The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-03-07

the merchant, oil manner Of clerks,
high school boys of suitable age and
strength and all others not now work
ing directly to help win the war.
Fifth, that the army may be distinct
| i've and dignified, suitable SeIyice
kahki uniform be adopted by the gov
eminent"
Recommend Uniform Farm Help Wage
Scale
The Idaho State Farm Bureau, the
labor committee of the state council
of defense and the director Of the
state farm market bureau, have rec
commended a farm help wage scale fer
uniform adoption on the part of farm
ers in all parts of Idaho, during the
season Of 1918. III. w. Hochbaum
county agent leader for the state,
announces the scale, which is summar-
lied as follows: For harvest help
or hands, not more than 80 cents pcr
hour or So per day of 10 hours with
board, maximum of As cents per
hour for overtime allowing time taken
out for delays caused by storm or acts
Of providence, 81 additional for HANDS
boarding themselves Monthly wage
scale, maximum $50 per month with
board and $50 per month to married
men who board themselves, with suit
able housing. For potato picHers,
five cents per sack Of 120 pounds,
board included, or six cents where
pickers board themselves. Expert
irrigators, not to exceed $75 per month
with board. The scale to be recon-
mended for machine and engine men,
fruit picking and harvesting sugar
beets will be announced later. The
closing of pool halls when labor is
scarcest was Endorsed and it was
agreed all itinerant and idle hands
should be engaged in work.
Organized Labor Backs Shipbuilding
Organized labor in Idaho is back
of the volunteer shipbuilding cam
paign. X. H. Park, president of the
Idaho State Federation of Labor, in
an appeal to allied trade unions of
the state says in part: 81 desire to
call the attention of the membership
to the Importance of aiding in this
work. 1t affords splendid opportun-
ity for our members to place their
services at the disposal of the govern
ment to aid in winning the WARRIOR
men who are ready when the call
ColucS, " give up JUS WulCn dIt uOt
vitality important in war times and
take up jobs where their country needs
them and where they can count for
victory. 1t puts the record of their
readiness to serve and of their capaci-
ties for service on the official govern
: ment files where it is at all times
available for all branches of the gov
eminent concerned with the war. A
commendable feature of the plan is
: that it provides that no men will be
sent to shipyards until jobs are wait
: ing for them and housing facilities
. have been provided"
Custer County. The county council
of defense has organized for active
war work. s. X. Paxton is chair.
}. man of the council Charles A. Clark
vice chairman and L. E. Dillingham;
, secretary-treasurer. The other mem
! bers of the council are as follows
o.. V. Anderson, William Vanderwood
E f. A. Behling, G. III. Nicks D. v. Arch
bold, Charles f. Baker, w. A. Brod
I head, e. W. Rice, all of Mackay; w
: w. Adamson, George e. Reyes, Milton
A. Brown and George MCGOWAN, al
e of Chailis; Clyde Fishel and L. It
I Clements, of White Knob; Charles
8 Lemon, of Leslie; Francis Cobbe and
0 L. r. Wilson, of May, and ]. b. Hunter
: Of Chilly.
Bonner County The council will
!. receive financial aid from the board
of county commissioners, 800 having
+ been appropriated for necessary pre-
q liminaries. G. e. Wales has beer
s elected the councils treasurer. Re
9 ports show total of 1876 collected
J. for the Y. w. G. A. The county's ap
; preparation was only $3.50. The smile
u age book sale was a success, all books
:. being disposed of without soliciting
I The organization of speakers bu
: reau was referred to the publicity com
/ mittee. Andrew Christensen was ap
|. pointed official register for shipyart
/ volunteers Regular meetings of the
0 council will be held the first and third
/ Sundays OF each month.
Bingham County. The council will
; the cooperation of the county com
G missioners, the city council of Black
/ foot and the village councils of Aber
deem, Sheely and Basalt have taker
J. over the arrangements for providins
e farm labor for the farmers A census
e of the labor needs of the farmers Il
n being taken. All farmers are urged
T to see that necessary repairs to theil
: machinery are made not later thar
{ the first week in March,
o Nez Perez County. At some littls
expense and work the council is having
i made a card index of every person IL
the county who by reasons of materia
; means is expected to bear some par
l. in all war activities. BY means OF
+ this index it is expected the burden.
e imposed by the different drives for tn,
; raising of money will be spread al
p evenly and as >equitably as possibl,
D over the entire county.
Blaine COunty.-The public safet,
It committee of the county council has
Y been tracing down, with some diff
y Guilty, story to the effect that Ameri
d can troops in France were starving
, In brief the story was this: woman
d had stated soldier "over there ha.
It written letter to a friend In thi.
Il country saying among other things
4 Save the stamp on this letter, as yoI
=. will not hear from me again" TIL,