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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
BIG UTAH DAM BREAKS.
Five Towns in Path Of Rushing Flood
People Flee to High Ground.

Five Towns in Path Of Rushing Flood
People Flee to High Ground.
Fairview, Utah.-The main core Of
the mammoth reservoir of the Price
river irrigation company, impounding
1000 acre feet of water, broke Sun
day. The water poured through a
break so feet wide, while five feet of
water rushed over the top of the great
dam. Five towns are in the path of
the water. Farmers are taking refuge
on high ground.
By midnight center span of the
dam, 60 feet wide and five feet deep
had broken off and waters of the res
ervoir were rapidly eating away the
protecting earth. In the path of the
rushing water are towns of Scofield,
Helper, Castle Gate, Cotton and Price.
People of Helper, Castle Gate and
Cotton have already fled from their
homes.
Several thousand acres OF farm land
are already flooded.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
DRAFT RULES ARE
BEING COMPILED
BELIEVED THAT DRAWING OF
REGISTERED MEN WILL &C.
CUR AT WASHINGTON.
DRAW ENTIRELY BY NUMBERS
Applicants for Exemption Will Be
Passed On by Boards at Home
Towns-Want All Men in
Training Sept. I.

observation-disclosures Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder has informed the gov.
ernors of states that June 30 is the
last day upon which enlistment in
any state will count toward the
states quota of men to be selected
for the war army.
Regulations for drafting the new
national army now awaiting Presi
dent Wilson's approval contain provi
sion for every step in the great un
dertaking except the actual method
of the draft itself.
No official announcement has been
made but it has been stated that
the federal government itself will dc
the drafting, probably in Washington
SO there will be no opportunity fol
favoritism.
AS the regulations stand now every
registered man bears a number The
numbers will be forwarded to Wash
ington and the drawings will be en-
the numbered men will be unknown
to those in charge of the draft ma
chinery.
The question of exemptions will q
before the local boards. If a man il
exempted the man bearing the mum
Der which was drawn next in orde
will take his place and SO on unit
the first increment of 625,OO0 ha
been assembled. 1t is hoped to hav'
all the men in training by Septem
| Der 1.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29

Jinks-Saw you going into lunch.
eonette yesterday. Whaj1a have to
eat?
Crinks = Honey, ice cream and
baked apple and found hair in every
one.
Jinks-Whajja do about it?
Crinks--Called the proprietor, and
he said: 81 can account for the hair
in the honey because 1t came from
the comb; and for the one in the ice
cream because it came from shaving
the ice, but the baked apple gets me
because 1t was q Baldwin"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Freedoms Inspiration.

True patriotism Is not sentiment,
but life. Understood in any other
way 1t Is n delusion. II all Americans
were 10 live easy, luxurious and self.
centered lives, without thought OF
their duty to country, our liberties
would not last over night. Fortunate.
ly that Is not the case. There Is an
inspiration In the freedom that we In.
herit that for the most part keeps
Americans true to their ideals and
faithful to duty.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
NOTED PERSONS DIE

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Joseph V.
Long, age So. a.
Portland, Ore.-Henry j. Failing,
age 45. prominent banker.
Missoula. Mont.-F. w. Kuphal, age
70, former county clerk and state leg
islator.
Los Angeles, Cal.-Chaplain Orville
J. Nave, rs years old, for % years a
chaplain in the United States army
and former chaplain in chief of the
national grand army Of the republic.
from injuries suffered when he was
struck by a street car. He was re-
tired in 1905 with the rank of ma
jor. A widow and two daughters sur
vive.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Not a Signer Of Declaration.

A portrait in Independence hall, rec
ognized for 20 years as that of VIII
liam Whipple, signer of the Declara
ton of Independence, has turned out
TO be in reality picture of Joseph
fhipple, brother of the signer As
he latter parsonage had no historical.
ISOLATION, the painting has been re-
loved from it's place In gallery No. l.
The discovery was made by Ports.
.nouth IN. H.) woman who Is n de.
scendant Of the Whipple family. The
original portrait, of which the one that
hung in Independence hall is copy,
was handed down In her family as that
of Joseph Whipple.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Wilson Honors Father.

Staunton, Va.-President Wilson
has requested and has received per-
mission to place a memorial tablet to
his father in the First Presbyterian
church here, which is being remod-
eled. The elder Wilson was pastor Of
the church when the future president
was born.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
eLoWUP, AUSTRIA, FATAL TO 1856.
In Munition Disaster 625 Are Hurt,
ITO Missinq-Men Careless.

Amsterdam. = Almost 1000 persons
were killed or injured or are missing
in consequence of an explosion IN
munitions factories at Bloeweg, &C
cording to an announcement made in
the lower house of the Austrian par
lament by the minister CT defense,
as forwarded in dispatch from
Vienna. Three hundred are dead or
missing.
The casualties were given by the
minister as follows:
Dead, 1856; missing, ITO; wounded,
625.
The minister said the explosion
probably was due to lack of caution
on the part of men employed in a
trench mortar workshop.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Italian Mission Honor, Grant.

New York.-Italy paid it's tribute to
the memory of General Grant Satur-
day when the prince of Udine, head
of the Italian mission, placed wreath
on the tomb of the soldier-statesman.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
LANSING Entertains Beloians.

Washington, d. C.-The Belgian war
mission was entertained by Secretary
Lansing at lawn fete Saturday at
the Pan-American grounds. Guests
included the president and Mrs. Will
s0n
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Our Navy Patrols Brazil.

Rio Janeiro. Brazil.-Rear Admiral
William B. Caperton, commander in
chief of the Pacific fleet of the United
States navy, and the members of his
staff have been received with honors.
1t reveals that the American navy
has taken over responsibility for the
patrol of that region against German
raiders.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Income Tax Total Jumps.

Washington tax payments so far
have surpassed the highest figure,
1886. 100000 upon which officials bas-
ed their estimates when the law was
amended last September. Receipts
to date show a total of $685., 385,777
for the fiscal year. Indications are
that the total receipts for the year
will reach $345, 0O0,0gn
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
constantine's Kin Must Go.

Athens.-It is learned that the four
brothers Of former King Constantine
will soon leave Greek territory. In
order to facilitate reestablishment of
the unity of the country, according
to the best information available,
they have been notified that they
must 60.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
But yesterday l Saw the historic

2
But yesterday I saw the historic
drum
Which William Dimon beat,
Upon that fateful April morn,
Hong each winding street,
And on the memorable Green of
Lexington,
Bidding the patriots come
And face the banded hosts of tyr
amy.
At the reveiHe was nation born
Pledged to the sacred rights of Lib
erty.
Now meath the rays of the same ger
nal sun
Peace broods about the Green,
But 1t remembers get.
Girdled with stately elms memorial,
The hurtle of the deadly musket
ball,
And how its sod was net
With sacrifcial blood-the whole
sad ruthless scene
Would that the drum of Lexington
again
Might sound its summoning call,
Sound from the rocky coast of
Maine,
Where Agimenticus, inland, fronts
the seas,
To where the long trades sweep and
sweH ind fall
Round the Floridinn quays!
Ay. sound from Puget, on which
Shasta's croWn
Majestically looks doavn,
Fen to the borders of that stricken
land
Beyond the brown coils of the Rio
Grandei
Have we grown sleek Nth slothe
Sloughed off the old uirile spirit,
taken on
Assessment for garment Are we
loath
To rouse us, and to don
The rapt, heroic ualor once again
That girdled us When men indeed
| Were menf
Caution and doubt and fear seem
subtly crept
Upon us, and inept
We stumble, talter, palter, and we
need
Not the smooth word, but the swift,
searching deed.
It bleed we must, then rather let
US bleed
Than sit inglor;ous, rich in all the
things
Save those which honor bringsl
Now every slope of our dear land Is
fair
Beneath the azure of the April air;
The impatient loan IS ready for the
seed.
But wef Take heed, take heed,
My brothers! And o you, brave
i Wrdith
| OF dauntlessness and faith,
You, William Dimon, come!
Come. sound the old reueille ON you,
drum,
| The drum of Lexington,
And make us all, in steadfast pur-
pose, one!
-CLINTON SCOLLARD.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29

Waiter = The customer complains
that this coffee tastes just like mud.
Chef-That is right. Tell him it
was ground this morning.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29

Delta-Why does Mutt call himself
female pugilist?
Kappa-Oh, he worked on his
uncles fruit farm, boxing peaches.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Germans Claim French Give Way

The German war office asserts that
east of Mont Carnillet in Champagne
the French have been compelled un-
der a heavy concentration of artillery
fire to evacuate ground they captured
from the Germans last week.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
German Munition Plants Burn.

Paris.-Several disasters have re-
Gently occurred in munition plants in
Germany, according to the Zurich cor
respondent of the Matin.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
PAY HONOR TO WASHINGTON.
Russians and Beioians Visit Tomb at
Mount Vernon.

gian war missions went to Mount
Vernon Sunday on a pilgrimage Of
respect for the memory Of George
Washington. They made the trip
down the Potomac on naval vessel.
Both of the missions probably will
make tours of some of the principal
cities of the country before they leave
on their return trips.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
A Boy Again.

Miss Sweet-Why was your father
afraid you'd hurt yourself with the
6recrackers?
JOHNNY guess that was the only
excuse he could make for shooting
them off himself.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
Must Be 10 Years Old.

Eighteen years of age is made the
limit at which a person may operate
any motor vehicle upon any roat
within the state.
Safety in speed and carefulness II
driving is prerequisite.
The commission requires motor We
hicles to be kept at all times in goot
physical condition.
Any accident which results in The
loss of life or personal injury to EN-
ployes or passengers shall be fmme
diatly reported to the public utilities
commission.
The operators Of cars under thi.
law are required to report to the com
mission a record of their receipt.
and other expenses on forms which
the commission shall provide. These
reports are made annually.
The commission is privileged to re
woke the license of any such opera
tor for cause, after a proper hearing
and should license be revoked fo
cause by the commission no person
or firm may regularly operate an!
such motor vehicle again in the state
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Moscow's subscription to the Red
Cross war fund went to s10,337 Sat-
urday. 1t was expected to raise 81
500.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
NEW YORK WANTS A CHANGE
Desires UnsightIy Post Office Building
Erected Soon After the War Re-
moved From City Park.

If the cracking of the walls of the
unsightly downtown post Office build
ing which for a whole generation has
been permitted to occupy the souther-
ly end of City Hall park turns out to
be serious enough to necessitate the
removal of the building, it is to be
hoped that enough public spirit will be
manifested in New York to compel the
return Of the park land to the city and
the erection of a new federal building
elsewhere, says the New York Times.
The building designed by Mullet has
always been regarded as an ill-favored
specimen of architecture. The lower
end of City Hall park had been seized
by the United States government dur
ing the war between the states as an
encampment for volunteers and the
shabby barracks did not disappear un-
til some time after the war. The
ground was never repaired and it was
transferred to the federal government
for a post office and courthouse when
the minds of public-spirited citizens
were wholly occupied with other mat
tiers. The courtrooms have always
been i'll ventilated. The building has
been uncomfortable within and un-
slightly as to its exterior. Its removal
has long been hoped for.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
GOES FROM DESK TO LAUNDRY
Stenographer Quits $12-a-Week Job
and Is Now Making Several Times
That Amount Washing Clothes.

In writing on economy Thoreau once
observed that mankind is apt to "con-
slider not what is truly respectable, but
what is respected" Most young peO-
pie consider that it is more respect
able occupation to sit at desk in an
Office than to take in washing. A
highly-educated Los Angeles girl
thought otherwise and proved her
point.
AS a stenographer she was earning
S12 week and, not satisfied with this
pay, she quit not only her job, but the
whole stenography business. She was
not afraid of soapsuds or hard work
and she had an idea that it was better
to be a prosperous laundress than an
impecunious stenographer. She con-
Quoted the business with brains and
efficiency and as a result is now max
ing S6S q week without working longer
hours than she did at her desk. She
now merely does fancy work, expen1
sive and delicate fabrics for wealthy
people; and the business grows. She
makes something more than a respect
able income.
There is a lesson here for any who
think any kind Of honest work is be-
meath them. To quote Thoreau again !:
"The life which men praise and regard
as successful is but one kind. Why
should we exaggerate anyone kind at
the expense of the Others? ?"-Los An
geles Times.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
Healthy Skin Depends
On Kidneys

The skin and the intentines, which
work together with the kidneys to
throw out the poisons of the body, do
a part Of. the work, but clean body
and a healthy one depends on the kid
neys. If the kidneys are clogged with
toxic poisons you suffer from stiffness
in the knees in the morning on arising,
your joints seem rusty" you may have
rheumatic pains, pain in the back, stiff
neck, headaches, sometimes swollen
feet, or neuralgia pains-all due to the
uric acid or toxic poisons in the blood.
This is the time to 60 to the nearest
drug store and simply obtain a SOC.
package of Anuric double or triple
strength), the discovery Of DR.. Pierce
of Buffalo, N. Y. Then drink cup Of
hot water before meals, with an Anuric
Tablet, and notice the gratifying re-
suits. You will find Anuric more active
than lithia.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
SWEET CLOVER CROP
ASSISTS fertility
Yields Larger Amount of Hay and
Improves Condition Of Soil
Aid to Drainage.

Besides yielding a larger crop Of
hay than other legumes, sweet clover
improves the condition Of the soil and
increases it's fertility. For these rea-
sons it may become valuable acQuisi-
ton.
Observations made by the Ohio ex-
pertinent station show that the main
roots Of this crop often extend nearly
three feet below the surface, thus
breaking up the soil and aiding in
drainage, especially Of heavy clay
soils. These studies indicate that
more Of this crop than ordinary red
clover lived through the drought Of
1916.
Large amounts Of organic matter
may be added if sweet clover is plow-
ed down even eight months after seed
ing. Because it is leguminous crop,
a store of nitrogen may also be added
when it is given a place in the crop
ping system.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
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GROWTH OF IMPROVED ROADS
Mileage Of Surfaced Highways Has
Been Increasing at Rate OF
10000 Miles Yearly.

Rapid increase in total expendi-
lures for roads and bridges, growth
Of building and maintenance activities
under state supervision, and a sharp
decrease in the proportion Of contribu-
tions in the form of statute labor
mark the development of highway
work in the United States during the
past IL years. These facts are
brought out by statistics for the cal
endar year 1915, recently compiled by
the office Of public roads and rural en-
gineering of the department.
The total length of public roads in
the United States outside the limits
of Incorporated towns and cities was
about 2,452,O00 miles on January 1,
1915. Of this, about 277,O0O miles,
or 11.3 per cent, were improved with
some form of surfacing. The mile
age of surfaced roads has been in
creasing at the rate of about 10000 a
year, and in 1915 approximately one
half of this increase was made under
the supervision of state highway de-
partments. In addition these de-
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31

cold weather, requiring that silage be
removed from the surface to a great
er depth each day in order to keep it
fresh. It has been noticed that air
penetrates into loose, dry silage far
ther than it does into that which is
moist and compact.
| Thus it Is seen that under some
circumstances an inch might be suffi-
cient, but in order to have fresh sill.
age under all circumstances the silo
should be of such size that approx
mately two inches will be fed from the
surface each day.
Material for Foundation.
The foundation of any permanent
building should be constructed of dura-
BILE material, should be of sufficient
size to carry the weight of the
building and should extend below the
frost line.
The merits Of stone and concrete
| for foundation are so well and IA
vorably known that no general dis
cussion Of these materials is deemed
necessary. Cement mortar rather
than lime mortar should be used in
laying up all stone foundations.
In extending part of the silo be-
low the surface, the soil should not
be used as part of the form. The
| concrete should be durable and eco
nom1cal, should contain only clean and
durable stone, gravel and sand. Brick
foundations should only be hard
burned brick laid in cement mortar,
and when so built are considered sat.
| isfactory.
The weight on the foundation is
practically only that Of the wall and
roof. For a concrete silo under so
feet in height the width of footing need
not be over twice or three times as
wide as the thickness of the wall for
any Kind of soil except soft clay or
quicksand.
The heaving action of frost is due
entirely to the moisture contained in
the soil, which expands with an al
most irresistible force upon freezing.
For these considerations, unless the
foundation lies in dry, well-draineG
soil, a drain tile should be used to
remove the ground water.
Concrete Floor.
A silo floor need not be thick or ex-
pensive, as the weight of the silage,
though very great, is distributed even.
ly over the surface and would be Just
as firmly supported if the floor were
not used.
A door for filling, large enough to
admit the carrier or elevator from
the ensilage-cutter, should be placed
in the roof. A simple trapdoor may
be used for this purpose but dormer
window with glass is preferable.
Some light should be admitted to the
silo for if not it will be necessary to
use a lantern when removing the
silage.
A silo door should form an alright
joint with its frame and be flush or
smooth on the inside. In addition, it
should be convenient for the removal
of silage and of size to permit any
person to enter the silo.
Most patent silos are now provided
with continuous doors which are only
obstructed by the hoops or bars ex-
tending from side to side. Often
these connections or hoops are so
close together that the so-called con-
finuouS door iS 0f 1itt1o odx,opfopo
over doors of larger size placed in the
silO wall at intervals above one an
other.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
COUNTY is BUYING TROUBLE
Road That Will Not OutIast Its Cost
Is Liabiity-FinaIIy Becomes
a Total Loss.

When a county or township builds
q road that will not outlast it's cost
that county or township is buying
trouble and paying cash for it. 1t
borrows money to buy a liability
creates a debt to buy something that
will be a continual expense until it
finally becomes a total loss through
being worn out. And borrowing
money to build a road that will not
last under modern traffic conditions is
unsound finance.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31

nartments supervised the maintenance
of nearly $1,000 miles of main and
trunk-fine roads.
The increase in expenditures for
road and bridge work in the United
States has been from approximately
$SO,O00,OO0 per year in 1904 to about
$2S2,OO0,0O0 in 1915, an increase of
more than 250 per cent. The expendi-
ture of state funds during this same
period increased from about $2,550O0O
to more than S53,OOO,OOO. In addition,
more than $27,000,000 of local funds
was spent under state supervision in
1915, bringing the total road and
bridge expenditures managed by the
states to $S0,415,699. This amount is
greater than the total expenditures for
roads and bridges from all sources in
1904.
An increase in the uses of better and
more expensive types of roads also is
shown by the recently compiled statis-
tics. This development has been due,
in large part, to the great increase in
automobile traffic. 1t is estimated
that there are now approximately two
and one-half million automobiles in
use of the roads of the country, or
one car for every mile of road. This
present motor traffic is in excess of
traffic Of all sorts II years ago.
The cash road and bridge expendi-
lures of the United States averaged
only $2S per mile Of rural roads in
1904. In 1915 this average had grown
to $1O9 per mile. New Jersey led all
other states, both in 1904 and in 1915,
with $221 and $475 per mile, respec-
lively. Nevada made the least expendi-
ture in both years-$3.72 per mile in
1904 and SIT per mile in 1915.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
A Wise Precaution.

"Yes, sir" said the station master.
safety first has spread all over this
country And nobody that comes to
Beaver Hill will ever git in no acci-
dent fer want O. warnin' signs about.
Jest look at that now."
The stranger gazed appreciatively
at the sign nailed ON a nearby tele-
graph post. Its stern message was:
1T is dangerous to walk or stand on
these tracks while a train is passing"
Everybody Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
LIVING ON NEGLECTED. ROAD
No Man Can Be Cheerful and Neigh.
borIy, Nor Can He Be Really
Good Citizen.

The man who wrote the famous line
LET me live in a house by the side
Of the road" had in mind, of course
a good road. No man can be cheer.
full and neighborly, no man can be
really good citizen, if he lives in
house by the side of a neglected road
Then men who pass his place can't
De cheerful. How is the road at your
farm, Mr.. Farmer? - Reclamation
Record.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-31
His Move Next.

His Move Next.
A woman in railway waiting room
the other day had great deal of trou-
BILE with one of her children, a boy of
seven or eight, and man who sat
near her stood it as long as possible
and then observed:
Madam, that boy of yours needs
the strong hand of father"
Eyes, 1 know it," she replied, "but
he can't have it. His father died
when he was six years of age, and I've
done my best to get another husband
and failed. He can't have what /
can't get"