The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-11-29

That Cottonwood stiil main
fains 3 German State Bank What
German staref
That the sun stiIl smiles .ths
smile that wont come off on
old Nexperee prairie
That we dom 4 blame the doctors
for existing. Food conservation
- about 70 cure all their chronic
eases
That already there are IS less
Americans and 437 less Germans
As q result Of our boys entering
the trenches
That some more drag weather
IS here. Lewis county has a rep
ufafi0n for good roads 70 sus-
tain, yOn know
That If gasoline keeps inereas-
ing its p0lari0us-eat-like Odor with
its decreasing quality, stink
wagon viii aptly apply.
That Russia Is said 20 be . para
disc for fakirs Of all classes. Bet
nickel the vendor Of a patent
hair rest0rer would starve there
That II is noticeable that near
" all the letters gotten from cur
boys with the e0lOrs are written
on Y. NJ C. A and X. G. station
cry.
That perhaps the reason the
crown prince continues 10 fall
back is because it's rather ineon-
venient 10 fall in any other diree-
ton
That in the United States
Armies, November 7, there were
/ SIS, 900 men, in the Navy 271,-
ST. OF the total OF 2,OS7. 39l, 4
approximately 400, 600 volun-
tarily enlisted
That now II develops that Gen
eral Hell started the war in Eur
Ope. Always had a sneaking no
ton that old Sherman was inspir-
ed when he sprung his famous
definition Of war.
That If Il is true, as stated, that
America pays fourteen times as
much for each soldier as the en-
any, the boys have man-size Jobs
o measure up to the pattern cut
or them. But they II do II.
That a federal license il now
'equired in the United States for /
he legal possession Of explosives.
Any person having explosives and ;
lot holding a license therefor ]
leing subject 70 a fine Of $50, 600
nd Imprisonment for one year.
That speaking Of the Army Y.
/. G. A., the PresidiO, Cal, branch
epOrts the following things for
october: Pool games, 4,5O9;
ames Of checkers, quoits and '
ominoes, 22,s9S; shower baths. a
903 letters, 1896; craps games, o
90; poker games, 900. /
That Chief Grain Inspector p. i
Sweeney Of Washington says G
le 1918 wheat crop viii depend '
Irgely on spring seeding, as the o
~ fall eliminated any fall SOW o
q. Different here, brother e.
Ut as usual, Nezperee prairie is o
NY again demonstrating her a
lpeFiority over the Palouse. Il
That Newton ID. Baker, Secre- e
ry Of War, estimates the losses q
, to June ! Of the British ex- m
forces in deaths in m
tion and from wounds at 7 per =
mt Of the total Of all men sent
France since the beginning of
e war. He adds that the ratio ).
losses Of this character today, NJ
cause Of improved tactics and .
fifty mounting allied superior y
IN artillery, is less than z to y
0 men. ID
That recent investigations in ST
E use Of cotton In war show - "
Pinch gun disposes Of a half ~
lie Of cotton with every shot fir X.
! a machine gun in operation OF
i use up a bale in three min pr
IS; in a naval battle like the lal
e off Jutland over 5000 pounds w
minute are consumed by each az
i've warship; more than 10000 Of
les year are needed to provide
sOrbent cotton for the wounds yo'
the injured; one change Of I'm
parel for all the troops now 20
ragged in the war represents
re than a million bales. =