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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
THURSDAY

The official report from British
headquarters in France last nigh
reads: ION the Ypres battlefield W.
advanced our line slightly TO-DAY
southeast OF st. Jenskoek. The en-
emy's artillery has showed consider
able activity near Lens and Ypres'
While the Russians west Of Fox
sham again have deserted their posts
thereby permitting the Teuton armier
to make further gains in the regions
of Ocna and Kezdi- Vasarhely, they
have repulsed strong attacks BE
tween Ireshti and Fokshani a majority
of the men comprising two Russian
regiments deserted heir trenches and
fed, but the Russian commanders
have taken steps to restore the linz
by filing the gap with loyal men.
Four thousand Russian soldiers viii
be shot as deserters by Russian mr.
ing squads If Premier Kerensky ear
ries out his threat, voiced at the close
of the Moscow conference last night,
that this hurts US to the very soul,
but for the salvation Of the country,
we will kill with all our soul"
The Russian offensive spirit is by
no means broken. The Cossacks. 10y
al to death. are battling everywhere
with %superhuman heroism, regardless
of the cowardice OF some OF their
brethren. The German wal Office in
directly pays tribute to this death de
flying bravery.
The Austrian feet is bottled up in
the harbor Of Pola. The italian and
English monitors, the newest crea-
lures OF the modern war, continue
their battering OF the Hermada. And
the Hermada alone stands between
the Italians and Trieste. The con
quest of the Bainsizza plateau has
been completed. Monte San Cab
riele and San Daniele are completely
invested and everything is ready for
a combined land and naval assault
on the last defense of Austria's Adri-
attic metropolis.
On the Bainsizza plateau of the
Austro-Italian theater, General Cador-
no is giving the Austrians no rest,
keeping up his intensive attacks along
the entire front. New gains Of con
siderable importance in the general
scheme Of the Italian commanderin-
chiefs offensive have been made at
several points. Where the Austrians
have striven to hold back the Italians
or to recapture lost positions. they
have been repulsed. More than 500
new prisoners have been taken by the
Italians.
On the front In France and Belgium
nc important engagements have taken
place. although artillery duels are be-
inc fought
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
w E On

Germans are Withdrawing from
Flanders. Civilians leave section two
hundred miles square. Launch OF
next Allied drive is apparent and this
is measure of German preparation.
Supposed that Germans will flood low
lands to block advance of Allies, or
may be one of their strategic re
treats"
Russians have continued retreat
along coast Of Gulf of Riga, retiring
to Lemberg. Hostile submarines are
Smelling Riga coast. Germans threat
en- offensive southwest of Riga, heavy
firing going on.
Italians under General Cadorna
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06

Reports being gathered by the state
market commissioners from the man
ayers of farmers elevators over the
state indicate that South Dakota will
have a good surplus Of potatoes for
shipment this fall. The estimates
vary with localities, and with an oc-
casional report Of shortage of the To-
cal needs, but the surplus will be
many thousand bushels Over the state
if the estimates Of the elevator peo-
pie are correct, and with the present
market the price is likely to bring a
good lot of money to farmers in many
sections of the west.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
TUESDAY

The major operation of Germans in
Riga district and great Italian cam
paign for Trieste continue to furnish
chief developments of military inter
est.
The Italian air service seems TO
have effected notable damage upon the
Austrian naval base at Pola, Rome
reports the dropping of nine tons of
bombs by thirty Italian airplanes on
Pola, causing heavy damage and large
fires.
Press dispatches from Austro-Ital-
lar front report Italians continuing
their steady advance in operation for
Trieste, pushing their lines ahead in
B~restovizla valley, in district south Of
Gorizzia and working further forward
eastward yer great Bainsizza plateau.
The fall of Monte San Gabrielle,
chief remaining vantage point of Aus
TRANS, aside from their Carso strong
holds, is considered only a matter of
time.
There has been no renewal of the
Flanders fighting on a large scale as
yet although intensity of artillery fire
suggests that this is impending. Brit
ish, however, are biting further into
German positions at points on this
front and today a slight advance of
British lines northeast of st. Julien
is announced.
P%etrograd that Russian
retirement in Riga region is being con
tinued. German ships are Smelling
the coast. Berlin that sew
eral thousand Russians have been cap
tured and in their great Jarged river
district $50 guns were taken.
Riga was evacuated by the civil
population and foreign consuls three
weeks ago. This was the news con
tanned in the official dispatches sur.
rounded with so much mystery at the
time, and over which so much uneasi
ness as felt.
Official reiteration as made today
by Secretary Lansing of a confidence
in the strength of Russia. The in.
cllnation was to assume that the evac.
uation of Riga would not greatly alte,
the situation, since other lines of de
lenses remained.
Advices reaching here from the
Riga front by way of Berlin state
that the German commander, Prince
Leopold of Bavaria, is using the sec
tor Immediately before Dvinsk, lac
miles southeast of Riga, as a pivot
for a huge thanking movement, de
signed to shake the Russian front
from Dvinsk southwark to Rumania
The whole German front has begun
to swing into motion. Strong columns
of the German Riga army are moving
northeastward along the Riga-Wohnal
railway. In several sectors between
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06

ians and progress along the level
stretches of Carso plateau. German
re-enforcements, r being defeated
as easily as the Austrians. Italians
have made further progress on Balm.
sizza plateau, and at various points
along the line have repulsed fresh
counter-attacks launched by the Aus.
trlan3. Throughout this entire thea
ter ,iolent artillery duels are in pro-
eress from Tomino to the sea.
The batteries Of Field Marshal Halg
are tin pouring ar incessant fire
against German trenches in Flanders,
but as yet anticipated new dash by
hi men to capture them has not
started Doubtless the knocking down
OF d~efenses has not reached limits
which the British commander always
r. qnires before he throws his infan-
tryuen into fray.
On the remainder Of front in west
held by the British there have been
the usual trench raiding operations
In one OF which, south of Monchy-Le-
Preux, German dugouts and machine
guns were destroyed and some prison
ers taken.
Artillery duels are somewhat VIC
lent in Verdun region are taking place
alo0g front where French are facing
Germans. No infantry actions Of i'm
portance have occurred.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
Weekly Summary of War News
Brief Account Of Daily Happenings

grad, German mosquito fotillas
submarines and armed trawlers mad
their appearance near Riga bay. Teu
ton air raiders hurled 80 bombs upOl
Russian shipping and harbor FORTH
cations. Russian machines ascende'
to engage raiders, finally driving then
off. None of Russian machines was
harmed.
a pause has set in IN A~ustrtan-ltal
ian front. General Cadrona reported
yesterday only consolidating actions
on Bainsizza plateau and Carso front
and some advantages gained by Ital
ians on northern slopes of Monte Sar
Gabrielle and in B~restoyizza Valley
Austrian resistance is officially char
acterized as still stubborn by Rome
official account. Twelve officers and
624 men. as well as five machine guns
were netted by the latest Italian adj
vance.
On Anslo-German front there were
signs OF German plans to regain in
itiative. Teutons Embossed a heavy
eunfre on British positions five miles
southeast Of Lens near Arleux En-
GohelIe and attempted raiding oper.
British fire stopped all these
efforts. according to the war office
Berlin yesterday officially reported
lie Catelet, recently won by British.
French beat off minor German at
tacks at Verdun and north Of the
Paris reported.
German war office asserted that in
a large scale raid Germans on Ruman-
ian front, near Skala, penetrated Rus
sian lines after crossing Zburucz riv-
er. They returned with prisoners af
ter destroying Russo umanian de-
Tense works. Russian attacks near
Narocz lake, 60 miles south Of Dvin-
were without success, Berlin de-
The British scored a new gain on
the Palestine front, advancing on a
line of 500 yards southwest OF GAIA
There has been a return Of rather
heavy fighting on several sectors of
the front in M~asedonia, where the
French have repulsed Bulgarian at
tacks in the region of Srka Di Legen
and west of Monastir.
Italy's victory on the Isonzo appar
emily is indirectly responsible for the
crisis over Poland. The Vossische
Zeitung, according to a Berlin dis
patch. says hat the sending of the
Polish legions to the front, was due
to military necessity. The legions
took over a section of Austrian east.
ern front.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
SUNDAY

IloII u a. Ill Wolu lHdt
morale Of Russian troops on Ruman.
ian front has been restored. Field
Marshal Won Mackensen, 1t is re.
ported, has been compelled to ask
for reinforcements, since he has been
unable to make material Roadway de.
spite the recent Russian disaffection
on southern front. Russo-Roumanian
resistance is described as unpreced-
cntedly stubborn.
Germans are knocking virtually at
gates Of Riga, with Rusiasns apparent
ly unable to withstand their advance.
Great port and arsenal on Baltic
and head OF the railway line running
tot Petrograd is beset on three sides
by the enemy.
While the capture of Riga would be
Of great strategic value to Germans
in controlling entrance 10 Gulf Of Fin
land, head of which stands petrograd.
it would not necessarily place the cap
ital in jeopardy, for it lies overland
300 miles as crow flies from Riga and
$50 miles by rail.
In Southern Moldayia Russians,
fighting near Fokshani in conjunction
with ~Rumanians. evidently have
ceased their desertions and again are
the enemy.
In Belgium British big guns are
continuing to lombard violently Ger
man positions. evidently preparing
way for another smash at Crown
Prince R%upprecht's front. Near Az
Germans in a sharp attack
pushed back British, but later lost
ground in a counter attack.
Heavy artillery duels also are in
progress along the Aisne, in Cham
payne and in Verdun sector. but in
has remained virtually inactive.
Germans endeavored during last "a
hours to regain lost ground both on
front and north of the Aisne.
a German air raid on the coast Of
last night was announced by
the official bureau. Bombs were
dropped as the airplanes crossed East
Kent. Number of injured is said to
be from two to five. none of them ser
Along whole 90-mile front of new
Italian drive, two weeks old yester-
day, Austrians launched during the
last 81 hours some of fcerest counter
of var Everywhere they
were beaten off. Not a foot of ground
was regained by them. Moreover,
Italians ploughed ahead appreciably
in some sectors, taking additional
hundreds Of prisoners and adding TO
their huge booty.
Monte San Gabrielle, bathed in the
Italian fire and almost surrounded IS
not expected to hold out much longer.
Slowly last remaining defense works
of this great strategic height are
crumbling to bits.
Austrians repeated their lombard
ment of an Italian field hospital near
San Gabrielle. There were no vic
tins.
Alpine troops reconquered advanced
positions on Stelvic front, abandoned
by Italians on August 81. A number
of prisoners were made.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
FRIDAY

Germany's long expected combined
land and sea drive on Riga is believed
to be near at hand. Forty Teuton air
planes during the last "a hours de
scended upon various islands in gulf
Of big Russian Baltic port, throwing
bombs promiscuously. At same time,
according to official word from Petro-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04
Frank VanSiSe Called

Frank Vansise. one of the pio-
neer citizens of central Idaho and
a member of the brave seven
teen" who fought their way
through a band of 145 Indians
near this place during the war of
1877, passed quietly away at his
home in Grangeville Sunday af-
ternoon at the age of SO years.
He had not been complaining of
feeling i'll and his death came as
a sudden shock to the communi-
ty. The deceased came to the
prairie in 1871 and has lived here
continuously since that time. He
took a prominent part in the In
dian war of 1877 and while riding
with Captain Randall and force
to the relief of citizens of Cotton
wood their company of seventeen
men were attacked in force by
the Indians on the prairie just
east of town and Captain Randall
and two men were killed. Van
sise had his horse shot from un-
der him and was rescued by
Henry Johnson, the two men
riding the latter's horse into
town. This fight was one of
the outstanding incidents of the
war and has been written up in
every history of western affairs
since that time.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon under the auspices of
the Odd Fellow lodge, of which
the deceased was member, and
a large number of friends attend
ed the last rites.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04

Ben Nacke had the misfortune
Wednesday evening while work
ing at the Cottonwood flour mill
to get caught beneath a truck
load of flour that overturned and
suffered the fracture of the small
bone in one leg just above the
ankle. DR.. Orr was called and
reduced the fracture and the pa
tient will be out and around
again in due course of time.
The E. J. Terhaar home in this
city was made enthusiastically
happy Wednesday when a bounc-
ing baby boy came there to make
his permanent home. In time
past four little girls had claimed
residence with Mr.. and Mrs.
Terhaar and they had almost
come to the conclusion that the
boys were passing their home
up, but Wednesdays visitor
proved the contrary and all is
perfect happiness around that
domicile.
The sale yesterday at the Huff
farm east of town drew a fairly
large crowd but property did not
bring very fancy prices and the
sale only totaled about $1,000.
Mrs. Huff intends leaving soon
for Brady, Mont, near where
she recently purchased 480 acres
of unimproved land for $22. so an
acre. She intends improving
the land and planting it as rapid
ly as it can be brought under
cultivation and hopes to see the
land double in value within few
years. Martin Huff will also
move his harness store to that
state and will locate in some
town near his mothers farm.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04
Utilities Commission Here

Senator A. L. Freehafer, Hon.
John W. Graham and Hon. Nick
Ney, members of the state utili.
ties commission, arrived in the
city Monday evening and held an
informal inquiry with a number
of citizens and the president and
manager of the Grangeville Elec-
trio Light & Power company re-
garding a complaint filed with
the commission last winter re-
garding the light and power SER
vice here during the months of
December and January. The
meeting was held in the village
council room and after a number
of citizens had given testimony
regarding the light and power
conditions here during the winter
months, and which has been a
regular winter occurrence ever
since the company extended its
service to this place, Messrs. En-
loe and Simpson, of the company,
were called on and explained the
difficulties their company has
been laboring under and assured
the commission that they now
have plans we'll under way for
installing a large dam across the
c. 2arwater at the power plant
during the coming summer and
believe this will solve their future
winter difficulties, besides pro-
viding power development sufi-
cient to take care of new business
in this territory for many years
to come.
The commission requested the
power company to report progress
on this contemplated improve
ment each month until the work
is completed, which will be not
later than January 1, 1918, and
after a few expressions of a bet
ter mutual understanding the
meeting adjourned.
The members of the commits
sion left Wednesday morning by
way of Nezperce for Orofno and
thence to the northern part of
the state.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04
Freng Receives Life Sentence

Jewell Freng, the young man
who shot and killed Lester Gif-
ford in a drug store at Lewiston
last December, was tried at that
place last week and on Tuesday
afternoon, after considering the
evidence for scarcely more than
an hour, the jury returned a ver-
dict of guilty of murder in the
first degree, with a recommended
tion of imprisonment for life.
Freng is not yet eighteen years
of age and mental Irresponsible
ity was strongly contended in his
defense. He had been working
for Clifford in harvest and was
injured while thus employed and
was in the hospital for several
weeks. Later he accosted Clifford
in the street in Lewiston and
asked him to settle for his injury
and doctor bill. Drawing a re-
volver he forced Clifford into a,
drug store and made him write
check. While thus engaged an
officer appeared on the scene and
Freng at once commenced shoot
ing, killing Clifford and narrowly
missing the druggist. Later a
sister of Freng died in Spokane,
from nervous break down due to
the shooting and another sister
is now seriously i'll. The prose-
cution claimed Freng was in full
possession of his mental faculties
and had apparently planned the
shooting in advance. DR.. Givens,
of the Orofino asylum, offered
expert testimony to the effect
that Freng was not insane.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04
Cold Storage Plant Completed

The new cold storage plant re-
Gently installed at the local cream
cry was given thorough trying
out Tuesday, prior to being ac-
cepted, and was found to be up
to requirements in every respect
and is now in complete operation.
The building for the cold storage
plant was erected by the cream
cry company and the machinery
was installed by the Armstrong
Machinery Co. of Spokane, which
firm supplies by far the larger
number of cold storage plants in
the northwest.
The new plant has an egg stor-
age room with a capacity of 600
cases, a butter room capable of
holding 10000 pounds of butter,
an ice cream room of $50 gallons
capacity, an ice room and q but
ter and cream room. The egg
room will be held at a temper
ature of 80 degrees, the butter
room at Is degrees and the ice
cream room at zero, while the
butter and cream room will be
kept at about 35 degrees. In ad-
dition to the cold storage facili-
ties the plant can also turn out a
ton of absolutely pure ice every
twenty-four hours and can keep
twenty tons of ice constantly on
hand for sale and for use at the
creamery and in shipping butter
and ice cream.
Preparations are now being
made to candle and store eggs
and it is the intention to purchase
and store the larger part of the
eggs produced on the two prai-
ries if possible. The creamery
is also now Pasteurizing all of its
butter, thereby insuring a much
finer quality, and on Wednesday
shipped 700 pounds of the new
product to the Spokane market
where it commands a fancy price.
With the cold storage plant in
operation and a greater interest
being manifested in the dairy in
dustry the creamery promises to
continue doing a fine business
and will be able within a couple
of years to clear itself of indebt-
edness and be in shape to pay a
handsome return annually to its
patrons and stockholders.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04
Grave Creek Road Disappears

Steve Farthing was up Monday
from his home in Rocky canyon
and informed US that the road
down Grave creek has vanished
completely from the ken of NOR
tai man and left no trace of its
present whereabouts Further
more, in leaving it took along all
hopes of future rebuilding and
left the creek channel fully four
feet deeper than before and the
bottom of the canyon so torn up
that to build road there again
would be an utter impossibility.
Fortunately the high water in
Rocky canyon went out several
days before the Grave creek
freshet occurred or the damage
to homes in the lower canyon
would have been material. At
present there is no possible way
of getting out of the canyon with
a team and rig and a new road
will probably have to be built
down from some point on the
east slope of Moughmer point.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04
Steers Average Sis

T. O. Crozier, farmer of the
Garden gulch section, yesterday
delivered to w. H. Bristol 80
steers that averaged l, 100 pounds
each and brought $115. so at 1O3
cents per pound. The steers are
high grade Shorthorns and were
raised by w. H. Mitchell at Waha.
They were purchased by Mr.. Gro
zier about 60 days ago and were
finished on corn and ensilage at
the Crozier ranch.
This is one of the finest lots of
steers marketed in the Lewiston
country this season and will be
placed on the Lewiston retail
market by Mr.. Bristol through
his retail stores.
Mr.. Crozier is now finishing a
carload of hogs at the Garden
gulch ranch that will be delivered
at Culdesac on Tuesday for ship
ment to Frye & Co. at Seattle.
These hogs have been marketed
at SIS. 25 per hundred.
The last of the 200-acre corn
crop grown by Mr.. Crozier will be
used in finishing the hogs to be
marketed Tuesday. The average
yield of corn was better than 40
bushels to the acre and the re-
turns secured through feeding to
cattle and hogs have been better
than 81 per bushel. This means
that Mr.. Crozier has secured a.
bove $40 per acre for his summer
fallow crop last year. Tribune.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-05-04

Frank Forsmann recently purchased
Moline farm tractor from the Farm
ers Union Warehouse company and
will use it in operating his farm south
of town. Manager Downer also re-
ports the sale of twenty gang plows
so far this season.
J. V. Baker and Son shipped a car
of potatoes last week to Springfield,
ILL.,, and car this week to Walla
Walla. This firm will ship the Maris
potato crop, consisting of two car
loads, to Walla Walla next week.
The latter shipment has been purchas-
ed for seed purposes and brought an
extra fancy price.