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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
Notice of Private Sale

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
Court of Ada County, State of Idaho,
made on the Fifteenth day of March,
1918, in the matter of the estate of
Irwin E. Masters. deceased, the un-
dersigned will sell at private sale to
the highest and best bidder and sub
ject to the confirmation of said Pro-
bate Court on or after the Fifteenth
day of April, 1918, all the right, til
tie and interest of the said Irwin E.
Masters, deceased. of, in and TO the
following property, to-wit;
All of lot numbered four t4) in
block numbered ten (10) of Scott's
Fourth Subdivision. being a part
of Section Eight tS) and a part of
Section Seventeen (17). all in Town
ship Three t3) North, Range East
of Boise Meridian, as shown by the
official plat thereof now of record
with the Recorder of said Ada Co
unity, Idaho, together with per-
petual right of water to the use of
Five (5) inches of water as the same
may flow from the Ridenbaugh cam
al. There being five (5) acres, more
or less.
Bids in writing for said property,
or any part thereof. will be received
by the undersigned at the office of
S. e. Blaine, attorney for executor,
at his office, suite 61s Idaho Build
ing, Boise, Idaho.
Terms of sale: Five Hundred
t$500.00) TO accompany the bid and
the balance in cash upon the con-
firmation of the sale
Dated March fifteenth, 1918.
L. McCURRY, Executor of the
Estate of said irwin E. Masters,
deceased.
is. f. BLAINE, Attorney for Ex-
ecutor. 47-3t
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
La Fond Has It."
TESTED FOREST TREES FOR
PLANTING IN IDAHO.

In pursuance of its policy of en-
couraging the planting of forest and
shade trees in Idaho, the School OF
Forestry, University of Idaho, is
again offering for spring planting a
limited number of tested trees at
approximate cost. These trees are
listed and priced in circular No. 5.
Tested Forest Trees for Planting in
Idaho" Copies of this circular may
be had on application to the School
of Forestry, University of Idaho, Mos
COW. Idaho.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
NEXT SUNDAY WE WILL
SET CLOCKS AHEAD 1 HOUR

On March 31st the clocks will be
be turned ahead one hour in line
with the law passed by congress, to
save an hour of sunlight This will
mean that instead of being As min
utes ahead of sun time as is now
the case, Meridian will be l hour
and 45 minutes ahead Of sun time.
The turning of the clocks ahead one
hour means that work will start one
hour earlier each morning
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

S. c. Krikorian, who is touring the
United States, lecturing on condi-
tions in Armenia, spoke Friday ev-
ening to good-sized audience at
the Methodist church He is a nat
i've of Armenia, and most OF his rela-
tives have been murdered by the
unspeakable Turk, who arranged with
the Germans two years ago to wipe
the Armenian christians off the face
of the earth They have succeeded
pretty we'll, as Mr. Krikorian says
there are very few of the men left
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

"La Fond Has It."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

The national Red Cross society has
ruled that no entertainment or ben
efits of any kind can be given for the
Red Cross without first obtaining
permission from the nearest chapter.
Another ruling is that when benefits
are given, the entire proceeds must
be given to the Red Cross, no expen-
ses can be taken out.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

The student in the state of Idaho
IS years or under who submits the
best Liberty Loan slogan to the state
Liberty Loan committee will be
awarded prize Of S100 in cash. All
slogans must be submitted at Boise
before April 9Th.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

The message of the Third Liberty
loan-its meaning, purposes and op-
erations is to be carried to rural
residents of Idaho and the nation
through approximately 100000 OF
school house meetings on the night
of April 12th-six days after the Of
ficial opening of the drive
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
EDITORIAL MENTION.

The average newspaper man now
adays cannot publish all the war
poetry tht comes in, and he is puz-
zled to know waht to do.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

One old man in Meridian has de-
clared he will not change his watch
for anybody. There is no law com
pelling him to change but one of
these days he will probably get to
his dinner an hour late.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

At the last meeting of the Meridian
Auxiliary of the Red Cross it was
decided by the chairman and mem-
bers to have the work room of the
Red Cross open only one afternoon
of the week. This will be on each
Friday afternoon only until further
notice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

Governor Alexander has issued a
proclamation calling for the obser
vance of safe and sane Fourth of
July this year, without any fire
works:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

A prominent sheepman says that
never before has the range been in
such fine condition at this season of
the year and the present rain insures
its continuance.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
THE EUROPEAN WAR|
Italian and French Still Gain
Big German Drive Ahead
Americans Everywhere

The Italians and French in
Italy are still gaining ground,
capturing prisoners and warmun.
itions. French and Americans
have advanced on several fronts
in France. American aviators
have been doing the best of
work. 1t is known that the
German are still preparing for a
big drive or two drives at once,
the objectives being the coast
and Paris. Our war authorities
are considering troops to Russia.
It's reported that we have more
than a million men in Europe
and 221, 900 in battle line.
American casualties are in
creasing.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Miller Dearden
creasing.

Courtney Miller, son of Blair
Miller of this city and a soldier
boy at Fort Des Moines since
January was married in Des
Moines June % to Miss Hazel
Dearden of that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Courtney Miller
arrived Wednesday for visit to
relatives. Courtney was born
and reared in this community and
is one of our splendid young men
well known by every one. He
enlisted in the ambulance corps
in January and has made splen-
did progress and a fine looking
soldier.
Miss Hazel Dearden was a
prominent young woman of Des
Moines and appears more like a
Missouri girl than a native of
any other state and.in addition to
being prepossessing in appear
ance is a young woman of vivac-
ious and energetic characters
tics and will regulate the young
soldier much more easily than
his captain.
We extend heartiest congratu-
lations and best Wishes to the
splendid young couple.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Broke Her Arm

Mrs. Tom Gray of Prairie Hill
who only a short time ago had
her ankle broken by a cow STEP
ping on her foot was here Mon
day attending Miss Classes food
demonstration. Miss Glasse Of
flee is on the second floor in the
court house. After the demon
stration while descending the
stairs Mrs. Gray fell and broke
her arm. The fracture was i'm
mediatly reduced by a surgeon
who was present and the unfor-
tunate woman left for her home.
Mrs. Gray has the sympathy OF
all.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Board to Hannibal

The local board chairman DIR.
Taylor. and DR.. West, and Sec.
Jesse Richardson, Hon. Roy W.
Rucker and Gilbert Lamb of
Salisbury, in the Rucker 7 pas
senger Hudson super 6 and with
the Premier Chauffer Joe Fin
negan at the wheel, went to
Hannibal Monday returning that
night. The purpose of the
board was to meet with other
boards from over the state and
the district boards to get uni
form ideas concerning their
duties and the members Of our
board were each much pleased
with the result of the trip.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12

We call your attention to the
letter Of Judge w. W. Rucker
on another page in this issue.
]. E. Therien went to Kansas
City Wednesday morning to ar
range for his removal to the
city. Mr.. and Mrs. Therien
were comfortably quartered in
a cottage off main street. had
an abundance of fine chickens,
garden Vegetables and fruit and
were really enjoying the country
life but, while Mr.. Therien is an
expert tailor. business had slack
ed up until he was nc longer
justified in remaining, especially
since in the city he could make
so much more money and work
fewer hours. In a week or so
these good citizens viii leave US
to our regret.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Still Another

Miss Nellie Mosely borrowed
AL Wilks' tin lizzie" at the
station on the afternoon of the
4th, to come to town for the
mail. She gave a joy ride to
her visitor Miss Jennie Mitchell
of Shannondale and Rowdy SIS
Ter the right hand man of man.
ager Heberer at the station. Just
what time was required to make it
from town to the northeast cor
ner Of the school house square
is not known but a number of
eye witnesses know that for
the next hundred yards around
the corner, no racer could have
3overtaken the car until it over.
turned in front of Mrs. Linnie
Sneed's residence. The car
Topped up side down and stood
that way with the wheels spin
ming in the air., the two girls
snugly were scrouched in the
space between the steering
wheel and the battered top and
Rowdy in the rear seat
with his head ffattened on the
ground by the door which had
failed to open and leave him an
Fexit. Neighbors ran to the
assistance of the occupants of
the up turned car and extracted
them, Rowdy being the princi-
pal sufferer tho next dav was
able to attend his. duties.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12


Roswell Tillerson visited his
parents here last week.
The preliminary hearing under
the Mann Act of Henry Camp
beIl and George Pratt with Mary
Wohlrod IA and Dorothy Sheldon
aged 20. was held before
Justice Kendfick at Brunswick
Monday. The two men were
bound over to circuit court and the
girls were held as witnesses. tits
likely that Campbell will join the
army, since the evidence against
him is not so conclusive. These
people were arrested in Bruins
wick and brot to Jail about 5
weeks ago.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
STEAMBOAT DISASTER.
Big Excursion Boat Struck Snag
100 Bodies Recovered
Pleasure Trip.

Periodically tho fortunately at
long periods a river disaster
appalles our country.
The big river excursion boat
Columbia with 500 excursionists
aboard on the return trip from
Peoria to Pekin, Illinois on the
Illinois river struck a snag while
vet some distance from Pekin
and sunk about IL o'clock Satur-
day night. There are.three decks
and on the lower deck music
and dancing and below that the
smoking room. 1t was on the
middle deck that more than a
hundred were trapped when the
boat, striking a snag in the fog,
though not sticking, backed up
and headed down stream again,
broke in two and sunk in four
minutes. The boat had hardly
righted itself from the contact
with the snag before water pour
ed into the hole, covered the dy-
namos and extinguished all the
/, lights. So soon as the jar was
felt the captain ordered all from
below to the upper decks but the
passengers in a panic rushed for
one side of the boat and peclpl-
tated in the calamity. Numbers
were rescued by row boats from
the shore and numbers saved
themselves by grasping life pre-
servers as they went overheard
and others were able to swim to
the shore some yards distant
but those in the enclosure of the
second deck with the exception
of a few who had not made thell
escape when the capt. ordered
itwere trapped and drowned,
One woman tightly clasping the
handle of a baby carriage was
taken out Monday and her babS
a little later from one corner o.
the enclosure was also drowned
Nearly 100 bodies have so fal
have been taken out OF the
wrecked boat, the upper part Of
which remains out of the water
Government State and municipa
officers are investigating.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Benjamin Strub

Benjamin Strub was born in
Baden Germany, March a. l840
and died while in the bath tub
last Saturday night. He came to
this country in 1864 and directly
to Brunswick. where he made
shoes and operated a shoe store,
in which business he has been
ever since. He later formed
a Partnership with Tony Meyer
and the firm has enjoyed an ex-
tensive business during all the
years. Surviving Mr.. Strub is
his wife and sons, Father GILES
and Father Cslestine, Oswald,
Ludwig and Lawrence and dau.
ghters Mrs. o. Walter and Miss
Aggie. His son, Father GILES,
preached the funeral Monday
which was pronounced by those
who heard it as most impressive
after which with the Catholic
ceremony the old timer, who
a few years ago had suffered
with the same kind of stroke
and who had never fully recov-
cred was laid to rest in the cath.
olic cemetery.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12


July 10, 1918
My dear Sir:
Last season many people on
the overflow bottom lands lost
everything they had within a
few hours by the terrific flood
that came with out warning. In
view of the situation confront
ing us on all sides the Food Ad-
ministration is appealing to you
to do everything in your power
to get the threshing done on
these bottoms at the earliest
possible moment.
/ am appealing again to your
patriotic devotion, and to your
sense of honor to go to the bottom
lands and do up the threshing
there, even tho it may be neces-
sary to put off some of the hill
lands until a little later in order
to do so.
Thanking you most sincerely
for every effort that you can put
forth in behalf of the impending
danger, | am
Very truly yours,
S. NJ. Jordan
County Food Administrator
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Brunswick lis


ing one of the wells in Bruins
wick and we are not pleased
with such information of any
kind especially where it does
injury by advertisement to any
one.
The well at the Knight and
Rucker corner was undoubtedly
responsible for a considerable
part of the epidemic of typhoid
and that the well in the rear of
the Coy Clothing Co., was also
contaminated has been fully
established but the big well at
the, Brunswick Bottling Works
was proven to contain pure
water as can be found in any
well. In fact that well is nearly a
block from the sewer and has no
liability from objectional drain
age. Mentioning that well in the
former article in connection with
others it raised the question in
the minds of a good many con-
cerning the ice, the pop and the
ice cream manufactured by the
Kinkhorsts at the Brunswick
Bottling Works as to purity
and undoubtedly did them un-
warranted damage in the minds
of a few. Locally the confidence
in the purity of the ice is estab-
lished by its universal use and
the fact that the factory is put to
it to supply the demand. Even if
the water used for various pur-
poses from the we'll in question
was slightly impure it is hard to
understand how when manufac-
tured into ice or pop, any of
the germs could possibly exist
because of the treatment, the
sterilization of the water before
it goes either in the pop or ice.
Of course it is to be expected
that in the general alarm felt
there would be some question
raised concerning the water from
any we'll or any other source in
or about the city of Brunswick
and if that alarm is contributed
to by competitors either directly
or Indirectly lending color to
the report of contamination by
word OF any other means, the
harm would be increased for
the manufacturers.
While there has been several
deaths since those last reported
by US, 1t is gratifying to know
that the situation in Brunswick
is well in hand and that the
spread of the disease has been
entirely checked, and the batali-
ties in the last two weeks were
very mall,compared to the num-
ber who have reached the criti-
cal stage.
This is no advertisement at
the instance of Brunswick or
the Brunswick Bottling Works
but a voluntary statment and in
proof of the sincerity we feel
we unhesitatingly consume all
the cream and absorb all the
soda pop a grown man ought to
be guilty of taking and we pre-
fer the Brunswick Bottling
Works out put to any we have
access to. Of course soda pop
indulged in regularly as one
would during the hot weather,
if the hot weather consumption
continues, nothing but fatality
could be expected, but as in all
things we have due consid-
Grafton for our health and k ng
life and are moderate but we
have not grumbled about using
all we have any use for from
- R.LAl.. XLIo.l..
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12


A card from Eddie Steiman,
Co. L. 356 Inf, says the ship on
which he sailed had arrived
safely overseas.
Clarence Elliott one of the best
deputy postmasters in the state
and assistant at Brunswick for
several years has accepted a po-
sition with the big mercantile
firm of Knight and Rucker.
We congratulate the firm Of
Knight and Rucker on securing
such valuable assistance.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Farm Bureau Notes
By Sam Jordan
Don't Buy Rotten Eggs.

Don't Buy Rotten Eggs.
A ruling of the food administra-
ton is that all persons who buy
eggs for marketing are required
to candle them. Any person neg
lecting or refusing to do this if
he is licensed. his liceuse can be
revoked. If he is unlicensed all
shippers can be prevented from
buying these products. Every
person who handles eggs other
than at retail must have license.
SAMPLES of Grain for the Fair
There should be no reason why
some State-Fair premiums should
not be brot back to Charlton Co.
on some of our grain. One peck
is required for an exhibit. 1t
will be necessary, however, if
the Bureau is expected to pre-
pare this for the fair, to supply
little more than that, since it
must all be thoroughly cleaned
and graded. By submitting
only a small sample to the office
it can be determined whether
or not there is a possibility of its
getting into the winning. 1t
should be understood that such
prizes that may be won will go
to the grower. Under these
conditions it will be necessary
for you to supply the samples to
me without cost. l would grade
it carefully and see that it reach
es, the fair but carriage charges
must be paid by the exhibitor.
Sending it all in one lot, starting
it in good time by freight, that
item of expense would be very
small. 1t may be recalled that
this county stood first in wheat
conditions in the May and June
reports and we would be deigh-
ted to hold up the record and
come out first hest in the final
wind-up, so if there are any who
believe you have wheat that
stands a chance of winning, sub.
NIT sample to the bureau and
we can determine whether or
not we would be justified in
making the effort with it.
Clover Seed
heard a seed man make
the remark the other day he be-
lieved clover seed was going to
be very cheap. He said that
he really expected it to sell as
low as $40 per bushel. That is
an annual song of seed men
until they get the seed into their
own hands, then very suddenly
it seems to grow scarce and the
price high. | believe the facts
will be that clover seed is going
to be high. There will undoub-
Cedly be good deal of demand
for it because the great stand of
wheat gave the young clover
such poor chance that most of
it failed.
Buckhorn is one of the weeds
that is especially Objectionable,
as well as is Sour Dock. These
weed seeds cannot be separated
after the threshing has been
done. There is way, however,
to prevent their getting into the
clover seed and that is by re-
moving these weeds from the
patchibefore the crop is harvest
ed. In doing this it will be
found that in from ten days to
two weeks after the first
clover crop is harvested that the
Buckhorn, especially, will be
showing itself very conspicuous
iy, The seed stem shoots up very
rapidly and they can be seen
quite a distance in the field.
A card from Eddie Steiman.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
WHEAT,!!CLOVER, CORN
Assured and Prospective Crop
Great Wheat From All Quar-
ters Hay Very Light

Threshing machines from
every section Of the county es-
pecially in the bottom lands are
running to their full capacity
and over time. We have heard
of no field yielding less than 20
bushels and the greatest so far
reported is 47a bushels and that
for the entire field. Numbers of
crops are turning out 27 to 50
bushels to the acre so far and
the quality of the wheat is the
oest. Elevator men all over the
county are busy as threshermen
and for the fortunate so far
cars for shipm ant have been
fairly plentiful. The prices
5000 based on the 1918 figures
fixed by congress last year but
congress passed a bill raising
the price to $240 per bushel for
a No. 2 which price Pres. Will
son Immediately vetoed.
We have heard from some
wheat raisers that estimate of
the way their wheat would net
them per bushel and it ranges
from 60 to 80 cents. 1t is NOT
pretended that these figures are
accurate nor can they be made
so until the wheat is marketed.
Mr.. Sam Jordan has appealed
to threshermen to look after the
wheat in the bottoms first tc
head off possibility of an over.
flow destroying those crops. The
suggestion is not only a gooc
one but we believe farmers who
have wheat on the hill will no
raise a single objection.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12
Upsets Automobile

Mrs. Thacker and daughters
Ruth and Edith and two boys
and John Fletcher upset a Ford
car in which they were coming
to town Sunday night, June
80, about three miles west of
town and bumped themselves
and the machine considerable.
The machine was clipping along
at a lively gait and lust what
caused it to upset is not fully
established.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1918-07-12

We will give the list of names
the 1877 boys on the next call by
the local board.
A fine rain last Friday and the
cool atmosphere prevented its
evaporation for several days.
Maj. Dabney Ingram shook
hands with a few friends here
Tuesday. He and his daughters
are visiting Joe at Salisbury.
Lewis Wheeler of Camp Dodge
arrived Sunday for visit to
homefolks and other relatives.
Lewis is in the baking depart
ment and likes it fine and seems
to keep in good health.
Judge James Hershey was on
his way to the celebration of the
4th at Pee Dee in his flivver
when he struck a horse which
refused to get out of the road.
Not much damage done. =
John Harlan and sisters Misses
Mana and Margaret of Prairie
Hill were in town Monday. They
report no rain in their neighbor-
hood recently.
Ler Watkins, James Glenn
and Benjamin Strub died within
the past week. Watkins and
Glenn were victims of typhoid
and Mr.. Strub of appolexy.
Mexico celebrated the fourth
of July and it is said at least
1900 participated in the event.
There were IA automobile, ac-
cldents, some serious but all at
tributable to either fast driving
or juvenile chauffeurs.
Mossie CIosson who has been
in the army for about two years
and now stationed in the east,
came last week for a visit to
homefolks and will remain sew
eral days longer. Mossie is
looking fine and likes the SER
vice pretty we'll.
G. B. Hollsgraffe and daugh-
tiers Misses Bertha and Lille
and Misses Borgelt of Havanna,
Illinois arrived Saturday night
in their big car for a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. John Vandervene north
of town. They report being
delayed in this state on account
Of muddy roads.