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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

There are many things dropped In
the subway ticket chopper by absent
minded riders besides the little piece
Of pasteboard which entities them to
ride An eccentric looking young man
and his particularly eccentric looking
wife hurried up to the door Of Broad
way theater last night The man
reached into his pocket. handed the
doorman some tickets and. assisting
his wife before him. turned to receive
the stubs. These are subway tickets"
said the doorman. At the rate OF two
pockets per second the young man
searched himself. Then be clapped his
hand on his forehead. Good heavens,
Annie" he Easped. Il put the seats in
the subway And what Annie said
about boneheads was only heard by
herself.-New York Cor. Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION



l, Manuel j. Mello, of Shoshone, Idaho
who made Entry No. 1889 under the
provisions of an act of the Legislature
of the State of Idaho. commonly known
as the Carey Act" approved March
End. 1899, which embraces SEA SWA
of section 3. of township 5 s., of range
II f. B. M. do hereby give notice of
my intention to make final proof to es-
tablish claim to the land above de-
scribed and that expect to prove that
have resided on. reclaimed and culti-
waited said land as required by law, be-
fore o. A. Truman, Representative
State Land Board. at Shoshone, Idaho.
on the 2sth day OF July, 1917. by two OF
the following witnesses:
MANUEL ]. MELLO.
Entryman-
Joe Ineas. Tony Ineas. F. S. Franklin.
II. v. Cannon. all of Shoshone. Idaho.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

sight" aud four pulls. Sound gas
alarm" The ere step Ia a trench Is a
shelf on which soldiers stand to look
out and shoot between the sand bags
on top.
Ia addition 20 these men. we had pa
trolls and scouts out Ia mo Mans
Land the greater part OF the night,
with orders 10 gain any information
possible which might be OF value to
battalion. brigade. division OF general
headquarters They reported ON the
condition Of the Germans barbed wire,
the location ~ machine guns aud 9th
or little things Ike that which might
be OF interest 10 some commanding
officer twenty miles back Also they
were ordered 20 make every effort 70
capture any ~ the enemy's scouts or
patrols. so that We could gct informa-
ton from Them one OF the interesting
moments Ia this work came when
star shell caught you out Ia an open
spot n you moved you were gone
Eve seen men stand On one foot for
the thirty seconds during which a star
she'll win burn. Then when scouts or
patrols met IN NO Mans Land they
always had 20 ieht IL out with baye.
nets One single shot would be the
signal fof artillery Ore aud would
mean the almost instant humiliation
Of The men on both sides Of the fight
Under the necessities OF this war many
o. cur men have been Killed by our
own she'll tire.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

rear for ( weeks instruction practice.
Having only q slight idea Of what We
we're going to try to do. we felt very
Jolly about the whole enterprise start
Ing on We were camped In an old
barn, with several special instruction
officers IN charge We had oral In
structioD the first day. while sappers
dug and built an exact duplicate of the
section OF the German trenches which
we were to raid-that Is. 1t was exact
except for few details Certain
skeleton trenches" In the practice see
ton were dug simply to fool the Ger
man sviators. II photograph taken
back to German headquarters had
shown an exact duplicate of German
trench section suspicion might have
been aroused and our plans revealed.
We were constantly warned about the
skeleton trenches and told to remem-
Der that they did not exist In the Ger
man section where we were to operate
Meanwhile our practice section was
ch0nged little several times. because
aerial photographs showed that the
Germans had been renovating and
making some additions to the trenches
in which we were TO have our froIic
with them.
We had oral instruction. mostly dur
ing the day. because we didn't dare let
the German aviatOrs see us practicing
bomb raid. All night long. sometimes
until 2 or o'clock In the morning, we
rehearsed that raid just as carefully
as company OF star actors would re-
bearse play. AT first there was a dis
position 10 have sport out OF it.
We'll" some chap would say, roll
ing into the hay all tired out. II got
killed six times tonight. S'pose it'll
be eight times tomorrow night"
One man insisted that he had discov-
cred In one Of our aerial photographs
German burying money. and he care
fully examined each new picture, so
that he could be sure Of finding the
dough and digging 1t up. The grave
and serious manner of our officers,
however the exhaustive care with
which we were drilled and. more than
all. the approach Of the time when we
Ntlt ~ ~ Ofti thc w tiO'C az
sport out OF our minds, and can say
for myself that the very thought of |
the undertaking as the fatal night |
drew near sent shivers up and down |
my spine.
bombing raid, something originat-
ed In warfare by the Canadians, is not I
intended for the purpose Of holding /
ground, but to gain information. to do
as much damage as possible and to
keep the enemy in state of nervous
ness In this particular raid the chief
object was to gain information. Our
high command wanted to know what
troops were opposite us and what
troops had been there. We were ex-
Dected to get this information from
prisoners and from buttons and papers
)ff OF the Germans we might kill. It
was believed that troops were being
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

Al little before daybreak came
'slani.tc." when everybody got but
toncd up and ready for business he
cause az that hour most attacks begin.
and also that was the regular time for
dose u "mofniug aud evening hate
otherwise a good. lively fifteen minutes
OF she'll IRE. We had some casualties
every morning aud evening. aud the
strctchef bearers used 20 get ready for
them as regular matter Of course.
For fifteen minutes at dawn and dusk
the Germans used 10 send over "whiz
bangs" coal boxes" and "mincnwer
fer lsheils rrom trcneh mortarsl In
such generous way that Il locked as
n they liked 70 shoot 'am or. whether
they hit anything or not You could
always hear the heavy stun coming.
and We paid little attention to II. as il
was used in efforts to reach the bat
teries back OF ouy lines. The poor old
town 81 Dmkiebuseh gof the fun ben
cit Of H. When y shell would s6raek
rs way over. some one would say
There goes the express for Dinkie
baseh. aud couple Of seconds later,
when xome profainenf landmark OF
pnkiebuseh would dislnfegrate with
loui desonation. some cue else would
remark:
Trains arrived y
Ahons the only amusement we had
daring Cur long stay In the front
trenches WIS 20 sit With our backs
sgslns; the rear wall and shoot 81 the
rats running along the psrnpct- Peer
Ascfa risne. with lash OF the old hui
NOR which he had before the war told
q rookie that the trench rats were
40 big that he saw one OF them trying
OF bis sreateeat They used 10 run
over our faces when we were sleeping
In our dueouts. and I've seen them In
vayepous xwnrns burrowing into the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
Serial No. 015S23.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. S. Land Office, HALEY, Idaho,
June %, 1917.
NOTICE is hereby given that John
S. Moser. of Owinza, Idaho, who, on
July 80. 1914, made Homestead Entry,
Serial No. O15S2S, for NE Section 21.
Township South. Range 81 East,
Boise Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final three-year Proof.
to establish claim to the land above
described. before Frank T. Disney,
U. S. Commissioner, at Shoshone, Idaho,
on the 18th day of August, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
August Bitterman, Henry Wieder-
span. Jacob Miller, Barbara Med, all
of Owinza, Lincoln Co., Idaho.
BEN r. GRAY,
Register.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF JOHN w. YOUNG, DE-
CEASED.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned Emmett c. Young, Admin
istrator of the estate of John w.
Young, deceased. to the creditors of and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication of
this notice. to the said Administrator at
the office of Frank T. Disney in Sho-
shone. Lincoln Co., Idaho.
Dated July IA, 1917.
EMMETT C. YOUNG,
Administrator of the estate
of John w. Young, deceased
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
The Prince of Wales.

A few days after this a very young
officer passed me Ia a trench while |
was sitting ON IA fire step writing a
letter. ! noticed that he had the red
tabs OF stan officer on his uniform.
but | paid no more attention to him
thun that. No compliments. such as
salItcs TO officers. are paid in the
trenches. After he had passed one OF
the men asked me II | didn't know
who he was | said didn't
why, you d. fool he said. that's
the Prince Of Wales,"
when the little prince came back
stood TO salufe him. He returned the
salute with grave smile and passed
on. He was quite alone. and was
told afterward that he made these
trips through the trenches just TO show
the men that he did not consider him
self better than any other soldier. The
heir Of England was certainly taking
nearly the same chance of losing bis
Inheritance that we were
After we had been on the front line
fifteen days we received orders TO
make bombing raid Sixty yolun-
teers were asked for. and the whole
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that I, John
Fleming, convicted of the crime of
Murder in the First Degree. at the
October term. 1908. of the District
Court Of the Fourth Judicial District.
in and for the County of Lincoln.
State of Idaho, and sentenced by said
Court to serve a term of Life imprison-
ment in the Idaho State Penitentiary
at Boise, Ada County, Idaho; will
make application to the Honorable
State Board of Pardons, at their next
regular meeting after the legal publ
cation of this notice, for an absolute
pardon.
j27-a17 JOHN FLEMING.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

on at great rate while you're on your
way across. Remember that you'd bet
ter not stand up straight. because our
shells will Ike going over just six and
half feet from the ground where It's
level If you stand up straight you're
likely to be hit In the head. but don't
let thar worry you. because If you do
get hit In the head you won't know 1t.
SO why In h. worry about it!' Thar
was his farewell. He jumped on bis
horse and rode of.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
Serial No. 015S24.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U. S. Land Office, HALEY, Idaho,
June %, 1917.
NOTICE is hereby given that August
Bitterman, of Owinza. Idaho, who, on
July 30, 1914, made Homestead Entry,
Serial No. 015S24, for M Section %,
Township 7 South, Range 81 East, Boise
Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make three-year Proof. to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
for Frank t. Disney, u. S. Commits
sioner. at Shoshone. Idaho, on the 18th
day of August, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses:
August Moser, Barbara Med, Henry
Wiederspan, John S. Moser, all of
Owinza. Idaho.
BEN r. GRAY,
Register.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
WHAT COUNTS.

There may not be much in the thins -
that you say
It's the way that you say them;
The kind of the games that you play
dosen't count,
It's the way that you play them
In palace or cottage. in Office or ditch,
Or wherever your working.
The test of your manhood is answering
this,
Are You striving or Sinking?
And life, at the best. only gives back
to you
That which you give 1t;
So. high life or low life means nothing
at all
It's the way that you live II.
Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

battalion offered was iucky-or I'M
iucky--euough TO be among the sixty
who were chosen | want TO tell you
In detail about this bombing raid. SO
that you can understand what thing
may really amount to that gets Only
three lines or PERHAPS nothing At all
In the official dispatches and. hesidcs
that. Il may help some OF the young
men who read this 30 know something
a little later about bombing
The sixty OF us chosen to execute the
raid were taken twenty miiea to the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
'OvfR THERE
The Thrill and the He'll OF
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander Hcclintock Of Lex
ingson, Ky, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read. For He Tells the FActs--Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, a Distinguished Conduct
Medal Nan. He Was Invalided Home,
but Il Going "0ut There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In
spring Interesting Personal Narrative,
Full Of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
No.. The Bomb
Raid
BY Sefssanf tlstaader NcciIniock.
o. c. A.. S7.h Overseas Bait.
Canadian uren. Guards.
cosYflsha 1871 BY ihe fien Syn.
dsoato. Inc.

Awee0sf NcCiiafoek q - American
Bog ~ Lexington. ~, ieho has seen
sfrrfcs 81 fyanea. f1as decorated for
trererg. sepsadea. lHfaiiaed home aud
nec q refHnlae 70 accept a commits.
sfos This Il tho second article IN The
series IA me arsf article he descrie-
ga ~ fsasns,0 ~ 10 he point whcre
~ reasaea fAc 'front.' line trenches.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27
The Bomb Raid.

The point we were to attack had been
selected long before by our scouts. 1t
was not, as you might suppose. the
weakest point In the German line. Ii
was. on the contrary. the strongest. II
was considered that the moral effect OF
cleaning up weak point would be
comparatively small, whereas to break
In at the strongest point would be
something really worth while. And III
we were to take a chance II really
wouldn't pay TO hesitate about degrees
frontage of $50 yards and depth OF
200 yards. Ii had been explained to us
that we were to be supported by a
box barrage.' or curtain fire. from
our artillery to last exactly twenty-six
minutes-that Is. for twenty-six min
utes from the time when we started
over the top" our artillery, several
miles back, would drop a curtain" of
shells all around the edges Of that 80
yard by 200 yard section We were to
have fifteen minutes In which TO do
our work. Any man not out at tho
end of the fifteen minutes would neces-
sarily be caught in our own Gre. as our
artillery would then change from
box to pour a straight curtain fire
covering all of the spot of our opera
lions.
Our officers set their watches very
carefully with those of the artillery of
ficers before we went forward to the
front trenches. We reached the front
at II p. M, and not until our arrival
there were we informed of the zero
hour'-the time when the attack was
to be made. The hour of 1910 had
been selected The waiting from L
o'clock until that time was simply an
agony. Some of our men sat stupid
and inert. Others kept talking con
stantly about the most inconsequential
matters. One man undertook to tell a,
funny story. No one listened to it, and
the laugh at the end was emaciated
and CHASTITY. The inaction was driving
us all into a state of funk. | could ac-
tually feel my nerve oozing out. at my
finger tips, and if we had had TO wait
fifteen minutes longer | wouldn't have
been able to climb out of the trench.
About half an hour before we were
TO go over every man had his eye up
the trench, for we know 1.-THE rummies''
were coming that way. The rum gang
serves out a stiff shot of jamaica just
before an attack. and it would be
real test of temperance to see man
refuse. There were no prohibitionists
IN our set. Whether or not we got our
full ration depended on whether the
sergeant In charge was drunk or sober.
After the shot began to work one man
next me pounded my leg and hollered
IN my ear:
II say. why all this red tape? Let's
20 over now"
That noggin of rum is a life saver.
When the hour approached for us to
start the artillery fire was so heavy
hat orders had to be shouted into ears
rom man to man. The bombardment
vas, of course, along couple of miles
# front so that the Germans would not
NOW where to expect us. AT IL o'clock /
Exactly they began pulling down sec
ion of the parapet so that we wouldn't I
lave to climb over it and we were Off.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

lover the Top and Give EN- HE'LL"
The English Tommy's battle cry as he
breaks from his trench. The bomb raid
and what happened OF sixty that start
ed forty-six failed TO return because the
Germans had prepared a surprise for
them. Graphic description of Sergeant
McCiintock's terrible experience.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-07-27

There are six articles in this remark
able series by Sergeant McClntock.
Two have already been printed, and
the third will appear soon. 1t is the
most interesting one of the series thus
far and is entitled:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15

Mr.. Nicely stating that he did not wish
to prosecute provided he received a
sufficient amount to cover the loss of
time sustained by him in consequence
OF injuries sustained. He agreed to
accept $50, and this was paid him by
Mr.. Finello on behalf of his hired man.
Accidents of this kind, evidently re-
sulting from carelessness on the part
OF drivers of machines, are becoming
altogether too numerous. The worst
feature of the sort of accident which
injured Mr.. Nicely is, however, that the
driver FASTENED on his way without
stopping to ascertain results. From
this it is evident that he expected to
escape. He should thank the man he
ran over for not bringing criminal
action against him. 49,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15
Bob Nicely Crushed by Auto.

While Bob Nicely was crossing the
main street near the cheese factory
on Saturday evening an automobile
crumpled him up, fractured couple
of ribs and otherwise bruised him. The
driver failed to stop the machine, put
on more motive power and escaped.
Marshal Cox, however, obtained the
number Of the car, phoned the state
capitol and found that the auto be-
longed to D. G. Finello, who lives about
six miles south Of Foreston.
On Monday Deputy Sheriff Yotten
and the village marshal went to the
farm of Mr.. Finello and found that
the owner Of the car was not driving
it at the time it struck Mr.. Nicely, but
that it was being operated by one Ell
dred-his hired man.
Mr.. Finello and Eldred accompanied
the officers to Princeton and the mat
ter was settled in Justice Kings office,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15
Tri-State Buys Out Rural.

A conference of the directors of the
Rural Telephone company and a repre-
sentative of the Tri-State corporation
met in Princeton on Saturday, and a
deal was then closed whereby the
Rural system will be absorbed by the
Tri-State, provided the proposition is
approved by the state railroad and
warehouse commission. The Tri-State
company has paid over earnest money
to bind the contract.
This consolidation would mean a
much greater convenience, as one
phone would answer the place of two
and the old organ-grinding process,
now necessary when patrons on the
Rural are called, would be eliminated
Then, again, there would be two long
distance lines-optional with the pa
tron-the Tri-State and Northwestern
Hence people who could not be reached
on the Tri-State may be called on the
Northwestern and vice versa.
There seems to be no reason why
the railroad and warehouse commits
sion should not approve of the trans
fer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15

Olsen has been promoted to regimental
commissary sergeant and Max Cordi-
ner to regimental supply sergeant. ~.
We are starting with a new French
teacher this week. The one that we
had at first collected for his lessons
and then left after ne had given US
about four. They think he was de-
serter from the French army, as he
pulled out as soon as he heard that the
lieutenant was coming to this camp.
Lieutenant Negro is the French army
artillery officer who is attached to this
brigade as instructor.
I am on guard this "a hours so I
have to make round of the sentinels
after IL o'clock this evening. Believe
me the sheepskin coat sure will feel
fine, too. AS soon as the sun goes
down one must put on an overcoat. I
was too warm this afternoon out in
structing with only my shirt on.
1t is some job to talk on a subject
for five periods of one and half hours
each with only the intermission of one
hour at noon. Each of us prepares on
some subject in the daily program and
then we lecture on that alone for the
day. AS ever,s CLAUDE.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15
A Patriotic Wisconsin Bow.


Lieut. William J. Dunn of Portage,
Wis.,, was here on a visit to the
Dunn family from Saturday until Mon
day evening. Lieut.. Dunn resigned
the office of county treasurer of Col
umbia county, Wis.,, last May and went
to the officers training camp at Fort
Sheridan, Chicago. After several
months of intensive drill he secured
his commission and was assigned to
duty at Camp Custer, Battle Creek,
Mich, where there is cantonment of
10000 men. He expects to go to
jacksonville, Fla, soon, and from
there across the water.
Lieut.. Dunn SCOTS at the idea of this
being "poor mans war;" In his COM
pany at Fort Sheridan there were sew
eral millionaires, and his roommate
was young fellow from Detroit who
had relinquished business that Melted
him $4,000 yearly to join the army
and battle for democracy.
Lieut.. Dunn himself was exempt by
law, but like thousands of other patri-
otto young Americans, he deemed it
his duty to volunteer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15
Lieutenant Colonel Carleton

The many friends of w. A. Carleton
in Princeton will be glad to learn of
his promotion to Lieutenant-C Colonel in
the quartermasters' department. of the
United States army. Mr.. Carleton,
who is the son of Mrs. Isabella Carle-
ton and brother of Mrs. J. F. PETER
son of this place, joined the army in
1898, and after the trouble with Spain
was given commission in the regular
army. He has been in the service ever
since, has made good at every turn
and his promotion was richly merited.
Colonel Carleton is at present located
at Admission, Alabama, but will proba-
bly, soon cross the water. In the
United States army worth and ability
are recognized, and if Col. Carleton's
life is spared there are undoubtedly
further honors in store for him,
Princeton has a right to feel proud of
her soldier boys.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-11-15
NOTES..

Another blanket was issued to each
of us Saturday, and it is needed. While
the days continue warm the nights are
growing colder.
Sergt. Burrs expects to enroll in the
officers training school next month.
1t means a commission for him.
Lieutenant Cutter has been assigned
to the headquarters company.
Sergeants Cordiner and Olsen have
been promoted and are now regimental
supply sergeants. Their new positions
mean increased responsibility and
work, but they will measure up to the
duties required of them.
Captain Johnson has a new saddle
horse and it is a likely looking ami
NAL.
Our regimental street is now a thing
Of beauty. Appropriate designs have
been outlined with whitewashed stones
along the officers quarters.
Lieutenant Morton finds time to call
on US occasionally, and he reports that
he likes the new service. JULIE.