minnesota, bulk, .$k35 @1.5O; home.
grown, $1.40@1.50.
Poultry-Fowls, 18@21c; springs
21@26c.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
"A TIE
MAR K E T
CITATION
Western Newspaper Union News Service
DENVER MARKETS.

Cattle.
Grass steers, good to choice 9.00@10.5e
Grass steers, fair to good. 5000 9.0C
Heifers, prime ............ 9.2501O.25
choice .......... 1000 SOC
Cows, grassers, fair to good 5000 zoo
Cows, Gamers and cutters. .4.50@ SOC
Veal calves ............... IL. .00@12.00
Bulls .................... 5000 $50
Feeders and stockers, good
to choice ............... 1850 $50
Feeders and stockers, fair
to good .................. 6.750 7.50
Feeders and stOckers, COM
mon to fair ............. 5000 6.75
Hogs.
Good hogs .15.25 q 1910
Sheep.
Spring lambs ............. 1850 @14.00
Feeder lambs ............ .13.5 q 14.0O
11W SS . o.oUW S.1O
W O@ASAS S.oVW 4U.6V
Yearling wethers ........ 1000 Q11.00
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18

Chang Won to Join U. s. Army.
Pueblo.-Pueblo, it is believed here,
has supplied the first Chinese to en-
ter the United States army. He is
Chang Won.
The Benson signal., 1917-08-18
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Metal Market Prices.
New YOrk.-Lead-SpOt, 1910 lie.
Bar silver, 82Hc.
Copper-Casting, $27.121s.