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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18
Making a Call.

A little boy of five went witt
mother to make a call. The Lad
the house, who was very fonl
children, told him she intende
ask his mother to let her have-h
Don't you think your mother '
let me buy your" she asked.
NO" he said, you haven't
money enough"
How much will 1t take?" she al
Three hundred pounds" he
sN'@red promptly, land you haven
tha> uuch."
Il ;hink I could manage it,"
said. IF l can, will you come TO
mo, he said, with decision. ~
ma wouldn't sell me anyhow. 7
are five Of us, and mamma won
Ike to break the set."-London
Bits.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18
Ruth OXFORD

IN California studio result Of her work in
minor parts. and was offered a fat contract as a
'esui"r III reality she was only eighteen, but she
assumed all the dignity and importance of TWENTY
tract. wa
Her mother was unable to make the long trim RI
California In order to perform the necessary For
Ihlilty at the time Il contract was offered IN tho
little actress, but she just couldn't wait to baco,pe
regular member in good standing Of one OF the
largest hlm manufacturing concerns in tba mi
verse so she did her best to add cubits IN bar
stature by taking thought and carried bersoIs
win such II grace and stately bearing tbo+ sbo
really might have succeeded In getting AWAY with
It. however when the formal legal-looklng doom
,''n'' win us parties of the first part" and
whereas and "dO hereby agree" and nil tho o,bor
quaint phraseology which is necessary IN rnolo .
promise really binding was laid ont before b.r a..
sue TOOK her pen in hand TO Sign AWAY her sor,,,o
her courage failed With nervous haste sbo a.
cl"reu her really insignificant number Of vaors
S 'on""ct hau 10 wait until mother couId
make the trip to California after all
Success did not come SO easily n NT,s, NJ,
Ferguson, although she is now star 90 a,-.e 'sn
MISS Ferguson says that much patience co,,ro,a
peFS'S'eh'y and hard work were required bofer
sue got start She now looks upon her erst 90
Ior's 10 get trial as joke but il was NOT -
much OF joke then. No' 50
visited the studio every day If WIS ono, ..
-FOUR months" laughed Miss F.rprsop .aT,, loI
wouldn't even give me chance untu ono a..
a Nou''room scene they had one vacant chair tn,
ma" pressed int" service stage hands and 60
one else oot"inahle to fiji other seats and an,
last chair u me Tor the
mar was the beginning. I made good as .
.,- room spectator so l got extra work fr,n,
't't 10 ume until finally was a 'rerulor'-
MISS ferguson believes perfect he.l,h g -.
k't"'eSt asset OF an actress therefore, ,no 80
'"'e hours and exercises regularly in . ooS
S'uu oul't especially for her in her homo
Nau' 10 look as young at thirty ne 7 l., - ., /
explained the little actress The onIv ,,a,, -
no mat Is to safeguard my health rs,i.s ,"u
uIcht at 0.&O O'Clock" ''"'e every /
Miss MurEarta Fischer is youthful s.,-
not satisfied with the success which - "''o Is .
80 "''"'"'"' nut believes in working horI ~,
-, s III ao euoTt To improve her wort So
i've seriously In spite Of the fact tht -
- - -s' pictures do not indicate H. Miss 49,,
~ "'u /" ue work which she dosS q, -
,''' th"'her. When she reaches bo,,, Is
uD>! AFTERNOON In the studio. her r,otbS- 80 80
'.,' "' sorted out tor her. and After a., ',e'
''''eS 10 her study, where she I,oLs - sue
..>"'r,"S OF an immense correSD,r,ls,, me
ai''r me letters out Of the W., .t nv And
tue pans Tor her next days work SUES over
cooperation Of the star orI -,
80. - 'S>"FS Tor the making OF hst+sr -,
~ s"e says. i give an hour every s.- PIC
- =, g,SI NE work and thinking an, hi..
~, -, S4'l' 10 the director. For Won oo
rt,g,s' ser moments le,-up If Won
'''''S 10 DO good work on the screen :, 1'e an
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18
Scheme of Food SwindIers

RatiOning has its drawbacks.
ports from Holland state that thu
genuity of the food swindlers know
bounds, Within the last few ",
many have gone to private houses
resenting themselves as inspectors
ger the distribution law, and by $
plausible pretext obtained the
dents food cards or carried off all
available provisions.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18

European factories each week nj
about 100000 pounds of artlf
butter with coconut oil as a base.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18

brooklyn, n. Y, In November 81
NI,6l9,3O0 on new buildings.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18

Many sO-called smart man 4
because of his alleged smartness
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18

q ATTAIN nation wide fame while
still In the teens" at the same time
acquiring a SALARY equal to or larger
than that OF the president OF the
United States-payable not In stage
money but In real coin of the realm
may be- said to be quite some
feat. Such feat. however, has
been accomplished In the very re-
cent past by several young women.
That the young women In question
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
GENEROUS AMERICA HAS SAVED BELGIUM
 F ROM STARVATION
More Than Six Billion Tons Foodstuff Have Reached
 Country in Two Years

Paris, April 10.-( -(Correspondence of the Associated Press)--In all 6sol6,- 644,00O pounds of foodstuffs have reached the Belgian civil population through the commission for relief in Belgium from November 1, 1914, to Oc- tober sI 1917, it is announced Vt is due to the marvellous generosity Of the United States of America that the Belgians have escaped destruction through famine" says the Informa- tions Belges. a publication edited 1t Efavre under the auspices of the Bel gian government. They will never forget it,' it adds.
 When Herbert c. Hoover organized the commission for relief in Belgium in the fall of 1914 and purchased in London the few thousand sacks of flossr and wheat that were sent to Bel gi,ssa in the care of Hugh s. Gibson, the secretary of the American lega- ton at Brussels. who had gone to Lon don for that purpose none ,foresaw that the institution would grow to such proportions and would become the greatest work of the kind ever at tempted.
 The average distribution of food stuffs to the Belgian population dur ing the three years referred to above was 5,4S0.034 pounds daily.
 Importations into Belgium would have reached much greater figures had it not been for numerous sinkings Lv German U-boats of ships loaded with foodstuffs for the Belgians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
HEARD ABOUT AUTOMOBILES HERE AND THERE
Angling for Rich Customers

In the Woman's Home Companion, Corinne Lowe tells of the wiles used by a Fifth avenue milliner in making the Fern Piper" hat famous:
 Those for whom the spider spread it's web were now the weauhy ana un- fashionable women of New York, the wealthy and prompt customers from the middle west. These are the people who make money for every Fifth ave- nue speciality shop. And the only diffi- culty which now lay in our path was that this profitable custom always has to be secured through q reputation for serving the most fashionable members of New York society, those notorious fashionables who are so sensitive to a second bill and who never think of paving their first one until at least six months have elapsed.
 At first we did not have single member of this sorority. What we did was to fake them. This we achieved by several ingenious methods. One ot these was to pay $10 week each to inc chauffeurs of Mrs. Philip Rhine stewart and of Mrs. Clinton De Sale Rives for driving their crested iim- o,Isines up before our doors when thes same ultra fashionable employers were otherwise engaged. The empty iim- cuisines were extremely efficacious, and it was not long before the women who were trying to get into fashionable so- ciety were impressed. One by one, they came to us
 Meanwhile, we were also paying the clerks of two of the smartest of New York's hotels to recommend Fern Piper to their rich out-of-town patrons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
Murder of Mayor of Aerschot

The Red Cross Magazine contains a graphic account of the murder of the mayor of the little Belgian town of Aer- schot. Helen Barrett Rublee. the author tells how. after the city was sacked and the women driven out, the mayor with his wounded 16-year-old son and some 40 prominent citizens were led away to be executed.
 She says: "A superior officer advanced toward the group. The bourgomaster, in last impulse of love and pity for his son, in a final effort to save him, said to the officer, in voice very calm and tow. If we are condemned, spare at least this child, my son, that he may take care of his mother, my wife ' These were his last words. The last words" says the account "of a man whose entire career was that of a loyal citizen, conscientious in his duties and The accomplishment of his difficult func- tions, model father both to his chill dren and to his fellow citizens. The of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
GAS WARP ARE HAS GREATLY DEVELOPED
 |S|NCE ITS FIRST USE
Success of Attack Does Not Now Depend Upon Pre-
 vailing Wind

London, April S.--Gas warfare has developed to a very considerable ex- tent since it's first use as surprise weapon by the Germans a the second battle of Ypres At that time the gas cloud or wave was released from great cylinders of liquid gas embedded in the trenches and discharged by pipes leading through the parapet.
 This form of attack has now been largely discarded for it depended for effectiveness on the prevailing wind blowing from the right quarter. It soon became apparent that the gas shell was far more important weapon than any gas cloud or wave, for its action is independent of the wind and a continuous barrage of gas shells can be kept up so that the whole target area IS continuously poisoned.
 Though entirely surprised by the first German gas attack, the British and French quickly devised defensive measures and every soldier was SUD- piled with a gas mask The box res. pirator, which every allied soldier now carries is an absolute protection against all forms of gas provided that it is put on at the first alarm and is not removed until the danger is past.
 But it is very difficut to fight hour
 
 rator. There can be little speech, and man can neither eat. drink nor smoke, During d gas attaclA there must be as little unnecessary moving as possible. for violent movements of the body are likely to displace the mask and let a little of the poisoned air into the lungs, Gas shells are now used largely by both sides, for the bombardment of back areas and lines of communication for the silencing of hostile batter- iess and as a barrage previous to an infantry attack. when their effect is often supplemented by gas-wave dis charges from trench cylinders, The ef- feet of gas attack is much worse and lasts much longer in closed spaces such as trenches and dugouts, and is more effective in towns and villages than in the open. There are many kinds of gas now in common use. There is purely suffocating gas; tear gas which at tacks the eyes; a sneezing gas intend- ed to provoke an easier assimilation of the poison gas, which accompanies it. and lastly the mustard gas which is an eye, lung and skin irritant.
 Gas shells in most cases contain mixture. designed to produce double effect. The shells are fired by guns of all calibre and gas mines" and tor pedoes' are discharged from trench mortars.
 The majority of gas casualties re- cover quickly. provided they have beer only slightly exposed to the fumes be fore they put their respirators on. The effects of the irritant mustard gas art not usually serious, most cases recov' ering in two or three days. It Is gen orally stated that the gas attacks of thu French and British are more poten even than those of the Germans, whii' the allies respirators are much better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
German Hanging

From Motor Life Magazine.
 Unpopularity of hte low lines of de- sign in the German war machine are expected to bring a radical change. ac- cording to the Frankfurter ZeitunS and Berlin bodies will be hung high this fall
 man bodies will never live to hang.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

Confidence ability allied by March Chief of Staff who the since the offensive began 
 Pershg and the
  chevron his left in War Department Unite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
RED CROSS BULLETIN
Morris
 cfateC an,

FNSt'Ss
 gauge dressings. Also 500 pounds second
 hand garments were shipped for refugees
 April I5.
 Jacksonville chapter. Recently shipped
 to New Orleans 1S7 abdominal bandages,
 2b triangular bandages, pairs winter
 pajamas, F summer bed shirts, B pairs socks, 31 sweaters. pairs wristlets,
 helrnets and 5 mufflers
 Livingston chapter: April F was Llo-
 erty Loan day for Sumter county and Livingston. The Red Cross joined with the town in making it gala occasion There was a grand parade of school chil- dren, State Normal college students, municipal and county officers, citizens and the Red Cross and Junior Red Cross urganizations, with appropriate emblems,
 flags and banners, helped to make 8 most patriotic demonstration. Only brief men, ton can be made of the exercises in the courthouse square, followed by visit to the railroad station for inspection of the relief train sent out by the government
 Here the Red Cross came to the front again. and served lunch to soldiers in charge of the train. Quite hit was made by the Junior Red Cross, who pre- sented flowers and a cake to the soldier and sailor lads. April II, boxes contain ing the following articles were sent to headquartefs 55 sweaters 75 pairs socks, l tls Il jamas, 35 bed shirts and IA robes; their value being s665- There were made on ebandage day. 74S bandages, including 800 4-tailed. PAT triangular and l abdomi- nal.
 Mobile county chapter: Has been very busy. having made 250 khaki kits, S0 property bags, uhese being sent in by the JuraorsJ: CS pairs of socks, Il wristlets, 120 sweaters. 199 pairs pajamas. 420 bed shirts, 126 "T,, bandages, 1900 abdominal banda ges, 1s60 triangular bandages, S2oo gauge congresses and 27,000 sponges. A generous donation of $224 was received from the Southeastern Bankers assocla- ton. which held it's convention here. Prattvil1e chapter: This chapter and it's branches, Autaugaville, White Guy and Jones. turned out from March 2s to April 13, 9 pairs of paJamas, sweaters, 19 pairs socks, 475 com ! presses. 1250 abdominal bandages. 1olS s9r.' bandages, 511 triangular bandages, 109 many-tail bandages, 42 four-taIl bandages, absorbent cotton pads, oo paper back pads, and 9 gauge squares; cutting 1454 yards of muslin; also hem ming 57 yards of tape.
 Union chapter: Shipped to headquar- ters April 12 three boxes containing 200 four-tail bandages, 120 triangular bandages, 245 many-tail bandages, llV abdominal bandages and 10 ''T' band ages
 Articles received from March 16 to Apr;J 16 1o1S-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

than the German because the Germans have not been able to get rubber enough to use it plentifully in these instruments. The German mask is of leather or treated so badly that Ger man gas casualties have been inoid di- nately heavy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12
Cradle of Prince Cotton

Between Andizhan and Namangan one passes endless fields of cotton. with the white bo1ls lighting up the dark brown mass of stalks Cranes strut about looking for frogs in the well-watered fields and rushing wa ters abound.
 saw scores of mud wall enclosures built in seven tiers of huge block and from 10 to IA feet high Inside were the home. the barnyards and the sheep folds. and the idea seem to be to catch the sun and ward off the cold winds that sweep across this plain in winter. At the corners of the walls there was curving up-slant, remind ing one of the Chinese temple roof and possibly indicating Chinese influence here in the heart of Asia.
 Maynard Owen Williams in The Chris
 tain Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

ficers rclalsed briefly that his request was impossible and gave the order to march The prisoners were taken several hun dred va ds away to the foot of little hill There the group stopped. The con demned ones. still calm, knelt on the ground and waited bravely for death. The soldiers formed Tn a half circle around them, an under officer, sword in land, waited impatiently the final or der. A brief word of command, a sword raised, the quick sharp report from sev- eral guns. and the three victims fell forward on the earth, one on top of the other. The under officer advanced to- ward the confused mass to separate the bodies, and to see if a spark of life stiI. remained in any of them. The young boy moved slightly. A pls,ol shot fin-
 sled the work, and that was all.''
 John Hay was asked If he could re- call the favorite hymn of Abraham Lin- coin, and gave his opinion that the hymn beginning. Father, whate CT of earthly bliss" was Lincoln's fayorite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-12

If all the seeds of any one sort plant were allowed to grow they would soon cover the earth to the exclusion Of all else A single orchid plant pro- duced more than 10000 900 seeds in sea son, and many common plants, as the foxglove, very nearly equal this remark able record.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-11-01
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES

The Farmers Win-the-War CON
yention, held under the auspices of
the National Board OF Farm Organi-
cations, hereby declares as follows:
/. The National Board of Farm
Organizations and cooperating or
CARNATIONS of American farmers.
representing that part of the Amer
lean people which dwels in the coun-
try, sends its greetings to the mil
lions of men, our own and our allies
who, in the trenches, in the air and
on the sea are fighting the battles of
the Republic, as well as to the other
millions who at furnace, forge and
bench are producing the other neces-
sartes for war. To all these, we the
organized farmers Of America, rely
ing on the promise that seed time
and harvest shall not fail, give our
pledge that to the limit of our finan-
cial and physical strength they shall
be clothed and fed.
:. This war must be won The
Prussian war lords must now be
made to know how Americans can
fight and we denounce that small
but persistent faction who are seek
ing a premature peace, and voice the
conviction that the industrial as we'll
as the political freedom of the COM
mon people in all lands demands the
tInal overthrow of the German mil
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-11-01

tary autocracy No negotiated set
Element, half victory and half defeat,
will be permitted. A draw means
another fight. This war must be the
last. The terms u peace as finally
concluded must be dictated by the
United States and its heroic allies.
3. We voice the thought that the
plain people, OF whom the farmers
form so large a part, should at once
prepare for the period OF readjust-
ment that will come after the war.
The world is in the crucible. From
it must come. from it will come, bet
ter conditions for the people, or from
it will come worse conditions than
those heretofore existing. The war
is re-making the world. In the new
order which is being rough-cast on
the anvil of war, and is TO be shaped
and finished on the anvil of peace.
the plain people must rise to new
levels, or sink to lower levels than
the old.
/. We call upon the farmers of
America to remember that liberty
after victory on the battlefield, may
be defeated at home, and we declare
il TO be the duty of the great body
Of farm and Industrial workers who,
patient and resolute, wise and
strong. form the backbone of our ma
ton, SO to guide the reconstruction
which will follow the war, that JUS
tice and equal opportunity shall at
last prevail The war must be fol-
lowed by a new order in which every
man and woman shall be secured in
the certain possession OF a good edu-
cation, chance to work, a fair liv-
ing when working, an equal vote,
reasonable leisure, care in sickness,
protection in Old age and an equal
share in the government. The
chance which is coming to make our
country a better place to live in is
without parallel and. without pros
pect of being repeated. Il must not
be lost.
g. We declare that our interests
as farmers are not different from
the interests Of The nation as
whole. and that our efforts to secure
an opportunity for the greater pro-
duction needed to win the war are
based not alone upon the legitimate
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-11-01
LOCAL REGISTRANTS
ARE CLASSIFIED
Many Registered Men From This
Community Are Placed Near the
Top by County Board

The local board of Whitman
county is speeding up its work OF
classifying the registrants OF Sep.
TENDER II and many Pullman men
have already been notified of theii
classification Among those classi.
fled during the past few days were
the following;
Those placed in Class ! on depend
ency are as follows:
Frank n Bryant
Matthew J. Beistel.
Oryille r. Neil
Robert V. Mitchell
John III. Ricketts,.
Frank II. McCrogkey.
Dwight H. Cole.
John j. VanBruggen.
Melville S. Hanna
Garrett H. Maston.
John l.. Sloat.
Robert A. Eaton
Edward Napoleon ninchliff.
Those placed in Class on de-
tendency because their families are
only partially dependent are as fol
lows:
Harry II. Young.
Charley f. Monroe.
Edwin G. Schafar.
Ralph c. Hamilton
Leslie G. Eeaton.
Arthur +. Heck.
Charles e. Lybecker.
Willis II. LANG.
Edward f. Sinclair
Claude NJ. Haynes.
Omer c. Maston.
Elijah A. Patterson.
Frank l.. Maston.
John l.. Neill.
Frank f. Sanger.
Arthur J. Hoslcr.
Tom f. Burnham.
Benjamin NJ Henson.
Ferdinand l.. Schiermeyer.
Karl i. Allen.
James w. Robinson.
James l.. Hunt.
Walter A. Hately.
Steve Cardwell
Edward w. Meyers.
Irwin j. Sprague
George NJ Henry.
Albert A Peterson.
Ira G. Allen.
Men whose families are totally de-
pendent on them have been placed in
Glass 4, as follows:
Lewis o. Howard.
Edward f. Gaines
Glenn G. Vincent
Scion J. Snyder
Varnum f. Kuhn
Ernest j. Willie.
Charles II. McVay.
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1918-04-13
(To be continued)
TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF
for King

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF
Washington for King County.
Parilee Leaf, Plaintiff VS.. Sam Leaf Defendant
No " Summons by Publication.
The State of Washington to the said Sam Leaf,
Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty
DAVIS after the date of the first publication of this
summons to-wit within sixty days after the 9Th 6
dav of April, 1918, and defend the above entitled
action in the above entitled court, and answer the
complaint of the plaintiff, and serve copy of your
answer upOn the undersigned attorney for plaintiff
at his office below stated and in case of your fail
IRE so to do Judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the complaint which
has been filed with the clerk of said court
The object of the above entitled action is to OBJ
tain a decree of divorce from the defendant by the
plaintiff on the ground of desertion, and for the
restoration of her former name Parilee Townsend,
and likewise the real estate, lot 49, block of High
land View an addition to the city of Seattle King
County Washington.
ANDREW r. BLACK,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
P O. Address, 316 Pacific Block, Seattle, Wash.
April 6-May IS, 1918.