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Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
Wanted to Rent

Farm on Camas Prairie or Reser-
vation-between 200 and 400 acres
for one year, with privilege of two or
three years and to buy. Would trade
100 A. in southeast Idaho for nipple
ments and stock, or would buy. Ad-
dress 1905, Main, Lewiston, Idaho.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
Sheep for Sale

Fourteen head of purebred Shrop-
shire ewes and 20 lambs.
Howard Mckinley.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
For Sale Chean

Some good farm machinery, nipple
ments, harness, etc. Apply quick to
T. Clark, the Junk man.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
NOTICE

All those indebted for horse service
by the Cottonwood Percheron Horse
Co. are requested to make settlement
with me as soon as possible.
John Funke.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
Grain Hauling

Our truck will be here within a.
few days for grain or other kind of
hauling. If you want any hauling
done call us up or see us.
Hussman Lumber Co,
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
KEYS Lost

At Winchester on July 4, near lake,
a bunch of keys. A reward of SIS is
offered for their return to the Chron-
icle office at Cottonwood.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
Secretary Baker Makes
Wise Decision.
(Spokesman-Review)

|
man of the senate committee on
military affairs, announces that
Secretary Baker will recommend
to congress that the draft ages be
made from 18 to As years.
This is the most heartening news
that has come out of the war de-
partment since Mr.. Baker sue
ceeded Mr.. Garrison, for it indi-
Gates that the war secretary's once
clouded vision has grown clear
and far sweeping and that he will
now follow expert guidance and
has shaken off former notions that
Germany could be beaten by half
or quarter way measures.
1t has taken months of persist
ent pleading and the hard lessons
of this years campaign in Europe
to convince Secretary Baker that
the draft age limits should be ex-
tended. Several months ago high
officers in the army advised that
young men of 10 and 20 be draft
ed and put under training, but
the recommendation met with
disfavor in the war department
and at the White House. Now
Mr.. Baker goes his counselors one
better and advocates the drafting
of youths of 18.
The Spokesman-Review has
thought all along that the draft
ages should be carried downward
and upward. 1t advocated the
drafting of young men of 10 and
their fine training to be ready
to go on the fighting line at 81,
and has had occasion to criticise
Secretary Baker for his lack of
military grasp as revealed in his
waiting, drifting policy. It is
now all the greater pleasure to ap-
plaud his present vigorous action.
In another editorial the Spokes-
man-Review says:
For the present at least victory
is with the entente allies. That
much is undeniable. Even the
German press admits it with vary
ing degrees of concession, and
even the Kaiser proclaims it be-
tween the lines of his last procla-
nation. Confession is also made
that Germany is war weary and
filled with an intense longing for
peace. eve have become spare
of figure, subdued in. mind, hard
of face" says the Cologne Ga
zette. To-day in Germany the
word peace browns all other
sounds" says the Frankfort Ga
zette, and the detected remark is
added that no peace is in sight
and the United States would not
let Germany win"
wide gaps have been torn in
our families and the suffering of
this terrible war has spared no
German home" declares the Kais-
er, but the enemy does not yet
want peace"
The German spirit is not yet
broken, but many signs tell us
that it is breaking. There is dis
appointment and dependency at
home, and undoubtedly there is
shattered morale in the retreat
ing armies.
Austrian conditions can not
possibly be better and we have
good reason to know that they
are worse.
Conversely, hope of victory is
deepening into conviction in every
land that is leagued against the
Prussian peril. Event on the
western line have never gone so
encouragingly, and the Russian
situation is Frightening. The al
lied armies are fighting with
splendid spirit and heroic rivalry
under a grand united command
that now holds the initiative and
is using it.
1t looks like the beginning of
the end of tho mod omb;t;o, of
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
Grant-Six Auto for Sale

1917 model. Also Studebaker-Six
for sale. Best bargains in the county.
Inquire at Cottonwood garage.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-08-09
A Bargain

A Groom house, furnished complete;
two lots; close-in. Inquire at this Of
fee. 25t4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12

Rev. w. M. Brooks autoed to
Bloomfield Friday morning and at
tended the session of the Iowa Con-
ference of the M e. church held in
that city, returning home Saturday.
Mrs. Cora Fithian, of Hollywood,
California, who had been visitine in
the east, arrived yesterday for q: few
days visit at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Marion f. Stookey, in this city:
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman w, Shira and
two little sons. of Pocatello, Idaho,
arrived Saturday evening for visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.
Mitchell and other relatives in this
Mrs: Geo. w. Sanger accompanied
her little granddaughter, Garland
ALLEY, as far as Van Vert Saturday,
on her way to her home at Shenan-
doah, after visit of several weeks
Miss Marian slade. who enrolled
some time ago as Red Cross nurse,
departed Tuesday for Camp Shelby
Mississippi, where she will take a
course OF training and then expects
to go over seas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Teale re-
turned Tuesday from Lake Okoboji,
where they spent the summer at
their cottage at Camp Leon. Bert
Teale, of Mt, Ayr, drove them from
the lake to Leon,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Christian Church.

Go we into all the world and preach
the gospel to the whole creation
Mark 1915, golden text for. the
Bible school lesson. Every christian
preacher. 1t is often said that
there are not preachers enough to
meet the demands of the land and of
the world That may be true, but
everv living christian is a preacher.
Every prayerful, earnest, godly life
a sermon. There are hundreds of
ways of preaching Jesus without
choosing a Bible text Or standing in
4 pulpit. A. Wherefore could pro-
claim the gospel of love on the floor
of the British parliament even
though he wore no surplice and new
er had Bishops hand laid upon his
honored head George H. Stuart
was an apostle Of the cross when he
organized the Christian commission
for soldier tents, and John McGregor
was another when he organized the
"Shoeblack Brigade in the streets
of London: Hannah Moor preach
ed Christ in the drawing room and
Florence Nightingale in hospitals.
sion very widely Sermon by Rev.
Flannery at ii o'clock. Evening
services: Christian Endeavor will
meet at p. IN. Preaching services
at o'clock Prayer meeting each
Wednesday evening. Choir practice
each Thursday evening Remember
we are to open fire on the devil in
an evangelistic meeting next month
Our Bible school is growing and
splendid crowds for preaching serv-
ices is encouraging.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
A Missionary Coming.

Miss Minnie Johnson, who for the
PAST seven years has been the "Liy-
ing Link" missionary of the Newton
Christian church to Bilaspar, India,
has returned to the States for the
first time on furlough. Since her re-
turn several weeks ago she has been
taking much needed rest with her
mother at Casey, Iowa. Next Sun
day. September Sth, she will visit
the Newton church. The congrega-
ton which she has so faithfully
represented and whose members have
SO Loyalty supported her, are lookin g
forward joyously to her coming.
Miss Johnson will be present at
the Sunday school hour and will
speak al the morning preaching serv-
ice. At night again an informal
program will be given at eight
O'Clock when she will speak again,
after which a reception will be given
in her honor All members and
friends of the congregation are cor
daily invited to attend both serv-
ices. This young woman so heroic
in her work in darkest heathendom,
will have q message that will be an
inspira lion to aH-Newton Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Crl:"Se Openings Postponed.

Practically all Of the Iowa col
Ia haye e, pos fp sWo the wees te
date set for classes to begin being
Oct. 1st. The change is made on ac-
count Of the new law pertaining to
enrolment of boy students in the
N. S. T. S. the government making
arrangements to enroll them as re-
serve soldiers, paying them salary,
and for their board and tuition, but
stipulating that they shall live in
barracks, and it was necessary for
the college to prepare quarters for
the most of them using their gym
nasiums. armories and dormitories
for this purpose. The State Univers-
ity announces the school year viii
be completed next year on June goth.
by doing away with the Christmas
and Easter vacations
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Mosquito Pest is Worst For Years.

Mosquitoes swarmed down on the
county all at once and they are more
numerous than they have been for
years. Just how they came to be
so plenty is not easily explained.
They are everywhere on the bottoms,
on the ridges. in the woods, and in
the towns. There are two explana-
lions. One is that the unusually dry
season has furnished lot of stag
nant pools in the creeks which stop
ped running and the second is that
the north wind picked them up from
the Dakota prairies and brought
them down.
The mosqito sharps says that a
mosquito never goes far from the
place it was Matched, quarter to
a half mile, and that they hatch in
stagnant water How they would ac-
count for the presence of swarms of
them out on the divides where there
has been no stagnant water for
M onths, has not been disclosed
However the mosquito did not ap-
pear until after the rains and they
may have had all to do with it. Any
how if you want to get we'll bitten
Just go out into your garden a half
hour before shutdown.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Farmers Union Picnic.

The good attendance and fine
weather that prevailed made the
Farmers Union picnic and conven,,
|tion success. The agricultural
products exhibit was not large but
was OF excellent quality, considering
|the season that we have ,, gone gone
through, Don A. Fish Of the State stat
Farm Bureau. assisted by Wm.
Crichton, did the judging, alter
wards Mr.. Fish made talk on the
SIX before the American farmer and
some of the difficulties that prevent
them from raising maximum crops,
j. r. Hammond, of Wapello,
Louisa county, Iowa. addressed the
gathering about what Farmers
Union stood for, that they were
neither in with the Non-partlsan
League or the |. w. W.,-that all they
want is an equal chance with other
lines Of business in the government
of our state and nation.
The following is a list OF the
premiums awarded, there being a
good display of apples, crabs. onions,
which no premiums had been offered:
Yellow Corn-lst Frank Chastaln,
2nd J. e. Wiley.
White Corn-lst G. K. Plercy, ina
J. E. Wiley.
Fall Wheat-1st Fred Hurley, End
w. F. Fletcher.
Spring Wheat--1st j. f. Rumley,
|2nd J. F. CARRIER.
potatoes-1st Frank Chastain,
End r. H. Garner
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Thomas l.. Cox.

tur county. October 80, 1857, and
died at the Ellsworth hospital in st.
Joe, Mo-, Sept 5, 1918. aged GO
years, 10 months and 26 days.
July 8. 1882, he was united in
marriage to Edna j. DOwney. r To
this union was born four children.
Mrs. Lola Kelley, of Osceola, Mo-;
Arthur Cox, of Leon, and Mrs; Esther
Cox. of San Francisco, Cal -, and
Earld Cox with the u S. A., FIT.
Worth, Texas, all of whom were
present at the funeral. He leaves
besides his wife and children, two
brothers and two sisters to mourn
his departure. He was a member of
the Bethel Baptist church and was
faithful to his Lord. He had been in
failing health for some time and fin
ally submitted to an operation. All
that man could do availed nothing
and he was called home.
Funeral services were held at the
Bethel Baptist church Sept. 9TH, con-
Quoted by Rev. Chas. W. Reeder as
sisted by Rev. Elba Dale. The re-
mains laid to rest in the Bethel GEM
etery The high esteem that he was
held in was shown by the large
crowd that filled the church. His go.
ing is our loss He has gained the.
crown at last.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Farm Bureau Notes.

We are now nearing the compile
ton of the winter wheat acreage
project for this county and in chec ao
ing up l find that we are 2,Oou'
acres short Of the required amount.
To the man WHO has cut ms c9 3Ia
man whose seeding of grass or clover
was killed by the drought wont you
utilize a little of this ground Tor
wheat? BY this means we can N
crease our acreage and go over the
top g. X ina Won you h sow fixed t the
price for wheat next year researches less
of the outcome of the war SO you
cannot lose. He has also stated that
a committee will be appointed 10
consider the cost of production ana
it may be the price will be recon-
mended for increase, ii 1T is consld-
cred essential to do so.
Wheat is the ammunition that
will win the war for you cannot buy
wheat when there is no wheat TO
buy. .+;on
September i 5th to 2Sth, has pe EEL,
set as seed corn week in Iowa, Ey,
ery farmer in Decatur county should
by later date have put away at LEAST
twice the amount. of seed he will
need for 1919 seeding, to provide.
against loss at planting time, ana II
not lost them, TO hOlq reserve dsaluoI
possible loss by early freeze a year
hence. Profit by the experience we
had last year. This is a war meas;
ure and is supported and endorsed
by the Federal and State govern
ments, and all organizations inter
ested in food production. The early
selection of seed corn is practiced bv
thousands of Iowa's best farmers rs
Help make your home county 100 %.
Help win the war Produce more
food We must feed those who hght
TO the boys and girls in the pig
and calf clubs want to say that Ger
aid Spray won 18th place on his pig
and Ward Griffin won 3rd on ms
calf in class of 1902 exhibits at the
State Fair. Decatur county and es,,
pecially the Farm Bureau are proud
of these boys Don't you want TO-
join calf or pig club? Write to
the county agent, Leon, Iowa, II you
I0
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Brethren Church,

The pastor has returned from his
vacation to the conference at Win
oma Lake, Ind, and expects to. be
able to fill all appointments regular
ly for the coming months. With the
vast number OF changes incident to
member of the church get busy for
the kingdom of God and keep the
altar fires burning.
Early in October the annual re-
vival will begin at the Leon church
under the leadership of the pastor.
Sunday school at TO- C. e. at
7:15. Preaching services at 8.
Sisters society next Saturday at the
Tuesday at 8 p. m. Preaching at
G. T ROnk, Pastor
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Presbyterian Church.

Services were resumed last Sab
bath after the vacation period with
two splendid services. The usual
fine music was supplemented by two
splendid solos by former members of
our choir, Mrs. Louise French, of
ST. Joseph, singing in the morning,
and Mr. John Gates singing in the
evening. Both were much appreci-
ated.
Preaching services next Sunday
gospel sermons they are, with good
music at every service. Sunday
school at ten o'clock--a live session.
One week from Friday evening
there will be held a social evening
and congregation meeting. Every
member of the congregation is in
vited to meet with us. An interest
ing program will be rendered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
DR.. Mcclure in Auto Accident.

Our friend DR.. Mcclure, of Hum
eston, and quite we'll known here.
met with quite serious accident
while driving his Ford to Leon one
day last week. When going south
after he crossed the track on the
road north of Leon. something went
wrong and his car turned over with
him under it. When found he was
unconscious and badly bruised up,
having a bad scalp wound. evidently
receiving quite a severe blow, on the
skull, and he also had some ribs
broken A doctor was called and he
was able to return 10 his bone in
IIumeston that eVening.-Garden
Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
THE CHURCHES.
Metholist Church.

Next Sunday is the last Sunday of
the conference year. The pastor
the usual hours for services, and
will be glad to see you in these serv-
ices. The other services OF the day
as usual: Sunday school at 9:45 a.
m. and Epworth League at p. m.
The annual conference will meet
at Jefferson, beginning Wednesday
morning, September 18th, and con
tinuing over Sunday the 22nd.
Bishop M. S. Hughes will preside ov-
er the conference and will preach on
Sunday morning. 1t will pay you
to go to conference if possible.
Bishop Hughes is one of the strong
platform men of the church and Of
the nation
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12

Beginning September 1, a state
wide drive will begin in Iowa for the
organization of War Savings soci-
cites. The campaign will center in
the schools and later will spread to
lodges, business houses,
factories and the like. The work in
the schools of Iowa will be under
bell of the State Teachers College,
Cedar Falls. County and city surer-
intendents will act under him in the
different localities. The work of Or
ganizing societies outside the schools
will be under the direction Of the
Iowa War Savings committee, Des
Moines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
Richard Lewis Lorey.

Richard Lewis Lorey, son of Mr..
and Mrs: r. L. Lorey. was born.
August %, 1915, died September g.,
1918, aged years and II days
He was known by his father and
mother, brothers and sisters as
Baby Dick. He leaves father,
mother, two brothers, two sisters
and many other relatives and friends
to mourn his untimely death.
Funeral services at the home on
Thursday afternoon, conducted by
w. M. Brooks, pastor of the Metho-
dist church
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-09-12
TAN.
Here's What Married


Washington.
as upon by the ways committee will affect
feature in the bill abatement
OF II
the equivalent Of normal that income
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-08
one.man Pontoona

Building bridges under fire, the
greatest ordeal that the army engi-
neers Of other campaigns we're sub
jected to, bids fair TO &C out OF fash
lon. In future a regiment going across
a stream will, If a recent invention
meets with approval, merely wade into
the stream and drift across, meantime
utilizing both hands to manipulate his
rife.
The new invention is a sort Of glori-
fed water wings" arrangement and
is adapted to the fording Of deep
streams without the necessity Of
bridge building. The encircling buoy
is blown up by the soldier. 1t holds
him upright in the water with his
shoulders and arms clear of the sur
face. In experiments recently con-
Quoted a man made several bulls
eyes on target 300 yards away while
floating across the stream.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-08
CHAPTER xvlll--continued.

Exactly. And they saw nothing"
Your pardon, my colonel. They
came back in d cold sweat, and they
mont the night on their knees. The
soman was there again. You have
.sen the salt sea at night? Well, her
eaee was aglow, like that, so they said.
Tbev heard the clankng of chains, too,
and the sound of hammers, coming
grop, the very bowels of the earth. 1t
= all plain enough, when you know
,bp story. But it is terrifying"
aThis is indeed amazing" Cobo ac-
knowledged, 'but of course there is
some simple explanation. Spirits, if
indeed there are such things, are made
or nothing-they are like thin air
How. then, could they rattle chainsf
You probably saw some wretched pa
cihcos In search of food and imagined
the rest.
'Indeed Then what did hear with
these very ears? Whispers, murmurs,
rroans, and the clinkety-clink of old
Sebastian's chisel. For his sins that
old slave is chained in some cavern of
the mountain. Soundless! I'm no
babyI / know when I'm asleep, and 1
know when I'm awake. That place is
accursed, and want no more of it."
Cobo fell into frowning meditation.
allowing his cigarette to smolder down
until it burned his thick fingers. He
was not superstitious man and he
nut no faith 10 the supernatural, new
ertheless ne was convinced that his
sergeant was not lying, and reference
to Pancho Cueta had set his mind to
working along strange channels. He
had known Cueto well, and the latter's
stubborn belief in the existence of that
Varona treasure had more than once
impressed him. He wondered now If
ethers shared that faith, or If by
chance they had discovered a clue to
the whereabouts of the money and
were conducting a secret search. 1t
was a fantastic idea, nevertheless.
CobO told himself that if people were
prying about those deserted premises
1t was with some object, and their ac-
tons would warrant observation. The
presence of the woman--a woman
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-11-08
It Was cobo.

well-make you rich" In desperation
he raised his shaking hand TO dash out
the candle, but even as he did so the
colonel spoke, at the same time care
fully lowering the revolver hammer.
"You are right What am thinking
about7 There must be no noise.
Carambai A pretty business that
would be. wouldn't it7 With my men
running up here to see what II was
all about. No, no! No gunshots, no
disturbance Of any kind. You under
stand what mean, ehT''
His face twisted into a grin as he
tossed the revolver aside, then under
took to detach stone from the crum-
bling curb. "No noisel" he chuckled.
mo noise whatever"
o'ReilIy, stupefed by the sudden ap-
pearance of this m0nstrous creature,
stunned by the certainty Of catas-
trophe to Rosa, awoke to the fact that
this man intended to brain him where
he stood. In a panic he cast his eyes
about him, thinking TO take shelter In
the treasure-cave, but that retreat was
closed to him, for he had wedged the
wooden timbers together at the first
alarm. He was like a rat in pit ut
terly at the mercy Of this maniac. And
Cobo was a maniac at the moment; he
had so far lost control Of himself as to
allow the stone to slip out Of his grasp.
It fell with a thud at O'Rellly's feet,
causing fha assassin to laugh once
more.
'sEIo, ho!' he hiccoughed. my fin
gers are clumsy chr But there Is no
need for haste" BE stretched out his
arm again, laid hold Of another missile,
and strained to loosen II from Its bed
"Jewelsl Pearls the size Of plums I
And / poor mani can't believe it
yet" He could not detaeh the stone,
50 he fumbled farther along the curb
ing. Pearls. indeed would send a
dozen maa 70 he'll for one