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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12
DRAINAGE COMMITTEE WILL
CONSULT ENGINEERS

A meeting of the joint drainage
committee Of Kootenai and Bene-
wah counties which has charge
of the work of forming the big
drainage district to widen and
deepen the mouth of the Spo-
kane river was held i'm tins city
this morning at which it was de-
cided that the members of the
committee should make a trip to
Spokane Friday to consult with
engineers as to the best course to
he followed to do away with the
high water menace. AT this
time it will be decided whether
the widening and deepening of
the source of the river will be
sufficient or whether it will be
necessary to have the dam at
Post Falls lowered.
The committee will also meet
i'm Spokane with representatives
of the O. w. r.. & n. and the c.. NJ
& st. p. railway companies anC
with representatives of the w. w
p. Co. and will endeavor to reacl
an amicable agreement by which
the wished for results can be OBJ
tanned without friction if possible
and the necessary work dom
without any delay. If no agree
ment can be reached with the w
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12
Officers Are On
Trail OF SIaCkcrS
SEVERAL ARE MADE TO REGISTER
Election Register of Last Fall Shows Many Failed
TO Register

The authorities have been busy
for the past few days checking
up the cards of those who regis
tered last Tuesday A compari-
son of the cards with the regis
tration books at the last general
election showed a number Of
names missing i'm every precinct
in the county, Notwithstanding
that the registration was very
much i'm excess of the estimate
made by the United States Of
ficials.
Officers are busy looking up
the persons whom the registra-
ton books show were liable to
registration but whose names do
not appear ON the registration
list. I'm some instances they
have found that the age appear
ing on the list of qualified voters
was wrong and i'm other instances
they have found that the party
was either dead or had left the
county.
A number were found who for
one reason or another had failed
to register and these were taken
to te court house and permitted
to register. In addition to those
whose names appear on the list
Of qualified voters there are
lothers whose names do not ap-
pear who have not registered
These are being closely checked
up and some have already been
arrested and brought in.
Sheriff holland arrested six OF
this latter class at Masbburn' s
Siding, on the branch line, Fri
day, all of whom were foreigners
Upon being brought to this city
it appeared that three Of then
were above the age limit and the
others were permitted to regis
ter and were discharged. Three
arrests have also been made al
Plummer for failure to register
One of these, a foreigner, was
brought here and permitted tC
register and then discharged
The cases of the two others have
not been disposed of as yet. The
sheriff was busy Monday inves.
tigating still other cases whicl
had been reported to him.
SO far there have been M
prosecutions in this county fo
failure TO register. This is
matter which comes strictly un
der the authority Of the Fedea
! Offices. The local officials re
port each case to the Unite
States officials and they decid
a whether the individuals shall b
. prosecuted.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12
ODD FELLOWS HOLD
MEMORIAL SERVICES

The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
held their Memorial services at
the Odd Fellow hall Sunday af-
ternoon. IL had been intended
TO hold the exercises at the ceme-
terry but the rain compelled an
abandonment Of this plan. The
services opened with a prayer by
the Rev. C.. j. Boppell, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, fol-
lowed by the roll call Of the dead
of the st. Maries lodge of Odd
Fellows and the local Rebekah
order.
An address was delivered by
Attorney Allen A. Holsclaw, his
subject being Memorial Ser
vices" followed by a song by the
ELS family. Judge Charles Go
! Cromwell spoke on tho subject of
/ l"Fraternal Societies." giving
some Of the reasons for their be-
ling and the good which they ac-
lcomplish. Rev. c.. d. Rarey,
pastor Of the First Methodist
church Of Spokane, delivered the
closing prayer.
The exercises closed with the
decoration of graves at the ceme-
terry. seven automobiles being
used TO transport those who
took part in these exercises.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12

have on the local exchange, if
any, is not known, but so far it
has had none and the citizens
generally have reason to be graf
ified by the action of both Mana
ger Goeden and the local opera
tors, as it saved them from the
Inconvenience and annoyance Of
q strike. This exchange is one
Of the most important in the dis
trict, employing six operators,
while Occur d'Alene, the largest
exchange in tho district, employs
nine
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12
THE IDEAL THEATRE
CHANGES HANDS

c.. L. Hansen has purchased
the interest of his partner, C. R.
Potter, in the Ideal Theatre and
assumed full charge Monday. Mr..
Hansen is we'll known in the mo-
ton picture business, having
conducted a theatre in Pasco,
Washington, for some. time be-
fore coming here and has been
associated with the Ideal here for
the past two years. He is
planning several innovations
which should prove attractive to
the patrons of The theatre and
with full control of the business
will make the Ideal even moro
popular than it has been in the
past.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12
PLANNING A CELEBRATION
FOR THE FOURTH

There is strong opposition to
the idea of giving up having
Fourth of July celebration here.
A number of the business men
have taken the matter up again
and will make a strong tffort to
push it through. Their idea is
to follow the suggestion in the
proclamation of Governor Alex
ander a short time ago and fit
tingly observe the day but to so
arrange the celebration that it
viii not be expensive.
The idea is to arrange a parade
with the St. Maries band. the SOL
diers and citizens in automobiles
participating, to have public
speaking by local men and gen.
eral patriotic exercises. These
would be supplemented with a
ball game between a team from
the city and one from the sol
ldiers, together with other sports
iIt is believed that a very credit
able celebration can be arranged
with very little actual expense ia
lanyOne if all help. A meeting
will be held at the Benewah club
! this evening to discuss the mat
ter.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12
ALLOWS COUNTY TO
CONDEMN FOR ROAD

Prosecuting Attorney Allen A.
DAY from Judge r. n. Dunn at
Coeur d'Alene stating that he had
found for the county in the cases
of the county against Paullus
Zehner. brought to condemn
strip of land across their prop
erty for a highway. The letter
instructs Mr. Holsclaw to prepare
written Judgment to be sub
mitted to the court, after which
appraisers Will be appointed to
appraise the damage sustained
ny the defendants by reason Of
the highway.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12

w. p. Co. the work of organiz-
ing the drainage districts will
be pushed at once.
Those who will make the trip
are Fred Herrick John Lander
you, p. II. Sweeney, and Attorney
T.. n. LaNeine of this city, J. c..
White of Occur d'Alene and M. A.
kiger of Harrison.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-06-12

Attorneys Ed. s. Elder or this
city and George j. McFadden of
Plummer were at Occur d'Alene
Friday attending a hearing of the
tax case of the Milwaukee rail
road against Benewah county be-
fore Judge Dietrich in the United
states District Court.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
THE IVORY CHILD
BY II. RIDER HAGGARD
Anthor ot ,,lfareH "Ktt0 solomon'. Mlnes" sheo "a

by those who know the road. az well as
from southern or eastern Africa"
Then you think that my wife has been
kidnapped by those villains, Harut and
Marut?"
"Of course. though villains is strong
term to apply to them They may be quite
honest men according to their peculiar
lights, as indeed | expect that they are,
Remember that they serve a god or a fetish,
or rather as they believe a god in fetish
who to them doubtless is a very terrible
master especially when, as understand,
that god is threatened by a rival god"
why do YOU say that. Quatermain?'
BY way of answer I repeated to him the
story which Hans said he had heard from
Tho old woman Beza in the town of the
MaZitu. Lord RaEnall listened with the
deepest interest then said in an agtated
voice
THAT is very strange tale. but has 1t
struck you, Quatermain, that II your sup
positions are correct, one OF the most ter
riblc circumstances connected with my case
is that our child should have chanced to
come to its dreadful death through the
wiCkcdness of an elephant"
THAT curious coincidence has struck me
most forCblv. Lord Ragnall At the same
time ! do not see how Il can be set down
as more than a coincidence. since the ele
phant which slaughtered your child was
certainl" not that called Jana, To suppose
because there is "A war between an elephant
god and a child-god somewhere in the
heart OF Africa, that therefore another ele-
phant can he so influenced that it kills
child in England, is to my mind out of all
reason
That is what I said 10 nun, as did not
wish to introduce a new horror into an af-
fair which was already horrible enough.
But, recollecting that these priests, Harut
and Marut, believed the mother of this
murdered infant to be none other than the
oracle of their worship CthouEh how this
Chanced passed my comprehension. and
therefore the great enemy Of the evil ele-
phant-god, | confess that at heart felt
afraid If any powers of magic black or
white or both, we're mixed up with the mat
ter as my experiences in England seemed to
suggest who could say what might be their
exact limits? As however il has been
demonstrated again and again by the
learned that no such thing African magic
exists. this line of thought appeared to be
too foolish to follow. So passing il by |
asked Lord Ragnall to continue.
For over a month" he went on, II stop
ped in Egypt waiting TN emissares who
had been sent to the chiefs OF various
tribes in the Sudan and elsewhere returned
with the news that nothing whatsoever
had been seen Of a white woman travelling
in the company Of natives nor had they
heard Of any such woman being sold as
slave.
also through the Khedive, on whom I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
Farmer Smiths
Column
THE BOY AND THE MONSTER

Dearest ChiIren: once upon time
there was Little Boy who HATED great
big Monster The more he hated the
Monster, the larger it became, until finally
the boy became DESPERATE.
One night the Little Boy had dream
about the Monster which, by the way, was
nothing more nor less than Arithmetic.
Now wasn't that funny Monster?
In his dream the Little Boy an
Old Man with a white beard, who said to
him:
when you hate anything, you tie your
self to it. Do you not know that FIGURES
are the ONE universal language? Surely
you should be interested in NUMBERS,
for numbers are understood all over the
world.
Take your laundry TO Chinaman and
he uses the same figures YOU do.
Buy banana from an Italian at the
corner fruit stand-he uses the same figures
YOU USE.
Love the thing you hate and it becomes
easier"
After saying this the Old Man disap-
peared.
The next morning the Little Boy was up
bright and early, and started in to finish
a problem in Arithmetic which he had
left the night before because he HATED
il, and 10 and behold the problem became
much easier.
After that the Little Boy became good
at Arithmetic, much to his teachers amaze
ment but he never told her OF his dream.
Lovingly,
FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
TIE STORY rHrs EAR


ALLAN QuATERMAN. "a famous African
hunter and fortune seeker. is IN Eng,dnd on
one Of hia occasional visits. While lnCt. III
Ia Invited to attend dinner at famous "'"
LORD RAGNALL. tho host and Qua termain
strike M close fr!endahip durlnE ne Al rsSs
Holmes. Lord RaEnalrs haucee
LUNA HOLMES is y youns woman nI Eis'",
h,sGgty. wh2 was named lnna Neon TSgSuSo on her
breast Miss Holmes takes Il lively interSs.
in QuatermaIn and Africa, and prophes,e9 ma ,na'
she viii spend at least par or heT m te erttaincs tIirI
tells Quatermain of an incident IN neL ca ~ V
me- when two Arabs tail IN ] an ahbSap' athbSsn two 90
Arabs arrive. making inquiry about 0GnIetim'Itm IT,,
HARUT and MARUT ask Tor Suai"riTWnIt ~ bnr nr
his Arab name, M9cnmG SHnSs; vans ans h" bro
ducing snakes from hts pockets Inc ~ HtHns ,o
arc shown In and plead with Qunterinamr ~ ,' o. "a
turn to Africa and XIII the EIan' e'cp""'''' ~"
GTnterman smells Of an incense from tho
c.nser which the Arabs hand him ana se'ST; tST;lId a
Miss Holmes then inhales the incense, ana secs
a chld-god place string OF gems on n"r n oi,,
The AraSs prophgsy that SuHtGTmS nmes viii VIII css sin
to africa, They leave and give Qp9tgrma7,in I,
a small packet present lot ,H,ES ~ Stiss
flancec. 1t is tho stIinE OF b'"' "''S"
"Tbnf night Quatcrmair discovers MISS
Holmes walking In her sleep tis IV,'VMS on nr,,mr
Harut and Marut from andustlhs r. ,m" r%othbTInr
scious woman. At breakfast ahe knUWS ,% lg' non
at ali OF her episode for QuatertnRhm n"y kim
ducted her back to her room without ""N'""
neTTyo wears later Lord Ragn9ll surprises :
Quatermain by Visiting MN IN Srted a. From, their
bo,t T on the NIIe Luna was driven insane "nnII VIM
an elephant tore her child from hsr nrns tsfy @Fy
STmsmGiPS 1t ,3gary 2 agreed to the African ir'p
ny TRamEneII is telling Quatermain the aeta"S'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-22
WEST PHILADELPHTANS
URGE NEW POSTOFFTCE
Sixtieth and Market Streets Dis
trict Has Outgrown Postal
Service, Business Men Say
BRANCH NOW NECESSITY
Delays in Mail Serious Disadvantage,
Thornton Is Told by Neighbor-
hood Representatives

Merchants and business men In the vlcin-
ity Of sixtleth and Market streets have
voiced demand for carrier postoflce to
be located near their business center. The
matter has been taken up by the sxtieth
and Market Streets Business Association
and committee has been appointed to call
on Postmaster Thornton to explain the need
At present the nearest carrier station Is
the West Market station, Fiftv-second and
Market streets Mail delivery service for
the Sixteth street and Mllhourne .stricts
is supplied by carriers from this station.
The rapid growth OF these localities within
the last few years has made the delivery
facilities inadequate to take care OF the
steadily Increasing n1ux Of mail Mail
routes which were once covered by two men
now keep ten men busy
Upon these facts the committee will base
its plea TO Postmaster Thornton. according
to J. T. Travis, vice president Of the asso-
citation
"A Sixtleth street carrying station can no
longer be considered as a pleasing but re-
mote prospect. The need is pressing and
much satisfaction has been expressed
with the present service" said MIR. Travis
although no criticism OF the work Of the
carriers can be made. The men begin the
first delivery burdened with huge sacks OF
mail and all year round work IN a rush
which approaches Chrstmas-tme proper
tions."
MIR Travis also said that service for the
Sixteth street locality would be doubly sat
sfactory II the carriers could start from
a neighborhood postofllce. At present the
carriers must ride from Fifty-second and
Market streets to the outlying routes. This
circumstance retards the deliveries. par
ticularly the morning delivery, in which the
bulk of the mail arrives.
Mr.. Travis pointed out that although
within the last ten years the Sixtieth and
Market streets section has developed from
a truck-farmlng center to n thriving busi-
ness district, with the exception of an in
creased delivery force the postal facilities
have been unimproved.
The inconvenience suffered during the
recent holiday crush has served to arouse
the dormant interest IN the desired postoffice
and the entire neghborhood is now inter
ested and anxiously hoping for immediate
favorable results from the meeting OF POST
master Thornton with the association COM
mittee.
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"FOR A WONDER!"

was able to bring influence to bear by help
Of the British Government. l caused many
harems in Egypt to be visited entirely with
out result. After this, leaving the inquiry
i'm the hands of the British Consul and "a
firm of French lawyers. although in truth
all hope had gone, ! returned TO England
whittier l had already sent Lady Longden
broken hearted, for il occurred TO me as
possible that my wife might have drfted
or been taken thither But here, too, there
was no trace OF her or Of anybody who
could possibly answer To her description.
So at last I came 10 the conclusion that
her bones must lie somewhere at the bot
tom Of the Nile, and gave way to despair"
Always a foolish thing 10 do re-
marked
you will say so indeed when you hear
the end. Quatermain. My bereavement and
the sleeplessness which II caused preyed
upon me so much, for now that the child
was dead my wife was everything 20 me,
that. / will tell you the truth, my brain
became affected and, like Job, / cursed God
In my heart and determined TO die In
deed | should have died by my own hand had
it not been for Savage. / had procured the
laudanum and loaded the pistol with which
l proposed 10 shoot myself Immediately
after il was swallowed so that there might
be no mistake. one night only couple of
months or so ago, QuaJermain 1 sat in my
study at Ragnall with the doors locked as
1 thought, writing a few final letters before
/ did the deed The last of them was just
finished about twelve, when, hearing a noise,
/ looked up and saw Savage standing be-
fore me / asked him angrily how he came
there q suppose he must have had another
key to one of the doors) and what ne
wanted. Ignoring the FIRST part OF the ques-
tion he replied:
" My lord, / have been thinking over our
trouble he was with us in Egypt-I have
been thinking so much that it has got a
hold of my sleep Tonight as you said you
did not want me any more and l was tired,
/ went TO bed early and had a dream,
dreamed that we were once more in the
shrubbery as happened some years ago.
and thar the little African gent who shot
Ike a book, was showing US the traces OF
those two black men, just as he did when
they tried 10 steal her ladyship. Then in
my dream. / seemed 70 20 back 10 bed and
that beastly snake which We found lying
under the parcel In the road seemed 10 fol-
low me when ] had got to sleep again.
all 10 tSe dream, there il was, standing on
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/ should put myself in communication #ita
you was not ridiculous IN view Of the part
you had already played in the story.
Very far from ridiculous" I interpo-
lated.
ITO tell the truth" went on Lord RaF-
nall, u had already thought of doing the
same thing, but somehow beneath the pres
sure Of my imminent grief the idea was
squeezed out of my mind, perhaps becarse
you were so far away and I did not know
" ] could find you even II tried Pausing
for n moment before I dismissed Savage,
! rose from the desk at which I was writ
ing and began TO walk up and down the
room thinking what / would do. I am not
certain II you saw it when you were at
Ragnall. but il is large room fifty feet
long or so, though not very broad. II has
two freplaces, in both of which fires were
burning on this night, and II was lit By
four standing lamps besides that upon my
desk Now between these hreplaces IN
kind OF niche In the wall and little IN
the shadow because none Of the lamps was
exactly opposite 10 u, hung a portrait Of
my wife which I had caused to be painted
by fashionable artist when first we be-
came engaged
"t remember IT," I said. "Or rather
remember It's existence I did not see Il
because curtain hung over the picture.
which Savage told me you did not wish
TO be looked at by anybody but yourself
At the time ! remarked to him. or rather
to myself. that to veil the likeness of
living woman In such a way seemed 10 me
rather an ill-omened thing to do, though
why ! should have thought IL SO I do not
quite know"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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TWO DOGS AND ONE CAT
By Farmer Smith

one night Billy Bumpus tucked his
daughter Mamie Goat in bed Tell me a
dog story" pleaded Mamie, So Billy be-
gan:
Ginger was lying on the front porch
fast asleep. He was having such beautiful
dreams. Such delicious piece OF juicy
meat he was just about To eat when
Suddenly he sat up, his eyes very much
awake, one ear stuck straight up.
What's that! What's that " he thought
as he listened very carefully his head on
one side.
HE didn't have long TO wait Up the
street came Thomas the cat on run.
His tail was as big as his body
After him and almost upon him was
Sport the yellow dog, for whom Ginger had
no love at all.
"Over the fence came Thomas and up a
tree he went so fast that he looked like
black streak.
sport too, was coming fast over the
fence he came and up the tree he went, but
Just half way; he couldn't climb like
Thomas.
Ginger stood up and growled fierceIy
Say, you, Sport he said, now you get
out OF here and get out quick, or I'll give
you the worst licking you ever had
Well what's the matter with you?'
said Sport, Can't a fellow chase an old
cat?
Don't stop to talk said Ginger. ad-
yanclng and showing his teeth. but mind
what l tell you and get out quick
Now, there was one thing Sport didn't
like, and that was Gingers teeth They
were so very sharp, and Sport had felt them
more than once So back over the fence he
went. growing with rage Ginger gave him
a little bite just for good luck as he went
back over the fence.
"'Coms on down, Thomas pleaded
Ginger
mot just yet said Thomas. I guess
I'll stay up here a while longer. 1 feel safer
somehow
But / am your friend urged Ginger.
! don't think 50. Sometimes Il Is as
important 70 know your enemies as Il Is 70
know your friends answered Thomas
That was too much for Ginger ahd ae
gent away"