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The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-17

VIM. M. Smith, premium
on engineers bond on Co.
Ditch No. "a $25 (
Frank Claque, attorney fees
in appeals on Co. Ditch
No. "a 35.t
Thomas n. Pandt, rodman
on Co. Ditch No. rs ... 5.(
r. r Kline, premium on
bond on Go. Ditch No. 80 15.t
R. G.. Rogers, inspector on
Co. Ditch No. 40 .... 1871
w. G. Starr, publishing no
tices Of hearing on Co.
Ditch No. AZ ....... 20. 9
Frank Claque, attorney fees
on. County Ditch No. Az Sc. <
Bess Ne. Wilson, publishing
notices on Co. Ditch No.
4s 15.!
Ia. G. Dolliff, attorney fees
on Go. Ditch No. as. IS. [
Geo. B. Thorn, engineers
fees on Co. Ditch No. 49 So. /
J. Cobb, chairman on Go.
Ditch No. 49 12.l
VIM. M. Smith, premium on
Geo. B. Thorn's bond on
co. Ditch No. az - ]
The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-17

Geo. Schmeising, attending
special meeting ....... $50
John Arends, attending spe-
cial meeting ......... 400
Ed. Steffl, attending special
meeting $50
Jas. P. Gaffney, attending
special meeting ........ 100
On motion the board adjourned to
October 9th, 1917 at 10
O'Clock A. M.
Tuesday, October 9th, 1917.
The board met at 10 o'clock A.
M. on the above given date pur-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15

aside and spake with him lOwly and
mysteriously. He nodded decislvely
and then said aloud to Whistling Dick:
Listen, sonny, to some plain talky
talk. We five are on lay. I've guar
anteed YOU to be square and you're to
come In on the profits equal with the
boys, and you've got to help. Two hun
dred hands on this plantation are ex-
pecting to be paid n weeks wages to-
morrow morning. TOmorrow's Christ
mas and they want to lay Off. Says
the boss. Work from five to nine In
the morning to get u trainlOad of sugar
of and I'll pay every man cash down
for the week and Il day extra They
say: 'HoOray for the boss 1t goes
fetches back the cold dollars. Two
thousand and seventy-fOur fifty Is the
amount. l got the figures from man
who talks too much, who got 'em from
the bOokkeeper. Now, half Of this
haul goes to me and the other half the
rest of you may divide. Why the diff
ference? 1 represent the brains. It's
my scheme. Here's the way we're going
to get IL. There's some company ut sup
per in the house, but they'll leave
about nine. They have just happened
In for IN hour or so. If they don't go
pretty soon we'll work the scheme any
how. We want all night to get away
good with the dollars. They're heavy.
About nine o'clock Deaf Pete and
Blinky II go down the road quarter
mile beyond the house and set fire to
a big canefield there that the cutters
haven't touched yet. The winds just
right to have 1t roaring in two minutes.
The alarm II be given, and every man
Jack about the place will be down
there in ten minutes fighting fire. That
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15

eral times before on the levee at night,
for the officer, himself lover of mu-
sic. had been attracted by the exqui-
site whistling of the shiftless vaga-
bond. Still he did not care under the
present circumstances to renew the ac-
quaintance. So Dick waited, and be-
fore long big Fritz" disappeared.
Whistling Dick waited as long as his
Judgment advised and then sid swiftly
to the ground. AS he picked his way
where night still fingered among the
big, reeking, musty warehouses he
gave way to the habit that had won
for him his title. Subdued, yet clear,
with each note as true and liquid as a
bobolnk's, his whistle tinkled about
the dim, cold mountains of brick like
drops of rain falling into hidden pool.
Rounding a corner, the whistler col
lided with big Fritz"
49," observed the mountain calmly,
you are already pack. Und dere will
not pc frost before two weeks yet. Und
you hat forgotten how to vistle. Dere
was valse note in dot last bar"
Big Fritz's heavy mustache rounded
into circle, and from its depths came
sound deep and mellow as that from
flute. He repeated a few bars of the
air the tramp had been whlstling.
dot p is p natural. und not p vlat.
Ply der way, you peter pc glad I meet
you. Won hour later, und would half
to put you In gage to vistle NIT der
chail pirds. Der orders are to bull all
der pums after sunrise. Goot pye."
After the big policeman had depart
ed Whistling Dick stood for an irreso-
lutte minute. feeling all the outraged
Indignation of delinquent tenant who
Is ordered to vacate his premises. He
had pictured to himself day of
dreamful ease, but here was a stern
order to exile and one that he knew
must be obeyed. SO, with wary eye
open for the CLEAN Of brass buttons, he
began his retreat toward a rural
refuge. A few days In the country
need not necessarily prove disastrous
However, 1t was with depressed
spirit that Whistling Dick passed the
old French market on his chosen route
down tn river. For safety's sake he
still presented to the world his por.
trayal Of the part of the worthy arts
an on his way to labor. A stall keeper
In the market, undeceived, hailed him
by the generic name Of his ilk, and
Jack" halted. taken by surprise. The
vender, melted by this proof of his
own acuteness, bestowed a foot OF
frankfurter and a half a loaf, and thus
the problem of breakfast was solved.
BY noon he had reached the country
of the plantations, the great, sad, ST.
lent levels bordering the mighty river.
He overlooked fields Of sugar cane 90
vast that their farthest limits melted
into the sky. The sugar-making season
was well advanced, and the cutters
were at work.
At certain point Whlstling Dicks
unerring nose caught the scent Of fry
Ing fish. Like pointer to a quail, he
made his way down the levee side.
straight to the camp Of a credulous
and ancient fisherman, whom he
charmed with song and story. 90 that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15

A br1ght-eyed young girl who sat at
the left of the mistress leaned over
and said In confidential undertOne:
81 wonder, mamma, II that tramp we
passed on the road found my stocking.
And do you think he will hang 1t up
tonightT
The words of the young girl were
interrupted by startling thing.
Like the wrath of some burned-out
shooting star, black streak came
crashing through the windowpane and
upon the table, where 1t shivered into
fragments a dozen pieces Of crystal
and china ware.
The woman screamed In many keys,
and the men sprang to their feet.
The planter was the first to act. he
sprang to the intruding missile and
held It up to view. SITS loaded" he
announced.
As he spoke he reversed long, black
stocking. holding 1t by the toe, and
down from 1t dropped roundish stone
wrapped about by piece Of yellowish
paper. snow for the first interstellar
message of the century |" he cried, and,
nodding to the company. who had
crowded about him, he adjusted his
glasses with provoking elaboration
and examined II closely. When he
finished he had changed from the jolly
host to the practical, decisive man OF
business. He Immediately struck O
bell and said to the silent-footed mu-
latto man who responded: 60 and tell
Mr.. Wesley to get Reeves and Maurice
and about ten stout hands they can
rely upon and come to the hall door
at once. Tell him to have the men
arm themselves and bring plenty of
ropes and plow lines. Tell him to
hurry" And then he read aloud from
the paper these words:
To de Gent Of de Hous:
Dere 10 i've tuff hoboes kept meself In
de vaken lot near dc road war de old brick
piles 10. Dey got me stuck up wild . gun
see and taken dis means Of communi-
katen. of der lads IL gone down TO set
IRE to dc cain field below de hous and
when yous fellers goes TO turn de hoes on
II de hole gang ID goin 10 rob de hous Of
Dc money 700 gotto pay on wit say Git a
move on ye say de Md dropt dis sock In
der rode tel her msry erismus de Same -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15

lazily upon convenient lumber and re-
garded Whistling Dick with undis-
guised disfavor.
"Dis planter chap" Dick said, "w'ot
makes yer t'ink he's got de tin In de
house WI mn"
"fm advised of the facts In the
case" said Boston. "He drove to Moo
Orleans and got it, say, today. Want
to change your mind now and come
INF"
"Naw, was just askln'. Wot kind
o. team did de boss driver"
"Pair of grays."
Double surrey?"
"Yep."
"Women folks along?"
"Wife and kid. Say, what morning
paper are you trying to pump news
fOr?"
NI was just conversin' to pass de time
away. guess dat team passed me in
de road dis evenin'. OATS ALL"
Dinner, two hours late, was being
served in the Bellemeade plantation
dining room.
The talk Of the diners was too desul-
tory, too evanescent to follow. but at
last they came to the subject of the
tramp nuisance, one that had Of late
vexed the plantations for many miles
around. The planter seized the Occa-
sion to direct his good-natured fire of
raillery at the mistress, accusing her
Of encouraging the plague.
II don't believe they are all bad
she said. "We passed one this evening
as we were driving home who had a
face as good as 1t was Incompetent
He was whlstling the intermezzo from
'Cavalleria' and blowing the spirit OF
Mascagni himself into It."
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15

II leave the money sacks and the
women alone In the house for us to
handle"
Boston" interrupted Whistling
Dick, rising to his feet, "t'anks for de
grub yous fellers has given me. but I'll
be movin' on now. Burglary Is no
good. I'll say good night and many
tanks fer"
Whistling Dick had moved away a
few steps as he spoke, but he stopped
very suddenly. Boston had covered
him with a short revolver of roomy
caliber.
"Take your seat" said the tramp
leader. I'D feel mighty proud Of my
self II let you 60 and spoil the game.
You'll stick right In this camp until
we finish the Job. The end Of that
brick pile is your limit. You 60 two
inches beyond that and I'll have to
shoot. Better take 1t easy, now"
Its my way Of doin'," said Whis-
thing Dick. EASY goes. You can de-
press de muzzle of dat twelve incher
and run 'er back on de trucks. / re-
Mains"
"All right" said Boston, lowering his
piece, as the other returned and took
his seat again on projecting plank In
pile of timber. II don't want to hurt
anybody specially, but this thousand
dollars I'm going to get will fix me for
fair. I'm going to drop the road and
start a saloon In little town know
about. I'm tired Of being kicked
around"
Boston Harry took from his pocket d
cheap silver watch and held It near
the fire.
TITS a quarter to nine," he said
pete. you and Blinky start. Go down
the road past the house and IRE the
cane In dozen places. Then strike for
the levee and come back on II instead
Of the road, so you won't meet any
body. BY the time you get back the
men win all be striking out for the IRE,
and wen break for the house and col
lar the dollars. Everybody cough up
what matches he's got"
OF the three remaining vagrats, two,
Goggles and Indiana Tom, reclined
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15
Whistling Dicks
Christmas Stocking
By o. HENRY
Copyright by Dou bleday. Page a Co.

TT was with much caution thdt
Whistling Dick slid back the door
of the box car, for article SIG, city
ordinances, authorized (perhaps un-
cOnstitutionally) arrest on suspicion.
He saw no change since his last visit
to this big almsgiving, long-suffering
city of the South, the cold weather
paradise of the tramps. Whistling
Dicks red head popped suddenly back
into the car. A sight too imposing and
magnificent for his gaze had been add
ed to the scene. A vast, incompatible
policeman rounded pile of rice sacks
and stood within 20 yards Of the car.
Whistling DICK, professional tramp,
possessed a half friendly acquaintance
with this officer. They had met sew
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-12-15

this, for terror urged him such al
lifts the gazelle over the thorn bush
when the lion pursues. A crash through
the dew drenched weeds on the road
side, a clutching, slippery rush up the
grassy side Of the levee to the foot
path at the summit, and he was freef
A small. ruffied. brown-breasted bird
sitting upon q dogwood sapling began
a soft. throaty, tender little piping in
praise Of the dew which entices foolish
worms from their holes. but suddcAly
II stopped and sat with its head turned
sidewise, listening. And the little
brown bird sat with Its head on one
side until the sound Of whistlins dis4
away.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

the County of Benewah, State of
Idaho, on the 18th day of April,
A. d., 1917, i'm the above entitled
action, wherein the Western Loan
and Building Company, a Corpor-
alton, the above named plaintiff,
obtained a judgment and decree
of foreclosure and sale against
John e. Jones and Edith e. Jones,
his wife, defendants, ON the i4th
day of April, A. d., 1917, for the
sum of seven hundred and thirty
one and ten one hundreds
(S73i.1O) Dollars, in United Stat
es Gold Coin, besides interests,
costs, etc, of thirteen and five
one hundreds (St3.O5) Dollars,
which said decree was, on the
l4th day of April, A. D., 1917, re-
corded in Judgment book Of said
Court, l am commanded to sell
all the certain lot, piece or parcel
of land, situate, lying and being
in the County of Benewah, and
State of Idaho, and bounded and
described as follows, to-wit: Lot
~, Block thirty three (33)
Townsite of st. Maries, under act
of June 2l, 1906, together with all
improvements thereon, in the
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

County of Benewah, State of Ida
no.
Public notice IS herDy given
that on the 22nd day of May, A..
ID. 1917, at 1000 o'clock, A. M.
of that day, in front of the Court
House door i'm the County of Ben
ewah, at st. Maries, Idaho, l will,
i'm obedience to said order Of sale,
sell the above described property,
or so much thereof as may be ne
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
ID Der cent. i.l5. Total 2.5I.

q per cent, LILO, LOtdl 30 /.
Cert. No. 773, description lot 4,
block 4, Terrell, original purchase
Ilice 90, interest ut i8 per cent,
s.. total 1874.
Cert. No. 1880, description lot
4 block %, Terrell, original pur-
chase price $50, interest at 10
per cent $50, total 60.
and the auditor is hereby directed
to draw warrants on the current
expense fund in favor of S. A.
Bartlett for the sum of ? and
.5IlIOO Dollars and Caesar Mast
nj for the sum of Seven and 81 l.
400 Dollars in redemption of the
above described property.
Now whereas it is deemed to
the best interests of Benewah
County to dispos of all property
secured by it unde the tax fore
closure laws; and
Whereas the laws of the State
of Idaho provide that all property
sold by counties must be sold at
Public auction after due legal no.
tice of such sale has been given,
therefore be it further
RESOLVED and it is hereby or
dered that Notice of Sale by Pub
lie Auction be at once published,
such notice setting forth among
other things the following facts,
to-wit: That on the 18th day of
April, A. d., 1917, at the hour of
1000 a. m, j. T. Moran, Chair
man of Board of Commissioners
acting for Benewah County will
sell at public auction in front of
the Court House in the city Of St.
Maries the following described
piecs OF parcels of land now held
by Benewah County under tax
title, such property not to be sold
for less than the following sever
al amounts, set opposite said
description, such amounts being
the taxes due Benewah County as
levied upon said property with
penalties and interest and also
the costs incurred by Benewat
County in securing tax title tC
the same, such poperty listed as
follows to be sold free and clear
of all tax liens except taxes fol
the year 1916.
Description Amount
Lot 2, block Fernwood, S $751;
East 20 feet of lot 4 block
Terrell 1853.
West 80 fet lot block Fer
rell, 5.si.
Lot 7 block % Terrell, 1i.7O.
North acres of lot 1, sec. 1.
43-4W, 4.1s.
4 lots so K $50 feet in lot 1
sec. f-43-4W, 4.O5.
Lot 10 block IA Government
Town st. Maries, 6.84.
= Lot SO block 7 Santa, 6.64.
Lot 5 block 70 Government
J Town st. Maries 1873.
, Lot block 6 FernwOod (Ex
D cept right of way GA.
A., Lot 10 block Fernwood (Ex
Icept right Of way 3.57.
Lot 2 block 1 Santa $50.
Lot block 20 Governmen
Town st. Maries 7.43.
Lot 2 block % Terrell 7.i9.
Tot A blool- % UorpU = 40
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
NOTICE OF sHERlFF's SALE

State of Idaho, County of Bene-
wah, IS.
Western Loan and Building
Company, corporation, plaintiff
VS.. John E. Jones and Edith
Jones, his wife, defendants.
Under and by virtue Of an Or
der of Sale and Decree of Fore
closure and Sale, Issued out of
the District Court of the Eighth
Judicial District, within and for
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24
MANAGER POTTER SECURES
THE BIRTH OF a NATION

NNE 8NAN ~ = -
One Of the most striking scenes
of "The Birth of a Nation is the
surrender Of Lee at the historic
Mclean home in the vicinity of
Appomatox Courthouse.
Donald Crisp is cast for the
role of Gen. U. S. Grant, while
Lee is enacted by Howard Gage.
The members Of the staffs of the
northern and southern command
crs are shown, and the tableaux
presented when the scene opens
is reproduction of the familiar
painting of this occasion. 1t Oc-
currd April 9, 1865.
Lee had dressed for his last
public occasion with great care.
Grant on the contrary lacked his
full dress and appeard in the
fatigue and dusty iackboots of
Die hard campaign.
1t is we'll known that many sup
pOrters ofthe defeated Confeder-
acy wished to prolong the strug-
gle by means Of a guerilla war
fare similar to that used by the
Beers towards the close of the
AnglO-Boer war. In fact John
Wilkes Booth supposed that in
killing President Lincoln he would
have the support of the South in
new struggle. But Lee was in
different temper. He realized
that the South had been beaton in
a fair struggle on the field of
battle and that prolonging the
fighting would merely add to the
horrors and inserts endured by
his people. Therefore, after the
battle of Five Forks, he opened
negotiations with Grant and on
The morning Of April 9th, under
the budding apple trees of an APP
pomatox orchard, were determin-
ed the terms of peace which were
formally written down at the Will
Mclean mouse in the after
noon.
When General Robert E. lie,
wished to make some margina
notes on the papers of the fina
surrender, he asked the bystand-
ers for a pencil. Strange to say
not one of the numerous Officers
and ds-de-camp were able t.
offer him one. At last an Of
ficer of Lees staff extracted
pocket inkstand and feather quill
from his kit, and with the aid o
these the historic document wa
written and the names of Gran
and Lee affixed at the bottom.
Afterwards an effort was mad
to arrest and indict Lee for trea
son but Grant, who knew Lee
nobility of character and how h
had fulfilled to the letter all tn
surrender obligations, prevente
any such disgraceful sequel {
ge great event.
LAT the Ideal April 27-2S.
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cessary to satisfy said Judgment,
with interest and cost, to the
highest and best bidder for cash,
lawful money of the United
States.
Dated at st. Maries, Idaho, this
10th day of April, A. d., 1917.
r. B. holland,
Sheriff, within and for the
County of Benewah, State of Ida
To.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO, IN AND FOR BENE-
WAH COUNTY,.
l.. S. KING,
Plaintiff,
VS..
O. M. WILSON,
Defendant.
THE STATE OF IDAHO SENDS
GREETINGS TO o. M. WILSON,
the above named defendants:
You are hereby notified that a
complaint has been filed against
you in the District Court of the
Eighth Judicial District of the
State of Idaho in and for Benewah
County, by the above named
'plaintiff, in which complaint the
plaintiff seeks to foreclose tax
sale certificate No. 1896 for taxes
Tor the year 1914, covering Lots
1, 2, 3, and 4, Block 4 of Scotts
Addition to the city of st. Maries,
Idaho, and to recover the taxes
paid on said described property
by this plaintiff for the years
1915 and 1916, with interest, and
attorney fees of $500 and costs.
lAll of which facts will more fully
appear from the verified COM
plant on file in said cause, to
which you are referred for fur
Their particulars.
You are hereby directed to ap-
fpear and answer the said COM
plant within twenty days after
the servine Of this summons on
YOU, if served within the Eighth
judicial District, and within for
ty days if served elsewhere.
? And you are further directed
that unless you so appear and
answer the said complaint within
1.-THE time herein specified that the
plaintiff will take JUDGMENT
against you according to the
prayer of said complaint.
Witness my hand and seal OF
the District Court this 2nd day
lof April, 1917.
WARREN T.. SHEPHERD
Clerk of the District Court
By C. B. MOON
Deputy
Court SeaD
VIM. d. KeetOn,
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REc, Is OF BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Continued)

Cert. No. 500. Descriptic Int
purchase price 1876, interas. at
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-24

Court Seal)
VIM. d. Keeton,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Residence, st. Maries, Idaho.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
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THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO, IN AND FOR BENE-
WAH COUNTY,.
+. S. KING,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-22
JOHN E. KELLARD

Mr.. John E. Kellard ts ono OF the most
versatile. actors on our stage to-day. II
Is Of course natural to more or less 1sso-
iets~hts name with his wonderful per
!ormance Of Hamlet he being the actor
who played this role for 102 consecutive
performances.
Mr.. Kellard was FOR many years Ma
dame MoIjeska's co-Sear and during the
period of their association played such
roles as Macbeth. Benedict (Much Ado
Abou. Nothing) Malvolto tTwelfth
Night. Slylock in the Merchant OF Ven
Ice. The mention Of these different
roles show only too we'll what Mr.. kei-
lard has accomplished and In bringing
his talented organization to the Court
for an engagement OF two performances.
Thursday. October IS. we can assure
playgoers they will DO afforded real
histrionic treat
"Hamlet' VIII be offered a. the matt
neo and Macbeth at the evening per-
formance. Seats 60 on sale Tuesday.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-10-22
".JOLLY GIRLS" PRESENT
BURLESQUE ATTRACTION

Tho ourlesque attraction at the Court
the first half Of this week. starting with
the usual matinee to-day Will he Maurice
Jacobs Jolly Girls" headed by the pop
ular comedian Al Martin and Including
such well known ourlesquers as Lew
White. VIII Davis. Meyer Gordon. Ralph
Throtse. Irene Shannon. Loetie Lee ana
Caroline Ross There arc two acts and
four scenes to the performance. the first
act. "a Trip to Chinatown" Is scream
from start to finish. but enough time Is
found between laughs to allow some ea-
ceptionally good musical numbers. The
second act Is q burlesque on the cele-
brated play. "Sapho.' which introduces
Lottie Lee In the title role. Mustcal
numbers rendered during this act are
IT cts All Do Something" It's Long
Way Back to Mothers Knee" From Me
TO Mandy Lee" Lily Of the Valley and
"Some Day. Somebody's Gonna Get You:
At the daily matinees ladies will be ad-
~,nitted for 15c each, providing they have
a coupon clipped from this paper.