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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

bfore he could pass. He came
home and DR.. Platt performed
the operation. lie remained in
the hospital a week and waited
another week for the incisiOn to
heal. He took the second examin-
alton Monday in Spokane and
that afternoon his parents re-
ceived word from him that he had
passed and would leave that even
ing for Portland. He will receive
another examination at Portland
and if he passes will be sent to
Mares Island, where he will be
put in training after which he
will enter the navy as an electric
engineer.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
FAREWELL RECEPTION
FOR TEACHERS

A farewell reception will be
given on next Wednesday night
in the auditorium of the M. E.
Church, because Of the departure
of the following persons at the
close of the present school year.
Miss Vera Lyons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francisco, Miss Mable Lighter,
Mrs. Monroe and daughter, Mr..
Hoffstetter and Miss YOungs.
TO this farewell reception all
members and frinds of the hon
ored guests are invited, with their
friends.
The host will be the M. E.
Cbuch and its pastor.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
o'DWYER COMPANY
BUILDS WAREHOUSE

Increasing business mas com
PEELED the Geo. O'Dwyer Company
to enlarge its warehouse capacity
and it has begun the erection Of
new hay warehouse. 1t will be
built as an addition to the main
warehouse building and in order
to make room for it the hay shed
to the west of the main building
has been torn down. The size of
the addition is 4Ox6O. A strong,
durable building Will be construc-
ted, one that will be permanent
and adapted to the businss of the
company. It will be set on con-
crete post and Ready Roofing will
be used in its construction. The
new addition will give the com
pany 5000 square feet of ware
house floor room.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
Adopt Rules
For Auxiliary
STANDING COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Auxiliary Decides to Remain independent and Not
to Unite With COeur d'AIene or Spokane

LaVeine, Mrs. Flagg, Mrs. Platt,
Mrs. TOmpkins and Mrs. Craney;
Headquarters Room, Mrs. Rey-
nolds, Mrs Brebner and Mrs.
SHELTER; Sewing, Mrs. Cormier,
Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. A. c.. Wunder-
lick, Mrs. Armstrong and Mrs.
E N. Smith; Soliciting; Mrs. An
mis-, Mrs. Nesbitt and Mrs. b. A.
Johnson; First Aid: Mrs. S. r..
Hayes, Miss Mae Martin, Miss
Lottie Martin, Mrs. MacCraig and
Mrs. Eldridge; Supplies, Mrs.
Haines and Miss Keating.
Since the last meeting two mo-
tors for sewing machines and two
new sewing machines have been
donated by Mrs. Sarah Scott and
Mrs. holland. The Hagan Orches-
ira has also donated its services
to play at any entertainment the
Auxiliary may give.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

of Justice have all been inquired
Of and they have no knowledge of
This man. Signed,
Jno. Speed Smith
Chairman OF Naturalization
Examiner.
The above extract from Mr..
Shepperd's letter shows that Mr..
Siewerts arrest in Seattle was
erroneous.
A letter has been recent re
ceived from one Chas. II. Liddell,
iiO i-2 Second Street Raymond,
Wash, in which after stating
that Mr.. Siewert left Raymond
and has gone to Chehalis, Wash.
he said:
"Am delighted to tell you there
is no truth in the report about Mr..
Siewert. in his shot stay here he
has made many friends. I think
he is grand young man in every
respect. We miss him very much.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
Emergency Laws
Now In Force
CHANGE in MODE OF REGISTRATION
Amended Revenue Law Proposes That Tax Col
IeCtOr Shall Collect Personal Property Tax.

County Auditor Warren I.
Shepperd received a supply of the
emergency laws as passed by the
last session of the legilature Fri
day and the county officialswere
at once busy looking over the
changes in the laws as are now in
effect.
AS usual, this session of the
legislature like its predecessors
for many terms back made some
changes in the revenue laws, chief
Of which was the amending of
parts of the 1913 foreclosure law
on delinquency certificates. One
of the strong features of the
amendments was the allowing of
persons to redeem delinquency
certificates subject to foreclosure
after the two year legal limit had
expired, if the delinquency certi-
ficate was held by the county, and
foreclosure action not actually
started without paying the S25
attorney fee on foreclosure,
which has proven such a burden
and injustice where owners desire
to redeem after the legal expira-
, started.
= Another change in the revenue
law is in the collection of personal
property taxes. The old method
of having the assessor collect the
tax at the time Of assessing has
been changed in that the tax col
lector now handles the collection
of these taxes. The law as affect
ing personal property taxes is a
complete change from the old
systm and the county officials are
busy studying out how the practi-
cal operation of the law can be
best accomplished.
Another law passed under the
emergency clause is that regard
ing the registration of voters for
general. elections. The old pro-
cedure as in effect some years ago
of having the registration work
done by a registrar in each pre-
cinct is now agan in effect, thus
taking the registration out of the
hands of the notaries and justices.
1t also does away with the Clerk
Of the Court duties as to certify
ing the poll lists to the judges Of
the election as the poll listl will
now be prepared by the registrars.
1t appears from the provisions Of
the law that all voters will be
obliged to register for each cleo
ton.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
WAS WELL RECEIVED

From both an artistic and fin
ancial standpoin,, the Senior
Glass play presented last Friday
and Saturday nights in the High
School auditorium under the di-
rection of Miss Helen Dempsey,
was an unqualified success.
The cast, which was most hap
PLY selected showed the results Of
painstaking effort and excellent
training. Every member scored a
distinct hit. Leon Collar as Jones,
the unlucky travelling salesman;
Harold Wayne as the irascible
professor of anatomy and Orpha
Shay as the Swedish servant were
the bright particular stars.
The performance moved along
with a smoothness not commonly
found in amateur theatricals. It
had a snap and vim which v-af
highly appreciated by thS Sudl-
ence which attested its enjoyment
by frequent and prolonged ap-
plause.
Altogether the Seniors are to be
congratulated upon thier marked
success. and Miss Dmpsey is de-
serving Of a great deal of COM
raendation for the excellence of
the performance.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
National Guard
Company Here
HAS SEEN SERVICE ON TIE BORDER
To Guard The Milwaukee Railroad From TekOa
To Avery. Details Sent Out

Company b of the /. N. G.. is
stationed in this city. 1t arrived
here about six o'clock Friday
evening in special train COM
posed of three coaches and a bag
gage car from Boise. The COM
pany which is from Nampa, is
composed of lI9 men and three
officers. The commissioned Of
ficers are Geo. II. Van de Steege,
Captain, j. II. Murray, First Lieu
tenant, and A. j. Egbert, Second
Lieutenant
The orders under which the
company are acting are to guard
the Milwaukee from and incmd-
ing Tekoa, Wash, to and exclud-
ing Avery, Idaho, and it is direct
ed to make its headuarters in this
city. It's special duty is to guard
the tunnels and bridges between
these two points.
1t was raining when the COM
pany reached this city but FORUM
ately for the boys, they we're not
Obliged to make camp that night
but remained in the cars until
the next morning. A camping
place was secured in the ballpark,
which makes a fine camp ground,
affording plenty Of room for drill
ling.
Tents were pitched Saturday.
There are twelve troop tents, two
officers tents, one cook tent and
one dining tent. The company
has three cooks, only one of which
is in camp. The other two are out
with details. The company was on
the border last summer and most
cf the men show the effect in their
fine soldierly beaing.. About for
ty of them are new recruits and
they will be thoroughly drilled
and whipped into shape.
No time was lost after the COM
pany arrived. Two details were
sent out, one west to Tekoa and
the other east to Herrick on Sal
urday.
The rest of the men were set to
work making camp and drill will
be started at once. The details out
along the road will be changed
lregularly so that all will get a
taste of guard duty.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
GUS LOWE MAKES
GOOD ON COAST

Gus Lowe, who for years has
been the most popular of st. Mar
les baseball players has signed up
. contract for the coming season
with The Majestics, one of the
strong teams Of the Tacoma City
League. In a recent issue of the
Tacoma Ledger the following ex-
tract shows that Gus is making
good with the coast city Leaguers,
and is already regarded as one Of
their most valuable men.
Gus Lowe, the new man who
will do the catching for the Ma
jestics, has shown a wonderful
amount of class in every branch
OF that department. Fowler is
lucky to land such a man when
catchers are so scarce around
Tacoma.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
BENEWAH LOG DRIVE
REACHES THE LAKE

E. L. Stickney, who logged the
past winter on the lower part of
Benewah Greek ror the Export
Lumber company of Harrison has
finished diving his logs out of
the creek and they are now in
Benewah lake, where they will be
put into booms and towed to Har-
rison. There are two million feet
of logs i'm the drive.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
FRUIT TREES ARE
BADLY DAMAGED

In the course of an interview
with a representative of this pa
per, W. f. Scott, horticultural in
spector for district number one
stated that more than half of the
fruit trees four and five years
old are practically ruined.
lie said that the Kangaroo
mouse had been at work among
these and had peeled the bark
from them and in many instances
have completely ruined them. The
tres of that age, however, are the
only ones injurd. They do not
appear to have meddIed with
those younger and the trees above
that age are safe from harm.
He states that the long severe.
winter has not otherwise damag-
ed fruit either large or small
owing to the evenness of the
weather and the deep snow. The
lateness of the spring will assist
in the speedy growth and matur-
ing of blossoms and he appre-
hends very little danger from
late frOsts.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
FREIGHT WRECK STOPS
PASSENGER TRAIN

Tn passenger train on the Elk
River Branch only went as far as
Clarkia Monday. IL was prevented
from making the run to Elk River
by a wrevk to the freight train
which occurred between ClarlSia
and Boville. -Four or five cars
jumped the track and we're piled
in the ditch. II was causd by the
softening of the roadbed which
caused a misplacment Of the rails
when the heavy train ran onto
them.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

There was a meeting Saturday
afternoon at the Grand Theatre
of the St. Maries Red Cross Aux
iliary. The president, Mrs. J. C..
Hunt, told of her visit to the
Occur d'Alene and Spokane chap
ters, and reported that the Occur
d'Alene chapter was very anxious
for the st. Maries auxiliary to
unite with her. 1t was decided that
st. Maries should remain a separ-
ate auxiliary and Independent of
others, at least for the present,
and that it would take work from
Spokane at least until the Occur
d'Alene chapter perfected its or
ganization.
The committee appointed at
the last meeting of the organiza-
ton reported the following rules
and regulations for st. Maries
Auxiliary to American Red Cross,
which were adopted;
Object. The object of this or
|ganization shall be to aid the
American Red Cross Society. This
Auxiliary vii be guided by the
following rules:
No. 1 This organization shall
be known as tn st. Maries Auxxili-
airy to the American Red Cross.
No. 2. The officers shall con-
sist of: chairman, fst and 2nd
vice chairman, Secretary, Treas
urer, and Corresponding Secre-
tary to be appointed by the Chair
man if necessary.
No. 3. Officers shall be elect
ed annually at the last meeting in
March.
No. 4. Meetings shall be held
once a month on the last Saturday
Of each month unless a special
meeting is called by the chairman
No. 5. Membership in Ameri-
can Red Cross Society shall entitle
to membership in st. Maries Aux
iliary without further payment of
dues. Members desiring to join
local Auxiliary alone may do so on
payment of yearly membership
fee of SOC.
No. 6. 1t shall be the duty of
the chairman to appoint all COM
mittees.
The following standing COM
mittees were appointed by. the
lpresidnt: Ways and Means Mrs
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
COLLEGE BOYS
AS NAVY RECRUITS

Last Friday evening the second
section of number II which pas
sed through here about 8 O'Clock
contained two cars loaded with
recruits for the navy and marine
corps on their way to Mares
Island. They were from Mime
sofa and the Dakotahs. One car
was filled with college men from
the University of Minnesota.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
IRA WARREN PASSES
EXAMINATION FOR NAVY

Ira ATarren, oldest son OF
Mr.. aBz5y1rs. Z. NJ. Warren left
Mondag snorning for Spokane to
join the navy. He went down
first and took the examination
April 3, but was informed that he
would have to have an operation
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
REPORTS OF SIEWERT'S
ARREST UNFoUNDED

The many friends of b. +. Sic
vert of this city will be pleased to
learn that there is no truth in the
report that he was arrested as a
German spy. This information was
received in two letters received
here, extracts from which are Civ
en- below.
Seattle, Wash.
Warren #. Shepperd,
Clerk of Court.
st. Maries, Ida.
Sir
have just received yours of
the 2Oth in regards to b. Z. Sic
vert, who filed petition number 8
in your court and was admitted
to citizenship Nov. 20, 1915 and
.rplying thereto, beg TO say that
inquiry here fails to elicit any in
formation to this mans arrest in
this city.
The United States Attorney
Chief secret servic operators
special agents of the Department
Evening star., 1917-09-06
FRENCH SAVE TREES.
Restoration After Hun Devastation
Called a Miracle.

Eror, Trrn''"r Advertiser.
1t has been recorded that even Ger
man soldiers forced TO carry out the
orders of their superiorS as regards
DESTROYING the fruit trees in the fertile
Trrench orchards, performed their task
with disgust Perhaps they Will not be
SORRY to hear that their lahors have
NOT been so successful as their COM
lnauderS wished.
In the hurry of their retreat. with a
fierce enemy in close pursuit. the Huns
had not the tim" to cut The trees COM
uletelv down They, however, resorted
TO the exnodient, which seemed almost
eoualIv effective of cutting off a cir
Gle of bark around each tree and thus
killing it's productiveness. French
genius has triumphed over malignant
deva station.
The miracle of the trees has been
- accorrpIiehed. The wounded trees have
been surgical1y treated, and are pro-
.rreesirr to complete recovery and Il
renewed lie of fruitfulness Even
those reduced to n stump. but with the
roots still preserved, have been rescued
Inv ingenious means and are spared to
vicId once more their juicy produce.
Less than three months ago" says
n war correspondent. "a thousand
square kilometers of French soil was
retaken from the Germans. but it was
an area blasted. h'a"korcd and devas-
toted as though a terrible scourge had
passcd over it. Today il is blooming
and blossoming like a rose" The vic
tory over the enemy has been double.
Evening star., 1917-09-06
Children May Write on These Wall!

From the Popular Science Monthly
Why would children rather write on
immaculate walls than on writing
paper? Because, first, their mothers
caution them not to do it, and, second
because the walls are whittier and tha
writing looks better on them than II
does on paper. But the time has come
when the mother need fear for the
white nursery walls no longer. They
can. indeed. be changed from a source
of irritation to educational purposes
by means of a finish which makes
them washable. In other words. ali
pencil. crayon and pen marks NAV be
washed away. Consequently, the wall
surface is as good a place for drawing
pictures or working examples as the
ordinary blackboard
Although the finish is intended pri-
marily for the walls of the nursery. it
may be used in the kitchen. living
room. or other part of the house where
children are wont to try out their ar
tistic ability on the walls. The finish
may be in any one of a number of dir
ferent shades.
Evening star., 1917-09-06
STOCKS VERY YERRA1|C,
STEEL SHOWS STRENGTH

NEW YORK. September e.-With the
immediate opening stocks showed
f1rmer tone, the defeat of excessive
profits taxation plans giving strength
to steels and equipments and they in
turn to the rest of the list.
But the bears, with a long line OF
short stock outstanding and fat profits
from recent operations, were not IN
clined to permit the market to get away
from them without a fight They ra1ded
New Haven, and, finding it easy, per-
sisted. from time to time. in pressing
it little harder. with good effect from
their viewpoint
Initial advances of 1 to y points
were very generally wiped out IN the
industrial list before the end of the
first hour. and recovery started again
which carried prices to better than yes
terdayS closing.
Then again the bears hit New Haven.
this time for 2i2 points. and a new ~"
on the stock in it's long record. ~ ~.
In the industrial list the bears found
Industrial Alcohol, Crucible Steel zen
eral Motors and several other STOCKS
without good support and pounded them
for severe declines about , points on
the average with Republic iron ana
Steel also weak, to a new low Tor the
day. at 81 L.
With the advent of the noon hour an
other advance was started on some OF
the stocks. but the ones specihea as
among the weaklings made small I'M
provement, United States Steel. com
mon, recovering 1a. sharply and mold
ing little better than yesterday
throughout the noon hour Cruclnle
Steel came back ~ points from the 10"
and some others. / to 1i2.
The rails We're the soft point OF the
market and made recovcrieS IN the IN
dustrial list more difficult by reason OF
their weakness New York Central lost
14 to Is; Baltimore and Ohio did not
hold an early gain; Union Pacif1c broke
to 1878: southern Railway TO % Is, ana
Reading, to S2I2.
In the noon hour the market again
displayed moderate strength probabi y
induced by the covering of shorts, Win
some new orders. Even the rails shared
in the betterment. which was also IN cNi-
dence in the second hour of the alter
noon.
New Haven recovered to 27Ss. Read
ing to So, Union Pacific to 1854 and
New York Central from 10, the low TO
7612.
Steel common was one of the trmest
of the industrials advancing to lO9. or
/ Il net; Mercantile Marine reSained lis
loss. Industrial Alcohol, all but about Il
point of its decline, while truclbIe
Steel made d net gain of 2i2 points Tor
the session Bethlehem Steel Il shares
held at point net loss.
1t was an extremely nervous market
with irregular fluctuations the rule.
St Paul and General Motors showed
especial weakness in the final hour,
both sustaining severe losses The Ell
feet was about a point loss on the IN
dustrials generally, with the market
slow in the last hour. Considerable r.
regularity was shown in the stock list.
Evening star., 1917-09-06
Protecting Fish and Game.

From the Milwaukee Journal.
Hunters and anglers are directing
great deal of adverse criticism at the
states fish and game wardens Some
of these criticisms are sound and just
Others are unfair because too sweep
ing They fail to make proper dis
elimination.
The truth is that there are wardens
and wardens. Some are efficient and
some are not. Some merely hang
around railroad stations. killing time
instead of detecting and preventing
1awlessness. Others. alert and indus
trious. as well as skilled in woodcraft
keep close watch of the haunts of
poachers. wherever they may be- For
example. some Wardens. although the
mercury was far below zero, have been
as busy as ever since the close of the
deer season and have arrested law
breakers and confsCated their venison
That the protective system can be
greatly improved there is no doubt.
The work should be absolutely removed
from all connection. direct or indirect.
with partisan politics. None except
efficient men should be retained in or
appointed TO the service. In the north
woods men of the type of forest
rangers. men skilled in woodcraft, are
what is imperatively needed The
number. moreover. should be sufficient
to insure effective work
Hunters and anglers should mist upon
the measures of betterment Doubtless
they will find a strong public sentiment
back Of them.
Evening star., 1917-09-06
LONG BASE BALL BATTLES.

There were several features of un-
usual interest connected with the great
notwithstanding game played IN
Brooklyn last week, in which the Ma
tional League champions defeated
Pittsburgh. s to 5. This battle estab-
lished new record for extra innings
in the senior organization, and, strange
to relate, Pittsburgh figured in the
former record game. which was played
in Smoketown in 1915 New York win
ning--3 to lin the tWenty-hrst III
ming Pittsburgh still remains one of
the figures in the National League rec
ord game but the victor's palm passes
from New York to Brooklyn. But
what seems to us still more remark
able, Marquard, who was the winning
pitcher in the contest three years ago,
was credited with the victory in the
newly established record game. when
pitching three years ago Mariuard
went the entire route alone, but in the
Cadore and Cheney. Another Brooklyn
pitcher was warming up preparatory to
succeeding Marquard had il become
necessary. This was Jack Coombs, the
same Coombs who still holds the
worlds record of winning the longest
major league game on record. This
game was played in Boston. September
]. 1906, and, like the one in Brooklyn,
was the first of an intended double
header.
Coombs had reported to Connie Mack
about two months before after finish
ing his course at Colby College and had
done nothing remarkable as a pitcher.
gainst him was another younEster.
Harris by name. who faded out of sight
with the end of that championship sea-
son. The Athletics won in the twenty
fourth inning by scoring three runs
the final score being to /. Boston made
fifteen hits, while the Athletics We're
credited with sixteen. There was not
"A change or substitution in the Athletic
team. while Boston sent in substitute
batter and used two Catchers CoombS
struck out eighteen men to his on
ponent's four. Coombs today is the
only player who participated in that
famous pattle remaining in the major
leagues.