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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
To Equip an Army

Here's what it means to equip an
army of a million men. 100000
rifles and bayonets for them to fight
with. 265,00O pistols, the little
brothers of the rifle. 5000 ma
chine guns, the military scythe.
2,10O field guns. 165, 200, 900
cartridges to carry with them into
the first fight and as manv more to
carry into each succeeding fight.
100000 shells and shrapnel for
our field guns for every hour they
are in action. 10000 horses to
carry and pull their gun carriages.
$4,000 mules to haul their supplies
and carry their guns. 5000 wag-
ons to transport supplies and am
munition. 100000 cartridge
belts for ammunition. 1000, 900
first aid packets to bind up wounds.
1sVVVsOOV CoIlIcCIiS. EIdCIl Ol L00IH
must have uniforms and equipment.
l 1000, 900 shelter-halves to protect
them from the weather. 1000, 900
ponches to keep them dry. 2,OOO.-
900 blankets to keep 6em warm.
1000, 900 pairs of shoes. 1000 900
uniforms, coats, breeches, leggins,
suits of underwear. 1000, 900
hats. 100000 shir.s. 1000 900
pairs of socks. 100000 haver-
sacks to carry their equipment.
Finally they must eat. 100000
pounds of meat each day. 1,OOO,-
900 pounds of bread each day.
100000 pounds Of vegetables
each day. 100000 pints of coffee
or tea each day. All this must be
purchased. transported, prepared
and cooked, each day, and to eat it
the soldiers must have 1000, 900
cups, plates, knives, forks and
spoons.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Highway Election June 19

Next Tuesday is the time set for
the highway district election. On
that day an opportunity will be given
to the qualified voters of the district
that has been outlined. to decide the
question of whether different sys-
TEN Of maintaining the roads of this
part of the county shall be inaug-
urated.
On the inside back page of this
issue of the Gazette will be found
the notice of an election for the pro-
posed creation of a highway district.
All necessary information in regard
to the polling places, boundaries,
and rules governing the election can
be found there. 1t would be time
we'll spent for all residents within
the district to become familiar with
the information contained in this
notice before gong to the polls.
In case the district is formed it
does not follow that bonds will have
to be voted. This is a matter that
should be thoroughly understood.
If at a later date it is thought ad-
visable to call a bond election the
people themselves will have an op-
portunity to decide the matter and
two-thirds majority will have to
be obtained to carry the bond
election. Don't let your work inter
fere with the duty you owe the
community. Vote at the election
Tuesday.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Another Way

A farmer writing to an agricul-
tural paper tells how he raises po-
tatoes enough for his family and to
supply several of his neighbors
from a plat Of ground 8 feet square.
He builds a pen 8x8xS feet Of
stout poles. When he lays the first
round of poles on the ground he
dumps in 6 or 8 inches of rich dirt,
levels it off and drops potato eyes
over it a foot apart. Then another
round Of poles, another layer Of
dirt the same thickness as the first,
and more eyes, keeping up until
the pen is 8 feet high. Then he
forgets about it until fall. When
he digs" his potatoes he simply
takes down the logs and the spuds
roll out on the ground. Last year
his pen yielded AZ bushels. This
year he only got 80.
He got the idea for this expert
ment by noting the length of a po-
tato vine growing in a cellar, and
which seemed to be searching for
daylight. The principle proved
correct for the sprouts in his pen
made for the light at the nearest
point, whether at the sides or top.
A light thickness of straw keeps the
dirt from falling out through the
cracks between the poles.
No fear of another potato short.
age,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Delinquents Registering

Delinquents who failed to regis
ter June 5 are now appearing at
County Auditor Wright's office in
Lewiston to register. Seven such
have registered to date.
Governor Alexander has issued a
proclamation announcing a reward
of $25 for information that will
convict any Stacker and urges the
cooperation of the people of the
state in locating them.
Washington advices would indi.
cate that the draft is to be made
early in July with those selected to
report for service in September.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Biggest Printing Job

The size Of job of printing 10000
900 copies of the Boy Scout Liberty
Loan Campaign circular cannot be
easily comprehended by the layman.
When the Chief Scout Executive
went into the office of the Public
Printer on Friday, May 25, with
four electrotypes Zone each for the
red and black of each side of the
circular) and the request of the
Treasury Department that ten mill
ion of the circulars be printed in the
quickest possible time, a survey of
the situation in the government plant
was Immediately Begun. It was dis
covered that, making way for this
job as an emergency measure, presses
could be cleared and labor concen-
trated and the printing done at the
rate Of one million copies a day.
To make this possible it was nec-
essary to cast forty separate sets of
electrotypes. This was done and
the plates went on to the presses
Saturday morning, and, though
much time, naturally, was required
for make-ready, and the circulars
had to be quick-dried and printed
on both sides, more than 500, 900 of
them were completed before the end
of the day. Since then they have
been turned out at the rate of l ,O00,-
600 day or over 100000 an hour.
An interesting side-light on the
tremendous size of the equipment
and stock carried by the Government
printing Office was this, that paper
of the right size sufficient to print
these ten million circulars-more
than fifteen carloads-was found in
the stock rooms in the building.
This scout circular proved to be
the largest job of job printing ever
handled in the Government printing
Office. The next largest is said to
have been the draft" registration
cards, Of which $4,000, 1000 were
printed, but those were only about
four by five inches in size, while the
scout circular is 121 x 19 inches and
is printed on both sides. and in two
colors.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
General Selective Plan

The general plan for local exempt
ion boards to sift out the men for
selective military service has been
practically adopted. The sheriff,
the county clerk, and the county
health officer will constitute the local
exemption board. In cities of over
30, 900 the registration board will
become the exemption board.
Governors of the states are author.
lied to submit suggestions for
changes in the personnel of the
exemption boards when the incum-
bents prove manifestly unsatisfact.
ory. The war department has asked
the governors for suggestions as to
the changes they desire.
Each local exemption board is to
have physician to make the first
test. When the man is rejected the
board must summon another physi.
clan who also makes an examination.
If the decision of the second physi.
clan is the same. the man is to be
declared unfit for service,
Regular physician exemption
boards. probably made up of county
and city physicians and announce.
ments of the rules guiding exemp.
tion board are expected soon.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
What Is it Worth to You

This is a question that every
American should ask himself or her.
self. For generations we have
boasted of our love of liberty. We
have called our country 'the land
of the free and the home of the
brave" 1t has been proved in other
wars that this was not mere empty
boast by our fathers and forefathers.
But the question of how much is
liberty worth to this generation has
not yet been fully answered.
1t is going to be answered nobly
by those who serve under the colors.
Many of them will answer with their
death. It is going to be answered
and answered clearly by others who
serve their country as best they may.
1t is going to be answered by others
still who, unable to render personal
service. have yet furnished their
Government the means to prosecute
the war.
The number of subscribers to the
Liberty Loan Bonds is going to be
an index of the love of liberty Of
the American citizenry of to-day.
The list of Liberty Loan Bond hold.
ers is going to be directory Of the
patriots of America.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Henry Abraham Bunger

The following Obituary was re-
ceived too late for publication last
week:
Henry Abraham Bunger was born
IN Preble County, Ohio, March 4,
1848. He died at Kendrick, June 4.
1917, ,aged SO years 8 months. He
was married Sept. %, 1868 to Mary
Sutton of Union City, Indiana and
to this union were born two children,
Frank, who resides on a farm near
Southwick and Orla, who preceded
his father to the Great Beyond over
a year ago.
He moved with his wife to Idaho
in 1910 where he has resided ever
since.
He was a member of the Meth
odist Episcopal church of Kendrick
Idaho.
He leaves to mourn their loss q
wife, one son, ten grandchildren
four brothers. and one sister.
The funeral service was conduct
ed by Rev. Emmel and the buria
took place in the Southwick ,ceme
terry.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Aid the Red Cross

81 would be glad to have inform
alton regarding the membership and
required work in the Red Cross
Chapter at Kendrick, and the poss-
ible help woman on a busy farm
with a baby could render when very
willing"
The above letter was received
from busy country woman. Can
we have more like it?
The town people can meet and sew
Will the women in the country pay
their dollar by joining, or perhaps
better, make the Red Cross a dona.
tion?
June 18 to % is Red Cross Weel
all over the United States. Let u.
do our part.-A. C. White, Pres.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Nez Perce Auto Licenses

James Armstrong, county assess
or, reported Wednesday that the
collections of auto licenses in Nez
Perce county to date have reached
$11,S53. A year ago at this date
the total collection of such licenses
was $7,275. The total for 1916 was
SO, 400. so it is noted that the increase
this year will reace over $500.
These figures indicate impressively
the large increase in the number of
automobiles in the county, as we'll
as showing also that the collections
are being made with promptness.
Under the terms of the law these
auto license moneys are apportioned
as follows:
twenty-five percent to the state.
Such portion Of the balance as
necessary to the interest and sink
ing fund of the county.
Such portion of the balance to
highway districts as the part col.
lected in the same bears to the
whole amount collected.
Balance to road and bridge funG
of county.-Tribune.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15
Auto Accident at Moscow

Albert l. Anderson, injured when
his auto was struck by an o. w. R.
& N. motor car last Saturday noon,
died Sunday morning at a Moscow
hospital without having regained
consciousness. Miss Faith Barton,
who was victim of the accident,
will recover although she was badly
cut and bruised.
The young couple were driving
in an auto on Sixth street and ran
directly into the motor car that
was just pulling in from Colfax.
The auto was carried 100 feet be-
fore it could be brought to stop
and the occupants of the auto were
hurled ten or fifteen feet to one
side.
Mr.. Anderson was the son of
August Anderson, formerly a
wealthy farmer living near Troy
but now living near Los Angeles.
The young man was the youngest
Of nine children. He had just COM
pleted the full four-year course in
agriculture at the University of
Idaho and graduated with the de-
gree of Bachelor Of Science Friday
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15

A surprise party was given in
honor of Miss 10 Guy and Miss
Vivian White at the Guy Hotel Sat-
urday night. The large dining
room was cleared of tables and
chairs and the evening was spent in
dancing. Mrs. McCrea and Walter
Thomas furnished the music. The
party was in the nature of a fare
we'll to Miss Jo Guy. who left Tues
day to attend summer school.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15

F. A. Pears of Coeur d'Alene is
now manager of the Madison Lum-
Der Company's yard in Kendrick.
He took possession the first of the
week and expects tn remain perma-
nently. Mr.. Pears will move his
family here as soon as q suitable
house can be secured. He has q
wife and one daughter.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1917-06-15

Mrs. Burt Wilcox of Lapwai is
visiting with DIR. and Mrs. A. w
Patton this week. Mrs. Wilcox
and Mrs. Patton are old friends,
having known each other for a
number of years at Southbend,
Wash. They both taught school
there q few years ago.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

came before they were threshed. He
( has stacked them and is feeding them
to his stock. He has Is cows and
gets AZ cents per pound for butterfat
at the creamery.
| Several carloads of the same kind
of explosives which caused the Hall
fax disaster, passed thru Minot on the
Great Northern about a week ago.
The matter was kept deep secret at
the time and those in charge Of the
train handled the stuff with care.
The Mohall Tribune News, publish
ed by Chas. Lano, issued very credit
able Christmas number last week,
with beautiful colored cover design.
There were sixteen pages filled to the
brim with interesting news and live
advertising matter Mr.. Lano is MAX
ing his paper one of the best weekly
publications in northwestern North
Dakota.
Curtis and Louis Peterson, we'll
known Ryder farmers, were visiting
in Minot Friday. They have one of
the best farms out on the reservation
and are among the biggest of the bon
ANA farmers. A year ago, they rails
ed 10000 bushels of crop and hauled it
Is miles to Ryder with tractor, haul
ing 700 bushels with one of the wagon
train loads. Last year they put in
1900 acres of crop and scarcely got
their seed back, but they are going at
it stronger than ever. They have sew
eral hundred acres ready for the seed
in the spring. They are wintering 80
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Prominent Montana Rancher Visiting
With Father.

Henry Jacobson and wife and
daughters, Madeline and Henrietta, Of
Cut Bank, Mont, are spending the hol-
idays with the formers father, Carl
T. Jacobson, and his brothers Bertle,
Andrew and D. r. Jacobson.
Mr.. jacobson went west about fif-
teen years ago and engaged in the
ranching business and he has been
very successful. He owns vast tract
of valuable grazing land in the vicin-
.~>'f Cut Bank and Sweet Grass,
Mo. J. He is little modest concern
ing his success, but the Independent
learns that he recently marketed three
car loads Of his choice grass fed cat
tie at an average Of $3.50 each.
There are eight of the jacobson
brothers, all big husky men, who are
making splendid success in their
various avocations.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

covered that his bank book was miss
ing together with storage ticket for
grain and about $52 in bills. Upon
reaching home he took his auto and
returned to Minot. At the mill no one
had found his missing papers or
money. Schultz's name was written
upon several of the papers and in case
they are found by an honest person
he will in all probability return the
papers and money.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Charlie Moore Very LII

Charles w. Moore of the Moore Mo-
tor Co., is quite ill with rhematism at
the Towner hospital where he has been
receiving treatment for the past three
weeks. When Mr.. Moore became ill,
he hunted up his old pal, DR.. Craise
of Towner, and will remain with him
until his condition improves. He is
still suffering much agony, but it is
believed that he will ultimately re-
cover.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27

In the highest of fine art, in the
most appealing of poetry, sheep have
been the inspiration for innumerabIe
of the greatest attachments of prose,
rhythmic and canvas. The immense
horse pictures Of Rosa Bonheur, the
cattle pictures of Panl Potter, have
never had the tender consideration
that is given by the populace to small
canvases by Jacque and Mauve, al
ways dominant in sheep.-Exchange
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Geo. w. Kemper left today for Mon
tana to attend to business matters.
If They Could See us Now.

The other day in rc-reading book
by John burroughs. first published in
1875. I WAS interested in this para
graph in n chapter on the fny of walk
ing: 1T is said that Englishmen when
they first come ia this country are for
some time under the impression that
American women all have defOrmed
feet---they are SO coy of them and so
studiously careful to keep them hid
Anne Sheriff. Baird, in Southern Won
ans Magazine.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Bosard-SanbOrn Nuptials

A telegram received in the city to-
day announced the marriage of Ro-
bert H. Bosard, one of Minot's most
prominent attorneys, to Mrs. Grace
Sanborn, of Mortified, MINI. They
were married on Christmas day and
telegraphed the news to friends from
Fargo Wednesday.
The bride made her home in Minot
for several years, where by her win
ming ways, she gained host of
friends.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Judge Davis Visits Old Friends

Judge Nehemiah Davis, Of Scobey,
Mont, is spending the holidays with
old time Minot friends. Mr.. Davis
was judge of Ward county for eight
years and later president of the city
commission. He has been practicing
law at Scobey for several years and
his many friends are glad to know
that he is prospecting nightly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Minot Nurse VIII Go Abroad

Miss Ruth Wier, Minot trained
nurse, has been ordered to report at
New York, on Jan. 8, to be in readi-
ness to leave for service with the
American evolutionary forces abroad.
She is the first Minot Red Cross nurse
to be called for service abroad.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-12-27
Burlington Man Loses Wallet.

Albert Schultz from up near Bur
lington drove to town Monday with a
load of grain which he sold to the Mi
not Flour mill. After selling his load
he purchased load of ground feed,
loaded it into his wagon and left for
home. On his way home he had oc-
casion to feel in his pocket and dis
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-27
TALK OF THE TOWN

! Edward Burke was business visito
in Richmond yesterday and to-day.
Fred Duff of Washington was anon,
the business visitors in the city yester
day.
Mrs. Clifford Gamache Of North Mai,
street left to-day for Burlington, wher,
she is making week end visit with rela
| tives.
| Frank d. Sartell of North Main stree
left yesterday on business trip to New
York in the interests of the Presbrey
Coykendall company.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Taylor and Mrs
Charles Williams left yesterday for Bos
ton, where they are making visit OF
several days with relatives.
The condition of James Parker. who
has been seriously i'll at his home on
Summer street, was reported to be ma.
terially improved to-day.
L. w. Wicks, monument retailer
who has been passing several DAYS in the
Barre granite belt on business, left last
night for New York, there to remain for
a week before returning to his home.
James Kenefick of upper Washington
street returned TO the city this noon. aft
er attending the games. which Spaulding
played while on the trip to Hardwick
and st. Johnsbury. Mr. Kenefick ref
creed both contests.
Employees of the Barre central Office,
members of the service crew and the To-
cal managers joined with the Montpelier
employees of the Vermont Tel. & Tel Co.
Thursday evening in a sleighride to
Plainfeld, where chicken-pie supper
was served in the Bancroft inn by W. II.
Snow. The sleighride was one of several
winter outings planned by employees of
the two exchanges.
The first of series of three matches
which are to be rolled between the two
north end rivals, the Skidoos and Wa
hoos was settled at the Murphy & Weaf-
er alleys last night, when the skidoos
took each of the three strings from
their opponents with comparative ease.
The strings were as follows: Skidoos.
449, 444, 425, total 1918; Wahoos 4l9,
1898, AIS, total 1890
Ladies' night in the rooms of the Vim
eitia club was observed last evening,
Nhtu HtuiiA tbV people came together at
the invitation of the club managers for
whist and other diversions. There were
IL tables for the whist players and an
interesting tournament was followed by
a luncheon. Mrs. c. N Benedict catered
and she was assisted by number of
young women. Ladies' night was one of
several entertaining features planned by
the club for the remainder of the series.
1t is expected that the club will keep
open house again in February.
The members of the Spaulding high
school girls basketball team met defeat
last evening at the Spaulding gymnasi-
UNI at the hands of the Hartford high
school girls basketball team by a score
Of % to s. The game was rather slow
and uninteresting to watch, as the team
from White River outclassed the local
girls by a wide margin. both in team
work and speed on the floor. Miss Roy
ers and Miss Averill did some good work
for Barre. while the Misses Trucl, Brick
lev and Relehcn were the stars for Hart
ford. The lineup is as follows: Spauld-
ing, Miss Averill, RI. Miss Rogers, II,
Miss Geals. c. Miss Wallstrom. rg, Miss
see, L.; Hartford. Miss Relehen, IL, Miss
Jameson, re. Miss Truel, c, Miss Brick /
ay, If, Miss Fisher, ri.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-27
TO TEACH SPELLING BEST.
Instruct Children to Handle Their Own
vocabularies Perfectly.

Rutland, Jan. 27.-"To ignore words
unknown to the child but to teach him
to handle perfectly his own vocabulary
is the ideal way of teaching spelling
according to DR.. Milo HilIegas of Mont
pelier, state commissioner of education
who gave an address before $50 Vermont
school teachers at the county convention
here yesterday. The state board of edu-
cation, with a view to doing away with
a waste of energy by drilling children
in many words which they never use,
has been making a canvass of vocabula-
ries. Twelve hundred teachers have been
examining the writing of pupils to see
what words they most often misspell and
the canvass will be extended to business
letters, to ascertain what words consti-
tute the vocabulary of the average citi-
zen.
The teachers wero also addressed by
Prof. Clifton B. Upton of Columbia uni
versity, whose topic was Important
Principles in Teaching Arithmetic Prin.
Edward 5. Abbott of Rutland high school
gave a brief history of education and
discussed Modern Educational Ideals"
Officers were elected as follows; w. H.
IIosmer Of Fair Haven, president; Supt.
Leon T. Bell Of Wsllingford, vice-prcsi-
dent; Miss Etta VI. Franklin Of Rutland.
seeretary-treasurcr; T. J. Rogers and
Miss Mary Murphy ~ West Rutland and
W. ID Garter, executive committees.