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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28
Wonder World.

Surgeon Gen. Sir A. Sloggett, who
has recently been made a K. G. M. G.
by King George, is responsible for the
following:
Mamma, it.appears, was one day Bit
ing her fngernails at dessert, and lit
Ito Johnny was moved to ask the rea,
son why.
Nervousness, DEAR" answered his
mother. ut made me so uneasy to see
you swallow your GRAPES whole that
/ didn't know what was doing. You'll
get appendicitis, if you're not careful"
A few days later, however, Johnny's
mother was herself taken i'll, and the
case was diagnosed as appendicitis.
+; An operation was performed and
the patient was relieved. The surgeon
discovered that what had caused the
trouble was the presence of small
piece Of f1ngernan in the appendix.
ut was all your fault, Johnny" she
said. "This would never have happen,
ed If you hadn't swallowed those
grapes whole"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28
A Bad Lot.

Senator Weeks, apropos of the Lux
burg, Bernstorff, Won Igel and other
German exposures, said in Washington
a short time ago:
Germany seems to approve the I'M
example6- wickedness Of her sons. She
reminds me of the old man at the club.
can old man sat reading a newspa-
per in club while a group of young
fellows talked excitedly about the mar
'velous power for lying possessed by
a certain Jack Courtenay. When their
talk ceased the old man cleared his
throat and said:
Gentlemen, have just heard you
decide that Jack Courtenay is the big
gest liar in the United States. 1 am
his father
"a young man, very red In the face,
started to apologize, but the old boy
said:
"No, no; don't apologize. 1t isn't
necessary. I merely wanted to say,
gentlemen, that if you consider my
son Jack the biggest liar in the United
States, it's very evident that you have
never met my other son, jim"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28
WEEKLY DATA ON MORTALITY
Statistics of Principal Cities Now Is
sued Regularly by the United
States Census Bureau.

A weekly circular giving the mortali-
ty statistics of the principal cities of
the United States is now issued regu-
larly by the United States census bu-
reau, says the Scientific American. 1t
gives the total number of deaths re-
ported (stillbirths excluded), the death
rate per thousand, number of deaths
of infants under one year of age, and
the proportion Of infant deaths to total
deaths.
The cities for which data are given
include one-hfth the population of the
country. Thus the circular is fairly
accurate index to the state Of the ma
tons health. Its uses are manifold.
1t will show local health authorities
how their home towns stand In COM
parlson with other towns in respect to
mortality and when a town has q bad
record the publicity given to the fact
should spur the authorities to seek the
cause and remove it. Insurance COM
panies will find the reports of interest.
The circular is issued in Washington
every Tuesday, and Is distributed free
of charge.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28
REINDEER OF THE FAR NORTH
Herd OF Animals Imported Several
Years Ago From Labrador Have
Greatly Increase in Numbers.

Though perhaps most Of us, young
| and old, associate reindeer chiefly with
Santa's jingling bells, still there are
besides the dear, familiar phantom
reindeer, the very real reindeer who
are serving very real and much
needed mission among the people of
the far North. among whom DR.. Will
fred T. Grenfell works and lives his
life Of brotherly aid and uplift, Mary
n. Davis writes in Our Dumb Animals.
About six years ago Doctor Grenfell
imported from Labrador herd of rein
deer, number about 400, which during
their six years in Newfoundland have
increased to somewhere between 700
and 1000. The idea Of bringing them
from their native Lapland was sug-
gested to Doctor Grenfeu by the great
abundance Of reindeer moss in New
foundalnd. The reasons for the ex-
pertinent are many and far reaching
The reindeer are valuable, not only
for their rich and delicious milk
which would be boon indeed to the
jewellers Of that northern part of New
foundland in which Doctor Grenfell
also are invaluable as
beasts Of burden. In every way they
are as well adapted to the require
ments Of the North as are the Komatik
dogs, which in many ways are an alb
'olute menace to the development of
The country.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28

NOTICE OF EXECUTORS SALE
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF PAY
BTTB COUNTY, STATE OF IDA
HO.
In the Matter of the Estate Of
Sraah Mercer, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of the Probate
Court of Payette County, State ot
Idaho, made on the 9Th day of March
1918, in the matter Of the estate Of
Sarah Mercer deceased, the under
signed will sell at private sale to
the highest and best bidder, subject
to the confirmation of said Probate
Court, on or after the 25th day OF
March A. D. 1918, all the right, title
and interest of the said Sarah Mer--
Ger, Of, in and to the following des--
cribed real property situate in the
County of Payette, State Of Idaho
and more particularly bounded and
described as follows, to--wit:
Forty acres of land and improve
ments thereon described as follows:
NE IA OF Sc IA of Section 1 Town
ship z N R. w. B. NJ, containing
40 acres more or less, together with
40 shares of the capital stock in the
Farmers Cooperative Irrigation Co.,
Limited. Also: Lot seventeen QO,
Block Two (2) of Fairview Addition
to Payette, Idaho, together with 4
shares of stock In the Browns Lat
eral Irrigation Company.
Bids in writing for said property,
or any part thereof, will be receiv-
ed by the undersigned at his resi-
dence in Payette, Idaho.
Terms of Sale: All cash.
VALENTINE MERCER.
Executor Of the Estate OF Sarah
Mercer, Deceased.
Dated March 9Th, 1918.
John H. Norris, Attorney for Exc
cutor of the Estate Of Sarah Mercer.
March z, March II.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28
COMMITTED SUICIDE

By The Payette Valley Real Estat
Agency on many Tracts Of Desir
able Lands as follows:
40 acres out three miles, unim-
proved but good under good waite
system for $4,000 cash next thirty
days,
40 acres 8 IL miles out, impro,
ed but no buildings, best Of land
free water for $3e50.oo terms.
30 acres well improved fine bear
ing orchard, 15 acres free wate
paid up $650O.Oo.
40 aces in fruit in bearing, clos,
to sshipping point, $76O0.60.
2-160 acres tracts joining cheal
buildings, about one million feet O
Of saw timber on each, fine bunch
grass all thru entire tracts, a fin,
stock ranch each tract $4,000 .OG .
miles from rail road shipping point
Timber alone will twice pay for tn,
land and timber besides a splendi,
stock ranch when timber II remov-
ed. La a snap.
Best 10 acre tract 1-2 miles from
good town and station all 10 wintel
apples; Delicious. Winesap, Jona-
thans. Ben Davis in bearing and II
alfalfa; good buildings. free water
$4,000. co. All Are SNAPS.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.

Lateral No. 1 Washoe Irrigation and
Water Power Co., Limited, Prin--
cipal Place of Business, Payette,
Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the directors OF the
above named corporation held on the
18th day of March, 1918, an assess
ment of $1.0O per share was levied
upon the capital stock Of the cor
poration payable to E. w. Equals,
Secretary of the company at his
place of business located at No. 8
South Sth Street, Payette, Idaho.
Any stock on which this assessment
remains unpaid ON the 18th day Of
April 1918, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale and unless pay
ment is made before, will be sold
ON the 10th day of May, l91S to pay
delinquent assessment together with
costs of advertising and expenses OF
sale.
E. w. EQUALS, Sec.
Office at No. South 8th st.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28

C. s. Clark has re--opened his black
smith shop and solicits your busi-
ntSs.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28

FOR SALE: One 4--year old horse
weight about 400 lb., good shape.
--B. L. Wells. phone 279-r5.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28

| FRUIT GROWERS
REX LmesuPhur Solution is the od and tried material for use as
dormant spray IN the control San Jose Scale Tws Borer and for general
II clean orchards,
Do not be miead by the dealer who something t
other form p'0''' 'S'
One manufacturer has advertised that 50 pounds their "dr will accom-
/ phh the
o growers
spray,
barrel REX" Lime gallons
it wImako56 gallons.
Efficiency only spray
compared.
represents
this which IS sulphur 50gaon
sulphur or total 1874 1873 pounds sulphur and lime per cent
being phd efficient and the total l94 1913
pound being soluble solution
efficient believe still harder
pounds product will do the work 1874 pounds of
the material when used for the purpose
would pounds their d if the total 1914
50 gallon barrel Of REX" However does not all go into solution is
lonb arreo of
considering Comparative Efficiency figure Compare
tive Cost.
costs Pyee per pound
will make 500 gallons of dilute $O0
gallon
gallon When
gallons will 500 gallons dilute $1,000
gallon
used efficiency REX would
less than 1874 pounds lie pound making of $21S
gallons, O268 gallon ofdilute
make profit selling the dry" than
torik your nsworkand youren
LmSul Lepa
lInsd
"REX COMPANIES guarantee every article Of merchandise which they SELL
EFFICIENCY"
'tREX'' Sprays are sold by
Idaho JSinseIBo
j. rruiland, Idaho Meridian
E Stephens Idaho Bardaey Ida
Par Z EmmeH
nd
Denney Idaho Crystal
A TPenningt Idaho
Ogden Commission Ogden Utah, Distributors for
PAYET7E VALLEY REX SPRAY CO., LTD. |
PAYETTE, IDAHO
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-28

e. w. EQUALS, Sec.
Office at No. 8 South Sth st.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
WAR CORRESPONDENT,

IF you are in need Of bill. letter
ar note heads, statements Of any
size or design. envelopes. remittances
81 anything in the line Of commercial
printing, send the Leader a m1l order
and it will be looked after as prompt
" and satisfactorily as if the order
we're given in rerson.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
Vt CERTAINLY IS.

Longfellow could take a worthless
piece of paper and write poem on
HI and make it worth $65,OOO.-That's
genius.
There are some men who can write
1 few words on piece of paper and
make it worth a million dollars
That's capital
The United States can take an
ounce and quarter of gold and make
it worth twenty dollars.-That's mon
ey.
A mechanic can take material worth
$500 and make it into watch springs
worth one thousand dollars.-That's
skill.
There is a man in Paris who can
take 5O-cent piece of canvas, paint
q picture on it and make it worth
81 900. That's art.
A woman can purchase a hat for
$500, but she prefers to pay S27.--
That's foolishness.
A ditch digger handles several tons
of earth for $3.50 day.. That's la
Dor.
You can get a gotd sack of tobac-
60 for five cents. That's Bull
The author of this could write a
check for 5000, but it wouldn't
be worth d. cent That's tough.
Organizer.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

"a. papa, dem Americans use such
offel language. And dey talk bias
phemy. too Vat you tink dey said
right IN front Of my face One big
husky from 2 place dey call Iowa. he
said-oh, papa, I hate to tell you vat
an olfel ting lie said but ! can't help
1.-THE said, aTo he'll nit der Kaiser >
/ didn't tink anybody would say such
an offel tings.
And furthermore, dem Americans
can't be much Of chentlemens. It
made me so mad ! wouldn't stand
and hear such an offel ting, so ! turn
ed around and run NIT der odder
boys. Vas / right? Vat2 And, no,
papa, you know dem breast plates vat
YOU sent us-can you send us some
for der backs You know We are
going der odder way now, and breast
plates are no good-de eowardiy AM
orleans are always shooting US right
in der back.
Some Of our boys took off der breast
plates und put dem behind, but der
fool Americans are playing Der
Star Spangled Banner" init machine
guns right on dem plates. Can't you
help as? You remember in your
speech, for you sed holdings could
stand pefore der prave Cherman?
Oh, papa, | don't pelieve desc ig-
norant Americans effer read your
speech for dey run after us like We
vas lot of rabbits. Vat you tink Of
dot? Won't you send dem some of
your speeches right away? Dey don't
know how terrible We are. Can't you
move my army back to Belgium we're
We Won all der time? My men will
yip all der vimmen ind children vot
dem Belgians can bring us. but desc
Americans are SO rough ind ignor-.
ant.
We can't make dem understand dat
We are der greatest soldiers on earth,
ind ven We try to sing Deutschland
Uber Allies" dey laff like a lot of
monkeys; but We are getting der best
Of der Americans. We can outrun
dem, papa. If We are not der great
EST fighters in earth, We are der best
Nobody can keep up NIT
is ven We tink Of der deer old Rhine,
md mein army neffer did tink so
much Of dot dear old Rhine, eder
Let me know vat to do right away |
~ return postoffice.
CROWN PRINCE WILLIE.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

dey ali said aboo, yust a. loud as
dey could holler.
Nelt according to vot you haf
always told me, der Americans have
turned und run like blazes, but vat
you tink? Dem fool Americans don't
know anytings about var, und dey
don't know which way e run. Instead
of running de odder way dey came
right straight at us. Some Of dem
vas singing about Eve won't come
home till it's Offer, ofer dere," or
some odder foolish songs, and some
Of dem vas laffin like eediots. Dey
vas so ignorant.
But dey vas awful reckless nit
dere guns, and ven dey come toward
Us it vas den dat mein men took yum
notion dey wanted to 60 back to der
dear old Rhine. We don't like der
little dirty Marine river, anyhow. And,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
4 ssiERiCA BUILDS WORLDS
BIGGEST TERMINAL in FRANCE

Most Americans will be surprised
to learn that America does not pos
sess the greatest railway terminals
lin the world. Yet such is the case.
In France there is a terminal such
al no one ever dreamed Of before the
war.
Though not in America, this ter
lminal was built by Americans. Where
lis it? Just Somewhere in France.
IAN we have heard about German
method, German system and German
Organization is puerile compared with
American method and organization.
10 the layman, a boat can discharge
cargo Of men on the quay into train
waiting there, and al il well. But
suppose you have score of boats
doing the same thiHg7 What them
The railway man says that termi-
nal must be built, that is set OF
tracks, set Of berths for the boats
Ito enter, and q set Of warehouses
"a store the goods awaiting trans
port to the front So, place your
hand on the table and imagine each
finger a track; then, multiply this
lby fifty and you will have an idea
Of the thing. Not that am giving
figures, Mr. Censor; Just developing
the idea that's all.
There are hundreds of miles Of
tracks. The terminal is divided into
sections and so many warehouses to
each section. 1t took me half d day
on an American locomotive to run
about this terminal. and don t be-
lieve / saw all there was to be seen,
either.
Not all the warehouses are COM
pleted, but some are ready and stock
Ga with good things for the boys at
the front. Diners are nearly ready
to receive goods and Others again
are in various stages Of completion.
The warehouses in question are OF
iron throughout, and defy fire, all
though | might say there is q COM
plete fire department. The ware
houses, moreover, are built on high,
solid concrete piers, to guard against
moisture.
The greatest method is observed IN
these warehouses as regards their
contents. For instance, one set Of
them IS filled with medical stores,
another with clothing, another with
foodstuffs, and 50 on
The railway is beautifully laid and
.ballasted and looks just ike the roads
at home, as solidly built as If to last
for a century
AT one part Of the terminal il ques-
=
lion noticed the engineers were
building docks wav out into the water
on solid piles. The object was ex-
plained to me, and it IS certain that
Uncle Sam is providing for all sorts
of contingencies, This work is all
the more remarkable, and will be
considered that the Americans had six
months to do this sort Of thing in a
foreign country, with all sorts Of OBJ
stacles to contend with. and trans
porting their materials thousands Of
miles.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
OLD GLORY

The name Of our flag is thought
to have become famous through some
poetical allusion In 1898, James
Whitcomb Riley wrote a poem on the
subject, in which occur the following
line: $50.
"Who gave you, Old Glory, the name
that you bear
With such pride everywhere
Who gave you the name OF Old
Glory?
Then occur the following lines in
stanzas 3 and 4:
sThen the old banner leapt, like a
sail in the blast,
And fluttered an audible answer at
last.
And it spake with a shake Of the voice
and it said:
BY the driven snow-white and the
living blood-red
OF my bars, and their heaven OF
stars overhead
By the symbol conjoined Of them all,
skyward cast,
AS / float from the steeple, or flap
from the mast,
Or droop Ger the sod where the long
grasses nod
MY name is as old as the Glory Of
God.
So | came by the name Of Old
Glory,
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
New German peace offensive.

Just as America starts preparation
for the Fourth Liberty Loan the Ger
man Junkers cause to appear new
peace suggestion. Belgium viii BE-
restored. the terms intimate. but the
Kaiser wants his colonies restored.
With Americas vast resources yet
scarcely scratched, and with the
fighting spirit just now beginning to
be aroused, It will not be Germany
who viii dictate peace terms. Rather
will q man down Ia Washington way.
with smooth face and firm chin,
whose initials are W. W. be In bet
ter position to say what Is what
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
WASHINGTON IS R0ONINe

Washington has resigned ils claim
Is being the "parlor 81 the nation.
and it's beautiful PACK system has
been shattered all over with war
buildings, tents and war gardens. The
parks have been put to work. Before
the war began it was estimated that
there were between forty and fifty
thousand government clerks in Wash
ington. It's a safe guess to say that
an additional hundred thousand have
been added, though it is only a guess
All the permanent buildings in Wash
ington were long since occupied By
the new activities and the new-com-
efs. Then came the period when tenn
p0rary office buildings sprang up.
Most Of these are two or three stories
high, and they are covered outside
with stucco, of a sort of battleship
gray color. The inside Of these build
ings is divided off into thin parti-
lions composed principally Of "eompo-
boardn or heavy builders paper.
These buildings were put up by the
acre. and in them thousands Of clerks
ana many Of the "dollar-a-year" men
serve Uncle Sam Some new and sub
ssantial permanent office buildings are
now being constructed The new
dormitories," Of which there will be
few acres, are calculated to give
comfortable living quarters to sew
eral thousand young women employ
ed by the government. They will ne
semble the new temporary office
buildings, and are now under way
and viii be ready for winter They
will be comfortable, and will, Of
course, be run in high-grade man.
ner. Washington merchants, restau-
rateurs. hotel keepers and boarding
house prdprietresses, in contemplate
inc the war, can truthfully repeat the
Old saying, "There is never any great
less but that there is some small
gam"
There is quiet, grim dignity
and respeetability about
the WASHINGTON boom that makes it
different from all other places where
there has been phenomenal growth.
But Washington is a busy hive of I'M
dusay, and the young women who
have come from all parts Of the coun-
try are to be particularly commended
for the valuable aid they are giving
to the nation in their clerical capac-
tiles.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

Egypt is the birthplace Of the ball
game. How it was played history
does not record. Recent excavations
made near Cairo have brought to
light number Of small balls, some
Of leather and others Of wood, dating
back to at least 1000 B. G. These
are the oldest balls Of this sort
known.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
READY FOR SERVICE

Registered o. /. G. boar; Big Type
Poland China boar; Red Durham
bull Fees, So cash.
Tvs n. p. PARKER.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

Doing business without advertising
is a good deal like kissing a girl
III the dark-you know what you are
doing, but nobody else does. Get out
in the open and let the people know
what you are doing by placing on
interesting ad, filled with
attractive prices, in the Leader. Over
three thousand readers to see and
read it every week.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
40 AMI MONT AGAIN

~ was sick in bed with kidney trou-
ble." writes c. F. Reynolds, Elmira,
N. Y. Il commenced taking Foley
Kidney Pills and in a few days was
out Of bed. Keeping up the treat
ment, | was able to 60 to work. Since
then have had no more backaches. 7"
Foley,s Kidney Pills stop sleep-dis-
turbing bladder ailments. Union
Drug Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

Hop Long, proprietor Of a celes-
tiaI laundry in Springfield, H., wants
the world to know "a man from that
place in serving in the army" That's
why he hung an eight by eight-foot
service flag in front Of his establish
ment. The lone star represents Long
Wing, the first and only Chinese to
go in the draft from Springfield.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26

If your child is pale and siclSly,
picks at the nose, starts in the sleep
and grinds the teeth while sleeping,
1T is a sure sign Of worms. A remedy
for these parasites viii be found in
Whites Cream Vermifuge. It not
only clears out the worms, but It re-
stores health and cheerfulness. Price
30c per bottle. Sold BY Alexander
Drug Co.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-09-26
= LENGTHY EPlSTLE
FROM DER CLOWN PRINCE
Somewhere in France.
On der run
All der time.


Deaf Fapa.
am writing on der run. as der
brave and glorious soldiers under nv
command have not seen der Rhine
Tor So long dat dey started back dot
yay and Of course I am going nit
dem. Oh. papa, dere has been some
ottel dings happened here in France.
First I started in my big offensive
which vas to crush der fool Ameri-
cans, but dey know so leedle about
military tactics dot dey viii not be
crushed just like / want dem. | sent
meln men in der fight in big waves.
ana yen dey got to der Americans
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-07-05

acids derived from fruits or vege-
tables do not increase the acidity Of
the blood, or, more correctly speaking,
10 not decrease the alkalinity of the
blood, CT course never becomes acid in
life. Every physician of experience
knows that lemon juice, for example,
is enc of the best remedies we have
for diminishing excessive acidity Of
the urine in acute fevers and other
conditions accompanied by concentrate
ed, Irritating, highly acid kidney excre-
lion.
Ii at first it seems paradox that
such an acid as the citric acid of lem
,ns or oranges should render the blood
more alkaline and the urine less acid.
IN understanding of the fate of such
.ruit acids will clear up the paradox.
When ya'1 drink lemonade or eat an
orange or a grapefruit or tomatoes or
apples. the acids are partly oxidized