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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01

fessional advancement offered to
educated young women by the pro
fession of nursing.
The nurse. when she takes the place
of the teacher and puts the children
through a catechism of hygiene:-
How many have had a bath today?"
How many have brushed their
teeth" How many have on neck
ties" Glow many have shoe
shines?' When did you get a hair
cat last?" realizes, as she has never
realized before, how vastly important
~ tie nation are these personal in
:uirjes. The same things are being
asked in every military training camp
in tho couptry-in a different way,
pcrUeps-yet with the same purpose
and result.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
FOR THE SOLDIER BOY

Fountain Pens, Wrist Watches, Cameras
Military Brushes, Gillette Safety r azors.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
fhe 1000 Schcol Takes Accom-,
Of Appearance and CLEANLINESS
as Well as Scholarship.

Mott street, the heart OF New York's
lower East side, has a one hundred
per cent school, where teachers and
nurses are carrying IL an unusual
program. In this school every pupil
Is striving to be one hundred per cent
healthy and one hundred per cent
clean, as well as one hundred per cent
efficient in studies.
In this school. combining unusual
health and educational problems, the
growing need for close cooperation
between health and educational agen-
cies is being met in an unusual way.
OF course, the usual things are being
done. The nurse makes her systematic
inspections of the eyes ears. noses
and throats. and, under the direction
Of the school physician, guards against
Infectious diseases. The teacher in.
structs the classes in the regular
school curriculum and talks unend-
ingly about cleanliness and appear.
ance.
These are usual things in all up-to-
date school systems. School nurses
have done them for years and modern
training schools for nurses are
and more awakening to the need for
instruction and practice In this grow
ingly important phase OF nursing.
But the 1000 School" has some
thing additional. II has school
'nirit The pupils from this .osUo-
,oftan neighborhood are beiIa merged
"a 'eam. They are working for
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
RAILROAD POOL PLAN
IS BEING TRIED OUT
RAILROAD MEN SEEM TO TAKE
A NATIONAL OUTLOOK
CONGESTION RELIEF.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Iwo
pplctical measures, conceived with
vision and imagination, will be
among the first things to be done to
relieve the freight c~ongesI.on in the
munitions districts by the transporta-
ton committee of vice presidents
when it meets in Pittsburgh today IN
the final effort OF the railroads to
prevent government management for
the period OF the war. They are sig
nificant of increasing disposition of
the rpilways to think in national in.
stead of local terms.
1t is not merely Federal control
that the railroads are now seeking to
ward off by a demonstration of their
own capabilities, but the prospect OF
government direction under a trans
nortation manager selected from out
side the railroad world. In those
quarters here. where government
control is regarded as inevitable be-
fore the war has progressed mucn
further, the appointment of a Fed
eral transportation administrator
whose chief function shall be jul
dicial is looked for when the gov
eminent decides to take the step
Perhaps not many railroad me-
4l;11- that c,,nh a thin0 nniIl6 he.
but they know that it is being dis
cussed in responsible quarters. They
realize also ts1t, there would be pre-
cedent for it.
To Break DeadIocks.
Transferred to the Pittsburgh dis
trict, where the congestion due to
the shortage of equipment has
brought the United States to the
alert by reason of the threatened
impairment of work Oh vital war
supplies, it is expected that these
cars and engines will enable the
transportation committee to break
existing deadlocks and prevent the
formation OF new ones.
1t has not been estimated how
many cars. locomotives and men will
be obtained, but the total of new
railroad facilities afforded in a dis.
trict where they are at present in
adequate will be considerable.
Another thing that the Pittsburgh
committee will do viii be to ar
range, il possible, for the use of sew
eral thousands of coal cars belong
ing to the Canadfln Pacific and
other Donation lines, that will be
practically useless when navigation
closes for the winter, but which may
help on a large scale to save the
situation in the United States.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
King, two years ago, was mentioned

King, two years ago, was mentioned
by Dlnielle.
Detectives were immediately sent
out TO arrest men mentioned by
Danielle, and later Giro and Vincent
Morelli, brothers, and Nicholas ARA,
said to be nephews of "LHrpo the
Wolf,' now serving a forty years
term for counterfeiti1g. were brought
into court and held in bonds of $15,
900 each. The District Attorney an
Gounced that my attempt to bail the
would result in charges of muir.
der being preferred against them.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01

fire from the kitchen stove.
The odor of burning clothing caus-
ed an investigation and Mrs. Moore
was found lying in the back yard in
flames. She was wrapped in a car.
pet to smother the fire but died in
in J similar way recently.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
ICE SLOWLY SPREADING
OVER THE POTOMAC RIVER

CUMBERLAND, Md, Nov. 2S.-The
coolest snap of the season is being
followed by snow throughout this ter
rifory. The Potomac river and
Georges creek are frozen nearly all
the way over.
The temperature at Fairfax and
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01

Thomas, w. Va, on the Western
Maryland railroad, dropped 10 10 de-
grees above. Telegraph and !tele-
phone wires are reported to have
broken at some points as the result
of the cold. Boys have been skating
along the banks of the Potomac.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
Admits Burning Aunt.s Home.

STAUNTON, Va, Nov. 2s.-Henry
Milton Kritzer, member OF a promi-
nent Augusta county family. came
into court yesterday and ~unexpect-
eddy pleaded guilty to housebreaking
and burning the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Fanny Kritzer, near Stuarts
TT Il. to cover up the theft of jewels
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.

WEST UNION, w. Va, Nov. Is
Mrs. Nellie Moore, who resided here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Il. Runsey. was burned to death
asst night, her clothing having caught
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01

There is more catarrh in this scetlC3
Of the country than all other dlseas
put together, and for years II vas -
posed TO be incurable. Doctors
scr!bed local remedies, and by conssaL.
iy falling to cure with local treatraeH
pronounced it incurable. Cat2EtA
local disease, greatly influenced py
stitutional conditions and thereioss
qnires constitutional Treatment
G9tarrh Cure, manufacture eg
Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio, IS a eoIaify
tutional remedy, is taken ny Icons
Surfaces of the system. one huhc use
Dollars reward is offered TOT any qSr1re.
that Halls Catarrh Cure fails 70
Send for circulars n test4Hlo, Cbio
i. J. CHENEY g. Co. Ioleo0'
Sold BY Druggists. 7se. a
HAMS Family Pills for const.pat-1A
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1917-12-01

valued at over $4,000. He was sen
fenced to three yelrs' Imprisonment
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

of this addition. and the finishing of portions of the structure furthest from working scenes were followed up
 However before floors and walls could be completely finished the in stailation of the heating and water sys- tems was accomplished. This entailed one of lhe most difficult and perpIex- ing operations of the reconstruction work and was one of the largest single undertakings in connection with the re- building of the establishment Both sys- tefns for heating the building and for supplying every room in the hotel with hot and cold water and stationary wash stands and baths were laid. latest equipment for this character work be- ing used in the placing of each system.
 The equipment begins with the in- stallation in the basement of the gener- al heating apparatus. The boiler room is located about the middle of the build ing and below what was formerly the court. lt is reached through the baggage and servants hallway from the alley on the north side of the building. The door and stairway to the boiler room are heavily fire proOfed and the wallG and ceiling of the room have been fire blocked and protected in the latest aD- proved manner. The room is approXi- mately 8 feet square, giving ample space for all equipment necessitated for the operation of the systems | Furnace Rooms Complete
 Installed in the furnace room are the main arteries of a system which reach es to everN part of the building. These include sectional steam boiler with more than 5000 feet of radiation and a modern hot water heater of larGc capacity. These two boilers are operat- ed with two Symplex oil burners of { latest type, supplying steam heat and | hot water for all the rooms in the new structure. The large boiler is operated ] throughout the winter months. when it is necessary ct heat the rooms in the i building. The smaller boiler is used { throughout the summer months for the purpose of supplying hot water for the baths and stationary basins throughout the building.
 The oil storage tank which supplies fuel for the two boilers is located just 10 the north of the boiler room It is fed from the alley on the north side of the building Its capacity is 1,50( gallons.
 The hot water system is operated through circulating system tho cen
 tral unit of which is a 1000- gallon hot
 water storage tank. The installation oi so large at tank has assured hot watel
 at all parts of the building and al constant service. Formerly smaller boil
 CTS have been installed in varions build
 ings throughout the state and it hal
 been discovered that usage from tn
 boiler at one part of the house cut off the hot water supply at anothe
 point in the building
 The yardasa of pipe of all sizes use'
 in the installation of the plumbing sys
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

date a pioneer in the southwest and an old resident of the Salt River val l"y, was the originator of the idea and the constructor of the building. It was comparatively small hotel at that time and in the modern sense of the word was exceedingly poorly equipped. However. for the day and age. it was one of the most modern buildings in the southwest. and it immediately be- came q favorite with the travelling men, the mining men and the cattle men. Since that time the building | has grown constantly in size. At the same time 1t has grown in favor with the travelling public with the many ranchers and cattle men of the state who make Phoenix several times each year. and with the mining men i who drop into and out of the capital l city frequently. The patronage of the 1 hotel has become even more firmly 1 established than has the building it. : self
 The first structure was of two ! stories and occupied about 50 feet ! frontage and 100 feet to the alley It ! vas built where now are the cigar 1 stand of Boyce & Creech and the l Commercial cafe. It comprised some twenty or more rooms. lighted and ! equipped with what in the early sos was the most modern and best hotel appliances. It was built to take care Of what was then a growing commer- cial trade in this city and was at that time a relief to already crowded and growing hotel business of the Salt River valley
 Commercial Is Enlarged
 In 1887 Mir Luhrs, who had retired from his other valley business endea- Nors. realized that the small structure which he had raised was insufficient for the demands of the city and began the first addition to the building This addition consisted of a three story structure on the south of the first structure covering that part = the corner which the hotel now occupies from the Commercial cafe to the in tersection of Central avenue With jef- ferson street This section of the building is now occupied by the hotel lobby. the E.awhon x Bradford broker age. the barber shop and the offices of d livestock exchange on the ground floor. The upper floors are still used for the housing of the hotel guests. This new addition was equipped with the same care as was the first build ing. and aided Mr Luhrs in meeting the demand in the valley for rooms and lodging.
 Again in 1910 the constantly grow ing traffic business in this city called
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
M0DERNZED COMMERCIAL HOTEL OPENS DOORS FOR GUESTS
NEW BUILDING RELIEVES CONGEsTED CITY HOSTELRIES
Pioneer Ay1zOndM.
 Builder of Hotel,
 Reobens HoStelyy

George II. \. Luhrs, proprietor of the Commercial hotel of Phoe- nix, has been an interested wit ness to the growth and develop ment of Arizona for more than four decades. He first visited in this city in 1874 and in 1876 re- turned to Phoenix, which was then q town Of small proportions, typi- cal of the southwest with it's adobe buildings and pioneer settle ment. Since 1886 he has been prominently known as hotel pro prietor of the capital and his busi- ness has grown and flourished with the city.
 Mir. Luhrs is numbered among the worthy citizens that Germany has furnished to this state. and since his arrival in the new world, he mas never had occasion to re- great his determination to come to America. for he has found the opportunities which he had sought and in their utilization has made steady progress toward the goal of prosperity
 The year 1867 witnessed his ar rival in the new world, at which tune he located m California. He Was a wagon-maker. and for a time followed his trade In 1869 he arrived in Arizona, settling at Wiclenburg, north Phoenix. where he Was employed by a stage company. and in 1878 he tooA up his abode permanently in Phoenix where he had preFi- ously visited in lS74
 h 1886 he built the Commercial hotel, a two-story building part of brick and part cf adobe. and opened it for business. In 1887 an addition was built. thus increasing the size of the building. which was originally forty by sixty feet. In 1910 another addition vas erected,
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

months or more of dleneSs, it is one of the most modern hotel buildings in the southwest Every convenience for the guest has been placed in the build ing. Every modern and improved idea for hotels of large size has been Incorporated into the service equip ment of the hostelry. Every expendit- ure which makes for the comfort and well being of the hotel guest has been placed at his disposal. No expense has been spared in building into the four walls which have been reared in the past 30 years hotel which is alto Sether a 1917 model.
 The first Commercial hotel building was reared on the site of the present Commercial hotel building in 1886. George H. N Luhrs, even at that early
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

the attention of Mir. Luhrs to the in- adequacy of his hotel for meeting the demand. Consequently he made prep arations for again adding to his struct- ure and before the close of the year the first section of the building, that occupied by the cafe and cigar stand was raised to three stories, the same height as the second part of the struct- ure. This gave the hotel about 75 rooms. fully equipped and modernly furnished and again relieved a con gested city rooming house traffic.
 In 1911 the rear part of the structure where are now located the wholesale departments of the Barrows Furni- ture company and of Talbot & Hub bard Hardware company, were added to the growing building. This addi-
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

rials thus used were hundreds Of yards of button and metal lath, S7 tons of gypsum plaster, l,200 sacks of Portland cement and l60 barrels of lime.
 Following these preliminary building operations work Of actual reconstruc- ton could begin actively. Laying of the woodwork in halls and rooms where these materials had been destroyed, re laying of floors in the halls, the refin- ishing of woodwork which had been damaged. but not badly. an- other sim liar building structure was prosecuted. At the same time reconstruction of the roof was begun, the building cf the in- terior single floor where now are seV- eral large sample rooms. the roofing
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

tenn alone would have reached the full length of Central avenue inside the city limits. The yardase of pipes used for the heating would have stretched from the state house on the west to the city limits on the east. More than two miles of pipe. or q total of more than four miles. vas used in each of these in staliations
 The number of plumbing fixtures re auired for the operations of the plum bing contractor, including layatories, toilets, shower baths. stationary stands. etc. was about 125. About the same number of plumbing fixtures were used
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

entire building may be cleaned by the one suction machine.
 Several miles of wire and about 1JO electrical fixtures were used in the in- stallation throughout the building of a new, modern and complete electrical system. This system radiates from a central electric motoring board placed in the baggage runway and encased in a modern fire e-proofed motoring box. Wires and conduits carry tha system throughout the building. Much of the system, especially that in direct con necticn with the hotel rooms. can be controlled directly from the main of flee of the hotel in the lobby
 In the installation of the tile floors
 Continued on Page Three)
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

in the installation of the heating sys- tenn.
 The piping system. in addition to the heating and water systems. includes also a vacuum cleaning pipe carried to all floors and stand pipes and hose reels placed at convenient points throughout the building for fire protec- ton. The vacuum cleaning pipe affords connections in all halls from which the
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

ment of MT Luhrs. the Conner cial has grown to be one of the best known hostelries in the state with a large and high class pa tronage
 In 1888 MT. Luhrs returned for a brief visit to his old home in Germany, and the following year was married in his native land to Miss Catherine Margaret Doden- hoff. They have become parents of four children: Arthur Cleve- land, who is now manager of the Commercial hotel; Ella Louise; Emma; and George II. N. Luhrs, Jr.
 Mir. Luhrs gives his political al-
 Continued on Page Three)
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

Tho building of inc commerci.l hotel into hogtelry which is befittin,e of this city and which is aItogetbeT mod rn in every sense of the word has been an evolution-Tnuch like the evolution of the little unlighted. un- paved and unattractive little Phoenix of twenty years ago into the great. modern. well equipped city of the pres ent day. Years have been required in the making of the city. In the same years the Commercial hotel has under
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

and still later in 1911. additions were made giving the building it's present dimeutiors, three stories and occupying q full quarter of block.
 The rebuilt hotel is practically the same size as the old, contain ing 123 rooms. arranged so as tO provide exceptional light and air conditions. Under the manage
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
STEAM HEAT, HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER, ELEVATOR, NEW FURNITURE AND BEDS AMONG
 MANY ATTRACTIVE FEATURES OF CONNER CIAL

MANAGEMENT LEAVES NOTHING UNDONE IN REOPENING ASSURE COMFORT AND EASE BY PRESENT OWNER AND PROPRIETOR MA1S MADE SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL ENTIRE OCCUPIED; LATEST
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

gone improvement after improvement remodeling after remodelng. addition after addition. Finally. after most of the old structure has been taken away in conflag-ation. 2 new. modern. well equipped hotel building worthy of the progressive valley city has risen to take the place of the old.
 As the Commercial hotel stands to- day on it's reopening after seven
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

ENTIRE REMODELING @m PLACING AT DEMAND OF PUBLIC MODERN
 9 ROOMS; TUB AND SHOWER BATHS AMONG MODERN STEAM HEATING PLANT REACHES EVERY MAND FOR ADDITIONAL ROOMS IN CITY WILL
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10
F|RE DAMACED|NTE BECOMES UP-TO-DATE HOUSE WITH ALL THE CONvEN|ENCESFOR PUBLIC SERVICE

T. B. Stewart, General Contractor and Sub-Contractors
 Spend Many Months Remodeling and Rebuilding Struc- turc Which Flames Practically Destroyed Last Year; Many Details Added to Former Pioneer Establishment
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

Fire Resisting Materials Fire Escapes Especial Plans for Prevention of Confagration Among Features lncorpor
 ated in New Structure; All Appliances Installed Are Placed to Assure Comfort of Travelling Public
Arizona republican., 1917-02-10

Continued on Page Three)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. OCTOBER H. 1917
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-01

LOST: Auto chain, Sunday, be-
tween Kendrick and Bethel church.
B. Sly. Clip
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-01

House.
Texas Ridge Precinct: in
clude all territory in said Precinct,
as now established, and of record,
which is included in said proposed
Highway District;
Place of Election: Elwood School
House.
Bear Creek Precinct: To include
all territory in said Precinct, as now
established. and of record, which is
included within said proposed
Highway District;
Place of Election: Steel School
House.
Troy Precinct:-To include all
territory in North & South Troy
Precincts as now established and of
record, also Sections 81 & 80, T. 40,
N. R. 2 w., which is now included
in Mountain Meadow Precinct;
Place of Election: Shepherds
Office in Troy.
Cornwall Precinct:-To include
all territory in said Precinct, as
now established. and of record,
which is included within said pro-
posed Highway District;
Place of Election: Cornwall
School House.
Little Potlatch Precinct:-To in
clude all TERRITORY in said Precinct,
as now established, and of record,
which is included within said pro-
posed Highway District;
Place Of Election: Residence of
Milton Melchert.
Juliaetta Precinct:-To include
all TERRITORY in Juliaetta Precinct
as now established and of record;
Place of Election: Odd Fellows
Building, in Juliaetta.
Kendrick Precinct TO include
all territory in Kendrick Precinct
as now established and of record;
Place of Election: City Hall, in
Kendrick.
There shall be added to the usual
electors Oath, in case of challenge
the following words, "And l am 9
resident within the boundaries Of
the proposed Highway District"
The Polls in the several election
precincts on the day of the Highway
District Election shall be open from
Eight o'clock in the morning unit
Seven o'clock in the evening.
Dated at Moscow, Idaho, THU
18th day of Maya. D. 1917.
Homer E. Estes,
Clerk of the Board o.
County Commissioners in and TO,
Latal County. Idaho.