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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
BOze,,1Q,1 Woman
Wants MisSOulQ
to Retain Agent
Miss Bess Rowe Consults
Mrs. Clara Bush Here
About Work.

Miss Hess NJ. Rove. state leader OF
home demonstration agents. is SPEND
ing the day in Missoula, going Monday
into Flathead county to work with
emergency demonstration agents In
that section.
Miss Rowe was in consultation yes
terday with Mrs. Clara Aust Bush.
who is serving until September % as
an emergency agent. The especial ar
rangement for funds does not continue
after September and it will be only by
means of county cooperation that the
work OF Mrs. Bush may be continued
through the fall and winter months.
Miss Rowe said yesterday that she
hoped the county officials would find
it possible to assist in the continuance
of this valuable and practical aid to
housekecpers In methods of food con-
seryation.
There are now six full time women
county agents, another serving part
time and one city agent in regular
service Miss Rowe hopes that Mrs.
Bush may be full-time agent in the
near future with her office in Missoula
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
FIRST SNOW REPORTED
AND FIRES DIE DOWN
Blaze Near Gordon's Pass
Put Out by Seasons
First Fall.
SITUATION IMPROVES
Damage Done During Period
Of Danger Not Known
as Yet.

Snow fell here today. Fire out"
Shouts of JOY greeted that bulletin
from Gordon's pass. on the south fork
office Of the forest service last night
for it marked the beginning of the
end of the worst fire situation Mon-
tana has faced since 1910.
REPORTS from other forests were al
most as encouraging. Control lines
ere being established everywhere. and
the fires which q week ago threatened
to sweep across the western end OF
the state now are dying down inside
ratrolled trenches Last night not q
single serious fire was in existence
and District Forester r. Fl. Rutledge
worn out by the extraordinary efforts
OF the last three weeks went home
well before midnight for the first time
since the situation became menacing.
What the fire has cost the govern.
ment in timber and fighting expenses
is not definitely known, but the fig
ure is large. An attempt to make tn,
Great Northern railroad pay part o
the bill will be made. for the service
declares that the company has beer
negligent in regard to precautions
against fire. Last winter the govern
ment secured 4 heavy Judgment agains
the railroad on this account.
A fire curve plated by the fores
service shows that more than half tn
fires in the district this year wer
caused by locomotives. Lightning
| however, did greater damage beeaus
| the fires so started were remote an,
| got beyond control.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
MisSOuLa Genius
Ends Domination
of Collar Button
w. A. Hayden Inveltts Ar
ticle That Fastens Quick
" and Easily.

With the advent of camouflage. bar
tific inventions for wholesale destruc-
ton, comes the invention of a small
article that is destined to have just
the opposite effect upon the masculine
sex
1t is the automatic collar button. and
it has originated In Missoula. in the
brain of w. \. Hayden. who has heen
residing in Bonner for the past three
months The inventor has worked for
one year on the new collar button,
that his brothers in distress may be
saved
There will be no more frantic hunt
ing under the bed and turning over OF
chairs; no more lost tempers that
often resulted in divorce suits for the
automatic collar button will be the
salvation of mankind
The .Tiffy Manufacturing company
has been formed. and il is r,imored
that the new button will soon be on
the market and in the hands of the
long suffering men of the world. Like
Joan of Arc. the little automatic collar
fastener will appear and lead the
wearers of the trousers out of the
depths of button hunting despair and
into the era of speedy collar donning
The Jiffy Manufacturing company
is composed of Fred Angevine. presi-
dent: w. F. Nichol. secretary: Thomas
Fleming. treasurer. and ]. NJ Wais
w. 4. Hayden. Joseph Montague. J
4. Stump and Howard S. King.
Mr.. Hayden will leave shortly fol
the east, where he will make arrange
ments for the manufacture of the au
| tomato collar button.
| The men of Missoula and the res
| Of the world will have to endure thu
| old style buttons few months longer
and look forward to the time whel
Jiffy collar buttons will hold tlyei
shirts. and patient wives will no 1onge
have to assist grumbling husbands a
they destroy the furniture hunting 70
| a missing collar button.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
FARMERS TO SELL
ONE TO ANOTHER
County Agent Calls Meeting
of Apple Men.

Two conferences on the farmer-to to-
farmer marketing plan viii be held
by apple producers in the county next
week, according to County -Agricul-
turist Campbell.
The purpose of the meetings is to
form an organization and discuss
prices and fix grades. The first ses-
sion will be held at Carlton on Friday
afternoon, and the following day there
will be meeting in the clubhouse at
Orchard Homes, in Missoula.
w. l.. Beers. state marketing spe-
cialist. who spent Friday in Missou.a
left yesterday for Hamilton. where he
will continue his trip of inspection.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
DORNfITORY MATRON
BACK FROM JOURNEY
Mrs. Lucy Wilson Pleased to
Find Hall Full.

Mrs. Lucy Wilson, matron of the
girls dormitory at the State Univer-
sity, returned yesterday from a vaca-
ton trip to the east.
II am glad to get back to the old
school, and am also glad to find that
every room in Craig Hall has already
been rented" said Mrs. Wilson yester-
day.
Mrs. Wilson was delayed II hours
by q freight train wreck near St
Paul. The wreck was caused by the
removal of a rail. and 1t Is believed
the crime was committed with the in
tention of derailing the "Olympian.'
the Milwaukee's fast train, on which
Mrs. Wilson was a passenger.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
MRS, F, T. FERGUSON
GOES TO WHITEHALL
Missoula Woman Gets Word
of Mothers Death.

Called by the sudden death of her
mother, Mrs. A. w. Owsley, Mrs.
French T. Ferguson left yesterday
morning for Whitehall. Mrs. OWsley,
who was 70 years of age, died last
Friday night at the Owsley ranch. of
heart disease. She was dean of women
at the State Normal college at Dillon
for many years, only resigning her po-
sition during the past year. She had
been spending the summer at her
ranch home near Whitehall.
Mrs. Owsley had been in poor health
for the past year. but after a visit to
the coast she was able to return to
her duties at the normal college. Her
death followed an acute illness of less
than an hour, and was unexpected.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
COUN7Y'S QUOTA full
DRAFT BOARD BELIEVES
Exemption Claims Will Not
Cut Down Total Below
Number Needed.
IL IN SECOND GROUP
II Were Required to Fill
Missoula Delegation
to Army.

Two hundred and twenty-five sum-
moned, 81 disqualified. H. accepted as
fit, II transferred from Missoula
county, seven transferred to Missoula
county, and SO enlisted or failed to
appear-that is a summary Of the re-
suits of the second call for the United
States army by the selection board OF
.Missoula county. These figures do not
include the actions taken on second
call exemption claims because it is
necessary for period of 10 days to
elapse before such action is taken.
One hundred and sixty men were OBJ
tanned for the county's required quota
of 217 in the first examinations. The
second call supplied the u men still
needed. is the opinion of the local
board. Four drafted men found def
cient were examined in Missoula for
other boards and their names are not
included in the list. The list follows:
William B. Cain, Missoula Floyd A.
barrow. Missoula; Lionel r. DarroW.
Niissoula; Arthur Z. Drew. Missoala;
Henry F. Fleisher, Roman; Frank g.
Gasperino. Missoula: Temple c. Grady,
Missonla: F.. G.. Gustafson. Missoula F.
Leon c. HURT Missoula; Bernard w
Jansen, Missoula: George a. Jacky,
Missoula: John II. Jacques, st. lgna-
thus; Alderic G. Jette, Missoula John
johnson, Missoula; Fred Johnson, st
Ignatius; Harold J. Jones. Missoula;
James f. Judge, Missoula; Clare +
Kern, Missoula; Lawrence G. kunz
Missoula: Joseph Lajeunesse, Mis-
soula Matthew /. Lucy, Missoula
Robert D. MacLean. Missoula; William
s. MacAlurray, Missoula. Frank B. Nc
Mutt, Missoula. Frederick W. Miller
Missoula John A. Miller, Missoulai
Loring o. Mills. st. Isnatius; Rober
Mills Missoula; Carl Moffitt, Po-
tomac; Charles H. Moody, Missoula;
David Henry Morris, Roman; Malcolm
G. McCauley. Missoula; Russell d. Nc
Cune, DAste; Lewis w. Napton, Mis-
soula; Charles +. Pedicord. Missoula
Harry Phillips, Missoula; Jesse
Rogers. Missoula; George w. SAILS
bury, Roman; Henry Schramm, Mis-
soula: Frederick D. SchWalen, Mis-
soula; Ed Swartter, st. lgnatius
Charles P. Valentine, Missoula Ton
Wah, Missoula; John Watson. Gin
ton: George r. Weatherston, Missonla
Albert Newton Whitlock. Mssoula
Sam Whitworth. Arlee; Hardin L
Winslow. Horte: August WHITTIER
Horta; F.neas Threeheads. Arlee.
Dispatches from Helena announce
that the district board, in sessio
there, had passed upon the claims 70
exemption on industrial grounds Q
Earl w. Stickney. Charles \. Smitf
Wilbur II. Bailey and Henry f. Hayes
all of Aissoula. The board denied III
claims of Stickney and allowed tn
claims of the others.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
Wore Hat Under Coat:
!; Must Explain to Judge

With $500 in his pocket and a SO
gold niece on his watch chain, J. S.
Gordon strolled into Barney's Fashion
Shop yesterday afternoon and at
tempted a money conservation plan of
hat buying. He priced a few new
styles of headgear, placed a modish
green hat under his coat. and strclled
out. When arrested the hat was still
concealed beneath his coat.
Gordon will be tried for petty lar
ceny in Justice Gagnons court Mon
day.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
University Man Ready
to Enlist in Marines

William Kane. a former university
student, arrived in Missoula yester-
day with the intention OF enlisting in
army.
Kane was one of last years students
at the university. where he was promi-
nent in student activities. He held the
office of cheer leader last term and
for two years has been a member of
the glee club. Kane spent the summer
doing forestry work near Camp
Crook, South Dakota
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
Mexican Mines Prepare
to Resume Operations

Chihuahua City. Mex. Sept. 1.--Con-
ditions in the state of Chihuahua are
becoming such as to warrant speedy
rcopening of all mines and other in
dustries, General Francisco Murguia,
commander of the division of the north,
today assured representatives of the
Aivarado Mining company.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
CUNNINGHAM INTO ARMY,

County Physician L. F. .Conyngham
passed the physical examination for
the army medical corps at Helena yes
terday. He took the examination to
obtain a commission in the medical
corps of the army, and will receive
a lieutenantts commission II he Is H.
nally accepted.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
"Send Some Newspapers
Missoula Boys Appeal

Send some newspapers. We fight
to get hold of any that come" writes
Eddie Dawson. son of Sam Dawson of
Missoula, who is with Company G.
Fourth Engineers. at Vancouver bar
racks. Washington. Dawson writes
that he is having an enjoyable time,
and expects to see Ed Craighead, who
is also at the barracks. soon.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
TWO MOTORISTS ARRESTED.

Two more yiolators Of the automo-
bile traffic laws We're arrested and
bile traffic laws were arrested by Mis-
soula police yesterday and fined
was fined $40 by Justice. ct the Peace
Dyson for driving a machine without
license plates. and j. r. Mason. who
gave s. to Justice Gagnon for running
an automobile with only one license
attached.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
Recruiting Takes Slump
After Unusual Activity

Recruiting work took a slump at the
Aissoula office yesterday when only
two men signed up to follow the colors.
The recruits are John II. Nelson of
Blackfoot. Idaho, who enlisted in the
medical corps, and Charles T4ariyire,
Spokane, Washington. who joined the
field artillery.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
College Registrar Here
to Visit SchOOlmates

Miss Marion Fergus, former stu
dent at the university and assistant
editor of the 1917 Sentinel, the uni
yersiay annual. arrived in Missoula
yesterday, where she is visiting old
college chums. Miss Fergus is now
registrar at the State Normal College
at Dillon.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
College Baseball Star
Has Lots o. Company

A letter received yesterday from Sam
Crawford. former university baseball
star, states that he has been trans
ferred to Fort Douglas. Douglas. Ari-
IONA. where he is now IN company
with "Swede" Johnson. Richie New
man. "Muggsy" McGraw. Bland Or
gain and Neil McPhail. all former stu
dents at the state University.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
DIVORCE TO MRS. WAUGH.

A divorce was granted by Judge a.
l.. Duncan yesterday to Mrs. Idah B.
Waugh from William r. Waugh The
divorce was granted by default, as the
husband failed to appear to contest
the suit
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED.

A marriage license was issued late
yesterday afternoon to Howard G..
Harvey of Missoula and Helen Hart Of
Olean, New York.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-09-02
INDIANS GIVEN LICENSE.

James Matt and Helen I.amoose,
both half-breed Indians from Arlee.
We're granted a marriage license yes
tcrday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29

to accept a position with Moscow
Beauty Parlors, of which Mrs. Nettie
Ewes is owner Miss Brown will be
in charge of the %manucuring depart
ment of the parlors.
Too good to miss, anton, The Ter
rible" tonight only at the Strand The
alter. Regular prices. O3
County Assessor e. j. Gemmill re-
turned yesterday afternoon from Boise
where he spent last week attending d
convention of the assessors of the
state.
j. E. Donovan of the western office
of the federal department of dairying.
with headquarters at Salt Lake, is in
the city comforting with President
Brannon and Dean Iddings, relative to
dairying activities in Idaho. He also
addressed the students of the dairy
ing department this morning at Nor
rill hall.
Mrs. Mae Williams and o. H. Grow, a
prominent Latah rancher, were mar
ried in Astoria, Ore, yesterday, &C
cording to word received by relatives
today. They will spend several months
touring the Pacific coast before re-
turning to make their home on Mr..
Crows ranch, six miles southwest of
the city.
Leslie Harold Barnett, the four
weeks old infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
A. Barnett. who died Saturday at the
Barnett home two miles east of Mos
COW, was buried yesterday afternoon
at 1870 O'Clock from the family home,
the Rev. Mr.. Robert Warner officiating.
Death resulted from an attack of acute
bronchitis.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
ADVERTISING
Drive AWAY HEADACHE
Rub Musterole on Forehead
and Temples

A headache remedy without the dan.
gers of headache medicine" Relieves
headache and hat miserable feeling from
colds or congestion. And it acts at once
Musterole is a clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. Better than a
mustard plaster and does not blister.
Used only externally, and in no way can
affect stomach and heart, as some in
terna1 medicines do.
Excellent for sore throat, bronchitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, con-
gestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
all pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilbiains,
frosted feet, colds of the chest Git often
prevents pneumouia).
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29

"Brainstorm'' 2-reel Foxfilm comedy.
THE Runaway Sleeper 2-reel Helen
Gibson drama. AN Evening to Man
kind 2-reel Stingaree drama and Pic
torial No. u. "Canimated Nooz7 is the
program at the Orpheum tonight. The
FoXfilm comedies are said to be un-
usually funny with original situations
full of clean laughs. A program that is
different, at the Orepheum tonight.
See it,. 03
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29

Job Prfnting-Star Mirror.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
RAILROAD TIME CARDS
TO AND FROM MOSCOW
NORTHERN PACIFIC

For LeWistOn:
No. 81 Daily Lv 1890 p. N.
No. 313 Daily Lv 1858 p. m
For Spokane:
No. 312 Daily Lv 10:47 a. m.
No. 314 Daily Lv 3:15 p. n.
No. 81 connects at Arrow junction
for all points on Clearwater line and
at North Lapwai for all points on
Camas Prairie line to Grangeville.
No. 314 connects at Spokane with
main line to all points west to the
coast and to all points east. No
change from Spokane to Chicago.
r. w. MORRIS. Apent
DIV. r. G. n.
For ColfaX:
No. 81 Daily. Motor Lv SIS a. m.
No. SO Daily. Motor Lv 100 p. N.
No. IS Elk. Sun, Mixed Lv $50 p. m.
From Colfax:
No. 50 Daily, Motor Ar 11:55 a. m.
No, 81 Daily, Motor Ar 800 p. N.
No. sc Ex. Sun, Mixed Ar 1880 D. a..
Trains No. 81 and No. IS connect at
Colfax with trains for Southern Idaho
points, Salt Lake and all points east.
d. HOUSE. Agent.
SPOKANE & INLAND EMPIRE
For Spokane:
No. % caves Moscow SUI a.. m.
No. g. leaves Moscow 1880 a. m.
No. 60 leaves Moscow 1886 D. m.
From Spokane:
No. 81 arrives at Moscow 11:35 a. M.
No. &C arrives at Moscow 1920 p. m.
No. 6S arrives at Moscow 7:10 p. m.
Connections
Direct connections at Spokane for
all points east and west on Great Nor
thern and Northern Pacific Rys.
No. 65 connects with W., l. & M. al
Palouse for all points.
No. II connects at Palouse with W.,
L. & M. for Potlatch.
GEO.4S RICHARDSON, Agent.
w. J.. & M. (At PaiOuse)
Daily except Sunday.
No. ] Arrives from Potlatch 1850 a. M.
No. 8 Arrives from Bovill 500 p. m.
Sunday only.
No. 1 Arrives from Potlatch 1925 a. M
Daily except Sunday.
No. 2 Leaves for Bovill 10:40 a. N.
No. 4 Leaves for Potlatch 4.25 p. m.
Sunday only.
No. 2 Leaves for Potlatch 1885 p. M
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
City News In Brief

W. r. Newland, principal of the Viola
schools, spent Saturday in Moscow.
Money on farm security. Thomp-
son-Mickey Realty Co. M13tf
Mrs. Jerome J. Day and family left
yesterday for Northport to join Mr..
Day. .
Ed. H. Mcconnell was down from
Spokane yesterday to visit his par
ents.
Miss Opal Sumner, who is teaching
at Aspendale, was shopping in town
Saturday.
Henry Hall, an insurance adjuster of
Spokane is in the city to adjust the
fire loss of the Forney building.
Mrs. W. G. Gates, who has been Wis
iting with relatives in Montana, has
returned to her nome in the city.
Postoffice Inspector ]. R. F~ullinwider
of Spokane was in the city Friday. He
returned to Spokane Saturday morn
ing.
A marriage license was issue Sat
urday afternoon to Glenn Powers of
Nezperce and Miss Trula York of Cot
tonwood.
Herman Schuyler, manager of the
Potlatch Telephone company, of Ken
drick, was a business visitor at the
county seat Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Robinson have
moved from their former home on
South Jefferson to the house at the
corner of Eighth and Washington. for
merly occupied by Zeta Delta.
w. j. Winslow of Caldwell, who has
been in the city for the past week at
tending conferences at the university,
will leave tomorrow for his home in
the southern part of the state.
w. B. Robinson and family have ar
rived in the city from Juliaetta and
Mr.. Robinson will take charge of
Moscow Hotel pool hall, which he
and his father purchased last week
from Chas. e. Bowers.
Moreno Brown arrived in the city the
latter part of the week from Montana
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29

ROADS AND CIVILIZATION.

" n0H60 AMI l. iONs "
\ - i
y Good country roads bring the y
y farmer and his products much y
y nearer the ~neighboring centers y
y of population than had been i'm y
y agined. increase the value of his y
y possessions and give his children y
y better educational opportunities y
y than were possible before. says y
y Thomas f. Logan in Leslie's !;
= Weekly. Investigations conduct y
y ed in sever counties in the south y
y indicate a rise in farm values on y
y or near improved country roads y
y of $40 to $50 per acre between Y
y 1909 and 1914. On an old coun- y
y try road in Alabama the average Y
y load that could be hauled before y
y improvement was about 1900 y
i pounds. This increased to $500 y
y pounds or more when the road y
y was improved, and the differ y
y nee in hauling cost represented y
y a saving in a single year suffi- y
Y cient to meet the entire bonded y
y Indebtedness for the new road y
y were it all applied to that pur- y
y pose. In many instances the new y
y roads resulted in the immediate y
y conduct of commercial enter y
y prise which before could not y
y have been undertaken with prof y
y it. The best feature of all is the y
y increase in school attendance y
y that followed, the average at y
y tendance rising from sixty-siX to y
y seventy-six pupils out of every y
y 100 enrolled. y
!. Y
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
PRACTICAL

If you would succeed in bust
ness never spend a cent more
than you earn. No matter how
small your earnings, you should
master this art. use the word
TART" advisedly, as SO many
young men appear to fritter
away without so much as a
thought all their earnings.-Mar-
shall Field.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
TODAY'S MARKET QUOTATIONS

The following market quotations are
the prices paid to the producer by the
dealer and are changed daily, thus CIV
ing the public the accurate quotations
in all classes of grain, produce and
meats:
The grain quotations below were
furnished today by the Mark p. Miller
Milling company of Moscow.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our kind friends
and especially the Moscow Fire De-
partment for the sympathy shown dur
ing the recent illness and death of our
father and brother.
03 MARVIN SHELDON.
JOE SHELDON,
HARRY w. SHELDON,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29

The daughter of today whose mother
has to wash all the dishes will have a
daughter of her own some day to raise
in similar idleness.-Florida Times-U I'm
ion.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29
Somewhat.

Willis-What system do these mill
tary a%eroplanes work on? Gillis-One
person runs the machine, and the 9th
er is just an observer, but both of them
fight. Willis-I see; just like being
married.-Toledo Blade.
Iah prfuffng-gtnr Mirror.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-01-29

Dearest, I ordered to be sent HON
today a most beautiful hat for only
$50. It's a perfect lover
MY darling. your love will be re-
turned Puck.