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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

The L. 5. civil service commission
announces that a postoffice clerk eN-
animation will be held AT American
Falls. Idaho. on July 27 1918, TO es-
tablish an eligible register from which
selection may be made to ill vacancies
as they may occur in the position of
clerk in the American Falls ldaho'
postoffice. Both men and women VIII
be admitted TO this examination; age
limit IS to 45 on date Of examination
Application blanks and information
may be secured from Peter NJ. john
son. local secretary, board OF Z. ).
civil service examiners. Postoffice
building. American Falls, Idaho, or to
the secretary. eleventh L. 5. civil ser
vice district 3O3 Postoffice building,
Seattle. Washington.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
SENATE INSISTS on
HIGHER WHEAT PRICE
Agricultural Bill Goes Back 10 Con-
ference and Deadlock Continues.

The senate Monday, by an over
whelming majority. refused to yield
TO house opposition to an increase in
the governments minimum guarantee
for wheat to $3.50 per bushel A mo-
tion of Majority Leader Martin pro-
posing to instruct the senate confer
ees to abandon the senate price in
crease amendment to the annual a agri-
cultural bill was defeated, As to 10.
The senate's action causes cOntinu-
ance of the deadlock over the S2S,000.
600 appropriation measure and pre-
vented its passage Monday, the be-
ginning of the governments fiscal
year Enactment of an emergency
resolution to provide needed funds for
the department of agriculture pending
settlement of the wheat dispute is
under consideration.
Another meeting of the senate and
house conferees is being arranged and
it is planned to report a disagreement
on the wheat amendment to both
branches of congress, leaving the
house to determine whether it will
agree to an increase of the present
4 NJ uEdl "a lAN MINIMUM VI o.
Senators from growing states
/ led the fight against abandonment by
the senate of its amendment and on
the roll call on Senator Martins res
olution the senate voted as follows:
For the resolution: Democrats
Ashurst. Beckham, Fletcher. Gerry
King. McKellar, Martin. Pittman. Pom
creme. Robinson, Sheppard. Smith OF
Arizona, Smith of Maryland, Swanson
Thomas. Trammel and Underwood-17
Republicans-Hale and sutherland
II.
Total for 9.
Against the resolution: Democrat.
-Bankhead. Chamberlain Gore. Guy
on. Henderson Hitchcock Hollis
Johnson of South Dakota Lewis
Myers. Nugent. Overman Phelau. Ran
sdell. Reed. Shafroth simmons
Thompson. Walsh and Wifley-2o-
Republicans B0rah. Calder Cum
Minis. Curtis. Dillingham; Fall France
Gronna. Johnson of California. Jones
of Washington. Kellogg, Knox. Len
root. Lodge McCumber. McNary Nell
son. New. Norris Penrose, P0indeX
Ter. sherman. Smoot. Steriins. Wads
worth and Watson -26.
Total against As.
Last March the senare voted. 49, T.
Il. 10 add the Gore amendment to the
agricultural measure. and senators
who insisted Monday on the measure
argued that the prices fixed by the
food administrator even with the new
allowances to cover increased freight
charges. are not high enough. in view
of farmers production costs and price
of flour There was little support il
The senate debate for Senator Martin
resolution. friends Of price increas'
occupying most of the time spent il
discussion
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
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ROC KLAND ITEMS.


Mr.. and Mrs. John Howard and Mr..
and Mrs Hyrum Walker are visiting
with George Woods and family in So
da Springs this week.
Sheriff Jeffries was in town the first
of last week to see if the rain we had
recently had done any damage to his
wheat.
A farewell party was rendered Hugh
Logan and Arnold Kemper Friday
evening. They left for Pocatello where
they expect to take special training
i'm the Technical Institute for the army.
Mr. and Mrs Andrew May were
American Falls visitors Saturday.
Norvil Crowley and his mother Of
American Falls We're R0ckland visi-
tors Sunday
Haying is in full blast i'm this part
of the valley now and the shortage of
help caused 10y SO many of the boys
joining the army is being felt very
much.
baby boy was born TO Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Allen Friday
Mrs. Delpha Logan has accepted a
position as clerk in the Rockland Mer-
camille store.
Miss Irene Allen of the Evans State
bank visited with her sister-in-law
Mrs. Leonard Allen Friday.
Eugene Barkdull of Bonanza Bar
attended services at the L. ID. S
church here Sunday.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
LETTERS FROM POWER
COUNTY SOLDIERS.


Leslie McCubbins, son Of Mrs. Fan
nie McCubbins. who resides on a ranch
near Quigley. enlisted as a volunteer
in Many, 1917, and is now stationed at
the front in France as a member Of
field artillery outfit. 1t is more cor
rect to say that he is stationed at the
front on German soil, for his battery
is operating in that patch of Alsace
which has been occupied by French
soldiers since the beginning of the big
war in 1914 Recently these French
forces have been reinforced by Amer
ican artillery and infantry In for
mer letter to his mother Leslie gave
the information that he has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of sergeant. His
latest letter to his mother is as fol-
lows:
France, June 6, 1918 Dear Mother
and SISTER, am we'll and feeling fine
and l hope you folks are the same, for
health is something that makes every
body happy. How is everything com
ing over in the states? We are pro-
crossing nicely. Do you see anything
in the papers over there of how we are
celebrating with the boche. If so, it
is just about all true; the Americans
are surely waking them up to the fact
that We are really in actual war with
them and l guess they will begin to
think that the Yankees are good fight
ers by the way they are cleaning them
up on the front. Well. the sooner
they quit the better off they will be,
for we are going right out after their
bacon from now on until the war ends
and we will not lay down for anything.
Mother this is a very pretty cOun-
try II is a solid vineyard. SO you
can see that the people here have lots
Of wine and liquor But. say, they
can surely raise wheat also. Some of
the patches are higher than my head
and the wheat carries big heads of
grain They raise lots OF strawberries
here and we have been eating them
since he first of May. I wish you folks
al home could have some of these ber-
rios but / suppose you have some of
your own over there by this time
How are Hazel Lottie and BERTHE
Tell them all I send my love and
surely wish / could see you ALL Per-
haps l may get 20 come home one of
these days You know, we get very
/ lonesome over here. away from our
folks and friends and out among the
Frenchmen. IL is not very entertain
ing for us out here when We can't talk
to the French people We can't un-
derstand them and they do not under
stand us. Aside of this little Difficult
ty. however. France is a very beauti-
full place.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
In last Sundays Salt Lake City Tri-

In last Sundays Salt Lake City Tri-
bune appears a summary of the ac-
tivities of enlisted men at Gerstner
field. Lake Charles, La, compiled by
Captain J. y. GirouX, who is guiding
the destinies of the Seventy-hfth Aero
squadron baseball club. Among 9TH
ers, the following mention is made Of
Corporal J. G. Vaughan:
Corporal J. G. Naughan-COrpOral
Vaughan enlisted at Fort Douglas,
came to Gersner field with the Seven
ty-ffth squadron and is now a mem
ber of the 196th. Before his enlist
ment Corporal Vaughan was a busi-
ness man of American Falls. Idaho.
where he was secretary treasurer OF
one of the largest mercantile institu-
ti0ns of southern Idaho. He still re-
tains extensive business and ranching
connections in the country now be-
coming so Well known for it's wonder
ul dry-farming and wheat-raising
possibilities Vaughan has been with
the headquarters detachment since his
arrival in Gerstner field, and at The
present time is with the trade test and
personnel sections
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

PROSPECTS GOOD FOR RECORD WHEAT YIELD.

wheat yield for the county the outlook The
years
the promises
largely f. the company
million and half bushels should
reserying other home supplies
This the
traagant When the is considered be
a
County survey did
valley The
1891
the unsuryeyed
intended
still 100000
promise bushels bushels
If
spring promising.
injured by
yield will offset
ed for seeding consumption
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
SALE OF ESTRAY.

Notice is hereby given that ! viii
sell the following described animal at
public auction on Wednesday. July "A,
1918. at o'clock p. m. of said day. at
the place of Reinhold Baer. l212 miles
west and north of Aberdeen.
One bay horse colt one year old;
no brands visible; small star in fore
head: right front foot white left hind
foot white. Taken up May Is. 1918.
d. =. Jeffries.
Sheriff
BY FRED WALwORTH. Deputy.
Z 2-9-16-23.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

HoQuiam. Wash, June %. 1918. Dear
Mr. Barber will write you a few
lines thanking you for the paper and
also let you know what we are doing
here. l enjoy the paper very much.
| expect we Will be called out of the
woods any time now as l see by the
paper that men are TO be drafted 90
take our places. 1t sure suits the
most of us as when we left Camp Lewis
we expected TO 90 to France. Where
we go from here we do not know.
This squadron is construction
squadron and we are building logging
railroads for this company. This
camp is thirty-nine miles from Ho-
quiam. which we reach by auto stage.
Our bunch is now split up into four
camps. one camp being about four
miles back in the jungles on the right
of way. The supplies are packed in
on pack horses. l belong in that
camp bur have been i'm this for a few
days.
Our work starts with the surveyors
crew and stays with it till the grading
commences and consists of the fol-
lowing crews: surveyor. timber fall
lers and buckers. chunking out crews,
cribbing, scraping and bridge building,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
Germans Claim l91.454 Prisoners
Since March 2l.

Since the beginning of the German
offensive on the twenty-tirst of March.
191.454 allied prisoners have been
captured by the Germans, according
to an official statement from the Ger
man war office OF these. the state
ment says, 94.939 were British. So
O99 were French. and the remainder
were divided among the Portuguese.
Belgian and American forces along
the front.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
"GARABED- TURNED
DOWN BY SCIENTISTS
UnfayOrable Report Is Made on MyS-
teriouS Engine To Run without
Fuel.

An unfavorable report on 'garabed.' ~
the mysterious engine which its in
ventor calimed would take the power
out of the air to run anything from an
airplane TO a battleship, was submit
ted to the interior department Monday
by the committee of scientists which
tested the invention at Boston Satur-
day. with the approval of congress.
The committee announced it did not
believe the principles of the inventor,
Garabed T. X. GiragOssan, were sound
or his devices operative or that they
could result in practical development
of free energy.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
NOTICE

All county bills must be filed in the
county auditors office on or before
Saturday, July g. Bills filed after thar
date will not be considered by the
at their July meeting
PAUL BULFINCH.
County Auditor and Recorder.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

Legislation TO authorize government
control and operation of telegraph and
telephone systems during the war was
approved Monday by President Viii
son. and leaders al the capitol pre-
pared for IT'S immediate consideration,
with a view 70 action if possiblesbe-
fore congressional recess this week.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

BEHIND on STAMP QuOTA.

r. s. Anderson. who was re-
Gently appointed 70 take charge
of the War Savings Stamp drive
is working hard to- bring Pow
er county up to her quota He
is meeting with fair success.
considering the length of time
he has been in charge of the
work. The schools of the
county have made a fair show
ing but the adult part OF the
population have not supported
the ". s s. movement as they
have other war campaigns. the
result being that the county has
subscribed only about Is per
cent of its quota of about $50
600 The campaign viii be
continued until the quota is
raised
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
Twin Falls Nan Has An Old Bible.

If a Bible printed in the year 1712
sold in California recently for S22,500.
would a Bible printed in 1906 sell, and
what would be its possible value? This
is a question upon which Dudley C.
Watson of Twin Falls is pOndering.
The 1712 Bible sold in Oakland re-
Gently for $22.5OO Mr.. Watson of
Twin Falls has the other Bible, an edi-
tion more than 100 years older and in
splendid condition. It is printed in
Old English type of curious style. with
quaint wOodcut frontispiece. The
Rible was printed in 1906 by Robert
Barker.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish TO thank our many friends
for the kindness and beautiful floral
during the illness and death
of our beloved one.
MRS. CLAY ROY AND RELATIVES.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

Teutonic submarine sank the Brit
ish hospital ship LlandOvery Castle,
1l6 miles southwest of Fasnet, on
June p. The Llandovery Castle was
homeward bound from Canada. She
carried 25S persons. This total in
cluded eighty Canadian army medical
corps men and fourteen female nurses.
One boat containing twenty-four sur
vivors. so far. has reached port.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
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KNITTERS MUST GET BUSY.

By September / the Power
County Chapter of the National
Red Cross is called upon to
furnish 100 sweaters and 705
pairs of sox. Deducting Sun
days and holidays this makes
two sweaters a day during July
and August and thirteen pair of
soX. with one extra pair every
alternate day. A mistake i'm
print last week made the call
for sox read 150 instead of 7O5.
Knitters will have to- get busy
to meet this call
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

On Monday evening next. July s.
the members of Company A, Second
Idaho. will hold an election at the
armory hall. American Falls. 10 elect
a second lieutenant to succeed lieuten-
ant Morris. who left recently for
Camp Lewis.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
HAVE YOUR EYES

attended by a reliable specialist. DR.
n. H. Scarborough will make his next
professional visit to American Falls
at the Remington hotel. Monday Conly)
July s.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02
VOLUME XVIII.
ALLIES ARE THE yICTORS
IN MANY SMALL OPERATIONS

British Improve Lines in Flanders,
French Capture Strong Positions
and Villages. Americans Defeat
Raids and Italians Have success in
Mountains.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-02

Remember the Attn meetings.
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The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
PRESIDENT RECEIVES
FOREIGN DICTIONARIES
Congress Also Gives Fighter, an
Enthusiastic Reception.

President Wilson yesterday sur
rendered to the French Foreign
Legion.
with the outstretched hand OF
friendship he met the contingent of
famous fighters in the White House
and shook hands with each OF them.
The men marched to see the Presi-
dent in their full war regalia. He
greeted them in company with NJ.
E. de Billy, deputy French High
Commissioner and Col. House, and a
number Of French and American
military officers.
This morning Nthe legionneires
visited the Capitol and were present
when the Senate convened. The
Senate maintained its usual dignity.
but when they reached the House
the members of that body took fif-
teen minutes off for cheering. Rep
resentative Neeley of West Virginia
interrupted the speech he was de-
livering to make an impromptu ad-
dress in honor OF the visitors. The
reception the House gave the fight
ers pleased them. for when they de-
parted they let out few war
whoops themselves and waved their
hats at the Congressman.
The contingent left tonight for
Cleveland, Ohio. their first stop in
the countrywide tour in the inter
est OF the liberty loan.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
900 bicycles
STOLEN IN 1918
Few of Machines Taken in
D. c. Recovered; 200
Yearly Average.

Nine hundred bicycles, varying
from wrecks to brand-new expen-
sive machines, have been stolen on
the streets of Washington since the
first Of the year. The yearly aver
age of stolen bicycles for the past
few years varies from 1900 to 1900,
only 25 per cent of which are ever
recovered and returned to their
owners.
This small percentage OF re-
covered machines is not due to any
fault of the police" Detective Ser
geant Burlingame said yesterday.
TT Is due TO the fact that a bicycle
is the hardest thing going to iden-
tify. 1t can be camoufaged by the
most ignorant person and made to
look like another bicycle. Anybody
with a monkey wrench or a pair of
pliers can almost make identifica-
ton impossible. Wheels are chang
ed, handle bars are switched and
the paint or enamel is so marred or
the color changed that it Is beyond
anybody to positively identify a sto-
len machine. once the thief makes
the change"
OF all thefts that come TO the at
tention of the police department,
the stolen bicycle is the hardest to
solve. Most OF the thefts are COM
mitted by small boys, who some
times work in gangs and steal a
number OF machines at a time.
switching wheels and handle bars
and saddles from one machine to
the other. Factory numbers are
erased or scratched out pedals are
changed and other mecha nical fes-
lures so altered by the thieves that
1t would take a regiment of Sher-
lock Holmes to uncover the vast
number of thefts. Every year the
police department sells large
number of broken and unidentified
and uncalled-for bicycles, the sale
of which partly reimburses the de-
partment for the money spent in
hunting other stolen machines.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
BISHOP PLEADS +,
; FOR MINISTER'S
Points Out JUS.
tice of Pensions for Re-
tired Preachers.

Bishop w. F. Mcdowell. resident
bishop, Washington, sent message
TO the Methodist preachers meeting
in McKendres Church this morning ex-
dorsins preachers pensions and ex-
horting al Methodists to buy liberty
bonds and war savings stamps.
Bishop McDowell's letter said: THE
Methodist Episcopal people In Wash
ington and all other areas are abso-
lutely committed and devoted to two
great supreme tasks: First, winning
the war for humanity; second. win
ming the war for Christ
'T exhort all our people to buy all
the liberty loan bonds and war saw
inzs stamps they possibly can Then
I exhort that Methodists give their
bonds and stamps to the other work
Of winning the war for Christ Make
every dollar thus do two things-save
the country and help save the world"
DR.. ]. T. B. Smith. Chicago, Ill,
campaign manager In Methodist
Episcopal Church. said the Baltimore
conference. of which Washington was
a part was in drive for $4,000, its
share Of the 100000 necessary to
care for the retired ministers.
Donate Liberty Bonds.
The plan Is to plead with the peo-
pie to purchase liberty bonds and to
donate the bonds to the funds y for
preacherS pensions To use every
cent subscribed to the fund IN the
purchase of liberty bonds
This plan has the hearty endorse
rnent Of President Wilson and Secre-
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels,
who wrote letters to the national
board
President Wilson wrote to me at
Chicago saying our campaign recog-
nized the most interesting evidence
of the active interest Of the great
church you represent In promoting the
great cause in which the nation is
now enlisted"
Secretary Josephus Daniels said:
'Hrhe plan performs the double duty
Of patriotism and service to. the
church. The pension fund should not
be looked upon in any sense as char
ity, but purely as rendering to faith
full servants that which is their just
due.'
Threat is Necessary.
DR.. W. B. Meeks, Baltimore, and DR..
J. N. Edwards, district superinten-
dent, Washington, told of the plans
of the campaign in Washington
churches Sunday. September %, is
President Wilson's day, with heroes
day October and 18th laymen's day
and October 10th final day.
Every preacher will read President
Wilson's letter in the pulpit next Sun
day and plead for liberty bonds to be
given to the church pension fund.
Bishop John W. Hamilton said: TT
was a shame justice had not been.
done to the aged ministers and a
reasonable pension given retired min
isters years ago. Both laymen and
ministers recognized the Justice Of
this campaign"
A large number Of ministers were
present and took part in the discus
sion
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24

A heavy share Of the work that
must be done 10 make the coming
liberty loan q success will be put
upon the Boy Scouts of America
The $4,000 carefully trained boys
and selected leaders of the Boy
Scouts Of. America have been sum-
moned by President Wilson to put
forth their utmost efforts.
The letter from President Wilson
to Mr.. Colin II. Livingstone, the
president of the National Council
Boy Scouts of America, will be an
to the Scouts through
out the country.
Mr.. Livingstone has replied to
President Wilson pledging the or
ganization to 100 per cent unquah-
ned energetic support of the gov
ernment In every way.
Service Record High.
In the three previous liberty loan
campaigns the Boy Scouts of Amc-
lea sold sos, ,1s9, coo of bonds in l,321.
SO subscriptions, or one out of every
twenty-three subscriptions turned IN
to the Treasury Department was Sc
cured by Scout
SECRETARY hCAQOO OF the ITeaSuF5
Department has written to the chair
men of the local Liberty loan Com.
mittees throughout the country urg-
ing that they take advantage Of the
services Of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea to the fullest possible extent, and
recommending that where possible
Scouts conduct selling campaigns as
cleaners after the reapers" in the
same effective way they have done
heretofore
The Treasury Department has,
however. authorized the local Liber-
~ Loan Committees, when local con-
ditions Justify, to change these plans.
md In many cases the Scouts will
start to sell bonds during the early
part Of the campaign All local ar
rangements will, however. be- made
by tho Scout oficials In their respect
tive committees under the direction
and with the approval Of the local
Liberty Loan Committee.
To help the Boy Scouts through
out the country to make their plans
The Washington herald., 1918-09-24
FREaCHMAN. TALKS TO
POTOMAC PIX. TROOPS
Capt PARK Describes the Battle Of
the Marne

Capt PARK. Of the French ArtiIler,-
Corps. described the battle of the
Marne for the men who are stationed
at Potomac Park at the Y. NJ. C. A.
Hut last night
In telling of the friendly feeling
that all Frenchmen have for Ameri-
cans. he told of the self-sacrihce Of
humble French peasants who nightly
gave up their own home comforts in
order to aid tired American boys
direct from the front
To be in France now. said Capt
PaTx, is to be in the United States
Your army camps have carried with
them their American comforts." he
said. They have electric lights.
shower baths. beds and the conveni-
cnces Of modern hotels. The rspidity
with which American minds attacked
the railroad problem was wonderful
Tor the FreDchmen to see"
For Wednesday night a vaudeville
evening with artists from Keith's and
several musical numbers has been
arranged at the Y. NJ. C. A Hut at
Potomac Park.