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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07

/ and the unfavorable tendencies Whfcl
the accompanying papers reveal may
most effectively be checked, VIII re-
ever they nay be found to exist,
and the needed relief obtained
only by prompt action on the pal
of the respective local authorities.
| earnestly hope that you may
feel justified in expressing the con-
viction that the vital part which
the public utilities companies repre-
senting the life and war-making en-
ergy of the nation ought to receive
fair and just recognition by State
and local authorities.
Cordially yours,
(Signed) w. G. McAdoo.
Tho President, the White House.
PRESIDENT Will SONS REPLY.
Here is the Presidents Reply:
The Whitee House, Washington.
10th February, 1918.
My Dear Mr.. Secretary:
| have examined with care the
fltW6 yOu capri Do iN6eAi u-h6 ~Ao
and letters viii h you
to me with your letter
Of the fifteenth. / fully share the i'm
,ortance of the public service utili-
les as a part OF our national equip
nont, especially in wartime. 1t is
essential that these utilities should
,e maintained at their maxim UNI eff
iciency and that everything rea-
onably possible should be done with
hat end in view. l hope that
itate and local authorities, where
hey have not already done so, wi l.,
shen tho facts are properly laid be-
ore them, respond promptly to the
ecessities of the situation.
shall be glad to have you commu
icate with the local authorities when
yer the information in your posses
ion suggests that such a course is
esirable and in the national in
erests.
Cordially yours,
(Signed) Woodrow wilson.
Hon. William G. McAdoo, Secre--
tary of the Treasury.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07

Who wants to set music to this pa
triotic poem and make a n-tional
song of it; Try it and send to ME.
OUR COUNTRY,
COLUMBIA, our fathers found they
land,
A Wilderness in all its savage wild;
Glad, yet forbidding sight
How little knew that worn and weary
band
Thy troublous way ahead, though
nc'er defiled,,
Who strive for freedom may not be
beguiled,
Firm champions of the right.
AMERICA, the vision broadens wild ),
And liberty extends from sea to
sea;
Gods freemen blazed the trail.
All, glorious land where freemen may
abide;
Whate'er befalI, our hops are set
on thee;
Our lives. are folded in thy destiny;
Thou greatest country, Hail.
THE STARS AND STRIPES are f'oat
ing Ger the land;
They wave challenge in the des--
pots face,
And despotism ends.
That treasured flag, though modelled
by Gcd's hard,
Would not more firmly stand Tor
worldwide peace,
right by might for all our
race; n
Our flag enfolds our fri nds.
STATES, thou bond of pow
er vast,
UNITED for the strength to DO
the right; H
All nations lock to the2.
Thy future is forcsroken in try past
As thou hast borne the god OF free
dcm's light,
Still marching on, establish right
for might;
Make safe our liberty.
Jesse M. Wise, Bo' Sc, Idaho.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07
PAYING HIS WAY.

In rural court the old squire had
made a ruling so unfair that three
young lawyers at once protested a
gainst such miscarriage of jus ic
The squire Immediately find each
of the lawyers Sc for contempt of
court.
There was silence, and then an
older lawyer walked slowy to the
fnont of the room and deposited a
$40 bill with the clerk. He then
addressed the judge as follows:
Your honor, l wish to state that
/ have twice as much contempt fol-
this court as any man in the ROOM
Youths Companion.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07

A close observer of great things
has noticed the remarkable fact that
while all the soldiers of the Brit
lsh army bear arms, only the High
landers bare legs. eve hope this
will not cost us any subscribers as
We copied it from another paper)
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07

"Baa, baa. black sheep, have you
any wool!
yes, yes, mast r, three bags full;
One for our soldiers and one fol-
the French,
And one for the Tommies in the
front--linee trench"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07
ne sure Of YOUR aEatan

II there's certain food that you
are uncertain about cont eat 1t, adj
vises Il physician. There are TOO many
good things in the world to eat that
you know are good for you.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07
racically back to pre--wa

ago, and practically back to prev
prices.
The same condition prevail
on packer hides with the excepti'
Of the heavier weights for arm
leather purchases, which are W.
sold up. The packers have bee
very free sellers at greatly n
duced prizes"
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07
HIDES AT PRE-WAR PRICES

HIDES AT PRE--WAR PRICES
Charles Friend and Co. say of
hide trade conditions:
Country hide markets everywhere
aree practically at tsandstlll, and
not much activity is looked for until
shipping facilities improve.
"All country selections are about
35 to 40 per cent lower thRn year
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07
UTILITIES MAY BE GIVEN AID
Federal Railroad Adminstr aticn &c
Interest Itself Where Relief Is
Necessary

Necessary
Washington (AP)-With the ap-
prevail of President Wis n the fed
eral railroad administrator is about
to interest itself in street railway,
light, heat and power companii 8
throughout the country VIII g. finan--
cial stability may be threatened by
mounting costs of operation. Where
it appears NECESSARY, in r. asses in
fares or rates may be sugg sted.
Correspondence between Secre tary
McAdoo. as director general OF rail-
roads, and the president, made pub
lie Thursday night, disol-s-s that
committee reLr, nil. pl b.ic u
tility int rests Gently pr Sc t d
memoranda to the S cretary set ng
forth a most sericus s.ttati and
asking that it be brought to TIE at
tention Of the president. Mr.. Nc
Adoo and the pre- sident fgr>ed that
public utilities are a nee ssary part
of the nations equipment for war,
and the secretary was al thol IL, to
communicate with local altho lite S
in behalf of utilities found to need
assistance.
President is Sympathetic
In response to a letter from the
secretary in closing the committee's
memoranda, the president wrote:
81 fully share the views you ex-
press regarding the importance of the
public service as a part of our ma
tional equipment, especially in war
time. 1t is essential that these util--
tiles be maintained at their maxi
mum efficiency and that everything
reasonably possible should be done
with that end in view.
81 hope that state and LEGAL au--
thorities, where they have not al
ready done SO, Will, when the facts
are properly laid before them, re-
spond properly to the necessities OIL
the situation.
81 shall be glad to have you COM
municate with the local authorities
whenever the information in your
possession suggo SITS that such a
course is desirable and in the ma
tional interest. Associated Pres.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-03-07

DISAPPOINTED
What did you get out of that will
case& asked the first lawyer.
"A hundred and fifty thcusan dol
iars, replied the second lawyer.
, Good round sum, eh'
Yes, but thought the old man
left more than that"
-Oathpdkc Advance
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PASSES
TO ETERNAL REST.
DEATH OF ONE OF THE HISTORY.
MAKERS OF sAGEBRusH
STATE.

Alexander c. McCafferty, one Of
the old.timers of this state and a
man of rugged character and en-
dearing qualities, died this morning
in Tonopah, after a residence here
fer about six years Old age was the
cause of his death.
The deceased was born in Ohio
eighty-seyen years ago. He crossed
the plains to the mines of Califor-
MIA in the early SOS and came to
Nevada about 1870 He was for
several terms assessor Of Lander
county and also served as postmaster
at Austin. His widow survives and
the following nephews and nieees Of
the latter: f. w, Eugene and Tom
|O'Connell and Mrs. George Johnson
Of Tonopah, John oConnell OF Seat
tie and Lawrence o'Connell OF Kan
sas. No arrangements have yet been
made for the funeral. but il viii
probably take place Wednesday, the
lnterment being In the local GENE
terry.
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CLOSING IN ON THE RED GUARDS
~, Associated E.resa.,

tHy Associated Preaa.1
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 4.-Troops of
the Finnish government. under GEN
eral Hannerheim. appear to be clos
ing in on the revolutionary Red
Guards at uleaborg, on the Gulf of
Bothnia. according to news reaching
Haparanda. A dispatch from that
point to the Aftonbladet says the
Red Guards In UIeaborg sent dele.
CATION to General Mannerheim for
the purpose of reaching an agree
ment with them, but that the general
declined to deal with the rebels and
arrested the members of the delega-
ton as bandits.
Two hundred of the Red Guard
who left Tornea on Friday to re-
inforce the revolutionists at Ulea.
borg found that the railway had been
torn up few miles south of Tornea
and that government troops had
taken up positions between Hornea
and Kemi. Government forces also
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ANOTHER RUSSIAN
.CONVENT|ONTOMEET

tny Associated Press0
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.--Consterna-
tion spread among the Bolshevili
delegates to the self-styled Russian
Colonial congress in this city when
news was disseminated today that
another Russian convention is to be
held here February 9 to IL by the
followers of Alexander p Kerensky.
the deposed Russian premier
The new convention, 1t was said,
viii be national in scope and will
have delegations from all the inn
portant cities in the country 1t
could not be learned who is at the
head of the movement in opposition
to the Bolsheviki, but Alexander
Stoklitzky. in calling todays session
of the congress to order, said that
vain efforts had been made to "get
this wing of the Russian colony in
line with the conference
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FOUR MEN SHOT IN RAILWAY STRIKE
ssy Associated Press.l

Hy Associated Press.1
ST LOUIS, Mo, Feb. Street
railway traffic in st. Louis was al
most at standstill today as a re-
suit of the strike of motormen and
conductors, who went out at mid.
night Saturday night. About sixty
cars were operated today. trifle
more than one-tenth of the normal
service.
Fifty arrests were made yesterday
for minor acts of violence At dark
all cars were returned to the sheds,
and 1t was announced that no effort
would be made to operate any OF the
lines until daylight.
Three men were shot in strike
riots last night, according to reports
received at police headquarters. AL
bert Hoeldege, a striker, said he was
shot from a car window.
Another striker was shot at the
car barns in the western part of the
city.
Police raided the headquarters OF
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the Industrial Workers Of the World
and arrested thirty men The secre-
tary of the organization denied that
the |. W. w. had any part in foment-
ing the strike.
Sporadic rioting broke out in yari-
ous parts of the city during the day
and car windows were broken. At
one street intersection women joined
with men in pulling a trolley off the
wire. Officials OF the newly or
ganized local union said practically
all the motormen and conductors of
the United Railways had Joined the
union and obeyed the strike order.
Company officials estimated that
about a third of the car employees
had joined the union.
Twelve hundred policemen are on
strike duty.
The demands of the strikers for
increased wages were presented to
the company on Saturday. Unfair
discrimination in favor of women for
conductors is alleged to be the chief
grievance.
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pass belief" have occurred In the war
department and described the ship
ping situation as a farce. almost a
crime"
He declared the transportation sys-
tenn was broken down" and "a
gigantic wreck" with two million
tons of freight piled up in New York
without shipping facilities.
The speaker said the senate mill
tary committee was thunderstruck
with Secretary Bakers optimistic as
sertions and "his sanguine predic-
tions OF our ability to ship men to
Europe and supply them there are
exaggerations OF the widest sort"
He pointed out that the United
States would need five million tons
OF shipping in constant use to supply
one million men In France. "We all
know the total tonnage now available
is nothing like that amount" he
said. land we fear II viii not approxi-
mate 1t year from aow."
The associated congress has large
measure of responsibility for the
conduct of the war, the senator
declared, and ii would be mons
trous" to hold the president respon-
sible for the two million tons of
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,uy Associated Press,


WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Senator
Hitchcock today characterized as
absolutely preposterous and so ex'
aggerated as to convey false i'm,
preston on what we can do and are
doing Secretary Bakers statement
that the United States will have half
a million soldiers In France soon,
with prospects not unpromising for
ships to carry million more who
will be ready this year.
Senator Hitchcock made this dec
laration in the senate in a speech
supporting the war cabinet and
munitions director bills. He said that
Secretary Baker is sincere. but is
misled by lack of information. He
declared the president himself does
not know the real situation" He
cited this as an illustration of the
a senee of government coordination
Hitchcock said he disagreed" with
Bakers statement that we have plans
to declare no master plan, but har.
monize all activities"
The senator criticized many gov.
ernment war activities. illustrating
his arguments. but without attacking
individuals
He said plumbers that almost sur
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SAMM|ES ARE NOW BEHIND THE GUNS AT FRONT
Our BOyS Suffering Few Losses Lay Down Bdrrdge Fire
SENATOR HITCHCOCK CRITICIzES BAKER

freight piled up in New York. He
said that England and France were
both forced to remedy government
weakness by system of similar
war cabinet.
Senator Williams said the war cab
met proposal was almost as foolish
as the pre-war agitation to prohibit
shipments of munitions to the allies.
IF what Hitchcock said is true we
are out of the war and already de-
feated," Williams said. He charged
the Germans with Undertaking the
administration.
There are one hundred million
people ready to fight Germany by
themselves. They can whip her
themselves" Williams shouted.
we feel our mettle; we still have
spirit and we still have boys. What's
the use of. Undertaking the admin,
istration?"
He said the charges reminded him
Of man who viewed a statue and
found everything superb except one
small defect on the right heel and
then wrote 346 pages about the de
feet" He declared the bill a usurpa
ton of the executive power and un.
constitutional.
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tty AssOeisted Presa.i
LONDON, Feb 4.--The German
strikes have apparently ended, with
the exception OF new movement
reported at Jena by the Berlin Fage-
blatt. Leaders advised the return
today, after which date the execu-
tion of those who failed to return is
threatened.
The Cologne Gazette says that 400
of the 10000 employees of the Krupp
works struck These were fined and
dismissed
Troops are guarding the court
martial sitting in Berlin. The first
prisoner was sentenced to six months
for distributing leaflets advocating
the strike.
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are reported to be approaching Ulea-
borg from the south.
A number of Russian officers have
made their escape from Kemi over
the ice to Haparanda. They say the
soldiers attempted to lynch them and
their commander, whose house was
fired. The commander escaped The
situation at Helsingfors Is increas.
ingly serious. The Red Guard ap-
pears to be entirely in control. It
is reported that the Bolsheviki are
sending a large body of troops from
Petrograd to Helsingfors.
A telegram from Helsingfors re-
ported the assassination in prison OF
Deputy Emikkola, a leading member
Of the deit, and hints at further cases
Of the same kind. The Swedish
population of the city is eagerly
awaiting the arrival of the Swedish
gunboat and the three other vessels
to remove Scandinavian subjects.
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STATE INSURANCE GRANTED.

The state industrial commission
has awarded the sum of Sl,163.l0 to
the three orphan children of C. e.
Chase, who was killed last November
while in the employ of the West
End mill in Tonopah The award
will be paid in monthly installments
OF SIS to each child until he or
she reaches the age of IS years.
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MAY JOIN NEW PARTY.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 4.-The Hun
garian Constitutional party, headed
by Count Andreassy, and the United
independence party, headed by Count
Apponyi, have decided to Join the
new Government party, according to
a Budapest dispatch
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HALIFAX HORROR

tIiy Associated Prensl
HALIFAX, Feb. 4.-The govern
ment commission that investigated
the collision which caused the ex-
plosion here has held that Captain
Lamodec of the French munition
ship Mont Blanc and Pilot Macky of
Halifax are responsible. They vio-
lated the rules of the road. Both
have been arrested on the charge
of manslaughter. The commission
recommended the cancellation of the
licenses of both.
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CAPTURED MEN LOCATED.

WASHINGTON, Feb 4.-Six of the
twelve Americans reported missing
after the German trench raid Of No
vember 5 have been located by the
Red Cross in a prison camp at
Tuehel. West Prussia, General Perish
ing reported to the war department
last night They we're captured in
the first assault launched By the
Germans on an American sector.
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HEAVY FIGHTING ON
The ITALIAN FRONT

,ny Associated Press.l
ROME, Feb 4.-Fourteen enemy
airplanes and captive balloon were
brought down Sunday on the Italian
front Heavy artillery fighting is in
progress along the Lower Piave
Our bombing machines last night
damaged the plant operating the
aerial cable line between Calonazzo
and Monte Revere the statement
issued Sunday says.
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AMERICANS ARE HOLDING SECTOR
IN THE PROVINCE Of LORRAINE.
Few Casualties Occur to Our Forces,
Despite Heavy Artillery Fire
By German Guns
ms 4.soeiated I're-~.' J

lssaeiat
4Announcement that American troops are
- noion Of the actual battle
~ Bakers weekly Secretary Baker said he now beiev
that the and on the western
front despite German from Russia
Rserrino raid 80 he said the Germans
op.led withdraw from nfetins slight casual
.. He warned the of German disturbances
sIaken preparations
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DEATH OF PROMINENT MAN.

'Ws Associated Preas.S
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. 4.-Gen.
Thos. j. Shryock, 81. prominent in
business, political and financial cir
cles, died Sunday of pneumonia. For
twenty-three years he was grand
master of the grand Masonic lodge
OF Maryland, several years longer
than the tenure of the late King
Edward as a grand master.
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DECORATIONS GIVEN
. FOR RUTHLESS MURDER

tHy Associated Pre~sl
AMSTERDAM Feb. emperor
William has created a special decora-
ton for submarine crews on the an
niversary of the Inauguration of
ruthlessness in recognition of mer-
itorious work" They are available
for officers and crews after they
have made three voyages.
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DEATH OF COMMANDER.


NEW YORK. Feb. Lieutenant
Commander Reuben Titus, I. S. ~,
reserves, died in the marine hospital
on Staten island yesterday from a
bullet wound in the head, self-in-
flieted a few hours before at his
home. His wife told the police that
she knew OF no reason for the act
but that the officer mad spent much
time lately working on some sort OF
an invention. He commanded small
naval vessel.
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AMERICAN euNNERs PRAISED.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. Feb. 4--American officers
are elated over the results Of the
first artillery duel between the
Americans and Germans. An in
fantry commander praised the
promptness with which the artillery
laid down the barrage. Aerial recon.
nalssances showed that 1t will re-
quire several nights Of hard work
under the artillery fire for the Ger.
mans to repair the damage to first
line trenches and broken wire en-
tanglements the American gunners
caused.
The American trenches were only
slightly damaged
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Two Companies
Ship Bullion Bars

= The West End Consolidated =
= Mining company has shipped S2 =
= bars, the cleanup for the second .
= half of the month of January =
= II weighed 60,95S ounces and =
= was worth about 81 an ounce =
= The MacNamara Mining com. =
= pany, for the same period. sent .
= out 1895 ounces, worth sltO .
= an ounce, or sl1.434.50. =
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SECTOR ACTIVE.
tmy Associated Press.p

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb 4.-The whole
American sector is resounding with
the boom of guns. Engagements be-
came exceedingly heavy along the
American front Saturday Enemy
snipers wounded two Americans
slightly early in the morning
American troops now are occupy
ing a sector of the Lorraine front
In France. This announcement is
permitted by the military censor.
A shift OF the wind cleared away
the mist which has hindered aerial
operations and other activities for
several days, A number Of battles
in the air were fought by patrolling
planes early in the afternoon In
CONTINUED On Page Four)
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LAST OF THE
FIRST DRAFT
NOW CALLED

tIly Associated PressD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-The Pro-
vost marshal general has ordered
that the last increments of the first
draft begin moving TO camps on
February 23. This movement will
bring the national army strength to
6S5,OOO men and complete the first
draft. California's movement is al
ready complete.
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Both were found guilty of neglect
of public safety on the ground that
they didn't act to warn the inhabit-
ants of possible explosion.
The commission Considers the
pilotage authorities deserving OF cen
sure" for permitting Mackay to pilot
since the disaster The chief exam
ination of Officer Wyatte OF the
port found him guilty of neglect OF
duties required to keep himself in,
formed Of the movements of ships in
the harbor and failure to adequately
enforce the regulations.
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The German infantry called for
barrage, but American gunners laid
curtain OF fire on the enemy first
line before the Germans could re-
spond. The Americans showered
ihells on an original sector that ex
tended in activity over wide front.
fhe American sector Is on the Lor-
raine front
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secretary Baker said that Amer
iean natrols have been active in No
Mans Land and: Our scouts made
themselves familiar with the details
Of hostile positions opposite them"
Concerning the inter-allied war
council he said Complete, close
cooperation OF all the allies and
harmonious understanding between
the supreme commands of all the
forces engaged promises to show
positive results"