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~ realization through war S
II events. The dream of the Cape
q to Cairo railway is likely to be-
come a feasible project.
At last accounts the German forces
in German East Africa only held a
small corner in the southeast, and the
British, Indian and native African
forces were pressing them closely. The
intention is that when peace negotia-
tons are begun Germany shall not
have n foot of her former territory in
this part of Africa.
Persons who understand the African
situation know that as an outcome OF
peace Germany either will lose the
territory entirely, or if it be restored
to her this will be under conditions
which will permit the construction OF
the 6O0-mile section of the Cape to
Cairo line which lies within what here
tofore has been known as German
East Africa.
British and continental papers, and
some Egyptian journals, recently have
commented, although with reserve, on
the Cape to Cairo railway as a factor
in peace negotiations. They have been
agreed that as relates to Africa peace
will have little value unless it make
possible the construction of this line
through the removal of what hereto
fore were regarded as political OBJ
stacles.
There have been some hints of neu-
Trailing or internationalizing the line.
although Cecil Rhodes dream was of
complete British domination, and some
of the British imperialists still Will
hear of nothing else. But there are
British statesmen who are not SO ex-
IRENE.
The Cape to Cairo railway has been
considered visionary as a project, but
magnificent as a dream, something
like the Pan-American railway has
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to the sun. with enough left over to
have belted old Mother Earth at the
equator with a band of boards three
and a half miles in width. That little
remainder, II cut into flooring, could
have carpeted New England. New York,
New Jersey. Delaware and Maryland.
The total area of our original wood
lands was more than eight hundred and
fifty million acres. it was greater than
one-third Of all Europe.
This immense forest was divided into
five tracts. There were the northern
woods. the home of the white pine,
covering an area six times as great as
that of Ohio. or about thirty times the
size of Massachusetts. There were the
southern forests. made largely of yell
low pine and cypress. which were about
equal in size to that of the northern.
and there was the central forest. which
lay between. The central forest was
almost all hardwoods. 1t had an area
larger than the timber lands north
and south. and the lumber within it
was about half as much more as in
either of the other two divisions. If it
were stretched around the world. it
would have made band of forest
about two miles in width.
In addition to these there were the
Rocky Mountain forests. which con-
tatned something like four hundred
billion board feet, and the Pacific coast
forests, which were smaller in area. but
which had the biggest trees of the
country. They had the redwoods, the
western yellow pine and the Douglas
fir. They contained the greatest giants
of vegetable growth the world has ever
seen. and had more lumber to the area
than any other woods known to his
tory. The area of those forests was
about twice the size of Pennsylvania,
but the stand was so great that 1t
euualed the hardwood central forest Of
the east. and contained enough lumber,
half 1ohn
with inch boards to a width of two
miles.
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structed of wood. Each of these will
need one and half million feet of
lnmber. enough to floor thirty acres.
and the total will be something like
four hundred million feet. or at least
two-thirds of the amount required for
the barracks. At five thousand feet to
the mile. for easy figuring. the ship
lumber would more than plank an au-
tomobile highway, sixteen feet wide.
reaching from Boston to San Francisco,
and from St Paul to New Orleans.
Many of these vessels are now under
way. New shipyards have been Gre
ated for them in many parts of the
south and in the northwest. as well as
along the north Atlantic coast. and the
work is going on according to plans
and specifications. The ships built in
the eastern part of the country are
being largely made of yellow pine. with
select white oak for such parts as re-
quire harder materials. The knees are
of oak, spruce. tamarack. cypress or
using Douglas fur in place Of the yell
low pine. and they will use gum or
iron bark where hardwood is required
Among the other buildings required
by the government are some for the
Y. NJ. c. A.. which will probably be
similar TO those used at Panama for
the same purpose. These have been
planned by the war work council, and
will be situated at the army and navy
training camps throughout the country.
They will number two hundred and will
be clubhouses or amusement places for
the men in the camps. Each building
will take about thirty-seven thousand
feet of lumber. and it will include
hall seating about thousand men,
which will be used for moving picture
shows and lectures, as we'll as for re-
ligious addresses There will also be
classrooms and probably arrangements
for athletics Of one kind or other
The government will need as much
as zoo, 000. 900 feet of lumber for train
ing camp buildings for the navy. and
the navy will require a great deal for
small boats of various kinds.
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0Y1TRsSomsss' Tramp sla m nsa%n, Tn.
marching away In Septem-
9..,- q Der from their homes in
every city. town and hamlet In the
United States to get ready to do their
part In winning the war for dem
ecracy. whittier are they going for
this military training which will make
more than a half million brave. stall
Wart soldiers out of many lads
B1lo have known little before of the
rial meaning of discipline? What Is
Ito be the immediate life and environ
r1ent of the men who are to make up
the first 100000 draft OF the ten mill
-AsRs who registered for military pur-
poses on June ;?
More than 100000 mothers who see
their sons march out may take COM
tort from the fact that the govern
ment is making every possible pro-
-Sision to safeguard the boys. physical
ly. mentally and morally. who are to
-ooMpose the new national army. while
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Now let US see what we have left.
Our boardwalk to the sun has been just
about cut in half. and the same is true
of the left-overs. walk could still be
made all the way to the sun from the
trees now standing. but 1t would be
only five feet in width, and the belt
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fneS are spending the autumn and pos
.sibly the winter in the sixteen army
cantonments to which they will go
and where they will remain until they
are trained sufficiently to go overseas
for final education as soldiers
The first apportionment of men of the
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the bent woods. and a variety of diff
ferent woods are employed for the pro-
peIlers. The woods are Joined in such
fashion as to give the product the nee
essary strength and still prevent check
ing and warping. Spruce is used for
airplane wings To build 10000 air
20 900, 900 feet of rough lumber. or
enough to floor 400 acres.
l might mention score of other de-
niands. such as artillery trucks. auto
mobiles. new docks and piers. tools and
railroad construction. as well as the
lumber for timbering mines, and the
new factories now building to make
army and naval supplies. All OF these
will require more or less wood. and the
total estimate of two billion feet is
probably under what will be required.
And now let us look at the supply OF
timber we have to satisfy these de-
mands They seem enormous. until we
consider the great extent of our lumber
industry. They are. in fact. not more
than per cent of the amount we use
in one year: there is now four or five
times as much lumber as the govern
ment wants already manufactured at
the sawmills, and we have an equal
amount in the many retail yards and
distributing centers throughout the
country.
The United States is the greatest
lumber market of the world. Our for
ests are now bringing in about four
teen hundred million dollars a year.
and the wood we annually cut is
enough to pave a road eighteen feet
wide with timber foot thick reaching
all the way from the earth to the moon.
and leave some to spare. In single
year we consume forty-flve or fifty bill
lion board feet of lumber. and enough
firewood to supply every family in the
United States with two cords and more.
We use one hundred and fifty million
railroad ties. and three and half mil
lion telegraph and telephone poles. We
annually cutting into veneering
more than two-thirds the amount we
shall use in the new army barracks:
and the wood that goes into the mines.
into barrels. boxes and other packing
receptacles. and in making pulp for the
newspapers. amounts to hundreds of
millions of feet. The waste is enor-
hous. and there is also a great loss
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In addition to these large items there
are others which seem small until one
realizes the extent of the orders. Take
for instance transportation. More than
10000 vehicles have already been order
ed for the army. These orders have
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quarters and other necessary buildings.
The houses which will quarter the men
during the coming autumn are not the
old one-story shacks Of Napoleonic de-
sign, but are large, two-story frame
structures with modern ventilation sys-
TENS and abundance of wide window
space. In many cases they have one
story kitchen wings which relieve the
monotonouS roofine and give an actual
touch of homelikeness to the spacious
barracks. The artificial lighting will
be electricity. and for winter warmth
they will have steam heat equipment In
every case what is described by army
officers as good Plumbing has been fur
nished.
The building of these cantonments
for the new national army is one Of the
numerous herculear tasks the govern
nent has accomplished since Its dec1a-
ration of war. and as a matter of fact
it is unique in constructive history
The work is under the supervision of
the quartermaster's department of the
army. Col !. w. Littell. U. S. A. being
the officer in charge.
To supplement and advise the quar-
termaster's department the council of
national defense has appointed an
emergency construction committee of
it's munitions board. This committee
is composed of probably the ablest men
in construction work in this country to-
day. They are working without pay
and most of them nearer twenty-four
hours day than twelve.
Every resource of those connected
with the work is being strained to the
utmost. To quote the words ola clever
writer. they are doing it by trampling
down all of the orderly ways of doing
things, amenities and the red tape, or
by using orderly ways so scientifically
that the amenities and the rei tape
naturally fall into line
No such task as the building of these
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

. FACE dreams in Africa approach
~ realization through wars
events. The dream of the Cape
to Cairo railway is likely to be-
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= ,ecpyrisht 1917. by Frank C. Carpenter)
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The Cape to Cairo railway has been
considered visionary as a project, but
magnificent a dream, something
like the Pan-American railway has
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
Nevertheless the response was Wig

Nevertheless the response was Wig.
orous.
The plan which the majority Of
The men followed is to take one or
more bonds and allot five dollars a
month out of the army pay in order
to take care of the bond. A private
would therefore find it easy to han
die a $50 bond and yet not restrict
his personal needs and convenience.
others have purchased the bonds cut
right and considered the investmen MT
an exceptionally good one. This
regiment has been operating its rail-
way for the past two weeks and
with pronounced success. Its activity
in helping to promote the Liberty
Loan is merely another instance Of
its determination to support Uncle
Sam fully in every way.
The above was sent from Paul
w. Lewis, Co. F., 18th Engineers Ry.
now in active duty in France, to
his father, G. G.. Lewis.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
BULLY INCIDENT.

In these times, when our men are
departing for the front and there are
flag presentations and sword-giyin,gs
galore, and speech-makiDg il like
proportions, some simple form of
address and response might ccme in
very handy for those who must act
as parties of the first part in such
functions, suggests an exchange. 1t
may be that the words spoken at
tho presentation Of a sword to COL
William SirweM of the Seventy-eighth
Pennsylvania regiment, as he was
starting off to the Civil war, with a
few modifying touches, be made to
serve in the present emergencies. Cap
tain Gillespie, who made. the presen-
tation speech, said:
Hero WE are, and here IT is.
This is bully sword, and comes
from bully boys; take it, and use It
i'm a bully manner"
Col. Sirwell replied:
Captain, that. was BULLY speech.
Let's have bully drink"
Time was when Colonel Roosevelt
would have said that was a, bully
incident.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION.

THE devil sat by a lake of fire
on pile Of sulphur kegs, his head
YVES bowed upon his breast, his
tail between his legs; lock of
shame was on his face, the sparks
drfpped from his eyes-he had sent
up his resignation to the throne up
in the skies I'm down and out, +"
the devil said--he said it with a
sob there are others that outclass
mo and l want to quit the job. He'll
Isn't in it with the land that lies
along the Rhine; I'm has--been and
a pilIer and therefore l resign; one
ammunition maker with his bloody
shot and shell knows more about
damnation than ALL the imps of
HE'LL. Give my job to Kaiser Will
liam, the author of this war; he
it better a million
times by far. l hate to leave the cd
home, the spot l love so well, but
feel that Pm not up to date in the
art of running hell"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
WE NEED THE MONEY.

If you know you are behind with
your subscription to the Enterprise.
just emember that So papers at the
present high cost of paper will al
most weigh up the price of a years
subscription, say nothing of the
cost of printing and other work. We
need the money and are Offering a
clubbing rate with the Idaho Farm
er. To those who will pay all back
subscription and one Year, in advanc
for the Enterprise I'VE will send the
Idaho Farmer three years. In other
words, the Enterprise for one year,
and the idaho Farmer three years,
Ill for $3.50. fFl
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
A LOST BROTHER.

j. M. Reynolds of Clyde Texas
is endeavoring to locate a brother
" II. Reynolds, who was supposed
70 nave been in Payette in July 1915,
working in the hay field. Was about
20 years old, dark hair and eyes,
teet 10 inches in hoighth, and wore
slasses, If you know anything as TO
MS whereabouts please notify THIS
oirice, or write ]. M. Reynolds, CLYDE
Texas.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
NOTICE OF HEARING RETURN OF
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.

/ IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF PAYETTE, STATE
OF IDAHO.
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Mary J. King, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That Fred
w. Griop, administrator of the
estate CT Mary J. King, deceased, has
made to the said court, and filed
in the office of the clerk thereof, a
return c. sale Of reall estate of the
said deceased, made by him on the
18th day Of December, 1917, under
2 previous order Of said court; and
that Friday the 28th day of Decem-
bor, 1917, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon Of said day, and the court
room OF said court, at Payette, said
County and State, have been fixed
by the clerk of said court as the
time and place for hearing the said
return, when and where amy per-
son interested in the said estate
may appear and file written objec--
ticns to the confirmation of said
sale, and may be heard and may pro-
duce witnesses in support of such
The following is a description of
the land sold and the sum for which
it was sold: Said land is situated
in the County of Payette, State of
Idaho and described as follows:
The NV IA of the NV Ia of'Sec- I
ton rs, Township 8, North range 5
West Boise Meridian, containing 40
acres more or less according to
The government survey, with ALL
water rights belonging thereunto.
And the sum for which said real
Estate was sold is $7,6OO.OO
For further particulars, reference
S hereby made to the return On file
herein. ts, ]
V. B. LEDMAN,
Clerk of the Probate Court.
Dec. 20, Dec. 81, -.. 7,- L,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20

every enc concerned, and we pre-
sumo the railroad people have been
up against it harder than any one
else. They have had to work against
odds. The labor situation and high
price OF all material fer keeping up
the equipment and building new
which is required to handle the i'm
m4nsc tonnage, has been a great
handicap. The movement of Govern
ment troops and the great quanti-
tics of material to be used by the
Government must have the attention
of the railroads first. This has de-
trfoted from the usual routine Of
traffic. But this is not taken into
consideration by the average ship
per Who expects to be waited ON
the minute he is ready. After all
railroad managers are only men like
ourselves and must deal with con-
ditions as they are, They have come
to our relief with cars perhaps
little late, but in time to save the
crop. Let us look on the bright
side of the proposition. Had every
grower and shipper been able to
have rushed his crop into the mar
Set at the time he was ready, the
market might have been overstocked
which WOULD have been a greater
disaster than the car shortage.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
PIANO FOR SALE.

For immediate sale we will sci
tremendously cheap a new high grade
piano stored at Payette. Liberal
terms to responsible party. DUAL.
ity guaranteed. If interested in a
proposition of this kind write THE
DENVER MUSIC COMPANY, Dem
yer, Colo. at once for particulars.
Nov. 20, t6.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1917.

When an accident occurs i'm our
own community and some one is
badly injured, how readily we al
lend our assistance and make sacri-
flee if necessary for the comfort
Of the suffering. If cur own soldier
boys were wounded ON the battle
field within a few miles OF home,
how quickly we would respond to
their relief. No one would refuse
to assist. If they were suffering for
want of food no sacrifice WOULD be
too great Our offerings would be
freely given and without asking.
When you give to the Red Cross
your doll&r is spent to relieve some
wounded soldier, who pehaps, with
out your dollar must suffer for hours
or days on the battle field and die
for the want of relief. When we obey
the general food conservation rules,
We are supplying food for the sol
der that he may not go into BATTLE
" .akened by lack of nourishment.
Lea us not fo1iget that every man,
woman and child in the United
States is part Of tbs United States
and must back up the few brave boys
wbc have left homo and dear onfs
not to save their country, but ours.
When you are asked to join the
Red Cross, join without hesitation.
When you are asked to obey the
rules of conservation OF food. do
it and be glad to do it.
Refrigerator cars are now coming
in great quantities to this section
for the moving Of the apple crop.
Tho rush to the depot to visit
Agent Johnson is not so frequent,
which nc doubt is great relief to
the entire force at the freight Of
flee. While these mon have had to
stand the blunt OF the car shortage
Of the aast six weeks and explain
time after time as best they could
the reasons, it has all been dcne
very pleasantly. The distribution Of
he cars that were left here, has
5een no SMALL job Each shipper
seemed to think the other fellow
yao getting the car he should have.
I has been a strenuous time for
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20

Headquarters, U. s. Engineers in
France.
Fifty thousand dollars is the
answer to the appeal to the Amerl-
can Expeditionary force for subscrip-
ton to the Second Liberty Loan
which has just closed with such
success.
This regiment which is the first
to engage in really active service in
France, has responded quickly and
with enthusiastic patriotism to the
call for money with which to prose
cute the war against the Kaiser.
While anything that is proposed for
the furtherance of Americas plans
lis at once commended by this out
fit. The men also realize the value
of the bonds as an investment and
have not hesitated to all'ot a part
of their pay for the purchase of
one or more bonds.
Considerable activity and rivalry
among the companies was manifested
and the close of the period designat-
cd by the War Department found
Company F. in the place with $4,000
subscribed The fact that the men
are widely scattered in various de-
tachments alorr ore of the French
railways shows the difficulty in
placing the proposition before them.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
SMART BOYS

The schoolmaster was giving the
boys lecture ON thrift, and pointed
out that even animals exercised that
quality, instancing how squirrels al
ways stored up nuts for the winter.
Then he asked for another illustra-
tion of thrift in animals, and one
boy cried out:
"a dog"
"A dog, In what way does dog
practice economy
Please, sir, when he runs after
his tall he makes both ends meet"
LOST: A mothers honor Pin. II
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
RED CROSS DRIVE
COMMITTEES

South Payette Precinct:
d. E. Wilcox, Chairman,
Mrs. Barnes
Jack Giesler
f. Draper
Mrs. Maude Cutworth
Will Bosch
I. o. Ady
A. C. Hammond
Mrs. Hollenbeck
East Payette Precinct:
M. D. Reed, Chairman,
Mrs. Crouch
Mrs. Newman
Mrs Driscolll
Mrs. Orr
Mrs A. L. Pence
Mrs. Bell
Mrs. Rhodes
Mrs Crump
John Hill
Mrs. Patton
Miss Kenward
Mrs. Ayers
Mrs. Pence
Mrs. Baker.
North Payette Precinct:
Mrs. Maulle, Chairman,
Mrs. P. Emerson
Mrs. R. H. Woods
Mrs. Geo. Alspach
Lulu BrodersCn
Mrs. Stout
Mrs. C. A. Smith
Mrs. Fred Moss
Mrs. FERN Harlland
West Payette Precinct:
r. NJ. Hutchinson, Chairman,
Mrs. o. H. Musgrove
Mrs. Oldham
Mrs. Del Christian
Mrs. Fred Stanton
Mrs. B. Duell
Mrs. Rose
Mrs Fenske
Mrs. G. F. Johnson
Mrs. Kay Johnson.
Fruitland Precincts:
Ross Kennedy, Chairman,
Mrs. R. G. Wilson
Mrs. Levi Johnson
Mrs. T. R. Neillson
Mrs. Sherman.
New Plymouth and Falk Precincts:
H. F. Knight, Chairman,
Alvin Andrews
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20

WANTED: Gull apples of any varie
ty at the Idaho Vinegar and Picklin
Co. $3.50 per ton.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20

FOR SALE: A good 4-room house
good barn with stall for two horses
garage. coal house and wood shed.
Corner lot 60 by $50 feet. This is a
desirable property and will be sold
for less than its real value and ON
good terms. Reason for selling, own
er has interest at other places and
desires to move. For further partt
culars call at the Enterprise office,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20

LOST: A mothers honor Pin. If
found leave at this office.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20

WANTED: Durham COWS or calves.
w. b. Gilmore. phone 2o--j.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-12-20
V. ID. hG1hAIN,
Clerk of the Probate Court

Dec. 20, Dec. 81,