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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
AMERICANS FOUGHT
UNTIL OVERCOME
Investigation OF Recent German Trench
Raid shows Bravery

Complete details and verified re-
ports of the recent German trench raid .
show that the American troops on that .
occasion set an example for courage .
and valor unexcelled. The officer who
had CHARGE of verifying the accounts
Of the raid said:
Il am proud to say that our men Ell
gagged in the fight did everything in
their power They jumped into the
fight and stuck TO it, In the first
place the troops had been in the
trenches less than three hours when
the barrage fire of the Germans be
gan. They had marched a good part
of the previous night and we're tired.
Some of them were allowed to 60 to
sleep in a dugout twenty-five feet un-
derground.
When the barrage began these men
did not hear the racket. II is apparent
that the first they knew of it was
when the Germans started throwing
grenades down upon them. 1t was
these men who were taken prisoner
but they fought we'll, even when sur
prised that way. for the stairs of the
dugouts were covered with blood, es-
pecially the top half, showing that
the Germans there must have been
hit The entrance to the dugout also
save indications of close, hand-to-
hand fighting
From the dugout through the
/ trenches and over the top through the
barbed wire and well out into No
Mans Land there was wide red trail.
How much of it was American and
how much German blood is not
known
There is a corporal now in the hos
pital back of the lines who did a good
job. He was in the listening post
when the barrage began. During the
firing an officer made his way through
the shells God knows how. and
yelled to the corporal TO go into the
dugout,
"The corporal saw the officers lips
moving but did not understand the
fcommand and remained at his post
At the end of the barrage he saw Ger
mans all around him. five being righ
ia front of him He took careful ain
and fired three shots and three of th'
enemy were seen TO fall Then
. ! nulAQ EltMdlE II IltEAN NAAANA tA AAl'
+, corporal's back and put him out o
? action"
Investigation shows that all tn
2 American telephone wires betweel
the observation posts and trenche
5 4 and batteries at the rear were cut b
j fragments of German shells. whicl
! numbered approximately 10000. Th
e Germans crossing No Mans Ian
. rolled up telephone wires benin
/ them and set up a small field tele
I phone exchange outside the America
4 barbed wire. with branch lines run
ming to at least three points. while tn
raid was in progress, to direct tn
enemy artillery
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
RED CROSS STILL NEEDS
MANY CHRISTMAS PACKAGES

1t is Christmas day in the trenches
in France. All the guns have been
quieted for a truce has been called
for that one day. The Red Cross peo-
ple are distributing their Christmas
packets. but what do you think, there
isn't enough to go around Several
big. fne looking soldiers who came
from a farming country had been
missed. They had been missed be-
cause they did not have any folks to
send them anything and the Red Cross
hadn't enough packets to go around.
We know that no one would like 10
see a situation like this but it will be
inevitable if some of us do not get
busy. The local Red Cross chapter
needs twenty-five more packets to I'LL
its quota, and it needs them by Sat
urday night. Power county did nobly
in the Liberty bond campaign and II
did even better than that in the y. NJ.
&c. A. campaign. We would like to
know if Power county is going to fall
down when it comes to sending just a
little bit of Christmas cheer TO The
soldiers who have offered all they
have that our children and the gener-
ations yet unborn may live in a world
/ that is not dominated by military
autocracy. II you haven't time to gel
up a packet any of the ladies of the
Red Cross will get it up for YOU i
you just leave one dollar and hal
at the Red Cross rooms or at eithel
of the banks or at the Press office
Let's cheer the soldiers on Christmas
dav. Power county can't possibly tal
in this undertaking.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
IDAHO BOYS LOOKED FINE.
Mrs. J. T. Watts Receives Letter From
BOy Who Saw Them in New York

Mrs. J. T. Watts recently received
a letter from a young drafted man IN
New York, who saw d troop train bear
ing Lawrence Watts and other Idaho
BOYS. pass through his city:
1918 Magee St. Elmira, y. Y
Mrs. Mary Watts Dear Madam
Your son gave me this card. TO mail
to YOU. while passing through our city
as it happened ! live near the Erie
railroad section The train of over
13 cars filled with soldiers, stopped
and hundreds cheered the boys here
as did thousands while they passed
through. Your boy certainly looks
good they were the happiest bunch
that ever passed through here, all
husky and good looking chaps. There
must have been about 900 of them in
all. This all tickled me so that
thought it might do you some good
to know il. l am a drafted boy anc
leave within two weeks time
Respectfully.
JOHN Y. KOSLOSkl.
Hurrah for Corporal l.. A. Watts.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
CONGRESSMAN SMITH
VISITS AMERICAN FALLS
Is Interested in Securing Water for
Lands Adjoining American Falls by
Extension of Fort Hall Canal to
Reservation Line.

Hon. Addison T. Smith, one of Ida
hos representatives in the lower house
of congress, visited American Fails
Yesterday, Mr.. Smith is visiting
points in the southeastern part OF the
state seeking personal information on
matters that may require his atten-
ton during the coming session Of con
gress. He talked interestingly OF the
war and other matters in which Idaho
people are interested.
Of narticular concern to this locali-
tv is the interest Mr.. Smith has taken
in securing an extension of the Fort
Hall canal to the western line OF the
reservation. to water the lands west
of the reservation line adjacent TO
American Falls. He became Interested
in the matter when d. w. Davis visited
Washington about a year ago to take
up the matter of extending the canal
with the commissioner OF indian al
fairs. Such progress was made at
that time that high hopes we're enter
tanned that the work would soon be
undertaken, but the coming OF war
put an end to consideration OF the
matter for the time being. Mr.. Smith
now has hopes, in view of the demand
for fOodstuffs, that the prOJecl can pe
revived. Ii was for the purpose OF
informing himself thoroughly con
cerning the feasibility, acreage tha'
could be watered, and the probable
cost of water that he stopped off here
at this time Concerning the matter
he said:
The Importance of increasing the
nations supply of wheat and othel
food products in order that our armed
forces and those of our allies may b.
well nourished will impel congress
TO look with more favor on plans u
bring under irrigation every acre o
land for which there is an availabl
water supply.
It is certainly a great economic los
to allow the $1,000 acres adjacent I
-rhis city to lie practically idle whe
the land could be made to produc
three times or more wheat than by tn
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
First Steps Taken to Classify Draft
RegistrantS.

President Wilson formally charter
ed the new machinery for the carry
ing out of the selective draft bill into
operation Saturday night with the
publication of the foreword he has
written to the regulations under
which the second call will be made.
The regulations themselves and the
questionnaires which more than 9,000,-
GOO registrants will be required to fill
out are being forwarded to local
boards. but have not yet been made
public.
War department officials estimate
that the whole process can be COM
pleted within 60 days. This means
that no second call will be made on
the draft forces before the middle of
next February, as the period for
classification will not begin until De-
cember IS.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
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FARM BUREAU PLANS
PEST EXTERMINATION

At a meeting of the directors
Of the Power County Farm
Bureau held Saturday it was
decided to purchase fifty
ounces of strychnine for rab-
bit determination. This year
adjoining counties will cooper
ate in the campaign, under the
direction of W. +. Crouch Of
the biological survey, who as
sisted County Agent Kjosness
in last years rabbit work.
This will be a big help, as
heretofore the adjoining cOun-
ties have restocked this cOun-
ty from their surplus rabbits,
after most of ours were eXter-
minated.
Last years campaign was
very successful, and in many
parts of the county rabbits are
rareties. The ROckland valley
is particularly free and it is es-
timated that the campaign this
winter Will free the entire cOun-
ty. The strychnine will be used
TO provide poisoned hay, and
and will be furnished without
cost to the farmers. The re-
suits obtained in the rabbit
campaign last year demon
strate the foresight of the
board of commissioners in un-
dertaking the pest extermina-
ting campaign The cost Of
the poison used has been very
) little when compared to the
. saving in crops that have re-
. suited. With other counties
, joining in the campaign the re-
suits will be better than ever.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
HEORIC FRANCE.

The official Red Cross film,
Heroic France" will be shown
at the Irene the last week of
November, as a benefit to the
) Red Cross. The royalty usual
) ly charged for the use of films,
) which goes to the producing
; companies, goes to the Nation
: al Red Cross society whenever
and wherever Heroic France"
is shown, and the local Red
Cross chapter receives the re-
; mainder of the receipts. Thus
the entire receipts go to the
! national and local Red Cross
societies.
The local Red Cross chapter
p is doing a noble work entail
b ing great sacrifice on the part
: of its members, and a work
, that will bring comfort to those
8 who are fighting the country's
= battles. Not only comfort is
( provided, but thousands of lives
& will be saved by Red Cross
9 supplies and ministrations.
8 The Red Cross chapter asks
& all supporters of the work to
T. reserve either the afternoon or
l. evening for this picture on the
& date that it is shown.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
NEW TROOPS GIVEN TURN
IN TRENCHES.

The second American detach-
ments to enter the trenches
have returned to their billets
The relief was accomplished
successfully and without the
knowledge of the Germans
The third series of battaliOns
now is occupying the first line.
Among the returned troops is
the company which bore the
brunt of the raid on the
trenches by German shock
troops. The battalions in the
trenches had a good taste of
shell fire during the first hours,
the Germans using their artil-
lery more heavily than usual
and continuing steadily and the
American batteries replying en-
ergetically.
There has been active patroll-
ing in No Mans Land by the
Americans and the enemy, but
) no clash between patrols has so
far been reported.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

been called to administrative posi-
tions. It was supposed at the COM
mencement of the war that the presi-
dent would have a non-partisan cab
met during the war, but he has not
seen fit to do so, for reasons best
known to himself.
The time the war will end is, Of
course, only a matter for conjecture.
In my judgment there are many rea-
sons to believe that victory will come
to us during the next year.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
Bowling Alley to Re.Open saturday.

Bowling Alley 10 Re-Open Saturday.
o. F. Crowley announced this week
that the bowling alleys at the Audi
torium theatre would reopen next
Saturday night During the past month
the alleys have been worked over and
are now in first class condition ac-
cording TO Mr. Crowley. New pins
and balls have been added to the
equipment so that the lovers of the
rolling art may have the best there IS
in this line for the winter season. A
little later the management viii an
nounce a ladies' day. when the ladies'
may have the alleys all to themselves
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
Americnn A,lntors Showing ActiNlty

American army aviators have par
ticipated in bombing raids over Ger
many and have been doing obserVa-
tion duty at various points of the
battle line. The aviators are officers
OF the regular army. some OF whom
had been flying before the United
States entered the war. Others OF
them are men who have been on duty
at training centers.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

The Cooks Book" compiled
and published by the second
division of the Ladies Aid So
ciety, is out. 1t contains more
than six hundred recipes. fur
nished by more than fifty wo-
men of American Falls and vic
unity. and embraces every
thing from the plainest TO
fancy cooking. 1t contains very
useful departments devoted to
the canning and drying of veg
etables. and the canning of
meats. The price of the book
is 75 cents, and a copy may be
had upon application to any
member of the Ladies' Aid so
ciety.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
New Idea Club viii Give Pie supper.

The New Idea club of lgo will give
a pie supper on Saturday evening. No
vember pa. the proceeds to be used
tc provide hot lunches for the children
attending the Igo school. The club
provided hot lunches for the children
last winter with results so beneficial
that the service will be continued
American Falls pie eaters will be
warmly welcomed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16

il. Clinton of Standpoint, Idaho
was wounded in France last week
The commonwealth., 1917-12-19
rHE WAYs oF sucH PUBLICATIONS.

We note that certain newspapers in the state.
which have talked about all they dared to OF anti
war are taking great pains to show Just now that
certain big corporations are making huge profits
out Of the war This is no doubt true. Ii hath
ever been thus and it viii be until time shall be
no more What is true of this country is true of
every other country On the globe and those in
authority are in no wise responsible for it and
these newspapers know it. Their only reason for
emphasizing such things is to sustain GER
tain politician who has achieved the unenyia-
ole and disgusting distinction of the kicking
mule 1t is evidently hoped that by the dissemina-
ton Of such data now to fire the resentment of
the less fortunate man and the man of little
means to that extent that they may plight their
political faith to the man who has not been exact
II satifed with the way anything has been done
by the government in regard to the war. These
same newspapers fail to state that the cotton
farmers of the South are receiving this year over
two billion dollars for their crop or more than 100
per cent more for the cotton crop than they got
last year. These same newspapers fail to state
that the whole country is prosperous and that
the farmers of the South have more money per
capita than ever before. These same newspapers
fail to state that every business which has
to do with agriculture stock raising or manufact-
uring. is enjoying prosperity never before real
ized in the history of this government. These
same newspapers fail to state that it was the VIII
son administration that gave the country the Fed
era Reserve banking law which law made panics
nearly impossible--and it is we'll understood that
it is always the farmer and the man of little
means generally who get it in the neck when a
panic is on; they fail to state that it was the
Wilson administration that gave the farmers the
Farm Loan banking law; that it was Wilson ad-
ministration that reduced the tariff in the inter-
ests Of the consumers of manufactured products
in this country that it was the Wilson administra-
ton that passed the hour law for railroad en-
ployeS lin fact there has been a President in the
White House who labored more faithfully to care
for the farmers and toilers of the country Come
clean gentlemen. Your patriotism and your own
sense of justice and right should admonsh you
not to hit your own government below the belt
when it is battling against the biggest govern
mental devil in the worlds history
But what could we or any other government do
in crisis without these big moneyed concerns p
Grenada Sentinel.
The commonwealth., 1917-12-19
A CONGRESSIONAL MISFIT.

Ssson is another congressional misfit who
is going about the state preaching the unconsti-
tutionaty of the selective draft law, at the same
time advising that we should obey it's provisions.
Sisson must be training on the Stacker ticket for
the Williams succession to the Senate.-Crystal
Springs Meteor.
That settles it. If Sisson says the seective
draft law is unconstitutional the Supreme Court
had as well go out of business, and Congress
should hasten to repeal the law. Eminent law
yers like Root Hughes, Lodge and Taft aren't
in it with Sisson when it comes to interpreting
the constitution. He may be Congressional
misfit," but doesn't the Meteor know that Sisson
was "just raised on" the Constitution? If it
doesn't know this, just let it ask Sisson.-Madi-
son County Herald
The commonwealth., 1917-12-19
KEEP uP THE PUBLIC IMPRoyEMENTs.


II is regretable to observe that in many local
tiles, because Of the war, there is already evi-
dences Of a lack Of public spirit and push in the
matter of necessary public utilities. There is a
tendency to put off till later day. needed i'm
provements. on the plea of the high cost of labor
and material.
This is a great mistake. and the town or sec
ton Of country that is enticed into il will wake up
in the near future TO find itself out Of the bus-
ness point Of view. 1t is very true that labor is
scarce and material high, but neither of these is
as expensive as is neglect of the material inter-
ests Of the community.
county needs bridge across a stream, but
because Of the added cost refuses to build As a
result. the people Of the community are put to
unnecessary trouble and expense entirely out of
proportion to the small added cost. A pike road
should be repaired, but the war interferes and
the road is left to grow worse and worse, with
the result that good road goes down in the mud
and will have to be entirely rebuilt in the future.
Every business man or manufacturer knows
the keen foresight necessary to keep any business
up to the standard Of the times. He knows that
constant vigilance is necessary to prevent deterio-
ration and decay. The business man who re-
in the cost of repairs is the man who must sooner
of later make the acquaintance of the sheriff.
Just so with the peoples business. The COM
munity thai heeps up with the demands of the
times, even though it does require greater effort
and an added outlay in expense, is the community
that when the heavy demands are made upon
its facilities is able to meet them.
There is, also, the added reason that if we
wait until times grow better we may have to wait
a very long time indeed. The prospects of lower
prices on the necessities of life are in the dim and
distant future. The scarcity of labor, instead of
is almost sure to intensity for some
time to come.
In view of these facts, it is incumbent upon
those charged with the conduct of the peoples
business to see that all public utilities are kept
up to the highest point of efficiency. The time
may come in the future when We may be compell-
ed to neglect them to some extent. But that time
is not here yet and until it does come we should
strain every nerve in the effort to place our coun
try in the first rank of efficiency. The efficiency
Of the country is already being put to a very
severe test and the test will grow harder and har-
der as the war drags on. The only way we can
successfully meet this test is by keeping ourselves
and facilities up to the top notch.
The commonwealth., 1917-12-19
CRITCIZEs sIssoN's SPEECHES.

Congressman Sisson, in a campaign speech
at Okalona made the assertion that the draft law
was unconstitutional, and that the government
had no right TO send its citizens to France to
fight. This is in direct eontravention to the de-
eision of the Federal court in Georgia Further
more, it might be conducive to resistance of the
selective draft system, and is direct blow at our
government. We are in entire sympathy with that
monster 0kalona petition protesting against the
unpatriotic utterances of the Fourth District
Congressman. Postmaster Burleson ruled that no
paper viii be allowed to go through the mails
which says this country got into the war wrong,
or is in the war for wrong purposes or that it is
the tool of Wall street or the munition makers,
which is very good. But there ought to be way
to curb our politicians also. Such utterances as
Mr.. Sisson's rs the best help to Germany, and
who helps his country's enemies is a traitor
Hazlehurst Courier
The commonwealth., 1917-12-19
THE HUMAN NEED OF RECREATION.

There are many good souls who in this hour
Of the nation trial would have the people esehew
the lighter things Of life and give undivided at
terti0n 90 the serious business in hand. This
is all very we'll in the main, and we would not
for the world attempt 10 discourage any in such
course. Still there are limits within which the
human mind "all work and no play makes Jack a
duh bgy" This is true, from the cradle TO the
grave.
The human mind is closely akin to the human
stomach Each. to do its best work, must have
a groundwork Of solid diet. The strength and
vrility Vi each comes from the heavier foods, and
would not long survive on the frothy yiands. Yet
there is need Of the latter, and they are as neces
sary in their place as the heavier
1t is physiological and philosophical fact that
there is no rest to compare with the rest Of
change The day Iaborer, with body tissues eX-
hausted and spent with fatigue, re-
quires absolute inacton to recuperate his force.
The man oil sedentary habits, confined with
in office walls and to his chair or his bench, finds
greatest relief in physical eXertion, ranging all
the way from mild to strenuous The student Of
heavy science or philosophy will soon go stale on
a steady diet Of these things, and is only relieved
by liberal dash of their opposites
Close observers Of men and events have noted
that during the first few months of the war the
people Of France were absorbed by the more ser
ious business Of repulsing the invaders and
amusements were given but little attention. La
ter on, however, when the tension began to tell
on the nerves of the people, there was gradual
revival Of the lighter phase Of life, until now all
over the country the comedy of life is as much in
evidence as the tragedy. The joke and the qup,
the songs of the cabaret and the JAZZ tunes are as
popular in the trenches as in the amusement GEN.
ters Of Paris.
That this demand for change is universal in
humanity, is evidenced very strikingy in the life
of famous American humorist who, sated with
his own wit, always found relaxation in a study
of the heavy PHILOSOPHERS, while another was all
accomplished student Of Eastern mythology.
We are told that the lower animals have no
sense of humor yet from the least to the greatest
of these the desire for recreation and play is
prominent. To even their limited intelligence it
is accepted as one Of the necessities of life.
There is no escaping the fact that the bore.
the pedant, and crank and the all round nuis-
ance is the person who has gotten in groove and
lost the ability or the inclination for change Such
person must be burden even to himself.