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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
American 10 Hero
of Battle in France,

A letter printed in a Hurley, S. D.,
fpaper credits Carl Jones, a young
American aviator. with extreme cour-
age under fire. The letter was written
by G. G. Ross, a comrade of Jones', to
Amos Jones OF Hurley, a brother of
the aviator. Officer Harley Lease of
the Missoula police force is a cousin
of the two men, and is exhibiting tn /,
paper with pride.
In the letter Ross writes:
Il want to let you know that he has
certainly done a mans part in this
war and was one of the bravest and
most daring men ever there, and a
brother that you can be proud OF.
know that II had q brother like him
would be as proud of him as l could
| be, for he was a man among men,
and according to the standards over
there you had to be q man to get tina,
| tribute"
Ross in his letter told the story OF
| his last flight with Jones. They had
been sent up 10 report on movements
back OF the German lines. At a heigh,
of 5000 feet they were attacked by SUI
perior forces and separated. They
stuck with 1t, though. to get the need.
ed information. Ross was having 8
hot time of it, with three enemy planes
attacking him, when Jones suddenly
swooped down and scattered them
sending two to the earth.
Ross was wounded and had to land
but he writes that observers say tina,
| the fight was all over and Jones was
returning when a shrapnel burst UNI
der the plane and sent 1t nose first to.
ward the earth. Near the, ground i,
righted and disappeared i'll the smoke
$50 who knows: the letter con-
cludes Your brother may still be liv-
ing or he may be dead. But We will
| hope for the best"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

The death of Congressman
Gardner carries a shock to his as
sociates in congress and to the
public that has long followed his
career of aggressive action with
in and without the walls of the
national capitol. He was one
congressman who chose to serve
his country by fighting for it, in
stead Of talking. He was a New
Englander of fine breeding and
high culture, a worthy type of
the best traditions of his Puritan
ancestors.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
SU RE-.

Even II am n landlubber, I don't
believe I would mistake whale for n
Submarine" said the man who holds
positive views.
.'*softiy, my friend" replied the pru-
dent person. 1T Is far, far better to
mistake a whale for submarine than
it is to mistake submarine for a
whale and shortly afterward find your
self laundering in the water while the
ship you were yoyaging on plunges tc
the Observation-Disclosures Age.Her.
ald
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
FIGHTERS fNs0aANcE.

To the man who has gone to the
colors the United States government
offers the safest. the most liberal, and
the cheapest insurance on the face of
the earth. Approximately 500, 00O men
have already accepted the govern
ments offer, applying for insurance of
about two and three-Quarter billions OF
dollars. The average samoun& Abnaled
for per man a more linn 20. 1Ihich
II very close 70 tho 90. oe0s & ~ nm
provided for by the )AN, -
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
Massey Mccullough
Has Pleasant Station,

Lieutenant Massey Mccullough tells
in a personal letter of his pleasant To-
cation in the motor department of the
United States army. He is located at
Hazelhurst Field. Mineola. n. Y. about
20 miles from New York city. He has
100 men i'll charge and says that on
the second day after his arrival. he had
to give a lecture before an assembly
of 60 men. Another duty that fell to
the lot of the Missoula officer, was 10
sit upon AN examining board for men
taking their examinations for the rank
of sergeant.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
OUR STOCK OF GOLD.

The gold monetary stock (coin and
bullion used as money! in the United
States on November l. 1917. is esti-
mated In Secretary McAdoo's annual
report at N$3.04l. 100000. The increase
in the past 10 months has been STA
100000. and in the past three years
$1,s36. 100000 In five years the por-
ton Of the worlds gold monetary stock
held by the United States has in
creased from approximately one-fifth
to- more than one third.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

Baker dismisses such conditions
as are called grave" and "se-
rious" and "critical" by the ex-
amining senator's. If we were all
such optimists as Baker, we
would not know that war was
OH.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

A former page on the New York
Stock Exchange has recently pnr-
chased a seat for $4,000. We
would like to hold this before our
boys as an example of thrift, but
on further thought we must adj
wise them to die poor rather than
to begin careers in a gambling
house.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

your heart and your hope, and soon the
picture and fact will be your over
dogs-your victories and your genuine
achievements.
Courageously cheer the under dogs
Of your experiences and stay proudly
by them until their fight becomes a
factor of your kingship.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

We may assume that at least
one member of the cabinet is moi
candidate for the presidency
That is Burleson. Think wha,
would come to him from the pa
irons Of that archaic institution
known as the postoffice depart
ment of the United States.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

Low shoes and spats, ladies, is
the word that has gone to you in
the leather-saving campaign, and
il the war continues long you may
be asked to make the spats of
corn husks.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
Here's Good Name
for What. You. Call.'m's.

Il don't know how the Russians pro-
nounce the name Of those birds who
are running things In Petrograd." said
Harry Rawn, clerk of the district court,
the other day, but l know how they
ought to pronounce it,"
Chorus of How"
II got the bunch from Aus Hartley.
He calls 'em the Bottle of Whiskeye'"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
LIKE A HEArLEss FLAT.

The cold is SO intense in the Siberian
forest region that now and then a tree
splits open, making a noise like the
report of pistol. 1t is so cold that
the warmth from the body of a bird
as it rises from the ground, often leaves
behind a streak of steam, saws a trav-
eller
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
Home!
Stories of Canadians Who
Returned From War.
BY Lieutsnant T. [. c. Williams, Of the
18th Canadian Infantry.

Lieutenant Williams wears two
wound stripes on his sleeve and has
been given the military cross by King
George for having led the raid on a
German trench and dugout at Ypres.
in which the Germans were all killed
! or taken prisoners. Lieutenant Will
lialns was SO badly bayonetted that 1t
was necessary to amputate both legs
at the hips. Both arms were wounded
and a bayonet was thrust through his
right arm in which he also carries
scrapts of Mills hand grenade. Lieu
tenant Williams Is now serving in the
British Canadian recruiting mission
HEADQUARTERS.
I can swim and walk and drive my
car. and I don't give a whoop about
the legs lost. I had bad luck. Lost
both my legs and was wounded in both
arms. Have a bayonet wound through
one arm. and il l had to do it over
again. I'd go back and do the same
thing. -,
l can't say enough to express my
gratitude to the doctors and nurses
over there. The treatment from the
time fellow is picked UP wounded
until he Is discharged from the hospi-
tai b simply magnificent. He lacks
nothing. And know, because my OPP
GRAFTON was serious. Most men don't
live through the sort of thing went
through.
This.'is the story as supplied by a
comratle:
Lieutenant Williams called down
into a dugout, a large one. Every
thing was siienl. He led his men
down; the place was full OF Germans.
When our men went away with the
prisoners they did not know where
the lieutenant was and he fought on,
desperately wounded and alone. They
came back a little later and carried
him on their backs for a mile and a
half. the trench being too narrow to
| get a stretctier in. After that he was
| taken eight or nine miles in a field
ambulance car to the nearest casualty
| clearing station where his legs were
alnputated. As soon as he was able
he was moved to a hospital in London
| where he spent seven months. He
cASne back to his home where he has
a large wheat farm at Minnesota.
Manitoba. Canada, last April. He is
back there now.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

1t must seem perfectly shocking to
the epicures to have to think OF food
merely as "nourishment" instead OF as
life's chief inspiration.
There are still some women to whom
the most serious aspect OF this war APP
pears to be the awful time they had
trying to find any candy canes for
their Christmas trees! And yet there
are still men who continue to sigh
for the sweet. old fashioned clenging
vine!"
Two months and another love affair
will cure the average woman's bro
ken heart" two drinks and 4 round
of golf will sometimes cure a mans.
II you called man the nobler sex"
every mortal of them would feel in
jured and indignant at the thought of
being deprived of his natural right to
be as inferior" as he pleases now and
then.
IAN the conveniences Of a modern
apartment leave too much idle time on
woman's hands," signs the mascu-
| line philosopher who lives in one and
no longer has to NOW the lawn. start
the furnace. build the crate fires.
/ spray the plants, paint the front piazza.
| rake up the leaves or shovel off the
srow.
solomon had the old fashioned table
dhoto idea OF ,uatrimony hut Blue
beard and Henry VIII were more up tc
date: they took their wives . IL carte
tapst like = modern Reno gxadnata,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

II is the high, patriotic duty of
every loyal Montanan to make the
work of the Non-Parhsan league
as difficult as possible.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

No bank rObberies occurred in
Chicago last'week because, owing
TO the blizzard, the robbers were
unable to i6ave town.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

Kerensky? Oh, yes, Horatio,
we knew him well, but that was a
long time ago, before the Russian
was revised
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

The Huns deny that they tor
pedoed q British hospital ship,
but a Huns word is as good as his
scrap Of paper.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

Our esteemed contemporary,
the Great Falls Tribune, devotes
4 column and half OF plea to a
discussion Of the mystery Of ere
atiola, Suggesting that the war is
nearly over and that The Tribune
Is preparing its readers for peace
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

y: I'VE can be calm, despite all the
war lusting dukes, grand admirais.
hurgomasters, privy councillors,
ferocious professors and other COL
leagues of Count Won Reventlow.
The coming of peace cannot be
much longer delayed
The sogth Germans have al
ways resented the domineerine
arrogance of the Prussians. 1t is
quite possible that the division is
growing and may lead to a gen,
oral reading in Bavaria of Presi.
dent Wilson's last message.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16

The kaiser's mailed fist has not
entirely crushed the spirit of a
free press in Germany. The Mu-
Mich Post recently said:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-16
Reflections
Of Bachelor Girl, by Helen
Rowland

1t must seem perfectly shocking to
the epicures to have to think Of food
merely as "nourishment" instead OF as
lifes chief inspiration.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
OLA

The cold nights the past week has
damaged the fruit and early gardens
considerable.
The Ola school closed last Friday
and Miss Balgeman will leave some
time this week for Montana, where
she will visit with her sister for a
while.
Miss Jones, the Jackknife teacher,
departed for her home in Boise last
Friday.
Miss Ruth Wilson of Emmett is
teaching school at Gross.
Mrs. Rose received card last Sat
urday from her son Lee, stating that
he had arrived safely over seas.
Don't forget to buy those Thrift
Stamps today.
H. j. Ballantyne lost valuable
work mare last week.
The farmers on the west side of the
valley finished cleaning their ditch
this week and are now busy irrigating.
Sherman Glenn and family and Miss
Balgeman went to Gross last Sunday
for a picnic.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
CENTRAL MESA
By Marie Conrad

The Ladies' Aid met at the w. II
Sisler home Wednesday afternoon. A
large number were present. Mrs.
Stokesbery was present, bringing gar
ments to be made for the Red Cross.
The Aid will meet again in two weeks,
June 5, at the Schoening home. We
hope to see a large crowd present.
The Luhr family spent Sunday even
ing at the Conrad home.
A large number. of people of this
vicinity were present at the speaking
in Emmett Sunday afternoon.
The program which was given at
the Central Mesa schoolhouse was
success and $50 was raised for the
Red Cross.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad, Jake, Marie
and Clara spent Sunday at the Henry
Meier home on the Upper Mesa.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Hawkins spent
Tuesday evening at the L. M. Grocer
home.
The Buck family spent Sunday at
the Brogan home.
Mrs Thos. Larkin and Mrs. Walter
Larkin spent from Saturday until
at New Plymouth.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
BRAMWELL
BY L. +. Wells.

Two of our well known young peo.
pie, key Groat and Miss Cecilia
Burns, became man and wife Saturday
in a quiet wedding at the home of the
brides parents. Rev. w. A. Licky,
brother-in-law of the groom, per-
formed the ceremony. The couple inn
mediately departed for their home
near New Plymouth, where the groom
is farming this summer. Miss Cecilia
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Burns,
has grown to womanhood in this
neighborhood and is a typical gem of
the mountain. To her many friends
she needs no introduction. key is a
young man of temperate habits, cheer
full disposition and good worker.
The many friends of the young couple
extend to them congratulations and
wish them happy life.
Merit Jackson returned home from
Salt Lake Tuesday, where he had been
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
LETHA

Letha sent delegation to the Red
Cross entertainment in Emmett Mon
day evening Three or four cars went
up.
Mrs. Richard Purcell has consented
to take charge of Girls Scout organ
ization now being attempted at Letha.
The boys have been working on their
society and will be assisted by Rev.
Lanman. Girls from to l6 years
of age at Letha and Bramwell are in
vited to join. The name chosen is
the Bob White Patrol and the first
meeting will be held on May 81 at
the Baptist church.
J. A. Ireton of Boise was a caller at
the Ewing Pomeroy home on Tuesday.
He is in the valley in the interest of
the meat packing firm he is with, but
called at the house to renew acquaint-
ances with the family.
The contributors to the Red Cross
funds in this district have responded
nobly They will more than double
the apportionment asked. At last re-
port the figures We're about $40.
George Ewing expects to start for
Portland the last of this week in his
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wilhelm made a
trip to Boise this week.
The ladies interested in the w. c.
T. U. and Red Cross work met at the
Baptist church on Wednesday.
School closes on the oath, much to
the joy of the children. Mrs. Cum
mings will be the teacher next year.
We hear there are many birthdays
this month and good many pennies
are expected to be put into the birth
day box at the Baptist church.
c. +. Lay of the Gem State Lumber
Company, having headquarters at
Nampa, was a business visitor at
Letha on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Battan and Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilhelm called on Mrs. Pomeroy
this week.
Mrs. Pomeroy is improving.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
HAw CREEK.
BY Mrs. E. Tennyson.

Mrs. f. Tennyson and children and
Mrs. H. c. Smoke were Caldwell Wis
itors Friday.
Charles Billiard went TO Boise Sat-
urday to accompany his father C. j.
Billiard to California. They will come
back overland in their new car which
Mr.. Billiard purchased while there last
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. Brogan, and son,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Buck and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Martin all drove
out to the VanDeusen shearing corrals
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Yergenson took
dinner Wednesday at the W. H. YER
censor home.
Walter and Andy Titles wool is
being hauled down from Crane creek.
The Johnson Bros. brought their
cattle down from the butte Wednes-
day and will ship them to Long valley
Thursday. They have sold them.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
UPPER MESA
By Mrs. G. X. Parks

Mrs. Barthalo called on Mrs. Lot
Burton Sunday evening and found hel
feeling much better.
Mrs. G. R. Parks called at the More
house home Sunday evening.
Miss Hattie Potter, who has been
visiting at the HAWTHORN home, was
called to New Plymouth by the death
of relative.
Mr.. Hall had the misfortune to
have three of his toes mashed by hav-
ing a heavy timber fall on them.
The many friends of Richard Sutton
will be sorry to learn of his serious ac-
cident caused by having a runaway
with team he was driving.
Mrs. Frank Sanders called at the
Parks home Wednesday evening.
Everybody attended the big Red
Cross rally in Emmett Sunday.
Mrs. p w. Spratt is hostess to the
U. A. Club ladies this Thursday af-
ternoon.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
SWEET CELEBRITY DISTRICT,

Mrs. C. r. Fulton and family left
for Nampa, last Thursday, where she
will join her husband who is employed
by the o. S. l..
Oliver Seetin and family, Harry
Woods and family and Merle Seetin
left this part of the county last Thurs
day. They expect to spend the sum-
mer travelling in their cars. They
were headed for Portland.
Jess Dill bought Roy Sacks place
last week and expects to take possess
sion at once. The place formerly be-
longed to Mr.. Dill's father.
John Potter has traded his ranch
for a threshing machine.
Mrs. DeMasters has been on the
sick list the past week.
Audmer and Mildred Brandon re-
turned from Boise Saturday night.
Audmer has been working there the
past week.
A 10 o'clock wedding was quite
in the neighborhood May 9Th
when Mabel Brandon and Lee Figart
were married. Rev. Kendall of Sweet
performed the ceremony at the home
of the brides parents, only relatives
being present.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23

trict Federation meeting, May 81, q
and 20.
\ Mesdames Hardt, Benson and Rea.
gan were guests of the afternoon
Mrs. Ed Tyler and Mrs. Helmick were
the new members voted in. Very
dainty refreshments were served by
the hostess at the close of the session.
At the next meeting Mrs. Mains of
Emmett will talk on the Red Cross
work.
The Alfalfa Quartet called at the
w. c. Tucker home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Stone called on
the C. w. Cook family Sunday.
Ray Stinson has taken over the 20
acres Marvin Hutton was to cultivate
this summer, as Marvin intends to
enlist in the Navy service.
Work Of removing the cement mix
err and forms used in the fiume build
ing on the Canyon canal has been in
progress the past week. Last Sunday |
there was slight break in the canal,
which was soon mended however.
Miss Anna Wagner closed a very
successful term at the South Slope
school on Wednesday. Mrs. Wagner
will visit in Caldwell and Boise, then
return to her home at Everett, Wash.
The best wishes go with her and well
,ome anytime on the Slope awaits her.
Bartlett McCool is home, called by
he illness Of his father.
G.. p. Hall and C. w. Cook began
lst week to market their Strawberries.
The fruit crop will not be very large
his year The cold, backward spring
as been hard on all fruits
C. p and Mrs. Hartley motored to (
'aldwell Sunday to attend the funeral
( one of Boise valleys old settlers. h
Miss Mary Madden of Caldwell is
isiting her aunt Mrs. Hartley. v
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
NEWS OF GEM COUNTY
BY The Index's Correspondents

attending the sickness and death OF
his sister, who died Of pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barnard were
down Tuesday at Frank Newman's
planting potatoes. The colonel is no
doubt sure Of his Murphies for next
winter; that is, if his son-in-law,
Frank, does the hoeing for him.
An eight-pound baby boy was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. d. A. Thornack We'd
nesday. All concerned doing we'll.
Miss Cora Hunter and brother Ben
who have been attending school in
Salt Lake the past year, returned
home the first of the week. Their
many friends here welcome them
home.
A number of families from here at
tended the Red Cross meeting in En-
NETT Sunday.
Water was turned into this end of
the Canyon canal Saturday and it had
its first break Sunday on the Sasser
place. The break was fixed by Tues
day noon and the water turned in
again.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
PEARL

Wallace Mcdowell has moved his
family to Pearl.
M. j. Handy was an Emmett visitor
last week.
The dry farmers crops are very
slim and will be total loss if rain
does not come soon.
Mrs. Rene Hazelton's smiling face
was seen in Pearl last Wednesday.
All were glad to see our dear friend
again. Her son Orvie drove her up
in his Studebaker car.
NJ B. Smyth has purchased new
Maxwell. No wonder all the ladies
smile on him.
f. B. Turner and son Fred have
steady employment with the Ohio Min
ing Co.
]. c. johnson of Boise was a bust
ness caller Tuesday.
Ross Groves transacted business in
Boise last week.
Scott Stewart went to his home at
New Plymouth Wednesday.
A Your correspondent
WAS misinformed. There was no in
crease in salary offered Miss Annie
Wagner last fall to teach the follow
ing term. If so the trustees would
have known something of it.
A CONSTANT READER.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-05-23
HANNA
BY Mrs. ]. |. Guthrie

There will be Red Cross rally al
the Hanna schoolhouse on Friday
evening, May "a. Several outside
speakers and good quartet from EN-
NETT will be with us. Do your chores
early and bring your neighbors along
If you haven't already made your con-
tribution to the Red Cross, bring along
your purse also.
Mrs. Ernest Swiger is visiting
friends in Pendleton and Portland.
Mr.. Teed went to Emmett Monday
to meet his daughter, who came in
from Lakeport for visit with her
parents.
C. NJ. Holland went to Boise Sat
urday for a visit with his daughter
Elamae He took dinner on Sunday
at the w. ]. King home near Boise.
Our neighborhood was well repre-
scented at the Red Cross rally in En-
NETT Sunday afternoon.
The Captain of Plymouth repeat
ed on Monday evening for the bene-
fit of those who could not attend the
first performance, also attracted many
from our vicinity.
Miss Hazel Mccullough of New Ply
mouth is the guest this week of
Blanche Spaulding.
j. Gunthrie attended meeting
of the Council of Defense in Emmett
Wednesday evening.