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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

London November 2.-(Special Cor respondence) e)-Human nature is very much the same whether it is war time or peace time. l really think that the instinct of curiosity is the most potent and powerful that we possess.
 In the full flood of glorious news from the front leayened by speeuia- tions as to Qermany's reply to Presi- dent Wilson's latest and most foreible comments on their peace terms, l was walking today through Leicester square. A large crowd of people all eintently gazing skyward attracted my attention. Naturally my eyes followed the direction of hundreds of others. thought. of course, that airplanes were in sight and that some particular maneuver was in operation. but could find no such war like vessels i'll. the, heavens above, as l realized that l had not got the correct range" I searched lower down, and all this time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

half of the profits they made went to the German army; in other quarters 1t was asserted that they went elsewhere.
 "The managers of any given Zentrale, holding as they did the monopoly, would buy the products of the producers, and' to justify it's existence would lay aside from to 20 per cent of 1t for Belgian consumption. The local brokers, some times renegade Belgians. sometimes Ger mans who came into the country to profit by the situation, would buy that product of the Zentrale, but 1t was open- ly said that in order to obtain stock of any commodity it was necessary to bribe certain employees of the Zentrale. The brokers were always willing to pay large commissioners thousand marks Tor a stock of sugar was said not to pc unusual The brokers could easily ar ford to pay this, because, having mo- nopoly, they could extract from the con sumers who were among the easier class in Belgium, what prices they pleased and l was told that brokers and the cor rupt officials of the Zentrale in thh way built up considerable fortunes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

struggle What on earth will happen here I cannot quite imagine
 I heard a group of young officers ana
 girls talking the other day, and one or
 the men just. home on leave aftef
 mighty advance, in which he had won
 "bar'' to his military cross, said Fl
 the restaurants don't keep open all night and the lights remain up in the streets, really think that London will have pretty thick time. Peace night will have to be the biggest night that was ever known in the history of the world and if the English, American and French chaps who happen to be here then don | whoop things up, I'll have the shock Of | my life. And I can give you my word, | I've had some shocks during the past | few months"
 1 Certainly things" will have to happen | in London, as they will in every other | city and town in the allied nations put l then as l said before, these anticipatlons won't hasten events and it is Just as well not to get too excited beforehand 1 I think really what we will appreciate | most when things return to the normal l once more in London, will be the lighted 1 streets. | know that it is very difficult | for people in the United States to real l ize what really dark streets mean was in New York last year during a period when the lighting restrictions ] orosr was in force. l walked about In, i. what seemed to me, brilliantly iliumi- | hated thoroughfares. l heard eVerypoay l commenting on the darkness and the l difficulty of negotiating crossings
 I I said then that a visit to London | during war time would probably make | them realize what darkness actually | meant but even then my remembrance of London's lowered lights did not come I up to the reality of this winter or l9ie' | Now if is actually the blackness of night 1 that assails us from 6:30 onwards; the 1 lights have been lowered more than they l were last winter, and that means Una. they are actually at vanishing polht, don't believe for an instant that thls state of affairs has anything to do with l impending air raids from the. enemy |country It is just economy in coal that will increase and hasten the glory or our 1 victory, but certainly our deeds are deeos | of darkness after sundown, as lar as London is concerned. Even the hotels and theatres are fairly gloomy as far as the lighting conditions are concefheo but the streets it is difficult to imagine in their real condition, unless you ars in them. The only bright things tnat ons sees o'night are the brilliant headlights of swIft noiseIess ambulances full ol
 wounded men who are being conveyee | froyn railway stations to hospitals. fo' l can catch d glimpse of their faces. usu'
 aliv cheerful and smiling. as one of th'
 hie ears swings behind another ant
 throws some of it's radiance into tn
 tunnel-lik opening filled with blanket
 covered stretchers. It IS then indeed Una
 YOU feel that the darkness IS worth nv
 ing through; it has helped to bring paci
 these men with smile or yictorg o'
 their pain worn faces. LADY MARY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
Isstep to me! rake no more sicken-

Listen to me! rake no more sicken- tnp saliyating calomel when bilious or constipated. Don't lose days work!
 calomel is mercury or quicksilver u,b,ch causes necrosis of the bones. Galomel, when it comes into contact win sour bile, crashes into it, breaking if up. This, is when you feel that awfui na,1sea and cramping. If tou are slug rish and "all knocked out" if your liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour just take spoonful of harmless Dod- Sons Liver Tone.
 Here's my guarantee-Go to any drug store and get q bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone for a few cents. Take spoonful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
THE PICTURES

There are very few scouts who do not know how to make a stretcher with poles and coats C.) All second class scouts do No. presents Scout Bregan of Troop F, one of the most enthusiastic war workers in the Birmingham district. First class scouts are required to learn a considerable amount of outdoor cook ing. Scout Jack Cooper (3) of Troop 20 has quite a reputation along this line. He is also well up in first aid work; even to the extent of being familiar with the trench carry (4) which enables a soldier to carry two wounded men at the same time. Scout Cecil Harris (5) is another of the read enthusiasts in war work. If you ever see a small scout pouring over a book which tells how to get merit badges and you are uncer- tain who he is, you are safe in making
 a guess that his name is Louis Gelders (6l of Troop 15,
 NEW TROOP IN ENSLEY Wednesday night witnessed about the noisiest troop Inauguration that Birm- l ingham has ever seen when 25 members of the drum corps went to Ensley to assist In the organization of the new ] troop at the T. c. I. plant Superinten- dent Landgrebe had sent in big truck | to haul the noise out and received full shipment seventeen new members en- 1 rolled-several of them big fellows and | the prospects are fine for an Al troop
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

view of the probable economic value or rabbit meat and fur ia the coming few years, the energies of the farmers and ranchmen will be directed to the con- servation of this important resource.
 Already a number of establishments for collecting, dressing, canning and shipping rabbit meat are in operation in western centres. As in Australia the transition of the wild rabbit in this coun- try from it's status as a pest to source of profit is assured, it is believed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
SUGGESTED PROGRAMME

SUGGESTED PROGRAMME Have each member of the troop dem onstrate or explain one item of the second class first aid work.
 DRUM CORPS Meetings in the Civic association cafe Wednesdays at 7:So. Not too late for pe- ginners to try out. Announcements soon to be made as to the organization of the fife division.
 FIRST CLASS TESTS On Friday and Saturday of this week will be held the first class tests of all kinds Indoor tests at headquarters at 3:30 and outdoor tests on Saturday, hike leaving headquarters at S:so sharp Be prepared"
 COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor will meet on Friday the 29th, The examiners are ready for all fir.t class scouts Applications and par tculars at headquarters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

The following scouts have won their war service bars this week. Red bars were won by: Goldman Oakley or Troon 20, Charles Ray and Harry Hoskinson of Troop 21 Pierson Samson of Troop 27 and George Wofford of Troop Al. White bars were won by the following: frank Chambers of Troop 12. Meyer Newfieia and Frank Bromberg of Troop l5 Jack Cooper, Glenn Sturgiss and Ernest Adams of Troop 20. Gilbert Fleming or Troop 21. Jesse Stallings and Nabb Brennan of Troop 27. David Isenberg ot Troop 40 Carl Franklin of Troop 49.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

Blue bars: Leon Franklin of Troop 49. Red, white and blue bars: Clarence Eos sett of Troop B.
 RACE TO WASHINGTON A former Birmingham man who is in government service in Washington says he would like to see how long it would take troop to get there on a relay basis The course extends along the Sounthern railroad via Atlanta and each week the total number of miles hiked by each troop with some scout official will be added and the standing of the leading troops will be published as sta tions along the road. Thus if 15 scouts of a given troop hike ten miles during the week that troop will be reported as having reached station 150 miles out from Birmingham, etc. This Washington official will send your troop official mo- tiee of it's arrival if it is the first to 1 reach the Capitol building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17
Cerman Coyernment Profiteering

<One of the many evils foisted on hope less Belgium by the German military command was system of trade monopo- lies, the highly organized ana pernlcious ras,,Its of which are described by Brand Whitlock in Everybody's. There was, back in the labyrinth of the German or ganization, farther back behind even the military clique itself, q system, dark' mysterious sinister, well camouflaged' working silently and rem0rselessly through the Zentrale, Or central bureaus.
 They were in reality limited companies to which the government of occupation granted monopolies. That is, the But ter-zentrale had a monopoly of butter the Kartoffel- Zentrale had monopoly or potatoes, when it could get any, and so on as to all sorts of products.
 ''These bureaus, each with US monnpoly had behind them in every case deerees of the governor general forbidding all trading by others in the articles in ques- tion. In some quarters 1t was said that
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
BISSELL CREEK
BY Mrs. Ward M. Fuller

Robert Howard dined at the Ward
Fuller home Monday evening.
Herb Alsop began work for Thos.
Stone this week.
Thomas Stone and family motored
to New Plymouth Tuesday and spent
the day visiting with friends and rela-
tives.
Hal Johnson is spending the week
at his upper ranch.
Robert Howard has a force of five
carpenters and several helpers work
ing on his house and expects to be
ready for the plastering the latter
part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ward Fuller, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Soran and children and
Jett Hill spent Sunday at the Thos.
Stone home.
Thos. Stone and Norwoods delivered
wheat to Bell at Letha, this week.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
SOUTH SLOPE
By Mrs. c. w. Cook

! think little energy on the roads
would be about the best tonic this
spring. Such work of the past year
is hardly recommend for a commun.
ity of progressive people. Better i'm
port some of those Eastern people like
that Wisconsin woman for instance
who farms, and farms in the most
up-to-date manner, 100 acres, and
drags oil the roads around her land
drag. Then that Iowa woman is an
other one that has grit enough to
show her progressive spirit Taking
powerful team, hitching il to a
King drag and rode and drove with
her baby in her arms % miles and
back. Good for her.
The Stinson baby was quite i'll for
a few days.
The two children of DR.. and Mrs.
Barnes wer i'll also, but are improving
now
Mrs. Warden has been on the sick
list the past few days.
Mrs. Rollander, who has been spend
ing some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Cliff Tucker, returned this week to
her home at Rocky Ford, Colo.
Work was resumed again this week
Tuesday on the overshots on the Can
yon canal, having laid off work day
or so because the ground was frozen.
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Danielson en-
tertained at dinner Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. /
Hall, II. j. DeClark and son Glenn and
Mrs. W l.. Nicol of Emmett. There
was nothing lacking in the hospitality |
of this home and the guests spent
very delightful day there.
February 6, the Crescent Clubs
luncheon will be the means of drawing
out great many members and guests.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
MONTOUR
BY Mrs. X. f. holland

Jack Sheldrew, who has been suf-
fering for several weeks with bron-
chial pneumonia, is improving nicely.
The school trustees had deep well
drilled at the schoolhouse this week.
Mrs. Schiller and Mrs. Ed. Faris
sat up with Mrs. Sheldrew, who is
very i'll with pneumonia, Tuesday
night. The ladies stayed until Miss
DeGraw came to care for her sister.
Rev. Seward thinks some of be-
ginning revival meetings next Sunday
evening. Mr.. Seward has been ablig-
ed to put off his meetings on account
of so much sickness.
Oliver Garfield made flying trip
to this place Tuesday to bring Mrs.
II. A. Garfield and little daughter to
visit at the Montour Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Juvenal were over
night visitors in Emmett one day this
week, going down by train.
Mrs. Watson's condition is not much
improved.
The funeral service Of Mrs. Mary
McQuade was held at the Montour
church Tuesday at o'clock, conducted
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
HANNA
BY Mrs. ]. [. Guthrie

John Liechty returned Saturday
from a ten days visit with his sister
at Burley.
Preparations for building are under
way on the Clinton tract, formerly the
Wertman ranch.
C. A. West and little son were call
ers at the Wayman home on Sunday.
Josephine Wayman, who had spent
the week end at home, returned to
Emmett with them.
A. C. Henderson and family moved
on Wednesday to their new home west
of Letha, usually known as the Kreit-
zenbeck farm. They will be greatly
missed in our neighborhood and es
pecially will the little folks at school
regret to lose Lorraine and Anna from
their number.
School in the upper room was dis
missed Wednesday for the remainder
of the week, on account of the illness
OF MIS-. EuWdTuS.
Mrs. Wentworth is recovering from
very severe attack of tonsilitis and
grip, which kept her confined to her
bed most of last week.
]. |. Gunthrie left on Monday for
Waller, Mont, called there by tele-
phone message from w. M. Wayman.
r. B. Wentworth and Mr.. and Mrs.
Guthrie drove to Caldwell and he took
the train from there.
Mrs. Edwards left on Thursday for
her home in Fairfield, feeling that
her health would not permit her to
continue her school work.
Robt. Towards new house, which
is under construction near the old
Howard home, can be seen from quite
a distance, owing to it's slightly To-
cation, and begins to show promise of
another comfortable farm home.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
UPPER MESA
BY Mrs. G.. X. Parks

Will Whitsell had the misfortune
to loose horse recently.
Bert Morehouse returned home /,
few days ago, after visiting some tim,
in Boise with his sister; also at the
home of his aunt near Eagle.
Mrs. Shropshire of Emmett anc
Mrs. Anderson of Boise called on Mrs
C. T. Morsehouse last Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loe Reed entertained
their Sunday school classes of boys
and girls at their home last Tuesday
evening.
Jay Sanders lost valuable young
horse last week, one of a team he
had recently bought.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preble visited at the
Loe Reed home Saturday evening.
A very enjoyable social meeting of
the U. A. Club was held at the Haynes
and Bartholo home last Thursday af
ternoon. The new officers took their
places at the business meeting. A
part of the afternoon was spent in
doing Red Cross sewing. Mrs. st.
John was a visitor of the club. Mes
DANES Haynes and Bartholo served
very pleasing Hooverized refresh
ments. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Hunter.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Morehouse went
to Boise Monday to visit their daugh-
ter and with Mrs. Warehouses; sister
near Eagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Grvaes went to
New Plymouth Tuesday to look for a
place to move TO.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. HAWTHORN visit
ID at the M. Gilbride home in Emmett
Monday evening.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
BRAMWELL
Bv E. F. Wells.

Clarence Moorehouse is moving to
Emmett this week. Clarence will
commence work for Uncle Sam in the
postoffice the goth of this month.
Sid Walker was over Monday and
stopped over night with Henry Lucht,
taking back two loads of hay Tues
day.
A. NJ Storey, wife and daughter
Sarah left Tuesday for weeks visit
with relatives down around Twin
Falls.
E. f. Wells dehorned 139 head of
cattle for John Little at Letha Mon
day.
Purl Storey and Will King, accom-
paned by their wifes, autoed over to
Wilder Monday to look at some gov
eminent land, but they were not
much struck on the land.
Geo. A. Sprague is suffering from
a severe cold this week.
Fred Heightsman was bitten by
a dog which is supposed to have had
the rabies, and was taken to Boise
last week, where he is receiving treat
ment
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07

| j. S. Burdell is progressing nicely
with his new bungalow, which is being
erected on his farm. Also w. f.
Bucks and r. II. Walace's bungalows
are nearing completion. Each of them
will be modern buildings.
The work on "No. a" is almost COM
pleted. We are hoping for early wa
ter and plenty of it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schoening re-
turned recently after an extended visit
among relatives and friends in Colora-
do.
We hope the cold weather has set
in early enough and continues long
enough to save the good prospects of
bountiful fruit crop.
Fred Spear is uneasy of the war
proposition. 81 am going, but don't
know when," says he.
Georgia Fulgham who, accompanied
by her brother went to Culver, Ore,
four week ago, returned to her home
near Emmett last Tuesday, after hav-
ing visited relatives and friends of
that vicinity, leaving Sam for an in
definite stay.
Jack Burdell recently returned
home, after an absence Of a years
stay in the East
Ora Strang is at the home of B. l..
sick abed with another
siege of tonsilitis. Here's hoping he's
soon well again.
b. l.. Limbaugh and J. Van Deusen
made a flying trip to Boise last Sun
lay evening.
Hugh Spear says his driving mare
S shedding her winter coat and will
ioon be ready to go again.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07

by Rev. Seward. "Aunt Polly" as
she was Familiarity called, was a
pioneer of Sweet, living there with
her husband, Andy McQuade, for
nearly 35 years. After selling their
ranch they made their home in Boise
where Uncle Andy died two years ago.
Aunt Polly was a patient sufferer
from cancer for many years, a de-
vout christian and had been mother
to four little orphan boys, John Brown,
her nephew, being one of the four.
Mrs. Pohlman, Mrs. Gray and Mrs.
Jennie McGhee accompanied the re-
mains to this place. The ladies men
toned, also Mrs Zeke Sweet and Mrs.
Clarkson, are nieces of the deceased.
All have the sympathy of their many
friends.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
NEWS OF GEM COUNTY
BY The Index's Correspondents

The ladies who are to give talks are
too we'll known in Club circles to need
any introduction and every one is look
ing forward with pleasure to the
event.
Cliff Tucker has a sale of livestock,
machinery and beans at his home
north of Rocky Point Fruit farm.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-02-07
CENTRAL MESA

Roy Baker and Miss Regina Conrad
visited at the Luhr home last Sunday.
Nettie and Frank accompanied them
to Sunday school in the afternoon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-24
NOW FREE OF TUBERCULOSIS
Pure-Bred Herds That Have Success
fully Passed Annual Tests Are
Placed on Accredited List.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
One hundred and seventy-one herds,
representing $3.50 cattle, were quail
fed June 1 for the accredited list Of
pure-bred herds Of cattle free from tu-
berculosis which the department of ag-
riculture is developing to insure dis
ease-free sources Of pure-bred stocks.
In order to have his herd accredited
the owner must comply with uniform
rules approved by the United States
department Of agriculture and adopted
by nearly all of the states, which re-
quire that every animal pass at least
two successful annual tuberculin tests.
In addition TO the number Of herds
mentioned, more than 600 others have
passed one successful test in prepare
ton for accrediting. One Of the many
advantages Of having accredited herds,
which is proving popular with breed
ers, is that the owner may make inter-
state shipments accompanied by GER
tificate at any time within one year
without subjecting the animals TO fur
Their tuberculin tests.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-24

Stock Raisers Will Find It to Their
Advantage to Take More Pains to
Find Out Needs Of Their Animals
and Feed Them Accordingly.
cottonseed bulls proved to be a good
fattening ration for calves for a short
feeding period.
When fed in conjunction with cot
tonseed meal, corn silage of rather
poor quality produced the same daily
gains on calves as did cottonseed hulls
and cheapened the cost Of the daily
gains.
The substitution of two-thirds of the
cottonseed meal in ration with corn
did not prove profitable when corn cost
20 cents bushel and cottonseed meal
500 a ton.
In one test it was profitable to re-
place One-third of the cottOnseed meal
with corn-and-cOb meal, but in Sec
ond test nothing was gained by the in
PRODUCTION Of corn-and-cob meal. The
first year the calves which received
corn-and-cob meal made slightly larger
daily gains and sold for more than did
the calves which received cottonseed
meal as the sole concentrate. The Sec
ond year the addition of corn to the
ration did not increase the size of the
daily gains, nor did the calves which
received corn sell for any more per
pound than the other calves.
In third test So high-grade Aber-
deen-Angus calves fed on a ration of
about three pounds of cottonseed meal,
two pounds Of cowpea hay and as much
cottonseed hulls as they would eat
made daily gains at cost of $3.50 per
hundred pounds and returned a net
profit of $3.50 each.
In a fourth experiment "a calves
which were fed for 112 days in the dry
lot and then fed SO days on pasture
made good daily gains, but the profits
were not as large as they would have
been If the calves had been sold at the
end Of the winter. The gains made
during the summer were good and
were made cheaply, but the price CT
calves was so much lower in the sum-
mer than at the close of winter that
the continued feeding into the summer
months was not profitable.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-24
He Didn't Understand.

The company Quartermaster SER
geant frowned at the raw recruit.
"What is your name?" he roared.
civilian WeaknOb, SIR" sail the
Tommy.
'"When did you enlist?'
Last Friday, sir"
"Are you leaving an allotmentT
eyes, SIR"
"Who to?"
"My mother. SIR
"How much?"
"All of it, sir"
Eyes, I know. But what is the
amount of your allotment?"
ooh, not quite half an acre, should
say!"-London Tit-Bits.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-10-24
SCRAPS

The flax of Ireland and Scotland
that can be used in linen for the man
ufacture of airplane cloth must no
longer be used for any other purpose
without permission. This is according
to an order of the British government
Japan has a glycerin manufacture
ing plant which has capacity of
about 800 tons month, and 1t is prom
ised that in the course of few years
the present importations of this COM
modify will cease.