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Morris tribune., 1917-08-17
The United states DEPARTMENT Of Agric1

The United States Department of Agriculture has
started campaign for billion bushels of wheat next
year. and is asking the of the various states
increase their wheat acreage in such way
interfere with rotation plans. Minnesota is asked
her winter wheat acreage only 10 per
greatly increased crop of rye is wanted also, and Min
asked to increase her crop of
The area in which wheat increased Min
nesota very limited but larger increase of rye could
properly and proftably be made.
Morris tribune., 1917-08-17

1.-The l. w. w. and the Non-Partisan League both
tarred with the stick says an exchange. Of
they are why any sensible patriotic citizen
will encourage either is past finding out.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
WAR SUMMARY
December 26

December 26
Americans in joyous mood Christ
mas eve. Santa Claus takes COM
amnd of activities of U. S. soldiers
behind the firing line. Promotions
in ranks are coming soon.
Italian troops retake plateau. Ro-
man soldiers fight way back to posi-
tions on Asiago Top from which they
were driven the day before. Prison
ers taken in fierce battle.
December 27 w - ..
McAdoo to take control of all rail-
roads in the U. s. tomorrow. Author
ity is found in act of congress. Ex-
ecutive issues proclamation and
statement declaring that the roads
will be unified and operated thru
their present managements. To be
maintained in good repair. Net op-
the average for three years preced-
ing June 80, 1917; guarantees to be
given.
Germans delaying peace parleys.
Postponement till January "a is
asked by the delegates at Brestli-
tovsk; negotiations may be con-
tinued. at Stockholm, Sweden. on
that date. Bolsheviki is losing
power. Soldiers refuse to fight and
the workmen refuse to labor; drunk
enness is increasing and the people
in the cities are now facing starva-
tion.
The American steamer Tuscarora
is missing. Vessel believed to have
Island.
Italians unable to remain on pla-
teau. Col. Del Rosso and Monte Val
Bella recaptured in brilliant counter
attack; Romans ousted by fresh on
slaught of the Austro-Germans. Re-
ports vary in some degree. French
patrols penetrate German trenches
in the upper Alsace and bring back
prisoners; increased artillery &C
tivity on the Cambria front.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28

be at home to the church member
ship and friends of the church. A
good social time is assured.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
HOLIDAYS FOR 1918

At this time The Republican raises
the question of what days will be
observed as holidays at Blackfoot
for the year 1918, and proposes 6
schedule.
Heretofore nothing definite has
been announced until the time drew
near, and then the question of clos
ing or keeping business houses opeI
for the day was settled at some dis
advantage and at late hour, so thai
country people had little chance tc
be informed of their decision. II
business houses decide on Thursday
afternoon that they will close for
Washington birthday, which comes
on Friday, the day following, coun-
try people who come in from long
distance to trade, suffer the loss of
the day and have to come again.
Such things have happened often
and there is way to prevent most
of it.
We propose that for the year 1918
the holidays be observed rather
sparingly, and this does not imply
any lack of respect or patriotic feel
ing for what they stand for. 1t i'm
plies, rather, that we have a war to
prosecute and work to do, with a
shortage of individuals to do it, and
a good way to get work done Is to
get at it and stick to it.
There will probably be days set
aside for raising money for war pur-
poses, and there will be times when
soldiers will be leaving or returning
disabled, and there will be occasions
for closing for all or parts Of days.
Many people with be levied upon to
leave their own work for days or
weeks to do defense work of some
kind, and holidays will not be appre-
ciated by them because it puts them
farther behind with their own work.
When the first of our soldiers come
home, disabled, or worse, will be a
time for giving expression to our
profound sorrow by closing business
houses and adjusting ourselves to
the sacrifice of war. AS the war goes
on from bad to worse, as it will con-
ditions will grow more intense in
every respect. and we shall have less
time for observing mere holidays in
the undertaking to maintain our ma
tional existence with independence.
The list of holidays we propose for
observace for the coming year are
given below, and unless modified by
the judgment of others 1t will be
published in January as the program
adopted for the year:
New Years Day, January 1, Tues
day.
Decoration Day, May 80, from
noon to p. m. Thursday.
Independence Day, July 4, Thurs
day.
Thanksgiving, November 28,
Christmas, December 25, Wednes-
day,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

The Watson Slough Ditch COM
pany, a corporation, principal place
of business, Thomas, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given. that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the above named company, held on
Wednesday, the twentysixth day of
December, 1917, the residence of
Robert Walters at Thomas, assess
ment No. 1S, Of s .O7 per inch was
levied on the capital stock of this
company, which is now due and pay
able to P. G. M. Jensen, at Black
foot, route two, Idaho.
Any stock on which this assess
ment remains unpaid on Saturday,
the twenty-sixth day of January,
1918, will be delinquent, and will be
advertised for sale according to law
p. G. M. JENSEN,
Secretary the Watson Slough
Ditch Company.
Dated December 27, 1917.
adv. 24-4
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
THE REASONS FOR THE
GERMAN ATROCITIES

1t is often said that the Germans
are strangers to human nature and
| that their manner of conducting the
war only incites greater opposition
against themselves. A study of their
| Methods, by the men at the front
and the war boards, brings out some
rather logical explanations of why
they have done some Of the cruel
things charged against them. 1t is
said that the German school of war
has taught that putting fear into
the hearts of the people is the best
way to conquer them, and in all
their operations they attempt to es-
tablish such fear.
One of their slogans is "leave your
mark" on communities and nations
so that in the future they will be
afraid of the Germans and ready to
submit to their demands rather than
take the risk Of clash with them.
1t is said that before the German
troops were sent into China, during
the Boxer uprising, the kaiser sent
a message to the army to leave
your mark" on China. Before the
entrance Of the German troops into
Belgium, word was passed among
them, so it is said to leave their
mark on Belgium, so people for a
thousand years would tremble at the
word of Germany
One of the problems of the war
has been to know why the Germans
keep up the air raids on the Eng
lish coast, and the explanation gen.
orally accepted is that it compels
England to keep many fleets of air
ships at home to guard their own
cities and it keeps just that many
airships from operating along the
line of battle. The theory now ac-
cepted as to why the Germans bomb
the hospitals Of the allies is that
they want to compel them to keep
them farther back from the front,
and this means that the wounded
men must be moved greater dis
tances before the wounds can be
dressed, thus adding many to the
death list.
On the same line of reasoning it
is expected that cities along the
American coast will be raided by
German airships, to produce de-
mand in America for guarding
American cities with airships the
same as the English are guarding, |
and in that way keep the most of
our airships at home and off the
fighting line. BY the same token
the Atlantic coast cities will be bonn
barded by vessels from the German
fleet or by the submarines, to create
a demand among the Americans to
have our own feet brought home to
guard American cities. That would
relieve the fight against the subma-
rines in the war zone and make it
easier to destroy the Shipping Of the
allies.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28

Continued on page 8, column 81
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28

building and spent just one hour in
the building. In that time he dis
covered and investigated a printing
graft and when he got back home
he wrote it up in such a way it set
all the printers in Utah to working
for the removal of the alleged graft
and grafters. The press club has
taken it up now, and they are hot
on the trail of useless and corrupt
ing institution. The funny part is
that 1t took a man from Idaho just
one hour to spot the evil and learn
enough about 1t to set em afire with
what information he got; and there
it had been right in front of their
noses all the while"
Now folks, that was what the Salt
Lake man said to the fellows he was
chatting with at Blackfoot. One of
these men was SO impressed with the
incident that he laughed every time
he thought of it, and when he went
home he told his wife about it, and
said, '"That was Trego when he was
down there caring for his wife at
the hospital. Now wasn't that
clever!" She looked at him and
said, Clever? Why what's he for
anyway"
Now folks, what do you know
about that!
II my home people are depending
on me to be the official smeller to
trace up and uncover whatever is
corrupt in politics and government
wherever l go, l have got to sharpen
my pencil and go some. Next year
is campaign year, and if I go out
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
A Chat With
Chapter. III.
The Editor

Chapter ii.
| am back again to finish that
chat; you said you wanted to hear
some more of it, and here l am.
You said you wondered what kind
of newspaper it is I am going to
start next Tuesday, and l am here
to tell you, but first let me tell you
joke l heard:
2. A. Salt Lake man was in Blackfoot
recently and he was chatting about
local matters and said, Your editor
started something among The print
ers Of Utah a short time ago. 1t
seems he was in hospital there
or was looking after somebody at
a hospital and it kept him pretty
close, but one day he went over on
the hill to view the new capitol
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
METHODIsTs CHURCH NOTES

An excellent program was given
by the Sunday school last Sunday
evening. More people came than
could get into the church. At the
morning church service two were
baptised and four received into the
church.
The evening of the first day of
the New Year the official board will
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
A PRESENT TO UNCLE SAM

John G. Brown and wife made. our
Uncle Samuel Christmas present
Tuesday morning by buying 800
worth of Liberty stamps, redeemable
on Christmas day, 1923.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28

Willis S. Thomas left Wednesday
for Salt Lake, where he will be as
signed to his training camp. Mrs.
Thomas will accompany him as far
as Pocatello, where she will remain
with her parents for some time.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
ENTERTAINED AT DINNER

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Langly entertain
ed at a dinner Christmas day. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. George r.
Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Soule
and Franklynn Clark.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
WEDDING DANCE FRIDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Erastus B. Mitchell
will give their Wedding dance at the
Rose hall Friday, Dec. %. They
cordially invite everybody to attend.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Bates spent the
holidays in Blackfoot with friends.
o. H. Carlson of Darlington spent
Christmas in Blackfoot with F. T,
Carlson.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-28
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE
Marriages

Marriages
Miss Olive Otto and E. e. lKottke,
both of Blackfoot, were married De-
cember 21, 1917.
Gentillon Cyprien of Shelley and
Miss Maria Palny of San Francisco
were married December %, 1917.
Harold D. Eten of Mackay and
Miss Marie E. Dorgan of Challis
were married December %, 1917.
Criminal Case
State of Idaho versus Del Hun
saker, charged with petit larceny.
Trial set for Monday, Dec. 81, at
10 a. m.
Mrs. R. B. Laing of Caldwell spent
the holidays in Blackfoot with her
parents.
H. w. Hall made business trip
to Pocatello the first of the week.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-10

Scratch pads-for snool. FOR your
desk, for the counter, for the work
room-1Oc at The Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-10

Oyster cocktails at The Branch,
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-10
Audy's Express, phone Madison l4s.
Meet me at The Branch.
FISH PRICES

Prices at noon. Sept. 9Th, &C
Seattle, as reported by the Blu
reau Of Fisheries, are:
Haibut, lSc
Sable Fish, 4c.
Red Snapper, 25ac.
Picked Sable Fish, SI4 per
Dbl.
Picked Herring, first grade,
SIC per Dol.
Picked Salmon, pink, S145O
per Dbl.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-10
URBACF'S
BROADWAY
NOTICE!

For all matters pertaining to rent
of rooms i'm the Van Glider build
ing and payment Of rents, apply to
Curtis r. Morford, agent, Room n,
second floor, Office of AIorford & Fin
negan. Rents payable in advance, IS
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-10

WANTED - Place to care for fur
urshed rooms or roadhouse; can
qualify as first or second cook, T..
o. Box 1897. $40
-s5
Andy's Express, phone Madison 143.
Tanglefoot fly paper at Graefs. IT,.
Old papers, seventy-fve for lOc, at
The Gateway.
--ss.---
City Express. Phone Main ~.
Evening star., 1917-09-16

ticles are now in the hands of all Red
Cross chapters and many retail stores.
NO" said Miss Marshall. in reply to a
question regarding the sending to Red
Cross headquarters for instructions and
materials. '1t would be manifestly i'm
possible for THIS bureau to personally at
tend to the volume of business entailed In
so large scheme of work Plans will be
outlined here. and work will be standard
lied. designs made and general directions
issued. To handle details, however. there
Is wide decentralization of activity for the
purpose Of making the work Immediately
efficient in each locality.
To be more explicit. l will shoy you
map we have just made" and Miss Mar
shall produced a map of the United States
as brilliantly mosaiced in colors as Jo-
seph's coat You see this divides the
United States into thirteen districts Of
about equal size. This central woman's
bureau will delegate its administrative du-
ties to the thirteen decentralized divisions
Of the Red Cross. Each divisional or
ganization will have a subsidiary woman's
bureau, which will instruct the chapters
and the women Of the rural communities
in regard to what supplies to make. how
to make them and the time in which the
finished products are to be returned to di-
visional headquarters. To bring the di
rection Of the work right down to the
individuals there will be in each division
many specialists in every branch Of Red
Evening star., 1917-09-16

WRENCH. as spoken by Frenchmen
In Is harmonious language, but
when massacred by foreigners
& becomes an abomnation. Ger
mans in particular seldom master the
intricacies of French pronunciation,
and the inhabitants of tns conquered
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine have
in the past general tions had their vocal
cords so tuned to the Teuton gutturais
that they have cultivated accent
more harsh, if possible, than that of
the Germans themselves.
This il was that made Marceau a
pariah in the Foreign Legion. He
seemed a fine sort of fellow person
ally. and was an efficient and willing
soldier. but every time he opened his
mouth his Teuton extraction adver-
tised itself and would make every one
move away and mutter "boche." How
could A man with such an accent be
anything but German?
We knew his story: Born in Mul-
. house, under Prussian rule. he was
technically a German subject but re-
fusing to serve his time in the kaiser's
army. he had escaped into France just
before reaching the military age and
had enlisted in the Foreign Legion, SO
rs to earn French citizenship
His real name was Schneider. but
the French authorities had changed his
civil status and given him identifica-
tion papers under the name of Mar
eesu that he might not be shot as a
Aeserter by the Germans if he should
hanpcn to be taken prisoner
His record was very much to his
credit if he was really a French SYM
pathizer. but how could one tell? Too
many Prussian spies had wormed their
way into the French army in just this
way. We distrusted him and could not
help showing it. He realized we had
reason for our distrust. and did not
resent it, but offered to convince US by
actions. Here again he was in hard
luck. Our officers would not send
man of whom they were not sure on
any confidential mission where he
would get the chance to communicate
with the enemy.
Twice Marceau risked his life to
cept for the personal gratitude of the
rescued men. his heroism did not help
him any. We knew he was brave. but
We did not know that he was not a
German.
The day we attacked Carrency Mar
eeau was left behind. During the Tou-
relle offensive, at his own request he
was detached to assist the musicians
stretcher bearers, follow up the at
tacking line.
All that day Marceau worked like a
Trojan. Our casualties We're heavy.
and each individual wounded man
seemed heavy to the stretchermen. who
had to bear them several miles to the
emergency dressing stations. AL
though he was not particularly strong
Marceau soon wore out his partner
apc. even after sundown. continued
alone his work of mercy. bringing the
wounded men in on his back.
: IN inc meantime. the regiment. hav-
ing carried the German front line
trenches by assault. continued to ad-
vance. pushing the retreating enemy
betore them. Our Seventy-fves did
fheir duty nobly. and we advanced with
practically no losses. behind the cur
tain of fire that they maintained be-
tween US and the enemy. The German
retreat soon became rout and we fol-
lowed at their heels without Worrying
whether the other regiments on either
side OF us were doing well as We
Evening star., 1917-09-16

the gray masses forming for the at
tack. The artillery ceases it's fire. A
heavy silence, voiceful with menace.
sound.
Our orders are to let the enemy ap-
proach to within 500 yards before Ar
ing. They advance in close formation.
A blaze of flame from our trench, which
Furnishes them cruelty. does not even
make them falter. On and on they
come. Our machine guns do dreadful
execution. and our rifles grow hot in
our hands. Hardly a shot is wasted,
but still they advance unwaveringly
over the bodies of their fallen COM
rades.
The Germans are within fifty yards
of our trench. The time has come for
the counter attack At a signal We
leap over the top, and, yelling like
madmen. charge on them with fixed
bayonets.
They meet the shock bravely. Steel
Evening star., 1917-09-16
EngIand's Need.

r5owARD L. COFFIN. who is stand
III ardizing the American aeroplane.
said TO a correspondent:
"Standa ardization is the modern effi-
cheney method. The Germans have
standardized their submarine. England
is a great country. brave country. an
uncomfortable country. but England
needs Standardization.
when an Englishman wants to say
that a check is for deposit only he
doesn't write that on it. No. that isn't
the English way. He writes & Co.
"A Cambridge professor once ex-
planned to me some of the terms used
at the great English university.
He said full term means three
quarters of a term. May week is the
frst two weeks in June. General ad-
mission day is the day everybody
leaves An ordinary degree is one OBJ
tained by a special examination, and
an arts inspector is an arts student"
Evening star., 1917-09-16

hemorrhage has stopped, and he is not
in much pain, so we decide to await an
other lull before taking him to the
dressing station.
One Of the prisoners, a weaklng.
crouches beside Picard. He seems to
feel safer there, and mutters inces-
sanity:
"Camarade pas kapout. Quatre en-
fants."
We pay no attention, for we have
heard these words before. They are a
sort of formula which the Germans
teach their soldiers. so to invoke our
compassion when captured. But Picard
is not in a normal state, and his heart,
dwelling on his own four children, goes
out in sympathy to the German.
You also have four children?" he
asks weakly. What age are they?"
Look. and he fumbled at his breast
pocket to show his photographs to the
German. who. after examining them
with interest, produces from the pocket
Evening star., 1917-09-16

ly not. They were the first to be looked
after.
Name of a name OF a little good
man" 1t is the prisoners. 1T is to
laugh" and muffled peals of laughter
mingle with the suffocated coughing Of
the Germans, who are tasting their
own medicine 1t was cruel. but We did
not care So good a joke seldom comes
to enliven the monotony of trench life.
But now we must again man the
"creneaux." The gas may hide another
German attack. We fire blindly into the
cloud bank and our machine guns bear
US company. The gas drives past US on
the freshening wind. There are no Ger
mans behind 1t. We return to the shell
ters to fan out the fumes that remain.
Most of the German prisoners are dead.
Some few writhe on the ground. little
better of.
Poor wounded Picard lies motionless
on his stretcher. So his wound was
Evening star., 1917-09-16

the economy was outlined and set under
way months before the changes will
reach the consumer.
The board is at present carrying on
Investigations in various directions.
gathering facts and statistics relating
to labor and material. to meet contin-
gencieS they come about. 1t is some
times a puzZling problem, but it is ours
and we are making every effort to find
out where labor and material may be
saved. and We are obliged to work fore
haudedly to be of real service. To take
each propos ZION as it comes. and. going
back to it's source. work down the line,
st2.sg-;.::G sT-iiiaTe tire unessentials may be
eliminated in the interest of effectual
and economical distribution of commod-
lties-that is part of our problem.
European experience has given US
some idea of what we have to do. and
by dealing forehandedly with the situa-
ton we are ready to meet contingent
cies, and our people are spared the jerks
and jolts of sudden readiustment, which
caused no little inconvenience and suf-
fering in England.
The first job which the commercial
economy board undertook after its Or
ganization last April had to do with
the conservation of 1our-then as now
A matter of the greatest Importance.
The facts and figures which the board
collected relative to the waste in bread
Were appalling even for peace time. The
board found that a formidable quantity
of American bakers bread went regu-
ems
The cause of this waste was not diff
ficult to find. 1t appeared in the
cessive supplies of fresh bread on the
Evening star., 1917-09-16
millions of Women to Work ON Comforts for Soldiers

fessional women of the United States
for more intensive war relief work.
Miss Marshall has the aid of an ad-
visory committee, which is working 3
with her along every line.
This is made up of women who have
had years of experience in Red Cross
work. Mrs. w. K Draper. for years
prominent in Red Cross work in New
York city. has been made chairman
of the committee, with Miss Mary
Goodwillie of Baltimore as vice chair
man. The other members of the COM
mittee are: Miss Mabel Boardman.
Washington: Mrs. Joseph Cudahy. Chi
caRo; Mrs F. V. Hammer, st. Louis:
Mrs. E. H. Hartman. New York: Miss
Lavinia H Newell. Boston: Mrs. George
Wharton Pepper. Philadelphia: Mrs
Leonard Wood. Charleston. s. c.: Mrs.
William Crocker, San Francisco, and
Mrs. Preston Arkwright. Atlanta. Ga