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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Letter From Tom Long
Somewhere in France.

Somewhere in France.
Dear Home Folks:
Received the box of tobacco and
gum last week and it sure comes in
handy as my supply was beginning
to diminish.
We moved last week and are bill
eted out now. The most of US are
living in wine cellar-however
the wine isn't here. In reality it
is just big building made Of
stone and very good place to live
in.
This is one of the most beautiful
places have ever seen. It's a vine
yard as far as you can see and there is
a chateau just little distance from
here where the owner lives. He
has regular old-style kind of man
sion, surrounded by all kinds of
trees and shrubs. Our officers live
there and the man has about ten
families on the place.
There are about dozen little
French kids around our quarters,
so | believe we will be able to pick
up good deal of French lingo.
The most of us have good con-
duct passes and are allowed to roam
at will, when off duty. There are
any amount of small towns near
here which are verv interesting, es-
pecially one, which is the quaintest
and most interesting place l have
ever seen. 1t has buildings over
thousand years old and part of the
old walls which surround it, are
still intact. 1t contains acres Of
underground coves and passages,
some of which are used to store
wine and they have plenty of it
thousands of bottles and barrels
covered with cob webs and must.
The OK is the principal beast of
burden here and they are fine, big
lot of brutes. They wear pad
across the forehead and pull by that
instead of the yoke. Their work
isn't very heavy so they get along
fine. There are some goats here
too, also sheep. A good deal of
goat milk is used here. The water
isn't very good and we are not
allowed to drink it unless it has
been boiled.
The major told us yesterday that
( we could plant garden, so | sup
pose the spades will be busy before
e long. Well must ring off for the
. present. Hope this finds you all
: we'll. I'm still feeling ne.-Tom
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Big Bear Ridge Picnic

The annual Red Cross (Booster)
picnic and carnival will be held on
Flag Day, June l4tl. at the grove
adjoining the Steele schoolhouse on
Big Bear ridge. A patriotic pro-
gram will begin at 1920 a. m. A
Hoover picnic dinner will be served
by the local Red Cross. All pro-
ceeds from the day will be for the
benefit of the Red Cross Auxiliary.
Everyone is most cordially invited.
Come, bring your friends.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Farewell For F. w. Mielke

Mr.. and Mrs. Mielke entertained
at a farewell party at their home at
Cameron Tuesday on the occasion of
their son Frederick leaving for
Vancouver, Washington in answer
to draft order. F. w. Mielke,
who has been absent for six years,
was former resident of Cameron
and a graduate of the Cameron
school and the Kendrick high school.
Upon the completion of his high
school education at the Lewis and
Clark of Spokane, he entered the
Law College of George Washington
University of Washington, D. c.,
taking his degree in June 1917, af-
ter which he was employed by the
Treasury Department as law clerk
and chief examiner of the Estate
Tax Division of the Internal Revenue
Bureau. Mr.. Mielke received a
special order at the National Capt.
tol to report to Vancouver Barracks,
Washington, and on his way out
west made a stop over to see his
relatives and friends after a long
absence, bidding his farewell al
Tuesdays party.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Many Sports For Camps

At every training camp in the
country plans of the Commission on
Training Camp Activities have been
carried out to provide athletic ia
cilities for the men. Baseball heads
the list in popularity, and full
equipment has been placed in the
camps. More than 70, 900 baseballs
and 5000 bats have been sent. At
Camp Lewis, Washington, there are
16 baseball fields in use. Practical
ly every company in each camp d.
vision throughout the country has
its team, and there are company,
battalion, regimental, and inter-
regimental leagues.
Every form of track athletics oc-
cupies the attention of men train
ing at the camps. AS many as 800
men have taken part in divisional
contests, and track meets have been
witnessed by more than 10000
spectators.
Where facilities permit, instruc.
tion in swimming is given. Men
are first given land instruction and
then sent into the water. Tenni:
courts have been built in every
camp, one having 40 courts, anC
the sport is rapidly gaining in pop
ularity. Through the generosity Of
golf clubs located near the camps
the demand for golf courses is part
ly being met. Polo matches arr
frequently held, and competition fol
places on the teams is keen.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Fifteen Years Ago

j. R. Haizlip left Wednesday
morning for two-week's outing
and fishing trip in the upper coun-
try. He will be joined at Pullman
by friends and the party will go
overland from there.
A called meeting of the Business
Mems Association met in the st.
Elmo hotel parlors for the purpose
of discussing the Bear Creek road
and its further work.
One of the most important move
ments that has been set on foot for
many days by our business men is
that of six o'clock closing. After
several weeks discussion they have
finally come to the decision of clos
ing most of the business houses
mentioned above.
E. Clem is putting an extra coat
of paint on the store building of H.
P. Hull. H. P. believes in keeping
things in shape on the outside as
we'll as on the inside.
A. P. Hamley circulated a petit
tion this week against the draining
, of the water from the lower end of
Main street. This should be mat
ter that should be looked into and
the council should go slow before
undertaking something that might
not be beneficial.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Juliaetta Church Picnic

A big Sunday School picnic was
held in the park at Juliaetta last
Sunday in which a number of out
side Sunday Schools participated.
The federated Sunday Schools of
Genesee, Fairview, American ridge
and Kendrick joined with Juliaetta
in the event.
In the morning program con-
sisting of patriotic songs, recitations
and flag drills was given and at
noon an old fashioned lunch was
served, the basket lunches being
served on tables built for the occa-
sion.
Rev. l.. A. Crown of Genesee de-
livered an address in the afternoon
on the subject of federated
churches.
Another feature of the after
Moons program was an illustration
of the sign language rendered by
Harry Wheeler, a fullbbod Nez
Perce Indian who is a Carlisle grad
uate and now superintendent of the
Indian Sunday school at Ahsahka,
on the Clearwater river. While a
select choir sang "Nearer My God
to Thee" Mr.. Wheeler illustrated
the words with signs and gestures
that were not only apt but most
graceful, adding much to the mean.
ing Of the words.
Another number in the after
Moons program was flag drill in
which several appropriate patriotic
songs were sung by a large class OF
little girls from the federated Sun
day school of Genesee, They die
their parts with the precision Of
soldiers.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
The Kendrick Chautauqua


Kendrick business men signed up
for a six-day chautauqua with the
Cademean Company. This will be
the first attempt for Kendrick to
put on an entertaining feature of
this kind but as many of the sur
rounding towns are making sue
cess of the chautauqua there should
be no reason why it can not be
done here. The opening day has
been set for July 6.
Monday night at meeting of
the chautauqua board at the town
hall, officers were elected and the
organization of chautauqua asso-
citation completed. l.. G. Peterson
presided as temporary chairman
and the following officers were
elected:
President S. Porter
Vice President t-----J. F. Wade
Secretary "A. R. Shumaker
Treasurer r----A. Wilmot
The following committees were
appointed by the president:
On finance: A. Wilmot, j. F.
Wade, R. D. Newton.
On publicity: Joday Long, R.
B. Knepper, E. E. Bechtol.
On arrangements and grounds
N. E. Walker, G. G. Oldfield, W. L.
Rogers.
1t was practically decided to hold
the chautauqua in the town park
providing there is room between
the trees for the large tent. This
is centrally located and is the best
available place.
The advance representative is ex
pected here soon and all advertising
matter will be distributed soon af
ter his arrival. A general cam
paign of ticket selling will b.
launched in the near future. Tick
cts will sell for $3.50 and this ticke
will entitle the purchaser to SCI
and hear everything on the six-da.
program.
The chautauqua will be put OF
for the benefit of the entire com
munity. 1t is not a Kendrick en-
tertainment but is an entertaining
educational enterprise that shoul,
be of interest to anyone who ha
pride in the town and the countr
tributary to it.
Arrangements will be made S
that those who wish to bring thei
lunch may have tables and benche
in the park under the trees. 1t
to be a community gathering an
. place where all those who com
may have jolly good time and
profitable time.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07

theme and that is the discussion of
the best way to lick the Kaiser.
Among all our visitors is not heard
a single pessimistic note. All feel
sure in the final triumph of right
and justice.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
The Farmers Bought Bonds

Next 10 tne aggregate nuHDer VI
subscribers perhaps the most strii-
ing feature of the Third Liberty
Loan was the support given it by
the farming and rural populations
of the country. Not only did the
farmers purchase literally of the
bonds, but the rural communities
as rule were more prompt in COM
pleting their quotas of the loan than
the larger cities. More than 2O,-
600 communities in the United
States subscribed or oversubscribed
their quotas. many of them on the
first day of the campaign. The ma
jority of these were not cities but
country districts.
Iowa, a typical agricultural State,
was the first to subscribe it's quota
and was followed by Oregon, Ar
kansas, Kentucky, and other States
in which agriculture is the leading
industry.
1t is impossible to give accurate
figures but it is estimated that
while only 2 percent of the farming
population of the United States
subscribed to the first and second
loans, probably ten times as many
subscribed to the third. The sig
nificance is increased by the facts
that the heavy subscription was
made at a season when the farmers
are ordinarily on the borrowing
and not on the lending and invest
ing side of the market, and when
the farms of the country are speed
ed up to the limit.
This wide distribution of the
third loan among the whole people
shows that the body of the Nation
has become aroused and gone into
action-that the sense of duty and
the necessity for individual support
of the country has permeated the
whole people. Secretary McAdot
may justly be enthused over the
result and call it the soundest ma
tional financing in the world Ever!
Liberty Bond holder is an activ'
force backing the Government.
Our soldiers in France and ou
Allies are heartened and strengthen
ed by the knowledge that 1000, ,0O'
American citizens are backing then
with their money, and our enemie
must learn with fear and dread o
this great reserve force upon whicl
their adversaries can rely.
To keep the good work up tn
American people must adopt scien
tifc saving methods; save money
. save material, save labor, and saw
time. Thus we will bring the wa
: to an earlier and victorious clos
; and save the lives Of American so
diers, and save our rights and ou
. liberties and save the world for de
, mocracy, justice, and civilization.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07

Geo. E. Knepper of Boise, Grand
Secretary A. F. & A. M. of Idaho.
is expected to arrive in Kendrick
tonight for visit before going to
Tacoma. Wash. to attend a meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Washington.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07
Red Cross Donations

The following list of names COM
pletes the list of Red Cross dona-
tions to the second drive:
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07

Miss Georgia Wright went to
Spokane Thursday to spend a week
with relatives.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-06-07

Deputy Sheriff John Hall was in
Kendrlck Wednesday on business.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-29

Read it in The Ardmoreite first.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-29

WANTED.-Men and ladies to
learn barber trade; free tuition,
percentage paid while learning;
position guaranteed; catalog mail
ed free.-Schwarze Barber College
l06 West California Avenue,
Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-29
ALLEGED DESERTERS
BACK TO CAMP

Keel Doggett and Dess Deevers,
arrested here by Sheriff Garrett, sew
eral days ago, as deserters and who
have been confined in the county
iall. will leave at 4:42 o'clock this
afternoon for Camp Travis, San An
tonic, Texas. Sergt. Check, G. Co.,
10Th Infantry, arrived this morning
10 take them back. They belong TO
The same company and regiment as
does the sergeant coming after them.
Read it in The Ardmoreite first.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08

himself along the Battery wall, his
arms and neck entangled in ticker tape.
At State and Whitehall streets he
paused on the steps Of the South Ferry
Building and sprawled over a hummo ok
of white paper that Uttered the side
walk.
well, what do you think of Ger
many now, old top?" said a Canadian
soldier. who stopped to lift him up.
"Bosh! Foch!" he muttered, kicking
the white debris at his feet. "Some
scrap O. paper."
Shipyard Men Rejoice
The tumult and the shouting took
a fresh impetus shortly after O'clock,
when ferryboat from tho Standard
Shipbuilding Company at Shooters
Island made fast to the Battery land
ing and disgorged thousand ship
builders, who got half holiday be-
cause of the news of the German sur
render. The gang had not stopped to
wash up, but raced to the subway and
III" station, shouting and deriding the
Kaiser.
1--WE drove the last rivct into his
tough old hide at noon to-day" roared
a giant from the shipyards.
eyes, and we've got lot more red
hot ones ready if the pig gets busy
again." was the contribution of
brawny dwarf, who professed to be
boss of tool gang.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
u. S. Will Question
Huns Good Faith,
Lansing Declares

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.--Secretary
Lansing to-day made public message
to the German government through the
Swiss Minister protesting against the
reported intention Of German authori-
ties in Belgium to destroy coal mines
on evacuation.
If the acts contemplated are carried
out, the message says, 1t will confirm
"the belief that the solemn assurances
of the German government are not
given in good faith"
The note addressed to the Swiss Min
lister follows:
have the honor to request that
you will bring the following to the
attention Of the German govern
ment:
In it's note of October 20 the Ger
man government announced that
"the German troops are under the
strictest instructions to spare pri-
vate property and to exercise care
for the population to the best of their
ability"
Information has now reached the
government Of the United State: to
the effect that the German authori-
ties in Belgium have given notice to
the coal mining companies that all
men and animals should be brought
out of the pits, that all raw materials
in the possession of the companies
should be delivered to the Germans
and that the mines will de destroyed
at once.
Acts so wanton and malicious, in
volving as they do the destruction Of
vital necessity to the civilian popu-
lation of Belgium, and the conse-
quent suffering and loss of human
life which will follow. cannot fail to
impress the government and the peo-
pie Of the United States as wilfully
cruel and inhuman.
If these acts, in fragrant violation
of the declaration Of October 20, are
perpetrated it will confirm the be-
lief that the solemn assurances of
the German government are not
given in good faith.
In the circum stances the govern
ment of the United States, 60 which
the declaration of October 20 was
made, enters an emphatic protest
against the measures contemplated
by the German authorities, for whose
conduct the government of Germany
is wholly responsible.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Ohio Holds Wild
Reuel Over Report
OF Wars Conclusion,

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. ALI Ohio
went wild to-day over the unconfirmed
report that Germany had signed the
armistice terms. Street parades were
held in many cities, factories were
closed and business generally was sus-
pended, regardless of the fact that
Secretary Lansing at 2:15 o'clock
Eastern time) denied an armistice
with Germany had been signed.
In Columbus large crowds sur
rounded the State House and were ad-
dressed by Governor Cox from the
portico of that building. Offices and
factories generally dismissed their
employees. Parades we're numerous
and flags were waved everywhere.
Every one crowded to the streets
AS a precautionary measure, city po-
lice officials ordered all saloons closed
until tomorrow morning.
The Associated Press did not cir
culate the unconfirmed rumors in Ohio
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Spirit of Victory
Suveeps Netu England ;
All Boston Parades

BOSTON, Nov. 7.-Boston and many
other New England cities held i'm
promptu celebrations to-day when an
unconfirmed report that Germany had
signed an armstice became current.
Even when it was learned that the re-
port was not credited in official gov
ernment circles parades were not
abandoned and bells and whistles con-
tinued their clamor.
Extra editions of newspapers carry
ing the unofficial announcement flooded
the streets in this city and the news
boys were pressed to supply the de-
mand. There were many persons, how
ever who did not credit the early state
ments and kept telephone lines to
newspaper offices and other sources of
information busy with requests for the
latest information.
Parades We're quickly formed in this
city, and all during the afternoon and
early evening music of bands re-
sounded through the streets. One of
the largest professions was composed
of workers from the army supply base
Being erected in South Boston.
At Quincy 10000 shipyard workers
went wild with joy. The gates Of the
men, carrying picks, shovels and other
tools, marched through the streets.
Schools were dismissed and thousands
of persons gathered in the centre of
the city to cheer and sing.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Kentucky's Celebration
Of Report of Peace
Borders on HysteYicai

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov 7.-Reports
ever brokers' wires and through news
agencies other than The Associated
Press that the Germans had signed
armistice terms thrilled Kentucky to-
lay and resulted in demonstrations
that bordered on the hysterical
In Louisville church bells rang, fac
tory whistles were blown and news
paper Offices were bcsicged with anx-
ious inquiries for confirmation of the
report, while in the streets and in dc,
partment stores, the tension broken
women sobbed in each others arms
AS the report spread impromptu par.
AIDES o. joyful men, women and chill
dren formed in the streets with horns
and other oisemaking devices.
News from other important Ken
tucky points indicated similar condi.
tions.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Stock Exchange and
City Council Closed
In Pittsburgh Fete

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 7.-Hundreds
of factory whistles in Pittsburgh's in
dustrial plants shrieked and church
bells were rung this afternoon fol-
lowing publication of unofficial re-
ports that an armistice had been signed d
with Germany.
The Stock Exchange closed and the
City Council, which was in session, ad-
Journed its meeting until receipt Of
Associated Press dispatches from
Washington of Secretary Lansing's
denial, after which the session was
resumed.
Great crowds assembled before bull
ietln boards this afternoonA blocking
traffic in downtown streets. News
paper Offices were besieged with tele-
phone calls and telephone companies
lines were demoralized for more than
two hours
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
'ver Premature Report of Truce
Three Celebrar,fs
Shot in Yonkers
Special Dispatch to Tho Tribune


YONKERS, N. Y, Nov. t.
Three men we're shot in a celebra-
ton of the peace report here to-
night by an unidentified man who
escaped. Two of the victims,
Robert Buchanan, 21 Cliff Street,
and George HaIg, II Willow
Place, are dying in st. Johns
Hospital.
The third, William Buchanan,
brother to Robert, was wounded
in the arm and will recover. The
assailant is believed to be de-
mented.
Arthur Helwig, 581 West Seven
teenth ST., West New York, N. j.,
was shot and killed last night fol-
lowing an argument on the au-
thenticity Of the reported armis-
tice. A crowd surrounded Arthur
F'ritchy, of 400 Malone Street,
West Hoboken, and beat him bad
ly. He was rescued by the police
and locked up.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Middle West Joins
Nat1or, in Premature
Peace Celebration,

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Chicago and the
Middle West turned loose an unre-
strained but premature celebration of
peace to-day that entailed injury to
a number of persons and disruption Of
industry before official denials could
stem the tide.
The carnival of noise and ribaldry
was the result of false newspaper
dispatch which The Associated Press
and not carry, but which was spread
lnroughout the country before Off
cials could controvert it.
On receipt of the unfounded report
bells and whistles started a food of
noise that continued for hours while
workmen in factories and mills of this
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
Oppressed Nat;onalities Ask
For u. S. Troops as Police

Representatives of twelve oppressed
nationalities of Central Europe set
forth there aims yesterday at a con-
ference in the Hotel Plaza and ex-
pressed wish that United States
troops be used as international police
during reconstruction. Then they
paraded down Fifth Avenue to Wash
ington Square.
Their immediate purpose, they said,
is to lay their cases before the United
States and start solving their national
problems. Tney want American troops
on guard in disputed territories, par
ticularly where plebscite is to be
conducted.
DR.. I. G. Masaryk, president of the
Czecho-Slovak National Council, pre-
sided.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-08
of joy has been witnessed here in many

years.
Accepting the rumor as true, Mayor
Smith officially ordered celebration
in accordance with prearranged pro-
gramme. The Independence Hall bell
was rung and great crowd Of happy
PEOPLE gathered around the building
and gave vent to its feelings. Fire
schools were closed and parades were
started on the principal streets.
At Cramps Shipyard. where nearly
$4,000 are employed on war work, ev
erybody quit and an enthusiastic cele
bration began. At the great Hog Island
Shipyard the officials and many em-
ployes, headed by the yard brass band
and girls carrying American flags, par
AIDED over the miles of roadway in the
plant.
prevailed. At the Schuylkill and Frank
ford arscnals, where government mu-
preparations for peace parades were
underway when the denial of the report
came from Washington and stopped
them.
Across the Delaware River in Cam
den the 1900 employees Of large
manufacturing concern walked out in
body and, with the company's mill
tary band at their head, marched
through the streets. thousands of cit-
zens joining them. The $4,000 work
men at the New York Shipbuilding
Corporations plant quit work, swarmed
through the gates and started parading
to Camden, three miles away
At Wilmington, Del. the shipyards
and powder plants were practically de
serted and at Chester, where there arc
two great shipyards, everybody quit
work and made wild display of the
10y they felt.