The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-02-01

II u=J uE=l ur-1 hE~i sr-a ~ 49, -
Receives Interesting Letter.
4 latter received this week from Der
"a ~ { salmon river citizen from a
native If f,errnany. whose name is with
1ald nv request 6iscloses the sad and
- rtlino situation of the German peo-
n nlas ~ = result Of the terrible war. The
iatter saws: everywhere the signs OF
decline are manifest. In the windows
~ ho,,ses ON the front OF empty stores
. ra Great signs Zu Vernieten, Ito
remit For years merchants nave neeh
t,obting for vacancies in the big thor
o,Ighfares of popular Berlin. Now they
are ri ha had everywhere. In the sta
tians and amusement halls stands en-
pty chocolate SLOTS. SO long have they
been empty that children are no LONGER
beguiled into dropping penny III the
hone of extracting something. One
Sunday I went I'd the Geological Gar
den. the popular resort of the masses.
band or two played but the grounds
were not half filed. Everywhere were
vacant tables, when formerly 1t was a
privilege TO secure one. Little family
groups in black sat silently before a
lonely glass of beer. Sandwiches were
q rarity. The ices seemed to be made
of colored frozen perfumes and were
distressing internally. In the cages
were still a few animals. Whether
they have decreased In number, ! can
not tell. But they, like the people,
suffer from a scanty diet. The mon
KEYS have grown contentious. Their
tempers suffer. They raised most
terrific racket, and continually bit, and
clawed and fought each other
Zone night in August / stopped be-
fore the building In which are conduct
ed all military affairs. 1t is known as
the House of Sorrow. On its rear
wall is posted the list of dead and
wounded. The night was dark and
still BY the rays of an electric arc
light a few stragglers were running
anxious fingers down the long lists.
stopped to count the number The re-
port covered five days casualties
(from August IL to 21). BY mistake
names are repeated occasionally.
dropped out several thousand to allow
for repetitions. Even then the total
dead, wounded and missing was A.
600 in five days. The Socialists esti-
mate that two and a half to three
million men in Prussia alone, have
been killed, wounded, or are, missing"
Then the letter goes into personal
details indicating the distress that has
come into the writer's family, and the
communication discloses the sombre
standing ON its last limbs.
80
Annual Dance Successful.
The annual dance Of the Stock Grow
ers' Association given on Friday, Jan.
26th has been voted great success by
everyone who attended.
The credit for the beautiful decora-
tons should 60 10 Mrs. Geo. Behean
and Mrs. G. j. Wright, with Peter Van
deburg In the role of heavy; the walls
being covered with flowers and wreaths
and several arches across the ceiling.
The orchestra was of the imported
variety and consisted of Mr.. Preisz,
violin Mr.. Harris, drums; Mr.. John
son, trombone; Mr.. McCready, piano |;
and Notwithstanding the fact that the
trip to White Bird Is hard one at
this time of the year, the music they
made was the kind that makes q fell
lows feet go even after he is all in,
down and out, and they kept it up I'M
til the wee sma' hours.
The supper was provided by Mrs.
O. H. Jillson and consisted of oyster
soup, celery, chicken, potatoe salad,
ham, pickles, coffee, and last but not
least, ice cream and cake, and was GER
tainly a grand feed and appreciated
by all the dancers.