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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
Word From Oldfield's

The following letter was written
to the Gazette by G., G. Odfeld
from Chico, Cal. after he and his
family had made the trip there by
the overland route:
"Well, we are here. Will tell
you briefly OF our trip. Had good
weather as l wrote you at WaHa
Walla. The Columbia River High
way was days drive from Hood
River to Portland. long to be re-
membered by us for its natural
beauty spots as we'll as the wonder
full way they. have built this re-
markable auto road.
When we left Portland it was
raining and rained on US from there
to Salem and we had damp drive
all the way to Roseberg, Ore. To
Redding Cal. was made in two days,
On this section we passed over the
Slskiyou mountains, at the summit
of which we found trace of snow,
but this road is concrete to the sum-
NIT so the rains and new snow did
not hinder US. The second night we
camped at the base of Mount Shasta.
Used everything available in the
way of bedding and, by the way,
forgot to drain the radiator
Found it froze up the next morning
but luckily got it thawed out with
out any damage. From there start
ed the interesting part of our
journey, or rather the anxious part.
They are constructing the roads
for 40 miles through the mountains
The composition of the soil is a red
slippery, sticky, tough gumbo. II
this 40 miles we had to negotiate
about dozen chuck holes. These
!. places l cannot describe, only to sa!
. after we got through them we won
; dered how we ever did it,. Got hung
; up once only, which we believe is
t record
Have been out to our ranch ant
things look fine. Believe we will
like it here very much. Orange
will be ripe in about month.
Hope this finds everyone well AM
free from the dreaded flu. Her
we are compelled to wear the mask
> over our faces. The disease is yer
bad here in this climate. Regard
from, The Oldfields.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15

as little compass as possible that
they may not annoy others. This
will secure you safely in the arms
of the Lord. 1t will ever be a cause
of rejoicing and you can ever defy
your toes.
III. God with u.s. He knoweth
them that trust him.
God is on intimate terms with
you then and your friends, as he
knows you and yours. He will sup
ply all your wants. He divinely
approves and lovingly communes
with you. God will remember them
that seek God. as He remembered
Daniel in the den; the three child
rem in the furnace; Job in his afflic-
tions; Lazarus in the grave and Bel
GUM and Serbia in the former Kai-
ser's grip. Remember God is
good. DIR. G. w. H. Smith.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
kendrick Had Celebration

Last Monday afternoon all the
stores closed in Kendrick for two
hours and the citizens of the town
gathered at the park to celebrate
the end of the world war. Speeches
and music by the band constituted
the principal part of the program
after which the crowd formed a
parade and marched through town,
headed by Mayor Peterson and the
band.
Those who took part in the speak
ing were: Mayor Peterson, DR..
Smith, j. |. Mitcham, Rev. Gregory,
H. P. Hull and N. E. Ware. The
speeches were limited but the en-
thusisam of the orators carried them
past the time limit. No one object.
ed, however, as the crowd was there
to do justice to the occasion. DR.
Smith got three rousing cheers foi
God, out Of the audience. which
probably no other event than the
! downfall of the Kaiser would have
warranted.
While the band played "The Stal
Spangled Banner" the Kaiser wa!
burned in effigy.
The young folks took mattres int
their hands in the early part of ths
evening and started their celebra
tion with a big bonfire on conspic
uous point on the canyon side neal
town. They kept up the revelr!
until late hour.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
Gave a Peace Banquet

Burl Emmett entertained num-
ber of his friends at a supper party
at the Kendrick Hotel last Monday
evening. The occasion was in the
nature of peace banquet to cele-
brate the close of the war. Four
teen plates were laid and all present
did full justice to bountiful
chicken dinner cooked by Mrs. Dor
ris. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Ivy and daughter Edith,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Lewis, Mrs.
Pearson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Nc
Crea, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Long, Mrs.
Braden and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs,
o. E. MacPherson and Mr.. Emmett
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
Laurel Boyd, Wounded

The following letter was written
from an American hospital in
France by Laural Boyd, who was
wounded by machine gun bullet
in the hip October 4.
October 10, 1918.
Dear Ones at Home:
l have not heard from you for
long time but suppose have some
mail waiting for me at the COM
pany. | am going to send them my
address SO it will be forwarded to
me. am in the hospital now.
Had slight wound just above the
right hip, but don't think it is SER
ious as l will likely be out of the
hospital by the time you get this.
| got wounded on the morning of
the 4th of October about 9 o'clock.
1t was done by machine gun bull
let. They are not as bad as the
high explosives.
| haven't run across any Of the
boys who came over before | did.
| suppose l will one of these1fne
days. Sure hope will as I haven't
seen anyone ! knew for a long time.
Well, I feel whole lot better.
We have justshad dinner. All l can
do is to eat and sleep and lie in bed.
Later, Oct. 14:--I did not get a
chance to send my letter so will add
little more. / am feeling better.
\ l expect to be up and walking a.
round in two or three days. Don't
worry about me for l will be home
for Xmas dinner.
Twas up on the front ten days and
II nights before they winged me
We drove them back ten miles
while l was up there and they have
been going ever since l got hit.
will ring off and mail this, hop
ing to see you soon. Your loving
son, Laurel F. Boyd, Base Hospital
No. "a, A. P. O. France"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
Ogden Bought Farm

Louie Ogden, who sold his place
above Kendrick a short time ago,
purchased the Virgil Fleshman
farm in the Fairview district on
Potlatch ridge. The place is we'll
improved and consists of $50 acres
of which rs are under coultivation.
Mr.. Ogden estimates that about %
acres more can be put under cul-
tivation. The deal was made last
week and the consideration was
$1,000.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
October 80, 1918

October 80, 1918
Dear Ones at Home:
l arrived here all . K. and feel
fine. We were on the train about
a week. We sure had dandy trip
back here. We got off at most of
the important cities and took a hike
around town. They treated US swell
all the way. The Red Cross fed US
twice every day while we were
travelling, besides our regular meals
on the train. We had sleepers all
the way and the same ones we had
when we left Fremont, Cal. From
New York we took a boat to Brook.
lyn, then a train to within about q
mile of this place. 1t looks as
though there will not be much more
fighting over there now. | must
close. Your son and brother, Frank
Address Corporal Frank Boyd, Hdq
Co. 18th Infantry. A. E. F.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
Home Is Where the Boy Is In
This War
By BRUCE BARTON

visited home where a service flag hangs;
and while we ate we talked of the boy who is
over there.
81 wonder if he is cold tonight" the mother
said, Il wonder if he has a place to warm him.
self and dry his clothes and something good to
eat"
'What wouldn't give to be with him. she
said and we were silent, knowing her heart.
But thought of the Soldiers of Friendliness
who that very night would crawl out across No
Mans Land to take chocolate and hot coffee to
that boy
Of the huts with their warm fires burning; Of
the great lecturers and preachers and actors and
motion pictures that are over there.
And | thought to myself; 'There is diff
ference between this and every other war. For
when the boys have marched away before, the
influence of their homes has stopped at the front
gate and could go no farther
But in this it follows the flag, across the
ocean, over the she'll torn battle land, straight
up to the front line trenches.
Home is where the boy is in this war. From
every town and village the lines of helpfulness
run out
And no boy leaves his home behind him:
step by step it travels with him, financed by the
folks behind him-a token of their love.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15

Ben Wilcox, who has been work.
ing at the mines for the past few
years, was in Kendrick the first of
the week visiting his mother, Mrs.
L. M. Wilcox. Ben had rather a
serious time with an attack of in
fiuenza shortly before coming here.
1t developed into pneumonia and he
was very i'll for about two weeks.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15
From Frank And Billy
Mare Island, Cal

Mare Island, Cal.
''Dear Folks at Home:
Well, | just thought | would write
and let you know how l came out on
the exams. The list was posted to-
day and | made second class all O.
K. We have to report to the school
tomorrow and go to the captain of
the yard before we are officially
rated, but that only takes a half
hour. Haven't heard from Ralph
Fenton for a long time.
There isn't much to write about
around here. We are still in quar-.
antine and have to wear gauze
masks, but think-we will get out
pretty soon. As ever. Billy"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-11-15

The teachers examination, sched-
uled to take place at Moscow next
week, has been indefinitely post
poned by the state department. 1t
will NOT be held next week.
The Press., 1918-09-19
PUZZLED BY QUEER NAMES
Writer Finds It Hard to Understand Why Parent8 "Impose Burden"
 on Their Children.

What extraordinary names some people are compelled to bear, or choose to assume! I hesitate to call them Christian names" because they aren't Christian, very often. "Given names" is perhaps the better way of describing them. Perhaps you have heard of the Irishman assisting at 8 baptism, who, when he heard the god mother answer Hazel" to the ques- tfon as to the child's name, broke forth: 'FOr the love of hiven! the whole calendar is full of the names of blessed female saints, and they do he callin' the baby after nut 7"
 I thought of that when looked through the catalogue of a girls col lege the other day, and noted these labels: GoIde Mae, Eura, Arvilla, Kathryn. Elva, Melba, Izer, Neva, Ra- mona, Nabelle, Vidah, Esta, Millis, Mayme, Mable, Arthetta, Lilyan, Bu- lah, Arbita, Narmie, Ara, JOnnie, ROxa, Zurelle, Zuliene, Vanja, Mote, Corenna. It was comfort to get back to Brid- get and Margaret! Names are not ar- bitrary combinations of vOwels and cOnsonants; they have, or should have. significance, historic setting, a personal and family relationship. that digniffr~ them.
 To invent fantastic labels for pet dogs may he allowed: but human be- ings ought not to be put on that level. So, misspellings of familiar names. Christian or family, seem either undig- niffed or ignorant, now when fixed spellings have been accepted. Can some one explain Ga Nun and U'Rell. both of which variants fatigue mel Living Church.
The Press., 1918-09-19
Buffalo as Beast eH Burden.

The buffalo has always been rated as untamable and many scientists have regarded him as one of the most stu pid beasts that ever existed. It has remained for Maj. Bob YOkum of Pierre, $. D., after five years of effort, to accomplish the wonderful feat of training a pair of buffalOes to trOt to wagon, and also to do many other re- markable stunts. Major YOkum Is a former United States marshal and is known in the old ranching and cowboy life of the American West. from Kan sas to Oregon. One of the accom- plishments of the YOkum team is to race against horses, and they distance their speedy competitors. They lOathe the saddling process and when the rider mounts them will ''buck" in a way to shame a veteran brOnchO.-- St. Nicholas.
The Press., 1918-09-19
SOMERS

Kenneth Pomeroy of Boston is a guest of his cousin. Chester W. Pome- roy.
 Mrs. Anna l.. Pomeroy has been en- tertaining I. W. Phillips of Pawtuck- ct, R. I.
 Mrs. Hiram Hunt is confined at the Springfield hospital, following an operation for gall stones.
 Irving w. Phillips of Pawtucket, R. l., a former resident of the town, has been visiting Mrs. Anna L. POme- roy.
 Arthur K. Prior has been spending several days vacation at the home of his parents, Mir. and Mrs. Henry Prior.
 Prof. and Mrs. c. L. E Moore and little daughter. Hazel, have returned to watertown, Mass, after visiting Mir. and Mrs. Raymond Bugbee.
 Mrs. D. l.. Ellis who has sold her home on Main street to John Hanley, who has been living in the Sth dis trict. will live at the home of s. N. Wilson.
 Archer l.. Hurd left Monday for Middletown, where he will enter Wesleyan University. Saturday even ing he was given surprise party in his home. sixteen being present.
 In Somers 1SS men between the ages of IS and 45 registered Thurs day. Of these 103 were native born. eleven were naturalized. two were declarents with their first papers and sixty-dve were non-declarents,
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank Chapel and daughter Ruth accompanied Mir, and Mrs. Charles Russell ot Springfield, Mass. on a weekend motor trip te Littleville Mass. where Nlr, and Mrs, Paul Griswold are making their headquarters while on a motor trip through the Berkshires.
 Miss Marjorie Moore has returned to Mount Holyoke College for her senior year.
 Mir. and Mrs. William B. ScOfield entertained a house party over the weekend to celebrate their fifteenth wedding anniversary. September 10. Their guests were MT and Mrs. Rob- ert Holcomb and daughter Dorothy, Mir. and Mrs. R. P. Hanson and son Daniel, MT. and Mrs. W. R. Bull, Mir. and Mrs. Richard Kervick and chill dren. Frank Bassett and Burton Hickox all of Springfield, Mass, and Mir. and Mrs. William Deane of Long meadow.
 The republicans have placed the following in nomination for town office: Assessor, l.. A. Gowdy; board of relief, Fred A. Pease and Fred l.. Wood; selectmen. Albert s. Hurlburt, Herbert E. Thatcher; auditor, Ray mond S. Bugbee; grand jurors, James Wood. John Hunt and Percy Kibbe; tax collector, Edward P. Russell; constables. Norman s. Wilson and Albert S. Hurlburt; registrars of voters. Alonzo l.. Hurd: school com mittee. A. Vail Smith; library direc- tors, c. S. Fuller, Arthur GoldthOrpe.
 Miss Irma Augusta Chapel, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Frank I. Chapel of Jones street, SOmers, and Paul Loomer GriswOld, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank l.. Griswold of Hazardville, were married Saturday afternoon at
The Press., 1918-09-19
AInhnhnA n1 sn,,Ia

The part which gesture plays in Ori- ental drama is set forth in a recent Hindu volume, which says that there Is fitting gesture to represent every emotion. The gesture, in fact, is de scribed as deaf-and-dumb alphabet of the soul. There are nine movements of the head, corresponding to nine emotions, mentioned by one authority, 24 by another; 2S movements of the single hands, and "A or 26 of the dOu- ble hands, etc. also hands" denOting animals, trees, oceans and other things. For example, q certain posi- ton of the hands denotes a certain emperor, caste or planet. The trans latOr says rather naively that only 8 cultivated audience can appreciate h. dian actors art"
The Press., 1918-09-19
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

By a new government order for the conservation of paper one of the provisions. besides cutting of all free papers and the forbidding of publishers accepting the return of unsold copies from newsdealers, for bids the continuation of subscriptions after three months after date of ex- piration unless subscriptions are re- newed and paid for.
 Subscribers in arrears please take notice.
 Uncle Sam has assembled a re- markahle exposition display for the purpose of letting the people of the United States know what is being done to win the war in Europe. The State fair. to be held at Berlin, Sept. 24th to 2Sth. inclusive, is the only place in New England where it will he seen except one. The exhibit will cover 10000 square feet of floor space There will also be official war moving pictures. The management will have a big exhibit by the Junior Food Army of Connecticut, showing pigs. lambs and other stock raised.
 The War Department has estab- Hshed a Collegiate Unit of the Stu dents Army Training Corps at the Connecticut Agricultural College. Graduates of High School. also those who are not graduates. but have com pleted not less than 13 units of sec ondary school work are eligible for enlistment. Students of eighteen or over may be inducted as members of the corps at privates pay with subsis- tence and tuition paid by the war de- partment Students under eighteen may enlist at their own expense for subsistence and tuition. Induction takes place October 1st. Applica- tiOn should be made at once.
The Press., 1918-09-19
NOTICE.

Taken by virtue of an EXECUTION to me dt- rect ed, ana will be told at PUBLIC VENDUE 10 the highest bidder, at the public sign. post lh the toWR or S' afford, fOurI cen days after date' which will be on the 18th day Of sept emoer. 1918, at 10 o'clock n the forenoon, 10 sAtisty said F xecutiOn and my fees thereon, the following property, 70 wit: .- motor meat cutter. computing scales, one plat form scales, meat table, meat block, meat ! nives safe, McCasky register, meat wagon, lot of canned goods several pounds Of tea, conee and spices and all groceries now In the store formerly occupied by J. M Armstrong m Ihe Sena block on Main.st.
 stafford, Sept. 4th, 1918 .--.-.,.
The Press., 1918-09-19

wereY
 ."Then you are. I knew iti When are you to be marriedY'
 "Married?" she echoed. Robert, use reason. Do you suppose my fiance to dabble in law?"
 sT beg your pardon, Ruth. hate to ask, but is it-er-er-"
 "A broken engagement" she SUD- piled. "NO. Never been engaged in my life. But listen; I'll not tease you any more. The Ruth of Berkeley Is my own cousin-my fathers twin brothers daughter. You see, that ac- counts for our extraordinary likeness to each other. This brother ran away when he was eighteen, to the West evidently, but was never heard from 1; so never knew I had such relative until this Ruth's engagement was an- nounced. Being curious, wrote for information"
 "But her name9"
 "Father's mothers name was Ruth, and both boys named their only child for her. Hence the coincidence"
 "I don't like cOincidences. Don't tell me it was one that made you active in this murder case"
 "It wasn't. passed the bar exams over year ago; you surely aren't sur- prised at that! Last October took an office in Syracuse"
 "Ah, that's why"
 "Sh-h-h! And when l read about this case and the difficulty in getting -a lawyer to defend the girl I was in- clined to do 1t myself. What decided me was your being in it. thought it would be rather much of a surprise, you neglectful bOyl"
 
 We'll, even legally-Inclined war hr1.1oS NLo &O ho ma rrSad fin Juna
The Press., 1918-09-19
Thinqs Injurious to Fish.

The gaunt skeletons of trees which are so conspicuous in the "cOke re. gions" show the effects of sulphurOus gases on vegetation. and the influence of mine water on fish life may be read. fly imagined. The heavy sediment GOV CTS up the gravelIy spawning beds, and suffOcates the eggs, thus infiicting in. jury on the fishes at the most vulner- able point. The sawmill Is the "dear- est foe" of nature lovers. Its unsuitable maw has welI-nigh devoured our for ests, and, not content with the desOla- ton it has produced in this way on land, it Is ruining our lakes and rivers by sawdust.
The Press., 1918-09-19
LAKE HAS APPROPRIATE NAME
Body Of Water In Eastern TUrkeStan Resembles a Pendulum In ItO
 Regular Swing.

Lake LOp-nOr, the wandering lake Of the desert of Tayla-makan, in eastern Turkestan, is the termination of the River Tarkin. Like a pendulum, the lake has swung from. the south to the north of the desert, and back again, since the memory of man. The wan derings of the lake are tradition handed down from father to son for centuries. The natives of the lake shore have always followed the wa ters.
 At present LOp-nOr is in the south ern part of the desert; a shallow reedy body of water hardly deserving the name of lake. Murky and unpleas- ant. it furnishes a livelihood to the tn- habi:aAts of its banks, the majority of whom are fishermen. In their frail shallow boats they cut through the reeds, fishing and hunting for water fowl along the banks. In some places the reeds are too thick to admit the passage of the boat; in such cases. however, 1t is possible to walk over the water on rafts of dried and rOttiQg stems. The chief native delicacy is  the eggs of the reed-birds.
 Lake LOp-nOr is one of the hottest places on the map in the summer and the cOldest in the winter. During the winter months the lake is entirely fro zen over, the temperature diving: to 20 degrees below zero. In the summer the combination of temperature of 1O6 degrees and, the -innumerable. flies and mosquitoes which swarm on the banks make LOp-nOr anything but @ summer resort.
 The explanation of the lakes wan derings lies in the fact that Tarin car ries every year quantities of silt to the lake bed, which slowly rises. In time, a hundred years or so, the river must seek a new outlet, and the pendulum swings to the north or south of the desert, as the case may be.
The Press., 1918-09-19
Human DeNeIopment.

Man has been on the earth perhaps some twenty odd thousand years, and 1t is only the last three thousand that we are much concerned with. To sup pose that a modern Englfshman must necessarily be at a higher stage of mental development than an ancient to argue that Browning must be better poet than Wordsworth because he came later. If the soul, or the brain, of man Is developing, it Is not developing as fast or so steadily as all that.-Gilbert Murray in the Gen. tury Magazine.
The Press., 1918-09-19

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 We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub fishing. endorse the opinions Of our correspond snts.
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 Advertisers desiring change should have copy at office by Wednesday at 10 s. m, otherwise we cannot guarantee change.
 This paper Is mailed regularly 10 It's suoscrib- CTS until definite order to discontinue Is re eslved and all arrears are paid in full.
 We are always glad to have nstcs items sent in, but request that they reach us by Wednesday morning. or earlier if possible. it Is often nee- essary to abridge items that are received ater Wednesday noon. Forms closed Thursday Ht A. m.
The Press., 1918-09-19
No Mistaking His Meaning.

Smith was taking his friend out for a drive. The car had the jumps. It baked and bucked and bounced along unsteadily, greatly to the friends dis comfort. They turned into a park boulevard and the friend noted a sign at the side of the road. Smith. you better not drive on this road" said the friend. "Why?" asked Smith. "Well, that sign says Pleasure cars only.'"
The Press., 1918-09-19
DISTRICT OF STAFFORD. ss. Pro

5 7 bate COHrt, Sept. r. 1918.
 Est ate of Leonard 5. Baker, late Of stafford, in said district, deceased.
 The eXecuLor having exhibited his admtnis- tTation account with said estate to this court for allowance, it. is
 0rdered-That the 2Sth day Of Sept, 1918, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the probate omce Tn Stafford, be and the same is assigned for hearing on the allowance Of said administration account with said est ate and this couIL directs the execuUor to cite all persons interest ed therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing this order in some newspaper having a circulation In said district. and by posting A copy on the public sign-p post in the town or StafToTd, where the deceased last dwelt.
 ROBERT II. FISK, Judge.