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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
PETITION FILED FOR
RTVERDhLE DRAINAGE DIST.

A petition has been filed in
the district court for this county
asking for the creation of a
drainage district which embraces
the lands in the Riverdale Tract
and owned by the Milwaukee
lumber company, east of the city.
The purpose of the proposed dis
trict is to dixie and drain the
lands contained in its boundaries
TO keep them free from the spring
floods, which, it is stated, here
tcfore have done great damage
to the agricultural and manufac-
turing interests located therein. "
1t is proposed to enlarge and
strengthen the dixie already sur
rounding a part of the property,
which is now insufficient for the
proper protection of the lands
-and to purchase and install a
pumping plant with sufficient
power to eject the overflow water.
The area of the land affected by
the proposed district is given as
600 acres.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05

The committee in charge an
nounces that all preparations
have been made for a big demon
stration in honor of the men from
this county who will leave to-
morrow for the mobilization camp
at American Lake, where they
will start training for service in
the national army. A ball and
reception will be held this eve
ming at the Grand Theatre at
which all drafted men will be
guests of honor. The music for
the occasion will be furnished by
a six piece orchestra and no
pains have been spared by those
in charge to make the affair
success. After the expenses are
betrayed the remainder of the
proceeds will be turned over to
the local chapter of the Red
Cross, the ladies of which will
have charge Of the refreshments.
Starting at five O'Clock tomor-
row evening all the whistles in
the city will blow for five minutes.
"a parade, headed by the st. MaFies
band, will be formed at the Grand
Theatre and the line of march
will follow the principal streets
and end at the depot, where ad-
dresses will be delivered by sey-
eral local speakers. All the stores
and business places in the city
are asked to close from five to
six o'clock.
The men who VIII leave tOmor-
row represent the second forty
per cent of the quota from this
county and will be twenty-six in
number. Forty per cent Of the
total number called from this
county is % but three of the men
will go with other cOntingents.
Nels Pearson will go with one of
the contingents from Portland,
Ore; Albert Prater has secured
permission to go with the men
sent from Spokane; and Victor
Jones is now in the east and will
go with one of the contingents
there.
The men will report at the
court house in this city at 1000
Saturday morning for roll-call
and at that time two men will be
appointed who will have charge
lof the party en- route. The men
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
ARE COMPILING DATA
FOR FOREST MAP

F. J. Cool, who is connected
with the Forest Service, with
headquarters at Missoula, is in
this section assembling data for
a, new forest map of the st. Joe
and St. Maries river country.
Much work has already been done
by the forest service on this map
and the advance sheets are now
il the hands of the local forestry
Office for correction purposes.
ThvWmap, when completed, will
include all of Benewah county,
the sou, ~ part of Kootenai
county, afr7Of Shoshone county in
tile st. Joe and st. Maries river
drainages, all of Latah county in
the Potlatch and PalOuse river
drainages and the extreme north
ern portion of Clearwater county.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
REFoRESTINe WORK
PROGRESSING FAVoRABLY

The tree planting work being
carried on by the local forestry
Office near Avery is progressing
favorably, with three crews of
planters i'm the field. About for
ty-fve men are. being employed
on this work at the present time
and the forestry Office is desirous
OF securing about fifteen more,
in order to put on a fourth crew.
Al the present time the men are
planting about $4,000 trees per
day and it is estimated that the
work Of planting will be COM
.pleted by the last of this month.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
Third BeneWah
Contingent To Go
FAREWELL PROGRAM FOR DRAFTEDMEN
Citizens Will Parade In Honor OF Soldiers. Sew
CraI Changes In Men Called.

will then be at liberty until four
o'clock in the afternoon, when
they will have dinner. A second
roll-call will be held at the depot
fifteen minutes before the depar-
ture of the train.
A number Of changes have been
made in the men who will go al
this time. The cases of A. l..
Vecellio and Pasquale Angelo Es-
.posito, both of whom were in
.cluded in the men to go at this
time, have been reopened by the
district board and both men
granted exemption. Both are
aliens. Mace John Sheahan is in
the Sacred Heart hospital in Spo-
kane suffering from a wound and
another man will be necessary to
take his place. The following is
the revised list of men who will
leave tomorrow:
Louis B. Dunson, st. Maries.
Frank Aldin Inman, Ferrell.
Claude E. Hallead, st. Maries
w. Paul Davis, st. Maries.
Dan Carson, st. Maries.
Leonard Curtis Kays, Tekoa.
William F. Kalb, st. Maries.
William John Phair, st. Maries.
Glenn Harvey Irwin, Tekoa.
Elmer j. Smith, st. Maries.
Chase w. Raney, st. Maries.
Olaf C. Johnson, Plummer.
Edward w. Mccormick, St.
Maries.
Guy Earl Markham, Tensed.
Harry c.. Allberry, st. Maries
Alfred Wold, st. Maries.
james R. VanhOrn, Fernwood
Jacob Fox, Tensed.
Guy MillrOy Woodruff, Sanders
NJ. A. McRae, Spokane.
Jay Douglas Kidder, st. Maries
Andrew Ajdukovic, St. Maries
Herman A. Danz, st. Maries.
Carl w. Mohring, st. Maries
Guy Van Buren Tyson, Fern
wood.
Joseph William Thompson
Fernwood.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
Many Apply For
Lumberjack Regiment
POTLATCH SENDS Fifteen RECRUITS
Accepted Men Start Immediately For Training
Camps At Washington. D. c.

Roscoe Haines, supervisor Of
the st. Joe National Forest, re-
turned the latter part of the
week from a trip to Potlatch, on
which he secured ten recruits for
the second lumberjack regiment
which is now being organized.
Mr.. Haines had already secured
five applications from Potlatch,
which brings the total number of
recruits already secured from
that place for the second lumber
jack regiment up to fifteen.
In addition to the men secured
at POtlatch several other appli-
cations have been received from
woodsmen in this section, al
though st. Maries is falling be-
hind in the number of applicants
for the second regiment. The
following is a list of the men
secured by the local forestry
Office who have been already ac-
cepted and are now on their way
to the training quarters at
Washington, ID. c.:
Walter f. Kahrs, David S. OIL
son, Arthur E. Anderson, Charles
Wardhop, Sam Grafton, Guy E.
Van Buskirk, Bayard II. Larson,
John C. Robinson, Raymond w.
Tice, Archie p. Bice, Lloyd NJ
Baldwin, Mark w. Seymour, Les
ter(G. Flesher and Andrew n.
\ 6nerOn, all of Potlatch; Fred
johnston, Princeton and Ernest
L. Smith, Fred Jackson and Hen
ry Piger, of st. Maries.
Practically all of these men
have been listed within the past
two weeks, which is a very cred
liable showing for the local for
estry office. The government is
not holding these men at Spo-
kane as was formerly done but
is sending them Immediately to
Washington, d. c., where they
receive training for early service
in France.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05

This is the only section in North
Idaho which is not provided with
adequate maps at the present
time.
The map will contain all towns,
streams, railroads, telephone
lines. roads, trails and all pat
ented mining claims. 1t will also
include all work done by the u. S.
Geological Survey, General Land
Office Rectangular Surveys and all
county and private surveys. When
completed it will contain a good
Typographical map of all the st.
Joe river country from Calder to
the Montana state line.
The map will be printed in
three colors, showing the con-
tours i'm brown, the land lines in
black and the streams in blue.
Mr.. Cool is gathering his infor-
nation from all sources and any
one who has any material can
assist materially in procuring a
good map by notifying the local
land office. Those contributing
material will be presented with a
map upon its completion. Three
maps Will be compiled from the
data, on the scale of 1 inch to the
mile; y inch to the mile and a
inch to the mile.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
FUNERAL OF FORMER
DEPUTY SHERIFF SAWYER

The funeral of Harry Sawyer,
sheriff of Boundary county, who
died Monday after a long illness,
was held yesterday at BonAePs-
Ferry. It was attended by a large
number of Mr., Sawyer's friends
from Coeur d'Alene, Standpoint.
and other north Idaho cities, in
several from here. Mr..
Sawyer was we'll known in this
city, having served several years
as deputy sheriff of Kootenai
county before the county was
divided. He was elected sheriff
OF Boundary county at the gem
eral election last fall.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05
Drainage District
PetitiOned For
LA VEINE FILES PAPERS WEDNESDAY
Will Include All Overflow Lands On St. Joe And
St. MarieS Rivers.

from the lands during the spring
freshets of each year and for
this purpose it is necessary to
dredge, widen and improve the
outlet of Occur d'Alene lake in
order that the flood waters may
be permitted to flow unob-
structed."
The successful carrying out of
this project will mean much to
this section of the state, in fact
to all the surrounding territory.
The losses caused by the high
water breaking the dikes and
overlooking the lands Of these
valleys are enormous, not only
to the farmers, but to the lumber
companies and other industries
and incidentally to this and the
other cities of this section.
The question of forming all
these overnowed lands into one
large drainage district was first
broached in 1913, when a mass
injecting was held at Harrison to
consider the question. On ac-
count of the failure of the legis-
lature to properly pass the bill
permitting the creation of such
districts, nothing could be done
at that time. Since then several
other attempts have been made
hut have failed for one reason or
another and it was not until this
summer that the work of forming
the district was actively started.
About the first of June of this
year a meeting was held at Har-
rison, at which were present
about fifty of the leading proper
ty owners of the proposed dis
trict, men who had sustained
heavy losses by reason of the
Overlooking of their land. At
that time two committees were
appointed to have charge of the
preliminary work Of forming two
drainage districts, one in this
county and the other in Kootenai
county. Two districts are neces-
sary as while the work of widen
ing and deepening the river will
be done in one county, the bene-
fit will accrue to both. The Be
lncwah county committee is COM
posed of Fred Herrick J. f. Lam
deryou and p. II. Sweeney and the
Kootenai county committee mem
bers are J. C. White, j. P. Pugh
and w. l.. Tripplet.
The work of preparing the. pc
tilions and circulating them was
started at once, the one in this
county being under the charge Of
lJ e. Landeryou. The petition
which was filed Wednesday con-
tains the signatures Of property
owners whose holdings represent
approximately 6OOO acres, or over
one-third of the entire acreage in
the proposed district. The law
requires the signatures of prop
erty owners representing one
fifth of the total acreage involved.
If the proposed districts are
created it is stated that the work
on the project will be started as
soon as possible and pushed
rapidly in an effort to have it
completed in time to take care Of
the high water next spring.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-10-05

Walter Morrison, who has been
employed as operator at the Mil
waukee depot in this city, has
enlisted in the signal corps of
the army and will leave for train
ing quarters this evening.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-10-12

liam Wall, and lying on the east
side of Emory river about one
mile west of Wartburg. The land
around the town, which land had
previously belonged to William
Wall, was purchased by Samuel
Scott in 1924. Sometime in the
thirties a county academy known
as "Walden's Academy" was es-
tablished. The building was a
two-story frame building and
stood Immediately behind the
Court House. The first Jail erect
ed was replaced by new one in
1851. In 1852 the County Court
appointed commissioners to SUI
perintend the erection of new
Court House which, however, was
never entirely completed These
buildings were used until 1870,
when on March 10Th of that year,
an election was held to decide
upon the removal of the seat of
Justice to Wartburg, which re-
suited in the favor of the removal.
Commissioners were appointed to
sell the property in Montgomery
with the exception of the jail and
to contract for the building of the
Court House. This building was
completed in the following fall at
a cost of S3,132.36. This was a
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-10-12
HISTOR
OF
Morgan County
From its Formation down to
the present day
4
Written by H w Summer
Continued from Last Week.

Continued from Last Week.
The first Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions was held Janu-
airy, 1918, but as the records have
been destroyed nothing is known
of its transactions. Soon, how
ever, a town was laid off on land
donated to the county by Daniel
S. Lavender and a Jail erected. 1t
was situated Is miles west of
Wartburg (the present county
site), on the Nashville road and
was known as Montgomery. In
1928 Fentress county was formed,
and it became necessary to re-
move the county seat to a more
central location. Accordingly on
June Is, 1926, a new town of
Montgomery was laid off on ten
acres of land purchased from Viii
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-10-12

structure erected in l9O4 at a cost
including furniture at about $l8.-
10000.
The county has a stone Jail,
erected in 1898. The Court House
is situated on a plat or square of
ground given to the public by a
deed of gift by Geo. F. Gerding in
1853, which is now covered by
a beautiful grove of sugar trees,
locust, cedar, sycamore and other
trees native to the soil, making
one of the most beautiful public
squares in East Tennessee.
The town of Wartburg had its
origin in a colonization company
formed in New York in 1845.
The leading members were Geo.
F. Gerding, Augustus Guenther
and Otto Kienbusch. A large
amount of land lying in the vi
cinity of where Wartburg now is
was purchased and sold to colon
lists who came principally from
Switzerland, though some from
Germany we're among them.
There were about fifteen families
in 1845 who located in Wartburg
or vicinity, and the next year
about Is families were added to
this number. With the advent of
these colonists the town of Wart-
burg was laid out, which in April,
1851, was incorporated.
After the Queen & Crescent
railroad was constructed through
the county, several thriving viii
lagos have sprung up along its
line, Sunbright, Lancing and Oak
dale, which are shipping points
for lumber and live stock. In the
northwest portion of the county,
at the junction of the Clear Fork
and White Oaks creeks, is the
Rugby colony, which originated
with company organized in Bos-
ton in 1877 under the name OF
Board of Aid to Land Owner
ship, Limited" with which Thos.
Hughs, Q. C., and John Boyle,
barristers at law, and other Eng
lish capitalists afterwards became
associated. 1t will be remem-
bered that Thomas Hughes is the
author of Tom Browns School
Days at Rugby as we'll as other
literary works of note.
In the western part of the coun-
ty is located the thriving village
of Deer Lodge, composed mainly
of northern settlers. This village
was founded about 1890 by Abner
L. Ross, a northern gentleman,
who induced many of his friends
and neighbors to settle in that
section. At this point is located
the Morgan county fair grounds.
In the southern part of the
county is located the thriving vii
lage of Oakdale, with a popula-
tion of about 1000 inhabitants. At
this point is located one of the
terminals of the Queen & CreS-
cent Railroad. 1t is also a ship
ping point for lumber and live
stock. Here in 1908 and 1904 the
county erected a magnificent
bridge which spans Emory river
at a cost of $l6,0O0.00.
In the eastern part of the coun-
ty on the Hartman and Northern
Railroad, is located the town of
Petros, near which is the Brushy
Mountain branch prison. Just
south of this place is the village
Of Coal6eld, which is an impor-
tant mining center.
Continued ~, pacn Th~aa
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-10-12

|> FOURTH DISTRICT
Sabbath School Convention
DEER LODGE, TENNESSEE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER II, 1917
a m Devotional Exercises rev summer
1os ~ welcoma Address 4s@. Miss Tida Adsmond
Renonse Bledsoe
Winning and Lavender
What do to Sunday School
Mrs Matte Lavender
Religious Duties to Sunday School Rev summer
a m Reports from Schools
of Committees, time and place.
NOON
oo ~ Ranors from Committees Aytes
m The successful Sunday School MRS Nora t1a"h
lao m Most important qualification teacher spiritual
80 or educational Stanley
cchoote A Wadden
ono - 49, uou +o ;n+erest little folks Otto Kenaedy
Ok = ~ The Absentee teacher TT Hayworh
23O m influence of Bible Class Jonn howard
245 p m Duty Superintendent FRANK "h'e
O. P. AYTES District President
MABEL S4ORER, Secretary.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-10-12

The Morgan Co Press, sI.oO a yea
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22

Butterwrappers at Glacier office.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22
CASCADE LOCnS.

A four inch fall of sugar snow fell
Monday, whitening up things in fine
shape. 1t stopped the work on the
road.
Mrs. J. W. Buttz is seriously indis.
posed and is in hospital in Portland.
j. H. Dunlap is home from La
Crosse, Wis, where he was attending
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Wind River Lumber Co.
Miss Rebecca Thompson, who has
been visiting her father at the Port.
land hospital, is home again.
Mrs. A. o. Adams was visiting her
son, Bert, at Underwood, Wash, last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
G A. Young, president of the Co.
lumbia Light & Power Co., autoed to
Portland last Friday.
Pat Lahey and others who began
making garden last week have hung up
the hoe and conc]uoed to wait for
spring.
Miss McKinsey, one of our teachers,
spent Saturday and Sunday in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Alvin attended
divine services last Sunday at an East
Side Presbyterian church in Portland,
but returned home Methodists.
Showing hard again Tuesday morn
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22
OAK GROVE

While playing at school one day last
week, Fern Reed fell on a rock and
broke collar bone.
Miss Ina Edmund went to Portland
to attend the concert given by Josef
Hoffman, Saturday night at the Heilig
theatre.
There was a party at the school
house Friday night for the Industrial
club. A very happy time is reported
by all. The evening was spent in play
ing games and before going home all
had all the cake and cocoa they could
eat
Miss Gould was unable to attend
school one day last week on account of
illness.
Mrs. G. A. McCurdy is visiting her
sister in Portland this week.
The Boys club has changed its even
ing of meeting from Friday to Thurs
day evenings.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22
PINE GROVE

Mr.. and Ms. j. B. Davis came from
Portland last Thursday and will be en-
ployed on the ranch of j. G. Jarvis the
coming season.
Mrs. A. |. Mason spent the week end
in Hood River at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Roland Wiley.
Miss Ethel Bickford, from White
Salmon, visited the home folks over
Saturdy and Sunday.
Clara Wuest visited her brother and
family last week.
Mrs. Rice, mother of Sam Campbell.
has returned to the valley and will be
permanent resident of Pine Grove.
The Hawaiian troubadours were
greeted with large house Wednesday
evening of last week. The receipts
were about $3.50.
The Pomona grange held also at
grange hall was well attended, over
100 being served dinner in an all day
meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Cameron, of
Hood River, were callers at the home
of J. G. Jarvis and family Sunday.
Last Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. E.
L. Lage entertained company of
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22
CENTRAL VALE

A meeting will be held at the school
house Saturday evening. Questions of
improvements will be discussed and all
the patrons of the school are requested
to be present.
The Mothers club meets Thursday,
March l, with Mrs. Ralph Lewis.
Mrs. Courtney Allen and children are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Allen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Sheppard and
family were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Furrow Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sol. Waine have moved
into the tenant house on the Garbade
ranch.
Omar and Elmer Creson are at Var
Horn pruning for T. A. Decker.
Mrs. l.. E.Roberts and children have
returned to our valley after spending a
year at Grants Pass. They are making
their home at present with Mrs. Alice
Leininger.
A. L. McCaulley, of The Dalles,
spent the week end on his ranch here.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22
TROUT LAKE.

The committee in charge of the East,
ern Star social last Saturday evening
had very interesting program, draw
ing hearts, piercing hearts and playing
hearts. Ice cream and cake were
served and everybody staid until late
hour. In no sense did it have the ap.
pearance of heatless occasion.
The Friday Night club had hard
time dance last Friday evening. A
large gathering and everybody in their
old clothes and patches.
The next meeting of the Neighbor-
hood club will be at the home of Mrs.
Rose Sickafoose, Friday afternoon,
March /. Subject, Mexico. Roll call,
an item of the Mexican situation.
We understand that at the spelling
contest at Goldendale last Friday even
ing Thelma Hall and Otis Smith ranked
third and Orley Elliff was not far be-
hind. We are proud of our young
spoilers.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-02-22
Grange Praises Blowers

Hood River, Ore, Feb. 20.
Editor Glacier Noticing by the pub
lished county court proceedings that
Mr.. l.. N. Blowers, our newly appoint
ed county judge. is not claiming all of
his legal salary, but is accepting only
the amount specified in initiative meas
ure recently adopted by the voters of
the county, We, the members of the
county grange legislative committee,
commend his action in recognition of
the wishes of his constituents as ex-
pressed at the polls and hereby public
ly express our appreciation of his just
and progressive public spirit.
A. /. Mason, chairman,
E. w. Dunbar.
G. H. Robbins,
H. S. Grouse,
Mary Frazier.