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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-11
N. r. HORST LIKES ARMY LIFE
Former Bonners Ferry Boy Writes
From Fort Winfield Scott

N. r. Horst formerly of this city,
and an employee at Fitzpatrick's ranch,
is with the 45th Co., c. A. c., Preside,
San Francisco, Cali, and he wrote to
his friend, j. B. Brody, this week, the
following interesting letter:
81 am stationed at Fort. Winfield
Scott and am surely satisfied with ev-
erything in general l do not expect
to be here long as our regiment is all
ready for action and l am sure glad
to be in an outfit like it. If 1 do say
so myself, they are sure well organ
lied bunch of men, the pick of good
many and care taken to get the best.
We surely have had lot of drilling
and are all fit and ready for action.
am sure proud of my own ability
as gunner now and to be away from
the mortars now is like losing a good
old pal. l like the sound of them
when they ram their way through
space. Just imagine what 1000
pounds means floating through the
air and then imagine the same pro-
jectle leaving a twelve inch gun and
then you can figure out what will be
left of the Kaiser when we send few
of those souvenirs his way. Taking
it all in all, would not trade places
with anyone now, for | sure like the
army. We have plenty to eat and
all kinds of amusements such as bas-
ket ball, dancing movies" and most
everything in the line of athletics.
| have been playing on the regimental
team for quite while, but of late,
owing to some of the long maches, we
are taking, we have not played much.
Yesterday we passedin review before
the major general of the western de-
partment of the u. S. army and you
cannot imagine what pretty sight 1t
is to see thousands of men in olive
drab uniforms passing in review and
as this was my third review, it does
not seem new anymore. | have also
taken part in three parades-two in
Frisco and one at Berkeley l do not
care much for these parades for Eel
low gets pretty tired before he gets
through. AS for Frisco, don't care
much for it either; it is so blamed
billy and at night it is so foggy and
damp and when the wind blows, II
sure does blow. In fact 1t seems tc
be blowing all the time. Oakland Is
not much better. I'll take Idaho fol
mine, all the time.
Give my regards to Jim, Luke and
Mike Fitzpatrick, to DR.. Fry and al
so remember me to all the rest OF
my friends in Boomers Ferry.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-11

p. S.-Say, Brody, if you know of
anyone who wants to send some to-
bacco or cigarettes to a soldier, tell
them to send it right along and 1 sure
will appreciate it,"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-11

FOR SALE-Four months old bull,
thoroughbred and registered Guern-
sey, for $3.50 with five percent dis
count If paid for with Liberty bonds.
Inquire of w. r. Hoagland, Moravia,
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

that labor will respond when labor
feels that it is getting just considera-
ton. Our Job is to see that labor feels
that way.
The credit for what we have done
so far belongs TO the army of men in
overalls."
This is the statement of level
headed big business man"
Skinner & Eddy have broken two
worlds records in speedy shipbuild.
ing in the last two months. They
completed and put to sea the steam,
ship Seattle, January Il, the first ship
to be delivered to Uncle Sans ship.
ping board, in 146 days The last
record was the S. S. Conoga, complct.
cd in % working days. She is an s.,
500 tons vessel and left Seattle har.
Dor ready for service March %.
The Skinner method seems to bring
results and Hog Island, Sparrow
Point and other eastern yards might
at least study up on that method.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
WESTERN SHIPBUILDlNG
BREAKS RECORDS

Pacific coast shipyards have put
the east off the map whom ii comes TO
launching ships, both steel aud wood.
Western shipbuildcrs show the pro.
gressiye spirit Of the west and D. T..
Skinner, president Of the Skinner &
Eddy Corporation OF Seattle, well IL.
lustratcd this progressive spirit in
the following:
THE big idea Is that this country
has TO get ships--and get them in a
hurry We've got TO get bridge
OF ships across the Atlantic.
I'VE can bungle the whole thing
by conscripting labor. Or we can
build ships faster and faster By dis.
playing a cooperative attitude.
IT'S a mistake to try TO get more
out OF man than he is able to give.
On the other hand. we expect TO get
a fair days work for fair days pay
American workinen will get ships
into the water unless we blunder on
the labor problem. We have learned
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
SUSPEN SION
OF JUSTICE

Great demonstrations by labor agi-
tators are being held in San Francisco
led by Mother Jones OF Colorado. to
save the convicted preparedness pa
rade bomb murdcrcrs.
The claim of the mediation com
mission, that the states owes Mooney
a pardon lin the interest of the cause
of democracy" is virtually suspending
justice to encourage crime.
In his brief. District Attorney Flick
ert shows how on unsupported. un.
sworn, one-sidcd testimony, the com
mission seeks to set aside the DELHI
crate verdict of two juries.
These unanimous ycrdicts were
sustained by both trial and appellate
courts and the California supreme
court went out of its way to examine
the testimony and held Mooney
guilty
District Attorney Fickcrt shows
how to satisfy anarchists in Russia
justice Is to be suspended and de
mocracy prostituted and our faith in
the strength of our courts destroyed
Making the world safe for Mooney
and his ilk will not make it safe fol
| democracy; neither will it stimulate
patriotism nor inspire respect for oul
Institutions" says Fickert. Gospe
TRUTH
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
COMP VI sorry
WORK

Compulsory work laws have now
three states, Maryland, West Virginia
and New Jersey. Other states are
considering similar legislation hnd
may already have enacted 1t. The
possession of property will not be
considered an excuse for idleness nor
will inability to find work. The state
will be able to provide employment
for convicted idlers.
These laws, which may become
quite general if the war lasts, will hit
the extremes of society. At one end
they will take the effeminate loung-
ers of gilded clubs. There is always
certain element of rich mems sons
who have never been brought up to
work.
How far the state can compel them
to useful industry is a question. In
Maryland IL was said that some OF
them complied with the statute by
getting soft snap Jobs that really did
not meet the spirit of the law. AL
most any one could get some insur-
ance or brokerage company to put
him on as salesman, with expecta-
ton of only nominal results.
But even If great results are not
obtained through such compulsion,
such law makes public sentiment on
this matter emphatic. II emphasizes
the American idea that every able
bodied man should find some useful
task and perform IL. 1t will tend to
make an idle man feel ashamed of
himself, and lead him to seek some
real labor in order to conform TO so.
cial sentiment.
At the other end of the scale such
laws will help round up the Migrants
and ne'Cr do wells who now roam the
country and sleep on park benches.
This class has been too lonicntly
treated. It has been customary to
think that the tramp problem was
solved il they were moved on to the
next town. There ia no room In this
country for any able bodied loafer.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09

City homestead entry under the act
OF June IL. 1906, list 1890. No. o6s36.
now Elko OLA, for homestead entry
survey 70. described as follows: Be
ginning at Cor. No. /: whence the u
Cor. on the S. boundary OF Sec. 81. T.
i6, r. 81 E. bears n. 2' 10 w, $3.50
chs. distant: thence s. Sc So E.
2i.3l chs. to Cor. No. 2: thence S G.
l5' w. 1926 chs. to Cor. No. 3;
thence n. 55' l3' w, SIS chs. to Cor.
No. 4: thence y. IL 81 w, 1920
chs. to Cor. No. 5: thence n. $50 So
T., 1910 chs. to Cor. No. l, the place
OF beginning. containing 1884 acres
and forming part OF unsurveyed Sec
lions Z. S and IS. 7. IS N. Il. 81 E. NJ.
d. NJ; and who. on April 9. 1918,
made homestead entry 0336S under
the acts of June IL, 1906. and April
IS. 1904, as additional to the above,
for homestead entry survey 1876. de-
scribed as follows: Beginning at
Cor No. l, from whence the cor. of
Secs. 7. -, 10. and Is. T. As N. II. Sc
and 81 E. surveyed and accepted,
bears y. 81 So W, 69.53 chs. dis
tant; thence S. So 10 L. S:55 chs. to
! Cor. No. .: thence s. Ia 90 e, 26.7O
chs. to cor. No. 3: thence s. So OF
. W. 1883 chs. to Cor. No. 4; thence
y. Il 49, W, 3O.OI chs. to Cor. No. l.
| the place OF beginning, containing
23.i4 acres. and forming part Of un
surveyed Sections II and Is. T. IS n.
Il. 81 L, NJ. d. NJ. has filed notice Of
intention to make final three year
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before the register
and Receiver OF this office, on the
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
REPUBLICAN
INcONSISTE NCY

Since last January the republicans
in and out of congress have had n
great deal to say about coordination
in the war work. Whether or not they
all knew what that five syllable word
means is not clear. But when they
get a chance to get some real co-or-
dination, they opposed the practical
measure that was Offered to secure it
the Overman bill.
That measure proposed to give the
power to the president to reorganize
the war department, and create more
direct and responsible systemic elimin-
ate red tape and simplify procedure.
Evidently the trouble with the re-
publicans has been that they wanted
to run the war themselves. They did
not want coordination. unless they
could do the co-ordinating. The con-
stitution, however, does not make
congress the commander in chief of
the army. II places that responsible
ity upon the president. Our fathers
had the wisdom to know that no war
was ever successfully conducted ex
cept by a concentration of RESPONSE
bility. No parliament, Legislature, OF
congress ever won a war. 1t has to
be done by a single headed admins
tration that shall be given the power
and be held responsible.
Under this proposed reorganization
the country can depend upon Presi
dent Wilson to act judiciously, follow
ing largely the suggestions of the very
able business executives that he has
assembled about him. These men have
now had the actual experience of op
Grating a war machine. Their prac
tical training puts them in a position
to build n Inefficient operating system
They know where it is working well
and where there is friction and delay
They are in much better position t
improve that machine than the critic!
OF congress who are looking on from
the outside.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
WARNING ON
WAR INDUSTRIES

Western war industries like min
ing. are threatened with various /
kinds of new state tax experiments by
wellmeaning but ill-adylsed agitators. .
The North American Review for
April shows that it takes five million
dollars and five years time to bring
big copper producer to the produc-
tion stage and then sometimes II.
fails.
Our country produces sixty per cent
Of the worlds copper. and six biz
producers supply more than one-third
OF that-more than Sc per cent of the
worlds copper coming from per cent
OF the mines.
or 335 copper mines in the world,
- per cent produce less than 500 tons
per annum and only % mines have an
annual output of over 10000 tons
and these mines the agitator seeks TO
cripple in war times.
Mining and shipbuilding are indus
/ tries that may be classed as the
| strong arms o fthe government. Sue
cess in the war depends upon their
/ unhampered production.
Mining not alone supplies the met.
ais indispensable to success on the
field OF battle. but the gross profits
and corporation taxes on the industry
supplies the sircws of war
Western mining states enjoy great
prosperity due largely to liberal laws
that encourage development and pros,
pccting and protect capital invested
in smelling and reduction Of ores.
4 mining corporation has to pay
taxes not only on its real and person
al property and improvements. but in
addition has to pay a tax on its net
product different from all othcl
property.
Some states are highly developed il
, mining industries-ore production an,
, ore reduction running into the hun
O. dreds of milIions-and other mimi.
states are only at the beginning o
e. things
r For instance, the taxation system
, by tho state that has been developed
, in Colorado, Montana. and Utah. doe
not apply to state like New Mcxic,
p with only one big reduction plant.
p Yet In New Mexico radicals and ia,
p agitators are making wild statement
r to get the voters to adopt connscator,
laws that would hinder deycIonmen
p and capital coming into ming or int
e smelling.
. They are saying mine tax laws il
, that state exempt mining corporation
, from paying an ytaxcs on their prop
erty when this year mines pay a ne
S products tax on over $4,000 600 o
a valuation
p Net products of mines in New Mex
4 leo brought to that state 16ts pc
. cent of the total assessed valuation
y paying besides on their real and per
r sonal property above and under tn
G ground.
r The Review shows Russia Is tn
i only country besides ours to whicl
the world can look to avert the i'm
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-05-09
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
No. O389i

No 0339i
Elko, Nevada, Land Office, May 2,
1918.
Notice is hereby given that Anto-
Mo Urizar. OF Jack Creek, County of
Elko, State of Nevada, has filed in this
office his application to enter. under
the provisions Of Sections 1906 and
23O7 r. S. L. S, the following de-
sCribed land, viz:
West half of South West Quarter
of Section !. Tp. 10 y, X. So Z, VI. d.
b. & NJ. containing eighty acres and
situate IN EIko County, Nevada.
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the lands described. or desir
ing to object because of the mineral
character OF the land, or for any 9th
or reason, to the disposal to applicant
should file their arndayits OF protes,
in this office, on or before the 5tl
day of June, 1918.
JOHN L. ROBBINS,
Register
First publication, May 3, 1918.
Last publication. June 3. 1918
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wife, Lee; Z. j. Hearns, Kearns'
Ranch; +. E. Hays and wife. Ruby
Valley; a. F. Neidt, Mountain City:
VI. T. Sonders, Portola. Cal; L. b.
Williams, Tonkin; Frank Gam. Salt
Lake: W. A. Nash. J. 4. Nash. Drew
Ludlan. Temple Nash. kaufman. Tex;
Ncddie Orvington. Hamilton. n. Y.
ChautauQua: Fay Harris, Alameda.
Cal; J. 7. PopoytCh Carlin; Frank
huffman. Salt Lake; G. Z. Thornby,
Lee; c. l.. Atkinson. Chicago; W. w.
BiNby. W. A. Taylor O. f. Smith, Re
no; Don Steele. Wells; d. Watson,
Salt Lake.
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twenty first day of May. 1918 o.
ant names as witnesses: "a nH-
George. of Rowland. Nev,as'
Mack Prunty. OF Charleston J.
p. Robert Prunty. of Charls.," s'aca;;
Vada; Hiram l. Sails, OF Rox,,n. Ne
vada. Ne
JOHN E. ROBBINS. Rer,,,..
First publication. April Is. 1918
Last publication. May Is. 1915
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pending copper famine-an empire in
the nuN and upheaySl Of socialism
that will produce nothing.
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NOTICE Is hereby given that Mar
ceIino PaIacio, of Charleston, Nevada,
who, on April /. 1912, made Carson
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
EikO OLA
Carson City OGO36
Elko AddT O33GS

Department Of the Interior, u. S
Land Office at Elko, Nevada, April 9
1918.
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ONLY REAL WILD h!.lYSL CIRCUS on EEET
EVERY kyIE7GL- 4 PERFORMER
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First publication. May 3, 1918.
Last publication, June 3, 1918.
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gLKo LODGE NO. I
Is X. or p i
% Regular msS,Iog a., = !,
ReG&4a tie hall EVEN Nv . !,
evening. Al brotA'' , |,
sOIournIns Orsss', !.
spse,'ulIy invites
tend.
W. J. PERCY O =
'HN"' & ss'
The evening world., 1918-04-17

he gets home in his servceSiained Uniform With the leaf Of a Major or
the eagle Of a Colonel or the star of a General on his shoulder straps, you
beti And these French danes amt so bad-but ho hasn't seen any that
can come up to tho GIRL After all, probably she % all right and true, and
maybe Just at this minute she is in her little white bed with his picture In
his soldier clothes clasped to her heart dreaming Of him. Yet. that's
right; that's what she is doing. These damned army mails are always
behind time. Why the last time he heard from her, he got four letters
n q bunch. And at the end OF each letter was q long string of crosses,
each Cross representing a kiss, and the crosses were blotted, to show that
she had actually kissed them
The soldier feels q soft handclasp on the calf OF his leg He looks
down, and in the recesses OF the trench he makes out a shadowy figure.
Seen anythingT comes a whispered question from below. No. sir; all
quiet here. SIR he whispers in reply, and he turns quickly and azes lonE
and steadily over No Mans Land to assure himself that things ut there
are Just as they were when he withdrew his gag a couple OF seconds back.
There has been no change. and soon his mind is wandering again. back W
the thousands of miles that separate him from ali that he holds dear. next
to his country.
Another time when the soldier invariably thinks OF home f. when
he getsb back to the rst camp from the trenches and starts to picking the
coolies OF himself On such occasions the soldier thinks longinCy OF the
white or tin bathtub in which he used 70 scour himself at east every Sat.
urday night and he thinks OF the barber shop where he used q ret hs
hair cut and he smiles grtmy as he brings his imagination 10 bear on
what the barber would say II he tackled the Job Of cutting his hair right
now. He looks athis uniform and quite often he allows hs mind 10 well
on certain neat comfortable suits Of civilian clothing which ar hangtnx II
orderly rows in a certain closet where hi placed them the day he donned
the khaki for the duration OF the vac Oh, yes, the soldier has hs ,inau
for thinking about home and the folks at home and subjects related thereto
Soldiers are not permitted to talk about how men ire killed and
wounded, but 1 car say this After a green soldier has seen n few casuoL
ties in his immediate vicinity he grows to regard them aa mart n, ,hs
game. He feels sorry for the poor devil who got his, but aorrow "a moi,
so keen as sefcongrptulation over the fact that, after ali. A. was tbe otber
fellow who got IT,
And thus endeth the narrative OF Bill Smith. n coropos+o rrtv.,0
omcer of the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
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AN AMERICAN SOLDIERS OWN STORY
OF HIS FIRST DETALM THE TRENCHES
CONTINUED from Page IA

their lined faces. their tired eyes and their unconscious droop Of the shout
ders when they arc out OF military alignment and the fresh, smoothvsages
and smiling eyes and erect springy bodies OF our boys Just going In tells
the story of what the war does to men who are in the thick of It. Trench
warfare may shorten a mans life, may tend to chop some years or months
are evened up. He lives in the trenches all the years that ire destined to
be clipped from his allotted span in the future.
81. THOUGHTS OF HOME COME IN THE NIGHT.
"when does the soldier in the trenches think about home and mother
wife or sweetheart or chldren-or Of father back there, doing his bit per-
haps, too? Such thoughts generally come to the soldier in the silent
watches OF the night. when he Is stationed at a firing post on the trench
line, or at a listening post out in no mans land. At such times he is
practically alone. No unnecessary noise is permitted. Conversation is in
whispers! Say 1t is midnight The Commandments have died away. Only
the occasional spat of a rife or ripple of machine gun fire indicates the
fact that there are watchful men awake on both sides.
"There Is something about starlight or moonlight which breeds sonti
ment. and sentiment is what turns the thoughts Of the soldier back to the
loved ones at home. Out there in the stiffness and solitude he IA think
and keep a lookout at the same time Often his gaze searches the heavens
for familiar stars, and he thinks those stars are lowering over his home
or II the moon Is out he thinks that probably some Of his folks III looking
at that same moon and wondering what kind of a scene It is Illuminating
for the boy at the front.
night the soldier dreams of what he is going to do when he gets back
there He pictures himself marching through the streets of his home-he
can almost feel the strain of the arm of loved ones about him, the touch
d their lips TO his own, the warmth and moisture of their tears-and his
tears-on his face. Maybe there's a Girl. 1t is in the stiffness of the
night at the listening post o the firing post that the soldier begins to
worry about the Girl What is she doing tonight He hasn't had a
letter from her in a month. Maybe she has thrown him down and is
going to marry some whitelivered Stacker who stayed at home and let
men with CUTS 80 out and do his fighting for him. oh, very welll Even
II she does forget him while he is rsking his life. she will be sorry when
The evening world., 1918-04-17
Notes in SoeietV

Inc engagement OF Miss Margaret
a Cortlandt Ogden. daughter OF
the late Francis L. Ogden OF this city.
and Capt. II. G. w, Bradley Of the
Grenadier Guards. British Army. has
Just been announced in London. Miss
ogden and her mother have lived
abroad for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Breckenridge
Gibson OF No. 1915 North Broadway.
Yonkers, have issued invitations to
the marriage OF their daughter, Cor
nelia Stuyvesant Gibson, TO Walter
eugene Dickinson. at St Andrews
Memorial Church. Yonkers, next Sat-
urday.
Members OF the Amateur Comedy
Club will give three plays this eve-
ming at the Garden Theatre for the
benefit OF the Junior War Relief So
ciety. The plays arc "A Step Beyond"
by d.. F. Coward; Paint and Person
atty" by Albert Sterner, and "The
Door," by Miss Mildred Cram. Some
OF those who have taken tickets are
Mrs. Edward &. Hardness. Mrs.
George EthridBe, Mrs. Charles Potter
Killing, Mrs. Lewis b. Morris, Mrs.
George Gordon Battle.
Miss Dorothy Bigelow, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Emerson Blge-
low OF No. PSI West 72d Street, and
Ward Melville, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank M. Melville jr., OF Brooklyn,
will be married April 30 in II.
Georges Church here.
New York society women members
Of the National Aeronautics Society
have sent out invitations to a must
Gale at the Plaza on May /, to raise
funds for athletic equipment for
American avlators on the western
front. Among the ~patronesses are
Mrs. Francis Mon. Bacon, Mrs. j.
Stewart Barney. Mrs. Henry =. Davi-
son, Mrs. Herbert NJ. Hartman. Mrs.
Walter E. Maynard and Mrs. Paul
Morton.
The marriage OF Miss Theresa
Weiss. daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jay
G. Weiss, to Donald Christopher OF
Montclair, N, j., will take place this
evening in ST. Luke's Episcopal
Church. Montclair.
Miss Dorothy Clarke of Seventh
street. Bayside, and Walter l.. Chess
man Of No. 1l6 McDonough Stree
Brooklyn, will be married to-day ut
ST. Matthew's Church. Brooklyn. uy
Inc Rev. Frederick NoFrLA