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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-09

out Of money orders by which the men
can send their pay home to their fam
lies. In some Of the big camps the
7. N. c. A. is providing banking facil.
tiles for the men as we'll.
Do Your Bit With a Tsnnsr.
This month (November) the Y. N
Q. A. must raise S35,00O,OO to carry
On its work among our soldiers and
their allies until next July. OF this
$4,000. 900 about S24,OOO,OOO VIII be
apent on the work with our own troops
OF about $40 for every man IN Uncle
Sans Uniform. II everybody who has
received letters from soldiers and sail.
ors were to contribute $40 the task
would be easy. Are your boys health
and happiness and clean soul worth
$40 to your
Your town mayor. your pastor, your
school superintendent viii know who
q the treasurer OF the campaign com
mittee in your county or town. Other
Wise send q check OF money order to
Cleveland H Dodge. treasurer, 124
Vast Twenty-eighth street. New York
dtY.
Only sacrihoial giving By mflioas OF
sivers viii make possible the osltin
uAnce Of this vast work for Anaeclcr
soidiers and for those OF cur alItsG
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-09

- T was evening on the broad
D Hampstead Plain, Long Island.
where the Rainbow division was
spending its last night before embark
ing for France It had been raining
hard In the afternoon cold. steady
autumn downpour-and there was
nothing to suggest the rainbow in the
outward aspect of the camp. Lines
and lines OF sodden canvas housed
27000 men. gathered from q different
states. The ground was dotted with
pools and quagmires. Under the wet
canvas It was damp and cold. with a
penetrating chill Lit by hickering
candles, the tents were far from cheer
full shelter for a mans last night IN
his native land
But there were seven big tents
whore electric lights, numbers and
friendliness made the night pleasant.
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least is on its way to you. Each one
Of our 16 environments, where the new
national army is being trained, 81
using more than million sheets OF
this paper every month. In the draft
army alone hat means 10000, 900 lila
ments OF love every month reaching
out from the great encampment where
the men are being trained into the
greatest army this nation has ever
dreamed and binding them to the
hearts az home. Multiply that by
thinking Of all the other places whore
Uncle Sam has men with the fiag-in
navy yards, on the high seas, In arse
nails and officers training camps and
cover There" in France In all these
places men are writing home. Those
unassuming little sheets Of notepaper
gladden. millions of hearts a day.
They transfer more love from one
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-09

In each OF theseia soldier was strum-
ming on a piano. others we're reading
books and mRgaUines hundI eds were
writing letters home Behind the
raised counter at one end three or four
young men were busy passing out
notepaper and envelopes. selling
stamps and Weighing parcels. which
the men we're sending home One Of
the soldiers said 70 me as I stood IN
the tent used chiefly by men from
Iowa: I'VE cam all the way here
from Des Moines. and we were mighty
lonely Then we found this Y. M. O.
A. on the Job, and it's been a home
and more than a home to US. II gave
US what we wanted when we needed
It most Wen aever forget t. The
boys best friend is the Y. NJ. @. A."
Fine, clean-cut, Outstanding FelloWu.
How close thole benches we're pack
ed with mon, bending over the long
tables absorbed In their writingl
What an appeal to the sympathiss
those great groups Of soldiers makel
Fine clean-cut. outstanding fellows,
some OF Thorn mere boys one thinks
Immediately Of tbs sacrifice they have
made for the rest OF US and how pre-
cious they are to some one back home
Somewhere, in far of farm or village
or city street, there are parents or
brothers or wives who would give ali
they possess for one glimpse Of those
sunburned faces as you and / see
them on their last night before goins
across. And Il was with a thrOb Of
the heart that / watched them. bent
over their letter paper in one after
another OF those seven big tents.
These were the tents OF the Y. n. Q.
A. On that last night IN America the
association was serving the soldiers
in the best OF all ways-giving tham
an opportunity to write home On
previous nights they had enjoyed box
ing bouts movies. concerts, dramatics
and a score Of healthy entertainments
as well as religious meetings. But On
this last night home ties were strong
est And perhaps that IS the keynote
OF the splendid work the Y. M. @ A
is doing among our men In unif0rm--
keeping them IN touch with home
Magic Words, with the coloras
In these times there are some let
tiers that mean more to US than any
we have ever read before They are
written on sheets Of paper stamped
with the Stars and Stripes and the
red triangle OF the Y NJ. G. A., and
they bear the magic words. with the
Colors." There are many more than
q million such letters in the mails now
while you read this. Perhaps one at
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-09

1t is not generally known that
China is participating in the war
on the European continent to the
extent of furnishing laborers to
take the place of French, Russian
and italian soldiers. There are
$4,000 Chinese laborers in France
alone, supplied by the Chinese
government. These men are
selected for the service they are
to render and are all physically
sound and experienced workers.
The French pay the Chinese.
government $40 a month for the
family of each worker and the
worker also receives the equiva-
lent of 20 cents day i'm our
money. The sinking of vessel
loaded with Chinese en- route to
France was the last straw in
Chinese grievances against the
Germans and caused the declara-
ton of war.
The German officials figure
that the airplane raids over
London will so terrorize the
English people that they will sue
for peace. In this they are alb
sOlutely mistaken as to the char
acter OF the English people as
the air raids only intensity their
determination to carry the war
to success. 1t may be that the
German people are made Of diff
ferent stuff and that air raids
would terrorize them into sur
render. In any event the English
have announced that they will
shortly make such raids as re-
prisals.
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NorIcE OF sHERIEE,s SALE

State of Idaho, County of Bene-
wah, SIS.
f. S. KING,
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IuIt*c coveted ro4ao2stou4 o. WI -
oessties. The work must so On. be
cause there is no one thing that con
tributes 50 much to the spirit and ef-
hciency OF the troops. The z. N 9.
A Is working night and day 70 help
the government win this war. And
every penny that is given to aid the
work Is a direct assistance 20 the
health, happiness and strength Of your
boy and mine.
Snapshots Of Kaleidoscope Work
In all the big cities in France where
our men pass through in large num-
bers, the Y. NJ. G. A. is operating
hostels, where they can get beds and
meals at a minimum cost. In London
the American Y NJ c. A. mas erected
a large building for our soldiers and q
clubhouse for American officers.
There are Y. NJ. c. A. dugOuts right
behind the front line trenches, where
the soldiers can get hot drinks. crack
ers and other comforts at all hours
Over 1000 men who had been reject
ed on account OF physical disability
have been able to get into the British
army by reason Of the physical work
Of the British Y. NJ c. A.
A feet OF motor cars leaves the big
Y. M. G. A. headquarters in London at
midnight every night to pick up sol
diers who are wandering about the
streets without any wholesome Lodging
in which to spend the night. Thes r
cars are operated by EnglishwomeT
Of position and refinement who report
that they never meet any discouTtesy
H.
portance Of this service can be esti-
mated by the fact that at least $4,000
soldiers are on leave in London every
week over half OF these sleep in Y
M. G. A. beds every night.
Entertainment on Vast Scale.
The Y M c. A. has erected a big
auditorium, seating 5000, In each Of
the big draft camps, and huge chautau
qua tents, seating $500 in the Other
encampments. The association Is run
ming a % week entertainment circui
among the camps and is paying II
companies of entertainers. who are
travelling to 80 camps performing be
fore the men.
In each of the draft camps the z
N. c. A. has ten secretaries engaged
IN educational WOIk. Inc Association
q seeing TO It that every man wh'
cannot speak English is taught TO d,
20. In many OF the camps the asso
citation has a singing director. who fl
teaching the men to sing the pOpula
and martial airs that do so much K
keep up their spirits.
OF "a Y. NJ c. A. men at CAM
DIX only three are being paid fun sal
aries. In all the camps the majority
Of the Y NJ. c. A. men have left lucra
tive positions to do this work simply
because its appeal is irresistible Il
any red blooded man. Harry Lauder
the famous Scotch singer and come
dian, now on his farewell concert tou
in the United States, Is giving all hi
spare time to the service Of the asso
oiation and is singing to the soldier
At all the camps he can reach.
In one Of the draft camps the Y. III
G. A. Is supervising athletics on IL
playing fields. providing full athlete
equipment The winners Of the inter
regimental games will play the cham
pions of the other camps.
One Of the greatest services render
ed by the association is the making
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-09
AMERICANS IN TRENCHES
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

lCleNelanu ram DedlcfJ
America promised her allies a
fighting army, and made good.
Within six months of the day
when the first United States reg
ulars landed on French soil, the
nation, despite initial unprepar-
edness, has been able to put in
the first line trenches, a body of
men who can be trusted TO hold
them and to advance them toward
the German border. 1t has been
able adequately to equip and
supply them. 1t is in position TO
provide a continual and growing
stream Of reinfOrcemenls. IL has
created out of nothing that bust
ness organization which makes
efficient war-making possible.
America is ready now.
When war was declared the
ranks OF the regular army were
depleted. IL lacked arms, ammu-
milton, supplies. Moreover it
lacked even the government ma
chinery necessary TO the handling
and equipment of a great army.
The fact that, i'm these six
months, the nation has been able
to prepare for real war should
bring a glow of pride to every
American. The nation must, of
course, regret the short-sighled-
ness which made a six months
delay inevitable. II can feel only
pride in the quick efficiency with
which it made ready, once the
need became imperative.
The sector of the French front
which has been taken over by the
American soldiers has been a
quiet one for many months Ont
may rest assured that it will not
be quiet long. The allies have
d termined upon a continuous
offensive. They plan to bring
unending pressure upon the
whole of the German line and
America is to have its part i'm
creating and maintaining this
pressure. Hundreds of thOus-
ands of reserves will, of course
be necessary if the United States
is to bear its proper share of the
burden of freeing French soil of
the invader. The government
guarantees that they will be on
hand when they are needed. The
problem Of Transporting men and
supplies is, indeed, of appalling
magnitude, but the United States
is set to handle it.
The war is our war now as
never before. Americans may
rejoice i'm the efficiency which
has marked preparations for
actual combat. They must pre-
pare now to make that combat
count. Every effort of the ma
ton, as of the government, must
be directed to the supply and the
support of the men i'm France
There are 100000 Americans in
France. One hundred million in
America must make their labors
and their sacrifices effective.
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part OF the world to another than sta
tistics can express. Statistics are
pretty poor anyway when It comes 60
reckoning In terms Of love and human
tenderness Let's put It this way:
That the Y NJ c. A. IS the biggest ex-
press company the world has ever
seen. and the parcels It is handling
are the loves and doyotions Of human
beings.
Worlds Best Loved Trademarks.
This war aas made US think hard
and fast. Your boy or your neigh
boris boy or some boy you know and
love has been called TO do his share
in the big job OF policing the world for
democracy and human liberty. Is It
any comfort to you to know that wher-
ever his duty may call him your boy
will nave a friend that will serve him
IN body mind and soul? Are you
glad 90 know that this friend will place
books and magazines at his disposal.
organize classes TO teach him what
ever he wants to learn, give him q
pocket testament and invite him 20
join religious meetings OF tho faith
that he was brought up INF Did you
realize that the association provides
athletic equipment for his favorite
games, teaches him games Khe knows
none and holds concerts, lectures,
movies, Bible classes, dramatic enter
tRinments and every kind OF whole
some amusement to keep him interest
-ed7 Are you glad to know that thia
friend win GO with him overseas, help
70 shield him from a score Of difdcult
and dangerous temptations and follow
aim right up TO the front line trench
and beyond It? The last contact the
s0ldier has with this life he loves 90
well Is a cup of tea given him By tie
z. NJ. c. A. free just before he goes
'over the top" TO a hand to hand strug-
$40 with the enemy. And - he comes
totterlng back from No Mans Land,
wounded, but strong enough and
plnchy enough to keep on his test,
even before his wounds are dressed
the Y NJ C. A. is waiting for MIN vita
tea and sweet chocolate. the great con-
forts Of the man ia the trenches. Do
you wonder that the Red triangle is
called "the best loved trademark a
the world?" One soldier In France has.
called It the last evidence that any
body cares
II every thinking citizen could see
with his or her own eyes something
OF the actual work being done for cur
men by the association there would Be
no question OF the Y NJ c. A. HAVING
to appeal 90 the public for money.
Rather than Ter this essential work
falter for an insnut rich men would
sell their motorcars. Door men would
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-11-09
.dIiOR Letters In Tie Mails Today
Bearing Magic Words with the COlOTS"
Keynote Of the Splendid Work the YM.C.A Does Among
Our Men In Uniform Is Keeping Them In
Touch With the Folks at Home
STAMPED WITH STARS AND STRIPES AND RED TRIANGLE

MufarOus Ways Which the Association Appeals to Your Boy
Neghbor's Boy Some Boy You Know and Love
Creates Helpful Environment in Cantonment Way Overseas
in Front Trench and BoyondFst to Aid He Comes
Totterng BacGve Your Share Of the 50O00OO Required to
Accomplish This Last Evidence Somebody Cares
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Plaintiff,
70
o. NJ. WILSON,
Defendant.

o. M. WILSON,
Defendant.
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 county of Benewah, State of
Idaho, on the 3rd day Of October,
a. d., 1917, in the above entitled
action, wherein +. S. King, the
above named plaintiff, obtained a
judgment and decree Of fore
closure and sale against O. NJ.
Wilson, defendaut, on the 9th
day of September, A. D., 1917,
for the sum of flfty-five and
3OlOO Dollars, in United States
Gold Coin, besides interest, costs,
ETC., of..----Dollars, which said
decree was, on the 27th day of
September, A. D., 1917, recorded
III Judgment book of said Court,
! 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 de-
soribed as follows, to-wit: Lots
one 1) and two ~ Block one
% SCOTS Addition to the City of
st Maries, Idaho, in the County
of Benewah, State of Idaho, 2 lots,
together with the improvements
thereon.
Public nOtrce is hereby given
that on the 10th day of NOvem-
Der, A. D., 1917, at 10 o'clock A.
NJ. of that day, in front of the
Court House door of the County
Of Benewah, at St. Maries, Idaho,
I will, in obedience to said order
OF sale, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof as
may be necessary 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
4th day of October, A. D., 1917.
E. B. holland,
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Notice is hereby given that the
regular Tri-County Teachers
Institute will be held at Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, December 10th
to 22nd.
RUTH +. GERHART,
At. County superintendent
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NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
regular examinations for all
classes Of teachers certificates,
both State and County Will be
held at the High School, st.
Maries, Idaho, beginning Thurs
day, November 18th, at $3.50
O'Clock.
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RUTH L. GERHART,
County superintendent
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-03
TRAFFIC RIFLES

It's all very well argue. ACCIDENTALLY that the
German government has a right to draw Imaginary
line a big section of the Atlantic and
order to keep it on peril of destruction
ships death ourselves. But the thing looks a
bit different when brought home us by specific
ample. Thus the Albany y. " Journal addresses the
following imaginary letter from Kaiser Wilhelm to
certain Chicago congressman who has made himself
public apologst for Germany:
4 whatever why should
permit you pursue rghtful errands in the city
Chicago all usual ways which you
toned, except for the following restrictions:
Whenever you traverse Michigan you shall walk
upon the curbstone, not DETECTING your
eighteenth inch from the edge of the curb You
shall look straight ahead, neither the right to the
Upon arriving at your destination if violence
you by accident you may return your
own 10y route and with punctilious OBJ
servance of these rules Otherwise guarantee
your safety"
The terms are rather mild. The kaiser might have
represented as stating explicitly Chi
cago citizen failed reG-and- white striped but
hat or deviated by the fraction of an the
prescribed he would be shot instantly. With
these emendatons the corresponds pretty well
Berlin decree ordering Americans the except
route. under the conditions prescribed by
the The citizen i'm question has much right
in the forbidden he has on Michigan
Suppose you apply the same reasoning TO your own
city the proprety being ordered off the
main by a foreign government How do you
like such traffic rules?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-03
A NATIONAL BUDGET.

Rep. Anderson of Minnesota has made in congress a
definite proposal Of national executive budget system
While he does expect favorable action his bill in
this congress- he does believe that his presentation Of
specific plans will further serious consideration
whole subject and will push forward the necessary pre-
lminary stages adoption of such system.
Mr. Anderson urges the creation of agency
which consider direction and control of
the president. the finances OF the government as a
whole with a view to promoting uniform business
methods and systems of accounting and with view
especially. considering relative Importance and
necessity the proposed expenditures depart
ment from the standpoint OF the government as
whole. Ex-Prest Taft has long favored plan.
Under our present system, heads of departments
make their estimates only well that they're
They are forced to ask for more than they actually
need in order fraction of the The result
general confusion which nobody knows the actual
facts nobody responsible for accuracy and honesty
the there discrepancy in the cost
of performing similar services different departments
that is astonishing. There general all
the expenditures of the United by any central
responsible authority Even the methods Of account
vary in the different departments so that useful
comparisons impossible. There is no attempt to
harmonic expenditures with revenues
been said that a budget. well organized and
properly administered would make even a democracy
efficient It's high time that Uncle developed
effective budget system. It's matter 70 be hastily
dealt with but the should as business
like and efficient any powerful private corporation.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-03
RED TAPE.

The Philadelphia bureau OF municipal research has
been looking the citys system Of transacting
ness and in a bulletin makes an Illuminating
exposition Of the evils Of red tape II prints compl
Gated diagram showing the steps have
taken whenever any city department in Philadelphia
buys any article which 500 like
a sporting page diagram Of the ucssitudes Of the pig
during exciting football game verbal
account Of the procedure, brief it be made
will be about like this:
First there a requisiton on the department of sup
plies. Then there specifications a request
bids. Then there is proposal bond. Then certih-
that the proposal bond has been filed. Then the
bid Then notification OF award of contract. Then
request that city solicitor prepare the contract
Then a contract bond. Then the drawing of the con-
tract. a notification contract is ready
be executed. Then notification from the mayors Of
the has been executed Then the city
controller gets a copy of the contract. Then
partment supplies gets a copy Then the purchase
order is made Then the goods are purchased
That's only half the story. to tell of the
original invoice for the operating depart
ment Of invoices forwarded the department of
plies duty performed by register of invoices
the schedule of invoices other invoice matters
too complicated a layman follow; a voucher
payable, registry vouchers the schedule of
vouchers, of audited vouchers in the city controllers
office of the warrants-p payable account Of
fee. the itself of order the city
troller for the and the final, glorious
nation of the ntermnable nightmare of red tape-the
payment of the cash the goods bought
The bureau proposes to all this nine simple
steps making a big saving of stationery. time and sal
aries and enabling contractors and merchants to do
business with the city almost easily and quickly
with a private business institution.
The evil exemplihed egregiously in the Philadel
pha city hall exists in degree in nearly every city
in America-being the largest cities-and in
every state capital and in its most troublesome and
expensive perhaps. in the national capital
why should the law be an ass" asked one OF
shakespeare's characters. Why should a city
or nation be a fool in its business procedure?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-03

Commissioner of Highways. New
York State.
With the release Of the first unit
from the ST5.OO000O appropriation
approved by the United states gov
crnment for aid 10 the states in road
building. New York state has held
out 10 it an offer Of approximately
100000. If the state takes ad-
vantage Of this sum and appro-
PIRATES a like amount, the resultant
s8.OOO.OO0 will be a fund additional
to the sIOO,OOO.0OO voted by the
people of this state for the improve
rnent OF its road system.
The situation is OF more than
statewide Importance. as the fund
thus established would aid mate
rally in supplying moneys TO i'm
prove roads leading out OF New
York. As an example. Chautauqua
county. large in area, and contain
ing heavy mileage on its county and
state highway systems, faces de-
fcit for both OF these groups OF
roads from the bond issue moneys.
With the allotment 10 New York OF
this supplemental SS.000.000. equi-
xalent 10 approximately $50 miles
OF new construction, money enough