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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
SPOERRY
WRITES EDITOR

The editor of the Herald is in re-
ceipt of letter from Capt. G. w
Spoerry, 18th Division Intelligence
School, Camp Lewis, Wash, in which
he states that he has signified his will
lingness to stay in the army. Capt
Spoerry plans to come here about the
9th of this month to visit with his
friends and look after property inter
ests. He writes in part: For the
past two weeks | have been detailed
on special duty with the Division In
telligence school This is highly in
teresting work and the department is
called, 1.-The eyes of the army. 1t be-
comes the duty of this section to eX-
plore the front and the enemy, spy on
the enemy, get his messages, cipher
them and transmit in logical form to
the commanding officer so as to frus-
trate their moves and beat them at
their own game. In selecting men for
this section we are given the pick of
the Division and we have $50 of the
best obtainable. BY the way, Dean
Norton was selected as one and has
been doing nicely.
1.-The officers will continue the work
after the men have been sent back to
their regular outfits from which they
are called as needed, so / will proba-
bly, be busy for a while longer.
was fortunate in getting the highest
mark of any officer in the school and
have been RECOMMENDED as a Divisional
Intelligence officer which is a staff
pOsitiOn"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24

A food map of Europe today shows
not a single country In which the fu-
ture does not hold threat of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point. With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even In the Ukraine, with stores accu-
mulated on the farms, there is famine
In the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand in a different rela-
ton from the other nations to the peo-
pie of the United States. America has
for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs. which, with those
of Serbia, must be included in this
plan, are urgent in the extreme and
must have immediate relief.
The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended TO
her during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us TO continue our
work there. The moment the German
armies Withdrew from her soil and she
was established once more In her own
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
On the Way TO the Rhine

According to a dispatch in the daily
papers of Friday the 146th Field Artil-
lery is now on its way to the Rhine.
The men in this division expected
to be home by Christmas but being
sent into the enemy territory is a
mark of honor that almost reconciles
them to the delayed return. This
regiment made a great reputation for
itself in the battle of Chateau Thierry
when it rushed to the front 10 use the
giant French guns with which they
had been practicing for months. Sever
al Boomers Ferry boys are in this reg
iment. including Howard Kent and
Stanley Jarvis.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
EACLESON IS
APPRECIATIVE

The editor of the Herald recently
son, state treasurer and reelected to
that office by a large majority, in
which he asks that all the voters who
gave him their support in the last
election, be advised of his apprecia-
ton of their vote. While Mr.. Eagle
sons letter is a personal one many
parts of it are most interesting to all
and will go to show the sterling char
acter of the man in whom the people
have many times expressed theN
trust and faith:
During this campaign | did not So
licit the support of any one, either by
letter or in person, feeling that mas
much as | had served the people for
four years, they knew my record and
what | could do, and being a candidate
for a third term and knowing the pref
udice some people have against an
officer holding office longer than two
terms, | felt somewhat backward
about advancing my candidacy and de-
cided to stand squarely on my record
and put it up to the people themselves
and, needless to say, the result of the
election is most gratifying to me.
''To have been elected by the largest
majority ever given any state official
since statehood, is something one has
reason to be proud of and | am exceed
ingly grateful to my friends for what
they did for me for the vote shows
that there must have been many in
all parts of the state who took a per-
sonal interest in my candidacy.
wish it were possible to write to all
my friends and thank them for their
hearty support, which is greatly APP
preciated. However, ! shall endeavoT
to show them by my actions that |
do value the confidence they have
placed in me and will endeavor to
conduct the affairs of this office in
such manner that l trust that they
will have no reason to feel that their
confidence has been misplaced.
/ "As you know in the past the state
treasurer's office has been a political
football and was run for the benefit
of politics and personal gain 1t has
been my earnest endeavor to take the
office out of politics and give the PEG.
pie good, clean business administra
ton, for this is a business Office il
every sense anu not pOlIlcdl one
We are looking after about $4,000,
100000 in security and cash anC
any office that properly cares for tina
amount of money and securities ha,
plenty to do.
IF l can get the proper Legislation
through in January l can increase thu
earnings of this Office from $50, 900 OF
to $50,000.00 per year which is NOR
than enough to take care of the ex
pense of the office. For the last few
years this Office has been more thai
self supporting and while, of course
= the work is increasing very fast, tn
past two years have increased NOR
[ than one-third, the expense of the of
= fee naturally must increase. But
e we can increase the earnings sufficient
: ly to more than take care of the adde
, expense. am sure the people of tn
state will be satisfied.
Il want you to express to the peopl
= of Boundary county my appreciatio
e of the dandy compliment paid me i
the recent election"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
Athenians Must Give Banquet

The sale of the season tickets for
the Boomers Ferry lyceum course, the
first number of which was given at
the X. p. hall last Friday night, was
made, as in previous years, through
the efforts of the students of the two
literary societies of the Boomers Ferry
high school The sale of tickets was
conducted in contest form, the losing
side agreeing to give a banquet in
honor of the winners. Full reports
have not yet been made but it is GER
tain that the members of the Olympian
society are the winners.
The lyceum course tickets did not
sell this year as we'll as last and there
will be a large deficit if there is not
an extra large attendance of the next
two numbers. A special effort to
sell tickets will be made before the
next number and it is possible that
a special ticket will be sold for the
two remaining entertainments.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
MANY JOINED
RED CROSS
REPORTED 531 MEN,
BERSHIPS RECEIVED UP TO
LAST NIGHT
new PLANS LAST MINUTE
Many County Districts Have Not
Made Reports

Up until last night 531 memberships
had been secured in the Red Cross
Christmas Roll Call drive in this
county, according to the records of the
secretary of the drive, Miss Goldie
Cave No reports have been re-
ceived yet from any of the country
districts and it is expected that when
these reports are made they will
swell the total number of member
ships to close to the 1000 mark.
When the drive was first announced
Chairman Kent and the Red Cross
workers made arrangements for a
house to house campaign for member
ships. A day or so before the drive
opened word was received here that
there was to be no solicitation and
that the memberships should be vol
untary. However it soon became APP
parent in the large cities that the
drive would be failure if all solicit
ing was dispensed with and organiza-
tions were hastily effected. In this
county most of the memberships were
secured at booths at the postoffice and
in the stores. Had the house to
house campaign as at first planned,
been carried out there is little doubt
but that 1900 memberships would have
been secured. There was a dearth of
literature for the drive too, in this
county and the committee had to get
along as best it could.
The drive for Red Cross member
ships will continue for a time yet and
memberships can be secured of Chair
man Kent, Secretary Miss Cave or at
the pOstoffice of Postmaster Wiley or
Miss Dunn. Memberships are ac-
copied any time of the year but all
memberships taken from now on will
expire next December
The members of the Christmas Roll
Call drive committee expect that a
number of memberships will be re-
ceived from the employees of the Spok-
ane International and Great Northern
railways. The employees are being
solicited for memberships.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
WON'T BE HOME UNTIL SPRING
Stanley Jarvis Writes That lie Is
Heading for German Soil

The many friends of Stanley j.
Jarvis, WAGNER, Battery c, 146th Field
Artillery, France, will be pleased to
read the following letter from him
which was written to his mother on
October 20:
MY Dearest Mother:
Just a few lines to let you know
that | am o. X. and feeling fine. We
have been taken back of the lines and
are getting re-equipped. and cleaned
up. Getting new cars and everything
fixed up in general. We expect to
leave for the Rhine. that is the Ger
man border and of course, we don't
know how long we will stay there
but the dope is, about three months
l suppose that we will be there until
everything is settled and in case the
Germans do start any trouble, we will
be there to stop it. You don't need to
worry for they are as glad it is all
over as we are. Now, listen, Mother,
we have a long trip ahead of us-about
thirty days and if you don't hear
from me for quite while, don't worry
for you know we can't write when we
are on the road. l will write you as
soon as we arrive, but you keep on
writing and then l will have lots of
mail when | get there. l don't think
that we will be home before spring
but we will be thankful that the war
is over and that we don't have to fight
all winter. We have been issued a
lot of new. warm clothes so don't
worry, Mother, we will make it all
right"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24

Owing to the fact that the influenza
epidemic put all school work many
weeks behind, the usual Christmas
programs in the various grade rooms
have been dispensed with although in
many of the grades a short and sim
pie program is being rendered this af-
ternoon. There will be but one days
vacation and school will be resumed
Thursday. There is also to be one
days vacation on New Years day.
At the Northside school there will
be vacations on Christmas and on
New Years. On account of the lack
of time in which to prepare Christ
mas entertainments there will be no
public programs. This afternoon the
pupils of Miss Winship's room will
enjoy taffy pull Miss Steers pupils
are having a spread" and in Miss
Dryden's room the pupils are having
Christmas tree and short program
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24

seat of government the little nations
first thought was to express her graft
tude to the Commission for Relief In
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure In such a map for Ameri-
cans because there is no present indi-
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem If she Is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou-
bic centers.
England, France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet immediate
needs, but their future presents seri-
Gus difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun-
tries-Norway, Sweden and Denma rk
whose ports have been open and who
have been able 10 draw TO some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia is already In the
throes of famine, and 10000, 900 people
there are beyond the possibility OF
help. Before another spring thou
sands of them Inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
Grip Contained Is Pints Whiskey

Sheriff Dunning has possession of a
grip containing IS bottles of whiskey
which was handed off of Great North
ern passenger train No. 43 Sunday
evening by one of the porters. The
porter gave the grip to Henry Driscoll,
proprietor of the Commercial hotel,
telling Mr.. Driscoll to reserve room
for the owner who would be in on the
next train. The porter haded Mr..
Driscoll card calling for the reser-
walton of room and signed by 81. e.
c." Driscoll put the grip in his cart
and brought it up town. Before he
had taken the grip into the hotel and
had had chance to assign the room
as requested Sheriff Dunning asked to
examine the contents and found the IS
pints of whiskey. Someone tipped off
the owner of the grip and he has not
appeared at the Commercial to claim
his room or the grip.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24

gions, with conditions most serious in
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania and
Montenegro have already reached the
famine point and are suffering a heavy
toll of death. The Armenian popula-
ton is falling each week as hunger
takes its toll, and In Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that famine Is near. AL
though starvation is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur-
key are in the throes of serious strin-
gencies.
In order TO fulfill Americas pledge
in world relief we will have to export
every ton of food which can be han
died through our ports. This means at
the very least minimum of 10000, 900
tons compared with 100000 tons pre-
war exports and l1,S20,000 tons ex-
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties of war to the European
allies.
If we fail TO tighten the black spots
on the hunger map or If we allow any
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened Revolt and anarchy
inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see In other parts OF
Europe a repetition of the Russian de-
bacle and our fight for world peace
will have been In vain.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
John Ross Wins Contest Case

Attorney E. NJ Flood was advised
yesterday that the register and re-
ceiver of the u. S. Land Office at
Occur Alene, had rendered a deci-
sion favorable to the defendant in the
land contest case of the L. S. Govern
ment against John Ross, of Addie
which was heard before u. S. Commits
sioner c. w. King on May 16. Attor-
ney Flood represented Mr.. Ross in
the hearing. The government wit
nesses claimed that Ross had not re-
sided upon or cultivated his home
stead according to the homestead law
requirements. The Ross homestead
contains 120 acres of rich land.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
Red Cross Dance Friday Night
In Honor OF Returned Soldiers and
Sailors OF This County

The members of the Boomers Ferry
auxiliary of the Red Gross will give a
dance at the X. p. hall Friday night in
honor of the soldier and sailor boys
who have been mustered out of ser
vice or are here visiting for the holt
days. Good music has been secured
and a dandy good time is assured to
all who attend.
There will be no charge of admis-
sion to the boys in uniform.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend the dance and help show a good
time to the returned soldiers and
sailors.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
ASKING WHY
FOLTZ REDUCED

The following clipping was sent the
Herald this week by Mrs. A. Foss, of
Bend Greg, and was taken from the
Morning Oregonian. Mrs. Foss writes
as follows: Il wish you would put
this item in your paper because so
many boys from Idaho were in that
91st Division. They were surrounded
for three days and had to fight their
way out. There is where my boy,
Corporal Edwin A. Foss, was killed,
but not only him but 40 percent was
killed at that time. | wonder what
could be done to get satisfaction of
a man that has done a thing like
that" -
Tacoma, Wash Dec. IL, (SpeciaD-
Brigadier-General Frederick S. Foltz,
of the 91st Division, was not reduced
in ranks because of negligence, nor
has he been convicted of having been
a spy according to a statement made
by General March, Chief of Staff at
Washington, d. c. The word was
sent to Tacoma friends of Col Goltz
who had made inquiry why he had
been reduced from Brigadier-General
to Colonel Because of his German
sounding name and distinctly Teutonic
appearance, he was the object of
some suspicion. When the casualties
from the DIST Division began to come
in it was charged that General Foltz
had lead his command into a trap.
Even some army men gave some cred
ence to the rumor.
Col Foltz was graduated from West
Point more than 80 years ago and
when a lieutenant was stationed at
Walla WHlla, Wash.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24

The basket ball teams of the local
high school started regular practices
last evening at the school gymnasium
under the direction of Coach Jack
Mcnamara. The boys have two games
scheduled, one with Standpoint and one
with Newport, Wash, which will be
played as soon as Coach Mcnamara is
satisfied with the amount of training
done. Several OF last years team
Will try for places again this year on
the first team and there is also con-
siderable likely material from the
freshman and sophomore classes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
Kinnears Go To California

Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Kinnear and
Emera Kinnear left yesterday for Los
Angeles, Cali, where they will spend
the remainder of the winter. Mr.
Kinnear has leased his highly i'm
proved 40 acre ranch on the north
bench for five years to ]. Frank Cuddy
who takes immediate possession. Mr..
Kinnear recently bought residence
lots in Park addition and it may be
that when he returns here in the
spring he will build another home.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
Sells Ranch for s25,OOO.OO

c. A. Walters returned a few weeks
ago from his old home in Walsh
county, North Dakota, where he had
spent a couple of months harvesting
the crops on his $50 acre ranch from
which he cleared nearly $4,000. He
sold his ranch before he left and re-
ceived $4,000 for it. Mr.. Walters is
located on the former Aldrich place
on the Northside.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-11
The Long Arm of Mercy
The Red Cross is the Long Arm OF Mercy
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

The Red Cross is the Long Arm of Mercy.
1t is the Kindness of Manknd-organized
In Man is an Angel and Devil, DR.. Jekyll and Mr'
HYDE The Red Cross is the Good aroused energHed to
thwart the Bad
1t is the best andote we know to the bane OF war
There are other charities, or less helpful Inc
Red Cross is the mghties of all Charities the Love and Pity
OF all men made supremey efficient
IT, as Emerson said, sensible men and Conscientious
men all over the world are of religion this the eX-
preston of that religion
The Red Cross is Humanity united in Service
1t asks mans opinion; "a y his need.
Black or White Friend Soe, to the Red Cross there
IS no difference; it only asks "Who is Suferng?" And
10 him it goes
The Red Cross is Efficient that Governments recog-
2 it: SO Pure in its purpose that whoever wishes well his
fellow men, desires to help it, Clean in its administration
that the most suspicious can find no fault IN It,
The Red Cross not only seeks to alleviate the cruetes
of War; the expression of those human sentiments that
some day will put an end to War
1t the impulse OF Love- STRIVING TO overcome tne I'LL
pulse Of Hate.
It is Mercys cooperation struggling against Wars III
valries. ~
Child hod be enrolled; for it knows sectS preJu-
dces no protesting opinion; the human beng does not 1--we
that does feel that the starving should be ed the SICK
tended and the wounded healed
Majestic and divine is this Long Arm OF Mercy; 1t ndS
the fallen on the battlefield it brings the nurse and the
physician to the victim in the hospitals it leads the weeping
orphan to home; it feeds the starving cares for the pest
smen whom all others abandon and pours the oil OF Help
and PITY into the bitter wounds OF the W World
Where volcano has wrought desoation in Japan, or
Flood in China or a Hurricane in Cuba Famine in
India or Plague in Italy, ravaging Armies IN Poland
Serva Belgium there flies the Red Cross the Angel OF
Cod whom the fury of cannot bansh from the Earth;
and TO the Ends of the Earth all the OF the Seven
Seas wherever Human Misery there is extended to bless
and to heal its Long Arm Of Mercy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-11
BombardmentS Cannot
Drive This Woman Back
She Thinks Coffee for Soldiers
More Important Than Safety.

The following extracts are taken
from a letter written by "a Red Cross
Canteen worker, Helen McElhone, an
American woman and college graduate
now located In a district almost CON
stantly under bombardment:
Foyer des Allies,
"Bar-le-Duc.
"Things look very black 10 me. l
am discouraged at the big outlook OF
affairs and also at my small dOings,
but il may be the blackness that comes
before dawn. Let Us hope 50. our
men certainly need help now as much
as the poilus. ! am beginning to
see those who have been at the
front. In fact. ! am beginning TO see
some Of the results Of this life. They
are sick ami homesick. and worse
things have happened 20 them Sew
eral have said: All we ask Is 20 get 70
the front and do what We have 20 do.
ANYTHING Is better than this life. :
This morning we had more Americans
than I have seen before at one time.
One came up to me here as | was
drawing coffee from a big marmite as