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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29
Mr.. SIMPKINS PAYS
HIS INCOME TAX
BY ROBERT MeRLAIR.

Mr.. Simpkins gaZed at the portrait
on the wall till his eyes filed with
tears. 1t was a portrait of his father,
Colonel Simpkins, who had four times
been promoted for valor during the
Civil War and had died bravely on the
field of action. Mr.. Simpldns throat
ached now for two reasons: First, he
reverenced and adored the memory of
his father; secondly, his age and his
eyes and his game leg wouldn't let him
go to war himself. And as he observed
the martial bearing and uncompromis-
ing gaze OF Colonel Simpkins he saw,
In Imagination, the khaki-clad lads or
the new generation marching forth and
crossing three thousand miles of sea to
dght, maybe die, for liberty.
Mr.. Simplzins peered around to make
sure that neither Bess nor John (who
we5e at the teasing ages of sixteen
and seventeen) were where they could
see him, then he Strengthened and
threw his right. arm up for salute
But his gouty shoulder twinged, and he
groaned. He couldn't even salute.
Damn % said Mr.. Simpkins, and
with his other hand fiercely twirled his
white muStachioS.
He turned and limped into the IL
brary and sat down creakily before the
mahogany desk on which were lying
the blanks for his income tax state
ment, blanks which he had rather
grumpiIy got from the internal Reye-
nue. officer only tha day after lunch
con on his way home from the club.
Mr.. Simpkins' income for 1917 had
amounted to just about $4,000, and he
had been rather snappy on the SUD-
sect of taxes ever since he had d1scov-
cred that the more income man has
| :ne greater the percentage OF 1t ne
pays in taxes. He could think OF sew
| eraI men who, like himself, were mar
ried and had two children, and yet
| although their incomes were nearly
half of his, they would pay only 9
small fraction of the. amount he paid
! He gloomily drew the blank nearer
| and began filling in the Information
| that it asked for.
As Mr.. Simpkins' income was $lo,Oo'
| ne had to figure out the amounts nay
able on each of the successive smalle
! classes of incon les in order to arrlv'
at the total d. de from himself ID
passed over TIN e first class who mus
|
over 1000. is calculation for mar
ried men then showed up as follows:
First. they pay 2 per cent. tunde
the 1916 la W. on all income owe
Sd, 900, deduo ting $500 for each OF thel
children und er eighteen years. In h
Simpkins' CT ise this was $212, when
put down in the payable" column.
He saw next that, under the lsl
law, marie I'd men pay an additional
Der cent. m all over $2,000-with tn
same allo vance for children IN
added $25:s to his payable column.
He then observed that for ever
So, 800 jump in his income over pow
he had to pa: Surtax, the percen.af %,
! growing larg er with each jump. IN
was $3.50 mn ore added to his burde
!, And on ton of all this came an "E
!; cess Profits tax of per cent oh
tCoNTI NUED ON LAST PAGE)
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29
Idaho State News Items.

Idaho sawmills cut 531, $50, 900 feet
in 1917 as against 600, ,S39, 900 in
1916.
A Grangeville report says 1925. 900
is to be spent developing electric
power on the Clearwater river.
. The legislature will lie convened in
an extra session next month unless
the war department recognizes the
militia recently organized in Idaho.
Governor Alexa nder announced Sat-
urday.
w. T. Dougherty, secretary of state,
says there will be no fight between
| him and Il. A. Walters, attorney
general, for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation on the Democratic ticket.
Neither of the two men has formally
announ ced himself yet, but both are
spoken of as candidates.
The state of Idaho desires thal
assessors in the counties assess tht
| various pieces of land on which thu
state holds a mortgage as separate
unit. The land board authorized tn
request made of the assessors and ha
arranged to supply them with lis
aud description of the lands in thei
counties 10 which the state has thi
lieu.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29

Several suspicious persons have
been deported by the officials at
Moscow, Idaho, in the last few days
because of tae I. W. w. situation.
The presence of any suspicious person
anywhere 10 Latah county is promptly
reported to county or city officers and
every stranger who attracts suspicion
is given chance to explain his
presence. If he is an honest working
man a Job is found for him at good
wages and protection against inter
ference is assured him by both the
council of defense and the Latah
County Protective association. Per
sons, however, who can not give a
satisfactory account of themselves
will be baniShed.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29
SPIRIT LAKE

The Panhandle Lum5er Co. mill
now employs two shifts.
The federal farm loan association
has elected FL. Krech. president; e. j..
Young, vicelpresident; J. B. Peterson,
secretary-treasurer.
The Woman's Club is devoting all
meetings to sewing for the Armenians.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29
Third Liberty Loan.

The third Liberty loan to be fioated
beginning April 6, has been fixed at
So, 600, 900. 900 at Al per cent interest.
Arrangements are made to allot over :
subscriptions.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29
To Try w. w. Leaders.

The trial of lis I. w. W., under
arrest, charged with sedition and dis.
loyalty. is scheduled to begin in the
federal court at Chicago, April /.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29

The student 10 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 500 in cash. The
contest ooene ed last week. All slogans
must be submitted TO the committee
at Boise on or before April &, the date
the third Liberty Loan drive opens.
The committee will make the selection
aud announce the winner.
Rates will be reduced on compensa-
tion insurance written by the state,
Q. 0. BroxoD, manager OF the states
department, announced Thursday.
The reduction has been made possible
through the large volume OF business
handled since January ], when the
department was organized. Accord
ing To the manager, the state has
$40, 600 in Its insurance fund, which
has been invested 10 Idaho securities.
George Toby, alleged TO have made
pro. German remarks, was seized at
Pocatello, March 25, by crowd Of
citizens and with a rope tied around
his neck was handcuffed to a lamp
post on prominent corner, where he
was viewed by several thousand
persons. A placard pinned to his
coat read: II am opposed 10 the draft,
Liberty bonds and predict the kaiser
will be in Paris Easter Sunday.
| Warning No. l."
Sufficient cars are now being
received in the upper Snake River
valley to move potatoes held ia
storage, according to information
given Harvey Alfred, director Of the
state farm markets bureau, by Tabh
& Co., Rigby. Mr.. Alfred was
advised that because of the dull
markets but few potatoes were NOV
ing. Farmers about Idaho Falls and
Rigby are getting only rs cents per
100 pounds for potatoes, and they
dislike To quit their spring work to
move them, Mr. Alfred was told.
j. w. Jones, former assistant
Immigration agent for Idaho, who il
now agriculturst. for the sugar
industry, charges that German
propagandists have tried to injurt
the sugar business In Idaho bI
frightening away Mexican laborer'
with reports they would be drafted
into the army, and then tell!ni
farmers they had better not plan
sugar beets this year because ther
will be no lator To care for the:l
later. Mr. Jones says Idaho ha
facilities this year to produce enough
sugar to supply 100000 soldiers TO
year, and that ample labor ha
been arranged for.
Funds appropriated by the las
legislature for the militia will b
used IN arming the guardsmen. 4
balance of something like $3S,00
remains 10 the state treasury to tn
credit OF the adjutant general
department. The governor ha
Z asked the attorney generals upinio
n on the matter of using it at this time
The money was set aside for use b
0 the Second Idaho, but that organiza
C tion is now in the oversee service an
the Third Idaho has been organize
TO succeed them. Guard companit
: in the new organization have bee
formed at Standpoint, Moscow
American Falls and Pocateilo an
the Boise company only wal
recognition by the state.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29
MORE WHEATLESS
New Rules by the Food
Administration.

Boise, Idaho, March 24.-R. It.
Bicknell, food administrators for
Idaho. is In receipt OF dispatches
from Washington, ID. c., outlining
changes in the nation's conservation
policy. Supplementary to the priDci-
pal message the following was receiv-
ed Saturday:
"As explained in our telegram of
March 81 outlining conservation
program, the urgent needs OF the
allies for an increased supply OF
wheat -four and our own short crop
make 1t necessary that the amount Of
substitutes required 10 the baking OF
all tVictory bread be Increased TO %
per cent on April IA. The
situation may demand still further
| increase later on"
Must Conserve Wheat.
! After saying 10 his principal mess
age that In order to meet the demands
Of the American allies abroad the
|
American people must reduce their
ordinary consumption OF wheat from
1000, 900 bushels month TO q ,0Oo-
900 bushels Administrator Hoover
wires. asking that The following rul,s
be observed:
Frst-Household to use not to
| .g..I re ,a9,A h..f
pounds per week wheat products per
person. This means not more than
one and three-fourths pounds OF
Victory bread containing the required
percentage OF substitutes and about
one-half pound OF cooking -four,
macaronl, crackers, pastry, pies, cakes,
wheat breakfast cereals, all combined.
Eating Houses Limited.
Second-Public eating places and
clubs to observe two wheatless DAYS
per week, Monday and Wednesday, as
at present. In addition thereto not
to serve any one guest at any one
meal an aggregate of breadstuffs.
rnacaroni, crackers, pastry, pies,
cakes, wheat breakfast cereals con-
taiuing total OF more than two
ounces of wheat flour. No wheat
products to he served unless specially
ordered. Public a~eatlng establish
, meDts not To buy more than six
pounds of wheat products for each 80
J meals served, thus conforming with
the limitations requested of the
r householders. e t .tqas-'". ..-~-a
5 Retail Less Wheat Flour.
Third-Retailels To sell not more
than one .eigth Of a, barrel OF flour 10
t any town consumer at any one time
9 aud not more than one. quarter of u
barrel TO any country customer at a0y
. one time and in no case to sell wheat
e products without the sale of an equal
$ weight of other cereals.
Sell Smaller Loaf.
: +. Fourth-We ask the bakers and
: grocers to reduce The value OF
"Victory" bread sold by delivery of
:, the three-quarter pound loaf where
:, one pound was sold before and cores
: pondlng proportions In other weights.
We also ask bakers not to increase
: the amount of their wheat flour
purchases beyond 10 per cent of The
average monthly amount purchased
In the four months prior to March |.
th-Manufacturer using wheat
products for non food purposes should
cease such use entirely.
'f Sixth-There is no limit upon th,
l. use of other cereals, flours and meals
! corn, barley, buckwheat, potato -four
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29

In hearings at S.. Maries, three /.
w. w. Of draft ag, pleaded guilty to
failure to fill out Questionnaires and
were bound over TO the U. S. district
court under $1,000 bonds which they
could not furnish. They are John
Dahlberg, Carl Salverson and John /.
Hanson. Another, Emil Hartman,
was bound over for trial on the charge
of espionage. Seven /. w. W..
organizers, all foreigners, were ordered
deported. One Of these, Nels Madi-
son, a Norwegian, is chairman of the
organization committee of the
Spokane l. w. w, according to a
letter seized by Sheriff holland.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29

ination for attorney general subject
TO the primary election. Mr. Black
served in the lth legislature and has
served as city attorney for Occur d.
Alene since.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1918-03-29

The sorting of the ST. Marles /. w.
w. prisoners into two classes, those
for federal prosecution and those who
will be charged with criminal synd-
icalsm. was begun Wednesday of
last week by Prosecuting Attorney
Hosclaw-of Benewah county.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23

Pretty soon the cook poked his head
In the door and shouted: "Hey. Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie -
| protested that had wasted half
hour on II already. and had used w
my only remaining shirt In the at.
tempt. With look Of dlsdain he ex.
claimed: BLOW me. your shirt! Why
In - didn't you use mud?"
without n word In reply I got busy
with the mud. and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most OF the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. | used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and 20 with the quartermaster Ia
draw coal. got back just In time tn
issue our third meal, which consisted
Of hot tea. rinsed out my dixie and
returned Il TO the cookhouse. and went
back To the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
| had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared In the
door OF the billet with: "Blime me. you
Yanks are lazy. Who In - a-goln' To
draw the water for the mornin' tea
DO you think I'm a-goln' to? Well.
I'm not" and he left. I filled the dixie
with water from an old squeaking well.
and once again lay down In the straw.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
SYNOPSIS.


ChAiI Eh lures ~ tne hews on tns
SINKING OF me Lus,,hnia py osrnah
soDmsrns Hthus e guy hmpe .s an n,, nm sns
gaa. ,o EnyIand whsra he enlI.,. In tths
British army
CHAPTER II-After n pertod Of train
inR Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
ice and soon finds himself In rest biliets
somewhere In France" where he first
makes the acquaintance OF Va ever-pres-
ent coolies
CHAPTER Ili.Empey a,tenns nus nrst
cnurcn seINcrs =, ,,o I' ~, wiz ~. ~.
man fosker o,,s'es ove. .ne eons'esa.'on
into tne ,ron,-nns ue"VneS anu u unuei
nre ior tne "'s' I'M
CHAPTEk N-Enpey learns 10 edopt
tne mo..o ot nv , n,,,,, sa, ,or
s.nr,v W Nv ~ ~
-. ,,-,, a., n. a.. -. x,,... r.,
nav Hh ss,, his nr.t Sspsp,encs asa as a mess
p.J..1y
49,, az, r 49, Ar.
p,,,,.h sald,.r. are s.s '''"' Nv" Wv
" ...,, 49,, -. a. A.. S., H.,
CHAPIEK NIll-bak IN w Iron,,.he
,h I LIZ w., "'' ''''"' VI wv
,,a,,--,,n ~ r., ,u.l. ~. De-,
v,.,, ~ n angau, IN ..s,i,c,as Ditch'"
'.t,, ,-,rp r.,,,, ,.a,r. wha, ron.
.,i,n,es n asav.. wark.. In The front. line
,s.n.n
c,,.,-rr, ~, r,,u.v .o.. ..oys, IN.
80. g., ~. ar., tima IN n charge on the
W ~ ~, ,,.,"ha. ana 4. sounded nv n
havon., thrust
crI.pTrp xrt-rmpev ,oin. the "-ui-
"a, ,,,,.. ~ H. hombins souaa IL called
CIV. .'as 80, 80 rnr,r.,, -. an
s.nh l.' 'o''
otnclai jaw. s., 49,, a..
SHAiItn n Sv .ndsr Gsrm np Are es -"
advanced trench unao' w ~
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
nity Of making dessert. This Is

nifty Of making dessert. This IL
"trench pudding" It Is made from
broken biscuits. condensed milk, jam
n little water added, slightly favored
with mud-put into canteen and
cooked over a little spirit stove known
as "Tommy's cooker"
"a firm In Bllghty widely advertlses
these cookers as necessity for the
men In the trenches. Gulllble people
buy them-shlp them to the Tommles,
who. Immediately upon receipt Of same
throw them over the parapet. Some
times n Tommy falls for the al, and
uses the cooker In dugout to the dis
gust and discomfort Of the other oc-
cupants.)
This mess Is stirred up In tin and
allowed to simmer over the flames
from the cooker until Tommy decides
that II has reached sufficient (gluelike)
consistency. He takes his bayonet and
mess up in the front trench to cool.
After Il has cooled of he tries to eat H.
Generally one or two Tommies In n
section have cat-iron stomachs and
the tin is soon emptied. Once tasted
trench pudding, but only once.
In addition to the regular ration Is
sue Tommy uses another channel to
enlarge his menu.
In the English papers LONELY
Soldier" column Is run. This Is for
the soldiers at the front who are sup
posed TO be without friends or rela.
tlves. They write to the papers and
their names are published. Girls and
women in England answer them. and
send out parcels Of foodstuffs, ciga.
rettes, candy. etc. I have known n
"lonely" soldier to receive as many as
five parcels and eleven letters in one
week.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
CHAPTER VII.
RationA.

Just doing on; Mr.. Lance Corporal
butted In.
In Tommy's eyes u lance corporal Is
one degree below private. In the
corporal's eyes he Is one degree above
n general.
He ordered me to 20 with him and
help him draw the next days ratlons,
also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening. from each platoon or
machlne-gun section, lance corporal
and private go to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw ratlons for the following day.
The quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant Is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains ofiice) u
slip showing the number OF men en-
NJ putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom, but
the former always wins out. Tommy
says the quarter" got his job because
he was burglar In civil life.
Then ! spread the waterproof sheet
IN the ground while the quartermas-
ter's batman dumped the ratlons on 1t.
The corporal was smoking flag.
carried the ratlons back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking IA flag.
How | envled him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died. and | real
lzed that the first requisite of non.
commissioned officer on active service
Is diplomacy. There were 10 men In
our section, and they soon formed
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out "Rations up"
The quartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on which
was written list OF the rations. Sit
ting on the floor, using a wooden box
as u table, the issue commenced. On
the left Of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted Of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves Of fresh bread. each loaf
Of a different size, perhaps one out of
the six being as fiat as pancake, the
result OF an army service corps man
placing a box Of bully beef on It dur
lng transportation.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23

sons, he does not care to have light
ed cigarette In his mouth.
Stretcher bearers carry fags for
wounded Tommles. When stretcher
bearer arrives alongside Of Tommy
who has been hit the following CONVEX
sation usually takes place: Stretcher
bearcr--"wnnt fag3 Where are you
hltf" Tommy looks up and answers,
"Ycs. In the leg"
After dismissal from parade, we re-
turned to our bIllets and had 10 get
busy Immediately with the dinner Is
sue. Dinner consisted Of stew made
from fresh beef. couple Of spuds,
bully beef, Maconochle ratlons and wa
tcr-plenty Of water. There Is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pota-
toes.
After dinner I tried TO wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
and learned another maxim Of the
trenches-"It cant be done" slyly
watched one OF the older men from
another section, and vas Mortified 10
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfuls Of mud. Then he
poured In some water. and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
I thought he was taking nm awful risk.
Surprising the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour OF unsuc-
cpssful efforts I returned my dixie TO
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
CHAPTER VIII.
The Little Wooden Cross.

A1ter TtlilulflluG III rest nllittS TUT
eight days, we received the unwelcome
tidlngs that the next morning we would
$50 in" to "take over" At six In the
morning our march started and. after
a long march down the dusty road, We
again arrived at reserve billets.
was No. | in the leading set Of
tours. The man on my left was named
pete Waling," CHEEKY sort of fell
low. He laughed and joked all the
way on the march. buoying up my
dropping spirits. could not figure out
anything attractive In again occupying
the front line, but Pete did not seem to
mind, said II was all In lifetime. My
left heel was blistered from the rub
bling Of my heavy marching boot. Pete
noticed that I was limping and offered
to carry my rife, but by this time had
learned the ethics Of the march In the
British army and courteously refused
his offer.
We had gotten halfway through the
communication trench, Pete In my I'M
mediate rear. He had his hand on my
shoulder, as men In a communication
trench have to do to keep In touch with
each other. We had just climbed over
bashed-in part Of the trench when
In our rear man tripped over loose
signal wire, and let out an oath. As
usuaI pete rrshed 20 HE bo,n To
roach tho f.,,en ma, no had 20 c-oss
This hosba,,.,n mart hulIst crocrad
IN the o,r and 7 dpcled Then a moan
from the rear Nv heart stood still
7 wont hoct and pete was ,v,nc an ths
ground nv tho aid ~ nv f,asbI,ybt
I saw that no had his hand nressad m
his right breast The fingers we're GOV.
cred with blood flashed the Iigbt
on his face and in its glow n grayish-
blue color was stealing over his coun.
tenance. Pete looked nm MT me and
said: swell. Yank. they've done me in.
I can fee, myself going West- His
voice WINS pe,t,ng fainter and 7 had m
kneel down 10 get his words. Then he
gnye me n message 10 write home 10
his mother and his sweetheart. and I.
like n great big boob. cried like n baby.
7 was losing NV frst friend of the
trenches'
Word was passed to the rear for a
strptcher He died before n arrived
T,,.o 80 ,s ~, ,ho "a, -, ,ha
stretcher ana carried IL TO the nearest
first-aid post, where the doctor took
nm officinI racord ~ pata,s mama nur,.
- -. -, u-,.. -. - -
tity disk, this to be used In the cas-
ualty lists and notification 10 his
hearts to do so. The doctor Informed
us that we could bury him the next
morning. That afternoon five of the
boys of our section, myself included.
went to the little ruined village in the
rear and from the deserted gardens of
the French chateaux gathered grass
and flowers. From these we made
wreath.
While the boys were making this
wreath, sat under a shot-scarred
apple tree and carved out the follow
ing verses on little wooden shield
which We nailed on Pete's cross.
r
Doing his duty to the last '
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-05-23
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-01-05
CAT! NOW BLOW OLD WHSLE
Tooter of Steamer Northwest Blown
Off eleven Years Ago E.ouehe
to Surface.

Captain Delude, in charge on 'h'
governments channel organization "i'
the Cowlitz river with the dl'dGe Mon
ticellO. was surprised on being pre-
scented with II whistle that blew OH Il
steamer he commanded eleven years
ago, relates the Portland Oregonlan.
In 1906 he was master of the steam
er Northwest of the Kellogg meet
which was lost on the Skeena river III
British Columbia during the CoWll'z
food.
The Northwest was approaching
Stella and Captain Delude counted on
gladstone greeting to the residents
in the way OF a prolonged whistle
salute. Instead, the pipe was unequal
to the strain of such burst OF steam
and overheard went the whistle.
The Monticello was engaged abou'
the same spot the other day WheF
the mate, noticing an odd mass IN
! bucketful Of material brought TO the
surface picked ont the lost whistle.
| 1t is recalled by mariners that year!
ago the steamer Bailey GatZert los
her whistle in the same way Whei
racing on Puget sound.