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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
WHERE IGNORANCE is BLISS

II lack Of mail facilities produces ig-
norance. and ignorance is bliss. the cit
izens OF Camas county should be su-
premely happy for the reason that the
au-wise Post Office department has
taken off the mail clerk service on the
Fairfield branh and all those towns In
Carnas county. including the county
seat get only what is known as pouch
mail carried on the express train and
not worked on the train at all. Mail
clerks Hedrick and Gallimore have been
assigned to other runs and the people
of Camas county are left without mail
service.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
DIETRICH

The LeMoine Sheep Company Of Boil
Sc unloaded last Wednesday at the
Dietrich station two carloads of oil
cake. to be used as sheep feed during
the coming winter. This is one Of the
big sheep concerns of Idaho. and will
bring great bands of sheep here for
wintering. it is understood.
.. hay buyer has been on the trad
this week paying $40 per ton for baled
hay delivered at the station we under
stand.
Mr. w o. Hamilton has hauled his
crop of white clovevr seed to Twin
Falls for cleaning. The reporter is in
formed that this seed is Of excellent
quality. and will be pleased to give a
more detailed account of it hereafter.
L. P. Mustard autoed to Twin Falls
and back again last Wednesday fore
noon.
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day for future residence at Tekamah.
Nebraska, where a sister Of Mr.. Snow
resides. The Shows have lived here
with varying fortunes for FIVE or six
years. The big fields Of corn at high
prices which Nebraska promises were
too promising to be resisted.
Mrs. Lewis JOY is the good and gra-
cious foster mother Of the three youn-
ger children of Billy Morrow. while
Mrs. Morrow is away from home on
important business.
Misses Barbara and Florine Grewell
were Shoshone visitors last week end
returning Sunday.
After Besslen schools basket ball
club had vanquished Dietrich they went
up to Shoshone and were buried in the
icy waters of the Little Wood River
last Frid y night.
Many of the farmers assembled in
Dietrich last Saturday evening and or
ganized a lodge OF the Grange, that
grand old farmers society that has
stood the assaults of all its enemies [
for half a century and grows stronger !
the more it is fought. The reporter is /
not able to give the details in full E. /
r. Gage was appointed master; F. w. !
Treasurer; George c. Reid I
Joe Culbertson. Chaplain. /
A regular meeting will be held or
Derember l.
fellow from about Vale, Oregon. who
George Mitlhell is a strong young
earned good wages out there and had
sense enough to save his money and
then good Judgment enough to come
down here and invest it in forty acres
Of good land.
Gus Anderson is a fine old Swedish
farmer who found that so acres OF
irrigated land was more than an old
man needed. He has therefore sold
one half of it to his nephew, Thomas
Hughes, who as built house and is
making other improvements on his
purchase.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23

thinks he has a voice and secretly
longs to lift in song. The Y. NJ C. A
has instituted sings. and they say that
these affairs do more TO put heart in
the men. and courage. and unity. than
any one other thing. A fireplace on
cold night. The very sight OF that
as he opens the 7. NJ C A door. IS
enought to wipe the days hardships
out Of his mind Books Companion
ship.
Listen to one Of the questions put
to a director at one Of the New York
camps:
say. I Just heard about this guy
Kipling. I'd like 10 get one Of MS
books. One Of those about soldiers I
forgot the name.
That boy might ave lived and DEE,
in the place he came from without
ever having heard OF Kipling. Theirs
more TO be learned in this war than
how TO stick the enemy with a bayo-
net. Much more. And its beins
learned. And it's being taught. AMI
the Y. ". c. a. is doing the teachiHs-
Have you a history OF philosophy
This from quite another type
The librarian shook his head NO.
but III get one for you" And he did
'Meester. You make pIees' writing
here TO 8Iees Anna Slovak she M
seester.-
An envelope 70 be addressed for Q
boy struggling with broken English.
and quite unable TO cope with the
written curiiaues.
Thousands and thousands OF boys
in camp today are unable to speak a
word OF English. The Y. NJ. c. A is
undertaking to teach them Instrue-
tors feed them whole sentences at
time, and it is wonderful 10 see how
they digest them Homely things
they teach them: everyday common
place things Sentences they need.
7 open my eyes. I get up. put
on my clothes. I eat ny breakiass
and yet glorious somehow. Too
busy with pick and shovel until now
to learn these things.
And these trained men w1o are
giving their time and labor to the Y.
II. C. A. work IN camp? They are
working. many Of them. FOR nothing
they receive. literally, no salary. There
ire among them men who have given
ID their professions. their business, 10
devote themselves to this work There's
10 finer kind OF service TO ones country
rhe organization is working with mir
.culous smoothness. But IL it is going
o keep on working IT has got to be ol-
d with dollars-millfon OF dollars
we who are left behind have got to
assure the boys in camp that when
his hores are Gone---his back-breo'z-
e fnger-nipping. leg-sehing. chores
we've provided that warm. bfight
kitchen glow to which he can take Lis
cary body and his uurubed spirit. and
Id refreshments there for both.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
(By The Governor)


WHEREAS. the President of the
United States has by proclamation de-
day of November as day of thanks
giving and prayer; and
WHEREAS, Devine Providence has
blessed our nation and especially the
people Of the state of Idaho with abun-
dant harvest for the needs of ourselves
our allies, and our soldiers, and with
contentment among our people and
with civic righteousness to exemplify
the high ideals Of American citizen
ship; and
WHEREAS, the State of Idaho in
common with the other States of the
American Union has contributed it's
quota of men to the government of the
United States for the maintenance and
defense of the principals of the Declar-
alton of Independence in the titanic
struggle now being waged with the
most arrogant military autocrocy on
earth which is seeking to overthrow
those sacred principals; and
WHEREAS, the defeat of our arms
would re-establish in the world the
principal of the Divine Right of Kings
as against the Rights of Man as set
forth in that immortal charter of IL
berty;
NOW THEREFORE,. in pursuance
of said proclamation of the President
and by reason of the premises, I,
MOSES ALEXANDER, Governor of
the Stale of Idaho, do hereby pro-
claim
Thursday, the twenty ninth day Of Nov.
One thousand nine hundred seventeen
as public holiday of feast, thanksgiv-
ing and prayer; and I call upon all
loyal and law abiding people of this
State to congregate in their preferred
places of worship on said day and
then and there humbly pray to the Fa-
ther of us all in thankfulness and hu-
mility that Government of the people,
by the people and for the people shan
not perish from the EARTH" and for |
the bountiful blessings that He has |
bestowed upon us in material things of |
the world; and that we may have faith |
in ourselves and our beloved country !
and for the success of our army and |
navy; that we may be "strong and of |
good courage" and that He may help |
US to do our duty in these days that |
try mems souls.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and have caus-
ed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho
TO be hereto affixed.
DONE at Boise, the Capital of Idaho
this sixteenth day of November in the
year of our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Seventeen. and of the In
dependence of the United States the
One Hundred and Forty second.
NJ. Alexander,
Governor
Attest:
W. T. DOUGHERTY,
os
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
FEAST OF TIE RED CORN

Next Monday night the girls of the
high school will give the American In
dian Operatta Feast of the Red Corn.
A synopsis of the play will be found in
another column and the preparation
being made guarantees that this is to
be one of the best home talent enter
tainments ever given in the town. Doh.t
forget the time and place. Nov. 26th
at the Baugh.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
COOKED FOOD SALE

The Catholic Ladies viii give a cook
ed food sale Saturday afternoon at the
half past two. This is hungry mans
chance to give his tired wife a rest
by buying home made food already
cooked. Try it on this once and see
if the smile that greets you at home
wont more than pay the cost Of the
food.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
FOREMOST Muslc HOUSE

In this issue appears the advertis-
ment OF the Sampson Music House of
Boise. the largest music house in the
state
The Sampson Music Company is a
department store OF musical merchan-
disc and everything from a sheet OF
music to the finest player piano can
be found in its spacious establishment
at s1s Main Street
Visitors to Boise should make it a
point to visit the Sampson Music Com
pany There are no cranks at Samp-
sons You are always welcome.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
s2ss4oo

Another feature of the above sub
scriptions is that they were all made
In cash. The money was in the bank
ready for business the next day after
the drive closed A number Of time
subscriptions amounting to several
hundred dollars more are pledged In
addition to the above amount. Lincoln
county says to its soldiers. Here boys
we are behind YOU
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23

Not Heinz 81 varieties'-but 81 pack
cts containing box OF delicious eats
for the boys were sent out Friday
morning by the Red Cross. Richfield
also sent 25 packets through the chap
ter.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
A VOICE FROM over THERE"
HERO OF BATTLE OF YPRES BRINGS GREAT FEAST
OF PATRIOTISM TO SHOSHONE

The human mind we'll the body needs nourishnent
individual
of
tion Necessary attuned the strides of
self and the
For entire nation make this mental change
United States had the last months,
effort that only VrB aroused
if diet revolutionary
Doc. Wells last night supplied
patriotism that stands UnriVsed OF
The tells simple straghtfor
living of company Of $50 who made the final
of Yprss doubts ability
against German battle methods. As
prisoner he qualified with authority
the of by German civilians well
military His statements
testimony the the
began only
reaching the depths OF infmy the
these outows. His testimony confirms
position that Germany only outlaw nation but
this close with OF =
people whipped
every individual soldier and
stay licked forever. To conclude without
compshng this result only declare that the
may spit hands hold A nation that
will moi only the of all
breed them
fatherIand breed sheep lamb
will have be regenerated morally and mentally
Wells his testimony his
and the his body but thank God the
could his SOUL The
through his talk and
soldier the front line just ready
top. Wells his empty sleeve but his life filled
overflong with patriotism and zeal for the
his talks doing Valent service when he returned
six of hundred sixty comrades at YPres
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23
LINCOLN COUNTY DOES ITS BIT

Y.M.C.A. Fund Oversubscribed S1434
The Y. NJ. c. A. drive which closed
last Monday produced a result in Lin
coin county which all the home folks
are proud to pass along to our boys
in the army. Lincoln county was ask
ed to contribute $500 dollars to the
fund. Here are the results.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-11-23

Mrs. Brunker is moving into the
property srecently vacated loy Mrs.
Hubbard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
''ANTIS" ORGANIZE
Conscientious Directors Launch
Propaganda in Chicago.
Speeches Barred, They Plan ST.
lent Protest for Sunday.

Chicago, June 2S.-The conscien-
tious DIRECTORS movement in Chicago
is being systematically organized with
public headquarters and an open pro-
paganda on the streets of the city.
The movement is under the direct
supervision of Daniel H. Wallace, said
formerly to have been a member of
the British army and c. V. Cook,
salesman, who is secretary of the
movement which is known under the
name of the League of Humanity.
Cook outlined the policy of the
league by saying that the members OBJ
ject ito the forcible sending of the
young men of this country to Europe
to help kill human beings over there
in, the interest of some autocratic out
fit
Cook said that Wallace had met
with some attention on the part of
federal officers here but that street
meetings met with little trouble.
A silent protest meeting has been
advertised by the league at the foot of
Lincoln statue in Lincoln park for
next Sunday, when DIRECTORS are in
vited to attend and to stand for a
short time with barred heads as a pro-
test against the war. No speeches will
be made as police permission cannot
be secured for a public address in the
park
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
PROSPERITY HITS D. C.
Those Who Have Rooms to Rent Get
ting Rich-Add $4,000 Clerks.

Washington. June 2S.-War pros
perity has hit Washington and those
who have rooms to rent are getting
rich The capitals population is
growing rapidly. Every train brings
its load. War talk fills the air.
The government and the various in
headquarters here will need $4,000
more clerks before the dog days, &C
cording to conservative estimates AL
ready there is a famine in stenog-
raphers. Uncle Sam Communicated
them.
Now government offices are spring
ing up all over =he city. Department
offices which for generations have
been small, quiet affairs have sud
denly become bloated to twenty times
their usual size. This means more
employees. The restaurants are buster
than Coney Island chowder kitchens.
The street cars are almost always
damned to the guards and frequently
blockaded. Apartment houses have
been made into hotels-residences
into apartments. In some cases start
ling prices are demanded for cots. All
rents are upward bound.
The telephone service is swamped-
the messenger service overwhelmed.
Streets are crowded and the aged
hackmen are investing in liberty
bonds. Now Uncle Sam is meditating
communicating more office space and
ousting private firms. Its a seething
situation-but-as the French say:
"C'est la Rnerre"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
~ Up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
FROM EVERYWHERE.
BRACE TO SPORT
Big Mines Continuation of Ath-
letics Hailed JOyfully.
Next Fall Critical Time for
the GridirOn Game.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

New York, June 2S.-The decision
of the Big Nine" Cor the big Ten"
as it will be henceforth with the re-
turn of Michigan University to con-
tinue intercollegiate sports despite the
war, is the choicest bit of collegiate
news that has been given out since
Uncle Sam tossed his skypiece into
the ring and announced his entry into
the world war.
Following President Wilson's rec
ommendation that college sports be
continued, the graduate managers of
many big Eastern colleges got to-
gether in New York and discussed
the ACCESSIBILITY of planning ahead for
the coming fall, and for the year 1918.
When the session ended the consensus
of opinion favored efforts to con-
possible but there was no definite
plan made for continuing intercollegi-
ate sports.
Test Sports Strength.
The coming football season will be
the barometer through which the
strength of collegiate athletics thru
out the country may be gagged. Most
every school of size has already COM
pleted its football schedule for the
year, and though a few schools, not
ably Harvard, have announced that all
athletic schedules and plans are at
an end until conditions are more ia
vorable, it is now a safe bet that the
coming fall will see athletics flourish
ing in a big majority of our schools
and colleges.
There is a chance that the turnout
for athletics will be larger than ever
before, and all because of a growing
sentiment among college officials to
brush aside the freshman rule, which
keeps first year men from playing on
varsity teams
Let down the bars for the freshies"
is the cry in many sections of the
country, and considering the all-im-
portant fact that the ranks of our
athletes are bound to be greatly de-
pleted by the needs of the army and
navy, it appears that such a move
would be the best thing for athletics.
Others to Follow.
The action taken by the western
conference at it's Chicago session,
when it endorsed the continuance of
intercollegiate athletic relations, is
bound to have a stimulating effect
When war first came to us the alarm
lists wanted to drop all thought of ath-
letics right away. They howled that
the young manhood of the country
would have something much more
serious than athletics to attend to.
But President Wilson's timely state
ment favoring athletics saved the day
| for college sports
! Opinions expressed by leading fig
! ures in nearly every branch of sport
| indicate a general belief that in time
of war sports become more important
| than at any other time, and this feel
ing, first expressed by those who have
sports most deeply at heart, is grow
ing stronger every day.
Let's have all the sports we can
possibly support. Sports and the rich,
red blood of Americans go hand in
/ IN nd
red bloods in the future as we do at
| the present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
Auburn vents Ball Game.

Auburn Kan, June 2S.-The Au-
burn baseball boys would like to Sc
cure a game for the Fourth of July
Anyone wishing to play them write
or call Ira E. Hitz, Auburn, Kan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
PORTER MARKS TIME
Can't Organize Boys Until Program Is
Outlined in Washington.

Until a definite program is outlined
at a meeting at Washington, D. c.,
next week little work can be done to-
ward organizing the United States
boys working reserve, according to
W. L. Porter, state director. Mr. Por-
ter consulted today with the state
superintendent of public instruction
and obtained from that official a mail
ing list of all county superintendent.
Thru the county superintendent,
Mr.. Porter expects to do most of his
work in getting a list of all available
lads for farm work. Most of the
state workers will go to a meeting at
Washington next week to outline a
definite plan of action. On account of
his duties as commissioner of parks
and Fairgrounds, Mr.. Porter will be
unable to attend the meeting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Indianapolis Cat Kansas City, ......5 Ii 1
Kansas City ...................6 IL l
Northrop and Schang; HUMPHREYS, San
ders and Hargrave.
Louisville Cat st. Paul. .o
Il
Stroud and Clemens; Upham and Glenn.
Toledo Eat Milwaukee ....S IL
Milwaukee Observation-Disclosures
Heating and Sweeney; Harding, Kahler
and Murphy.
Columbus Cat Mimi ......2 o
Minneapolis 2
Loudermtlk and Coleman; Williams and
Owens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28

SPORT WILL BE
FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
BOARDSIN CONFERENCE
New State Managers Will Discuss At
fairs With Retiring Officials.

Members of the present state board
of control, board of administration
and board of corrections will meet in
Topeka July 10 in conference with
members of the new state board of
administration. Letters from mem
bers of the new board have been sent
to all members of the retiring boards,
urging that they meet in Topeka for
conference
General plans concerning manage
ment of state institutions will be dis
cussed at the meeting next month.
The new board will confer with the
old boards concerning policies and
methods in operation in various insti-
buttons. AS a result of the conference
the new board of administration will
establish policies concerning state
charitable, penal and educational in
situations.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
BASEBALL TO-DAY.



Chicago at st. Louis, cloudy, 8 80 p. M
Philadelphia at Brooklyn. 2. clear, first,
80 p. m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburg, clear, 3 80 p. m.
Boston at New York, clear, $50 p. m.
American League.
Detroit at Chicago, 2 cloudy, first, 80
p. m.
Washington at Philadelphia, clear, AS p.
st. Louis at Cleveland, clear, p. m.
New York at Boston, 2, clear, first, 80
p. m.
American Association.
Columbus at Minnea polls, rain, 3 p. m.
Toledo at Milwaukee, rain, p. m.
Indianapolis at Kansas City, cloudy, p.
m.
Louisville at st. Paul, rain, 8 p. m.
Western League.
Omaha at Lincoln, clear 3 80 p. m
Des Moines at Sioux City, clear, 80 p. m.
Joplin at Denver, cloudy. p. m.
St Joe at Wichita, cloudy. p. m.
ADDITIONAL SPORT WILL BE
FOUND ON OTHER PAGES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
SELLS MEDICAL SCHOOL
Old Washburn Building Passes Out of
the Hands of College.

The old Washburn medical school
building at 521 Quincy street will soon
lose it's distinction of having been the
downtown college of Washburn. The
property was sold Wednesday to Cora
B. Kingsley wife of H. A. Kingsley,
of the Kaw Paving company, and will
soon be for rent as a business house.
The building will be remodeled and
improved and will be thrown on the
real estate market of the city. 1t is
a three-story brick structure and has
not been occupied for some time. 1t
has been known as the place where
Washburn used to have its medical
school.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
LUMBERMEN TO ENG.
American Woodmen Will Convert
British Forests Into Lumber.

London, June 2S.-Ten units of
American woodmen sent over by New
England states and organizations to
turn various forests of the United
Kingdom into lumber have arrived on
English soil.
The complete equipment of the
units caused much surprise and oc-
casioned much favorable comment.
The woodmen brought with them not
only the necessary machinery but
were fully equipped in every way
Their arrival found them ready to es-
tablish their saw mills and begin work
at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
Shriners to Atlantic City in 1918.

Minneapolis, Mirn., June 2S.-At-
lantic City was chosen for the 1918
meeting of the imperial council of the
Order of the Mystic Shrine. Charles
E. Ovenshire of Minneapolis was
elected imperial potentate of the i'm
perial council. Each of the other Of
ficerS of the imperial council was ad-
vanced a step further toward the SUI
preme honor of serving as the highest
dignitary of the order. Reports sub
mitted by the officers show the mem
bership of the organization to be 1885,
933, an increase of 14,901 for the
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
PENNANT HOPES FADE
Red Sox Seem to Be Headed for the
Bottom Now.

New York, June 2S.-The long ex-
pected crack in the Red Sox pitching
staff seems to be among those present
today. The sudden reversal from the
form of no-hit perfect pitching to
game in which he could not struggle
thru when given a life-sized lead, now
is the property of Ernie Shore. He
has added his minus ability to the
suspension of Babe Ruth.
Jack Barry's efforts to win a pen
nant his first season out as a manager,
took the shape few days ago of
call on Baker and Pennock, two sec
ond string men, to win a game.
The Red Sox since June 1 have
dropped fourteen games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-28
WESTERN LEAGUE.

st: Joseph lat Wichita) ...4 Z 2
w ICHild II
Dashner, Graham, Powell and Moore
Koestner and Yaryan, White.
Second game
st. Joseph Observation-Disclosures. 6 3
q innings)
Wright and Moore; aker and Yaryan.
Joplin lat Denver) ..1 3
Denver II .
McGranor and Monroe; Dale and Shestak
Second game
Joplin .---..................5 8 1
Denver Observation-Disclosures. 1
Hall and Collins; Smithson and Barthol-
omey
Des Moines Cat Sioux City, SIP 1
10 /
Berger and Breen; Tedisco, Rose and
Crosby.
Omaha at Lincoln; rain.