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Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

DR.. Salsberg, eye specialist, will
not be able to get away before
next Sunday, owing to new cases
coming in. Those wishing to see
him should call at the hotel before
that time. adv
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
Millinery

will display, beginning tomorrow,
nice line of Spring Millinery at
CottonwUod-latest styles. Prices
very reasonable. Everybody is in
vited to inspect my stock.
Mrs. c. Weber.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
Notice of Special Stock
holders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that a
special meeting of the Stock
holders of the German State Bank
of Cottonwood, Idaho, will be
held in the Office of the bank on
Saturday, May A, 1918, at 10 a.
M, for the purpose of voting on
the proposition of changing the
corporate name of said bank by
amending Article l of the Articles
of Incorporation thereof.
Dated this 18th day of April
1918.
M. M. BELKNAP.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

Next Wednesday night go down
to the Orpheum and see Shorty
Hamilton solve the wireless mys-
terry. This is one of his best
stunts yet. Screen magazine and
comedy,
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
Good Land in Canada.

Eleven to $50 per acre; terms une-
qualed-2O years to pay. Only one
tenth down and no further payment
on principal for four years. First two
years only two per cent if land is oc-
cupied and 6 per cent thereafter.
Many farms in Canada have trebled
in value in the last three years.
When the income at present prices of:
ten runs as high as $50 per acre or
our $50 land you can not afford tC
miss this wonderful opportunity to be
come Independent.
Low rates to homeseekers. For de
scriptive literature and further infor
nation, address c. w. Roat, c. p. r
Land Agent, Nezperce, Ida. 17-2(
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
M. M. BELKNAP,
Tioo proc opd Caorato,,x,
Bids Wanted for CulVerts

The Cottonwood Highway District
asks for sealed bids for putting in two
rock and cement culverts. Bids must
be in by Monday, April Goth at 5 p.
m. Specifications shown by the High
way board or ]. f. Jenny, Secretary.
The board reserves the right to re-
iect any or all bids.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

T. Clark, the junk man, be-
lieves people will make a serious
mistake if they do not raise lots
of chickens this Spring. The
price already is up to 45c a pound
and still coming up.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26
Steam Engine For Sale

16-hp Advance steam engine in
firstclass shape Bargain if taken
soon. Inquire of Hoene Hdw. bio.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

Stock Salt Just Arrived
The Farmers Union Warehouse CO.
has Just received a carload of stock
salt.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

Threshing Outfit for Sale
Complete outfit for sale reasonable.
Write or phone Henry Rehder, Cot
tonwood 1918
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-04-26

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New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

uary 4, 1915, Mr.. Brnndeis said: "Bu,
the war brings amidst its horrors at
least one compensation to the whole
world and particularly to the Jews.
IL forces the world to lny aside make
shifts; to seek ultimate truths; to deal
with fundamentals. Wo long for peace,
but we begin to sec that neither inter
national congresses and courts nor dis
armament can secure peace. Peace can
exist only in world where justice
aid good will reign. Justice and good
will involve not merely tolcrsNon or
differences, but the grant Of full rights,
despite differences. There must be JUS
tice and good will, not only between in
dividuals, but between different peo.-
Piles. All peoples must have equal
rights"
Thus did leader Of Zionism pro-
pound the question Of the rights of ma
ii nalities considerable time before
the entrance of this country into war:
But few public men then considered
the question in exactly this light and
none stated it so clearly. 1t was, how
evcr, the vital and vibrant thought Of
the new time, and soon the principle
underlying the great new ideal, which
has inspired the whole American pee
pic, was promulgated by our highest
official authority and-wc took up arms
to defend it,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
An Evening of
Magic Discourse

we were ushered into great salon,
brlll,antly lighted, and by the way he
sat down on the edge of a chair. with
ms knees together and his arms
folded, | knew that something was
wrong. The young ladies came in. and
ne greeted them politely, relapsing
again INTO his sorrowful silence
Urls, | exclaimed, this room is as
pig as a church. If you want US for
Deaus this evening you must take us
INTO some smaller place, where we do
tot listen Tor echoes when we talk
"'Oh, that would be very nice,' said
Lafcadlo, with Il sigh OF relief, and /
knew that | had guessed the trouble
III few minutes we we're in A small
room, pleasantly lighted. and Lafcad;o
sat back IN his chair, wholly at his
ease. and began: no
In the West Indies and in tropical
America they have no legends Of elves
or fairies, such as Northern Deonles
nave. But instead they have innumer.
aple SAINTS to take the place of them.
ana there are almost as many curious
stories and legends of them as there
are or ia'rles. Some of them are very
peautliul and some arc odd, and thev
are, | think, interesting. They teil
Of eS zen
why oh why. did make no notes
that evening? They were wonderful
stores, tull of loveliness and grace. Of
sweet pity and gentle thought-and 7
nave forgotten them all. We shall
never Know them, for no one else could
Yell them with the tender sympathy of
Lafcadlo Hearn'
rs there anything in these accusa.
Ilons', ! asked Mr.. Hendrick. "about
fiearn dropping his friends %
Yes, but he did so when he thought
ne mad cause. I'll admit at times the
cause was slight. But it was worth
wnilc trying to make an effort to re-
Tam his friendship. Our correspond-
ence at times lapsed, but made al
ways an effort to renew it, tried to
hoid on to ilearu, not let him go.
lie was the most drastic mortal Of
ms day, and he had, as Michael Mona.
nan says OF him, hair trigger tenn.
per. lie was also far more sensitive
IMAM IL is good for any one to be. A
tohc OF voice that seemed cruel to him
was enough TO break up friendship
word that indicated to him iniust;ce
you'd send him off on his wanderings.
hut at this point, in Yokohama, he met
man with the genius for frienIshin
one whose sturdy honor and LOYALTY
never slept, who was destined to he
Iolne MS guardian angel throughout
MS ll1e, to defend his name after his
passing, to conserve his works and -
project his family. This was Captain
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Spiritually Rebo orn
In a Beer Cellar

"That was orc of the great nights
OF my life. DO not know whether we
drank much beer or little, for we were
too busy talking to notice the rather
unsavory people about us or what was
before us. Often, indeed, have I
thought that on the night of the third
Saturday in October, 1889, I was born
again IN beer cellar at Twenty fourth
Street and Sixth Avenue 1t was one
of those nights that should never have
stopped, but some time toward the
Wltchlng hours we separated, resolved
TO meet the following morning and con-
tinue. Sometimes a Young man knows
that the bell for the time of the un-
locking of the windows of his soul is
ringing, and | knew that night.
Il guided him to the little house on
Grove Street, back of the Jefferson
Market police court, where he had a
neat, pleasant lodging, bade him good
night, and was there again on Sunday
morning. had premonition that the
time would not be long, and with so
much that wanted to learn, so many
opinions that ! wanted to get, | was
jealous OF every minute that he would
spare me. Sunday was a glorious day,
and after while in Central Park,
where he found a beautiful skyline and
"A'' w AJOJCO Cy IL, ne came nome
with me to lunch, and all the agony
of the dinner and surprise party the
night before was forgotten. And so
the days passed. Often in the morning
l would stop in on my way downtown
and rouse him out of bed; at other
times | would find him writing, his
paper on little Chinese tea box on a
table with his eye about two inches
from his script. and at other times I
would call for him in the evening and
we would have dinner at clean but
cheap restaurant near by. He was very
poor, but he insisted upon paying for
himself. He had no desire to meet
people: Indeed, | should have found
myself in trouble if / had brought anv
one along with me.
ana yet one morning | asked him
II he would care to spend an evening
at Jay Gould's house Ny sister and
Mrs. Shepard, then Helen Gould, were
school friends, and my sister was visit
ing her. lnvoluftarily, he covered his
eye with his hand and said he feared
tnere would be great many fashion
aple people there. | assured him there
would not, although it was just the
time when the newspapers were daily
commenting on the elder Gould's great
wealth. | told him we should be quite
alone with the two young girls of
whom one would be my sister, and that
we should spend the evening together
with them, alone in a nice, cosey little
room; Then ] shall be very glad to go,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

ly demonstrated by Wolozkoi that the
mean of fire the average elevation at
which the soldiers will hold their
rif1es-is about 4 degrees For the
modern rife this elevation CORE
spends to q range e some 2.20O yards.
Any hostile f3rce iaside this range is
comparatively safe the fire passing
we'll over it and beyond. The function
CT tn" battle contro. is to flatten this
cone, bringing 1t close to the ground,
as in Figure 2. Every bullet in this
hattened cone has a continuous danger
space throughout its path; it may not
meet Il hostile soldier, but it can miss
him only by going between him and
head. 1t makes its strike on the battle
field, instead of mile away.
Easily Put on Rifle
The battle control is a simple me-
chanIcal Improvement in the lock of
the rifle which absolutely prevents dis
charge if the rife is held too high -
which is to say, if It is held above the
angle for which the control is set a after
rifle simply cannot be fired until the
aim is properly lowered and the
trigger pulled again. When this cor
rection in aim mas been made the con-
troll causes not the slightest diminu.
ton in the volume CT fire that can be
delivered. There is no change made in
the existing methods of sighting and
firing; all the control does is to pre-
vent thc shots which would be wasted
and force the rlf1cman to fire at the
proper range. Nor does the device in
terfere with the normal use of the
rife. for it can be set con" or "otf"
at will, and wnen "off" has no func-
ton the rife is then the normal rifle.
II Is not even necessary to take
Colonel Ely's word for it that the CON
troll is mechanically satisfactory. Me
chanical experts, civilians and military.
including the present superintendent of
one of our greatest arms factories. have
passed on it and pronounced it O. X.
in this respect. SO the only questions
which can be considered as at all open
are its performance in increasing the
effect of fire and the dcsirablity OF
Incorporating it in the army rife
Scientific American.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
The Effect of
Society" on Him

"She had been connected with The
New Orleans Times Democrat and was
at this time literary editor of month
ly magazine. Lafcadio had worked
with her on the same newspaper in
New Orleans, and she knew we'll how
to describe her friend SO as to arouse
the lively interest and curiosity Of the
listener. She brought him with her to
luncheon one day when Mrs. Rollins
had them to herself, and this resulted
in his acceptance of an invitation to
dinner on the following Saturday even
ing, provided. as he stipulated. that
there be no strangers present. l was
living with the Rollinses then in one
of the Spanish apartments on Central
Park South Mrs. Rollins was so
thrilled by his talk during luncheon
that she could not resist the tempta
tion to invite a few, just very few
really appreciative souls in to meet
him after dinner. This was a grave
mistake, as you viii see. The dinner
was to begin at 6:30 o'clock, but it was
nearly 8 when the shyest little man
you ever saw came in from-the
kitchen!
''Ele had lost his way; he could not
remember the monotonously numbered d
streets and avenues; he was so very
shortsighted and the noises bewildere d
him. He was clean in appearance, but
his dress was not the conventional
evening wear for gentlemen in New
York. He wore rather tight trousers
OF a fashion Of some years back of that
date-'spring bottoms they were
oalled-a blue pea jacket, his linen was
immaculate. his collar was cut rather
low and he wore a narrow, black string
tic. For a hat he wore d great fawn-
colOred Sombrero The MAN at ~
door Of the apartment evidently had
looked him over and concluded that he
was not carriage company, and so had
sent him up the back elevator. He was
embarrassed at being late, embarrasse d
at what he feared was due to his un-
galnly appearance. and the dinner was
rot success. He had neither appe.
plte nor desire TO talk; indeed, he suf
fered keenly.
CAS- soon as we left the dining room
the invited guests began to arrive, and
he took a seat in corner of the par
lor. his knees tight together, his arms
folded across his breast-the very pict-
ure of misery and distress. SO after q
little while l took seat beside him
and told him in confidence that | had
an engagement that evening to meet
some old German corps students, but
not at all pressing as to time. Since
ne had difficulty in finding his way
about the city and was going his di.
rection, ! suggested that we make the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Close Friend Sheds New Light
OnLafcadio learns Character
Worked Here in Poverty Be.
fore Acquiring Interna.
tional Fame for Japanese
Studies

Mitchell Macdonald, Of the United
States navy. The record Of his 90.
panionship with Lafcadio Hearn :,
golden page in the history Of friend
ship. He knew Japan we'll, and witb;r
a little while he had secured for Laf-
cadio a position as teacher of Enpl;sb
in normal school in far away Mstsn.
in Izumo. Here Hearn found hin,s.;s
here was the mystery Of the blue and
gray of old Japan revealed to him. and,
here he married his lovely wife.
Samurai lady. Here he was no mora
undersized; here he was no more ugly.
here he was the lord of his little es-
tablishment, and all gracious and kind.
ly and lovely things were done for his
pleasure"
In letter from Japan to Hendrick
Hearn shows that he had become more
disillusioned and more reserved than
ever.
He wrote:
81 can't feel toward men generally
any longer as I used to-I feel, in
SuOil, d lltLlc Op1C. | ne gen
eral facts seem to be that all realities
Of relations between men arc of self
interest in the main; that the pleas
ures of those relations are illusions
dependent upon youth, power, position,
etc, for degree of intensity"
May l interrupt you, Mr.. Hendrick,"
asked. "to inquire if in spite Of ali
that Hearn says about japan there is
a danger of war with herr"
"Thcre is no peril in Japan for US"
came the reply, no doubt inspired by
the Hearn influence, either yellow.
white or enyious green, if only We
learn to love the golden radiance of
her light. There is no people so ready,
so willing, so anxious to meet Us in
full accord with the Golden Rule as the
men and women of Japan"
"To come back to Hearn," con-
tinued, "was he as unattractve as he
fancied himself?"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Emancipation and
Religious Reform

Samson Raphael Hirsch, the strong
est champion of orthodox Judaism of
the nineteenth century, in his "Nine-
teen Letters of Ben Uzziel." pub
lished in 1886. discussed the two
questions of the day emancipation
and religious reform-from a stand
point entirely new in those days.
Hirsch explains his position with
regard to emancipation and it's rcla-
ton to the national status of the Jews.
re suggests compromise between
these two apparently conflicting ideas,
arguing that the Jews never had been
a nation in the political sense of the
word. Since it is not the land that
united Israel, but the Torah, the Law.
"therefore, it still forms a united BODY
though separated from national soil :;
ror does this unity lose its reality,
though Israel accept everywhere the
citizenship of the nations AMONGST
which it is Dispersed" When God shall
unite His scattered people such a
union will have only the spiritual sig-
nihcance of showing the whole world
the greatness Of God and the glory of
the 1orah as guiding principle of
state.
The entire purpose of the Messianic
age is that we may, in prosperity, cx-
hlD!t 10 mankind better example of
israel than did our ancestors of'the
hrst timc, while, hand in hand with us.
the entire race will be Joined in uni
versal brotherhood through the recop-
milton of God, the All-Onc.
On account Of this purely spiritual
nature Of the national character Of
Israel it is capable of the most init
mate union with states, with, perhaps
tins difference, that while others seek
IN the state only the material benefits
wn1ch II secures, considering possession
and enjoyment as the highest GOOD
Israel can regard it only as means
oi 1ullilling the mission Of humanity.
This exposition of the idea at the root
OF the great controversy raging in
German Jewry found few adherents al
that period, although to-day it is ac-
cepted ny potll orthodox and reform
Jews, each party interpreting it in its
own way.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Would Prevent Soldiers Un-
der Battle Stress From
Shooting Over the Heads
Of the Enemy
Mechanical Device Easily
Put On Said to Prevent
Discharge If the Piece Is
Held Too High
"HE iacficiency of massed rifle
fire at fairly close range has

THE iacfFiciency of massed rife
fire at fairly close range has
been q matter of observation
and comment ever since battles were
no amount of preliminary training, no
possible adjustment Of battle sights,
can eradicate the irborn tendency Of
the race to hold rifle too high when
working under the slightest stress. The
disintegratirg effects Of battle condi-
lions are widespread; nowhere are
:hey more real OF more disastrous than
N their influence uDOn rifle fire.
1t is at The short ranges that the
hercest fighting occurs, and it is here
that battles are won and lost. Former
y one Of the first requisites for a good
Infantry position was an open field of
ire, several hundred yards in depth.
But the searching power of high ex-
plosivc shells fired in great volume
has forced infantry to seek cover from
vision in order to gain cover from fire;
1t must hide during the terrific shelling
follows. Often hundred yards, or
nven less, is the greatest depth of fire
attainable; and since an assault will
cross so short space in very brief
sime, it is obvious that the defence
must make every shot count The
failure to do this with the rifle has led
20 the new vogue of grenade and bayo-
net--the one to give fire effect GER
tain to lie close TO the ground, the
other as necessary last result in view
Of the uncertainty Of fire.
Control Is Fool Proof
Colonel Frank D. Ely, of our army,
has for years been engaged in con-
slant but losing endeavor to interest
the ordnance officials in device which
he claims will control rifle fire. It's
mechanical features are of no great i'm
port here; enough to say that it is an
attachment to be put on the rifle, which
will add but two ounces to its weight
and which makes it impossible for the
rifle to be discharged when held higher
than given angle. 1t is not rigid :;
that is to say. the angle at which it
permits fire is controlled at will by
adjusting the device. Accordingly it
can be used at any range, and even for
shooting uphill or downhill. This ad-
iustment is the work of but moment,
and SO simple that any man who can
learn to shoot rifle at all can GER
tanly learn to do this also.
Colonel Ely calls his invention the
battle control, and he has got out a
little pamphlet in it's behalf, from
which we borrow the diagram below.
The normal cone Of battle fire is as
shown in Figure /. The vertical dis
person is enormously greater
than enc WOULD be led to suppose from
the bare facts already known as to the
lnaccuracy Of battle fire. 1t was actual
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

est and most active forces in Jewish
life. had previously formulated tho
demands of Jew1y. The programme
laid down in Basic was but another
phrasinS of the term of sclf-determi
nation which had become q slogan of
the movement.
The Jews were the first among the
oppressed natonalites to have clearly
enunciated this democratic. and just
formula of determination, and in
the wider acceptance of this principle
democracy had made new gain and
the Jewish people, through Zionism,
had made a new spiritual contribu-
tion to the social thought and con-
sciousness of the time For Zionsm
is the highest expression of Jewish
democracy, and when the voices of the
peoples we're heard more clearly in
the councils of the nations the heirs
of the prophets, though fire and sword
drove them from their homes, once
more came into their own.
A homeless, scattered, disorganized
people had naturally to pay the pen
harmonious thinking; diversity OF
groups produced diversity Of opinion
and gave rise to leadership which in
terpreted the wishes of the Jewish
people in accordance with prccon-
ceivcd notions which were at variance
with Jewish aspirations. An. entire
structure OF philosophy was built up
by a school Of Jewish thought, which,
to be sure, had rendered great service
in religion and in scholarship, but
which did not take into account the
trend toward democracy, which was
mainly solicitous about avertng per-
secution and did not recognize its chief
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